Sub-Amendment to Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 13011 | 03 October 2012

The definition of political prisoner

Signatories: Mr Christoph STRÄSSER, Germany, SOC ; Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia, SOC ; Mr Michael McNAMARA, Ireland, SOC ; Mr Jerzy MONTAG, Germany, SOC ; Mr René ROUQUET, France, SOC ; Mr Kimmo SASI, Finland, EPP/CD ; Ms Tineke STRIK, Netherlands, SOC

Origin - 2012 - Fourth part-session

In the proposed amendment, replace the second sentence with the following sentence:

"They were applied to cases with regard to two countries during their accession to the Council of Europe and have not until now been subject to comprehensive debate or explicit approval by the Parliamentary Assembly."

Explanatory note

The sub-amendment aims to correct a factual inaccuracy whilst maintaining as much as possible of the text. The criteria were applied to well over 800 cases during the accession of two countries to the Council of Europe, and were subject to implicit approval by the Parliamentary Assembly when it approved the two previous reports on political prisoners.