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Lord Richard KEEN (United Kingdom, ECPA)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Auditor: European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates since 03/02/2025
  • Auditor: European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance from 30/09/2024 to 03/02/2025
  • Member: European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance from 24/01/2022 to 30/09/2024

In the Assembly

  • since 24/01/2022 Representative - United Kingdom

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

  • Chairperson: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 23/01/2024)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Bureau of the Assembly (since 23/01/2024)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Standing Committee (since 23/01/2024)
  • Ex officio (Rule 44.1 of the Rules of Procedure): Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 23/01/2024)
  • Ex officio (Rule 44.1 of the Rules of Procedure): Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 23/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 23/01/2023)
  • Alternate EC/DA: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 24/06/2022 to 21/01/2024)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 23/01/2024 to 26/01/2024)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (since 23/01/2024)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (since 23/01/2024)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (since 23/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 23/01/2023 to 23/06/2024)
  • Alternate of Sir Christopher CHOPE (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 24/01/2022 to 22/01/2023)

Interventions

Last speeches

30/01/2025 | 12:23:01 Thank you, Mister President. Thank you, colleagues. The Treaties of Westphalia in 1648, which are sometimes referred to as the Peace of Westphalia, established the international law principle of state sovereignty. The Peace of Westphalia was based upon the concept of coexisting sovereign states and the recognition of a sovereign state's right to decide its own face and future. What is perhaps less well known is that it established the precedent for peace reached by diplomatic congress and... 30/01/2025 | 11:06:39 Thank you, Mister President. Could I begin by thanking Lord HERMER for his contribution to this debate? I agree with everything he had to say, with one qualification. He referred to the commitment of the new United Kingdom government to the convention and the rule of Law. There is nothing new about the United Kingdom's commitment to the convention and the Rule of law. It has been there since 1951. But despite Mr Tony VAUGHAN's observations, I think we can forgive Lord HERMER one party... 28/01/2025 | 19:32:36 Apologies. Thank you, President. Thank you, colleagues. Could I begin by expressing my gratitude to the rapporteur, Mister Orlando, who has unfortunately left this Assembly and could not present this report for debate in the plenary. I'm therefore presenting this report on his behalf in my capacity as Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. The context for our deliberations is both historical and, indeed, contemporary. As we know, the use of mercenaries has ancient roots... 03/10/2024 | 11:52:42 Thank you, Chair. Colleagues, I would like to thank everyone who's contributed to this important debate. I would also like to express my thanks to all the members of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights who gave such support to our rapporteur, Mr Knut ABRAHAM in the preparation of his report. The rapporteur organised significant hearings with leading historians from Ukraine and Germany, and the Committee also heard a detailed presentation by the Ukrainian prosecutor general. The... 03/10/2024 | 10:11:12 Apologies, dear colleagues, for the slight time delay that we just experienced. Good morning to all of you. At the request of Mr Knut ABRAHAM, our rapporteur, I'm presenting this report before you on his behalf, as Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. Our German colleague could not cancel his important engagements at today's German Unity Day after the report was moved from Monday to this morning. Colleagues, the Holodomor was an artificial famine organised by Joseph...

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