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First part of the 2022 Ordinary Session

(24-28 January 2022)

Agenda | Doc. 15408 | 27 January 2022

Origin: Adopted by the Assembly on 24 January 2022. 2022 - First part-session

Abbreviations
Meetings outside the Chamber

Bur Bureau of the Assembly
Per Standing Committee
Pol Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
Jur Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Soc Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Mig Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Cult Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media
Ega Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
Mon Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
Pro Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
Cdh Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

SOC Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group
EPP/CD Group of the European People's Party
EC/DA European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance
ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
UEL Group of the Unified European Left
NR Members not belonging to a political group

Bureau of the Assembly

Friday08:30 - 10:00

Committees

Monday14:30 - 15:30
Tuesday08:00 - 09:00
Tuesday14:00 - 15:30
Wednesday14:00 - 15:30
Thursday08:00 - 09:00

Political groups

Monday08:30 - 10:00
Wednesday08:30 - 10:00

Sitting 10:30 - 14:30 (No. 1)
Sitting 15:30 - 20:00 (No. 2)

Opening of the part-session

Examination of the credentials

List of delegations:

Election of the President of the Assembly (AS/Inf (2022) 03) (from 11:00 to 12:30)

Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly (AS/Inf (2022) 01)

Appointment of members of committees (Commissions (2022) 01 + Add. 1)

Requests for debate:

Urgent procedure debate: Beating Covid-19 with public health measures

Current affairs debate: Recent challenges to security in Europe: what role for the Council of Europe?

Adoption of the agenda

Approval of the minutes of the Standing Committee (Rome, 25-26 November 2021) (AS/Per (2021) PV 03)

Debate

Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

Presentation by:

Mr Rik DAEMSBelgiumALDERapporteurAS/Bur

Doc. 15439 Doc. 15439 Add. 1 Doc. 15439 Add. 2 Doc. 15439 Add. 3 Doc. 15442

Observation of the presidential election in Bulgaria (14 November 2021)

Presentation by:

Mr Alfred HEERSwitzerlandALDERapporteurAS/Bur

Observation of the parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan (28 November 2021)

Presentation by:

Ms Marina BERLINGHIERIItalySOCRapporteurAS/Bur

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Sunday 23 January, 15:30)

Joint debate

The right to be heard: child participation, a foundation for democratic societies

Presentation by:

Baroness Doreen E. MASSEYUnited KingdomSOCRapporteurAS/Soc

Inaction on climate change – a violation of children's rights

Presentation by:

Ms Jennifer DE TEMMERMANFranceALDERapporteurAS/Soc

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Sunday 23 January, 15:30)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Thursday 20 January, 15:00)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15435)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15436)

Debate

European Union Pact on Migration and Asylum: a human rights perspective

Presentation by:

Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKOUkraineEC/DARapporteurAS/Mig

Statement by:

Ms Ylva JOHANSSON European Commissioner for Home Affairs

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Sunday 23 January, 15:30)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Thursday 20 January, 15:00)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15438)

Sitting 09:00 - 13:00 (No. 3)
Sitting 15:30 - 19:30 (No. 4)

Election of a Vice-President of the Assembly (09:00 - 12:00)

Joint debate

Combating rising hate against LGBTI people in Europe

Presentation by:

Mr Fourat BEN CHIKHABelgiumSOCRapporteurAS/Ega

Alleged violations of the rights of LGBTI people in the Southern Caucasus

Presentation by:

Mr Christophe LACROIXBelgiumSOCRapporteurAS/Ega

Statements by:

Ms Helena DALLI European Commissioner for Equality

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 24 January, 09:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Friday 21 January, 09:00)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15425)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15429)

Address (12:00 - 13:00)

Mr Željko KOMŠIĆ, Chairperson of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Questions (deadline for registration: Monday 24 January, 09:00)

Election of a Vice-President of the Assembly (2nd round)[Possibly] (15:30 - 18:00)

Address (15:30 - 16:30)

Communication from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Presentation by:

Ms Marija PEJČINOVIĆ BURIĆ

Questions (deadline for registration: Monday 24 January, 15:30)

Address (16:30 - 17:30)

Communication from the Committee of Ministers

Presentation by:

Mr Benedetto DELLA VEDOVA Undersecretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation of Italy

Parliamentary question:

Questions (deadline for registration: Monday 24 January, 15:30)

Debate

The role of the media in times of crisis

Presentation by:

Ms Annicka ENGBLOMSwedenEPP/CDRapporteurAS/Cult

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 24 January, 15:30)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Friday 21 January, 15:30)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15437)

Sitting 10:00 - 13:00 (No. 5)
Sitting 15:30 - 19:30 (No. 6)

Debate

Football governance: business and values

Presentation by:

Lord George FOULKESUnited KingdomSOCRapporteurAS/Cult

Statement by:

Mr Giovanni INFANTINO President of the FIFA - International Federation of Association Football

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 25 January, 10:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 24 January, 10:00)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15430)

Debate

Sports policies in times of crisis

Presentation by:

Mr Carlos Alberto GONÇALVESPortugalEPP/CDRapporteurAS/Cult

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 25 January, 10:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 24 January, 10:00)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15426)

Debate

Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of the Russian Federation

Presentation by:

Mr Piero FASSINOItalySOCRapporteurAS/Mon

Ms Maria JUFEREVA-SKURATOVSKIEstoniaALDERapporteur for opinionAS/Pro

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 25 January, 15:30)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 25 January, 20:00)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15443)

Debate

Poisoning of Alexei Navalny

Presentation by:

Mr Jacques MAIREFranceALDERapporteurAS/Jur

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 25 January, 15:30)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 24 January, 15:30)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15434)

Sitting 09:00 - 13:00 (No. 7)
Sitting 15:00 - 19:00 (No. 8)

Debate under urgent procedure

Beating Covid-19 with public health measures

Presentation by:

Mr Stefan SCHENNACHAustriaSOCRapporteurAS/Soc

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 26 January, 09:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 26 January, 09:30)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15444)

Debate

Ending enforced disappearances on the territory of the Council of Europe

Presentation by:

Mr André GATTOLINFranceALDERapporteurAS/Jur

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 26 January, 09:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 25 January, 09:00)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15431)

Current affairs debate

Recent challenges to security in Europe: what role for the Council of Europe?

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 26 January, 09:00)

Event on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the HolocaustSee separate programme, AS/Inf (2022) 05. (15:00 - 16:00)

Debate

The Observatory on History Teaching in Europe

Presentation by:

Mr Bertrand BOUYXFranceALDERapporteurAS/Cult

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 26 January, 15:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 25 January, 15:00)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15423)

Debate

The functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia

Presentation by:

Mr Kimmo KILJUNENFinlandSOCCo-RapporteurAS/Mon

Ms Boriana ÅBERGSwedenEPP/CDCo-RapporteurAS/Mon

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 26 January, 15:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 25 January, 15:00)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15432)

Sitting 10:00 - 13:00 (No. 9)

Debate

The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January-December 2021)

Presentation by:

Mr Michael Aastrup JENSENDenmarkALDERapporteurAS/Mon

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 27 January, 10:00)
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 26 January, 10:00)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15433)

Debate

Free debate

List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 27 January, 10:00)

Progress report (continued)

Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee (continued)

Addendum:

Doc. 15439 Add. 4

Constitution of the Standing Committee

Appointment of the members of the Standing Committee (Commissions (2022) 02)

Closure of the part-session