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PACE monitors to visit Türkiye

11/01/2023 | Monitoring

PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs for Türkiye John Howell (United Kingdom, EC/DA) and Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC) are to make a fact-finding visit to the country from 12-13 January 2023 to discuss the latest developments in relation to the case of Osman Kavala. In Ankara, the co-rapporteurs are...

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PACE monitors urge the restoration of freedom of movement along the Lachin corridor

16/12/2022 | Monitoring

“We are deeply concerned by the interruption of freedom of movement in the Lachin corridor, causing considerable hardship to the population,” the four co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Azerbaijan and Armenia have declared in a joint...

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Committee reviews progress of member States under monitoring in 2022

15/12/2022 | Monitoring

The Monitoring Committee today adopted its annual report taking stock of its monitoring activities in 2022 and making a series of assessments of the countries under a full monitoring procedure or engaged in post-monitoring dialogue, as well as of countries that are currently subject to the...

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Republic of Moldova: PACE Monitoring Committee welcomes reforms, while acknowledging the challenges

15/12/2022 | Monitoring

PACE’s Monitoring Committee has welcomed the far-reaching reforms undertaken by the Republic of Moldova to consolidate its democratic institutions, in spite of “the difficulty and challenges” involved. Approving a draft resolution based on a report by Pierre-Alain Fridez (Switzerland, SOC) and...

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PACE monitors say final conviction of Istanbul Mayor would be a serious signal about the state of Turkish...

15/12/2022 | Monitoring

The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Türkiye, John Howell (United Kingdom, EC/DA) and Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC), have reacted to the sentencing at first instance of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu to nearly three years in prison...

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Montenegro: a fully functional Constitutional Court must be put in place without delay, say PACE co...

09/12/2022 | Monitoring

The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for post-monitoring dialogue with Montenegro, Damien Cottier (Switzerland, ALDE) and Nicos Tornaritis (Cyprus, EPP/CD), today made the following statement: “Montenegro is facing a key moment in its recent political...

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PACE rapporteurs welcome the reforms to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and the system of...

28/10/2022 | Monitoring

Following their visit to the country, PACE's rapporteurs for the honouring of membership obligations by San Marino, Viorel-Riceard Badea (Romania, EPP/CD) and Andrej Hunko (Germany, UEL) welcomed the recent reforms to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and the strengthening of the...

Aysel Tuğluk

Türkiye: PACE monitors relieved by the release of sick prisoner and former MP Aysel Tuğluk

28/10/2022 | Monitoring

The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Türkiye, John Howell (United Kingdom, EC/DA) and Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC), welcomed the release of former HDP Member of Parliament Aysel Tuğluk. “On 12 October, the Parliamentary Assembly...

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Montenegro: PACE co-rapporteurs regret that the parliament did not proceed to the election of judges of the...

28/10/2022 | Monitoring

“We regret the failure to proceed to the election of judges to the Constitutional Court by the Parliament of Montenegro at its sitting on 21 October,” said Damien Cottier (Switzerland, ALDE) and Nicos Tornaritis (Cyprus, EPP/CD), the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...

New disinformation law in Türkiye
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New disinformation law in Türkiye is ‘a worrying step back’ ahead of 2023 elections, say PACE monitors

14/10/2022 | Monitoring

The adoption yesterday of the so-called disinformation law by the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye is “yet another worrying step back for freedom of speech and the media in Türkiye”, said John Howell (United Kingdom, EC/DA) and Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC), co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of...

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PACE co-rapporteurs on Armenia concerned by reports of alleged war crimes or inhuman treatment perpetrated...

13/10/2022 | Monitoring

"We are concerned by the numerous reports of alleged war crimes or inhuman treatment perpetrated by the armed forces of Azerbaijan”, said Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC) and Boriana Åberg (Sweden, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) for the monitoring of...

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Long-standing rule of law and democracy issues in Hungary ‘remain largely unaddressed’, says PACE committee

14/09/2022 | Monitoring

Long-standing issues pertaining to the rule of law and democracy in Hungary “remain largely unaddressed by the authorities”, PACE’s Monitoring Committee has said in its latest assessment of the country’s honouring of its Council of Europe membership obligations. In light of this, the committee...