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Ms Lesia VASYLENKO (Ukraine, ALDE)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 16/04/2021
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 27/01/2020 to 15/04/2021

In the Assembly

  • since 27/01/2020 Representative - Ukraine

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

  • First Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 23/01/2024)
  • Alternate ALDE: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 22/01/2024)
  • Full Member ALDE: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 24/01/2022 to 21/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (since 25/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (since 23/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (since 23/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Sergiy VLASENKO (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 23/01/2023)

Interventions

Last speeches

03/10/2024 | 11:09:39 Thank you, President, and thank you to our rapporteur, Mr Knut ABRAHAM, who is not with us today, but he has brought back the topic of Holodomor to this Assembly and he has reinstated historic justice by calling the Holodomor what it really is. The crime of crimes, the crime of genocide that has been committed by Russian leadership against the Ukrainian people in the 1930s. The Holodomor was just that, the crime of crimes. It was a man-made famine against the people of Ukraine by Russian... 02/10/2024 | 17:18:49 Thank you, President. And thank you to the families of the prisoners of war and the civilian hostages who are here with us today when we discuss this very important and very painful topic. No one could have covered this topic better than our rapporteur Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA-FEDORENKO, who has been a champion advocate for prisoners of war and illegal detainees in Ukraine. And now she brought all the heavy gut-wrenching facts and heart-wrenching stories to light here, before this Assembly in... 02/10/2024 | 10:58:42 Thank you, Madam President. And indeed, dear colleagues, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, I would like to thank our rapporteur, Ms Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR, for her excellent work in preparing this report, which is about the core principles of justice, of openness and of freedoms. I also thank all the members of the Assembly for their valuable contributions to our debate in this hemicycle today, and for their participation in the exchanges with Mr Julian ASSANGE... 01/10/2024 | 20:03:24 Okay, thank you, Chair. On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), I would like to thank our rapporteur, Mr Max LUCKS, for an excellent report calling for concrete action. Right now, as we speak, Iran is attacking Israel, covering the peaceful cities of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and many others with a shower of missiles. On behalf of the ALDE group and from me personally, deep, deep condolences to all the families in Israel who have to live through this nightmare right... 27/06/2024 | 17:32:52 Thank you, President. On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group, I would like to thank the Rapporteur for his extensive report which brings up important issues such as immediate and long-term harm to civilians caused by explosive weapons, large-scale forced displacements resulting from the use of explosive weapons, the damage to essential infrastructure, the economy and food security, long term and cross-border environmental damage. The Alliance of Liberals and...

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