Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy

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ACTIVITIES

Agenda
All items due for discussion and decision

Reports under preparation
List of reports under preparation in the committee

Documents and declarations
The committee's public documents and declarations

Decisions
Details of decisions taken by the committee at each meeting (synopses)

DID YOU KNOW?

The Committee prepared the Opinion of the Parliamentary Assembly, adopted unanimously on 15 March 2022, which led to the expulsion of the Russian Federation from the Council of Europe, as decided by the Committee of Ministers the following day. Since then, the Committee has continued to examine the unfolding Russian aggression against Ukraine, with an emphasis on its political consequences.

FUNCTIONING

Terms of reference
The committee scrutinises political matters falling within the Council of Europe's mandate and deals with urgent political situations and crises in the organisation's member states.

Members of the committee

The 85 members are appointed by the national delegations to the Assembly and may belong to one of the five political groups in the Assembly or be non-registered.

Members of the sub-committees

Members of the Ad hoc Sub-Committee to participate in the Helsinki Dialogue on Belarus

General rapporteur

George PAPANDREOU (Greece, SOC)
General rapporteur on democracy

Terms of reference

Eerik-Niiles KROSS (Estonia, ALDE)
General Rapporteur on Russian democratic forces

Terms of reference

Ryszard PETRU (Poland, ALDE)
General Rapporteur for a Democratic Belarus

Terms of reference

Secretariat

Mme Catherine HUGEL
Head of the Secretariat 6.009+33/3 90.21.4165 Mr Pavel CHEVTCHENKO
Secretary 6.015+33/3 88.41.3835 Mr Eugen SCHOENFELD
Secretary 6.010+33 3 90 21 54 33 Mr Cesare COLOMBO
Co-Secretary 6.014+33/3 88.41.2168 Mr John DORBER
Co-Secretary 6.011+33/3 90.21.5161 Mme Anne GAREL
Administrative assistant 6.008+33/3 90.21.5686 Ms Clémentine CHARLIER
Assistant 6.182+33/3 90.21.6230