European Union and Council of Europe human rights agendas: synergies not duplication!

Amendment No. 2 | Doc. 13321 | 02 October 2013

Signatories:

Mr Robert WALTER, United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Pedro AGRAMUNT, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Telmo CORREIA, Portugal, EDG ; Mr Jeffrey DONALDSON, United Kingdom, EDG ; Baroness Diana ECCLES, United Kingdom, EDG ; Sir Roger GALE, United Kingdom, EDG ; Sir Edward LEIGH, United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Robert NEILL, United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Alexey PUSHKOV, Russian Federation, EDG ; Mr Jim SHERIDAN, United Kingdom, SOC ; Ms Karin S. WOLDSETH, Norway, EDG

Origin

2013 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 9, insert the following paragraph:

"The Assembly condemns any proposal by the European Union and/or the European Parliament to undermine or challenge the supreme position of the European Convention on Human Rights as the definitive European legal instrument which addresses Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law in the 47 member countries of the Council of Europe."