Draft regulations for a Council of Europe Human Rights Prize

Opinion 94 (1979)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

See Doc. 4360, report of the Legal Affairs Committee. Text adopted by the Standing Committee, acting on behalf of the Assembly, on 28 June 1979.

Thesaurus

The Assembly,

1. Referring to the request made by the Committee of Ministers for an opinion on the draft regulations for a Council of Europe Human Rights Prize (Doc. 4224) ;

2. Reaffirming the enormous importance it attaches to the protection of human rights ;

3. Welcoming the initiative taken to create a Council of Europe Human Rights Prize,

4. Approves the principles and provisions of the draft regulations ;

5. Proposes that the Prize not only be an honorary one, but that also a sum of money be accorded to the winner ;

6. Proposes to delete the words "to be held at the seat of the Council of Europe" at the end of Article 9 of the draft regulations.