13/09/2024 | Monitoring
In an information note declassified by the Monitoring Committee on 11 September, the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of the Republic of Moldova, Pierre-Alain Fridez (Switzerland, SOC) and Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica (Latvia, EPP/CD), expressed their concern at “the exponential increase in attempts...
13/09/2024 | Monitoring
PACE’s Monitoring Committee has congratulated the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the pace of reforms since 2022 – but said it remains concerned about “the lack of, or insufficient, progress in some areas crucial for the functioning of democratic institutions”. Approving a draft...
05/07/2024 | Monitoring
Following their visit to Chisinau from 1 to 3 July 2024, the PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of the Republic of Moldova, Pierre-Alain Fridez (Switzerland, SOC) and Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica (Latvia, EPP/CD), expressed their deep concern about the increasing number of reported attempts by...
18/06/2024 | Monitoring
Following a fact-finding visit to Ankara and Istanbul on 11-14 June 2024, PACE’s co-rapporteur for the monitoring of Türkiye, Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), has again called on the Turkish authorities to implement the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and to continue their high...
07/06/2024 | Monitoring
Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), one of the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Türkiye, will make a fact-finding visit to Ankara and Istanbul from 11 to 14 June 2024. During his visit, Mr Schennach will...
22/05/2024 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee, which met in Paris on 17 May, welcomed the electoral reforms implemented by Armenia in line with the recommendations of the Venice Commission, and stated that the objective to hold genuinely democratic elections had largely been achieved. In adopting the report by Kimmo...
22/05/2024 | Monitoring
Following the publication of the Venice Commission’s urgent opinion on the law on transparency of foreign influence, the PACE co-rapporteurs for Georgia, Claude Kern (France, ALDE) and Edite Estrela (Portugal, SOC), have urged the Georgian authorities to repeal this law. “Our Georgian...
17/05/2024 | Monitoring
Following a domestic court judgment delivered yesterday in the so-called Kobane case, the PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Türkiye, Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC) and Jill Mortimer (United Kingdom, EC/DA), made the following statement: “We are dismayed at yesterday’s verdict of the...
30/04/2024 | Monitoring
Lise Christoffersen (Norway, SOC) and Ian Liddell-Grainger (United Kingdom, EC/DA), Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, and Hannah Bardell (United Kingdom, NR), PACE rapporteur on “Threats to life and safety of journalists and human rights...
30/04/2024 | Monitoring
The PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs for Georgia, Claude Kern (France, ALDE) and Edite Estrela (Portugal, SOC), have called on the Georgian Parliament to ensure that any recommendations made by the Venice Commission concerning the draft law on the “Transparency of Foreign Influence” are taken into...
04/04/2024 | Monitoring
The PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs for Georgia, Claude Kern (France, ALDE) and Edite Estrela (Portugal, SOC), today expressed their deep concern at the reintroduction of the draft law on “Transparency of Foreign Influence” by the Georgian ruling party. “The reintroduction of this so-called...
08/03/2024 | Monitoring
The PACE Monitoring Committee, meeting in Paris on 6 March, has proposed closing the monitoring procedure in respect of Albania and engaging in a post-monitoring dialogue with the country, on the basis of the report prepared by Ionuţ-Marian Stroe (Romania, EPP/CD). It welcomed the easing of the...