On 21-22 September, members of parliaments fom five Eastern Partnership countries will participate in a seminar to discuss the role of national parliaments in implementing the standards of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Parliamentarians from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine as well as from other Council of Europe member states will discuss the compatibility of draft laws with the European Convention on Human Rights and the role of parliaments in the effective execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights; with independent experts and specialists in this field.

This first regional seminar will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia and is organised by the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly within the framework of the Council of Europe and European Union’s Programmatic Cooperation Framework for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus.

Interview with Mr Klaas de VRIES, Senator of the Netherlands, Chairperson of the Commission on the election of judges to the ECHR of PACE and Rapporteur on the implementation of judgments of the ECHR

Interview with Ms Eka BESELIA, Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights and Civil Integration of the Parliament of Georgia