[PIO] House of Representatives communiqué

The House of Representatives will host a meeting of the Legal and Human Rights Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on 22 and 23 May 2023, in Larnaca

The House of Representatives will host, on 22 and 23 May 2023, in Larnaca, a meeting of the Committee on Legal and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the initiative of the Head of the Cypriot delegation to the Assembly, Mr.

The meeting will be attended by thirty-five parliamentarians from twenty-four member states of the Council of Europe, the members of the Cypriot delegation to the CSCE, Mr. Nikos Tornaritis.

In addition to the thirty-five parliamentarians from twenty-four member states of the Council of Europe, the members of the Cypriot delegation to the CSCE, Mr. Mr. Nikos Tornaritis, Mr. George Loucaides, Ms. Christiana Erotokritou and Mr. Kostis Efstathiou, as well as Cypriot and foreign experts.

The President of the House of Representatives Ms. Anita Demetriou and the Head of the Cypriot delegation to the Assembly, Mr. Tornaritis, will address the meeting.

The session has been invited and will be attended by, among others, the Minister of Justice and Public Order, Mrs. Anna Koukkidi-Prokopiou and the Associate Professor of Public Law and Human Rights at the University of Cyprus, Dr. Kostas Paraskeva, as keynote speakers, regarding the progress achieved in the implementation by Cyprus of the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights. Lawyers Mr. Polis Polyviou and Mr. Achilleas Demetriades were also invited as keynote speakers to elaborate on the issue of the 4th Cyprus v. Turkey Transnational Application, in the context of a discussion on the implementation of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.

Other issues to be addressed during the session include, among others, the reform of the legislative framework for the protection of human rights in the United Kingdom, the right to information and ensuring access to historical archives and the appointment of a Special Rapporteur on the protection of human rights in the United Kingdom.

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