The following pre-recorded videos will be available online around two hours after their delivery.

 

Monday 9 October 2017

Full session

Election of the President of the Assembly and Vice-Presidents of the Assembly

Debate: Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

Debate: Observation of the parliamentary elections in Albania

Debate: Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee (follow-up)

Awarding ceremony - Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2017

Communication from the Committee of Ministers - Lubomír Zaorálek, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers

Outcome of the 2nd round of the PACE President election

 

Tuesday 10 October 2017

Full session

Debate: The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2016-2017 and statement by Ángel Gurría, Secretary General of the OECD

Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Republic

Stella Kyriakides, new PACE President

Question time - Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Debate: Follow-up to Resolution 1903 (2012): promoting and strengthening transparency, accountability and integrity of Parliamentary Assembly members

Election: Judge to the European Court of Human Rights

Tribute to Josette Durrieu for her European poolitical life et her last PACE Session

Debate: Evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of Jordan

 

Wednesday 11 October 2017

Full session

Joint debate: The functioning of democratic institutions in Azerbaijan

Joint debate: Azerbaijan’s Chairmanship of the Council of Europe: what follow-up on respect for human rights?

Petro Porochenko, President of Ukraine

Joint debate: Call for a Council of Europe Summit to reaffirm European unity and to defend and promote democratic security in Europe

Joint debate: Defending the acquis of the Council of Europe: preserving 65 years of successful intergovernmental co-operation

Joint debate: Venice Commission’s “Rule of Law Checklist”

Joint debate: New threats to the rule of law in Council of Europe member States: selected examples

 

Thursday 12 October 2017

Full session

Debate under urgent procedure: The new Ukrainian law on education: a major impediment to the teaching of national minorities' mother tongues

Debate: Prosecuting and punishing the crimes against humanity or even possible genocide committed by Daesh

Debate: The need for a political solution to the crisis in Catalonia

Debate: The use of new genetic technologies in human beings

Debate: Promoting the human rights of and eliminating discrimination against intersex people

 

Friday 13 October 2017

Full session

Debate: Youth against corruption

Free debate

Debate: Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee