Source: https://data.ipu.org/node/140/working-methods/openness-and-transparency?chamber_id=13510
Timestamp: 2019-09-19 16:59:58
Document Index: 480172282

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 68', '§ 2', 'art. 116', 'art. 62', '§1', 'art. 62', '§2', 'art. 60', '§2', 'art. 60', '§3', 'art. 61', '§1', 'art. 61', '§2']

The Chambers may decide that certain sittings be secret (Constitution, art. 68, § 2). At the request of the President, of a parliamentary group or of at least 20 Senators, a majority of the Senators present can decide that the sitting be secret (Standing Orders of the Senate, art. 116).
Media representatives may attend committee meetings. (Standing Orders of the Senate, art. 62, §1). The committee, by majority of votes, depending on the agenda, decides on the character of debates (Standing Orders of the Senate, art. 62, §2). Members of other Senate committees or interested Deputies may attend Committee meetings without the right to vote (Standing Orders of the Senate, art. 60, §2). Requirements and limitations applicable to the participation in committee meetings of interested persons who have submitted written, justified requests for the right to participate, or to the participation of the Senate's specialized staff, are decided upon by the committee bureau (Standing Orders of the Senate, art. 60, §3). Members of the government or their mandated representatives have access to committee meetings (Standing Orders of the Senate, art. 61, §1). Committees may request the participation in their meetings of members of the government or members or heads of public institutions, in which case their presence is mandatory (Standing Orders of the Senate, art. 61, §2).