Representative
Member of the National Council
Les Libéraux-Radicaux
Conseil national
CH-3003 - Berne
Switzerland
Working language: French
16/04/2025 - Election observation PACE delegation calls for stronger co-operation between parliaments and electoral management bodies 21/11/2024 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights ‘AI must serve humanity in a fair and ethical manner, in conformity with Council of Europe values,’ Damien Cottier says 12/10/2023 - Election observation New ‘road map’ for handling elections in times of crisis published as Switzerland marks 60 years in the Council of Europe 10/05/2023 - Election observation At Bern conference, speakers stress need for core democratic standards even in times of crisis 09/05/2023 - Election observation Conference on ‘elections in times of crisis’ opens in Bern
29/01/2025 | 11:28:47 Thank you, Madam Chairman. This is an important debate, and its context makes it all the more important. I'd like to thank the rapporteur for the work she has done and for putting this topic on the agenda of our Assembly once again, because our Assembly has already addressed these issues, but it's important to return to them regularly in a historical context where this debate takes on a very special dimension. I'm fortunate enough to have trained as a historian and, I must say, it's striking... 03/10/2024 | 16:18:08 Thank you, Mister Chairman. On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Group, I'd like to congratulate and thank the rapporteur for her work. She is right to point out that lesbian, bisexual and queer women continue to suffer discrimination based on their sexual orientation, gender and other cross-cutting factors, despite the obvious, notable and significant progress that has been made on LGBTI rights in recent decades on our continent. This discrimination affects... 27/06/2024 | 15:53:35 Thank you, Mr Chairman. The rapporteur, Mr Piero FASSINO, is right: he is right to broaden the scope of his report to cover the whole situation in Cyprus; he is right to point out that, unfortunately, this country has been split in two for 50 years this year, and that this is a sad anniversary; and he is also right to recall the whole framework that has been developed in recent years, notably the resolutions of our Assembly but also those of the United Nations Security Council. On behalf of... 26/06/2024 | 10:51:07 Thank you, Mr Chairman. The crime of aggression is the worst of all crimes, because it contains within it the catalyst for all the others. This is the observation our Assembly already made last year on the basis of the report I had the honour of presenting, and I thank Mr Davor Ivo STIER for referring to it and following up this important report. As he mentioned, unfortunately, the situation has not improved: on the contrary, it has deteriorated, making it all the more necessary for the... 25/06/2024 | 10:56:18 Thank you, Mister chairman. A few days ago, we celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Swiss Confederation's second Federal Constitution. This Constitution of 1874 introduced a popular instrument that nobody in Switzerland today could imagine not having: it is the instrument of the referendum, with the possibility not for the authorities to decide when they wish to consult the population, but for the population itself to contest a law passed by parliament by collecting 50,000 signatures; in a...
24/01/2023 | Doc. 15689 | Report Legal and human rights aspects of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine 09/01/2023 | Doc. 15683 | Report Emergence of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) and their necessary apprehension through European human rights law 07/06/2021 | Doc. 15309 | Report Covid passes or certificates: protection of fundamental rights and legal implications
08/10/2024 | Doc. 16062 | Motion for a resolution Strengthening freedom of expression: an imperative for the consolidation and development of democratic societies 26/06/2024 | Doc. 16020 | Motion for a resolution Journalists matter: the need to step up efforts to liberate Ukrainian journalists held in captivity by the Russian Federation 25/06/2024 | Doc. 16015 | Motion for a resolution Bürgenstock summit on peace in Ukraine: paving the way 14/05/2024 | Doc. 15986 | Motion for a resolution Artificial intelligence and gender equality: risks and challenges 25/01/2024 | Doc. 15912 | Motion for a resolution Externalising asylum increases the risk of undermining the system of international protection
31/01/2025 | Doc. 16088, vote on the draft text for resolution “Long Covid” and access to the right to health 30/01/2025 | Doc. 16102, vote on the draft text for opinion Opinion on a draft convention for the protection of the profession of lawyer 30/01/2025 | Doc. 16105, vote on the draft text for resolution The urgent need for free and fair elections in Belarus 29/01/2025 | Doc. 16090, vote on the draft text for recommendation Multiperspectivity in remembrance and history education for democratic citizenship 29/01/2025 | Doc. 16090, vote on the draft text for resolution Multiperspectivity in remembrance and history education for democratic citizenship