10/06/2016 | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egidijus Vareikis and Sir Roger Gale, are to make a fact-finding visit to the country from 13 to 17 June, holding meetings in Sarajevo, Mostar and Banja Luka.
10/06/2016 | Monitoring
PACE's co-rapporteurs for post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria have welcomed the Ministry of Justice's intention to send the second package of amendments to the Judicial Act to the Venice Commission for opinion.
03/06/2016 | Monitoring
Frank Schwabe and Zsolt Németh, co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria, will make a fact-finding visit to Sofia on 8 and 9 June 2016.
03/06/2016 | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Ukraine, Jordi Xuclà and Axel Fischer, warmly welcomed yesterday’s adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of the Constitutional amendments regarding the judiciary.
27/05/2016 | Monitoring
The committee declassified an information note of the co-rapporteurs Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, on Mr Schennach’s three-day fact-finding visit to the country (6-8 April 2016).
26/05/2016 | Monitoring
The latest developments pertaining to freedom of the media and of expression, erosion of the rule of law and alleged human rights violations "constitute a threat to the functioning of democratic institutions", according to the committee.
23/05/2016 | Monitoring
Following a visit to Yerevan, the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia, Alan Meale and Guiseppe Galati, have urged political forces to continue their dialogue on the new electoral code, and to seek compromise.
21/05/2016 | Monitoring
“We are deeply concerned at the decision taken yesterday by the parliament to strip the immunity from prosecution of 138 members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly,” said Ingebjørg Godskesen and Nataša Vučković.
19/05/2016 | Monitoring
Boriss Cilevics and Kerstin Lundgren expressed their regret at the hasty adoption, reportedly undermining the transparency of the process, of amendments to the laws governing the functioning of the Constitutional Court.
10/05/2016 | Monitoring
Boriss Cilevics and Kerstin Lundgren welcome the intention of the Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee of the Georgian Parliament to send the proposed amendments to the laws to the Venice Commission for opinion.
09/05/2016 | Monitoring
Alan Meale and Giuseppe Galati, monitoring co-rapporteurs for Armenia, will make a fact-finding visit to the country on 11 and 12 May, focusing on the follow-up to constitutional changes, electoral reform and the fight against corruption.
06/05/2016 | Monitoring
Ingebjørg Godskesen and Nataša Vuckovic, co-rapporteurs for post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, are to pay a fact-finding visit to the country from 9 to 12 May, to look at the functioning of democratic institutions.