19/10/2015 | Monitoring
At the end of their fact-finding visit to Tbilisi, the co-rapporteurs for Georgia, Boriss Cilevics and Kerstin Lundgren, urged the ruling majority and opposition to find a mutually acceptable compromise on the electoral system.
14/10/2015 | Monitoring
"I welcome the decision of the Monegasque authorities to set up a technical working group about the revised European Social Charter,“ said Jordi Xuclà speaking on his return from a visit to the Principality.
09/10/2015 | Monitoring
Boriss Cilevics and Kerstin Lundgren, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia by the PACE, are to make a three-day fact-finding visit to Tbilisi from 12 to 14 October 2015.
09/10/2015 | Monitoring
Jordi Xuclà, former rapporteur on post-monitoring dialogue with Monaco, will travel to the Principality, on behalf of the Monitoring Committee, for a fact-finding visit on the follow-up of the implementation of PACE Resolution 2052 (2015).
01/10/2015 | Monitoring
Andorra is 'honouring its obligations to the Council of Europe overall' and has made “important reforms” to increase economic and fiscal transparency, but should do more to guarantee the independence of the media.
01/10/2015 | Monitoring
Belgium is 'honouring its obligations to the Council of Europe overall', and has made welcome efforts to build a political consensus on a more efficient federal state and greater autonomy for federal entities.
01/10/2015 | Monitoring
Cyprus can be considered as “globally honouring” its obligations to the Council of Europe, according to an evaluation from the PACE which has also strongly welcomed the recent renewed impetus to peace talks on the island.
01/10/2015 | Monitoring
Croatia has “globally honoured” its obligations to the Council of Europe, and has carried out comprehensive reforms to create stronger democratic institutions, but “challenges still remain”.
29/09/2015 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee of the PACE welcomes the progress of constitutional reform in Armenia, which has been conducted in close co-operation with the Venice Commission.
11/09/2015 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs for Ukraine, Jean-Claude Mignon and Jordi Xucla urged the Ukrainian authorities to make every efforts to ensure that the upcoming local elections in the country are as inclusive and pluralistic as possible.
04/09/2015 | Monitoring
While there were “shortcomings” in the response of French police to the March 2014 “Manif pour tous” demonstration in Paris, these were “not of such an order” as to warrant special monitoring of France.
04/09/2015 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee expresses its deep concern following the repetitive harsh sentences against human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists in Azerbaijan. Recent court decisions have shown a continuation of the repressive trend.