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The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey

Amendment No. 56 | Doc. 14282 | 24 April 2017

Committee
Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
Origin
2017 - Second part-session
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 7, insert the following paragraph:

"In this context, the Assembly recalls that the reintroduction of the death penalty would be incompatible with membership of the Council of Europe and urges the Turkish Grand National Assembly to refrain from any move that could lead to the reintroduction of capital punishment and thus jeopardise Turkey’s membership of the Council of Europe".