Amendment No. 9 | Doc. 13160 | 22 April 2013

Post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey

Signatories: Mr Davit HARUTYUNYAN, Armenia, EDG ; Mr Miloš ALIGRUDIĆ, Serbia, EDG ; Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Joachim HÖRSTER, Germany, EPP/CD ; Ms Arpine HOVHANNISYAN, Armenia, EPP/CD ; Ms Naira KARAPETYAN, Armenia, EPP/CD ; Mr Rubén MORENO PALANQUES, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Pieter OMTZIGT, Netherlands, EPP/CD ; Ms Zaruhi POSTANJYAN, Armenia, EPP/CD ; Mr Christoph STRÄSSER, Germany, SOC ; Ms Karin STRENZ, Germany, EPP/CD

Origin - 2013 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 15.5 with the following paragraph:

"While acknowledging that the recent reforms to Turkish legislation have improved relations with the non-Muslim religious communities, the Assembly, nevertheless, urges Turkey to implement the requirements of paragraph 19.2 of the Assembly Resolution 1704 (2010) and the recommendations of Venice Commission included in the Opinion CDL-AD(2010)005 adopted in March 2010, in order to guarentee the fundamental right of freedom of religion, particularly through recognizing the legal personality of non-Muslim religious communities, which would secure access to justice and protection of property rights."