21/06/2022 | 19:10:27 Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, This is not the first time we are debating political prisoners in the Russian Federation. We have had several debates just on the arrest and continued detention of Mr Alexei Navalny. What is first today, however, is discussing this issue without Russia as a member. Russia being excluded does not mean that we should stop following the developments in the country. We owe the Russian people, what is left of civil society and independent media... 21/06/2022 | 17:57:27 Thank you, President and colleagues. Democratic security - the notion which our rapporteur Mr Bogdan KLICH discusses in detail in his report was endorsed at the 1993 Vienna Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe. The Vienna Summit was the first. Nearly 30 years later we are preparing a new summit, the fourth. The notion of democratic security is as relevant as ever. The aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine is the most gruesome example of this... 20/06/2022 | 15:04:17 The sitting is open. I would like to draw your attention to the exhibition of the War Childhood Museum, opening this afternoon at 5 p.m. in the lobby of the hemicycle. The exhibition has been arranged by Mr Jasminko Halilović, the president and founder of the War Childhood Museum of Sarajevo, and Ms Svitlana Osipchuk, the Museum of Ukraine project manager. Mr Halilović and Ms Osipchuk are in the public gallery. You are all cordially invited to attend this opening. Welcome. Then to the item of... 27/04/2022 | 20:19:43 Thank you so much, Mister MEREZHKO. It was good to see you and hear you, and that we had contact. Then the debate is closed. The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights has presented a draft resolution [Doc. 15498] to which no amendments have been tabled and a draft recommendation [Doc. 15498] to which no amendments have been tabled. We will start with consideration of the draft resolution and then we will consider the draft recommendation. We will now proceed to vote on the draft... 27/04/2022 | 20:14:59 Thank you so much, Madam Minerva HERNÁNDEZ RAMOS. I see it's 8:15 p.m. I announced that I will stop and interrupt the list of speaker at 8:15 p.m., so I do so. The speeches of members on the speakers list who have been present during the debate but have not been able to speak may be given to the Table Office for publication in the Official Report. I remind colleagues that typewritten texts can be submitted, electronically, if possible, no later than 4 hours after the list of speakers is... 27/04/2022 | 19:16:03 Thank you. The next item of business this afternoon is the debate on the Report titled “Fighting and preventing excessive and unjustified use of force by law enforcement officers” (Doc. 15498) presented by Mr Oleksandr MEREZHKO on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. The rapporteur might not be online. No, not so. We are happy with the Chair of the Committee. In order to finish by 8:30 p.m., I will interrupt the list of speakers at about 8:15 p.m. to allow time for the... 27/04/2022 | 10:24:31 President, Colleagues, Mr Frank SCHWABE, on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party, I commend you on such a comprehensive report on the consequences of the Russian aggression in Ukraine. Only six weeks ago, at our extraordinary session, we discussed the exact same topic. The immediate consequences for our organisation were clear. There was no doubt that there is no place in our common European home for an aggressor. It was unanimous. President, Russia is no longer a member of our... 26/04/2022 | 10:51:24 Thank you, President. From different angles, the EU and the Council of Europe both work for a strong, united and democratic Europe in peace. This is the common goal of both organisations. The Lisbon Treaty widened the space for closer co-operation towards this goal, and strengthened the foundation for enhanced multinational and rules-based co-operation in Europe. As Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN shows, good progress has been made since 2009. But President, the Russian aggression in Ukraine has... 15/03/2022 | 20:16:29 Dear President and dear colleagues, I thank you for this debate, for your dedication and respect for the seriousness of the question we have had to deliberate on. We are in an unimaginable situation. We have war raging in the midst of Europe. The suffering is terrible and the needs are enormous. As an Assembly, we have consistently supported dialogue. But this aggression is a point of no return. There is no room for an aggressor in the European home. I have listened carefully to all your... 15/03/2022 | 09:43:16 Thank you, Mister President and fellow parliamentarians. Firstly, allow me to address our Ukrainian colleagues. I speak for everyone here today when I say that our hearts bleed for you and your people. You are the victims of this war of aggression of which the leadership of the Russian Federation bears the full responsibility. They should and will be held accountable. President, today we will discuss the consequences of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. Our list of speakers bear witness...