Rules of Procedure of the Assembly (January 2023)
(Resolution 1202 (1999) adopted on 4 November 1999) with subsequent modifications of the Rules of Procedure*
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- Exhibitions in the
Assembly lobby
Decision of the Bureau of the Assembly of 28 June 2019
The following rules apply during and
outside Assembly part-sessions. However, they do not apply with
respect to exhibitions in the Assembly lobby during sessions of
the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and to other exhibitions
organised in the context of duly authorised events taking place
in the Assembly’s hemicycle.
1. The
Assembly lobby is the area just outside the Assembly’s hemicycle
(plenary Chamber), composed of eight exhibition spaces.
2. Requests
for exhibitions in the Assembly lobby can only be made by the following:
— Assembly committees— Parliamentary delegations of member States,— Parliaments granted of the special guest, observer or partner for democracy status,— Council of Europe institutions and bodies.
Requests from Permanent Representations
of States concerned may only be considered if transmitted via, and
with the support of, the relevant parliamentary delegation.
A requesting committee/delegation/institution
can be granted no more than one exhibition per year.
3. Exhibitions requests must
include the following elements:
— the title;— the subject of the exhibition;— whether it satisfies one of the following criteria: a link to the work as well as the values of the Council of Europe; a support for co-operation amongst member States; a link to the work of the Assembly;— a detailed presentation of the exhibition, for example a “scenario”, scanned photos or other electronic samples of the kind of exhibits to be shown;— the size of the exhibition, on the understanding that each organiser can only be granted one exhibition space, which are limited in size;— an undertaking that the exhibition, if agreed, will be set up on the Friday prior to the part-session, and be taken down not earlier than the Friday after the end of the part-session.
4. The subject-matter of the
exhibition should not be controversial or politically divisive, and
in any case shall not contain propaganda for ideas or activities
which are incompatible with the Council of Europe’s principles.
In particular, it should not have a racist, xenophobic or intolerant
content.
5. Requests
for authorisation must be submitted to the President of the Assembly
not later than six weeks in advance of the opening of the part-session
to which the request relates. This deadline shall not apply to exhibitions
organised outside of part-sessions of the Assembly.
6. The
responsibility for agreeing to such request rests with the President
of the Assembly, whose decision is final. The President will agree
to such requests on the basis of the criteria already given under
paragraphs 3-5 above. These criteria are not binding but designed
to help the President in taking a decision.