At their 1301st meeting, the Ministers' Deputies held an exchange of views with Mr Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, following the presentation of his 3rd quarterly activity report for 2017, which focuses on children’s rights, the situation of human rights defenders, media freedom and migration.

The Deputies noted with satisfaction the final report on the implementation of the Action Plan 2014-2017 for Azerbaijan. They also expressed satisfaction that the neighbourhood partnerships with Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia had been successfully implemented. Concerning co-operation with Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Palestine,* the Deputies instructed the Secretariat to pursue implementation of the respective co-operation priorities and to report back to their Rapporteur Group on External Relations (GR-EXT).

The Deputies took note of the report by the Co-Chairs of the Council of Europe 2017 Exchange on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue, which took place in Strasbourg on 6-7 November 2017.

Finally, they adopted a resolution on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by the Czech Republic.

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

* This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of Council of Europe member states on this issue.