06/02/2020 | Monitoring
The Parliament decided to hold an extraordinary session in order to discuss a series of amendments that would remove the requirement for the Constitutional Court to check the compliance of draft legislation with the Constitution
06/02/2020 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs on the functioning of democratic institutions in Poland, Azadeh Rojhan Gustafsson and Pieter Omtzigt, have expressed their deep regret at the signing into law by President Duda of the controversial amendments.
15/01/2020 | Monitoring
The monitoring co-rapporteurs for Albania welcomed the agreement reached between the main opposition parties, the parliamentary opposition and the ruling majority on the framework of co-operation on electoral reform.
07/01/2020 | Monitoring
Stefan Schennach and Sir Roger Gale express their regret at the non-enforcement by Azerbaijan of the decision of the Court of Human Rights with regard to the annulment of the court sentences against Ilgar Mammadov.
13/12/2019 | Monitoring
Reforms of the judiciary and justice system in Poland “cumulatively undermine and severely damage the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law”, PACE’s Monitoring Committee has said.
13/12/2019 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Georgia, Titus Corlatean (Romania, SOC) and Claude Kern (France, ALDE), have expressed their regret and disappointment with the decision yesterday of the Georgian parliament to appoint 14 judges...
11/12/2019 | Monitoring
The committee adopted the report by Sir Roger Gale, which takes stock of its activities in 2019 and makes an assessment of the progress of the countries subject to monitoring or engaged in post-monitoring dialogue.
14/11/2019 | Monitoring
The rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia express their deep regret at the failure of the Parliament to pass the Constitutional amendments required to introduce a fully proportional election system for the 2020 elections.
07/11/2019 | Monitoring
Following a visit to Tirana, Andrej Hunko and Joseph O’Reilly, have called on all political forces in Albania to show the political will to resolve the systemic political crisis that has plagued the country.
24/10/2019 | Monitoring
Andrej Hunko and Joseph O’Reilly, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Albania, will make a fact-finding visit to Tirana, during which they will meet the Prime Minister and the Speaker of Parliament.
24/10/2019 | Monitoring
Azadeh Rojhan Gustafsson and Pieter Omtzigt have said they will closely follow the challenges to the election results for the Polish Senate, and stressed the need for transparency and impartiality in the handling of the appeals.
21/10/2019 | Monitoring
Stefan Schennach and Roger Gale, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, have expressed their deep concern about the violence used by the police during the dispersion of a rally held in Baku.