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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
21/06/2023 | Monitoring
Award-winning French economist and author Julia Cagé joined by experts from the Venice Commission and GRECO, the Council of Europe’s bodies on constitutional law and on combating corruption, for a parliamentary hearing on the financing of political parties, took place on Wednesday 21 June 2023 in...
14/06/2023 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, ending a five-day visit to the country (3-7 June 2023), have taken note of a number of steps by the authorities to meet their obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe...