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Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Draft agenda
This draft agenda, addressed to full members of the Committee and their alternates, is the convocation to the meeting
Copy to secretaries of delegations and political groups
Meeting documents will be published on PACE Apps (restricted access)
Meeting to be held in Tallinn on:
• Tuesday 26 May 2026 from 9.30 am to 1pm and from 2.30 to 4pm
• Wednesday 27 May 2026 from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm
Venue: Session Hall
Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia)
Lossi plats 1a, 10130 Tallinn
Tuesday 26 May 2026
9:00-9:30 Arrival of members at meeting venue and registration
9:30-9:35 Agenda
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Adoption of the agenda
9:35-10:00 Opening session
Welcome addresses by:
- Mr Kristen Michal, Prime Minister (tbc)
- Mr Lauri Hussar, President of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu)
- Ms Despina Chatzivassiliou, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
10:00 Family photo (in the Session Hall)
10:10-10:40 Exchange of views with Ms Liisa Ly Pakosta – Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs
10:40-10:45 Minutes
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Approval of the minutes of the meeting held in Strasbourg during the second part-session 2026
10:45-11:00 Fighting back against transnational repression
Rapporteur: Mr Constantinos Efstathiou (Cyprus, SOC)
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Oral report by the rapporteur on his fact-finding visit to Washington D.C., 4-5 May 2026
Consideration of a draft report and adoption of a draft resolution
11:00-11:20 Coffee break
11:50-12:00 Accountability for the Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine
Rapporteur: Mr Titus Corlăţean (Romania, SOC)
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Hearing with the participation of:
- Mr Arif Ibrahimi
- Mr Malik Yevhenii
Followed by Q&A
12:00-12:15 Work programme
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1.1 Appointment of a rapporteur for report:
- The need to modernise International Humanitarian Law (Doc. 16122)
1.2 Call for candidates for report:
- Strengthening safeguards against the misuse of dual-use goods by authoritarian regimes
1.3 Call for candidates for opinion:
- Democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Iran (rapporteur for the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy: Mr Max Lucks, Germany, SOC)
12:15- 12:30 OECD Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence, Paris
Authorisation to appoint the Chair of the Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence to participate
12:30-12:45 Ad hoc committee of the Bureau to participate in the 9th World Congress against the Death Penalty, Paris, 30 June to 2 July 2026
Appointment of … members to participate in the ad hoc committee
13:00-13:30 Short tour of the Riigikogu
13:30-14:30 Lunch at the Riigikogu Caféteriat
14:30-15:15 Use of artificial intelligence by parliaments: risks and opportunities
Rapporteur: Mr Daniel Milewski (Poland, ECPA)
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Hearing with the participation of:
- Mr Antero Habicht – Secretary General of the Parliament of Estonia, Riigikogu
- Ms Ingrid Pappel - head of the Digital State Technologies and Architecture research group (tbc)
Followed by Q&A
15:30-16:00 Protecting the freedom of expression of members of parliaments
Rapporteur: Ms Gökçe Gökçen (Türkiye, SOC)
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Consideration of an introductory memorandum
16:00-16:20 Coffee break
16:30 Departure for the AI and research centre
17:00-18:00 Presentation and discussion at AI & Robotics Estonia (AIRE)
18:15 Return to the town
19:30 Dinner at the Olde Hansa Restaurant
Wednesday 27 May 2026
9:30-10:10 Threats to life and safety of journalists and human rights defenders in Azerbaijan
Rapporteur: Mr Christophe Lacroix (Belgium, SOC)
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Consideration of a draft report and adoption of a draft resolution
10:10-10:55 Safeguarding human rights in the artificial intelligence-driven public sector
Rapporteur: Ms Gala Veldhoen (Netherlands, SOC)
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Hearing with the participation of:
- Member of the Bureau of the Steering Committee for New and Emerging Digital Technologies (CDNET)
- Ms Mari-Liis Lind, Tech education and innovation leader
11:00-11:20 Coffee break
11:20-11:50 Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
Rapporteur: Sergiy Vlasenko (Ukraine, EPP/CD)
Hearing with the participation of:
• Dr Ramute Remezaite, Senior Consultant and Implementation Lead at the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre, Vice Chair of the European Implementation Network
Followed by Q&A
11:50-12:15 Reporting back on participation in meetings
Reports by the following representatives:
- 145th plenary Session of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (“Venice Commission”), Venice (Italy), 12-13 December 2025: Mr Antonio Gutiérrez Limones (Spain, SOC);
12:15-12:25 Other business
12:25-12:30 Next meetings
- during the Assembly’s third part-session of 2026 (22-26 June 2026)
- 9 September 2026, Paris Office (tbc)
- during the Assembly’s fourth part-session of 2026 (28 September – 2 October 2026)
- 9 December 2026, Paris Office (tbc)
12:30-13:30 Lunch at the Riigikogu Caféteriat
13:45 Departure for the field trip
14:00-16:00 Field trip (tbc)