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Reports
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Abbreviations:
SOC: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group
EPP/CD: Group of the European People’s Party/Christian Democrats
ALDE: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
EC/DA: European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance
UEL: Group of the United European Left
NR: Not belonging to a Political Group of the Assembly
Rec.: Recommendation
Res.: Resolution
Doc.: Document
Ref.: Reference
* Throughout this text, all reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population shall be un-
derstood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the
status of Kosovo.
The dates of debates foreseen in the Assembly are indicative and are drawn up on the basis of information
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Contents
I. Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
II. Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
III. Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
IV. Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
V. Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
VI. Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
VII. Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council
of Europe (Monitoring Committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
VIII. Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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I. Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
Title of draft report Strengthening parliamentary dialogue with Algeria
Origin Motion
Title Strengthening parliamentary dialogue with Algeria
Number 14476
Rapporteur MAIRE, Jacques
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 27/06/2018
Reference
Number 4363
Date 15/03/2018
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020, 31/01/2020)
Valid until 15/12/2021
Others
State of work in committee 06/11/2018 – M. Morad Helis, Vice-President of the Algerian National People’s
Assembly, and M. Mohamed Saadani, Vice-President of the Algerian Council of the
Nation, participated in the Parliamentary Conference on Building democratic security in
the Mediterranean: common challenges, shared responsibility, held in Dubrovnik,
Croatia, on 06/11/2018.
05/03/2019 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur, decided to organise
an exchange of views with representatives of the Algerian Parliament during the April
part-session and approved the request of the rapporteur to carry out a fact-finding visit
to Algeria in 2019 (subject to the authorisation of the Bureau of the Assembly and the
availability of funds).
08/04/2019 – The Bureau of the Assembly authorised the rapporteur to carry out a fact-
finding visit to Algeria in 2019, in the framework of the preparation of his report.
April 2019 part-session – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur and held
an exchange of views with a delegation from the Algerian Council of the Nation. The
Bureau of the Assembly authorised the rapporteur’s fact-finding visit during its meeting
on 08/04/2019.
20/05/2019 – The committee held an exchange of views with the participation of
Ms Sophie Bessis, Research Associate, Institute of International and Strategic Relations
(IRIS), Paris, and with Mr Nacer-Eddine Ghozali, former professor of law, University of
Paris XIII.
June 2019 part-session – The committee held an exchange of views with the
participation of Mr Rachid Achour, Chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, of
International Co-operation and the Algerian community abroad, head of the delegation;
Mr Fouad Sebouta and Mr Rabah Benyoub, members of the Algerian Council of the
Nation; and Mr Rahim Hichem and Mr Chebill Lazhar, members of the National People’s
Assembly; and considered an introductory memorandum and an outline for report.
October 2019 part-session – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur.
09/12/2019 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur.
January 2020 part-session – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur and
upon his proposal agreed to request an extension of the reference until 15/12/2020.
23/09/2020 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur and considered an
introductory memorandum.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report
Origin Motion
Title Reshaping the foundations of multilateralism
Number 14588
Rapporteur To be appointed
Committee for opinion Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Rapporteur To be appointed
Reference
Number 4397
Date 08/10/2018
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Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 08/10/2021
Others
State of work in committee 11/12/2018 – The committee decided to keep the reference on its work programme and
to examine it at a later date, in light of the report on Strengthening co-operation with the
United Nations in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Transparency and regulation of donations to political parties and
electoral campaigns from foreign donors
Origin Motion
Title Transparency and regulation of donations to political parties and electoral campaigns
from foreign donors
Number 14818
Rapporteur KUHLE, Konstantin
Country Germany
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 27/06/2019
Reference
Number 4438
Date 12/04/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 12/04/2022
Others
State of work in committee 14/11/2019 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur, including a
declaration of absence of conflict of interests.
25/03/2020 – An outline report was sent to members for written comments.
15/10/2020 – The committee held an exchange of views with the participation of
Mr Yves-Marie Doublet, Deputy Director at the French National Assembly, expert to the
Group of States against Corruption (GRECO); Mr Nicolae Eșanu (Republic of Moldova),
Substitute member of the Venice Commission, Legal Advisor to the Prime Minister; and
Mr Fernando Casal Bértoa, Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham and
member of the OSCE/ODIHR Core Group of Political Party Experts, and took note that
the rapporteur would organise further hearings and bilateral meetings at a later stage.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
Title of draft report Fostering healthy democracies in Europe
Origin Motion
Title Countering ill democracies in Europe
Number 14823
Rapporteur DALLOZ, Marie-Christine
Country France
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 25/06/2019
Committee for opinion Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Rapporteur VARDANYAN, Vladimir
Country Armenia
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 01/10/2019
Reference
Number 4441
Date 12/04/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 12/04/2022
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Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
Others
State of work in committee January 2020 part-session – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur,
including a declaration of absence of conflict of interests; considered an introductory
memorandum; decided to change the tile of the report and held a hearing with the
participation of Mr Larry Diamond, Senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies of the Stanford University and
Mr Michael Frendo, member of the Venice Commission (both by video link).
25/03/2020 – A revised introductory memorandum was sent to members for written
comments.
08/09/2020 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur and agreed to request
a contribution by the Venice Commission with a view to gaining a better understanding
of the Council of Europe’s constitutional acquis in this area.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Ten years after the Lisbon Treaty: strengthening Council of Europe
and European Union co-operation
Origin Motion
Title Ten years after the Lisbon Treaty: strengthening Council of Europe and European Union
co-operation
Number 14866
Rapporteur CORLĂŢEAN, Titus
Country Romania
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 25/06/2019
Reference
Number 4444
Date 12/04/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 12/04/2022
Others
State of work in committee October 2019 part-session – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur
including a declaration of absence of conflict of interests; held an exchange of views with
the participation of Mr Christos Giakoumopoulos, Director General of the Directorate
General Human Rights and Rule of Law of the Council of Europe; Mr Zoltan Taubner,
Director of the Directorate of External Relations of the Council of Europe, Head of
Brussels office; and Mr Christian Leffler, Deputy Secretary-General of the European
External Action Service.
14/11/2019 – The committee heard a statement by Mr Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL),
former rapporteur on the Role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly: main
challenges for the future, joined by Mr Corlăţean, welcoming the adoption, by the
Council of the European Union, of supplementary negotiating directives aimed at the
swift resumption of negotiations with the Council of Europe on EU accession to the
European Convention on Human Rights.
18/11/2019 – The rapporteur participated in a Seminar on the accession of the EU to the
European Convention on Human Rights, in Strasbourg.
January 2020 part-session – The committee authorised the rapporteur to carry out a
fact-finding visit to Brussels in the framework of the preparation of his report (subject to
the availability of funds).
25/03/2020 – An introductory memorandum was sent to members for written comments.
10/12/2020 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur and held a hearing
with the participation of Ms Fabienne Keller, Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties,
Justice and Home Affairs Member of the European Parliament, (France – Group Renew
Europe), Mr Sandro Gozi, Member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Member
of the European Parliament, (France – Group Renew Europe), Mr Stefano Sannino,
Deputy Secretary General for Global and Economic Issues, European External Action
Service, Mr Jeroen Hooijer, Head of Unit, “Inter-institutional – international
coordination”, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission,
Mr Christos Giakoumopoulos, Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of the
Council of Europe.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
Title of draft report The situation in Kosovo*
Origin Motion
Title The situation in Kosovo*
Number 14921
Rapporteur BEYER, Peter
Country Germany
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 14/11/2019
Reference
Number 4462
Date 30/09/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 30/09/2022
Others
State of work in committee October 2019 part-session – The committee called for candidates.
14/11/2019 – The committee appointed Mr Peter Beyer as rapporteur and heard from
him a declaration of absence of conflict of interests.
10/12/2020 – The committee took note of the bilateral meetings held in November and
December, via videoconference, by the rapporteur in the framework of the preparation
of his report.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Assessing the functioning of the partnership for democracy
Origin Motion
Title Assessing the functioning of the partnership for democracy
Number 14942
Rapporteur OOMEN-RUIJTEN, Ria
Country Netherlands
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 14/11/2019
Reference
Number 4468
Date 30/09/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 30/09/2022
Others
State of work in committee October 2019 part-session – The committee called for candidates.
14/11/2019 – The committee appointed Ms Ria Oomen-Ruijten as rapporteur and heard
from her a declaration of absence of conflict of interest.
10/12/2020 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur, followed by a
statement by Ambassador Rémi Mortier, Permanent Representative of Monaco,
Chairperson of the Rapporteur Group on External Relations of the Committee of
Ministers, on the Council of Europe Neighbourhood Policy and held an exchange with
representatives of Partner for Democracy delegations of Morocco and Palestine.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
* Throughout this text, all reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population shall be
understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice
to the status of Kosovo.
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Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
Title of draft report Evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the
Parliament of Jordan
Origin Motion
Title Evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of Jordan
Number 14975
Rapporteur LOUCAIDES, George
Country Cyprus
Political Group UEL
Appointed on 29/01/2020
Reference
Number 4476
Date 29/11/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 29/11/2022
Others
State of work in committee January 2020 part-session – The committee appointed Mr George Loucaides as
rapporteur and heard from him a declaration of absence of conflict of interest.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Fighting fiscal injustice and the work of the OECD on taxation of
digital economy
Origin Motion
Title The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Number 14976
Rapporteur KATROUGKALOS, Georgios
Country Greece
Political Group UEL
Appointed on 29/01/2020
Committee for opinion Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Rapporteur SAYEK BÖKE, Selin
Country Turkey
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 19/05/2020
Reference
Number 4477
Date 29/11/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 29/11/2022
Others
State of work in committee January 2020 part-session – The committee appointed Mr Georgios Katrougkalos as
rapporteur and heard from him a declaration of absence of conflict of interest. The
committee authorised the rapporteur to participate in the OECD Global Parliamentary
Network (GPN) meeting from 24 to 26 February 2020 (subject to the availability of
funds).
28/05/2020 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur and agreed to change
the name of the report.
23/06/2020 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur; considered an
introductory memorandum and took note that the report would be put to the committee
for adoption at its meeting in Chania, Crete (Greece) on 17 and 18 September 2020.
06/07/2020 – The rapporteur held an exchange of views, by videoconference, with
Ms Ana Xavier, Head of Unit, European Commission, Economic analysis, Evaluation
and Impact assessment support; and Mr David Bradbury, Head of the Tax Policy and
Statistics Division at the OECD.
04/02/2021 – The committee considered a preliminary draft report and took note that the
report would be submitted for adoption in the committee at its meeting on 30/03/2021.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
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Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
Title of draft report Strengthening the role of the Council of Europe as a cornerstone of
the European political architecture
Origin Motion
Title Strengthening the role of the Council of Europe as a cornerstone of the European
political architecture
Number 14991
Rapporteur To be appointed
Former rapporteur(s) 23/06/2020 (BRYNJÓLFSDÓTTIR, Rósa Björk, Iceland, UEL)
Reference
Number 4485
Date 27/01/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 27/01/2023
Others
State of work in committee 23/06/2020 – The committee appointed, by acclamation, Ms Rósa Björk Brynjólfsdóttir
as rapporteur and heard from her a declaration of absence of conflict of interests.
08/09/2020 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur.
10/12/2020 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur, considered an outline
for report and held an exchange of views.
04/02/2021 – The committee called for candidates.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report
Origin Motion
Title The Parliamentary Assembly must contribute to restoring peace in Ukraine
Number 14992
Rapporteur To be appointed
Reference
Number 4486
Date 27/01/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 27/01/2023
Others
State of work in committee
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Recent developments in Libya and in the Middle East: what
consequences for Europe?
Origin Bureau decision
Title Recent developments in Libya and in the Middle East: what consequences for Europe?
Rapporteur FASSINO, Piero
Country Italy
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 08/09/2020
Reference
Number 4494
Date 31/01/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 31/01/2023
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Others
State of work in committee 08/09/2020 – The committee heard a statement by the Chairperson of the Sub-
Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World, held an exchange of views on the
follow up to the current affairs debate and the scope of the report, and appointed
Mr Piero Fassino (Italy, SOC) as rapporteur and heard from him a declaration of
absence of conflict of interests.
23/09/2020 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur followed by an
exchange of views with the participation of Ms Sharren Haskel, member of the Israeli
Knesset.
04/02/2021 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur and held an exchange
of views.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Relationship between the parliamentary majority and the opposition
in a democracy
Origin Motion
Title Relationship between the parliamentary majority and the opposition in a democracy
Number 15047
Rapporteur GOLUBEVA, Marija
Country Latvia
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 23/09/2020
Reference
Number 4499
Date 06/03/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 06/03/2023
Others
State of work in committee 04/02/2021 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur and a presentation by
Ms Regina Kiener, Vice-President of the Venice Commission and member of the
Commission for Switzerland of the opinion on Parameters on the relationship between
the parliamentary majority and the opposition in a democracy: a Checklist.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report More participatory democracy to tackle climate change
Origin Motion
Title More participatory democracy to tackle climate change
Number 15048
Rapporteur PAPANDREOU, George
Country Greece
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 23/06/2020
Reference
Number 4500
Date 06/03/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 06/03/2023
Others
State of work in committee 23/06/2020 – The committee appointed, by acclamation, Mr George Papandreou as
rapporteur and heard from him a declaration of absence of conflict of interests.
08/09/2020 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur.
15/10/2020 – The committee held an exchange of views with the participation of
Mr Thierry Pech, co-Chair of the Citizens' Convention on Climate, France.
04/02/2021 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur, considered a revised
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introductory memorandum and held a hearing with the participation of Ms Helene
Landemore, Associate Professor of Political Science Yale University (United States),
Mr Gerd Leopold, Director of Climate Transparency and Ms Alice Bergholtz, Bureau
member of the Advisory Council on Youth of the Council of Europe (National Council of
Swedish Youth Organisations – LSU).
