05/12/2008 Session
Debates on the humanitarian consequences of the war between Georgia and Russia, and the implementation of PACE Resolution 1633 on the consequences of the war, are among the highlights of PACE’s Winter session (26-30 January 2009).
A current affairs debate on "The protection of citizens’ rights during the present financial crisis" is also scheduled. Other items on the agenda include debates on private military and security firms: the erosion of the state monopoly on the use of force, the investigation of crimes allegedly committed by high officials during the Kuchma rule in Ukraine, and the nomination of candidates and election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights.
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain (to be confirmed), Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers, and Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court, will address the Assembly. Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, will present his annual report on the state of the organisation.