Amendment No. 6 | Doc. 14397 | 10 October 2017

Azerbaijan’s Chairmanship of the Council of Europe: what follow-up on respect for human rights?

Signatories: Mr Frank SCHWABE, Germany, SOC ; Ms Doris BARNETT, Germany, SOC ; Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia, SOC ; Ms Ute FINCKH-KRÄMER, Germany, SOC ; Ms Gabriela HEINRICH, Germany, SOC

Origin - 2017 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 5, first sentence, replace the words "of allegations of violations of certain human rights and fundamental freedoms," with the following words:

"of reports of violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms,".

Explanatory note

The resolution should refrain from language that casts serious doubt on the validity of information about human rights violations. Terms like "certain rights" and "allegations"; in reference to credible information from leading international and national NGOs implies that the Assembly does not take this data on human rights violations seriously.