Representative
Deputy
Conservative
House of Commons
GB - SW1A OAA - London
United Kingdom
coepa.del@parliament.uk
www.johnhowellmp.com
Working language: English
21/12/2020 - Monitoring Rapporteurs urge Turkish parliament not to adopt new restrictions on NGOs 23/10/2020 - Standing Committee PACE strongly condemns new crackdowns on political opposition and civil dissent in Turkey 16/10/2020 - Monitoring Turkey: Monitoring Committee strongly condemns new crackdowns on political opposition and civil dissent 01/10/2020 - Monitoring PACE Turkey monitors call for the immediate release of arrested opposition members 02/09/2020 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights PACE rapporteurs react to the death in prison of Turkish lawyer and human rights defender Ebru Timtik
25/01/2021 | 17:18:05 Thank you very much indeed, that's very kind of you. May I start by being equally kind? I would like to congratulate Mr Michael Aastrup JENSEN on being elected again as Chairman of the Monitoring Committee. I think he does a very good job there, and I think that what I would like to say is about the importance of monitoring. In a values organisation, it's absolutely essential that we monitor and that we monitor everyone. Monitoring has to be seen, not as a big stick that we take to beat a... 20/11/2020 | 17:12:14 Thank you, Mr President. I too would like to congratulate the rapporteur on his report. I think we are all in favour of academic freedom and I say that as somebody who was, in a former existence, a research fellow within a university. So I have experienced this from both sides. There are two points that I would like to make. The first one relates to the arguments against commercialisation. And I would just put down a marker on this, that I do accept the commercialisation can have a bad effect... 30/01/2020 | 11:25:19 Thank you Mr President. I'd like to start by looking at the basis on which this report was produced. Paragraph 9 of this report highlights a number of issues. First it highlights that Azerbaijan is reforming its judicial system including the prison system and the criminal justice system. Second it highlights that Azerbaijan is making progress on judicial independence and the reform of the prosecutor's office. Thirdly it highlights that the number of people being arrested is declining and that... 29/01/2020 | 10:59:18 Thank you Mr President. I welcome this report and the resolution and recommendations. Let me start by raising two points. First the right to freedom of thought conscience and religion is a fundamental right that requires comprehensive protection. Religion of belief are crucial to our identity. Asking one not to act in accordance to one's religion or belief is contrary to existing international legal standards. A soldier may kill in accordance with existing laws of war and armed conflict but... 28/01/2020 | 17:17:11 Thank you very much Madam President. I'd like to start off as indeed other speakers have by congratulating the rapporteur Lord George FOULKES on an excellent report and for the comprehensive way in which this issue has been tackled. I think of particular interest to me was the way in which he set out in individual countries what is happening and how that has has come through in terms of what has happened to individual journalists. The particular thing that struck me was the situation in Malta...
19/10/2020 | Doc. 15171 | Report New crackdown on political opposition and civil dissent in Turkey: urgent need to safeguard Council of Europe standards
11/02/2020 | Doc. 15082 | Motion for a resolution Voluntary relocation for migrants in need of humanitarian protection 03/02/2020 | Doc. 15066 | Motion for a resolution Widespread recurring violence against security, fire and medical services on New Year’s Eve: how to restore trust and the rule of law 28/01/2020 | Doc. 15046 | Motion for a resolution Follow-up to the humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine 04/07/2019 | Doc. 14946 | Motion for a resolution Best interests of the child and policies to ensure a work-life balance 27/06/2019 | Doc. 14931 | Motion for a resolution Initiating Assembly contacts with the Somaliland Parliament, with a view to its possible eventual Partnership for Democracy with the Assembly
31/01/2020 | Doc. 15029, vote on the draft text for resolution Organ transplant tourism 31/01/2020 | Doc. 15022, vote on the draft text for recommendation Combating trafficking in human tissues and cells 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15055, vote on the draft text for resolution International obligations concerning the repatriation of children from war and conflict zones 29/01/2020 | Doc. 15015, vote on the draft text for resolution The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace 29/01/2020 | Doc. 15015, vote on the draft text for recommendation The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace