At their meeting on 21 June, the Ministers' Deputies held exchanges of views with:

• Mr Wojciech Sawicki, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly, on the preparation of the 3rd part of the 2017 Session (Strasbourg, 26-30 June 2017) and other Assembly activities. The Deputies welcomed the Assembly’s decision to establish an independent external investigation body to look into allegations of corruption within the Assembly and urged member States to co-operate fully with the investigation body, in accordance with applicable national law;
• Mr Christian Ahlund, Chair of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), following his presentation of ECRI’s Annual Report for 2016;
• Mr Gianni Buquicchio, President of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission), following his presentation of the Commission’s Annual Report for 2016. Mr Lukasz Piebiak, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Justice of Poland, also participated in this exchange of views.

The other items examined by the Deputies appear in the Agenda and the decisions adopted are available in the meeting file.