Council of the European Union Brussels, 20 September 2016 (OR. en) 12299/16 COHOM 115 COPS 272 CFSP/PESC 711 CSDP/PSDC 521 FREMP 146 INF 160 JAI 758 RELEX 748 OUTCOME OF PROCEEDINGS From: General Secretariat of the Council On: 20 September 2016 To: Delegations No. prev. doc.: 11691/16 COHOM 106 COPS 257 CFSP/PESC 657 CSDP/PSDC 482 FREMP 135 INF 145 JAI 702 RELEX 685 Subject: EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World in 2015 – Country and Regional Issues Delegations will find in the annex the EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World in 2015 – Country and Regional Issues, adopted by the Council at its 3484th meeting held on 20 September 2016. 12299/16 OZ 1 DGC 2B EN ANNEX EU ANNUAL REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD IN 2015 Country and Regional Issues (General Affairs Council, 20 September 2016) Contents I. Candidate countries and potential candidates .................................................................................. 9 Albania ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina ................................................................................................................................ 11 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ............................................................................................ 12 Kosovo* .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Montenegro .................................................................................................................................................... 15 Serbia .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Turkey ............................................................................................................................................................ 17 Multi-beneficiary assistance ......................................................................................................................... 18 II. EEA/EFTA Countries ....................................................................................................................... 18 Switzerland ..................................................................................................................................................... 18 Norway ........................................................................................................................................................... 19 Iceland ............................................................................................................................................................ 20 Holy See .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino ........................................................................................... 21 III. European Neighbourhood Policy ..................................................................................................... 21 Armenia .......................................................................................................................................................... 22 Azerbaijan ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 Belarus ............................................................................................................................................................ 28 Georgia ........................................................................................................................................................... 30 Republic of Moldova ..................................................................................................................................... 33 12299/16 OZ 2 ANNEX DGC 2B EN Ukraine ........................................................................................................................................................... 35 Egypt ............................................................................................................................................................... 38 Israel ............................................................................................................................................................... 41 Palestine* ........................................................................................................................................................ 43 Jordan ............................................................................................................................................................. 46 Lebanon .......................................................................................................................................................... 48 Syria ................................................................................................................................................................ 49 Algeria ............................................................................................................................................................ 51 Morocco .......................................................................................................................................................... 54 Tunisia ............................................................................................................................................................ 56 Western Sahara ............................................................................................................................................. 59 Libya ............................................................................................................................................................... 59 IV. Russia and Central Asia .................................................................................................................... 62 Russia .............................................................................................................................................................. 62 Kazakhstan ..................................................................................................................................................... 65 Kyrgyz Republic ............................................................................................................................................ 66 Tajikistan ....................................................................................................................................................... 67 Turkmenistan ................................................................................................................................................. 69 Uzbekistan ...................................................................................................................................................... 70 V. Africa .................................................................................................................................................. 71 African Union (AU) – Joint Africa-EU Strategy ........................................................................................ 71 Angola ............................................................................................................................................................. 74 Benin ............................................................................................................................................................... 76 Botswana ........................................................................................................................................................ 78 Burkina Faso .................................................................................................................................................. 81 Burundi ........................................................................................................................................................... 83 Cabo Verde .................................................................................................................................................... 86 12299/16 OZ 3 ANNEX DGC 2B EN Cameroon ....................................................................................................................................................... 87 Central African Republic .............................................................................................................................. 88 Chad ................................................................................................................................................................ 89 Union of the Comoros ................................................................................................................................... 91 Republic of the Congo ................................................................................................................................... 92 Côte d'Ivoire..................................................................................................................................................