Friday, 22 November 2013

Head of National Assembly Standing Delegation to PACE at PACE Standing Committee Meeting

At the meeting held in Vienna, the Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted an opinion on the draft Council of Europe Convention against trafficking in human organs.


Aleksandra Djurovic, head of the National Assembly's standing delegation to the CE Parliamentary Assembly, took part in the debate. On the occasion, she reminded the members of the Standing Committee of Dick Marty’s report and resolution on the inhuman treatment of people and illegal trafficking in human organs of January 2011. She said that in August 2011 EULEX set up a Special Investigative Task Force headed by John Clint Williamson as chief prosecutor, but two years later there is no information on the investigation. Djurovic suggested that the Parliamentary Assembly as the body which adopted Dick Marty’s resolution should request that the EULEX Special Investigative Task Force submit an activity report. Even though the Council of Europe is not authorised to conduct an investigation, it can still ask EULEX to speed up the investigation and make it more transparent. “The fact that a crime was committed has been established and we voted on it here. When you vote on something, you have to follow it up with certain measures. Implementation mechanisms are essential and cannot depend on someone’s will”, concluded Aleksandra Djurovic in the debate.

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thursday, 9 october
  • 9.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Family (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)

  • 9.30 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 10.00 - continuation of the First Sitting of the Second Regular Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)

  • 11.00 - sitting of the Committee on Labour, Social Issues, Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 11.00 - the Head of the PFG with Cuba meets with the Charge d’Affaires and former Cuban Ambassador to Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 11.00 - press conference of MP Milija Miletic (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)

  • 12.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 14.00 - eight National Assembly committees meet with a delegation of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

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