Restructuring and streamlining of the Assembly's Rules of Procedure
Resolution 2656
(2026)
Author(s):
Parliamentary Assembly
Origin
Text
adopted by the Standing Committee, acting on behalf of
the Assembly, on 22 May 2026 (see Doc. 16409, report of the Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities,
rapporteur: Mr Constantinos Efstathiou).
1. The Parliamentary Assembly regularly
revises its Rules of Procedure to ensure that they are up to date, consistent
and effective. The last general revision took place in 1999. Since
then, numerous amendments have been made to the Rules of Procedure
themselves and a considerable number of complementary texts have been
added. Consequently, the rulebook that contains the Rules of Procedure
and some of these complementary texts has become rather lengthy
and unwieldy.
2. The Assembly resolves to restructure and streamline its Rules
of Procedure. The aim of this effort is not to introduce significant
amendments, but to make the Rules more user friendly. The revised
structure divides the Rules of Procedure into four parts: A. Basic
principles of the Assembly, B. Rules on the functioning of the Assembly,
C. Rules on the functioning of committees and D. Code of conduct
for members of the Parliamentary Assembly. To ensure the overall
coherence of the entire body of its procedural texts, the Assembly
additionally resolves to restructure and streamline its complementary
texts.
3. The Assembly adopts its restructured Rules of Procedure contained
in the appendix to this Resolution, which shall enter into force
at the opening of the January 2027 part-session.
Appendix to
the Resolution “Restructuring and streamlining of the Assembly’s
Rules of Procedure”
