22/06/2022 | 17:09:58 Thank you, Mister President. Mister President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Rapporteurs, Thank you for your work which really points out the disasters of the war in Ukraine. There is so much to say. However, in this joint debate, I would like to focus on the care of unaccompanied or separated migrant children. The recent aggression of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has once again separated families and thrown many unaccompanied minors onto the roads of Europe, minors who find themselves at the... 21/06/2022 | 18:52:31 Thank you, Mister President. Dear Colleagues, Thank you, Mister Frank #SCHWABE and Madam Thórhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR, for these two reports. As I said in March during our special session, the Russian Federation, when it joined the Council of Europe, committed itself to pursuing a humanist ideal and progress and, of course, to pursuing the prohibition of detaining a person for his or her opinions or political commitment. Its current President, by deliberately choosing to launch a war of... 28/04/2022 | 15:41:23 Thank you, Mr President. Madam rapporteur, dear colleagues, The safeguarding of a "true" democracy on our continent, that is, one that meets the highest legal and political standards, is a highly topical issue. I am delighted that this question brings us together today, on the basis of the excellent analysis of Ms Marie-Christine DALLOZ, whom I congratulate for the quality of her work. It is regrettable, but there are countless alarming reports pointing out the decline of democracy in... 27/04/2022 | 19:11:01 Alright, so that's a negative, but we'll vote on Amendment No. 2. The vote is open in the hemicycle and online. The vote is closed. I ask for the results to be displayed. Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. We shall proceed to vote on the draft resolution contained in Doc.15500 (as amended). A simple majority is required. The vote is open in the hemicycle and online. The vote is closed. I ask for the results to be displayed. The draft resolution contained in Doc. 15500 (as amended) was adopted... 27/04/2022 | 19:04:20 Thank you. This concludes the general discussion. The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights has presented : - a draft resolution, to which four amendments and one sub-amendment have been tabled ; - and a draft recommendation, to which no amendments have been tabled. I have been informed by the Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights that Amendments Nos. 3 and 4 to the draft resolution were adopted unanimously by the Committee. Is this the case, Mister Chairman... 27/04/2022 | 18:04:22 The next item of business this morning is the presentation of and debate on the report by Mr André VALLINI, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, entitled "How to make good use of confiscated criminal assets". (Doc. 15500). We will finish the debate on this text, including the vote, at about 7:00 p.m. We shall interrupt the list of speakers at about 6:50 p.m. in order to hear the reply from the Committee and to take the necessary votes. You have 7 minutes to present... 27/04/2022 | 11:05:18 Thank you, Madam President. Mr Rapporteur, dear colleagues, You see, today I feel particularly proud to be European, to be here, when I hear all your words, whatever country you come from. On 24 February, Russia committed the unthinkable. By illegally entering Ukraine, it reintroduced barbarism on our continent. The massacre in Bucha is unfortunately only one illustration of this. The martyrdom of the city of Mariupol is another. In addition to this, Russia has introduced a crude power... 26/04/2022 | 10:43:00 Thank you, Mr President. Mr Rapporteur, dear colleagues, It is true that the European Union, a more recent organisation than the Council of Europe, now plays a role that is both complementary and decisive for the promotion of human rights, the rule of law and democracy on our continent. The Treaty of Lisbon has, in this respect, opened a new era in the history of the Union. The strategic partnership between our Organisation and the EU, since the 2007 Memorandum of Understanding, is in fact... 15/03/2022 | 16:59:27 Thank you, Mr President. Dear Rapporteur, dear colleagues, The holding of this extraordinary session bears witness to the severity of the situation, and I would like to say at the outset that our hearts go out to our Ukrainian colleagues who are with us today and, through them, to the entire Ukrainian people. I am the elected representative of a French territory strongly marked by the two world wars of the 20th century. I would never have imagined that I would live through events and see... 14/03/2022 | 17:04:35 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Mister Undersecretary of State, By launching a totally unjustified war against Ukraine, the Russian Federation has plunged our continent into the throes of an armed conflict with an unpredictable outcome. The response was not long in coming. On 25 February, Russia was suspended from its rights of representation in the Council of Europe. On 1 March, the European Court of Human Rights took urgent interim measures, calling on the Russian authorities to refrain from...