Rules of Procedure of the Assembly (January 2023)
(Resolution 1202 (1999) adopted on 4 November 1999) with subsequent modifications of the Rules of Procedure* ![* Resolutions 1220 (2000),
1234 (2000), 1235 (2000), 1266 (2001), 1275 (2002), 1284 (2002),
1296 (2002), 1325 (2003), 1343 (2003), 1348 (2003), 1356 (2003),
1368 (2004), 1369 (2004), 1379 (2004), 1395 (2004), 1431 (2005),
1432 (2005), 1445 (2005), 1447 (2005), 1448 (2005), 1490 (2006),
1491 (2006), 1503 (2006), 1504 (2006), 1515 (2006), 1529 (2006),
1554 (2007), 1583 (2007), 1584 (2007), 1585 (2007), 1658 (2009),
1698 (2009), 1699 (2009), 1712 (2010), 1780 (2010), 1799 (2011),
1841 (2011), 1842 (2011), 1854 (2011), 1903 (2012), 1911 (2012),
1937 (2013), 1965 (2013), 2002 (2014), 2058 (2015), 2102 (2016),
2169 (2017), 2182 (2017), 2208 (2018), 2278 (2019), 2287 (2019),
2349 (2020), 2350 (2020), 2360 (2021), 2392 (2021), 2405 (2021)<br><br>Wherever used herein, the masculine form refers to both women and men, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The words "President", "Vice-President", "Secretary General", "Representative", "Substitute", "chairperson", etc. refer to persons of both sexes.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
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Additional provisions relating to Assembly debates Retour au sommaire Atteindre l'élement suivant Atteindre l'élement précédent
(adopted by the Bureau of the Assembly on 25 March 2002
and
17 December 2007
) ![The additional provisions relating to Assembly debates shall
apply in accordance with the provisions set out in Rule when the Assembly meets
in a hybrid manner or remotely.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![Approved by the Standing Committee on 26 March 2002.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![See Doc. 11490 Part 1.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![The additional provisions relating to Assembly debates shall
apply in accordance with the provisions set out in Rule when the Assembly meets
in a hybrid manner or remotely.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
vii. - Protection
against attacks on a person's honour and reputation (Rule 22.6 of
the Rules of Procedure) - right of reply ![See Resolution
1854 (2011). On 21 January 2013, the Bureau of the Assembly decided
that the right-to-reply procedure provided for in Resolution 1854
(2011) concerning response to defamatory statements made in plenary
sittings shall apply mutatis mutandis to statements
made during meetings of the Bureau or of committees.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
1. Any member of
the Assembly who has been named or referred to directly and considers that
his or her reputation has been adversely affected by a statement
made in the course of a debate by another member may ask the President
of the Assembly the authorisation to take the floor for not more
than two minutes at the end of the debate. The President has the
discretion to decide on how to respond to such a request. He or
she may ask the person who made the statement to provide an explanation.
2. Any person who
has been named or referred to directly and considers that his or
her reputation has been adversely affected by a statement made in
the course of a debate by a member of the Assembly may submit a
written request to the President of the Assembly for an appropriate
response to be included in the official report.
3. The written request
shall be reasoned, make reference to the impugned statement in the report
and shall not contain any vexatious or offensive wording; it shall
be submitted within three months of the date of the sitting during
which the statement at issue was made.
4. The President
shall examine the request and decide:
— either to include in the report a note in respect of the impugned statement along the following model: "By letter dated …, [person's name] disagrees with the assertion/statement appearing in this report, on the ground that …";
— or not to include such a note.