Today in Strasbourg the PACE autumn session opened. It will continue until October 2.
The agenda includes a humanitarian and political response to the problem of refugees in Europe and the creation of real asylum system in Europe.
On September 30 thesession will hear the report of the Azerbaijani MP Rafael Huseynov on the topic "Living together in a democratic society and religious freedom."
It will also discuss implementation of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.
The Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić and the Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Denise Zvizdich, who is currently the Chairman of the CoE Committee of Ministers, will speak before the MPs.
The Assembly will select its Chairman for the next five years. Now the position is held by Wojciech Sawicki.
In addition, the CoE Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland is to answer the questions of the PACE deputies.
Within the session, the PACE President Anne Brasseur will hold a press conference. -16D-
Politics
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On Thursday, President Ilham Aliyev received the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, who arrived to participate in the COP29 climate conference.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today issued five rulings on applications from Azerbaijan. The case of "Afgan Mammadov v. Azerbaijan" concerned the complainant's exclusion from the Bar Association. Mammadov was expelled based on a complaint filed by a colleague, which he considered unjust. The ECHR ruled that Mammadov's rights had been violated and ordered Azerbaijan to pay him €5,000 in compensation for moral damage and €1,000 to cover legal costs.
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During the ongoing COP29 climate conference in Baku on November 14, a group of activists staged a protest condemning Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The activists also denounced countries that supply oil and weapons to nations waging aggressive wars. The protest featured placards with slogans such as: "From fossil fuels to peace!", "End war crimes!", "Punish the aggressor!", and "Phase out fossil fuel use to achieve peace!" among others.
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The United States and the European Union, which tried to position themselves as mediators in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, have come up with nothing and merely copied Russia's ideas, distorting their essence in order to "hijack" the peace process for themselves. However, their true goal was to take control of the region, to insert themselves into it, and to push out Russia, as well as Iran and Türkiye, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated at a briefing on November 13.
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