Representative
Member of the National Council
Union démocratique du centre
Conseil national
CH-3003 - Berne
Switzerland
Working language: English
26/03/2020 - Monitoring COVID-19: Rapporteurs insist on free movement for OSCE monitors in the Donbass 02/07/2019 - Monitoring Ukraine monitors call for effective investigation into the murder of Vadym Komarov 05/02/2019 - Monitoring Ukraine monitors pinpoint changes needed following Kyiv fact-finding visit 06/09/2017 - Political Affairs and Democracy Multilateralism needed to combat tax evasion and avoidance effectively 15/05/2015 - Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Parliamentarians to visit Schipol Detention Centre
30/01/2020 | 16:07:20 Yes, thank you, Mister Chair. Unfortunately the Arab Spring that began ended in an Arab winter. Not only in Libya we have a complete war zone, also in Egypt we have a military dictatorship, we have in Syria still Hafez al-Assad in power. We didn't see any democratic evolvement that we hoped for when the Arab Spring was starting. What concerns Libya we have to say that member states of the Council of Europe have a responsibility for the situation as it is today. I'm not an advocate of Gaddafi... 30/01/2020 | 11:22:38 Thank you, Mr Chair. Thank you to the rapporteur Ms Thorhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR for her report. The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe welcomes the report about the political prisoners and especially the resolution what Azerbeidjan should do to fufil its obligations as member state of the Council of Europe. The European Court of Human rights has issued a very large number of judgments finding violations of the Convention arising from arbitrary arrests and detention of opposition... 03/10/2019 | 19:53:45 Yes, thank you, Mrs Chair. I want first to thank to the rapporteurs for their report and also for letting us know how the situation is in Moldova and indeed it's a serious situation we are facing there, which is of great concern and should be of great concern to the Council of Europe. We are facing, or as the Council of Europe, we are responsible for the rule of law, for democracy and Human Rights. And Moldova is a small country; is a new country and is a poor country, of course, as well. And... 24/01/2019 | 17:16:33 One of the most useful tools of our Parliamentary Assembly is the Monitoring Committee, and we thank the rapporteur, Sir Roger GALE, for this report. The work of the Monitoring Committee and its rapporteurs should be neutral and non-biased and should always have the wellbeing of the people in our countries in mind, as well as respect for democracy, human rights and rule of law. Of course we should and must have it in mind that our Council of Europe consists of different countries. Each and...
20/09/2017 | Doc. 14401 | Report The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2016-2017
04/02/2020 | Doc. 15071 | Motion for a resolution Prevention of abuse of mutual legal co-operation with respect to refugees and asylum seekers 28/01/2020 | Doc. 15049 | Motion for a resolution Political prisoners in the Russian Federation 15/10/2019 | Doc. 14918 | Written declaration Investigating and preventing corruption at the Council of Europe 24/06/2019 | Doc. 14918 | Written declaration Investigating and preventing corruption at the Council of Europe 20/05/2019 | Doc. 14891 | Motion for a resolution Election observation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the monitoring procedure
30/01/2020 | Doc. 15055, vote on the draft text for resolution International obligations concerning the repatriation of children from war and conflict zones 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15055, vote on the draft text for recommendation International obligations concerning the repatriation of children from war and conflict zones 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15020, vote on the draft text for resolution Reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15020, vote on the draft text for recommendation Reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15023, vote on the draft text for resolution Concerted action against human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants