Deputy
Labour Party
Stortinget
NO - 0026 - Oslo 1
Norway
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2025
, 2024
, 2023
, 2022
, 2021
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
16/01/2025 - Monitoring PACE rapporteurs express deep concern at the sentencing of Bakhtiyar Hajiyev in Azerbaijan 04/12/2024 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights PACE rapporteurs dismayed by the arrest of Azerbaijani human rights defender Rufat Safarov 15/11/2024 - Monitoring PACE Azerbaijan monitor urges medical treatment for Anar Mammadli and Gubad Ibadoghlu 01/10/2024 - Session Deteriorating situation of human rights, rule of law and democracy in Azerbaijan 20/11/2023 - Monitoring PACE monitor to visit Azerbaijan
30/09/2025 | 16:07:21 Thank you. Your Excellency, A conventional system is not optional, you said. I asked the Secretary General the same question this morning about the level of suppression in Azerbaijan. More than 300 political prisoners, among them journalists and human rights activists. 76 colleagues in this Parliamentary Assembly are declared persona non grata. The authorities neither co-operate in monitoring procedures nor in election observations. They do not implement judgments from the European Court of... 09/04/2025 | 17:49:14 Mister President, Dear colleagues, During the debate on the Progress Report, several speakers emphasised the high number of urgent debates during this session, as a direct consequence of the many recent setbacks of democratic values in our member countries, among them this debate on the need for accountability and avoiding impunity concerning the invasion and aggressive war in Ukraine. The people of Ukraine are fighting for our common freedom. Ukraine is entitled to our full support both now... 27/01/2025 | 17:35:17 Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2 Mister President, dear colleagues. I would like to start with thanking our rapporteur for this annual report on the progress of the Assembly´s monitoring procedure. Unfortunately, the report demonstrates how democratic values and human rights are under great pressure, even in many of our Council of Europe´s member states. As co-rapporteur for Azerbaijan, I am especially worried about the negative development in that specific country. During... 01/10/2024 | 18:35:25 Thank you, Mister President, and thank you to all the speakers in this current affairs debate. And as I heard in the debate, the speakers on behalf of the political groups, as well as other speakers, obviously share the same worries about the deterioration of the human rights situation in Azerbaijan. And that's a good starting point for further efforts to assist Azerbaijan to move into the right direction. I note that there are different opinions regarding their credentials, but no one has... 01/10/2024 | 17:45:57 Thank you, Mister President. And dear colleagues, On 24 January, our Assembly resolved not to ratify the credentials of the Azerbaijani delegation. The Assembly was among other things worried about the lack of co-operation in the monitoring procedure and lack of invitation to observe the early presidential election of 7 February. It also cited the human rights situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. Unfortunately, as we approach the COP29, recent developments point in the wrong direction. The...
12/02/2024 | Doc. 15927 | Report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Azerbaijan 16/09/2019 | Doc. 14964 | Report Post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia 16/09/2013 | Doc. 13303 | Report The honouring of obligations and commitments by the Republic of Moldova
10/02/2025 | Doc. 16058 | Written declaration Elections in Georgia – alarming developments 03/10/2024 | Doc. 16058 | Written declaration Elections in Georgia – alarming developments 26/06/2024 | Doc. 16021 | Motion for a resolution Support for political negotiations to enforce exchange and release of prisoners of war 24/04/2024 | Doc. 15900 | Written declaration Armenia must act to prevent discrimination against LGBTI people 18/04/2024 | Doc. 15977 | Motion for a resolution The humanitarian situation of (mainly) children and women in Gaza, the West Bank and in Israel
02/10/2025 | Doc. 16272, vote on the draft text for resolution Russia: new threats to European democracies 02/10/2025 | Doc. 16273, vote on the draft text for resolution Urgent call to put an end to the devastating humanitarian catastrophe and the killing of journalists in Gaza 01/10/2025 | Doc. 16237, vote on the draft text for resolution Journalists matter: the need to step up efforts to liberate Ukrainian journalists held in captivity by the Russian Federation 01/10/2025 | Doc. 16239, vote on the draft text for recommendation Youth movements for democracy 01/10/2025 | Doc. 16239, vote on the draft text for resolution Youth movements for democracy