Amendment 8 Amendment 15 Amendment 16 Amendment 1 Amendment 2 Amendment 3 Amendment 22 Amendment 17 Amendment 4 Amendment 24 Amendment 13 Amendment 26 Amendment 23 Amendment 18 Amendment 19 Amendment 5 Amendment 20 Amendment 14 Amendment 6 Amendment 25 Amendment 9 Amendment 10 Amendment 21 Amendment 11 Amendment 12 Amendment 7
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01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Viorel Riceard BADEA, Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Mr Ferenc KALMÁR, Ms Stella KYRIAKIDES, Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS, Ms Liliana PALIHOVICI, Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Mr Tudor PANŢIRU, Ms Ana GUŢU
Votes: 16 in favor 148 against 15 abstentions
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 2, insert the following paragraph:
"However, the Russian Federation has not fulfilled, to date, all obligations and commitments provided for by the Assembly's Opinion 193 (1996), especially those regarding the restitution of all property and goods claimed by Council of Europe member states, as well as the cultural and religious property mentioned in paragraphs 10., 10.xii, 10.xiii and xiv or the said Opinion."
Explanatory note
The amendment underlines that not all commitments provided for by Opinion 193 (1996) are implemented and some of them, because of their sensitivity, need a more careful consideration by the Assembly until their full implementation. In 1996 all these commitments were accepted by the Russian delegation.
01 October 2012
Tabled by Ms Anne BRASSEUR, Ms Ankie BROEKERS-KNOL, Mr Josep Anton BARDINA PAU, Mr Terry LEYDEN, Ms Doris FIALA, Ms Mailis REPS, Mr Jordi XUCLÀ
Votes: 130 in favor 52 against 8 abstentions
In the draft resolution, paragraph 4, delete the word "very".
01 October 2012
Tabled by Ms Anne BRASSEUR, Ms Ankie BROEKERS-KNOL, Mr Josep Anton BARDINA PAU, Mr Terry LEYDEN, Ms Doris FIALA, Ms Mailis REPS, Mr Jordi XUCLÀ
Votes: 27 in favor 161 against 6 abstentions
In the draft resolution, paragraph 4, delete the following words: "and illustrate a will to liberalise the system and make it more inclusive".
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Alexey PUSHKOV, Mr Leonid SLUTSKIY, Mr Alexey KNYSHOV, Mr Alexander SIDYAKIN, Mr Tamerlan AGUZAROV, Mr Miloš ALIGRUDIĆ, Mr Samad SEYIDOV, Ms Sahiba GAFAROVA, Ms Sevinj FATALIYEVA, Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER, Baroness Margaret EATON
Votes: 50 in favor 133 against 6 abstentions
In the draft resolution, paragraph 6, delete the words : "and the Assembly calls for their immediate release".
Explanatory note
Paragraph 23.28 is worded more correctly from the point of view of the rule of law.
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Alexey PUSHKOV, Mr Leonid SLUTSKIY, Mr Alexander SIDYAKIN, Mr Alexey KNYSHOV, Mr Miloš ALIGRUDIĆ, Mr Davit HARUTYUNYAN, Mr Samad SEYIDOV, Ms Sahiba GAFAROVA, Ms Sevinj FATALIYEVA, Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER, Lady Diana ECCLES, Baroness Margaret EATON
Votes: 158 in favor 28 against 10 abstentions
In the draft resolution, paragraph 8, delete the words : "instead of increasing its authoritarianism."
Explanatory note
Nothing is said in the explanatory memorandum about any manifestations of authoritarianism.
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Alexey PUSHKOV, Mr Leonid SLUTSKIY, Mr Alexander SIDYAKIN, Mr Alexey KNYSHOV, Mr Miloš ALIGRUDIĆ, Mr Davit HARUTYUNYAN, Mr Samad SEYIDOV, Ms Sahiba GAFAROVA, Ms Sevinj FATALIYEVA, Mr Øyvind VAKSDAL, Mr Brian BINLEY, Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER, Lady Diana ECCLES, Baroness Margaret EATON
Votes: 48 in favor 138 against 8 abstentions
In the draft resolution, paragraph 11, delete the following words: "and the use of disproportionate force to disperse them".
Explanatory note
The police of the United Kingdom, Greece, Belgium, the USA and some other countries have recently used tougher methods to disperse peaceful demonstrations. The word "disproportionate" seems to be rhetorical rather than notional in this context.
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Ilyas UMAKHANOV, Mr Vyacheslav FETISOV, Mr Dmitry KRYVITSKY, Mr Samad SEYIDOV, Ms Sahiba GAFAROVA, Mr Rafael HUSEYNOV, Mr Mevlüt ÇAVUŞOĞLU
If adopted, amendments 4, 17 falls.
Votes: 50 in favor 139 against 5 abstentions
In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 15 with the following paragraph:
"The Assembly is especially concerned about the situation in the North Caucasus. The end of military actions, as well as the measures undertaken by the federal authorities aimed at restoring and modernising the infrastructure and rebuilding the towns, have considerably improved the living conditions of the population. At the same time, the continuing terrorist acts, killings of military personnel, civilians and clergy, the continuing human rights violations and an atmosphere of impunity, lead to an increase of violence and to a volatile situation in the region. Expressing its condemnation of the terrorist acts and solidarity with their victims, the Assembly at the same time notes the excessive use of force and abuses by law enforcement agents."
01 October 2012
Tabled by Ms Anne BRASSEUR, Ms Ankie BROEKERS-KNOL, Mr Josep Anton BARDINA PAU, Mr Terry LEYDEN, Ms Doris FIALA, Ms Mailis REPS, Mr Jordi XUCLÀ
Falls if amendment 22 is adopted.
Votes: 29 in favor 162 against 7 abstentions
In the draft resolution, paragraph 15, replace the words "and in particular in Ingushetia and Dagestan" with the following words: "in particular in Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan".
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Alexey PUSHKOV, Mr Leonid SLUTSKIY, Mr Alexander SIDYAKIN, Mr Alexey KNYSHOV, Mr Miloš ALIGRUDIĆ, Mr Samad SEYIDOV, Ms Sahiba GAFAROVA, Ms Sevinj FATALIYEVA, Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER, Lady Diana ECCLES, Baroness Margaret EATON
Falls if amendment 22 is adopted.
Votes: 36 in favor 156 against 4 abstentions
In the draft resolution, paragraph 15, delete the last sentence.
01 October 2012
Tabled by the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
Votes: 141 in favor 39 against 12 abstentions
In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 18, add the following sentence: "The opening of polling stations in Abkhazia (Georgia), South Ossetia (Georgia) and Transdniestria (Republic of Moldova) without the explicit consent of the de jure authorities in Tbilisi and Chisinau, as well as the prior 'passportisation' of populations in these territories, violated the territorial integrity of these states, as recognised by the international community, including the Parliamentary Assembly."
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Robert BIEDROŃ, Mr Jonas GUNNARSSON, Ms Carina HÄGG, Ms Carina OHLSSON, Ms Gülsün BİLGEHAN, Ms Susanna HUOVINEN, Mr Vilmos SZABÓ, Ms Tineke STRIK, Mr Klaas de VRIES, Lord John E. TOMLINSON, Sir Alan MEALE, Mr Jim DOBBIN, Mr Joseph DEBONO GRECH, Ms Marlene RUPPRECHT, Mr Johannes PFLUG, Ms Viola von CRAMON-TAUBADEL, Mr Jerzy MONTAG, Mr Marek BOROWSKI, Ms Liliane MAURY PASQUIER, Mr Indrek SAAR, Ms Lise CHRISTOFFERSEN, Mr Gvozden Srećko FLEGO, Ms Melita MULIĆ, Ms Nansi TIRELI, Mr Jean-Charles GARDETTO, Mr Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Mr Mogens JENSEN
Votes: 136 in favor 40 against 12 abstentions
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 18, insert the following paragraph:
"Continuing attacks on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons remain a serious concern, with the introduction of laws restricting freedom of expression and assembly in relation to homosexuality in nine constituent entities of the Russian Federation and a proposal for similar legislation in the Federal Duma, and with the widespread refusal to allow peaceful assemblies despite the European Court of Human Rights judgment in Alekseyev v. Russia."
01 October 2012
Tabled by the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
In the draft resolution, paragraph 21, after the words "a number of shortcomings" insert the following words : ", as well as to its forthcoming opinion on the amendments to the Law on the Freedom of Assembly adopted on 9 June 2012".
01 October 2012
Tabled by the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 22, insert the following paragraph:
"The Assembly is very concerned by the Duma's recent decision to deprive Mr Gennady Gudkov, member of the 'Just Russia' party, of his parliamentary mandate on the basis of Article 4, 1-B of the Law on the Status of the Deputies of the Duma, in conjunction with Article 6, paragraph 2-B, which prohibits a member of the Duma from engaging in any business activity. This decision, taken by a simple majority vote on the basis of the evidence provided by the General Prosecutor's Office and the Investigation Committee without any court proceedings, establishes a dangerous precedent which may undermine the very essence of representative democracy. The Assembly calls on the Duma to retract its decision and establish a proper procedure for the implementation of legal provisions regarding incompatibilities which would comply with democratic standards."
