Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 13106 | 23 January 2013

Migration and asylum: mounting tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean

Signatories: Ms Pelin GÜNDEŞ BAKIR, Turkey, EDG ; Mr Şaban DİŞLİ, Turkey, EPP/CD ; Ms Tülin ERKAL KARA, Turkey, EPP/CD ; Mr Burhan KAYATÜRK, Turkey, EPP/CD ; Mr Ahmet Kutalmiş TÜRKEŞ, Turkey, EDG

Origin - 2013 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, delete paragraph 15.4.

Explanatory note

The geographical limitation implemented by Turkey is not a reservation of Turkey but quite the contrary; it is a right recognized by article 1[B] of the 1951 Geneva Convention. The judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of A.G. and others v. Turkey (Application No:40229/98, 15.06.1999) confirms this.