Incompatibility of a paid office under the Council of Europe with parliamentary membership

Resolution 96 (1956)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

This Resolution was adopted by the Assembly at its 10th Sitting, on 20th April, 1956 (see Doc. 502, draft Resolution of the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges, and Explanatory Memorandum by M. Biehet, Rapporteur).

The Assembly,

Having been seized of the question "whether a Representative to the Assembly should or not be qualified to accept nomination to an office of profit or paid employment under the Assembly",

Resolves :

1 Under the terms of Article 36 (d) of the Statute, the holding of a salaried post in the Office of the Clerk and other Departments of the Secretariat-General of the Council of Europe is incompatible with the position of Representative to the Consultative Assembly or member of a national parliament.

2 A person who has been a Representative to the Consultative Assembly or member of a national parliament shall be debarred from applying for or accepting a salaried post in the Office of the Clerk and other Departments of the Secretariat-General of the Council of Europe until two years have elapsed since the termination of this mandate.

3 A Representative to the Consultative Assembly shall be at liberty to become a member of the European Commission of Human Rights.