Amendment No. 2 | Doc. 13385 | 27 January 2014

A strategy to prevent racism and intolerance in Europe

Signatories: Mr Philippe MAHOUX, Belgium, SOC ; Mr Philippe BLANCHART, Belgium, SOC ; Mr Olivier HENRY, Belgium, SOC ; Mr Dirk Van der MAELEN, Belgium, SOC ; Ms Fatiha SAÏDI, Belgium, SOC

Origin - 2014 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 2, insert the following paragraph:

"The fact that some national legislations do not consider racist insults and discrimination as criminal offences effectively sends out a negative signal to European peoples as there is no provision for any official sanction against these actions."