Referred to Committee.
See: Doc. No 77, Report, and Official Report No. 8. 1949 - 1st Session (10/08/1949 - 8/9/1949)
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Measures for the fulfilment of the declared aim of the Council
of Europe in accordance with Article 1 of the Statute in regard
to the maintenance and further realisation of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms.
The Assembly recommends that the Member States of the Council
of Europe should, in pursuance of the aim enunciated in Article
1 of the Statute, accept the principle of collective responsibility
for the maintenance of Human Rights and fundamental freedoms, and
for this purpose, should immediately conclude a convention by which
each Member State would undertake:
a to
maintain intact the Human Rights and fundamental freedoms assured
by the constitution, laws and administrative practice actually existing
in their respective countries at the date of the signature of the convention;
and
b to set up a European Commission of Human Rights and a
European Court of Human Rights, for the purpose of assuring the
observance of the above-mentioned convention.
The Assembly recommends to the Committee of Ministers that
in preparing the above-mentioned convention, consideration should
be given to the draft attached to this Motion.
It is decided to refer to an appropriate Committee of the
Assembly the question of the definition of Human Rights raised in
the letter of the Committee of Ministers communicated to the Assembly
on 16th August, 1949, with the request that it will prepare a report
for consideration by the Assembly at its next session. The preparation
of this report should not delay consideration by the Committee of
Ministers of the proposed convention, which, in the opinion of the
Assembly, can and must be concluded immediately.
