23/04/2013 Legal Affairs and Human Rights
The majority of Council of Europe conventions are open to non-member States, but few of them have availed themselves of this opportunity.
According to PACE’s Legal Affairs Committee, the Council of Europe should promote accession of relevant conventions by non-member States.
Following the proposals of the rapporteur (Rafael Huseynov, Azerbaijan ALDE), the Committee proposed a number of measures such as the organisation of conferences, seminars and training workshops on themes covered by relevant Council of Europe instruments or the promoting contacts at the political and technical levels within the framework of the Neighbourhood Policy and the new Council of Europe cooperation programmes with countries within the Mediterranean region and Central Asia.