Application by the Republic of Slovenia for membership of the Council of Europe
- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Origin
- Assembly debate on 12May 1993 (33rd Sitting) (see Doc.6786, report of the Political Affairs Committee, Rapporteur: Mr Baumel; Doc.6823, opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Rapporteur: Mr Hörcsik; andDoc.6822, opinion of the Committee on Relations with European Non-Member Countries, Rapporteur: Mr Seitlinger). Text adopted by the Assembly on 12May 1993 (33rd Sitting).
- Thesaurus
1. The Assembly has received from the Committee of Ministers a request for an opinion on the accession of Slovenia to the Council of Europe (
Doc. 6588), in pursuance of Statutory Resolution (51) 30 A adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 3 May 1951.
2. It observes that democratic parliamentary elections held by universal, free and secret ballot took place on 6 December 1992 and were monitored by an ad hoc committee of the Assembly.
3. The Assembly welcomes the European commitment expressed by representatives of the Slovenian Parliament's political groups during the meeting held in Ljubljana from 10 to 12 September 1992 with the Committee on Relations with European Non-Member Countries.
4. The Assembly appreciates the contribution made by Slovenia to the work of the Council of Europe, both at parliamentary level since its parliament obtained special guest status on 3 February 1992 and at intergovernmental level following its accession to several European conventions, including the European Cultural Convention on 2 July 1992.
5. It attaches great importance to the commitment expressed by the Slovenian authorities to sign and ratify the European Convention on Human Rights and to recognise both the right of individual application to the European Commission of Human Rights (Article 25 of the Convention) and the compulsory jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (Article 46).
6. The Assembly considers that the Republic of Slovenia is able and willing:
6.1 to fulfil the provisions of Article 3 of the Statute, which stipulates that "Every member of the Council of Europe must accept the principles of the rule of law and of the enjoyment by all persons within its jurisdiction of human rights and fundamental freedoms";
6.2 to collaborate sincerely and effectively in the realisation of the aims of the Council of Europe as specified in Chapter I of its Statute, thereby fulfilling the conditions for accession to the Council of Europe as laid down in Article 4 of the Statute
7. The Assembly therefore recommends that the Committee of Ministers, at its next meeting:
7.1 invite the Republic of Slovenia to become a member of the Council of Europe;
7.2 allocate three seats to Slovenia in the Parliamentary Assembly.
