Amendment No. 6 | Doc. 14779 | 23 January 2019

Promoting the rights of persons belonging to national minorities

Signatories: Mr Mustafa YENEROĞLU, Turkey, FDG ; Mr Kamil AYDIN, Turkey, EC ; Mr Cemal ÇETİN, Turkey, EC ; Mr Ali ŞAHİN, Turkey, EC ; Mr Zafer SIRAKAYA, Turkey, NR ; Ms Serap YAŞAR, Turkey, EC

Origin - 2019 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 6, after the words:

"European Convention on Human Rights",

insert the following words:

"and full implementation of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights concerning the rights of persons belonging to national minorities".

Explanatory note

Three associations which were dissolved in Greece in 1986 lodged a complaint. The ECtHR held unanimously there had been a violation of Article 11 of ECHR. Therefore, full implementation of the judgments of ECtHR should be stressed, since judgments finding violations are binding on the States.