Addendum to the report | Doc. 13018 Add. | 01 October 2012

The honouring of obligations and commitments by the Russian Federation

Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)

Co-rapporteur : Mr György FRUNDA, Romania, EPP/CD

Co-rapporteur : Mr Andreas GROSS, Switzerland, SOC

Origin - Addendum to the report approved by the committee on 1 October 2012. 2012 - Fourth part-session

1. Introduction

In accordance with the opinions expressed by the members of the Monitoring Committee during the committee’s meeting on 4 September 2012, and with a view to re-establishing past practice, as illustrated by Recommendation 1710 (2005), which accompanied the last report on the honouring of obligations and commitments by the Russian Federation, debated seven years ago, we submit for members’ consideration a draft recommendation on the honouring of obligations and commitments by the Russian Federation, as well as a self-explanatory amendment updating the draft resolution, which we are tabling on behalf of the committee.

2. Proposed Amendment A

In the draft resolution, paragraph 21, after the words “a number of shortcomings”, insert the following words:

“as well as to its forthcoming opinion on the amendments to the Law on the Freedom of Assembly adopted on 9 June 2012.”

3. Draft recommendation [(1) Draft recommendation adopted by the committee on 1 October 2012.]

The Parliamentary Assembly refers to Resolution … (2012) on the honouring of obligations and commitments by the Russian Federation, in which it raises a number of concerns with regard to the state of democracy, rule of law and human rights, and calls on the Russian authorities to seize, in the interest of the vast majority of the Russian society, the momentum for democratic progress by introducing the necessary reforms. The Assembly recommends that the Committee of Ministers gives due consideration to the issues and concerns raised in Resolution … (2012).