Amendment No. 6 | Doc. 13160 | 22 April 2013

Post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey

Signatories: Ms Pelin GÜNDEŞ BAKIR, Turkey, EDG ; Mr Jonathan EVANS, United Kingdom, EDG ; Mr Edward LEIGH, United Kingdom, EDG ; Ms Ganira PASHAYEVA, Azerbaijan, EDG ; Dame Angela WATKINSON, United Kingdom, EDG

Origin - 2013 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, in paragraph 14.3, delete the third sentence.

Explanatory note

The geographical limitation implemented by Turkey is not a reservation of Turkey but quite the contrary; a right recognized by article 1(B) of the 1951 Geneva Convention. The judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of A.G. and others v. Turkey (Application No. 40229/98, 15 June 1999) makes it very clear that geographical limitation and reservation cannot be considered as a discrimination regarding the rights defined in the European Convention on Human Rights.