29/01/2025 | 16:40:52 Thank you, dear President. Dear members, During the June session when I spoke on behalf of the Committee at the end of the urgent debate on the developments in Georgia, I mentioned how sad it was to be discussing democratic backsliding in a country that only a few years before was seen as moving rapidly towards post-monitoring. Little did I know that only six months later I would be presenting a report on the challenge of the credentials of the Georgian delegation due to the country's failure... 27/01/2025 | 17:27:50 Thank you, Mister President. First of all, I would like to thank all the speakers who contributed to this very valuable debate. Dear colleagues, this is the first time the monitoring progress report is debated in this format of the joint debate, together with the progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee and the election observation report. I think we all agree that it proved to be relevant and logic, and indeed, very relevant to the present challenges we are facing. The... 27/01/2025 | 16:43:24 Thank you, Mister Chair. Dear colleagues, Indeed, I have the honour and pleasure to present on behalf of the Monitoring Committee the report and draft resolution on the progress of the monitoring procedure over the last year. It has been an intense year during which many important developments that have affected the work of the Committee took place. This week, our attention is dedicated to the events in Georgia. Indeed, the situation has deteriorated dramatically over the last year. The... 02/10/2024 | 18:52:24 Thank you. Dear members, the last resolution on the monitoring of obligations and commitments of Bosnia and Herzogovina was adopted by our Assembly back in 2018. Since then, the Monitoring Committee has continuously followed developments in the country. After 4 years of stagnation, history seems to have suddenly accelerated since 2022, as evidenced by the decision of the European Union to open accession negotiations. Bosnia and Herzegovina has yet to honour several commitments it entered into... 02/10/2024 | 17:25:26 Thank you. Dear colleagues, first, let me thank Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA-FEDORENKO for a very comprehensive and detailed report. The content of this report is very tragic. The systematic use of torture against Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians in captivity, forced labor, and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are just few of many of Russia's violations of international humanitarian law and basic human rights. It has been 950 days since Russia openly attacked Ukraine. Soon it... 01/10/2024 | 12:44:21 Dear Secretary General, Congratulations on behalf of the Latvian delegation on assuming this very important position. I wish you the best of success in your endeavours in strengthening the role of the Council of Europe and implementing the agenda agreed in Reykjavík. During the first half of the year in your position, I invite you to pay particular importance to reaching a clear agreement on making concrete decisions and practical steps to create a compensation mechanism that would build upon... 01/10/2024 | 10:38:41 Dear president, dear colleagues, This indeed is a very hot topic, and I would like to share with you three brief points on that. First, propaganda, or one of its very popular components, manipulation of information, disinformation, is around us every day. Russia is attacking our societies every day and every minute. We see it particularly clearly, and we look at the attempts to decrease the support to Ukraine or the attempts to turn the society of Moldova away from its way to European Union... 27/06/2024 | 11:13:04 Dear President, thank you. Dear colleagues. It is with great regret that the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments is today presenting a Report in an urgent debate on the challenges to democracy in Georgia. For years, Georgia was seen as an example in the region for its capacity to reform and its willingness to co-operate with the Council of Europe in honouring its membership obligations and commitments. Today, we discuss a Resolution in which we express concerns about the... 26/06/2024 | 19:55:47 Thank you, President and dear colleagues, Indeed, it is a pleasure to present to you the result of the Monitoring Committee's work regarding Armenia. Armenia is engaged in a very ambitious reform programme and is leading it in commendable co-operation with the Council of Europe monitoring bodies. The pace of the democratic reform is impressive. Since our last Resolution in January 2022, Armenia has abolished the criminalisation of defamation, it has ratified protocol number 13 to the... 26/06/2024 | 11:01:32 Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, First, let me thank all the rapporteurs and all experts in the different committees for the dedicated work to develop these very important reports. Regarding the report on "Legal and human rights aspects of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine", I would like to underline a few concrete topics that are covered in this report. First, only if comprehensive accountability is ensured, the current international rules-based order can be...