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
Title of draft report Call for an inclusive national political process in Belarus
Origin Motion
Title Call for an inclusive national political process in Belarus
Number 15130
Rapporteur KILJUNEN, Kimmo
Country Finland
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 23/09/2020
Reference
Number 4527
Date 15/09/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 15/03/2023
Others
State of work in committee 23/09/2020 – The committee appointed Mr Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC) rapporteur
and heard from him his declaration of absence of conflict of interests. The committee
heard a statement from the rapporteur and held an exchange of views with Mr Gianni
Buquicchio, President of the Venice Commission.
04/02/2021 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur and agreed to his
request to carry a fact-finding visit to Belarus, as appropriate (subject to the authorisation
of the Bureau of the Assembly).
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Urgent need for electoral reform in Belarus
Origin Motion
Title Urgent need for electoral reform in Belarus
Number 15131
Rapporteur BLENCATHRA, David
Country United Kingdom
Political Group EC/DA
Appointed on 23/09/2020
Reference
Number 4528
Date 15/09/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 15/03/2023
Others
State of work in committee 23/09/2020 – The committee appointed Lord David Blencathra (United Kingdom, EC/
DA) rapporteur and heard from him his declaration of absence of conflict of interests.
The committee heard a statement from the rapporteur and held an exchange of views
with Mr Gianni Buquicchio, President of the Venice Commission.
10/12/2020 – The committee heard a statement by the rapporteur, considered an
introductory memorandum and held an exchange of views.
04/02/2021 – The committee considered a preliminary draft report and took note that the
report would be submitted for adoption in the committee at its meeting on 30/03/2021.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
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Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
Title of draft report Safeguarding peace and stability in the East Mediterranean Sea
Origin Motion
Title Safeguarding peace and stability in the East Mediterranean Sea
Number 15160
Rapporteur OOMEN-RUIJTEN, Ria
Country Netherlands
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 10/12/2020
Reference
Number 4540
Date 12/10/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 12/04/2023
Others
State of work in committee 10/12/2020 – The committee appointed Ms Ria Oomen-Ruijten (Netherlands, EPP/CD)
rapporteur and heard from her a declaration of absence of conflict of interests.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report The impact of Brexit on human rights on the island of Ireland
Origin Motion
Title The impact of Brexit on human rights on the island of Ireland
Number 15162
Rapporteur KATROUGKALOS, Georgios
Country Greece
Political Group UEL
Appointed on 10/12/2020
Reference
Number 4541
Date 12/10/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 12/04/2023
Others
State of work in committee 10/12/2020 – The committee appointed Mr Georgios Katrougkalos (Greece, UEL)
rapporteur and heard from him a declaration of absence of conflict of interests.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Protecting the pillars of democracy during health crises
Origin Motion
Title Protecting the pillars of democracy during health crises
Number 15176
Rapporteur KARAMANLI, Marietta
Country France
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 04/02/2021
Reference
Number 4547
Date 20/11/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 20/05/2023
Others
State of work in committee 04/02/2020 – The committee appointed Ms Marietta Karamanli (France, SOC)
rapporteur and heard from her a declaration of absence of conflict of interests.
Adopted in committee on
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Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report
Origin Motion
Title Review of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz
Republic
Number 15184
Rapporteur To be appointed
Committee for opinion Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Rapporteur To be appointed
Reference
Number 4551
Date 25/01/2021
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 25/07/2023
Others
State of work in committee 10/12/2020 – The committee called for candidates.
04/02/2021 – Due to the absence of candidacies, the committee postponed the
appointment of a rapporteur to its next meeting on 30/03/2021.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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II. Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Title of draft report The continuing need to restore human rights and the rule of law in the
North Caucasus region
Origin Motion
Title The continuing need to restore human rights and the rule of law in the North Caucasus
region
Number 14382
Date 13/10/2017
Rapporteur SCHWABE, Frank
Country Germany
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 12/12/2017
Reference
Number 4333
Date 13/10/2017
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020, 31/01/2020, 04/10/2019)
Valid until 30/09/2021
Others
State of work in committee On 14/03/2018, in the absence of the rapporteur, the committee agreed to postpone
consideration of his introductory memorandum to the April 2018 part-session and
authorised the rapporteur’s request for a fact-finding visit to the Russian Federation,
including the North Caucasus region, subject to the availability of funds.
On 24/04/2018, in anticipation of the joint hearing with the Committee on Equality and
Non-Discrimination on “Alleged extreme discrimination and crimes against LGBTI
people in the Chechen Republic (Russian Federation)”, the committee agreed to share
the rapporteur’s introductory memorandum with members of the Committee on Equality
and Non-Discrimination.
On 24/04/2018, the committee held a joint hearing with the Committee on Equality and
Non-Discrimination with the participation of two experts, in the framework of the
preparation of this report and that of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
on “Alleged extreme discrimination and crimes against LGBTI people in the Chechen
Republic (Russian Federation)”.
On 26/04/2018, the committee considered an introductory memorandum.
On 10/09/2018, the committee held a hearing with the participation of two experts.
On 25/06/2019, the committee held a hearing with the participation of four experts.
On 18-20/09/2019, the rapporteur carried out a fact-finding visit to Moscow and Grozny
(Russian Federation).
On 30/09/2019, the committee noted the rapporteur’s oral report of his visit to Moscow
and Grozny (Russian Federation) on 18-20/09/2019. It authorised the rapporteur to
conduct a further fact-finding visit to the Russian Federation, including the Republics of
Ingushetia and Dagestan (subject to the availability of funds). It agreed to request the
Bureau to extend the reference.
On 15/11/2019, the committee authorised a committee hearing with LGBTI victims of
persecution in the Chechen Republic (Russian Federation), including persons
appearing anonymously, and authorised the rapporteur to conduct separate,
supplementary interviews with anonymous victims.
On 27/01/2020, the committee agreed to open a hearing foreseen that same week to
specific interested parties.
On 28/01/2020, the committee held a hearing with the participation of three witnesses
and one expert. It agreed to request the Bureau to authorise the extension of the
reference until 30/09/2020 to allow for the second visit to the region, previously
postponed at the request of the Russian delegation.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Urgent need to strengthen Financial Intelligence Units – Sharper tools
needed to improve confiscation of illegal assets
Origin Motion
Title Urgent need to strengthen Financial Intelligence Units – Sharper tools needed to
improve confiscation of illegal assets
Number 14638
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Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Rapporteur ÆVARSDÓTTIR, Thorhildur Sunna
Country Iceland
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 15/11/2019
Former rapporteur(s) 13/12/2018 (VEN, Mart van de, Netherlands, ALDE)
Reference
Number 4411
Date 23/11/2018
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 23/11/2021
Others
State of work in committee On 29/06/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum and agreed to
the rapporteur’s request to hold a hearing with up to three experts, subject to the
availability of funds.
On 09/09/2020, the committee held a hearing with the participation of three experts.
Adopted in committee on 09/11/2020
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Date of debate foreseen 2021 - March Standing Committee
Title of draft report Fighting corruption – General principles of political responsibility
Origin Motion
Title Fighting corruption – General principles of political responsibility
Number 14639
Rapporteur VLASENKO, Sergiy
Country Ukraine
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 30/01/2020
Committee for opinion Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
Rapporteur KARAMANLI, Marietta
Country France
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 05/03/2019
Reference
Number 4412
Date 23/11/2018
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 23/11/2021
Others
State of work in committee On 29/06/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum and agreed,
subject to the availability of funds, to the rapporteur’s requests to hold a hearing with
representatives of GRECO, MONEYVAL, the World Bank, Transparency International
and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and to carry out a
fact-finding visit to Iceland.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Misuse of the Schengen system by Council of Europe member States
as a politically-motivated sanction
Origin Motion
Title Misuse of the Schengen system by Council of Europe member States as a politically-
motivated sanction
Number 14652
Rapporteur RUKAVISHNIKOVA, Irina
Country Russian Federation
Political Group NR
Appointed on 15/11/2019
Former rapporteur(s) 04/03/2019 (SOTNYK, Olena, Ukraine, ALDE)
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Reference
Number 4417
Date 21/01/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 21/01/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 25/03/2020, by a written consultation procedure on the rapporteur’s introductory
memorandum, the rapporteur’s requests to organise a hearing at a forthcoming meeting
with up to three experts, to carry out a fact-finding visit to Brussels and to send a
questionnaire via the European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation
(ECPRD) to Council of Europe member States taking part in SIS II were agreed.
On 05/06/2020, the committee considered a revised introductory memorandum and
approved a revised draft questionnaire to be sent to the ECPRD. It noted that the
rapporteur’s request for the authorisation of a hearing with up to three experts and of a
fact-finding visit to Brussels had been approved in the written consultation procedure,
both subject to the availability of funds.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Should politicians be prosecuted for statements made in the exercise
of their mandate?
Origin Motion
Title Should politicians be prosecuted for statements made in the exercise of their mandate?
Number 14802
Rapporteur CILEVIČS, Boriss
Country Latvia
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 08/04/2019
Committee for opinion Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
Rapporteur LÓPEZ, Pere
Country Andorra
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 27/11/2020
Reference
Number 4428
Date 01/03/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 01/03/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 01/10/2019, the committee noted and agreed to declassify the rapporteur’s
introductory memorandum. It agreed to hold a hearing with up to three experts at a
forthcoming meeting, to authorise the rapporteur to conduct a fact-finding visit to Madrid
and Barcelona (Spain) (both subject to the availability of funds) and to request an
opinion of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission)
to clarify in which circumstances, if any, the European Convention on Human Rights
allows the criminalization of calls by politicians or representatives of civil society for
radical constitutional changes by peaceful means - including calls for independence or
far-reaching autonomy for parts of the national territory. It agreed to send a
questionnaire to national parliaments via the European Centre for Parliamentary
Research and Documentation (ECPRD).
On 15/11/2019, the committee held a hearing with the participation of three experts.
From 3 to 7 February 2020, the rapporteur undertook a fact-finding visit to Madrid and
Barcelona.
From 14/04/2020 to 05/05/2020, a written consultation of the Turkish authorities was
carried out on the basis of an extract from the draft report concerning Turkey.
On 29/06/2020, the committee heard a statement by the rapporteur following his fact-
finding visit to Spain from 3-6 February 2020, and held an exchange of views with Dr
Kerem Altiparmak, Legal Consultant, laureate of the Franco-German Prize for Human
Rights & the Rule of Law in 2017.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
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Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Title of draft report To put an end to enforced disappearances on the territory of the
Council of Europe
Origin Motion
Title To put an end to enforced disappearances on the territory of the Council of Europe
Number 14816
Rapporteur GATTOLIN, André
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 29/05/2019
Reference
Number 4437
Date 12/04/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 12/04/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 12/12/2019, the committee considered an introductory memorandum and authorised
the rapporteur to carry out a fact-finding visit to the United Nations Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva (Switzerland) and to organise a hearing at
a future meeting with up to three experts (both subject to the availability of funds).
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report How to put confiscated criminal assets to good use?
Origin Motion
Title How to put confiscated criminal assets to good use?
Number 14841
Rapporteur VALLINI, André
Country France
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 29/05/2019
Reference
Number 4443
Date 12/04/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 12/04/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 15/11/2019, the committee considered an introductory memorandum and agreed to
authorise the rapporteur to carry out a fact-finding visit to Italy and to hold a hearing with
up to three experts before the committee (both subject to availability of funds).
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Addressing the issue of Daesh foreign fighters and their families
returning from Syria and other countries to the member States of the
Council of Europe
Origin Motion
Title Addressing the issue of Daesh foreign fighters and their families returning from Syria
and other countries to the member States of the Council of Europe
Number 14878
Rapporteur OMTZIGT, Pieter
Country Netherlands
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 01/10/2019
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Rapporteur To be appointed
Reference
Number 4452
Date 24/06/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 24/06/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 10/12/2019, the committee heard a statement by the rapporteur and authorised him
to organise a hearing with the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and
another expert at a forthcoming committee meeting, subject to the availability of funds,
and to send a questionnaire to national parliaments via the European Centre for
Parliamentary Research and Documentation (ECPRD).
On 27/01/2020, the committee agreed to allow specific interested parties to attend the
discussion of the subject foreseen the same week.
On 28/01/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum, agreed to
declassify it and approved the appended questionnaire to be sent to national
parliaments via the European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation
(ECPRD).
On 14/10/2020, the committee agreed in principle to open to the public the forthcoming
hearing scheduled for 09/11/2020.
On 09/11/2020, the committee held a hearing with the participation of two experts.
On 08/12/2020, the committee agreed to open the forthcoming hearing foreseen for the
next meeting to the public, provided that the invited experts do not object.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - May Standing Committee
Title of draft report Ensuring accountability for the downing of flight MH 17
Origin Motion
Title Ensuring accountability for the downing of flight MH 17
Number 14929
Rapporteur CORLĂŢEAN, Titus
Country Romania
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 01/10/2019
Reference
Number 4460
Date 28/06/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 28/06/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 10/12/2019, the committee heard a statement by the rapporteur.
On 28/01/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum and agreed to
declassify it. It authorised the rapporteur to put written questions to the Russian
Federation and the United States, and to carry out fact-finding visits to the Netherlands
and to Ukraine.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Geneva conventions: the
contribution of the Council of Europe to the increasing synergy
between International Humanitarian Law and International Human
Rights Law
Origin Motion
Title Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Geneva conventions: the contribution of the
Council of Europe to the increasing synergy between International Humanitarian Law
and International Human Rights Law
Number 14925
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Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Rapporteur BALFE, Richard
Country United Kingdom
Political Group NR
Appointed on 01/10/2019
Committee for opinion Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Rapporteur GOUTTEFARDE, Fabien
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 02/09/2019
Reference
Number 4464
Date 30/09/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 30/09/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 08/12/2020,the committee considered an introductory memorandum and agreed to
the rapporteur’s request to hold a hearing with experts at a future meeting (subject to the
availability of funds).
