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.
15/07/2015 | Monitoring
"The agreement reached today by the country’s main political parties is an important step towards ending the political crisis, including the parliamentary boycott by the main opposition party," say Lise Christoffersen and Valeriu Ghiletchi.
02/07/2015 | Monitoring
Jonathan Evans and Andrej Hunko have welcomed the political determination of the main political forces to continue their co-operation to fully implement the December 2014 agreement, which is of crucial importance for the political stability of the country.
30/06/2015 | Monitoring
The Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe, meeting in Strasbourg on 25 June, appointed the following rapporteurs in line with Resolution 2018 (2014):
30/06/2015 | Monitoring
Following her visit to Turkey in May, Josette Durrieu has praised the political maturity demonstrated by the Turkish people in the parliamentary elections in June 2015 and the increased representativeness of the parliament.