Substitute
Deputy
Independent
House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus
CY - 1402 - Nicosia
Cyprus
Working language: English
04/03/2025 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights Calling for the implementation of the Court’s judgments, PACE committee lists nine member states with over 40 pending leading cases 03/12/2024 - Prizes Euskararen Etxea (the House of the Basque Language) in Bilbao, Spain, wins 2025 Council of Europe Museum Prize 24/01/2024 - Session PACE calls for stronger action to eradicate torture and ill-treatment in places of detention in Europe 05/12/2023 - Culture, Science, Education and Media Sybir Memorial Museum (Bialystok, Poland) wins 2024 Council of Europe Museum Prize 01/12/2023 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights PACE and national parliamentarians can play a more active role in improving the timely and effective implementation of Court judgments
09/04/2025 | 19:51:02 Thank you. I wish to thank all the interventions. And what comes out from the interventions is that it is obvious that we need a stronger political will. Governments must treat judgments as opportunities to prove, to reform, and to progress. The second is that national parliaments need to play a more active role in overseeing implementation. Transparency, accountability, and civil society participation are crucial. The third is that we must strengthen the tools at the disposal of the Council... 09/04/2025 | 18:55:48 Thank you, Madam Chair. Friends, This is an important year. This year is the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Convention and the Court are monumental achievements in the history of our continent. Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have led to the release of political prisoners; protections of speech, assembly and association that are the bedrock of democratic life; the decriminalisation of homosexuality; the development of fairer trials; an... 02/10/2024 | 16:42:48 Thank you. Thank you, Mister President. As rightly stated by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Mr Theodoros ROUSOPOULOS, whilst we are all aware of the immunities accorded to us as members of the Assembly, this is the first time that such a matter comes before the Assembly. And importantly, we should welcome the fact that Mr Marcin ROMANOWSKI's immunity as a member of the Assembly was recognised and respected by the authorities. This was not obviously going to be the case when the... 27/06/2024 | 16:05:06 Mister President. In 1974, Türkiye invaded Cyprus and with the exception of the 1956 invasion of Hungary by the USSR and Prague in 1968, Europe had not encountered such an invasion since the Second World War. Forty-eight years later, Europe has once again experienced a flagrant violation of international law in the form of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Fifty years have gone past since the Turkish invasion – half a century during which period we have seen helplessly the erasure of... 26/01/2024 | 10:45:28 Thank you, thank you my compatriot President. I would like to first start by congratulating Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ for his excellent report. This report raises awareness about the many forms of abuse perpetuated in public and private institutions against children in Europe for decades. It reaffirms the Council of Europe's member states' commitment to combat violence against children in Europe and the intent to open a debate on how to acknowledge the true dimension of the problem, and the need...
19/03/2025 | Doc. 16134 | Report Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 11/12/2023 | Doc. 15880 | Report Allegations of systemic torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in places of detention in Europe 11/04/2023 | Doc. 15742 | Report Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 08/11/2021 | Doc. 15397 | Report The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education and culture 15/07/2020 | Doc. 15123 | Report Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
23/06/2025 | Doc. 16204 | Motion for a resolution The erosion of press freedom through violence against journalists in the Middle East 20/06/2025 | Doc. 16202 | Written declaration Swift, transparent measures to legally finalise the electoral process and ensure full democratic legitimacy in Germany 19/06/2025 | Doc. 16200 | Written declaration Urgent condemnation of the arrest of passengers during the “Freedom Flottilla” operation 08/10/2024 | Doc. 16062 | Motion for a resolution Strengthening freedom of expression: an imperative for the consolidation and development of democratic societies 03/10/2024 | Doc. 16056 | Motion for a resolution Frontline States: the role of the Council of Europe in implementing the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum
02/10/2024 | Doc. 16040, vote on the draft text for resolution The detention and conviction of Julian Assange and their chilling effects on human rights 27/06/2024 | Doc. 16004, vote on the draft text for resolution Call for Varosha’s return to its lawful inhabitants 26/06/2024 | Doc. 15994, vote on the draft text for resolution The honouring of obligations and commitments by Armenia 26/06/2024 | Doc. 15933, vote on the draft text for recommendation Reparation and reconciliation processes to overcome past conflicts and build a common peaceful future – the question of just and equal redress 26/06/2024 | Doc. 15933, vote on the draft text for resolution Reparation and reconciliation processes to overcome past conflicts and build a common peaceful future – the question of just and equal redress