10/10/2023 | 16:24:30 Thank you, Madam Chairman. Rapporteur, Ladies and gentlemen, "Far-right ideology: a challenge for democracy and human rights" is a vast debate that concerns us all. When we hear "extreme right-wing ideology", we tend to focus on the word "extreme right", and rightly so. The report gives an initial definition: firstly, a belief in some form of natural inequality or hierarchy between peoples; secondly, manifestations of racism, anti-Semitism and homophobia; and thirdly, a belief in... 22/06/2023 | 18:18:52 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Dear Colleagues, This is a very important debate. We can never say it often enough. The Lachin corridor is a lifeline for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. This route linking the territory to Armenia provides access and supplies to Nagorno-Karabakh. In accordance with the trilateral declaration of 9 November 2020, the Republic of Azerbaijan has undertaken to guarantee the safe movement of people, vehicles, and goods along the Lachin corridor, in both directions. The... 21/06/2023 | 19:34:14 Thank you, Madam President. Madam Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, The rule of law is based on a simple principle: a legal edifice built on a strict hierarchy of norms, with the national constitution and international conventions at the top. With regard to the European Convention on Human Rights, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the member states of the Council of Europe are primarily responsible for the effective implementation and application of the international human... 26/04/2023 | 18:58:52 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, Article 46 of the European Convention on Human Rights is very clear: "The High Contracting Parties undertake to abide by the final judgments of the Court in cases to which they are parties." Beyond the commitment of the parties, the Convention system has a mechanism for monitoring compliance with its provisions. Yet, it must be said, the trend is not positive. Indeed, the Resolution states that the number of judgments before the Committee of Ministers... 25/04/2023 | 17:23:59 Madam President, Mr Rapporteur, Ladies and Gentlemen, When the the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was signed in Rome on 4 November 1950, and even when it came into force on 3 September 1953, only two of the contracting states had constitutional courts, namely Germany and Austria. At that time, the ECHR could be seen as a supreme court, guardian of freedoms and the rule of law. Since then, fortunately, many such courts have appeared: in the Iberian Peninsula in the 1970s after the... 24/04/2023 | 17:16:58 Thank you, Mr President. Madam Commissioner, Your position and your visibility give you privileged access to the various aspects of the increasing tension in the world. The war in Ukraine and the sound of boots on the Taiwan Strait are the most striking signs of this. You said: "The Ukrainian people's struggle for freedom sends a clear message. They reject the rule of violence in favour of the rule of law". This is clear, and we can only agree with this statement. But beyond words, our... 26/01/2023 | 19:17:49 Thank you, Mister President. Dear Colleagues, This topical debate is essential. Indeed, the Lachin corridor is a lifeline for the population of Nagorno-Karabakh. This route linking the territory to Armenia allows access and supplies to Nagorno-Karabakh. In accordance with the trilateral declaration of 9 November 2020, the Republic of Azerbaijan is committed to ensuring the safe movement of people, vehicles and goods along the Lachin corridor in both directions. Following a French initiative... 26/01/2023 | 11:39:45 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to congratulate our rapporteur, as has been said, on the excellence of his report and all the work done by the Committee. Human rights violations are a daily occurrence in Ukraine. They are committed by regular members of the Russian armed forces, but also by private militias, in particular the Wagner militia, whose sinister exploits are talked about in the country but also elsewhere. The Russian Federation has been guilty... 25/01/2023 | 18:25:31 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, In my country, France, a woman dies every three days at the hands of her partner or former partner and domestic violence is on the rise. I am sure it is the same in most of the countries we represent in this Assembly. And these murders are only the tip of the iceberg. Violence against women takes many forms, from intimate partner violence to female genital mutilation to the growing phenomenon of cyber violence. Whatever form it takes, wherever it... 25/01/2023 | 11:28:18 Thank you, Madam Chair. The general discussion is closed. The Social, Health and Sustainable Development Committee has presented a draft resolution to which three amendments and two sub-amendments have been tabled, and a draft recommendation to which three amendments and two sub-amendments have been tabled. The amendments will be called in the order in which they apply to the text, as published in the collection of amendments. Dear colleagues, I remind you that the time limit for each...