Monday, 21 June 2021

National Assembly Standing Delegation to Take Part in PACE Session

The National Assembly’s standing delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will be taking part in the organisation’s June session from 21 to 24 June 2021, held in a hybrid format.


The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will mark the 10th anniversary of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention) with a high-level panel. The participants will be addressed by: Nadia Murad, winner of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2016 and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Marija Pejcinovic Buric, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alexander de Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium, Anca Dana Dragu, President of the Romanian Senate, Elisabeth Moreno, French Minister Delegate for Gender Equality, Diversity and Equal Opportunities, and Dubravka Simonovic, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women.

The Assembly will discuss the protection of fundamental rights and the legal implications of Covid passes or certificates, the socio-economic crisis sparked by the pandemic and the impact of the pandemic on children's rights.

The agenda also includes discussions "Should politicians be prosecuted for statements they made during their mandate?", "Transparency and regulation of donations to political parties and election campaigns from foreign sources", as well as on "Enhancing participation of women from under-represented groups in political and public decision-making”.

The parliamentarians will debate media freedom, the situation of the Crimean Tatars, the European policy on diasporas, with the participation of the Director General of the International Organisation for Migration, Antonio Vitorino. There will also be a debate on the fight against Afrophobia in Europe, with the participation of the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

In the framework of the Hungarian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto will address the Assembly and answer questions.

The delegation that will physically participate in the session in Strasbourg includes Elvira Kovacs, Biljana Pantic Pilja, Dubravka Filipovski, Prof. Dr Zarko Obradovic and Enis Imamovic, while Dr Aleksandra Tomic and Zoran Tomic will participate in the online session.


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friday, 19 april
  • 11.00 - visit of the students of the Leskovac School of Economics to the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)

  • 11.00 - the Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee meets with the Armenian Ambassador to Serbia (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, hall 53, 2nd floor)

  • 12.00 - visit of the students of the Cacak Grammar School to the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)

  • 12.00 - sitting of the Committee on Administrative, Budgetary, Mandate and Immunity Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 12.30 - press conference of the MPs of the Ecological Uprising Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House 13, Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)

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