26/01/2023 | 12:59:47 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear Mr. Rapporteur, Dear colleagues, This resolution comes very timely as there is repeated ongoing missile attack in Ukraine. It is a logical step towards ensuring accountability and justice in this brutal war of aggression against Ukraine. This resolution elaborates Ukraine’s recent efforts to punish for crime of crimes – aggression – that would target Russia’s leadership responsible for the very start of the war. The Special Tribunal... 24/01/2023 | 13:15:17 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear Mr President, dear members of the Assembly! I would like to thank Ms Petra BAYR, for presenting this report today. For any democratic country, the protection of human rights and freedoms is the highest priority of public policy. Sexual violence in wartime is considered one of the most traumatic and widespread violations of human rights. I fully stand behind the clause 2 of the Draft Resolution stating that conflict-related sexual... 23/01/2023 | 16:51:48 Dear Mr Rapporteur, Dear members of the Assembly, On behalf of the European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance, I would like to raise two points around bringing justice back. The first is about the model or to administer justice against Daesh foreign fighters. The struggle to decide on it erodes trust on international cooperation efforts. I believe we have to narrow down our options towards international tribunal leaving the options of the United Nations or the common European Union... 13/10/2022 | 12:35:15 Dear Mr President, Dear rapporteur, Dear colleagues, Every day brings more grave news about Russia's atrocities in Ukraine. Recently, Zaporizhia has become among the favourite targets of Russia's military, alongside with other cities. Other recent outrageous actions of the Russian military include shooting down convoys of civilians who were trying to escape the occupied territories. A few days ago, we were shocked by a video of Ukrainians being shot and thrown in a mass grave near Kupiansk... 24/06/2022 | 10:58:26 Dear colleagues, I would like to thank the rapporteur Ms Carmen LEYTE for her excellent and timely report. Like her, they, our Committee, is convinced that addressing suboptimal vaccination, vaccination coverage, is a matter of human rights protection, and should be priority for the Council of Europe members states. As such, member states must must take urgent action and acknowledge public responsibility for lowering barriers to vaccine uptake in full respect of the principles of human rights... 22/06/2022 | 16:46:24 Dear ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank our rapporteurs for delivering these reports. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, its citizens on the ground continue to suffer from its impact and the number of casualties and forced displacements has continued to rise. It can already be stated that the Russian invasion into Ukraine will have far-reaching consequences. The United Nations General Assembly at an emergency special session in March adopted the resolution "Humanitarian... 28/04/2022 | 12:01:34 "She had gone to bed hoping that that was the worst of it. She was wrong. 'You will come with us to find other women', they ordered her before shoving a gun into Alex's back and telling him he would take him to the Russian headquarters in the small village near Borodyanka." The piece that I have just read to you appeared on the front page in the Daily Telegraph recently. This is the evidence of a Ukrainian girl who was raped and tortured by Russian soldiers and then was forced by three of... 27/04/2022 | 15:42:00 Dear President, Madam Secretary General, sirs and madams, With reference to the text itself, and following yesterday's debate on the draft of the resolution, I feel obliged to point out the following: the Ukrainian society understands perfectly well the limits of the nature of documents like resolutions which are being adopted at the Council of Europe. Upon its adoption, there will be a lot of comments in the Ukrainian audience that this leads to nothing in terms of bringing the abuser to... 15/03/2022 | 10:03:51 Mr President, Dear members of the Assembly, It is high time for the Council of Europe to come out of the box and apply a courageous decision to exclude Russia from the club of like-minded countries. When we say Council, we mean a consultative format where decisions are taken in dialogue and mutual respect. This is not the approach Russia takes – it prefers to act brutally, unilaterally, completely disregarding the established order of mutual coexistence. Russia laughs over slow and cautious... 27/01/2022 | 12:19:16 Dear ladies and gentlemen, We all are aware that the Council of Europe is not a security organisation. However, I believe that the Council should take more efforts to prevent any possible build-ups or turning conflicts into aggression. We often hear that the Council of Europe has no tanks or no soldiers to support the communities, nations or states. However, shouldn't the Council play a more important role in the time before it becomes an open security issue? We should think about anything...