On 27/01/2021, the committee agreed that the hearing at the next meeting should be
open to the public, subject to the agreement of the invited speakers.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Emergence of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) and their
necessary apprehension through European human rights law
Origin Motion
Title Emergence of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) and their necessary
apprehension through European human rights law
Number 14945
Rapporteur GOUTTEFARDE, Fabien
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 29/06/2020
Reference
Number 4479
Date 27/01/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 27/01/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 19/01/2021, the committee considered an introductory memorandum and agreed to
the rapporteur’s request for a hearing with up to three experts at a future meeting,
subject to the availability of funds, and his intention to consult other experts bilaterally.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Legal aspects of the accession of the European Union to the
European Convention on Human Rights
Origin Motion
Title Legal aspects of the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on
Human Rights
Number 15014
Rapporteur CORLĂŢEAN, Titus
Country Romania
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 29/06/2020
Reference
Number 4488
Date 27/01/2020
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Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 27/01/2023
Others
State of work in committee
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Political prisoners in the Russian Federation
Origin Motion
Title Political prisoners in the Russian Federation
Number 15049
Rapporteur ÆVARSDÓTTIR, Thorhildur Sunna
Country Iceland
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 29/06/2020
Reference
Number 4501
Date 06/03/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 06/03/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 14/10/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum and agreed to
hold a hearing with up to four experts and a representative of the Russian authorities
during a forthcoming meeting.
On 09/11/2020, the committee agreed to open the hearing foreseen for 08/12/2020 to
the public, subject to the agreement of the speakers.
On 08/12/2020, the committee held a hearing with the participation of three experts.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
Title of draft report Human rights violations in Belarus require an international
investigation
Origin Motion
Title Human rights violations in Belarus require an international investigation
Number 15135
Rapporteur LOUIS, Alexandra
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 14/10/2020
Reference
Number 4529
Date 15/09/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 15/03/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 09/11/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum and authorised
the rapporteur to organise a hearing with invited experts at the next meeting (and to
open the said hearing to the public, subject to the agreement of the speakers), to contact
representatives of the authorities and of civil society and to send a questionnaire to
national parliaments via the European Centre for Parliamentary Research and
Documentation (ECPRD) on universal jurisdiction.
On 08/12/2020, the committee agreed to the rapporteur’s proposal to seize the Venice
Commission for opinion on the compatibility with European standards of the use of
certain legal provisions to criminalise the opposition. It also held a hearing with the
participation of four experts.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Second part-session
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Title of draft report Addressing issues of criminal and civil liability in the context of
climate change
Origin Bureau decision
Title Addressing issues of criminal and civil liability in the context of climate change
Rapporteur ALTUNYALDIZ, Ziya
Country Turkey
Political Group NR
Appointed on 09/11/2020
Reference
Number 4530
Date 15/09/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 15/03/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 08/12/2021, the committee considered an introductory memorandum. It agreed to
the rapporteur’s requests to hold a hearing with up to three experts at a future meeting
(subject to the availability of funds) and to send a questionnaire to national parliaments
via the European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation (ECPRD). It
also agreed to open the forthcoming hearing foreseen for the next meeting to the public,
provided that the invited experts do not object.
On 19/01/2021, the committee held a hearing with the participation of three experts.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
Title of draft report Fighting and preventing excessive and unjustified use of force by the
law enforcement officers
Origin Motion
Title Fighting and preventing excessive and unjustified use of force by the law enforcement
officers
Number 15137
Rapporteur MEREZHKO, Oleksandr
Country Ukraine
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 14/10/2020
Reference
Number 4534
Date 12/10/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 12/04/2023
Others
State of work in committee
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Poisoning of Alexei Navalny
Origin Motion
Title Poisoning of Alexei Navalny
Number 15155
Rapporteur MAIRE, Jacques
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 14/10/2020
Reference
Number 4539
Date 12/10/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
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Valid until 12/04/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 08/12/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum. It agreed to
the rapporteur’s proposals to conduct a fact-finding visit to Germany, to organise a
hearing with experts (open to the public, provided that the invited experts do not object)
at a future meeting (both subject to the availability of funds), and to receive information
from sources on condition of anonymity.
On 17-18/12/2020, the rapporteur carried out a fact-finding visit to Berlin.
On 19/01/2021, the committee held a hearing with the participation of two experts. The
committee authorised the rapporteur to conduct a fact-finding visit to the Russian
Federation.
On 27/01/2021, the committee agreed to hold a second hearing on the subject at the
next meeting and that it be open to the public, subject to the agreement of the invited
speakers.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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Title of draft report Impact of labour migration on left-behind children
Origin Motion
Title Impact of labour migration on left-behind children
Number 14537
Rapporteur BADEA, Viorel Riceard
Country Romania
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 28/06/2018
Committee for opinion Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Rapporteur GONCHARENKO, Oleksii
Country Ukraine
Political Group EC/DA
Appointed on 30/01/2020
Reference
Number 4385
Date 01/06/2018
SC or Plenary Standing Committee
Modified on 12/10/2018
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 01/06/2021
Others
State of work in committee On 04/12/2018, in Paris, the committee considered an introductory memorandum and
authorised the rapporteur to undertake a fact-finding visit to Italy.
On 11-12/03/2019, the rapporteur carried out a fact-finding visit to Italy.
On 14/05/2019, in Vienna, the committee heard back from the rapporteur on his fact-
finding visit to Italy.
On 27/01/2020, in Strasbourg, the committee considered a revised introductory
memorandum and held a public hearing with the participation of Ms Elena Madan,
Country Director, Terre des hommes Moldova and Ms Tatiana Puiu, Member of the
European Committee of Social Rights of the Council of Europe.
On 06/07/2020, by videoconference, the committee considered a revised preliminary
draft report.
Adopted in committee on 22/09/2020
Doc. No. of report 15173
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - March Standing Committee
Title of draft report Involuntary addiction to prescription medicines
Origin Motion
Title Involuntary addiction to prescription medicines
Number 14646
Rapporteur O'REILLY, Joseph
Country Ireland
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 19/03/2019
Reference
Number 4415
Date 21/01/2019
SC or Plenary Assembly
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 21/01/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 14/05/2019, in Vienna, the committee held an exchange of views with Mr Roland
Mader, Head of Department III of the Anton Proksch Institute (Austria) and considered
an introductory memorandum.
On 13/09/2019, in Paris, the committee held an exchange of views with Ms Anne Guy,
Secretariat Co-ordinator for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug
Dependence of the House of Commons/House of Lords (United Kingdom) and
Mr Thomas Clausen, Professor at the University of Oslo.
On 19/05/2020, by videoconference, the committee authorised the rapporteur to
undertake a fact-finding visit to Denmark.
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Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Giving a voice to every child: promoting child participation as a
foundation for democratic societies
Origin Motion
Title Giving a voice to every child: promoting child participation as a foundation for democratic
societies
Number 14806
Rapporteur MASSEY, Doreen
Country United Kingdom
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 19/03/2019
Reference
Number 4429
Date 01/03/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 01/03/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 19/03/2019, in Paris, the Sub-Committee on Children decided to hold a half day
meeting on child participation on the margins of the June 2019 part-session.
On 14/05/2019, in Vienna, the Sub-Committee on Children discussed the preparation of
the child participation meeting to be held in June. The members were asked to return
their replies to a short questionnaire on child participation to the Secretariat no later than
03/06/2019.
On 24/06/2019, in Strasbourg, the committee considered an introductory memorandum
and agreed to declassify it.
On 25/06/2019, in Strasbourg, the Sub-Committee on Children held an exchange of
views with Ms Mieke Shuurman, Senior Policy and Advocacy Co-ordinator for Eurochild,
a network of organisations and individuals working in and across Europe to promote the
rights and well-being of children and young people. A workshop on “Promoting child
participation in and through the Parliamentary Assembly”, with the participation of
children, was also organised in co-operation with the Themis Association and the City of
Strasbourg (Ville et Eurométropole de Strasbourg).
On 14/11/2019, in Strasbourg, the Sub-Committee on Children, jointly with the Sub-
Committee on the European Social Charter, held a public hearing on “The power of
parliamentary action: promoting meaningful and sustainable child participation in the
work of national parliaments and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe”,
with the participation of Ms Cath Larkins, Chair of Eurochild’s Child Participation
Reference Group (United Kingdom), Ms Zsuzsanna Rutai, Children’s Right Consultant,
and several children representing Eurochild and the Themis association.
On 31/01/2020, in Strasbourg, the Sub-Committee on Children further discussed the
aims and methodology for the report and a pilot initiative on child participation in the work
of the Assembly.
On 06/07/2020, meeting by videoconference, the Sub-Committee on Children held an
exchange of views on the pilot initiative on promoting child participation in the work of
the Assembly.
On 10/11/2020, meeting by videoconference, the Sub-Committee on Children held a
public hearing with the participation of experts, educators, a student and the rapporteur.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2022 - First part-session
Title of draft report Vaccine hesitancy: a major public health issue
Origin Motion
Title Vaccine hesitancy: a major public health issue
Number 14890
Rapporteur KRUGLYI, Vladimir
Country Russian Federation
Political Group NR
Appointed on 22/09/2020
Former rapporteur(s) 13/09/2019 (KAGRAMANYAN, Igor, Russian Federation, NR)
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Reference
Number 4456
Date 25/06/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 25/06/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 09/10/2020, by videoconference, the committee considered an introductory
memorandum.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2022 - Second part-session
Title of draft report Best interests of the child and policies to ensure a work-life balance
Origin Motion
Title Best interests of the child and policies to ensure a work-life balance
Number 14946
Rapporteur HETTO-GAASCH, Françoise
Country Luxembourg
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 02/10/2019
Reference
Number 4471
Date 30/09/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 30/09/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 14/09/2020, the committee took note of an introductory memorandum by written
procedure.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Inaction on climate change – a violation of children's rights
Origin Motion
Title Inaction on climate change – a violation of children's rights
Number 14947
Rapporteur DE TEMMERMAN, Jennifer
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 02/10/2019
Reference
Number 4472
Date 30/09/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 30/09/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 14/09/2020, the committee took note of an introductory memorandum by written
procedure.
On 01/12/2020, by videoconference, the committee declassified the introductory
memorandum and held a public hearing with the participation of children and experts.
On 18/01/2021, by videoconference, the Sub-Committee on Public Health and
Sustainable Development held a public hearing organised as part of the contribution of
the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities to the
9th Edition of the World Forum for Democracy “Can Democracy Save the Environment?”
with the participation of several members of the Assembly, the Congress and experts.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2022 - First part-session
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Title of draft report The climate crisis and the rule of law
Origin Motion
Title Climate change and the rule of law: baseline study
Number 14972
Rapporteur ESTRELA, Edite
Country Portugal
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 03/12/2019
Committee for opinion Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Rapporteur KLEINWAECHTER, Norbert
Country Germany
Political Group EC/DA
Appointed on 30/01/2020
Reference
Number 4475
Date 28/11/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 28/11/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 06/07/2020, by videoconference, the committee held a public hearing with Mr Pawel
Wargan, Council Member and Campaign Co-ordinator, Green New Deal for Europe and
Mr Robert Vautard, Director, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Université Versailles Saint-
Quentin, decided to change the title of the report, and considered a revised introductory
memorandum.
On 09/10/2020, by videoconference, the committee considered a preliminary draft
report.
On 18/01/2021, by videoconference, the Sub-Committee on Public Health and
Sustainable Development held a public hearing organised as part of the contribution of
the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities to the
9th Edition of the World Forum for Democracy “Can Democracy Save the Environment?”
with the participation of several members of the Assembly, the Congress and experts.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
Title of draft report Socio-economic inequalities in Europe: time to restore social trust by
strengthening social rights
Origin Motion
Title Socio-economic inequalities in Europe: time to restore social trust by strengthening
social rights
Number 14985
Rapporteur SAYEK BÖKE, Selin
Country Turkey
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 28/01/2020
Reference
Number 4480
Date 27/01/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 27/02/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 01/12/2020, by videoconference, the committee considered an introductory
memorandum and authorised the rapporteur to carry out a fact-finding visit to the OECD.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Fourth part-session
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Title of draft report Discrimination against persons dealing with chronic and long-term
illnesses
Origin Motion
Title Discrimination against persons dealing with long-term illness
Number 15011
Rapporteur WONNER, Martine
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 28/01/2020
Committee for opinion Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
Rapporteur FRESKO-ROLFO, Béatrice
Country Monaco
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 24/06/2020
Reference
Number 4487
Date 27/01/2020
SC or Plenary Assembly
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 27/02/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 06/07/2020, by videoconference, the committee considered a revised introductory
memorandum.
On 22/09/2020, by videoconference, the committee held an exchange of views with Ms
Matilde Leonardi, Director, Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit & Coma Research
Centre, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta (Italy), Mr Kawaldip Sehmi,
Chief Executive Officer, International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations, and Mr Ignacio
Doreste, Advisor, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI).
On 01/12/2020, by videoconference, the committee considered a draft report and
unanimously adopted a draft resolution with a new title.
Adopted in committee on 01/12/2020
Doc. No. of report 15208
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Second part-session
Title of draft report Impact of armed conflicts on transboundary environmental damage
Origin Motion
Title Impact of armed conflicts on transboundary environmental damage
Number 15074
Rapporteur HOWELL, John
Country United Kingdom
Political Group EC/DA
Appointed on 02/06/2020
Reference
Number 4506
Date 07/05/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 07/04/2023
Others
State of work in committee Documentary research.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Title of draft report For an assessment of the means and provisions to combat children's
exposure to pornographic content
Origin Motion
Title For an assessment of the means and provisions to combat children's exposure to
pornographic content
Number 15077
Rapporteur HOUBRON, Dimitri
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 06/07/2020
Committee for opinion Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media
Rapporteur SCHENNACH, Stefan
Country Austria
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 14/10/2020
Reference
Number 4507
Date 07/05/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 07/04/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 10/11/2020, meeting by videoconference, the Sub-Committee on Children held a
public hearing with the participation of Mr Matthew B. Ezzell, Board Member, Culture
Reframed, Mr Anton Toni Klančnik, EUROPOL - O3 European Cyber Crime Centre
(EC3), and the rapporteur.
On 27/01/2021, meeting by videoconference, the Sub-Committee on Children
considered an introductory memorandum.
On 29/01/2021, the introductory memorandum was sent by email to the members of the
committee for their comments.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Anchoring the right to a healthy environment: need for enhanced
action by the Council of Europe
Origin Motion
Title Artificial intelligence and climate change
Number 15068, 15108
Rapporteur MOUTQUIN, Simon
Country Belgium
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 06/07/2020
Reference
Number 4516
Date 26/06/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 26/12/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 09/10/2020, by videoconference, the committee considered an introductory
memorandum and agreed to change the title of the report.
On 01/12/2020, by videoconference, the committee declassified the introductory
memorandum and held a public hearing with the participation of children and experts.
On 18/01/2021, by videoconference, the Sub-Committee on Public Health and
Sustainable Development held a public hearing organised as part of the contribution of
the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities to the
9th Edition of the World Forum for Democracy “Can Democracy Save the Environment?”
with the participation of several members of the Assembly, the Congress and experts.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
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Title of draft report Deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities
Origin Motion
Title Deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities
Number 15106
Rapporteur BRUIJN-WEZEMAN, Reina de
Country Netherlands
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 06/07/2020
Committee for opinion Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
Rapporteur TANGUY, Liliana
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 27/11/2020
Reference
Number 4517
Date 26/06/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 26/12/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 01/12/2020, by videoconference, the committee considered and agreed to declassify
an introductory memorandum.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Eradicating extreme child poverty in Europe: an international
obligation and a moral duty
Origin Motion
Title Eradicating extreme child poverty in Europe: an international obligation and a moral duty
Number 15107
Rapporteur FRIDEZ, Pierre-Alain
Country Switzerland
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 06/07/2020
Reference
Number 4518
Date 26/06/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 26/12/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 01/12/2020, by videoconference, the committee considered an introductory
memorandum.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Impact of Covid-19 on children’s rights
Origin Motion
Title Impact of COVID-19 on children’s rights
Number 15125
Rapporteur MASSEY, Doreen
Country United Kingdom
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 22/09/2020
Reference
Number 4525
Date 15/09/2020
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Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 15/03/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 10/11/2020, meeting by videoconference, the Sub-Committee on Children held a
public hearing with the participation of Mr Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children,
Ireland, and the rapporteur.
On 21/12/2020, by videoconference, the committee considered an introductory
memorandum and authorised the rapporteur to carry out a fact-finding visit to Brussels.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Fourth part-session
Title of draft report Safeguarding democratic values in international trade
Origin Motion
Title Safeguarding democratic values in international trade
Number 15144
Rapporteur DAVIES, Geraint
Country United Kingdom
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 21/10/2020
Reference
Number 4536
Date 12/10/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 12/04/2023
Others
State of work in committee Documentary research.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2022 - Second part-session
Title of draft report Overcoming the socio-economic crisis sparked by the Covid-19
pandemic
Origin Motion
Title Overcoming the socio-economic crisis sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic
Number 15145
Rapporteur HUNKO, Andrej
Country Germany
Political Group UEL
Appointed on 21/10/2020
Reference
Number 4537
Date 12/10/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 12/04/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 21/12/2020, by videoconference, the committee considered an introductory
memorandum and authorised the rapporteur to carry out a fact-finding visit to the OECD.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
Title of draft report
Origin Motion
Title Securing safe medical supply chains
Number 15191
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Rapporteur To be appointed
Reference
Number 4553
Date 25/01/2021
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 25/07/2023
Others
State of work in committee
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report
Origin Motion
Title Health and social protection of undocumented workers
Number 15194
Rapporteur To be appointed
Reference
Number 4555
Date 25/01/2021
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 25/07/2023
Others
State of work in committee
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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IV. Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Title of draft report The protection of victims of arbitrary displacement
Origin Motion
Title The protection of victims of forced displacement under international law
Number 14548
Rapporteur GOUTTEFARDE, Fabien
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 11/10/2018
Reference
Number 4389
Date 25/06/2018
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 25/06/2021
Others
State of work in committee 10/04/2019: Consideration of an introductory memorandum.
25/06/2019: Exchange of views with Mr Pascal Brice, former Director General of the
French Agency for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA), judge
at the Cour des comptes (Court of Auditors) of France, and Mr Yves Pascouau,
Schengen Chair at Nantes university and Executive director of the NGO “European
Migration Law”.
03/10/2019: Agreement of the committee for a fact-finding visit of the rapporteur to
Greece, subject to the availability of financial resources of the Assembly.
02/12/2019: Agreement of the committee for a fact-finding visit of the rapporteur to
Greece and Turkey, subject to the availability of financial resources of the Assembly.
28/04/2020: Written questions by the rapporteur to the Turkish delegation.
15/05/2020: Written questions by the rapporteur to the Greek delegation.
16/10/2020: Consideration of a preliminary draft report, followed by an exchange of
views with Ms Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of
Internally Displaced Persons, Davao, Philippines.
02/12/2020: Agreement of the committee to change the title of the report.
Adopted in committee on 02/12/2020
Doc. No. of report 15219
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - March Standing Committee
Title of draft report Humanitarian action for refugees and migrants in countries in North
Africa and the Middle East
Origin Motion
Title Humanitarian action for refugees and migrants in countries at the southern
Mediterranean Sea
Number 14654
Rapporteur DUNDEE, Alexander
Country United Kingdom
Political Group EC/DA
Appointed on 22/01/2019
Committee for opinion Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Rapporteur DE TEMMERMAN, Jennifer
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 11/04/2019
Reference
Number 4419
Date 21/01/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 21/01/2022
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Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Others
State of work in committee 25/06/2019: Consideration of an introductory memorandum.
07/05/2020: Written submission by the UNHCR on the situation in Libya.
03/07/2020: Consideration of a preliminary draft report and agreement of the committee
to change the title of the report.
06/11/2020: Consideration of a preliminary draft report and a preliminary draft
resolution.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - May Standing Committee
Title of draft report Role of parliaments in implementing the United Nations global
compacts for migrants and refugees
Origin Motion
Title Role of parliaments in implementing the United Nations global compacts for migrants
and refugees
Number 14655
Rapporteur TORNARITIS, Nicos
Country Cyprus
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 29/05/2020
Former rapporteur(s) 26/03/2019 (KYRIAKIDES, Stella, Cyprus, EPP/CD)
Reference
Number 4420
Date 21/01/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 21/01/2022
Others
State of work in committee 27/06/2019: Consideration of an introductory memorandum.
29/05/2020: Designation of new rapporteur.
06/11/2020: Consideration of a preliminary draft report, followed by an exchange of
views with the participation of Mr Andreas Wissner, Representative, UNHCR
Representation to the European Institutions in Strasbourg.
02/12/2020: Consideration of a draft report and a preliminary draft resolution.
Adopted in committee on 21/01/2021
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - March Standing Committee
Title of draft report For a European policy on diasporas
Origin Motion
Title For a European policy on diasporas
Number 14815
Rapporteur PISCO, Paulo
Country Portugal
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 29/05/2019
Reference
Number 4436
Date 12/04/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 12/04/2022
Others
State of work in committee 03/10/2019: Consideration of an introductory memorandum and exchange of views with
Mr Varlam Badzaghua, Deputy Director, Department of Diaspora Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Georgia, and Mr Pierre-Yves le Borgn’, President, Europeans
Throughout The World, Brussels.
30/01/2020: Agreement of the committee for a fact-finding visit to Croatia, Lithuania or
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Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
the Republic of Moldova, subject to the availability of financial resources of the
Assembly.
07/09/2020: Consideration of preliminary draft report.
26/01/2021: Consideration of a draft report and a preliminary draft resolution and
preliminary draft recommendation.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Second part-session
Title of draft report Gender mainstreaming of migration policies
Origin Motion
Title Gender mainstreaming of migration policies
Number 15069
Rapporteur To be appointed
Former rapporteur(s) 03/07/2020 (BRYNJÓLFSDÓTTIR, Rósa Björk, Iceland, UEL)
Reference
Number 4504
Date 07/05/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 07/05/2023
Others
State of work in committee 06/11/2020: Consideration of an introductory memorandum.
02/12/2020: Exchange of views with the participation of Mr Jean-Christophe Dumont,
Head of the International Migration Division, OECD
21/01/2021: Exchange of views with the participation of Ms Isabelle Crespi and Ms Vera
Lomazzi, Researchers, authors of the book: “Gender Mainstreaming and Gender
Equality in Europe: Policies, Culture and Public Opinion” 2019.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Fourth part-session
Title of draft report Voluntary relocation of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in
need of humanitarian protection
Origin Motion
Title Voluntary relocation for migrants in need of humanitarian protection
Number 15082
Rapporteur DUNDEE, Alexander
Country United Kingdom
Political Group EC/DA
Appointed on 03/07/2020
Reference
Number 4510
Date 07/05/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 07/05/2023
Others
State of work in committee 16/10/2020: Consideration of an introductory memorandum and agreement of the
committee to change the title of the report.
21/01/2021: Communication by the rapporteur, followed by an exchange of views of
Ms Eirini Agapidaki, Special Secretary for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors,
Ministry of Migration and Asylum of Greece.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Fourth part-session
Title of draft report Safe third countries for asylum seekers
Origin Motion
Title Safe third countries for asylum seekers
Number 15111
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Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Rapporteur KRISPER, Stephanie
Country Austria
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 07/09/2020
Reference
Number 4519
Date 26/06/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 26/12/2022
Others
State of work in committee 06/11/2020: Consideration of a draft outline.
02/12/2020: Exchange of views with the participation of Mr Adel-Naim Reyhani,
Researcher, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights, Vienna.
21/01/2021: Exchange of views with the participation of Ms Tineke Strik, Member of the
European Parliament and Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint
Parliamentary Assembly and Ms Sophie Weidenhiller, Spokesperson, Sea-Eye e.V.,
Regensburg, Germany.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Alternative care for unaccompanied and separated migrant children
Origin Motion
Title Alternative care for unaccompanied and separated migrant children
Number 15112
Rapporteur MEZENTSEVA, Mariia
Country Ukraine
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 07/09/2020
Committee for opinion Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Rapporteur ARSLAN, Sibel
Country Switzerland
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 22/09/2020
Reference
Number 4520
Date 26/06/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 26/12/2022
Others
State of work in committee 02/12/2020: Postponed the consideration of a draft outline.
21/01/2021: Consideration of a draft outline, followed by an exchange of views with the
participation of Ms Lilja Grétarsdóttir, Head of Division a. i., Head of Unit on Migration
and Displacement, Human Rights Directorate, Council of Europe.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Climate and migration
Origin Motion
Title Climate and migration
Number 15113
Rapporteur FRIDEZ, Pierre-Alain
Country Switzerland
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 07/09/2020
Reference
Number 4521
Date 26/06/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 26/12/2022
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Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Others
State of work in committee 16/10/2020: Consideration of an introductory memorandum, followed by an exchange of
views with Ms Dina Ionesco, Head of the Migration, Environment and Climate Change
Division, IOM, Geneva.
21/01/2021: Consideration of a preliminary draft report.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
Title of draft report Pushbacks on land and sea: illegal measures of migration
management
Origin Motion
Title Pushbacks on land and sea: illegal measures of migration management
Number 15180
Rapporteur FRIDEZ, Pierre-Alain
Country Switzerland
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 02/12/2020
Reference
Number 4548
Date 20/11/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 20/05/2023
Others
State of work in committee 02/12/2020: Exchange of views with the participation of Ms Dunja Mijatović, Human
Rights Commissioner at the Council of Europe and Mr Andreas Wissner,
Representative, UNCHR Representation to the European Institutions in Strasbourg.
21/01/2021: Exchange of views with the participation of Ms Tineke Strik, Member of the
European Parliament and Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint
Parliamentary Assembly, and Ms Sophie Weidenhiller, Spokesperson, Sea-Eye e.V.,
Regensburg, Germany.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report European Union Pact on Migration and Asylum: a human rights
perspective
Origin Motion
Title European Union Pact on Migration and Asylum: a human rights perspective
Number 15181
Rapporteur MUNYAMA, Killion
Country Poland
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 02/12/2020
Reference
Number 4549
Date 20/11/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 20/05/2023
Others
State of work in committee
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Title of draft report Humanitarian consequences of the conflict between Armenia and
Azerbaijan
Origin Bureau decision
Title Humanitarian consequences of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Rapporteur GAVAN, Paul
Country Ireland
Political Group UEL
Appointed on 02/12/2020
Reference
Number 4550
Date 20/11/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 20/05/2023
Others
State of work in committee 02/12/2020: Exchange of views with the participation of Mr Andreas Wissner,
Representative, UNCHR Representation to the European Institutions in Strasbourg and
Mr Giorgi Gogia, Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division, Human Rights
Watch.
21/01/2021: Consideration of a draft outline.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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V. Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media
Title of draft report Football governance: business and values
Origin Motion
Title Football governance and ethics: business or values?
Number 14447
Rapporteur FOULKES, George
Country United Kingdom
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 03/10/2019
Former rapporteur(s) 23/01/2018 (JENSEN, Mogens, Denmark, SOC)
Reference
Number 4357
Date 22/01/2018
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020, 04/10/2019)
Valid until 30/12/2021
Others
State of work in committee On 27/04/2018 in Strasbourg, the Bureau sent to the committee, to be taken into account
in the framework of the report, the motion for a resolution on “Defend human rights and
the rule of law in the context of international football events” (Doc. 14491, reference
4376 of 27/04/2018).
On 05-06/10/2018, the rapporteur participated, with no costs for the Assembly, in the
first “Olympism in Action” forum organised by the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
On 25/06/2019 in Strasbourg, in the absence of the rapporteur, the committee
considered an introductory memorandum.
On 05/12/2019 in Paris, the committee considered a preliminary expert report and held
a hearing with the participation of Mr Alan Tomlinson, Professor of Leisure Studies at the
University of Brighton, United Kingdom; Mr Miguel Poiares Maduro, Director of the
School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Fiesole (Florence),
Italy; Ms Sylvia Schenk, Chair of the Working Group on Sport at Transparency
International Germany; Mr Stanislas Frossard, Executive secretary of the Enlarged
Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS), DGII-Directorate General of Democracy, Council of
Europe; and Mr Julien Zylberstein, Chief Adviser, Political Affairs and Stakeholder
Relations, UEFA, by video-conference.
On 28/01/2020 in Strasbourg, the committee authorised the rapporteur to carry out,
subject to the availability of funds, fact-finding visits to Zurich (1 day) and to Nyon (1 day
and a half), Switzerland, to meet representatives of FIFA and UEFA, and, if possible, the
partners of the association of leagues of European football (European Leagues) (dates
to be convened at a later date).
On 15/05/2020 by videoconference, the committee heard a communication by the
chairperson of the committee concerning the written consultation procedure on an
information memorandum on the report; took note that all the proposals contained in this
document had been approved by consensus, including in particular the change of the
title.
On 04/12/2020 by videoconference, the committee held a hearing which was
livestreamed direct to the Assembly website, with the participation of Mr Charlie
Marshall, Chief Executive Officer ECA; Mr Jacco Swart, Managing Director of European
Leagues; Mr Giorgio Marchetti, Deputy General Secretary, UEFA; Ms Joyce Cook, Chief
Social Responsibility and Education Officer, FIFA; Mr Stanislas Frossard, Executive
Secretary, EPAS, Council of Europe; Mr Jonas Baer-Hoffmann, General Secretary
FIFPro; and Ms Antonia Hagemann, Chief Executive Officer, Supporters Direct Europe.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Strengthening the role of young people in the prevention and
resolution of conflicts
Origin Motion
Title Strengthening the role of young people in the prevention and resolution of conflicts
Number 14494
Rapporteur HOPSU, Inka
Country Finland
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Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 27/06/2019
Former rapporteur(s) 25/05/2018 (PALLARÉS, Judith, Andorra, ALDE)
Committee for opinion Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Rapporteur EROTOKRITOU, Christiana
Country Cyprus
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 19/05/2020
Reference
Number 4377
Date 27/04/2018
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020, 06/03/2020)
Valid until 30/10/2021
Others
State of work in committee On 11/10/2018 in Strasbourg, the committee held a hearing with the participation of
Ms Gizem Kilinç, Member of the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) of the Council of
Europe, United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY), Netherlands, Mr Ramon
Tena Pera, Director of Dialoga, Andorra, and trainer at the Council of Europe Youth
Peace Camp, and Mr Rui Gomes, Head of Education and Training Division, Youth
Department, DGII - Directorate General of Democracy, Council of Europe. In addition,
the committee appointed the rapporteur to participate, subject to the availability of funds,
in the Lisbon forum of the North-South Centre, on 15-16/11/2018.
On 15-16/11/2018 in Lisbon, the rapporteur participated in the forum of the North-South
Centre on “Youth, Peace and Security”.
On 30/09/2019 in Strasbourg, the committee heard a declaration of absence of conflict
of interest from the rapporteur and held a hearing with the participation of Mr Nikola
Puharić, Croatia, Mr Ivan Djuric, Serbia, Mr Bojan Stanković, Serbia, Ms Marigona
Shabiu, Kosovo, and Ms Edina Hasanaga Cobaj, Montenegro, representatives of the
NGO Youth initiative for human rights (YIHR), winner (ex-aequo with Ilham Tohti) of the
2019 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.
On 28/01/2020 in Strasbourg, the committee took note that the Committee on Social
Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development has been seized for opinion on the report.
The committee decided to ask the Bureau of the Assembly to extend the reference until
31 October 2020; in addition, it authorised the rapporteur to carry out, subject to the
availability of funds, a fact-finding visit to one or two Balkan countries in April or May
2020 (dates to be convened at a later date).
On 30/01/2020 in Strasbourg, the Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport
considered a draft introductory memorandum and held an exchange of views with the
participation of members of the Advisory Council on Youth (CCI) 2020-2021.
On 15/05/2020 by videoconference, the committee heard a communication by the
chairperson of the committee concerning the written consultation procedure on an
introductory memorandum on the report; took note that all the proposals contained in
this document had been approved by consensus.
On 06/11/2020 by videoconference, the committee considered an information
memorandum and held a hearing with the participation of Ms Seija Kinni, Coordinator,
Focal Point for “women, peace and security”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland; and
Mr Jorge Aguado-Sanchez, Member of the Advisory Council on Youth of the Council of
Europe (CCJ) and of the Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (YPAN).
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Second part-session
Title of draft report The Observatory on history teaching in Europe
Origin Motion
Title Parliamentary Assembly contribution to the establishment of an observatory of history to
promote the common values of Greater Europe and peace
Number 14988
Rapporteur BOUYX, Bertrand
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 28/01/2020
Reference
Number 4483
Date 27/01/2020
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Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 27/01/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 14/10/2020 by videoconference, the committee decided to change the title of the
report, considered an introductory memorandum and held an exchange of views with the
participation of Mr Matjaž Gruden, Director, Directorate of Democratic Participation, DG
II – Directorate General of Democracy.
On 03/12/2020 by videoconference, the committee held a hearing with the participation
of Mr Steven Stegers, Executive Director of the European Association of History
Teachers (EuroClio); Mr Mark O’Neill, Chairperson of the Jury of the European Museum
Forum (EMF); and Ms Monika Sommer, Director of the Museum of Austrian History.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Media freedom, public trust and the people’s right to know
Origin Motion
Title Media freedom, public trust and the people’s right to know
Number 15040
Rapporteur RAMPI, Roberto
Country Italy
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 15/05/2020
Reference
Number 4495
Date 06/03/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 06/03/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 25/09/2020 by videoconference, the committee took note that the proposals
contained in the introductory memorandum of the rapporteur have been approved by
consensus, further to the written consultation of the committee.
On 03/12/2020 by videoconference, the committee considered an expert report and held
a hearing, broadcast by Radio Radicale (Italian broadcaster), with the participation of
Ms Helen Darbishire, Executive Director, Access Info Europe, Madrid; Mr Claudio
Radaelli, Professor of Comparative Public Policy, School of Transnational Governance,
European University Institute, Florence (Italy); Mr Ezechia Paolo Reale, Secretary
General, Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights,
Siracusa (Italy) ; and Ms Laura Harth, Representative to the UN Institutions for
Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational Transparty, Rome.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report The control of online communication: a threat to media pluralism,
freedom of information and human dignity
Origin Motion
Title The control of online communication: a threat to media pluralism, freedom of information
and human dignity
Number 15041
Rapporteur AVETISYAN, Sos
Country Armenia
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 15/05/2020
Reference
Number 4496
Date 06/03/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 06/03/2023
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Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media
Others
State of work in committee On 03/12/2020 by videoconference, the committee considered an introductory
memorandum.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education and culture
Origin Motion
Title The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education and culture
Number 15119
Rapporteur EFSTATHIOU, Constantinos
Country Cyprus
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 25/09/2020
Reference
Number 4523
Date 15/09/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 15/03/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 03/12/2020 by videoconference, the committee considered an introductory
memorandum and held a hearing with the participation of Mr Philippe Kern, Managing
Director, KEA European Affairs (International policy design research centre specialised
in culture and creative industries), Brussels; Mr Mark O’Neill, Chairperson of the Jury of
the European Museum Forum (EMF); and Mr Matjaž Gruden, Director, Directorate of
Democratic Participation, DG II – Directorate General of Democracy, Council of Europe,
on behalf of Ms Maria Fassari, Chairperson of the Steering Committee for Educational
Policy and Practice (CDPPE) of the Council of Europe.
On 05/02/2021 by videoconference, the committee considered a revised introductory
memorandum and held a hearing with the participation of Ms Hilligje van’t Land,
Secretary General of the International Association of Universities (IAU); Mr Jakub
Grodecki, Representative of the European Students’ Union (ESU) and member of the
Advisory Council on Youth, Council of Europe; and Ms Tatyana Basarab, Head of the
Youth “Partnership” with the European Commission, Youth Department, DG II –
Directorate General of Democracy, Council of Europe.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Research policies and environment protection
Origin Bureau decision
Title Research policies and environment protection
Rapporteur BECHT, Olivier
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 25/09/2020
Reference
Number 4532
Date 15/09/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 15/03/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 06/11/2020 by videoconference, the committee considered an introductory
memorandum.
On 05/02/2021 by videoconference, the committee considered an information
memorandum and held a hearing with the participation of Mr Robby Berloznik, Member
of the TEC-UNFCCC (Technology Executive Committee of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change), Senior Advisor, Flemish Institute for
Technological Research (VITO) – Director Programme of the Global Science
Technology and Innovation Conferences (G-STIC), Belgium; Mr Pierre Laboué,
Research fellow at the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS),
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France; Ms Nathalie Lazaric, Economist, Director of Research, National Center for
Scientific Research (CNRS) at the Research Group in Law, Economy and Management
(GREDEG) - Joint CNRS / Côte d'Azur University; Mr Patrice Simon, Professor at the
University of Toulouse III, France - Paul Sabatier; Deputy Director of the Research
Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage (RS2E) of the French National Centre for
Scientific Research (CNRS), France; and Mr Karl W. Steininger, Professor of Climate
Economics and Sustainable Transition, Wegener Centre for Climate and Global Change
(WEGC) and Department of Economics, University of Graz, Austria.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
Title of draft report The role of the media in times of crisis
Origin Motion
Title The role of the media in times of crisis
Number 15140
Rapporteur ENGBLOM, Annicka
Country Sweden
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 14/10/2020
Reference
Number 4535
Date 12/10/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 12/04/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 06/11/2020 by videoconference, the committee considered an introductory
memorandum.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Track and trace applications: ethical, cultural and educational
challenges
Origin Motion
Title Track and trace applications: ethical, cultural and educational challenges
Number 15165
Rapporteur BAKER, Duncan
Country United Kingdom
Political Group EC/DA
Appointed on 04/12/2020
Committee for opinion Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Rapporteur VARDANYAN, Vladimir
Country Armenia
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 19/01/2021
Reference
Number 4543
Date 20/11/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 20/05/2023
Others
State of work in committee
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media
Title of draft report Sports policies in times of crisis
Origin Motion
Title Sports policies in times of crisis
Number 15189
Rapporteur GONÇALVES, Carlos Alberto
Country Portugal
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 25/01/2021
Reference
Number 4552
Date 25/01/2021
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 25/07/2023
Others
State of work in committee
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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VI. Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
Title of draft report The situation of Crimean Tatars
Origin Motion
Title Russian racial discrimination of Crimean Tatars in Crimea
Number 14262
Rapporteur ÆVARSDÓTTIR, Thorhildur Sunna
Country Iceland
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 30/01/2020
Former rapporteur(s) 28/06/2018 (TORNARE, Manuel, Switzerland, SOC)
Reference
Number 4371
Date 15/03/2018
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020, 31/01/2020)
Valid until 30/12/2021
Others
State of work in committee On 07/03/2019, the committee considered an introductory memorandum; decided to
change the title of the report; authorised the rapporteur to carry out a fact-finding visit to
Ukraine (subject to the availability of funds); and held a hearing with the participation of
Mr Benjamin Moreau, Deputy Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in
Ukraine, and Ms Yulia Gorbunova, Researcher, Europe and Central Asia Division,
Human Rights Watch (the latter by video-conference).
On 05/06/2019, the committee considered an information memorandum.
During the June 2019 part-session, the committee considered a preliminary draft report.
On 12/09/2019, following a vote, the committee decided to postpone the examination of
a draft report to a future meeting.
On 04/12/2019, the committee heard a communication from the rapporteur.
During the January 2020 part-session, the committee decided to submit to the Bureau a
request for an extension of the reference.
On 11/09/2020, the committee took note of a written communication from the rapporteur.
During its meeting by videoconference of 15/10/2020, the committee held a hearing with
the participation of Ms Liudmyla Denisova, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for
Human Rights; Ms Tatiana Moskalkova, High Commissioner for Human Rights of the
Russian Federation, Mr Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar
People, and Mr Nariman Dzhelialov, Head of Information and Analysis Department,
Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
Title of draft report Preserving national minorities in Europe
Origin Motion
Title Preserving Europe’s linguistic, ethnic, cultural and national diversity
Number 14553
Rapporteur KOVÁCS, Elvira
Country Serbia
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 02/10/2019
Former rapporteur(s) 11/10/2018 (GORROTXATEGI, Miren, Spain, UEL)
Reference
Number 4390
Date 25/06/2018
SC or Plenary Standing Committee
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 25/06/2021
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Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
Others
State of work in committee During the June 2019 part-session, the committee considered an introductory
memorandum.
On 04/12/2019, the committee held a hearing with the participation of Mr Fernand de
Varennes, UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, and Ms Petra Roter, Associate
Professor, Centre of International Relations, University of Ljubljana, former President of
the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National
Minorities. The committee decided to request the opinion of the Venice Commission on
amendments to Latvian legislation on education in minority languages, and authorised
the rapporteur to conduct fact-finding visits to the United Kingdom and to Ukraine
(subject to the availability of funds).
During the January 2020 part-session, the committee considered an information
memorandum.
During its meeting by videoconference on 11/09/2020, the committee held a hearing with
the participation of Ms Marie Hagsgård, Acting President of the Advisory Committee on
the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
On 15/10/2020, the committee considered a preliminary draft report.
On 27/11/2020, the committee considered and approved a draft report and unanimously
adopted a draft resolution and decided to change the title of the report.
Adopted in committee on 27/11/2020
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Second part-session
Title of draft report Discrimination against Roma and Travellers in the field of housing
Origin Motion
Title Discrimination against Roma and Travellers in the field of housing
Number 14590
Rapporteur KOPŘIVA, František
Country Czech Republic
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 23/01/2019
Reference
Number 4399
Date 08/10/2018
SC or Plenary Standing Committee
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 08/10/2021
Others
State of work in committee During the April 2019 part-session, the committee considered an introductory
memorandum.
During the June 2019 part-session, the committee held a hearing on the situation of
Travellers as regards the right to housing, with the participation of Ms Marie Pichault,
Centre de Médiation des Gens du voyage et des Roms, Belgium; Mr Martin Collins, Co-
Director, Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, Ireland, and Mr Adrian Jones,
National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups, United Kingdom.
During the October 2019 part-session, the committee considered an information
memorandum.