01 October 2012
Tabled by Ms Anne BRASSEUR, Ms Ankie BROEKERS-KNOL, Mr Josep Anton BARDINA PAU, Mr Terry LEYDEN, Ms Doris FIALA, Ms Mailis REPS, Mr Jordi XUCLÀ
Votes: 164 in favor 31 against 5 abstentions
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 23.1.6, insert the following paragraph:
"the possibility for different political parties to constitute electoral blocs."
01 October 2012
Tabled by Ms Anne BRASSEUR, Ms Ankie BROEKERS-KNOL, Mr Josep Anton BARDINA PAU, Mr Terry LEYDEN, Ms Doris FIALA, Ms Mailis REPS, Mr Jordi XUCLÀ
Votes: 31 in favor 162 against 8 abstentions
In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 23.3 with the following paragraph:
"establish a meaningful political dialogue with the opposition not represented in the State Duma;"
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Alexey PUSHKOV, Mr Leonid SLUTSKIY, Mr Alexander SIDYAKIN, Mr Alexey KNYSHOV, Mr Miloš ALIGRUDIĆ, Mr Davit HARUTYUNYAN, Mr Samad SEYIDOV, Ms Sahiba GAFAROVA, Ms Sevinj FATALIYEVA, Mr Øyvind VAKSDAL, Mr Brian BINLEY, Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER, Lady Diana ECCLES, Baroness Margaret EATON
Votes: 164 in favor 10 against 8 abstentions
In the draft resolution, delete paragraph 23.30.
Explanatory note
The explanatory memorandum does not give any grounds to claim that the law on alternative military service is not in line with European practice, which, in fact, does not exist.
01 October 2012
Tabled by Ms Anne BRASSEUR, Ms Ankie BROEKERS-KNOL, Mr Josep Anton BARDINA PAU, Mr Terry LEYDEN, Ms Doris FIALA, Ms Mailis REPS, Mr Jordi XUCLÀ
Votes: 36 in favor 157 against 11 abstentions
In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 23.31, add the following words: ", as well as against those involved in non-violent activities, including critical assessments of political, public or religious organisations".
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Robert BIEDROŃ, Mr Jonas GUNNARSSON, Ms Carina HÄGG, Ms Carina OHLSSON, Ms Gülsün BİLGEHAN, Ms Susanna HUOVINEN, Mr Vilmos SZABÓ, Ms Tineke STRIK, Mr Klaas de VRIES, Lord John E. TOMLINSON, Sir Alan MEALE, Mr Jim DOBBIN, Mr Joseph DEBONO GRECH, Ms Marlene RUPPRECHT, Mr Johannes PFLUG, Ms Viola von CRAMON-TAUBADEL, Mr Jerzy MONTAG, Mr Marek BOROWSKI, Ms Liliane MAURY PASQUIER, Mr Indrek SAAR, Ms Lise CHRISTOFFERSEN, Mr Gvozden Srećko FLEGO, Ms Melita MULIĆ, Ms Nansi TIRELI, Mr Jean-Charles GARDETTO, Mr Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Mr Mogens JENSEN
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 23.31, insert the following paragraph:
"ensure that laws restricting freedom of expression and assembly in relation to homosexuality are repealed and that the right of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons to freedom of assembly is guaranteed;"
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Alexey PUSHKOV, Mr Leonid SLUTSKIY, Mr Alexander SIDYAKIN, Mr Alexey KNYSHOV, Mr Miloš ALIGRUDIĆ, Mr Samad SEYIDOV, Ms Sahiba GAFAROVA, Ms Sevinj FATALIYEVA, Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER, Lady Diana ECCLES, Baroness Margaret EATON
Votes: 46 in favor 141 against 13 abstentions
In the draft resolution, paragraph 23.32, replace the word "implement" with the following words: "consider the implementation, where possible, of".
01 October 2012
Tabled by the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
Votes: 137 in favor 47 against 15 abstentions
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 23.33, insert the following paragraph:
"denounce as wrong the concept of two different categories of foreign country, whereby some are treated as a zone of special influence called 'the near abroad' and refrain from promoting the geographical doctrine of zones of 'privileged interests';"
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Viorel Riceard BADEA, Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Mr Ferenc KALMÁR, Ms Stella KYRIAKIDES, Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS, Ms Liliana PALIHOVICI, Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Mr Tudor PANŢIRU, Ms Ana GUŢU
In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 23.34 with the following paragraph:
"continue efforts to settle rapidly outstanding issues on the return of cultural and other property by direct negotiation with the countries concerned, in accordance with the commitments assumed by the Russian Federation through Opinion 193 (1996), paragraphs 10.xii, 10.xiii and 10.xiv."
