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.

Rules of Procedure of the Assembly

Parts: I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII.

Complementary texts

Parts: I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII.

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    Complementary electoral procedure See Resolution 2349 (2020) of the Assembly. Retour au sommaire Atteindre l'élement précédent

      iii. - Postal voting in elections

      1. The Bureau of the Assembly shall draw up the timetable for the election and the deadlines for each phase of the operations (including taking into account the possible organisation of a second round.
      2. Each national delegation shall decide on the names of the members (representatives and duly authorised substitutes) who will be entitled to vote in a given ballot and notify the list of these names to the Secretariat of the Assembly in order to establish the voting register; a delegation cannot appoint more voting members than it holds seats in the Assembly.
      3. The Table Office shall send to each member thus designated, via the delegation, the postal voting material, namely ballot papers and envelopes, sworn declarations and return envelopes, in as many copies as there are members of the delegation entitled to vote; the Table Office shall use the same international transport company to send the material to all delegations.
      4. Members shall receive, by e-mail to their personal mailbox, the curricula vitae of the candidates, as well as, for the election of a judge, the recommendations of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights.
      5. The ballot papers and envelopes sent shall be strictly identical for all members and delegations and shall not bear any distinguishing marks, so as to ensure the complete confidentiality of the vote.
      6. Each member entitled to vote shall complete the ballot paper received, place it in the envelope provided and seal it, and sign the sworn declaration.
      7. A sealed envelope – in which all the envelopes containing the ballot papers of the members of the delegation entitled to vote, as well as their sworn declarations are enclosed – shall be sent to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly by an international transport company, under the responsibility of the speaker of the national parliament concerned, who shall certify the regularity of the vote at delegation level.
      8. The opening of the sealed envelopes and the counting of the votes shall be carried out at the Secretariat of the Assembly on a date fixed by the Bureau of the Assembly, under the supervision of tellers appointed by the political groups (one teller per group appointed among its members in advance of the election) and physically present in Strasbourg; the tellers shall be responsible for opening the envelopes and be able to certify that the counting and tabulation of the results strictly comply with the rules, in particular those concerning the confidentiality of the vote.
      9. A sealed envelope in which the ballot papers of several members of a delegation are enclosed, and containing more ballot papers than there are names on the delegation voting list, or more ballot papers that there are sworn declarations transmitted together, shall result in the annulment of all the votes of the delegation concerned.
      10. The President of the Assembly shall publicly announce the results of the vote as soon as possible; the results shall be published on the Assembly’s website.
      11. The voting register shall be made available to any Assembly member or any candidate on request.
      12. The above provisions shall apply to the organisation of a second round.