Cyprus Parliamentarians Stella Kyriakides (DISY) and Kostis Εfstathiou (EDEK) will be attending meetings of PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) Committees in Paris.
A press release issued by the Cyprus Parliament on Friday says that Kyriakides departs on Sunday and will be participating in the meeting of the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to be held on Monday.
Participants will discuss, among other issues, the question of the functioning and terms of reference of the Independent Investigative Committee to examine cases of possible interference and corruption issues of current and former members of the Assembly.
The Bureau is also expected to approve the list of candidates drawn up by the Vaclav Havel Foundation`s Selection Council for this year`s prize, which will be awarded at the forthcoming autumn session of PACE.
MP Kostis Efstathiou departs for Paris on Monday to attend a meeting of the Committee on Legal and Human Rights, which will take place on Tuesday.
The meeting will discuss, inter alia, the issue of the new challenges for the rule of law in a number of member countries of the Council of Europe and the issue of crimes against humanity by the Islamic State. The compatibility of the Islamic law (Sharia) with the European Convention on Human Rights will also be discussed.
