Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 14570 | 26 June 2018

New restrictions on NGO activities 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 8.

Explanatory note

We totally reject the idea that no effective remedy is at the disposal of closed NGOs under the State of Emergency and therefore the SoE should be lifted. Effective domestic remedies are in place and this is also recognised by the European Court of Human Rights.