At their 1477th meeting on 4 October, the Ministers' Deputies discussed current political affairs.
 
In a decision adopted in the light of a report by Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić, the Deputies expressed deep concern over the deterioration of the human rights situation in the territories of Ukraine temporarily controlled or occupied by the Russian Federation, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, with evidence of multiple and grave violations of international human rights and international humanitarian law [more information …].
 
The Deputies adopted a Recommendation to member States on the active political participation of national minority youth. The Recommendation encourages European states to take legislative and other measures to enable representatives of national minority youth to meaningfully influence political decision-making at local, regional and national levels [more information …].
 
They also took note of the following documents:

• the second thematic review of the implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 on measures to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The report focuses on hate crimes based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) and presents 12 recommendations to Council of Europe member states to counter such crimes [more information …]
• the Evaluation of the implementation of the Council of Europe Counter-Terrorism Strategy (2018-2022) and the Compilation of Good Practices with regard to Deradicalisation, Disengagement and Social Reintegration.

 
In addition, the Deputies held an exchange of views with Ms Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.
 
They also heard a communication from Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly, on the preparation of the 4th part of the 2023 Session (Strasbourg, 9-13 October 2023) and other Assembly activities.
 
The other items examined by the Deputies appear in the Agenda and the decisions adopted are available in the meeting file.