Parliamentary Assembly
Assemblée parlementaire

Doc. 10887
10 April 2006

Inadmissibility of anti-Semitism in the social and political life of the Council of Europe member states

Motion for a resolution
presented by Mr Margelov and others

This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only the members who have signed it

Anti-Semitism as one of the forms of xenophobia has nothing in common with ideas of democracy and human rights. It contradicts the high standards of the Council of Europe and the main norms of international law contained, in particular, in the United Nations documents, the European Convention on Human Rights, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe resolutions and OSCE decisions.

Unfortunately, today anti-Semitism is coming back to the social and political life of certain European states. We are very concerned, in particular, with what the Council of Europe Commissioner on Human Rights reveals in his reports on a number of member states. Europe should not stay indifferent facing such a serious problem confronted today by democratic states.

The Parliamentary Assembly calls for strong condemnations of such acts. In this connection we urge the Assembly to prepare a relevant report and organise special hearings with a view to elaborate measures to combat this evil.

Signed 1:

MARGELOV, Mikhail, Russian Federation, EDG
ÇAVUŞOĞLU, Mevlüt, Turkey, EDG
de PUIG, Lluís Maria, Spain, SOC
KOSACHEV, Konstantin, Russian Federation, EDG
MERCAN, Murat, Turkey, EPP/CD
OSKINA, Vera, Russian Federation, EDG
STAPONKIENĖ, Aldona, Lithuania, EDG
UMAKHANOV, Ilyas, Russian Federation, EDG
Van den BRANDE, Luc, Belgium, EPP/CD
ZINGERIS, Emanuelis, Lithuania, EDG

1     SOC: Socialist Group
       EPP/CD: Group of the European People’s Party
       ALDE: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
       EDG: European Democratic Group
       UEL: Group of the Unified European Left
       NR: not registered in a group