Representative
Deputy
Concord
Saeima of the Republic of Latvia
LV - 1811 - Rīga
Latvia
boriss.cilevics@saeima.lv
www.cilevics.eu
Working language: English
28/01/2021 - Session States must do more to stamp out ethnic profiling 27/11/2020 - Equality and Non-Discrimination States must do more to stamp out ethnic profiling, says PACE committee 22/10/2020 - Standing Committee Justice by algorithm? PACE urges smart regulation of AI in criminal justice to avoid unfairness 09/09/2020 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights Justice by algorithm? a committee urges smart regulation of AI in criminal justice to avoid unfairness 30/04/2020 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights COVID-19: Committee chairs discuss the pandemic, human rights and the rule of law with Council of Europe experts
28/01/2021 | 12:54:21 Thank you, President. I am not a chair of this Committee, so that this report is prepared by the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination and by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. So, dear colleagues, thank you very much for your valuable comments and also critical remarks. Unfortunately I can't reply to everybody, but just very few notes. Ms Petra STIENEN mentioned other grounds for unlawful profiling, I fully agree with you. Age, gender, or sexual identity might also be a... 28/01/2021 | 11:36:33 Thank you, Mister President. Throughout Europe some individuals are being singled out by the police for identity checks only on the grounds of race, colour, national or ethnic origin. This practice is apparently discriminatory. The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance defines ethnic profiling as, I quote, "a reliance by law enforcement, security and border control personnel on race, colour, descent or national or... 27/01/2021 | 19:12:02 Thank you, Mister President, First, I would like to express my sincere gratitude also on behalf of the rapporteur to all those who took part in this debate. Let me be quite plain. I understand the frustrations of some members, particularly from those States, which are particularly the criticised in this report. It is unpleasant, of course. However, in all this - and I understand - this willingness to somehow put into question the professionalism and validity of the rapporteurs' conclusions... 27/01/2021 | 17:31:28 Thank you, Madam President, Dear Colleagues, Unfortunately, our rapporteur Ms Alexandra LOUIS cannot be with us today, so I will present the report instead of her. This report was adopted by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights last December. Five years ago, in January 2016, our Assembly already addressed the issue of inappropriate restrictions on NGO activities on the basis of a report by our former colleague Mr Yves CRUCHTEN. In June 2018, we debated his second report on the... 25/01/2021 | 11:44:58 Thank you, Mr Secretary General. So the challenge has the support required under the Rules of Procedure. The credentials of the Russian Federation delegation are referred without debate to the appropriate committee for a report, and to the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs for opinion. I propose that the appropriate committee in this case is the Monitoring Committee because the challenge was on the grounds of fulfilment of obligations and commitments...
14/12/2020 | Doc. 15199 | Report Ethnic profiling in Europe: a matter of great concern 01/10/2020 | Doc. 15156 | Report Justice by algorithm – the role of artificial intelligence in policing and criminal justice systems 02/11/2018 | Doc. 14662 | Report Procedure for the election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights 17/09/2018 | Doc. 14618 | Report Deal-making in criminal proceedings: the need for minimum standards for trial waiver systems 06/04/2018 | Doc. 14523 | Report Legal challenges related to hybrid war and human rights obligations
07/01/2021 | Doc. 15209 | Written declaration Magnitsky case: Switzerland should not release suspect funds prematurely 09/12/2020 | Doc. 15195 | Motion for a resolution Respect for the rule of law and fight against corruption within the Council of Europe 01/10/2020 | Doc. 15155 | Motion for a resolution Poisoning of Alexei Navalny 10/09/2020 | Doc. 15137 | Motion for a resolution Fighting and preventing excessive and unjustified use of force by the law enforcement officers 08/09/2020 | Doc. 15135 | Motion for a resolution Human rights violations in Belarus require an international investigation
28/01/2021 | Doc. 15199, vote on the draft text for resolution Ethnic profiling in Europe: a matter of great concern 27/01/2021 | Doc. 15205, vote on the draft text for resolution Restrictions on NGO activities in Council of Europe member States 27/01/2021 | Doc. 15205, vote on the draft text for recommendation Restrictions on NGO activities in Council of Europe member States 26/01/2021 | Doc. 15123, vote on the draft text for resolution The implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 26/01/2021 | Doc. 15123, vote on the draft text for recommendation The implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights