First part of the 2024 Ordinary Session

(22-26 January 2024)

Agenda | Doc. 15884 | 26 January 2024

Origin

Adopted by the Assembly on 22 January 2024. 2024 - First part-session

• Preamble
• Monday 22January 2024
• Tuesday 23January 2024
• Wednesday 24January 2024
• Thursday 25January 2024
• Friday 26January 2024

• 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

Joint Committee

• Thursday13:00 - 14:00

Bureau of the Assembly

• Monday08:00 - 09:30
• Friday08:30 - 10:00

Committees

• Monday18:00 - 19:30
• Tuesday08:30 - 10:30
• Tuesday10:30 - 12:30
• Wednesday10:30 - 12:30
• Thursday08:30 - 09:45
• Thursday14:00 - 15:15

Political groups

• Monday09:30 - 11:45
• Monday13:30 - 15:15
• Wednesday08:30 - 10:30

• Sitting 12:00 - 13:00 (No. 1)
• Sitting 15:30 - 17:30 (No. 2)

Opening of the part-session

Examination of the credentials

List of delegations:

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Election of the President of the Assembly (AS/Inf (2024) 03)

Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly (AS/Inf (2024) 01)

Appointment of members of committees (Commissions (2024) 01 and Add. 1)

Request for debate:

Urgent procedure debate: "Situation of the children of Ukraine"

Adoption of the agenda

Approval of the minutes of the Standing Committee (Vaduz, 28 November 2023) (AS/Per (2023) PV 04)

Debate

Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

Presentation by:

Mr Tiny KOXNetherlandsUELRapporteurAS/Bur

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Observation of the early parliamentary elections in Serbia (17 December 2023)

Presentation by:

Mr Stefan SCHENNACHAustriaSOCRapporteurAS/Bur

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Debate

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

Observation of the early parliamentary elections in Serbia (17 December 2023) (continued)

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 12:00)

Address

Annual activity report 2023 by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights (CommHR(2024)3)

Presentation by:

Ms Dunja MIJATOVIĆ Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

• Questions (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 12:00)

• Sitting 14:30 - 20:00 (No. 3)

Elections (14:30 - 18:00)

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

List of candidates:

Doc. 15870Doc. 15885 Add. 2 rev

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Lists of candidates:

Bulgaria

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Lithuania

Doc. 15877Doc. 15885 Add. 3

Luxembourg

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Address (14:30 - 15:30)

His Excellency Mr Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES, President of the Republic of Cyprus

• Questions (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 16:30)

Address (15:30 - 16:30)

His Excellency Mr Jakov MILATOVIĆ, President of Montenegro

• Questions (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 16:30)

Debate

Recent developments in the Middle East: Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel and Israel’s response

Presentation by:

Mr Piero FASSINOItalySOCRapporteurAS/Pol

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• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 16:30)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 January, 10:00)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15890)

Debate

The theme of migration and asylum in election campaigns and the consequences on the welcoming and rights of migrants

Presentation by:

Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZSwitzerlandSOCRapporteurAS/Mig

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Mr Tural GANJALIYEVAzerbaijanEC/DARapporteur for opinionAS/Pol

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• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Monday 22 January, 16:30)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 January, 10:00)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15832)

• Sitting 14:30 - 20:00 (No. 4)

Elections (2nd round) (14:30 - 18:00)

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

List of candidates:

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Judge to the European Court of Human Rights

List of candidates:

Bulgaria

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Address (14:30 - 15:30)

Mr Daniel RISCH, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein

• Questions (deadline for registration: Tuesday 23 January, 19:00)

Debate

Globalisation in times of crisis and war: the role of the OECD since the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine

Presentation by:

Mr Bertrand BOUYXFranceALDERapporteurAS/Pol

Doc. 15868: Mr George KATROUGALOS (Greece, UEL)

Ms Liliana TANGUYFranceALDERapporteur for opinionAS/Soc

Doc. 15887

Statement by:

Mr Mathias CORMANN Secretary-General of the OECD

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 23 January, 19:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 January, 14:30)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15868)

Debate

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

Presentation by:

Mr Mogens JENSENDenmarkSOCRapporteurAS/Mon

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Ms Ingjerd Schie SCHOUNorwayEPP/CDRapporteur for opinionAS/Pro

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• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 23 January, 19:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 23 January, 18:00)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15898)

Debate

Allegations of systemic torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in places of detention in Europe

Presentation by:

Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOUCyprusSOCRapporteurAS/Jur

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• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Tuesday 23 January, 19:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 22 January, 14:30)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15880)

• Sitting 10:00 - 12:30 (No. 5)
• Sitting 15:30 - 20:00 (No. 6)

Debate under urgent procedure

Situation of the children of Ukraine

Presentation by:

Ms Olena KHOMENKOUkraineEC/DARapporteurAS/Soc

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Ms Sandra ZAMPAItalySOCRapporteur for opinionAS/Mig

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Statement by:

Ms Olena Volodymyrivna ZELENSKA First Lady of Ukraine (online)

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Wednesday 24 January, 19:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 24 January, 18:00)
• Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15901)

Address (11:30 - 12:30)

Communication from the Committee of Ministers

Presentation by:

Ms Dominique HASLER Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education, and Sport of Liechtenstein and President of the Committee of Ministers

Parliamentary question:

Doc. 15910

• Questions (deadline for registration: Wednesday 24 January, 19:00)
• Written questions (deadline for tabling: Monday 15 January, 12:00)

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: Thursday 25 January, 11:30)

Debate

A democratic future for Belarus

Presentation by:

Mr Kimmo KILJUNENFinlandSOCRapporteurAS/Pol

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Mr Emanuelis ZINGERISLithuaniaEPP/CDRapporteur for opinionAS/Jur

Statement by:

Ms Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA Leader of the Belarusian democratic forces

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 25 January, 11:30)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 23 January, 15:30)
• Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15892)

Joint debate

Countering SLAPPs: an imperative for a democratic society

Presentation by:

Mr Stefan SCHENNACHAustriaSOCRapporteurAS/Cult

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Mr Davor Ivo STIERCroatiaEPP/CDRapporteur for opinionAS/Jur

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Guaranteeing media freedom and the safety of journalists: an obligation of member States

Presentation by:

Mr Mogens JENSENDenmarkSOCRapporteurAS/Cult

Doc. 15891

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 25 January, 11:30)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 23 January, 15:30)
• Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15869)
• Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15891)

• Sitting 10:30 - 13:00 (No. 7)

Debate

Child abuse in institutions in Europe

Presentation by:

Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZSwitzerlandSOCRapporteurAS/Soc

Doc. 15889

Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOUCyprusSOCRapporteur for opinionAS/Jur

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 25 January, 19:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 24 January, 10:30)
• Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 15889)

Debate

The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January-December 2023)

Presentation by:

Mr Piero FASSINOItalySOCRapporteurAS/Mon

Doc. 15893

• List of speakers (deadline for registration: Thursday 25 January, 19:00)
• Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 24 January, 10:30)
• Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 15893)

Progress report (continued)

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

Addendum:

Doc. 15885 Add. 6

Constitution of the Standing Committee

Appointment of the members of the Standing Committee (Commissions (2024) 02)

Closure of the part-session