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Developing the Assembly's monitoring procedure

05/09/2013 | Monitoring

The Committee adopted a report by Andres Herkel on "The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure" which takes stock of the committee's activities concerning the ten countries subject to the monitoring procedure.

Montenegro: co-rapporteurs welcome the adoption of constitutional amendments

06/08/2013 | Monitoring

Nursuna Memecan and Kimmo Sasi, co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Montenegro, have welcomed the adoption of the constitutional amendments on the judiciary by the Montenegrin parliament on July 2013.

'The judicial procedure against Mr Navalny has all features of political process'

19/07/2013 | Monitoring

The co-rapporteurs for monitoring of Russia, Theodora Bakoyannis and Andreas Gross have expressed their deep concern at the Court’s decision in Kirov (Russia) to jail Alexei Navalny, Russian protest leader.

Montenegro encouraged to amend its Constitution and legislation

10/07/2013 | Monitoring

"We welcome the discussions in the Montenegrin parliament to amend the Constitution with regard to the Constitutional Court, the State Prosecutor and the Judicial Council", co-rapporteurs said.

PACE Russia monitors visit Yaroslavl and Moscow

02/07/2013 | Monitoring

Theodora Bakoyannis (Greece, EPP/CD) and Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC), PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Russia, are making a three-day fact-finding visit to Yaroslavl and Moscow from 2-4 July 2013.

PACE co-rapporteurs stress the need for a fair electoral campaign in Azerbaijan

13/06/2013 | Monitoring

PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC), have stressed the need for the creation of conditions which would allow for a fair electoral campaign during the forthcoming presidential election, in compliance with democratic standards.

PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs make fact-finding visit to Azerbaijan

10/06/2013 | Monitoring

Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC), PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, will visit the country from 11 to 13 June 2013, to further assess the honouring of its obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe.

PACE rapporteur appeals for calm in Turkey

06/06/2013 | Monitoring

“We have closely followed the events taking place in Turkey in the last few days,” said Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), PACE rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, appealing for calm and dialogue.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: fact-finding visit by PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs

31/05/2013 | Monitoring

Karin S. Woldseth (Norway, EDG) and Egidijus Vareikis (Lithuania, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs for the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s (PACE) monitoring of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 3 to 5 June 2013. In Sarajevo, they are due to meet members of the Presidency, the Foreign Minister and members of the Bosnian parliamentary delegation to PACE, as well as the High Representative, the EU Special Representative and other diplomatic representatives.

PACE monitors react to recent developments in Georgia

27/05/2013 | Monitoring

Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC), PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia, have called on the Georgian authorities to ensure that the legal proceedings against former Prime Minister Merabishvili and former Healthcare Minister Tchiaberashvili are conducted transparently...

Consequences of the war between Russia and Georgia: PACE delegation regrets refusal by de facto authorities...

17/05/2013 | Monitoring

A PACE delegation* looking into the consequences of the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia has deeply regretted that the de facto authorities in Tskhinvali and Sukhumi refused to receive the delegation. The delegation has just returned from a visit to Moscow and Tbilisi (12-15 May 2013).

PACE committee recommends monitoring of Hungary

25/04/2013 | Monitoring

PACE Monitoring Committee has recommended that the Assembly should open a “monitoring procedure” in respect of Hungary, citing deep concerns at “the erosion of democratic checks and balances” as a result of the new constitutional framework in the country. In an opinion, the committee said there are “serious and sustained concerns” ...