Explanatory note
The progress made by Russia concerning the returning of cultural goods and other properties belonging to some member states is minimal. Solving all the requests in a reasonable time represents more than a moral duty that should be called to mind.
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Viorel Riceard BADEA, Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Mr Ferenc KALMÁR, Ms Stella KYRIAKIDES, Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS, Ms Liliana PALIHOVICI, Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Mr Tudor PANŢIRU, Ms Ana GUŢU
Votes: 23 in favor 161 against 14 abstentions
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 23.34, insert the following paragraph:
"The restitution of the Treasure of Romania, temporarily evacuated to Moscow during World War I, based on bilateral agreements between the Romanian authorities and the Russian authorities, when the two countries were allied, whereby the Government of Russia guaranteed the safety of transport, the safety of deposit, and the safety of return to Romania of the said Treasure. The restitution could begin with the metallic gold stock of the National Bank of Romania, consisting of 93.4 tons in coins and bars, for which Romania has transmitted once again to the Russian Federation, in 2004, precise inventories and documentation."
Explanatory note
The bilateral negotiations on the Romanian Treasure, stored in Moscow, have been blocked by the Russian side for the last six years. Accordingly, we consider it necessary to make a special reference to this issue, which might help to unblock the dialogue and solve an issue which has been contentious for almost 100 years.
01 October 2012
Tabled by Ms Ana GUŢU, Mr Josep Anton BARDINA PAU, Mr Bernard MARQUET, Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Ms Arlette GROSSKOST, Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Mr Andrzej HALICKI, Mr Pedro AGRAMUNT, Mr Arcadio DÍAZ TEJERA, Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Mr Viorel Riceard BADEA, Mr Tudor PANŢIRU
Votes: 39 in favor 154 against 8 abstentions
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 23.34, insert the following paragraph:
"to put a stop to the political and economic pressure exerted by the company Gazprom by means of the price charged for natural gas sold to the countries of central and eastern Europe."
Explanatory note
The Russian Federation uses its natural resources to blackmail the countries of central and eastern Europe, for example the Republic of Moldova, in an attempt to convince them to accede to the so-called Euro-Asian Union of which Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are members.
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Viorel Riceard BADEA, Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Mr Ferenc KALMÁR, Ms Stella KYRIAKIDES, Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS, Ms Liliana PALIHOVICI, Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Mr Tudor PANŢIRU, Ms Ana GUŢU
Votes: 20 in favor 170 against 8 abstentions
In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 24, insert the following words: ", and will return as soon as possible all property and cultural goods claimed by other member states of the Council of Europe."
Explanatory note
This aims to insert into future priorities the issue of solving the claims of other states regarding the return of properties and cultural goods to their true owners, as the process is confronted with major difficulties.
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Viorel Riceard BADEA, Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Mr Ferenc KALMÁR, Ms Stella KYRIAKIDES, Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS, Ms Liliana PALIHOVICI, Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Mr Tudor PANŢIRU, Ms Ana GUŢU
If adopted, amendment 7 falls.
Votes: 142 in favor 31 against 5 abstentions
In the draft resolution, paragraph 25, replace the words "substantial progress with regard to the issues raised in this and the above mentioned resolutions" with the following words: "their complete fulfilment, as provided by Opinion 193 (1996) of the Assembly and subsequent resolutions, recommendations and reports".
Explanatory note
This amendment underlines that all Russia's commitments, reflected in Opinion 193 (1996) of the Assembly and in its subsequent resolutions, have an equal status and should be monitored by the Assembly until their full implementation.
01 October 2012
Tabled by Mr Alexey PUSHKOV, Mr Vyacheslav FETISOV, Ms Nadezda GERASIMOVA, Ms Elena NIKOLAEVA, Mr Robert SHLEGEL, Mr Tamerlan AGUZAROV, Mr Miloš ALIGRUDIĆ, Mr Samad SEYIDOV, Ms Sahiba GAFAROVA, Ms Sevinj FATALIYEVA, Mr Øyvind VAKSDAL, Mr Brian BINLEY, Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER, Lady Diana ECCLES, Baroness Margaret EATON
Falls if amendment 12 is adopted.
In the draft resolution, paragraph 25, replace the words "the issues raised in this and the above-mentioned resolutions" with the following words : "the terms of reference of the Assembly Committee of the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (the Monitoring Committee)".
Explanatory note
This falls within the scope of the monitoring mandate.