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Armenia needs more support from Council of Europe member states, say PACE monitors ending visit

15/11/2023 | Monitoring

The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Armenia, Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC) and Boriana Åberg (Sweden, EPP/CD), have called on Council of Europe member states to support Armenia as it faces the...

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PACE co-rapporteurs to make monitoring visit to Armenia

02/11/2023 | Monitoring

Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC) and Boriana Åberg (Sweden, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Armenia, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 6 to 8 November 2023. In Yerevan, Mr...

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Statement by PACE monitor, ending visit to Serbia

06/10/2023 | Monitoring

Ending a visit to Belgrade and Novi Sad (2-4 October 2023), Axel Schäfer (Germany, SOC), co-rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Serbia, made the following statement: “I am very grateful to the Serbian...

Albania

PACE monitors welcome Albania’s continuing progress in honouring Council of Europe commitments but call for...

05/10/2023 | Monitoring

The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Albania, Asim Mollazada (Azerbaijan, EC/DA) and Ionut Stroe (Romania, EPP/CD), have welcomed the progress made since their last visit, despite continuing profound...

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PACE rapporteur to make monitoring visit to Serbia

29/09/2023 | Monitoring

Axel Schäfer (Germany, SOC), one of the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Serbia, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 2 to 4 October 2023. In Belgrade, Mr Schäfer is due to meet, in...

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PACE co-rapporteurs appalled by Turkish Supreme Court’s decision to confirm the aggravated life sentence...

29/09/2023 | Monitoring

“We wish to express our deep consternation at the decision of the Turkish Court of Cassation which confirmed the aggravated life sentence for philanthropist Osman Kavala. This is in disregard of two decisions of the European Court of Human Rights ordering his release,” said today John Howell...

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PACE co-rapporteurs to make monitoring visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina

25/09/2023 | Monitoring

Zsolt Németh (Hungary, EC/DA) and Aleksandar Nikoloski (North Macedonia, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 27 to 29...

Albania

PACE co-rapporteurs to make monitoring visit to Albania

20/09/2023 | Monitoring

Asim Mollazada (Azerbaijan, EC/DA) and Ionut Stroe (Romania, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Albania, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 25 to 28 September 2023. Discussions...

Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgaria: post-monitoring visit by PACE co-rapporteurs

15/09/2023 | Monitoring

Sunna Ævarsdóttir (Iceland, SOC) and Deborah Bergamini (Italy, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make a fact-finding visit to Bulgaria on 18-19 September, in the context of the post-monitoring dialogue with this country. During their visit...

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Monitoring Committee takes stock of the honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by France

13/09/2023 | Monitoring

The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today took stock of the honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by France. Recalling France’s longstanding democratic tradition and its commitment to respect for human rights, the committee...

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PACE monitors deeply regret Polish Sejm’s decision to appoint members of the Commission to investigate...

01/09/2023 | Monitoring

The PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Poland’s membership obligations to the Council of Europe, Azadeh Rojhan (Sweden, SOC) and Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD), have deeply regretted the decision by the Polish Sejm to appoint the members of the controversial State Commission to...

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Following legal opinion, PACE monitors call for Poland’s new law on Russian influence to be repealed

27/07/2023 | Monitoring

The PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Poland’s membership obligations to the Council of Europe, Azadeh Rojhan (Sweden, SOC) and Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD), have welcomed the swift drafting by the Venice Commission – the Council of Europe’s group of independent legal experts – of...