24/06/2009 Monitoring
Strasbourg, 24.06.2009 - The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today urged the Parliament of Azerbaijan to seize the Venice Commission for an opinion on a package of amendments to the legislation on NGOs prior to their adoption, as well as for an opinion on the amendments on the Law on Freedom of Religion adopted in May 2009, in line with the spirit of co-operation with the Venice Commission set forth in the decree of the President of Azerbaijan of 3 April 2009.
The committee also made public an information note from the co-rapporteurs on recent legislative developments in Azerbaijan.