“Preventing
vaccine discrimination”, the Parliamentary Assembly recommends that
the Committee of Ministers:
1.1 establish
a list of human rights-compliant and effective practices as regards
the use of passes during the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing in particular
on the purposes for which they were used, the conditions under which
they were issued and the period of their validity;
1.2 reflect on the impact of requirements to use Covid passes,
and in particular vaccine passes, on human rights and fundamental
freedoms, and consider how best to ensure that such measures do
not constitute discriminatory practices in light of Article 14 of
the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No. 5);
1.3 exchange information on these issues with other international
organisations, such as the United Nations, the World Health Organization
(WHO) and the European Union and reflect, in co-operation with them,
on the need to establish further common standards on measures to
counter the Covid-19 pandemic;
1.4 provide input to the WHO Intergovernmental Negotiating
Body tasked with drafting and negotiating a WHO convention, agreement
or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness
and response, with the aim of ensuring its compatibility with Council
of Europe human rights standards.
