09/04/2019 | 19:17:24 Does anyone object? As there is no objection, I declare that Amendment 4 to the draft resolution has been agreed to. Amendment 4 is adopted. We will now proceed to vote on the draft recommendation on the report titled “Promoting parliaments free of sexism and sexual harassment” contained in Document 14843, as amended. The vote is open. The draft recommendation in Document 14843, as amended, is adopted, with 62 votes for, 2 against and 2 abstentions. Thank you to the rapporteur, the committee... 09/04/2019 | 19:16:12 Does anyone object? As there is no objection, I declare that Amendments 1 to 3 to the draft resolution have been agreed to. Amendments 1 to 3 are adopted. We will now proceed to vote on the whole of the draft resolution contained in Document 14843, as amended. The vote is open. The draft resolution in Document 14843, as amended, is adopted with 59 votes for, 3 against and 1 abstention. We now come to the consideration of the draft recommendation, to which one amendment has been tabled. I... 09/04/2019 | 17:54:05 May I inform the Assembly of the results of the election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights? In the election of a judge from Turkey, Ms Saadet Yüksel received an absolute majority of votes cast. She has been duly elected as a judge of the European Court of Human Rights; her term of office of nine years will start three months from her election, at the latest. In the election of a judge from Malta, Ms Lorraine Schembri Orland received an absolute majority of votes cast. She has... 09/04/2019 | 15:38:49 The first item of business this afternoon is on the report on the “Establishment of a European Union mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights”, Document 14850. This report is presented by Ms Petra De Sutter on behalf of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs. We will also hear an opinion presented by Lord Balfe from the Committee on Legal Affairs, Document 14862, and an opinion from the Monitoring Committee presented by Mr Šircelj... 09/04/2019 | 15:37:49 The sitting is open. Colleagues, we have to continue with the elections of the judges for Malta and Turkey today. The list of candidates along with their CVs and the opinions of the committees are in Documents 14846, 14840, and 14855 Addendum 2. The poll was suspended between 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.; it will now open again and close again at 5:00 p.m., so I urge those who have not voted yet to go and do so. The count will happen afterwards in the usual fashion with the tellers checking, so... 09/04/2019 | 10:05:28 We now come to the joint debate on two reports. We will first hear Mr Adão SILVA present his report, “Strengthening co-operation with the United Nations in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy. We will also hear from Ms Petra BAYR, who will present the opinion of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination to that report. Subsequently, Ms Jennifer DE TEMMERMAN will present her report, “Implementation of... 09/04/2019 | 10:04:37 Dear colleagues, the order of business calls for us today to vote for two judges for the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of two countries. You can find the curricula vitae in Documents 14846, 14840 and 14855 Addendum 2. The voting for both elections will take place in the area behind the President’s chair. At 1 p.m. the ballot will be suspended. It will reopen at 3.30 p.m. and close at 5 p.m. Counting will take place under the supervision of four tellers, whom we shall now appoint by... 08/04/2019 | 16:04:11 We will now hear an address by Ms Dunja MIJATOVIC, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, on her activity report for 2018 (Comm DH (2019)11). Colleagues, it is a great pleasure to extend a warm welcome to Ms MIJATOVIC, who is introducing her annual activity report for the very first time since taking office last April. Madam Commissioner, it is a great pleasure to have you in our Chamber to present your first activity report to this Assembly. During your first nine months in... 08/04/2019 | 15:03:57 The sitting is open. The first item of business is the communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Assembly, presented by Mr Timo Soini, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers. After his statement, Mr Soini will answer questions from members of the house and a written question that has been published. I have the great honour of welcoming Mr Soini, Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the... 08/04/2019 | 13:00:06 The debate is closed. The Bureau has proposed a number of references to committees for ratification by the Assembly, set out in Document 14855 and Addendum 1. Is there any objection to the proposed references to committees? There is no objection, so the references are approved. I also need to inform you that the Secretary General, Mr Jagland, has had to go home because of a minor health issue, so he is not able to be here this morning, but we hope we will see him back as soon as possible. I...