Amendment No. 16 | Doc. 14403 | 10 October 2017

The functioning of democratic institutions in Azerbaijan

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

Origin - 2017 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 10, insert the following paragraph:

"The Assembly is also concerned by the reported mass arrests of gay and transgender people and allegations of ill treatment by the police and calls for independent, effective investigations to be conducted into the actions of the police; the Assembly takes note of the release of these persons in the meantime."