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).Provisional
version subject to editorial review.
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,
containing the Rules of Procedure and some of these additional 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 separate 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”
