PACE SESSION TO CONVENE
Support A1+!On June 26-30 the PACE summer session will convene in Strasbourg. During the session no issues directly connected with Armenia will be discussed. Nevertheless, the name of our country will be mentioned during the discussions of other issues, namely, the freedom of speech in the member-countries of the PACE or the questions to the Prime Minister of Turkey. Debates on alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers in Europe will also be conducted.
On the morning of Tuesday 27 June Dick Marty (Switzerland, ALDE) will present his report on “alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers of detainees involving Council of Europe member states”. Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini and the European Parliament’s rapporteur on this subject, Giovanni Claudio Fava, will take part in the debate.
The President of the Council of the Russian Federation Sergey Mironov will address the Assembly on Wednesday 28 June and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko will present the Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Assembly the following day.
The parliamentarians will also discuss domestic violence against women, ahead of the launch of a three-year Council of Europe campaign on this theme, with the participation of the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women Yakin Ertürk.
The website of “A1+” will represent details about the session during the coming week. The “A1+” correspondent will highlight the whole course of the PACE summer session from Strasbourg.
