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First part of the 2017 Ordinary Session

(23-27 January 2017)

Agenda | Doc. 14220 rev | 24 January 2017

Origin
Adopted by the Assembly on 23 January 2017. 2017 - First part-session

  • Bur Bureau of the Assembly
  • Per Standing Committee
  • Pol Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
  • Jur Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
  • Soc Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
  • Mig Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
  • Cult Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media
  • Ega Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
  • Mon Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
  • Pro Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
  • Cdh Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
  • EPP/CD Group of the European People's Party
  • SOC Socialist Group
  • EC European Conservatives Group
  • ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
  • UEL Group of the Unified European Left
  • NR Representatives not belonging to a political group

Bureau of the Assembly

  • Monday08:00 - 09:30
  • Friday08:30 - 10:00

Committees

  • Monday14:00 - 15:00
  • Tuesday08:30 - 10:00
  • Tuesday14:00 - 15:30
  • Wednesday14:00 - 15:30
  • Thursday08:30 - 10:00
  • Thursday14:00 - 15:30

Political groups

  • Monday09:30 - 11:30
  • Monday17:00 - 19:00
  • Wednesday08:30 - 10:00

Opening of the part-session

Examination of the credentials

List of delegations:

Election of the President of the Assembly

Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly (AS/Inf (2017) 01)

Appointment of members of committees (Commissions (2017) 01 + Addendum 1)

Requests for debate:

Urgent procedure debate: “The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey”

Current affairs debate: “The situation in Syria and its effects upon surrounding countries”

Urgent procedure debate: “The need to reform European migration policies”

Adoption of the agenda

Approval of the minutes of proceedings of the Standing Committee (Nicosia, 25 November 2016) (AS/Per (2016) PV 03)

Debate

Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

Presentation by:

Observation of the presidential election in Bulgaria (6 and 13 November 2016)

Presentation by:

Observation of the early parliamentary elections in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (11 December 2016)

Presentation by:

Address (15:00 - 16:00)

Communication from the Committee of Ministers

Presentation by:

Mr Ioannis KASOULIDES Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers

Address (10:00 - 11:00)

Mr Johannes HAHN, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations

Address (11:00 - 12:00)

Mr Nicos ANASTASIADES, President of Cyprus

Elections (continued) (15:30 - 17:00)

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Address (15:30 - 16:30)

Communication from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Presentation by:

Mr Thorbjørn JAGLAND

[Possibly 2nd round] Elections (10:00 - 13:00)

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Joint debate

Online media and journalism: challenges and accountability

Presentation by:

Ending cyberdiscrimination and online hate

Presentation by:

Address (12:00 - 13:00)

Mr Klaus Werner IOHANNIS, President of Romania

[Possibly 2nd round] Elections (continued) (15:30 - 17:00)

Judges to the European Court of Human Rights

Debate

The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (September 2015-December 2016) and the periodic review of the honouring of obligations by Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France and Germany

Presentation by:

Joint debate

Human rights compatibility of investor–State arbitration in international investment protection agreements

Presentation by:

“New generation” trade agreements and their implications for social rights, public health and sustainable development

Presentation by:

Constitution of the Standing Committee

Closure of the part-session