Amendment No. 23 | Doc. 13445 | 07 April 2014

The situation and rights of traditional national minorities in Europe

Signatories: Mr Ionuţ-Marian STROE, Romania, ALDE ; Mr Viorel Riceard BADEA, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Ms Alina Ştefania GORGHIU, Romania, ALDE ; Ms Ana GUŢU, Republic of Moldova, ALDE ; Ms Guguli MAGRADZE, Georgia, SOC ; Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Romania, EPP/CD

Origin - 2014 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 4, insert the following paragraph:

"The Assembly acknowledges that States have the sovereign decision to choose between affording protection to persons belonging to national minorities, focusing on the individual dimension of the rights enjoyed by them, or on the collective dimension of these rights. International law does not in any way oblige States to recognize collective rights for persons belonging to national minorities."