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Mr Vladimir VARDANYAN (Armenia, EPP/CD)

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Representative
M.P.
Civil Contract

National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
AM - 0095 - Yerevan
Armenia

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019

Latest news

08/10/2021 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights We must do more to end the death penalty, says PACE General Rapporteur 26/03/2021 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights General Rapporteur welcomes Virginia’s abolition of the death penalty 20/01/2021 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights Belarus: General Rapporteur condemns handing down of a new death sentence 20/01/2021 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights General rapporteur deeply regrets executions at federal level in the US 14/01/2021 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights PACE rapporteur on death penalty expresses deep regret at US federal execution of Lisa Montgomery

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Auditor: Group of the European People's Party since 21/04/2021
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 24/06/2019 to 20/04/2021
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 21/01/2019 to 23/06/2019

In the Assembly

  • since 27/09/2021 Representative - Armenia
  • from 21/01/2019 to 26/09/2021 Substitute - Armenia

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

  • Full Member EPP/CD: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 25/04/2022)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 26/01/2022)
  • General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 08/12/2020 to 11/12/2022)
  • Member: Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (since 31/01/2020)
  • Alternate EPP/CD: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 04/10/2019 to 24/04/2022)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 21/01/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (since 23/01/2023)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on Ethics (from 24/01/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • 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 (since 22/03/2021)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 22/03/2021 to 25/01/2022)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 24/01/2021)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Ruben RUBINYAN (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 27/09/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Edmon MARUKYAN (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 21/01/2019 to 26/09/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Ruben RUBINYAN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on External Relations (since 27/01/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Edmon MARUKYAN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 24/01/2019 to 26/09/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Edmon MARUKYAN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 24/01/2019 to 26/09/2021)

Interventions

Last speeches

23/06/2023 | 10:29:15 Thank you, Mister Chair. Thank you, dear rapporteur. The report we are discussing is very topical, topical because despite the fact that transnational repression is a famous phenomenon from a political perspective but from a legal perspective, from the perspective of any first-century legal thinking, it should be still described. We really need an explanation of what we are speaking about. That is why I agree with those writers who already said that we need a precise definition of what we are... 26/04/2023 | 19:06:00 Thank you, Madam Chair. Honourable Colleagues, First of all, let me express my words of gratitude and congratulate Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU for this report.  I would just ask a rhetorical question. Why after 70 years of the existence of the European Court of Human Rights and of this organisation are we still discussing the issue of implementation – or rather non-implementation of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights? Why is it still not a taboo? Why can we still not say to... 27/01/2023 | 10:25:17 Thank you, Madam Chair. Some 15 years ago, when I was a young researcher, I was invited as an expert to a moot court competition in IHL [International Humanitarian Law] which was titled "Game of Drones". I think that it is something unrealistic. It is impossible to have drones flying, killing, deciding something. It is something which would never happen. I should confess at that time I was very naïve. I'm not very naive now. I would like just to say that, unfortunately, because nobody knows... 26/01/2023 | 19:42:56 Thank you, Mister Chair. Now it is even more clear. Thank you, Mister JAFAROV. You actually said a very important thing, you said that Nagorno-Karabakh is under siege. And I would like to title my speech with the one Greek word from the Bible: "Exodus, Exodus, Exodus". What you are demanding it's exodus of all the Armenian population. This is your aim. Look, first, nobody of you speaking here are trying to say that there is no blockade. Actually, where.. said something to prove that it's open... 26/01/2023 | 17:17:19 Thank you, Madam Chair. First of all, let me express my words of gratitude to the Monitoring Committee and the rapporteur for the excellent work done. Thank you for identifying the common problems we face.; problems concerning the judiciary, corruption, elections, which unfortunately, are still a part of our lives and our part of the monitoring procedure.  For sure, during this period, some countries have bigger and better success in comparison with others. Some countries still have some...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

30/11/2022 | Doc. 15660 | Committee Opinion Contact tracing applications: ethical, cultural and educational challenges 14/04/2022 | Doc. 15501 | Committee Opinion Safeguarding and promoting genuine democracy in Europe 16/09/2020 | Doc. 15139 | Report The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on human rights and the rule of law

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

21/06/2023 | Doc. 15807 | Motion for a resolution Shaping the Parliamentary Assembly’s relations with the United Nations Human Rights Council 04/05/2023 | Doc. 15764 | Written declaration Azerbaijan must open the Lachin Corridor 14/02/2023 | Doc. 15640 | Written declaration Condemnation of aggression by Azerbaijan against the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia 26/01/2023 | Doc. 15693 | Motion for a resolution Ensuring Azerbaijan’s accountability for serious violations of international humanitarian law and its statutory obligations 18/10/2022 | Doc. 15640 | Written declaration Condemnation of aggression by Azerbaijan against the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia

Votes on adopted texts

22/06/2023 | Doc. 15796, vote on the draft text for resolution Ensuring free and safe access through the Lachin Corridor 22/06/2023 | Doc. 15796, vote on the draft text for recommendation Ensuring free and safe access through the Lachin Corridor 21/06/2023 | Doc. 15780, vote on the draft text for opinion Budgets and priorities of the Council of Europe for the period 2024-2027 21/06/2023 | Doc. 15781, vote on the draft text for resolution Expenditure of the Parliamentary Assembly for the biennium 2024-2025 26/04/2023 | Doc. 15742, vote on the draft text for resolution Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights