Spring Session 2017
The following pre-recorded videos will be available online around two hours after their delivery.
Monday 24 April 2017
Full session
Pedro Agramunt, President of the Parliamentary Assembly
Debate: Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee
Communication from the Committee of Ministers - Ioannis Kasoulides, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cyprus and Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers
Free debate
Tuesday 25 April 2017
Full session
Debate: The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey
Question time to Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Debate: Observation of the early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria
Debate: Human rights in the North Caucasus: what follow-up to Resolution 1738 (2010)?
Debate: Fighting income inequality as a means of fostering social cohesion and economic development
Wednesday 26 April 2017
Full session
Debate: Protecting refugee women from gender-based violence
Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of the Hellenic Republic
Annual activity report 2016 by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks
Current affairs debate: European values under threat: addressing rising xenophobia, antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe
Debate: 25 years of the CPT: achievements and areas for improvement
Debate: Abusive use of the Interpol system: the need for more stringent legal safeguards
Thursday 27 April 2017
Full session
Debate under urgent procedure: Alarming developments in Hungary: draft NGO law restricting civil society and possible closure of the Central European University
His Majesty the King of Spain
Debate: The protection of the rights of parents and children belonging to religious minorities
Debate: Possible ways to improve the funding of emergency refugee situations
Friday 28 April 2017
Full session
Debate: Technological convergence, artificial intelligence and human rights
Debate under urgent procedure: Draft Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property