1. As far as Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation
1742 (2006) on “Human rights of members of the armed forces” is
concerned, the Committee of Ministers recalls that it adopted a
reply on 28 March 2007.
2. Subsequently, in 2010, as part of the follow-up to the Assembly
recommendation, the Committee of Ministers adopted its own Recommendation
CM/Rec(2010)4 to member States on human rights of members of the
armed forces. The implementation of the latter was subject to review
two years after its adoption. This review has now been completed.
At its meeting on 12 and 13 February 2014, the Committee of Ministers, having
taken due note of the report prepared by the Steering Committee
for Human Rights (CDDH) on this matter, decided to encourage member
States to continue their efforts as appropriate to implement the
various provisions of the recommendation and to translate and disseminate
it as widely as possible. The Committee of Ministers encouraged
further the organisation, upon request from member States, of assistance
and capacity-building activities to facilitate their implementation
of the recommendation at national level. Finally, the Committee
of Ministers agreed to request the CDDH to come back to the issue
of the implementation of the recommendation within the biennium
2016-2017.
