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PACE rapporteur to make monitoring visit to Serbia

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...

Osman Kavala, Turkey
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PACE co-rapporteurs appalled by Turkish Supreme Court’s decision to confirm the aggravated life sentence...

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...

Portal / Sarajevo / Bosnia / Herzegovina

PACE co-rapporteurs to make monitoring visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina

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...

Albania

PACE co-rapporteurs to make monitoring visit to Albania

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...

Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgaria: post-monitoring visit by PACE co-rapporteurs

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...

Paris / France / Assemblée / Assembléé / nationale

Monitoring Committee takes stock of the honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by France

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...

Sejm, Warsaw, Poland
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PACE monitors deeply regret Polish Sejm’s decision to appoint members of the Commission to investigate...

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...

Sejm, Warsaw, Poland
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Following legal opinion, PACE monitors call for Poland’s new law on Russian influence to be repealed

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...

Financing of political parties
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Public hearing on the financing of political parties, with award-winning French economist Julia Cagé and...

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...

Baku / Azerbaijan

PACE monitors, ending visit: issues of serious concern persist in Azerbaijan despite some steps taken to...

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...

Sejm, Warsaw, Poland
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PACE co-rapporteurs for Poland express their concern about the Polish Law on the State Commission for...

01/06/2023 | Monitoring

Azadeh Rojhan (Sweden, SOC) and Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Poland by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), have expressed their deep concerns about the adoption by the Polish Sejm of the Law on “the State Commission for...

The Milli Majlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Azerbaijan
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PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs to visit Azerbaijan

01/06/2023 | Monitoring

Ian Liddell-Grainger (United Kingdom, EC/DA) and Lise Christoffersen (Norway, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 3 to 7 June 2023, to further assess the honouring...