30/01/2025 | 10:47:47 Thank you, Mister President. Human rights and the rule of law: that is what this Assembly is all about. Rightly so, because they are the foundation of our free democratic order. But even the best constitutional state does not go to the people and ask them whether their rights have actually been violated anywhere. The link between people and their rights are the lawyers who enforce these rights against the state. As a young lawyer, you are full of enthusiasm. You've just learned what's... 28/06/2024 | 10:33:36 Thank you very much, Mister Chairman. This report, in its brevity, clearly expresses the principle of what we all stand for here, namely that human rights apply universally to everyone and at all times. This clearly means that we must also preserve for the generations of our future everything that we have now and that seems important to us now, because this is the only way we can ensure that they too can lead a life in peace and security. Anyone who, like one of the previous speakers, denies... 22/06/2023 | 16:30:47 Thank you, Mister President. It has now been almost 18 months that the Russian regime started its large-scale invasion on Ukraine. Since the very first day, the Council of Europe member states have been supporting Ukrainians in defending their sovereignty, their independence, and the territorial integrity of their country, because by doing so they're at the same time defending the basic principles and values of the Council of Europe, they are defending the principles of democracy and rule of...