Amendment No. 3 | Doc. 13944 | 25 January 2016

Introduction of sanctions against parliamentarians

Signatories: Mr Volodymyr ARIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Iryna GERASHCHENKO, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, EC ; Ms Mariia IONOVA, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Giorgi KANDELAKI, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Ms Olena SOTNYK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Chiora TAKTAKISHVILI, Georgia, ALDE ; Mr Leonid YEMETS, Ukraine, EPP/CD

Origin - 2016 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 5, insert the following paragraph:

"However, the Assembly stresses that the measures which could be adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly against its delegations or members, individually, under its Rules of Procedure are not part of a sanctions regime regulated by international law. These measures should be seen as a mechanism to prevent serious violations of the basic principles established by the Statute of the Council of Europe and persistent failures to honour obligations and commitments by the Council of Europe's member States."