Abuse of pretrial detention in States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights

Amendment No. 9 | Doc. 13863 | 29 September 2015

Signatories:

Ms Manana KOBAKHIDZE, Georgia, SOC ; Lord Donald ANDERSON, United Kingdom, SOC ; Ms Eka BESELIA, Georgia, SOC ; Mr Süreyya Sadi BİLGİÇ, Turkey, EC ; Ms Valentina BULIGA, Republic of Moldova, SOC ; Mr Ahmet Berat ÇONKAR, Turkey, EC ; Mr David CRAUSBY, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Zviad KVATCHANTIRADZE, Georgia, EC ; Ms Guguli MAGRADZE, Georgia, SOC ; Sir Alan MEALE, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Ali ŞAHİN, Turkey, EC ; Lord John E. TOMLINSON, United Kingdom, SOC

Origin

2015 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 12.2.2 with the following paragraph:

"use pre-trial detention only in compliance with Article 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and with the standards established by the European Court of Human Rights."

Explanatory note

PACE has no competence to interfere in the jurisdiction of domestic courts and call for the release of detainees in this way. Even the European Court only makes such appeals in exceptional cases. If the current paragraph formulation remains, PACE would violate the principle of independence of the judiciary.