AS/Soc (2015) OJ 06

13 July 2015

Asocoj06_2015

Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Draft agenda[1]

for the meeting to be held in Paris

on Friday, 11 September 2015, from 9.30 am to 5 pm

at the Council of Europe Office, 55 Avenue Kléber,

Paris 16^ème (metro Boissière)

[Tel + 33 1 44 05 33 60 / fax + 33 1 47 27 36 47]

Friday, 11 September 2015, from 9.30 am to 1 pm

1.              Agenda

          [AS/Soc (2015) OJ 06]

          Adoption of the draft agenda

2.       Minutes

             [AS/Soc (2015) PV 04add, AS/Soc (2015) PV 05, AS/Soc (2015) PV 05add, AS/Soc (2015) PV 05add2]

          .Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting held in Strasbourg from 22 to 25 June 2015;

          .Approval and declassification of the draft minutes of the hearing on “Protecting patients and public health against undue influence of the pharmaceutical industry”, held in Strasbourg on 24 June 2015;

.Approval and declassification of the minutes of the 23^rd meeting of the PACE Network of Contact Parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against children held in Chisinau on 20 May and the
24^th meeting of the PACE Network of Contact Parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against children, held in Strasbourg on 25 June 2015

3.              Protecting patients and public health against undue influence of the pharmaceutical industry

          Rapporteur: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, Switzerland, SOC

         [AS/Soc (2015) 30]

          . Exchange of views (by videolink) with Mr Anand Grover (India), former UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (to be confirmed)

         . Consideration of a draft report and adoption of a draft resolution

4.       Equality and shared parental responsibility: the role of fathers

             Rapporteur: Mr Stefan Schennach, Austria, SOC

             [Doc.  …, AS/Soc (2015) 31]

          Consideration and approval of a draft opinion

5.       Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society

          Rapporteur: Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, Switzerland, SOC

         [Doc.  …, AS/Soc (2015) 32]

         Consideration and approval of a draft opinion

6.      Handling international public health emergencies

   Rapporteur: Ms Sílvia Eloïsa Bonet Perot, Andorra, SOC

    [AS/Soc (2015) 33]

. Exchange of views with NN. (to be confirmed)

         . Consideration of an introductory memorandum

Friday, 11 September 2015, from 2.30 to 5 pm

7.      Human rights and ethical issues related to surrogacy

   Rapporteur: Ms Petra De Sutter, Belgium, SOC

            [AS/Soc (2015) 13]

         Committee hearing with the participation of:

-   Ms Hannah Baker, Senior Legal Officer, Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International law (to be confirmed)

-   Prof. Susan Golombok, Director, Centre for Family Research, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

-    Prof. René Frydman, Hopital  Foch, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Suresnes, France (to be confirmed)

8.      Drafting social indicators and issuing an annual report on social rights / The “Turin process” for the European Social Charter

   Rapporteur: Ms Antigoni Lymperaki, Greece, SOC

            [AS/Soc (2015) 34]

         Consideration of an outline report

9.      Committee’s work programme and priorities

            [AS/Soc (2015) 01rev5, AS/Soc (2015) 02rev5]

9.1.    Appointment of rapporteurs:

         [Doc. 13778, 13771]

         For report

 

ü              Preventing the radicalisation of children by fighting the root causes

ü              A European social commitment guaranteeing the rights of the elderly and their comprehensive care

9.2.    Appointment of committee representatives to external events:

.4^th Regional conference on the MEDICRIME Convention, Larnaca (Cyprus), 10-11 November 2015

10.     Parliamentary conference on the MEDICRIME Convention on 24 November 2015 in Paris

            [Factsheet, AS/Soc (2015) 23rev]

         Statement by the Chairperson

11.     Changes in the Sub-Committees

            [List of the Sub-Committees]

12.     Other business

         National developments

13.     Date and place of next meetings

Plenary committee:

-         Fourth part-session 2015 of the Assembly, 28 September-2 October 2015, Strasbourg;

-         Monday, 23 November 2015, Paris (Council of Europe Office);

-         Tuesday, 24 November 2015, Paris, (OECD Conference Centre), Parliamentary Conference on the MEDICRIME Convention;

PACE network of contact parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against children:

-         Fourth part-session 2015 of the Assembly, 28 September-2 October 2015, Strasbourg (date to be confirmed).