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Co-rapporteurs for Turkey call for the release of the AI Turkey Chair, concerned about new arrests

31/01/2018 | Monitoring

Ahead of the third hearing of Taner Kilic on 31 January, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey reiterated their call for the immediate and unconditional release of the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey.

Georgia: progress made, but items remain to be addressed, including with regard to the independence of the...

26/01/2018 | Monitoring

“Over the last decade Georgia has made considerable and consistent progress in honouring its accession commitments and membership obligations,” said co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia.

Chair welcomes constructive attitude of all participants in PACE round table on the Transdniestrian...

17/01/2018 | Monitoring

Stefan Schennach has welcomed the "constructive participation and openness to dialogue" of the representatives of the Moldovan authorities and the de facto authorities in Tiraspol at a round table in Paris.

PACE round table in Paris on the Transnistrian settlement process

11/01/2018 | Monitoring

The Sub-Committee on conflicts between Council of Europe member States will hold a round table on the Transnistrian settlement process, with representatives of the Moldovan authorities and the Transnistrian de facto authorities.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Constitution and Election Law must be amended without delay

15/12/2017 | Monitoring

While welcoming the progress made in a number of areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the committee remains concerned about the lack of progress in the field of constitutional reform and reform of the election law.

Progress of the monitoring procedure (January – December 2017) and periodic review of four member States

13/12/2017 | Monitoring

The committee has adopted its annual report. It assesses the progress made by the ten countries under a monitoring procedure sensu stricto, as well as the three countries engaged in a post-monitoring dialogue.

Georgia: call for stronger system of checks and balances, including for security services

28/11/2017 | Monitoring

The monitoring co-rapporteurs for Georgia, Kerstin Lundgren and Titus Corlăţean, have welcomed the improvement of the constitutional framework in Georgia as a result of the adoption of the Constitutional amendments.

PACE co-rapporteurs carry out a monitoring visit to Georgia

17/11/2017 | Monitoring

Kerstin Lundgren and Titus Corlăţean, co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Georgia, will make a fact-finding visit to Tbilisi on 20-22 November.

Azerbaijan: new law ‘likely to harm’ profession of lawyer

10/11/2017 | Monitoring

Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, have expressed their concern at the adoption of the amendments to the law 'on advocates and advocacy'.

Co-rapporteurs carry out a monitoring visit to Armenia

02/11/2017 | Monitoring

PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations by Armenia, will make a fact-finding visit to Yerevan on 6-7 November. Discussions will mainly focus on recent political developments and on-going reforms.

Co-rapporteurs hopeful after release of 8 human rights defenders, dismayed by continued detention of AI Chair

27/10/2017 | Monitoring

“While we welcome the release of 8 human rights activists, we are dismayed by yesterday’s court decision to continue Amnesty International Turkey Chair Taner Kilic’s pre-trial detention,” said Marianne Mikko and Nigel Evans.

Reforms a ‘litmus test’ for new authorities in Skopje

18/10/2017 | Monitoring

The capacity to deliver reforms in line with Council of Europe standards will be 'a litmus test' for the new government, according to the co-rapporteurs for post-monitoring dialogue with “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”.