* The Commission held an exchange of views with Mr Yuriy Prytyka, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine, and Mr Pylypenko, member of Parliament, and adopted the opinion on the law on the judicial system and the status of judges and the opinion on law on the prevention of abuse of the right to appeal, both prepared jointly with the Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe. In addition, the Commission adopted the joint opinion by the Venice Commission and Organisation for Security & Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the draft law on Freedom of Assembly in Ukraine.