On 10/07/2020, the committee considered an information memorandum.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Strengthening the fight against so-called “honour” crimes
Origin Motion
Title Strengthening the fight against so-called “honour” crimes
Number 14821
Rapporteur FRESKO-ROLFO, Béatrice
Country Monaco
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 05/06/2019
Reference
Number 4439
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Date 12/04/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 12/04/2022
Others
State of work in committee During the October 2019 part-session, the committee examined an introductory
memorandum.
On 04/12/2019, the committee authorised the rapporteur to conduct a fact-finding visit
to Turkey (subject to the availability of funds).
During the January 2020 part-session, the committee considered an information
memorandum.
On 24/06/2020, the committee considered an information memorandum.
During its meeting by videoconference on 11/09/2020, the committee held a hearing with
the participation of Mr Nazir Afzal, former Chief Crown Prosecutor, United Kingdom.
On 15/10/2020, it took note of a written communication by the rapporteur.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Gender aspects and human rights implications of pornography
Origin Motion
Title Gender aspects and human rights implications of pornography
Number 14864
Rapporteur HEINRICH, Frank
Country Germany
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 25/06/2019
Reference
Number 4450
Date 24/05/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 24/05/2022
Others
State of work in committee During the October 2019 part-session, the committee examined an introductory
memorandum.
On 24/06/2020, the committee considered an information memorandum.
On 11/09/2020, the committee considered an information memorandum.
On 27/11/2020, the committee considered an information memorandum.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Alleged violations of the rights of LGBTI people in the South
Caucasus region
Origin Motion
Title Alleged violations of LGBTI+ rights in the Caucasus region
Number 14879
Rapporteur LACROIX, Christophe
Country Belgium
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 12/09/2019
Reference
Number 4453
Date 25/06/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 25/06/2022
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Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
Others
State of work in committee During the January 2020 part-session, the committee considered an introductory
memorandum, decided to change the title of the report and authorised the rapporteur to
conduct fact-finding visits to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (subject to the availability
of funds).
On 10/07/2020, the committee considered an information memorandum.
On 27/11/2020, the committee considered an information memorandum.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Combating Afrophobia in Europe
Origin Motion
Title Combating Afrophobia in Europe
Number 14924
Rapporteur JALLOW, Momodou Malcolm
Country Sweden
Political Group UEL
Appointed on 02/10/2019
Reference
Number 4463
Date 30/09/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 30/09/2022
Others
State of work in committee During the January 2020 part-session, the committee considered an information
memorandum, held a hearing with the participation of Ms Mireille Fanon-Mendes-
France, legal expert, Chair of the Frantz Fanon Foundation, Former Chair of the Working
Group of Experts on People of African Descent, Human Rights Council, UN, and
Mr Wouter Van Bellingen, Board member, European Network against Racism (ENAR),
Brussels, and took note of a written statement provided by Ms Mischa Thompson,
Director of Global Partnerships, Policy, and Innovation at Helsinki Commission,
Washington DC, United States.
On 05/06/2020, the committee considered an information memorandum.
On 11/09/2020, the committee considered an information memorandum.
On 27/11/2020, the committee authorised the rapporteur to carry out fact-finding visits
to Germany and the United Kingdom (subject to the availability of funds).
On 02/02/2021, the committee heard a communication by the rapporteur following
remote bilateral meetings held with representatives from Germany on 16/12/2020 and
representatives from the United Kingdom on 20/01/2021; and considered a preliminary
draft report.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
Title of draft report Tackling discrimination based on social origins
Origin Motion
Title Tackling discrimination based on social origins
Number 14986
Rapporteur SAYEK BÖKE, Selin
Country Turkey
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 30/01/2020
Reference
Number 4481
Date 27/01/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 27/01/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 11/09/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum.
Adopted in committee on
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Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report The fight for a level playing field – ending discrimination against
women in the world of sport
Origin Motion
Title The fight for a level playing field – ending discrimination against women in the world of
sport
Number 14987
Rapporteur MUNYAMA, Killion
Country Poland
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 30/01/2020
Reference
Number 4482
Date 27/01/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 27/02/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 15/10/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum.
On 02/02/2021, the committee considered an information memorandum and authorised
the rapporteur to carry out a fact-finding visit to Switzerland (in person or virtually
depending on the sanitary situation), subject to the availability of funds.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Stopping harassment of women and men speaking out for the right to
abort
Origin Motion
Title Stopping harassment of women and men speaking out for the right to abort
Number 15030
Rapporteur BOER, Margreet De
Country Netherlands
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 24/06/2020
Reference
Number 4491
Date 31/01/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 28/02/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 15/10/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Justice and security for women in peace reconciliation
Origin Motion
Title Justice and security for women in peace reconciliation
Number 15045
Rapporteur KRAVCHUK, Yevheniia
Country Ukraine
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 24/06/2020
Committee for opinion Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
Rapporteur ÅBERG, Boriana
Country Sweden
Political Group EPP/CD
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Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
Appointed on 04/02/2021
Reference
Number 4497
Date 06/03/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 06/03/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 27/11/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Enhancing participation of women from under-represented groups in
political and public decision-making
Origin Motion
Title Enhancing participation of women from vulnerable groups in political and public
decision-making
Number 15067
Rapporteur GJERMENI, Eglantina
Country Albania
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 24/06/2020
Reference
Number 4503
Date 07/05/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 07/05/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 15/10/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum.
On 27/11/2020, the committee considered an information memorandum and authorised
the rapporteur to carry out fact-finding visits to Finland and the Netherlands (subject to
the availability of funds);
On 02/02/2021, the committee heard a communication by the rapporteur, considered a
preliminary draft report and decided to change the title of the report. It held a hearing
with the participation of Ms Zeina Hilal, Manager, Gender Partnership Programme and
Youth Participation Programme, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU); Ms Alia El-Yassir,
Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, UN Women; and Ms Marina Bublik, Head
of the Association “Force”, advocacy solutions to Roma and discrimination issues,
Ukraine.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Combating rising hate against LGBTI people in Europe
Origin Motion
Title Combatting rising hate against LGBTI people in Europe
Number 15121
Rapporteur BEN CHIKHA, Fourat
Country Belgium
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 15/10/2020
Reference
Number 4524
Date 15/09/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 15/03/2023
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Others
State of work in committee On 15/10/2020, the committee authorised the rapporteur to carry out a fact-finding visit
to Poland (subject to the availability of funds).
On 27/11/2020, the committee heard a communication by the rapporteur and held a
hearing with the participation of Mr Victor Madrigal-Borloz, United Nations Independent
Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity; Ms Teodora Ion-Rotaru, Executive
Director, ACCEPT Association, Romania; Ms Tina Kolos Orbán, Project Manager,
Transvanilla Association, Hungary; and Mr Miltos Pavlou, Project Manager, Social
Research, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).
On 26/01/2021, the committee decided to declassify the minutes of the hearing held on
27/11/2020 by videoconference.
On 02/02/2021, the committee considered an introductory memorandum.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Addressing inequalities in the right to a safe, healthy and clean
environment
Origin Bureau decision
Title Addressing inequalities in access to environmental rights
Rapporteur ESTRELA, Edite
Country Portugal
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 15/10/2020
Reference
Number 4531
Date 15/09/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 15/03/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 27/11/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum.
On 02/02/2021, the committee considered a preliminary draft report and decided to
change the title of the report. It held a hearing with the participation of Ms Jannie
Staffansson, Sami reindeer herder and representative, Sweden; and Ms Pegah
Moulana, Chairperson of Programming Committee on Youth; British Youth Council
representative to the Advisory Council on Youth, Youth Department of the Council of
Europe.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Third part-session
Title of draft report Combating antisemitism in Europe
Origin Motion
Title Combating antisemitism in Europe
Number 15168
Rapporteur BAYR, Petra
Country Austria
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 27/01/2021
Reference
Number 4544
Date 20/11/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 20/05/2023
Others
State of work in committee
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
Title of draft report Raising awareness of and countering Islamophobia in Europe
Origin Motion
Title Raising awareness of and countering Islamophobia in Europe
Number 15169
Rapporteur JALLOW, Momodou Malcolm
Country Sweden
Political Group UEL
Appointed on 27/01/2021
Reference
Number 4545
Date 20/11/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 20/05/2023
Others
State of work in committee
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Closing the digital divide: promoting equal access to digital
technologies
Origin Motion
Title Closing the digital divide: promoting equal access to digital technologies
Number 15170
Rapporteur ESTRELA, Edite
Country Portugal
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 27/01/2021
Reference
Number 4546
Date 20/11/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 20/05/2023
Others
State of work in committee
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Finding solutions for marital captivity
Origin Motion
Title Finding solutions for marital captivity
Number 15193
Rapporteur BOER, Margreet De
Country Netherlands
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 27/01/2021
Reference
Number 4554
Date 25/01/2021
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 25/07/2023
Others
State of work in committee
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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VII. Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council
of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
Title of draft report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Albania
Origin Resolution
Title Honouring of obligations and commitments by Albania
Co-rapporteur O'REILLY, Joseph
Country Ireland
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 23/06/2016
Co-rapporteur EIDE, Petter
Country Norway
Political Group UEL
Appointed on 30/01/2020
Former rapporteur(s) 25/04/1997 (LINDEN, René van der, Netherlands, EPP/CD)
16/05/1997 (SOLÉ TURA, Jordi, Spain, SOC)
07/03/2001 (SØNDERGAARD, Søren, Denmark, UEL)
27/01/1999 (SMORAWIŃSKI, Jerzy, Poland, EPP/CD)
25/04/2005 (PLATVOET, Leo, Netherlands, UEL)
25/01/2006 (WILSHIRE, David, United Kingdom, EDG)
05/11/2007 (LAAKSO, Jaakko, Finland, UEL)
24/01/2011 (JIRSA, Tomáš, Czech Republic, EDG)
30/05/2011 (PETRENCO, Grigore, Republic of Moldova, UEL)
23/01/2013 (EVANS, Jonathan, United Kingdom, EDG)
28/01/2016 (PREDA, Cezar Florin, Romania, EPP/CD)
29/01/2015 (HUNKO, Andrej, Germany, UEL)
Origin mandate Resolution 1115 (1997); Opinion 189 (1995) on Albania's application for membership of
the Council of Europe.
Reference
Valid until No validity limit
Others
State of work in committee Report (Doc. 13586) and Resolution 2019 (2014) adopted on 02/10/2014.
Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 02/07/2015.
Information note by the co-rapporteurs on their visit on 29-30/06/2015 declassified on
03/11/2015: AS/Mon(2015)35. Statement by Mr Hunko on 12/11/2015.
Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 02/11/2016. Information note by the co-rapporteurs
on their visit in October 2016 declassified on 24/01/2017: AS/Mon(2017)01.
Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 01/03/2017. Information note by the co-rapporteurs
on their visit in February-March 2017 declassified on 16/05/2017: AS/Mon(2017)07.
Electoral mission: 25/06/2017. Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 11/09/2018.
Information note by the co-rapporteurs on their visit in September 2018 declassified on
12/12/2018: AS/Mon(2018)15rev2. Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 18/12/2018
and 26/02/2019. Information note by the co-rapporteurs on their visit in October 2019
declassified on 16/01/2020: AS/Mon(2020)01rev. Statements by the co-rapporteurs on
07/11/2019 and 15/01/2020. Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 26/03 and 09/06/
2020.
Information note by the co-rapporteurs declassified on 03/02/2021: AS/Mon(2021)03.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Armenia
Origin Resolution
Title Honouring of obligations and commitments by Armenia
Co-rapporteur KILJUNEN, Kimmo
Country Finland
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 11/12/2019
Co-rapporteur ÅBERG, Boriana
Country Sweden
Political Group EPP/CD
AS/Inf (2021) 05 52
Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
Appointed on 10/09/2020
Former rapporteur(s) 07/03/2001 (BELOHORSKÁ, Irena, Slovak Republic, EDG)
02/04/2003 (ANDRÉ, René, France, EPP/CD)
07/03/2001 (JASKIERNIA, Jerzy, Poland, SOC)
25/01/2006 (ELO, Mikko, Finland, SOC)
15/12/2004 (COLOMBIER, Georges, France, EPP/CD)
18/04/2007 (MIMICA, Neven, Croatia, SOC)
24/06/2010 (LINDBLAD, Göran, Sweden, EPP/CD)
12/12/2012 (PRESCOTT, John, United Kingdom, SOC)
10/12/2010 (FISCHER, Axel, Germany, EPP/CD)
27/06/2013 (MEALE, Alan, United Kingdom, SOC)
09/12/2015 (GALATI, Giuseppe, Italy, EPP/CD)
23/01/2018 (LOVOCHKINA, Yuliya, Ukraine, SOC)
11/10/2018 (ŠIRCELJ, Andrej, Slovenia, EPP/CD)
27/05/2020 (FOURNIER, Bernard, France, EPP/CD)
Origin mandate Resolution 1115 (1997); Opinion 221 (2000) on Armenia’s application for membership
of the Council of Europe.
Reference
Valid until No validity limit
Others
State of work in committee Report (Doc. 12710) and Resolution 1837 (2011) on the functioning of democratic
institutions in Armenia adopted on 05/10/2011.
Information note by the co-rapporteurs on their visit on 16-17/01/2012 declassified on
13/03/2012: AS/Mon(2012)04rev. Information note by the co-rapporteurs on their visit
on 16-18/06/2014 declassified on 03/09/2014: AS/Mon(2014)19.
Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 15/06/2015 and 25/06/2015, Information note by
the co-rapporteurs on their visit on 08-11/06/2015 declassified on 03/09/2015: AS/
Mon(2015)28rev.
Statement by the Committee on 28/09/2015.
Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 23/05/2016. Information note by the co-rapporteurs
on their visit on 10-12/05/2016 declassified on 21/06/2016: AS/Mon(2016)16.
Information note by the co-rapporteurs on their visit in November 2016 declassified on
26/01/2017: AS/Mon(2017)03.
Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 07/07/2017.
Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 07/07/2017. Information note by the co-rapporteurs
on their visit in November 2017 declassified on 13/03/2018: AS/Mon(2018)02.
Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 23/04/2018 and 28/05/2018. Information note by
the co-rapporteurs on their visit in May 2018 declassified on 27/06/2018: AS/
Mon(2018)09rev. Statement by Ms Lovochkina on 03/10/2018. Electoral mission: 09/12/
2018. Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 25/03/2019 and 21/05/2019. Information
note by the co-rapporteurs on their visit in March 2019 declassified on 25/06/2019: AS/
Mon(2019)14. Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 31/01/2020 and 06/02/2020.
Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 19/05/2020.
Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 17/07/2020 and 28/09/2020. Declaration by the
Chairperson of the committee on 06/10/2020.
Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 10/11/2020.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Azerbaijan
Origin Resolution
Title Honouring of obligations and commitments by Azerbaijan
Rapporteur SCHENNACH, Stefan
Country Austria
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 09/12/2015
Former rapporteur(s) 07/03/2001 (MARTÍNEZ CASAÑ, Guillermo, Spain, EPP/CD)
07/03/2001 (GROSS, Andreas, Switzerland)
29/06/2006 (LLOYD, Tony, United Kingdom, SOC)
06/11/2007 (JIVKOVA, Evguenia, Bulgaria, SOC)
22/06/2004 (HERKEL, Andres, Estonia, EPP/CD)
18/11/2009 (DEBONO GRECH, Joseph, Malta, SOC)
24/06/2010 (AGRAMUNT, Pedro, Spain, EPP/CD)
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29/01/2015 (IWIŃSKI, Tadeusz, Poland, SOC)
25/06/2015 (CONDE, Agustín, Spain, EPP/CD)
19/04/2016 (PREDA, Cezar Florin, Romania, EPP/CD)
28/06/2018 (GALE, Roger, United Kingdom, EC)
Origin mandate Resolution 1115 (1997); Opinion 222 (2000) on Azerbaijan’s application for membership
of the Council of Europe.
Reference
Valid until No validity limit
Other Motion(s) taken into account No. 4466 of 30/09/2019
Others
State of work in committee Report (Doc. 14403 and addendum) and Resolution 2184 (2017) on the functioning of
democratic institutions in Azerbaijan adopted on 11/10/2017. Statement by the co-
rapporteurs on 10/11/2017. Electoral mission on 11/04/2018. Statements by the co-
rapporteurs on 04/01/2019, 22/01/2019, 06/03/2019 and 19/03/2019. Information note
by the co-rapporteurs on the visit to Baku by Mr Schennach in July 2019 declassified on
30/09/2019: AS/Mon(2019)18. Electoral mission on 09/02/2020. Statement by the co-
rapporteurs on 07/01/2020. Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 19/02, 18/03, 25/03,
09/04, 24/04 and 14/05/2020. Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 17/07, 31/07, 04/09,
22/09 and 28/09/2020. Declaration by the Chairperson of the committee on 06/10/2020.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Origin Resolution
Title Honouring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina
Co-rapporteur KOX, Tiny
Country Netherlands
Political Group UEL
Appointed on 15/05/2017
Co-rapporteur NÉMETH, Zsolt
Country Hungary
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 13/11/2019
Former rapporteur(s) 25/04/2002 (AKGÖNENÇ, Oya, Turkey, EDG)
25/04/2002 (SURJÁN, László, Hungary, EPP/CD)
14/01/2003 (SHAKHTAKHTINSKAYA, Naira, Azerbaijan, EDG)
25/01/2006 (ÇAVUŞOĞLU, Mevlüt, Turkey, EDG)
15/09/2004 (SASI, Kimmo, Finland, EPP/CD)
24/06/2010 (MIGNON, Jean-Claude, France, EPP/CD)
17/03/2010 (WOLDSETH, Karin S., Norway, EDG)
13/03/2012 (VAREIKIS, Egidijus, Lithuania, EPP/CD)
13/12/2013 (GALE, Roger, United Kingdom, EDG)
18/09/2018 (SOBOLIEV, Serhii, Ukraine, EPP/CD)
Origin mandate Resolution 1115 (1997); Opinion No. 234 (2002) on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s
application for membership of the Council of Europe.
Reference
Valid until No validity limit
Others
State of work in committee Report (Doc. 14465) and Resolution 2201 (2018) adopted on 24/01/2018. Statements
by the co-rapporteurs on 05/04/2019 and on 01/07/2019.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
Title of draft report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia
Origin Resolution
Title Honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia
Co-rapporteur CORLĂŢEAN, Titus
Country Romania
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 27/06/2017
Co-rapporteur KERN, Claude
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 23/01/2019
Former rapporteur(s) 27/01/2000 (DIANA, Lino, Italy, EPP/CD)
23/10/2002 (KIRILOV, Evgeni, Bulgaria, SOC)
27/01/2000 (EÖRSI, Mátyás, Hungary, ALDE)
18/04/2007 (ISLAMI, Kastriot, Albania, SOC)
19/05/2010 (JENSEN, Michael Aastrup, Denmark, ALDE)
31/05/2012 (CILEVIČS, Boriss, Latvia, SOC)
25/06/2015 (LUNDGREN, Kerstin, Sweden, ALDE)
Origin mandate Resolution 1115 (1997); Opinion 209 (1999) on Georgia’s application for membership of
the Council of Europe
Reference
Valid until No validity limit
Others
State of work in committee Information note on the fact-finding visit to Moscow and Tbilisi from 12-16/05/2013
prepared by the co-rapporteurs on the Russian Federation and the co-rapporteurs on
Georgia under the responsibility of the Chair declassified on 27/06/2013: AS/
Mon(2013)14rev (see also below the paragraph on the honouring of obligations and
commitments by the Russian Federation). Meeting between the co-rapporteurs on
Georgia, the co-rapporteurs on the Russian Federation and representatives of the Office
of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on 06/11/2013 in
Paris (see also below the paragraph on the honouring of obligations and commitments
by the Russian Federation). Report (Doc. 13588 and addendum) and Resolution 2015
(2014) on the functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia adopted on 01/10/2014.
Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 31/10/2014 and on 10/12/2014. Information note
by the co-rapporteurs on their visit on 03-05/12/2014 declassified on 17/03/2015: AS/
Mon(2015)11rev. Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 24/03/2015, 19/10/2015 and 06/
11/2015.
Information note by the co-rapporteurs on their visit on 12-14/10/2015 declassified on
28/01/2016: AS/Mon(2015)36.
Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 10/05/2016, 19/05/2016 and 23/06/2016.
Information note by the co-rapporteurs on their visit on 02-05/05/2016 declassified on
23/06/2016: AS/Mon(2016)15.
Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 05/10/2016. Pre-electoral mission: 13-14/09/2016.
Electoral missions: 08 and 30/10/2016. Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 03/03/2017.
Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 03/04/2017 and 06/06/2017. Information note by the
co-rapporteurs on their visit in March 2017 declassified on 27/06/2017: AS/
Mon(2017)16. Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 28/11/2017. Information note by the
co-rapporteurs on their visit in November 2017 declassified on 25/01/2018: AS/
Mon(2018)03.
Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 26/02/2018 and 31/05/2018. Electoral mission: 28/
10/2018. Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 26/11/2018. Information note by the co-
rapporteurs on their visit in November 2018 declassified on 12/12/2018: AS/
Mon(2018)23rev. Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 14/12/2018, 14/03/2019, 12/06/
2019, 25/06/2019, 26/08/2019 and 25/09/2019. Co-rapporteurs' visit on 16-18/09/2019.
Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 14/11/2019 and 13/12/2019. Co-rapporteurs' visit
and statement on 10-12/03/2020. Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 30/03/2020.
Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 29/06, 18/09 and 09/10/2020.
Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 23/11/2020.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
Title of draft report The honouring of obligations and commitments by the Republic of
Moldova
Origin Resolution
Title Honouring of obligations and commitments by the Republic of Moldova
Co-rapporteur FRIDEZ, Pierre-Alain
Country Switzerland
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 05/10/2020
Co-rapporteur LĪBIŅA-EGNERE, Inese
Country Latvia
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 03/02/2021
Former rapporteur(s) 25/04/1997 (COLUMBERG, Dumeni, Switzerland, EPP/CD)
27/01/2000 (MOREELS, Reginald, Belgium, EPP/CD)
24/04/2001 (VAHTRE, Lauri, Estonia, EPP/CD)
05/11/2003 (KVAKKESTAD, André, Norway, EDG)
25/04/1997 (DURRIEU, Josette, France)
24/06/2010 (CHRISTOFFERSEN, Lise, Norway, SOC)
24/01/2011 (WACH, Piotr, Poland, EPP/CD)
26/01/2016 (JÓNASSON, Ögmundur, Iceland, UEL)
25/06/2015 (LESKAJ, Valentina, Albania, SOC)
15/11/2017 (BLONDIN, Maryvonne, France, SOC)
26/04/2017 (VAREIKIS, Egidijus, Lithuania, EPP/CD)
Origin mandate Resolution 1115 (1997); Opinion 188 (1995) on Moldova's application for membership
of the Council of Europe.
Reference
Valid until No validity limit
Other Motion(s) taken into account No. 4379 of 27/04/2018
Others
State of work in committee Report (Doc. 14963) and Resolution 2308 (2019) on the functioning of democratic
institutions in the Republic of Moldova adopted on 03/10/2019.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Poland
Origin Resolution
Title The honouring of obligations and commitments by Poland
Date 28/01/2020
Co-rapporteur OMTZIGT, Pieter
Country Netherlands
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 27/05/2020
Co-rapporteur ROJHAN GUSTAFSSON, Azadeh
Country Sweden
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 27/05/2020
Origin mandate Resolution 1115 (1997); Resolution 2316 (2020)
Reference
Valid until No validity limit
Others
State of work in committee Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 06/02, 08/04 and 11/05/2020. Statements by the
co-rapporteurs on 27/07 and 04/08/2020.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
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Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
Title of draft report The honouring of obligations and commitments by the Russian
Federation
Origin Resolution
Title Honouring of obligations and commitments by the Russian Federation
Co-rapporteur SCHÄFER, Axel
Country Germany
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 13/11/2019
Co-rapporteur OOMEN-RUIJTEN, Ria
Country Netherlands
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 30/01/2020
Former rapporteur(s) 25/04/1997 (MÜHLEMANN, Ernst, Switzerland, LDR)
27/01/2000 (ATKINSON, David, United Kingdom, EDG)
25/04/1997 (BINDIG, Rudolf, Germany, SOC)
25/01/2006 (BRANDE, Luc Van den, Belgium, EPP/CD)
25/01/2006 (PANGALOS, Theodoros, Greece, SOC)
27/01/2010 (FRUNDA, György, Romania, EPP/CD)
27/01/2010 (GROSS, Andreas, Switzerland, SOC)
20/03/2013 (BAKOYANNIS, Theodora, Greece, EPP/CD)
29/01/2015 (MAURY PASQUIER, Liliane, Switzerland, SOC)
10/10/2018 (SMITH, Angela, United Kingdom, SOC)
25/04/2018 (CORREIA, Telmo, Portugal, EPP/CD)
Origin mandate Resolution 1115 (1997); Opinion 193 (1996) on the Russian Federation's application for
membership of the Council of Europe.
Reference
Valid until No validity limit
Others
State of work in committee Report (Doc. 13018 and addendum) and Resolution 1896 (2012) adopted on 02/10/
2012. Information note on the fact-finding visit to Moscow and Tbilisi on 12-16/05/2013
prepared by the co-rapporteurs on the Russian Federation and the co-rapporteurs on
Georgia under the responsibility of the Chair declassified on 27/06/2013: AS/
Mon(2013)14rev (see also above the paragraph on the honouring of obligations and
commitments by Georgia). Co-rapporteurs’ visit to Moscow and Yaroslavl: 01-05/07/
2013. Meeting between the co-rapporteurs on the Russian Federation, the co-
rapporteurs on Georgia and representatives of the Office of the Prosecutor of the
International Criminal Court in The Hague on 06/11/2013 in Paris (see also above the
paragraph on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia). Declaration
by the co-rapporteurs on 25/02/2014. Co-rapporteurs’ visit: 16-18/12/2014.
Declarations by the co-rapporteurs on 28/02/2015, 29/05/2015, 18/12/2015 and 14/03/
2016. Information note by the co-rapporteurs on the functioning of democratic
institutions in the Russian Federation declassified on 11/10/2016: AS/Mon(2016)29.
Statement by the committee on 13/10/2016. Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 21/01/
2017, 27/03/2017, 21/04/2017 and 07/02/2019. Appointment of a new co-rapporteur to
replace Ms Angela Smith foreseen on 13/11/2019.
See also:
- Resolution 2034 (2015) on the Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified
credentials of the delegation of the Russian Federation adopted on 28/01/2015 (Doc.
13685, report of the Monitoring Committee, rapporteur: Mr Stefan Schennach);
- Resolution 2063 (2015) on the Consideration of the annulment of the previously ratified
credentials of the delegation of the Russian Federation (follow-up to paragraph 16 of
Resolution 2034 (2015)) adopted on 24/06/2015 (Doc. 13800, report of the Monitoring
Committee, rapporteur: Mr Stefan Schennach);
- Resolution 2292 (2019) on the Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified
credentials of the parliamentary delegation of the Russian Federation adopted on 26/06/
2019 (Doc. 14922, report of the Monitoring Committee, rapporteur: Sir Roger Gale).
- Resolution 2320 (2020) on the Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified
credentials of the parliamentary delegation of the Russian Federation adopted on 29/01/
2020 (Doc. 15050, report of the Monitoring Committee, rapporteur: Mr Tiny Kox).
Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 02/09/2020.
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- Resolution 2363 (2021) on the Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified
credentials of the parliamentary delegation of the Russian Federation adopted on 28/01/
2021 (Doc. 15126, report of the Monitoring Committee, rapporteur: Mr Stefan
Schennach).
Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 06/01 and 18/01/2021.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Honouring of obligations and commitments by Serbia
Origin Resolution
Title Honouring of obligations and commitments by Serbia
Co-rapporteur LIDDELL-GRAINGER, Ian
Country United Kingdom
Political Group EC/DA
Appointed on 10/04/2019
Co-rapporteur FASSINO, Piero
Country Italy
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 10/09/2019
Former rapporteur(s) 29/06/2006 (GROSS, Andreas, Switzerland)
08/03/2006 (GOERENS, Charles, Luxembourg, ALDE)
27/04/2010 (HURSKAINEN, Sinikka, Finland, SOC)
01/10/2009 (HARUTYUNYAN, Davit, Armenia, EDG)
30/05/2011 (SAAR, Indrek, Estonia, SOC)
25/06/2015 (SCHENNACH, Stefan, Austria, SOC)
26/06/2014 (SEYIDOV, Samad, Azerbaijan, EDG)
26/06/2018 (GOODWILL, Robert, United Kingdom, EC)
26/01/2016 (GUZENINA, Maria, Finland, SOC)
Origin mandate Resolution 1115 (1997); Opinion 239 (2002) on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’s
application for membership of the Council of Europe.
Reference
Valid until No validity limit
Others
State of work in committee Report (Doc. 12813) and Resolution 1858 (2012) adopted on 25/01/2012. Pre-electoral
mission on 17-18/04/2012. Electoral mission on 04-07/05/2012. Information note by the
co-rapporteurs on their visit on 25-27/11/2013 declassified on 30/11/2014: AS/
Mon(2014)01rev. Co-rapporteurs’ visit on 27-28/10/2014. Statement by the co-
rapporteurs on 28/10/2016. Information note by the co-rapporteurs on their visit in
October 2016 declassified on 26/01/2017: AS/Mon(2017)02rev. Co-rapporteurs’ visit:
18-21/07/2017. Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 24/07/2017. Preliminary draft report
considered on 24/01/2018 and sent to the Serbian authorities for comments. Comments
considered on 26/06/2018. Preliminary draft report sent to the Serbian authorities for
comments on 30/01/2019. Comments considered on 17/05/2019. Statements by the co-
rapporteurs on 15/07 and 30/07/2020.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Turkey
Origin Resolution
Title Honouring of obligations and commitments by Turkey
Date 25/04/2017
Co-rapporteur HAMMARBERG, Thomas
Country Sweden
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 27/06/2019
Co-rapporteur HOWELL, John
Country United Kingdom
Political Group EC/DA
Appointed on 27/01/2020
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Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
Former rapporteur(s) 27/06/2017 (MIKKO, Marianne, Estonia, SOC)
27/06/2017 (EVANS, Nigel, United Kingdom, EC)
Origin mandate Resolution 1115 (1997) Resolution 2156 (2017)
Reference
Valid until No validity limit
Other Motion(s) taken into account No. 4375 of 27/04/2018
Others
State of work in committee Report (Doc. 14812 and addendum) and Resolution 2260 (2019) on the worsening
situation of opposition politicians in Turkey: what can be done to protect their
fundamental rights in a Council of Europe member State? adopted on 24/01/2019.
Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 28/01/2019, 30/07/2019 and 07/10/2019.
Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 17/02, 03/04, 24/04 and 15/05/2020.
Report (Doc. 15171) and Resolution 2347 (2020) on New crackdown on political
opposition and civil dissent in Turkey: urgent need to safeguard Council of Europe
standards, adopted on 23 October 2020. Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 09/07,
02/09, 22/09 and 01/10/2020.
Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 21/12 and 23/12/2020.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Ukraine
Origin Resolution
Title Honouring of obligations and commitments by Ukraine
Co-rapporteur HEER, Alfred
Country Switzerland
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 11/10/2018
Co-rapporteur THÓRARINSSON, Birgir
Country Iceland
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 13/11/2020
Former rapporteur(s) 16/05/1997 (KELAM, Tunne, Estonia, EPP/CD)
25/04/1997 (SEVERINSEN, Hanne, Denmark, ALDE)
27/01/2000 (WOHLWEND, Renate, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD)
22/01/2008 (LEUTHEUSSER-SCHNARRENBERGER, Sabine, Germany, ALDE)
16/11/2010 (POURBAIX-LUNDIN, Marietta de, Sweden, EPP/CD)
28/01/2010 (REPS, Mailis, Estonia, ALDE)
29/01/2015 (MIGNON, Jean-Claude, France, EPP/CD)
25/06/2015 (XUCLÀ, Jordi, Spain, ALDE)
03/11/2015 (FISCHER, Axel, Germany, EPP/CD)
12/10/2017 (KROSS, Eerik-Niiles, Estonia, ALDE)
25/04/2018 (GROZDANOVA, Dzhema, Bulgaria, EPP/CD)
Origin mandate Resolution 1115 (1997); Opinion 190 (1995) on Ukraine's application for membership of
the Council of Europe.
Reference
Valid until No validity limit
Other Motion(s) taken into account No. 4379 of 27/04/2018
No. 4413 of 21/01/2019
No. 4465 of 30/09/2019
Others
State of work in committee Report (Doc. 14227) and Resolution 2145 (2017) on the functioning of democratic
institutions in Ukraine adopted on 25/01/2017. Statements by the co-rapporteurs on 01/
02/2017 and 28/09/2017.
Statements by the co-rapporteur on 23/03/2018 and 18/05/2018. Information note by the
co-rapporteurs on Mr Kross’ visit in March 2018 declassified on 29/05/2018: AS/
Mon(2018)06. Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 28/11/2018. Information note by the
co-rapporteurs on their visit in November 2018 declassified on 23/01/2019: AS/
Mon(2019)02. Pre-electoral mission on 06-07/03/2019. Electoral missions on 31/03/
2019 and 21/04/2019. Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 02/07/2019. Statements by
the co-rapporteurs on 28/03 and 17/04/2020. Statement by the co-rapporteur on 04/11/
2020.
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Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria
Origin Resolution
Title Post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria
Rapporteur POCIEJ, Aleksander
Country Poland
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 03/10/2019
Former rapporteur(s) 22/01/2008 (HOLOVATY, Serhiy, Ukraine, ALDE)
24/06/2010 (VOLONTÈ, Luca, Italy, EPP/CD)
06/09/2013 (MATUŠIĆ, Frano, Croatia, EPP/CD)
28/01/2016 (NÉMETH, Zsolt, Hungary, EPP/CD)
25/06/2015 (SCHWABE, Frank, Germany, SOC)
Reference
Valid until No validity limit
Others
State of work in committee Report (Doc. 14904) and Resolution 2296 (2019) adopted on 27/06/2019.
Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 04/09/2020.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report Post-monitoring dialogue with Montenegro
Origin Resolution
Title Post-monitoring dialogue with Montenegro
Co-rapporteur ZINGERIS, Emanuelis
Country Lithuania
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 11/12/2019
Co-rapporteur COTTIER, Damien
Country Switzerland
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 05/10/2020
Former rapporteur(s) 23/04/2015 (LEYDEN, Terry, Ireland, ALDE)
26/04/2017 (RIGONI, Andrea, Italy, ALDE)
23/04/2015 (STROE, Ionuț-Marian, Romania, EPP/CD)
10/10/2018 (MULDER, Anne, Netherlands, ALDE)
Reference
SC or Plenary Assembly
Valid until No validity limit
Others
State of work in committee Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 20/11/2015. Information note by the co-rapporteurs
on their visit on 17-19/11/2015 declassified on 28/01/2016: AS/Mon(2015)39. Electoral
mission: 16/10/2016. Statement by the co-rapporteurs on 06/10/2017. Information note
by the co-rapporteurs on their visit in October 2017 declassified on 13/12/2017: AS/
Mon(2017)31.
Electoral mission: 15/04/2018. Co-rapporteurs’ visit: 11-13/09/2019. Statement by the
co-rapporteurs on 23/09/2019.
22/06/2020: Consideration of a draft report and adoption of a draft resolution. Statement
by the Committee on 22/06/2020.
Adopted in committee on 22/06/2020
Doc. No. of report 15132
Date of debate foreseen 2021 - Second part-session
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Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
Title of draft report Post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia
Origin Resolution
Title Post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia
Rapporteur CSENGER-ZALÁN, Zsolt
Country Hungary
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 22/06/2020
Former rapporteur(s) 27/02/2014 (WALTER, Robert, United Kingdom, EDG)
25/06/2015 (GHILETCHI, Valeriu, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD)
10/09/2019 (POCIEJ, Aleksander, Poland, EPP/CD)
11/12/2019 (OOMEN-RUIJTEN, Ria, Netherlands, EPP/CD)
25/06/2015 (CHRISTOFFERSEN, Lise, Norway, SOC)
Reference
Valid until No validity limit
Others
State of work in committee Report (Doc. 14964) and Resolution 2304 (2019) adopted on 02/10/2019. Statements
by the co-rapporteurs on 26/03 and 17/06/2020.
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
Date of debate foreseen
Title of draft report The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe
by Hungary
Origin Assembly decision
Title The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Hungary
Co-rapporteur KOPŘIVA, František
Country Czech Republic
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 27/05/2020
Co-rapporteur PAPANDREOU, George
Country Greece
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 27/05/2020
Reference
Number 4446
Date 12/04/2019
Extended on 25/01/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 12/04/2022
Others
State of work in committee
Adopted in committee on
Doc. No. of report
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Title of draft report The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe
by Malta
Origin Assembly decision
Title The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Malta
Rapporteur FOURNIER, Bernard
Country France
Political Group EPP/CD
Appointed on 22/06/2020
Former rapporteur(s) 22/06/2020 (BRYNJÓLFSDÓTTIR, Rósa Björk, Iceland, UEL)
Reference
Number 4447
Date 12/04/2019
Extended on 25/01/2021 (07/05/2020)
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Title of draft report The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe
by Romania
Origin Assembly decision
Title The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Romania
Co-rapporteur MARUKYAN, Edmon
Country Armenia
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 27/05/2020
Co-rapporteur CHRISTENSEN, Jette
Country Norway
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 27/05/2020
Reference
Number 4448
Date 12/04/2019
Extended on 25/01/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 12/04/2022
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VIII. Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
Title of draft report The need to enable the Committee of Ministers to give answers to the
Assembly even in the absence of a consensus
Origin Motion
Title The need to enable the Committee of Ministers to give answers to the Assembly even
in the absence of a consensus
Number 14101
Date 22/06/2016
Rapporteur ÆVARSDÓTTIR, Thorhildur Sunna
Country Iceland
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 04/09/2018
Former rapporteur(s) 02/12/2016 (SCHENNACH, Stefan, Austria, SOC)
Reference
Number 4236
Date 14/10/2016
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020, 04/10/2019, 12/10/2018)
Valid until 05/10/2021
Others
State of work in committee On 02/12/2016, the committee held an exchange of views on the issue of replies given
by the Committee of Ministers to written questions from Assembly members, on the
basis of an information document prepared by the secretariat.
On 28/06/2017, the committee held an exchange of views with Mr Emil Ruffer, Chair of
the Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe, and invited the rapporteur to present a
preliminary draft report at a next meeting.
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Title of draft report Guidelines on the scope of the parliamentary immunities enjoyed by
members of the Parliamentary Assembly
Origin Bureau decision
Title Guidelines on the scope of the parliamentary immunities enjoyed by members of the
Parliamentary Assembly
Date 13/10/2017
Rapporteur KOX, Tiny
Country Netherlands
Political Group UEL
Appointed on 02/10/2019
Former rapporteur(s) 16/11/2017 (VEN, Mart van de, Netherlands, ALDE)
Reference
Number 4338
Date 13/10/2017
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020, 04/10/2019)
Valid until 05/10/2021
Others
State of work in committee On 09/03/2018, the committee heard a presentation by Mr Yves Marie Doublet, expert
for the Group of States against corruption (GRECO) and the European Commission for
Democracy through Law (Venice Commission), Deputy Director of the General
Secretariat of the French National Assembly, and held an exchange of views.
On 21/09/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum and decided to
hold a hearing at a forthcoming meeting.
On 30/11/2020, the committee held a hearing with the participation of Mr Sascha Hardt,
Assistant Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law, Maastricht University
(Netherlands); Ms Victoria Cherniychuk, Lawyer, Directorate of the Jurisconsult,
Registry of the European Court of Human Rights; and Mr Rogier Huizenga, Secretary of
the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians and Human Rights
Programme Manager, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU); it approved the rapporteur’s
proposal to send a questionnaire to the members of the Assembly.
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Title of draft report Revision of the Code of Conduct for Members of the Parliamentary
Assembly
Origin Bureau decision
Title Revision of the Code of Conduct for Members of the Parliamentary Assembly in
accordance with §13.2 of Resolution 2274 (2019) on Promoting parliaments free of
sexism and sexual harassment
Rapporteur ÆVARSDÓTTIR, Thorhildur Sunna
Country Iceland
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 03/06/2019
Reference
Number 4449
Date 12/04/2019
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 12/04/2022
Others
State of work in committee On 12/12/2019, the committee heard a statement by the rapporteur and authorised her
to carry out a fact-finding visit to the Canadian Parliament in the Spring of 2020 (on 31/
01/2020, the Bureau of the Assembly authorised the visit).
On 29/01/2020, the committee heard a statement by the rapporteur on the basis of an
introductory memorandum, and held an exchange of views.
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Title of draft report Gender representation in the Parliamentary Assembly
Origin Bureau decision
Title Gender representation in the Parliamentary Assembly
Rapporteur TRISSE, Nicole
Country France
Political Group ALDE
Appointed on 04/03/2020
Committee for opinion Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
Rapporteur BAYR, Petra
Country Austria
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 24/06/2020
Reference
Number 4493
Date 31/01/2020
Extended on 01/02/2021 (07/05/2020)
Valid until 31/01/2023
Others
State of work in committee On 21/09/2020, the committee considered an introductory memorandum and, following
an exchange of views, invited the rapporteur to prepare a draft report for consideration
at a next meeting.
On 30/11/2020, the committee considered a draft report and, following an exchange of
views, decided to continue the discussion at a next meeting on the basis of a revised
draft report.
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Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
Title of draft report Respect for the rule of law and fight against corruption within the
Council of Europe
Origin Motion
Title Respect for the rule of law and fight against corruption within the Council of Europe
Number 15195
Rapporteur SCHWABE, Frank
Country Germany
Political Group SOC
Appointed on 27/01/2021
Reference
Number 4556
Date 25/01/2021
Extended on 01/02/2021
Valid until 25/07/2023
Others
State of work in committee
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