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Ms Petra BAYR

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Substitute
Deputy
SPÖ

Parlament
AT - 1017 - Wien
Austria

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018

Latest news

10/03/2021 - Equality and Non-Discrimination Violence against women in the public and private spheres 08/03/2021 - President 8 March: men and women need to push together more forcefully for change 04/02/2021 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development How to overcome vaccine hesitancy? 25/11/2020 - Equality and Non-Discrimination International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: Petra Bayr and Evelyn Regner speak out to halt gender-based violence 05/06/2020 - Equality and Non-Discrimination COVID-19: access to contraception is 'an essential health service to be maintained during the crisis'

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 22/01/2018

In the Assembly

  • since 22/01/2018 Substitute - Austria

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Chairperson: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 27/01/2020)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination: Bureau of the Assembly (since 27/01/2020)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination: Standing Committee (since 27/01/2020)
  • Ex officio (Rule 44.1 of the Rules of Procedure): Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 27/01/2020)
  • Member: Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (since 24/06/2019)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 22/01/2018)
  • Full Member SOC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 30/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (since 22/03/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (since 22/03/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (since 27/01/2020)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (since 27/01/2020)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (since 27/01/2020)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 07/03/2019 to 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 24/01/2019 to 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 01/03/2018 to 29/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 25/01/2018 to 22/01/2019)
  • Alternate of Mr Michel REIMON (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 27/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Andreas SCHIEDER (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 26/01/2020)

Interventions

Last speeches

30/09/2021 | 12:58:42 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Humanitarian assistance, the prevention of violence, UN driven resettlement programs, and secure refugee corridors are key for people most at risk in Afghanistan. I am ashamed that my government is among a minority of countries that is not ready to accept a single refugee: not a women judge, not a girl that is denies access to education and is threatened because of her attitude, not a member of an ethnic minority or an LGBTIQ person. Shame on... 29/09/2021 | 11:20:31 Thank you very much, colleagues, I'm convinced this Assembly needs a general rapporteur on the protection of the environment and of the climate. We know that the global heating is everywhere, but not everybody is affected in the same way. There are those who are living in poor houses, close to streets with heavy traffic, with polluted air, hot in the summer, cold in the winter, and having no chance to seek refuge anywhere else. There are those who live in better houses and well-equipped... 28/09/2021 | 17:24:55 Thank you very much, Mister President. An adoption of this resolution including the opinion will not be a revolution. Which has moved the composition of our Assembly towards the direction that is based on demography and much more important on democracy. It is key for us as an Assembly to mirror the reality of our societies at the Assembly. And I'm very grateful to Nicole for her important report that really lays a fundament for a next step forward. I'm very grateful to Ingjerd for organizing... 28/09/2021 | 12:14:29 Thank you very much, Madame President. Selin, I also want to applaud you for this really comprehensive and important report and I especially want to line out article, or paragraph, 10.4 where you tackle the impact of economic activities and human rights and we must not forget the situation beyond Europe due to long and very complex supply chains, the environment, social rights and human rights are infringed. We see for instance poisoned air, having fresh water, child labour, slave work and... 27/09/2021 | 15:36:43 Thank you very much, Mr Chairman, I would like to do something unusual, I would like to use the Progress Report not to talk about content, but to talk about the other side, so that parts here of politics, namely how we work and how we work with each other here in the Assembly, how we also try to create visibility and create impact for our politics. I would like to take as an example, because this is also mentioned in the in Progress report, the June session where we had this High-Level Panel...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

22/09/2021 | Doc. 15376 | Committee Opinion Gender representation in the Parliamentary Assembly 19/02/2020 | Doc. 15084 | Report Empowering women: promoting access to contraception in Europe 08/04/2019 | Doc. 14861 | Committee Opinion Strengthening co-operation with the United Nations in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

08/10/2021 | Doc. 15338 | Written declaration For a firm condemnation of the repression in Egypt 08/10/2021 | Doc. 15344 | Written declaration Hungary’s adoption of legislation akin to the Russian law against "LGBT propaganda" must be condemned 04/10/2021 | Doc. 15390 | Motion for a resolution Child abuse in Europe: addressing, compensation and prevention 04/10/2021 | Doc. 15391 | Motion for a resolution Systematic prosecution of democratic and human rights in Turkey 01/10/2021 | Doc. 15389 | Written declaration Decriminalisation of same-sex relations in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan

Votes on adopted texts

30/09/2021 | Doc. 15381, vote on the draft text for resolution The situation in Afghanistan: consequences for Europe and the region 30/09/2021 | Doc. 15382 rev, vote on the draft text for resolution Increased migration pressure on the borders of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland with Belarus 30/09/2021 | Doc. 15379, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence 29/09/2021 | Doc. 15367, vote on the draft text for resolution Anchoring the right to a healthy environment: need for enhanced action by the Council of Europe 29/09/2021 | Doc. 15367, vote on the draft text for recommendation Anchoring the right to a healthy environment: need for enhanced action by the Council of Europe