 | | | | | 80th plenary meeting of the Advisory Committee | | | | The Advisory Committee held its 80th meeting from 5 to 9 June in Strasbourg. It adopted three 5th cycle Opinions, on Albania, Austria and the Republic of Moldova, which will become public in October 2023. It also approved three draft Opinions: the 4th cycle Opinion on Latvia, the 5th cycle Opinion on Sweden and the 6th cycle Opinion on Liechtenstein. These Opinions will now undergo a confidential dialogue phase with the states parties concerned before being examined again and adopted at a forthcoming plenary session. Also on the agenda of this plenary: an exchange of views with the OSCE HCNM, which highlighted the excellent co-operation and effective complementarity of the two institutions in the field of national minority protection. | | Latest meeting reports › | |
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| |  | | | | | Latest and forthcoming activities of the Advisory Committee *All references to Kosovo, whether the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations' Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo. | | | | Over the past months, the Advisory Committee has conducted four monitoring visits, starting with the 4th cycle visit to Latvia from 27 February to 3 March. On 6-10 March, a delegation of the ACFC visited Sweden to evaluate progress made in the protection of national minorities in the 5th monitoring cycle, followed by monitoring visits to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia in April and May respectively. Moreover, four new Advisory Committee Opinions have been published over the last semester: the 5th cycle Opinions on Armenia and on Italy both on 13 February, on the United Kingdom on 25 May and on Kosovo* on 26 May. | | 2023 calendar of activities › | |
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