Amendment No. 5 | Doc. 14570 | 26 June 2018

New restrictions on NGO activities in Council of Europe member States

Signatories: Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria, SOC ; Ms Rósa Björk BRYNJÓLFSDÓTTIR, Iceland, UEL ; Lord George FOULKES, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Jonas GUNNARSSON, Sweden, SOC ; Ms Tineke STRIK, Netherlands, SOC

Origin - 2018 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 10.2, replace the words:

"by making use of the expertise of the Council of Europe, and in particular of the Venice Commission and"

with the following words:

"(including the Joint Venice Commission/OSCE ODIHR Guidelines on Freedom of Association and on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly), by making use of the Council of Europe, and in particular of the Venice Commission and the Expert Council on NGO Law of"