18 February 1993
Doc. 6779
WRITTEN DECLARATION No. 227
on homosexual rights
in the new democracies
The undersigned, members of the Assembly,
1. Recognising that the new democracies in Eastern Europe, rising after the fall of communist regimes, aspire to membership in the Council of Europe;
2. Noting that the application for membership is followed by a procedure establishing the progress of democratisation in a country which considers points such as the constitution, free election, minority rights, citizens' participation,
3. Draw the Assembly's attention to the fact that under communist regimes homosexual people were denied rights as laid down in the Council of Europe Human Rights Charter, and express their belief that establishing the right of homosexual people not to be discriminated against within the legislative framework of the new democracies is a subject that should be given care and attention.
Signed: Graenitz
Espersen
Gjørv
Haller
Robert
Schwimmer
Havik
Schieder
Ruffy
Koritzinsky
Baarveld-Schlaman
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