Amendment No. 7 | Doc. 13392 | 08 April 2014

Access to nationality and the effective implementation of the European Convention on Nationality

Signatories: Ms Chiora TAKTAKISHVILI, Georgia, ALDE ; Ms Lolita ČIGĀNE, Latvia, EPP/CD ; Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Giorgi KANDELAKI, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Ms Inese LĪBIŅA-EGNERE, Latvia, EPP/CD ; Ms Meritxell MATEU PI, Andorra, ALDE ; Ms Liliana PALIHOVICI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD

Origin - 2014 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, before paragraph 8, insert the following paragraph:

"The Assembly calls on the Russian Federation to stop the en masse distribution of Russian passports in other member states and to amend its legislation on the authorization of military actions based on the need to protect its own citizens, in line with the opinion of the Venice Commission (CDL-AD(2010)052)."

Explanatory note

The Assembly has continuesly comdemned the practice of large scale "passportizations" by the Russian Federation in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine (Resolution 1683(2009), 1696(2009), 1896(2012)). The Assembly has to upheld the position of the Venice Commission concerning the law on Defense of the Russian Federation.