Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 14567 | 25 June 2018

Protecting human rights defenders in Council of Europe member States

Signatories: Mr Akif Çağatay KILIÇ, Turkey, EC ; Mr Yasin AKTAY, Turkey, FDG ; Ms Ganira PASHAYEVA, Azerbaijan, FDG ; Mr Samad SEYIDOV, Azerbaijan, EC ; Mr Yıldırım Tuğrul TÜRKEŞ, Turkey, EC ; Mr Mustafa YENEROĞLU, Turkey, FDG

Origin - 2018 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, delete paragraph 5.8.

Explanatory note

It is considered that these words pose the risk of being exploited as a means of "evasion" from judicial processes and sponsoring people suspected of being members of terrorist organisations or who have an active arrest warrant.