03/10/2024 | 18:18:42 Many thanks firstly to Simon for the great report, thanks to Aurora for presenting it, and thirdly to the young activists for the impressive presentation of their important project today. I would like to talk about something that is not very exotic, namely free school meals from small-scale farmers. I believe that it can be a real win-win situation. Both for the transformation of food systems and for the right to food. We know that child labor is on the rise. In our region, in Europe, around... 02/10/2024 | 10:41:20 Yes, thank you very much. I would also like to start by thanking Ms Thórhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR for this important report, but of course, also Mr Julian ASSANGE, not only for his courage over all these years, but also for finding his first way here to us in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe three months after his release. I think this is also important because it is a sign of the relevance of the Council of Europe when it comes to fighting for press freedom, which is... 01/10/2024 | 20:13:16 Thank you very much. I also would like to congratulate Max and Mariia for the report and the opinion. I think both are very well done. I would like to focus on two aspects or two amendments that came from the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, namely, on the one hand, it was originally Amendment 11 and Amendment 14. Amendment 11 calls for considering a Vienna process-type dialogue with all relevant human rights interlocutors in Iran and abroad. So what is the Vienna process? That's... 01/10/2024 | 12:56:02 Yesterday here, Mr Vladimir KARA-MURZA, and this morning in the Committee on Legal Affairs, Mr Julian ASSANGE, have, I believe, made it clear that the Council of Europe and the Parliamentary Assembly really do have an impact, really can make a difference. I see many other areas where this is also the case whether it is the question of enforcing the human right to live in a healthy environment or whether it is that artificial intelligence must not undermine human rights, whether it is that we... 28/06/2024 | 10:55:33 Thank you very much, Mr President, Mr Simon MOUTQUIN quite rightly mentioned in his introduction that the Council of Europe is part of a larger multilateral system. And I would like to mention the United Nations in two different ways. Firstly, you probably know that the Summit of the Future will take place in New York in September this year, which of course also has future generations specifically in mind in the document that has been presented so far. And what I found very interesting is... 27/06/2024 | 18:26:47 The Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group condemns the atrocities committed by Hamas on the 7 October and afterwards, and it calls for the immediate release of the Israeli hostages. Our group also welcomes calls for a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas given the thousands of innocent victims and the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Our group shares the vision of lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians. We recognise that Hamas is the catalyst for the... 26/06/2024 | 10:57:58 Thank you, President. For the prosecution of a great many atrocities that are currently taking place in Russia, if it is individuals who are to be prosecuted, it will be the International Criminal Court that will play a central role in the prosecution. Just this week, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against the Russian army chief Valery Gerasimov and the former defence minister Sergei Shoigu for alleged war crimes. And I would like to remind you that in 2023, the... 25/06/2024 | 18:01:37 And to come to a third point, I am very grateful for Mr Georgios STAMATIS, from the Group of the European People's Party, who mentioned that it's so important to really implement the judgements of the Court of Human Rights and I would like to take this occasion to invite you all to a side event that we have tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Room 3 and it's exactly on how we can improve and what is the role of the Parliamentary Assembly to improve the implementation of judgements of the Court. I hope that... 25/06/2024 | 17:59:35 Thank you very much, Mister President. Before I reply, let me thank you first of all for this really very rich and sometimes also diverse debate. I think it shows that the Report was really timely and necessary. And secondly let me thank Elodie for the great co-operation and the support for this Report: it wouldn't be there without your support. I would like to tackle three things that were mentioned. And first of all, thanks to all of you who mentioned issues which I did not because I didn't... 25/06/2024 | 16:34:16 Don't dare. Don't dare to speak out, as I know where your kids go to school. Don't dare to disturb the natural order. We know where you live and we will come and rape you. Don't dare to spread your crazy ideas, you silly, ugly, useless creature. Threats against women human rights defenders differ from ordinary threats against other individuals or groups who act in a peaceful and legal way to promote and protect human rights. The threats against women human rights defenders target their...