Strasbourg, 02/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's (PACE) monitoring procedure is its main instrument for checking that Council of Europe member states are abiding by their democratic commitments towards the institution and with regard to the European Court of Human Rights. It also relates to specific commitments made by member states at their accession. It was designed to accompany countries on the way to the rule of law, as a sort of assistance,...