Amendment No. 6 | Doc. 13806 | 23 June 2015

Situation in Hungary following the adoption of Assembly Resolution 1941 (2013)

Signatories: Mr Gábor HARANGOZÓ, Hungary, SOC ; Ms Doris BARNETT, Germany, SOC ; Mr Andreas GROSS, Switzerland, SOC ; Mr Jonas GUNNARSSON, Sweden, SOC ; Mr Attila MESTERHÁZY, Hungary, SOC ; Ms Carina OHLSSON, Sweden, SOC ; Ms Mechthild RAWERT, Germany, SOC ; Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria, SOC ; Mr Andreas SCHIEDER, Austria, SOC ; Mr Frithjof SCHMIDT, Germany, SOC ; Mr Frank SCHWABE, Germany, SOC

Origin - 2015 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 2.1, replace the sentence "On 15 May 2015, the Hungarian authorities informed the Council of Europe that six churches were about to sign an agreement, while four others were about to sign a partial agreement, but this fact does not ensure compliance with the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights;" with the following sentence:

"Despite the Court's judgment the Hungarian authorities have still not complied with point 12.1 of the Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 1941 (2013), and the Hungarian Government negotiates merely about financial compensation with the churches deprived of their church status;"

Explanatory note

The draft decision highlights the agreement of the Government with six churches concerned. However the point is that the Hungarian authorities have still not implemented the requirements as enshrined in paragraph 12.1 of Resolution 1941 (2013), despite the fact that in the meantime the ECHR's judgment turned the Assembly's recommendation into a legal obligation.