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Mr Ziya ALTUNYALDIZ

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group since 08/10/2018

In the Assembly

  • since 08/10/2018 Representative - Türkiye

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

  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 08/10/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (since 23/01/2023)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (from 19/04/2021 to 25/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 25/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (since 22/03/2021)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 24/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 11/10/2018 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Mehmet Mehdi EKER (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 15/09/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Alternate of Ms Emine Nur GÜNAY (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 08/10/2018 to 29/09/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Emine Nur GÜNAY (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Alternate of Ms Sena Nur ÇELİK (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 08/10/2018 to 14/09/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Mustafa YENEROĞLU (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 11/10/2018 to 24/01/2019)

Interventions

Last speeches

14/10/2022 | 12:02:09 Dear President, Dear Colleagues, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur for her excellent work concerning the critical balance between public health and individual freedoms. Introduction of various restrictive measures justified by the rapid transmission of the COVID-19 have sparked a heated debate on the necessity of the measures and its impact on enjoyment of freedoms. Especially after the vaccination started across Europe, member states have begun to use COVID-19 passes and vaccine... 11/10/2022 | 20:17:38 Madam Chair and Dear Colleagues, I just would like to emphasise that we recognise that states have a sovereign right in deciding who would enter their territories. However, what we are discussing here is member States must not resort to discriminatory treatment while applying laws and regulations and deciding who are eligible to enter their territories. Let me reply to Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS. The resolution recognises the right of states, as I said, to regulate entry to their territory. I just... 11/10/2022 | 19:39:19 Dear Chair, dear Colleagues, The motion for a resolution on which my report is based, stresses that some persons are unjustifiably denied access to the entire Schengen Area, mainly for political reasons. In my report, I have examined the current functioning of the Schengen Information System (SIS) and its impact on fundamental rights. Under public international law and the European Convention on Human Rights, states can, in principle, determine the terms and conditions under which non... 11/10/2022 | 18:49:43 Dear President, Dear Colleagues, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the rapporteur Mr Momodou Malcolm JALLOW for all his efforts in preparing this report, as well as our colleagues today who support this report and stand against the anti‑Muslim sentiments in Europe. As elaborated by the rapporteur, Islamophobia is a new form of racism and xenophobia that stems from unfounded fear, mistrust and hatred towards Muslims and Islam. Anti-Muslim racism in Europe is a multifaceted issue... 24/06/2022 | 11:22:43 Dear President, Dear colleagues, I am going to talk about energy security. When we look at the global developments, one of the most important common problems which has come to the fore again recently is the issue of energy security. Although energy security has been discussed for years, the problems on this issue have become increasingly multi-dimensional and complex. The Russian aggression against Ukraine has especially shown how fragile the energy market is in terms of stability of energy...

Activities