Fifth Meeting of the Committee on Human Rights and Freedoms

Monday, 24 April 2017 20:49

Fifth Meeting of the Committee on Human Rights and Freedoms

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At its Fifth Meeting, the Committee on Human Rights and Freedoms, in the extended composition, and in its capacity of responsible body, has considered the 2016 Performance Report of the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro, submitted to the Parliament of Montenegro by the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro, and the 2016 Status Report on Personal Data Protection and Access to Information, submitted to the Parliament of Montenegro by the Agency for Personal Data Protection and Free Access to Information. Following the discussion, the Committee unanimously supported the 2016 Performance Report of the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro as well as the 2016 Status Report on Personal Data Protection and Access to Information, and it will submit the Report with Proposal for Conclusions to the Parliament thereof.

Within the third item, the Committee has considered and unanimously adopted the 2016 Performance Report of the Committee on Human Rights and Freedoms, as a working body responsible for oversight over implementation and monitoring of the compliance with the Code of Ethics for MPs, drafted by the Committee in accordance with Article 14 paragraph 3 of the Code of Ethics for MPs.

Members of the Committee adopted the Information on participation of Chairperson of the Committee on Human Rights and Freedoms Mr Halil Duković at the meeting of President of the Parliament of Montenegro Mr Ivan Brajović with representatives of the NGO “Young Roma”, held on 5 April 2017 in the Parliament of Montenegro.

Within the item “Current issues”, the Chairperson of the Committee informed the members that, due to three scheduled sittings of the Parliament, he was not able to accept the invitation to attend the Third annual conference on human rights and freedoms, which will be held in Neum, on 26 and 27 April, in the organisation of the Joint Commission on Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.