10/10/2023 | 19:34:37 Thank you, Mister Chairman. As a founding member of the Council of Europe, France has failed to meet its obligations in terms of human rights, the rule of law, and democracy. First of all, according to this report, the use of weapons by French law enforcement officers has caused serious injury and death during mass demonstrations. The death of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk, of Algerian-Moroccan origin, shot dead by a police officer at a roadside checkpoint, is a horrific example of the systemic... 23/06/2023 | 10:32:45 Thank you very much, Mister President. I have to mention that one of the most egregious examples of transnational repression which this report failed to mention is based on ethnic cleansing. The people of Azerbaijan have suffered from ethnic cleansing, massacre, genocide, military occupation, and armed conflicts in the last two centuries. Ethnic cleansing committed against the people of Azerbaijan in 1905-1906, in 1918-1921, and in 1948-1951, in 1987-1991 could be characterised by its... 22/06/2023 | 19:37:51 Thank you, Mister President. In the draft resolution, we would like to replace paragraph 16 with the following paragraph: "The Assembly believes that in the context of dialogue between the Azerbaijan authorities and ethnic Armenian residents, which should in any case not be detrimental to the Armenians living in Azerbaijan, innovative solutions could be found to protect the rights of Armenians in Karabakh within the toolbox provided by the Council of Europe, which includes standards... 21/06/2023 | 19:07:27 Thank you very much, Madam President. Dear colleagues, The background to the work on this report is an ongoing debate in the UK about finding the most appropriate way to protect human rights and the rule of law within the framework of the UK's constitutional model. During the course of hearings, exchanges of views and an informative visit, I was struck at how this is the subject of intense yet thoughtful discussion in the UK. I am grateful to all those who contributed to this work. These... 25/04/2023 | 19:18:49 Thank you Madam President, In the summary of the report, the rapporteur points out that the partners have shown a varying degree of commitment to the goals of the partnership. This is a very important statement and we should ask ourselves why those partner countries are reluctant to commit themselves fully to the goals defined by us. Dear colleagues, The Council of Europe bodies were more effective and attractive for addressing common challenges, but therefore and naturally many neighbouring... 26/01/2023 | 19:39:27 Thank you very much, Mister President. Dear Colleagues, If there is any blockade, it's definitely an artificial information blockade conceived by those powers who wanted to divert attention from the war in Ukraine. An advisor to the Ukrainian president, Mykhailo Podolyak, gave a public interview to the Moldovan public television. In his interview, he said that the issues regarding the Lachin corridor are being artificially inflated with incorrect data on the size of the local population in... 24/01/2023 | 18:12:32 Thank you Madam President. Dear colleagues, And so to summarise, the fundamental principles of international law must be respected, protected, promoted, without any precondition, at any condition. Why am I starting my speech today with the conclusion? Because we all may have different political views. We may follow different political ideologies. It's also quite natural – we all may have different national interests. But in the end, despite these differences, we all shall come to the same... 23/01/2023 | 17:39:27 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) My country, my people also suffered from genocide and terrorism. Armenian armed forces committed genocide in Khojaly and brutally murdered 613 civilians in one night. Human Rights Watch, many countries and parliaments all over the world recognized the atrocities committed in Khojaly as genocide. Armenia also illegally transferred foreign terrorist fighters to the previously occupied territories of Azerbaijan. The import of foreign terrorist... 14/10/2022 | 12:53:45 Thank you very much, Mister President. Dear colleagues, If you can conclude that there is a crime by just watching a single video, then why do we need the courts and the prosecution? You can see many things in the video, but the image and the fact are not the same thing. Then what is the fact in the video? That is a very delicate issue that needs to be responded to not by politicians but by law enforcement agencies. Therefore, mental and material elements of alleged crimes need to be proved... 14/10/2022 | 11:26:17 Thank you very much, Madam Chair, First of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur for this very important report. It's indeed well drafted and very balanced and I ask all members of the Parliamentary Assembly to vote in favour of this resolution. Dear friends, Today I would like to touch on this issue from a different perspective, from a different angle. Vaccine discrimination also exists with regards to access to the vaccines. I will start with some statistics which speak for themselves...