Rules of Procedure of the Assembly (January 2023)
(Resolution 1202 (1999) adopted on 4 November 1999) with subsequent modifications of the Rules of Procedure* ![* Resolutions 1220 (2000),
1234 (2000), 1235 (2000), 1266 (2001), 1275 (2002), 1284 (2002),
1296 (2002), 1325 (2003), 1343 (2003), 1348 (2003), 1356 (2003),
1368 (2004), 1369 (2004), 1379 (2004), 1395 (2004), 1431 (2005),
1432 (2005), 1445 (2005), 1447 (2005), 1448 (2005), 1490 (2006),
1491 (2006), 1503 (2006), 1504 (2006), 1515 (2006), 1529 (2006),
1554 (2007), 1583 (2007), 1584 (2007), 1585 (2007), 1658 (2009),
1698 (2009), 1699 (2009), 1712 (2010), 1780 (2010), 1799 (2011),
1841 (2011), 1842 (2011), 1854 (2011), 1903 (2012), 1911 (2012),
1937 (2013), 1965 (2013), 2002 (2014), 2058 (2015), 2102 (2016),
2169 (2017), 2182 (2017), 2208 (2018), 2278 (2019), 2287 (2019),
2349 (2020), 2350 (2020), 2360 (2021), 2392 (2021), 2405 (2021)<br><br>Wherever used herein, the masculine form refers to both women and men, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The words "President", "Vice-President", "Secretary General", "Representative", "Substitute", "chairperson", etc. refer to persons of both sexes.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
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Index
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RRetour au sommaireAtteindre l'élement suivantAtteindre l'élement précédent
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Rapporteurs
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Rapporteurs (amendments)
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Rapporteurs (code of conduct)
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Rapporteurs (co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee)
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Rapporteurs (for opinion)
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Rapporteurs (general rapporteurs)
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Rapporteurs (right to speak)
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Rapporteurs (substitute as rapporteur)
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Ratification by the Assembly or Standing Committee (composition of committees)
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Ratification by the Assembly or Standing Committee (references to committees)
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Ratification by the Assembly or Standing Committee (setting up of ad hoc committees)
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Recommendations (action taken on)
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Recommendations (draft recommendations in Committee)
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Recommendations (majority required)
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Recommendations (motion for a recommendation)
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Recommendations (to the Committee of Ministers)
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Reference to committee
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Reference to committee (back to committee)
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Reference to committee (of challenges of credentials)
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Reference to committee (of motions to amend the Rules of Procedure)
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Reference to committee (of motions to set up ad hoc committees)
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Reference to committee (of petitions)
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Reference to committee (of requests for waiver of immunity of representatives and substitutes)
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Reference to committee (of subjects of current affairs debates)
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Reference to the Assembly from Standing Committee
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Register (of speakers)
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Replacement (of a member of a Committee)
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Replacement (of President)
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Replacement (of representative by substitute)
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Replacement (of Vice-President)
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Reports
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Reports and communications of the Committee of Ministers
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Reports from national or international organisations
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Reports of debates
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Reports of the Bureau
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Reports of the Bureau (progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee)
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Reports (action taken on reports)
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Reports (approval of reports by committees)
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Reports (consideration of reports by the Assembly)
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Reports (consideration of reports by the Standing Committee)
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Reports (information reports)
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Reports (official documents)
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Reports (reference back to Committee)
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Reports (reports of ad hoc committees)
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Reports (reports on credentials)
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Reports (reports on requests for waiver of immunities)
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Reports (reports on revision of the Rules of Procedure)
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Reports (time-limits for distribution)
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Reports (vote on reports in Committee)
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Representation (gender representation in national delegations)
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Representation (gender representation in observer and partner for democracy delegations)
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Representation (of political parties or groups in national delegations)
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Representation (of political parties or groups in special guest, observer and partner for democracy delegations)
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Representation (of political parties or groups in sub-committees)
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Representatives and substitutes (see also Members, Substitutes) (access to committees)
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Representatives and substitutes (see also Members, Substitutes) (appointments during part-sessions)
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Representatives and substitutes (see also Members, Substitutes) (censure of)
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Representatives and substitutes (see also Members, Substitutes) (credentials)
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Representatives and substitutes (see also Members, Substitutes) (duration of term of office)
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Representatives and substitutes (see also Members, Substitutes) (exclusion from the chamber)
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Representatives and substitutes (see also Members, Substitutes) (explanation of vote)
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Representatives and substitutes (see also Members, Substitutes) (register of attendance)
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Representatives and substitutes (see also Members, Substitutes) (resignation or death of)
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Representatives and substitutes (see also Members, Substitutes) (right to speak)
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Representatives and substitutes (see also Members, Substitutes) (right to vote)
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Representatives and substitutes (see also Members, Substitutes) (rights while credentials challenged)
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Representatives and substitutes (see also Members, Substitutes) (waiver of immunity)
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Requests (for current affairs debate)
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Requests (for dismissal of committee chairperson or vice-chairperson)
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Requests (for dismissal of President or Vice-President)
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Requests (for dismissal of the chairperson or vice-chairperson of a committee)
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Requests (for roll-call vote)
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Requests (for urgent procedure)
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Requests (for verification of quorum)
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Requests (for waiver of immunity of representatives or substitutes)
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Requests (from Committee of Ministers for opinion or further consideration)
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Requests (procedural motions)
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Requests (to postpone debate because of failure to distribute report within time-limit)
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Resignation (of a committee chairperson)
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Resignation (of a member of the Assembly)
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Resignation (of the President or a Vice-President of the Assembly)
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Resolutions
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Resolutions (action taken on)
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Resolutions (draft resolutions in committee)
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Resolutions (majority required)
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Resolutions (motions for resolutions)
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Revision of the Rules of Procedure
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Right to speak
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Right to speak (attacks on a person’s honour and reputation)
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Right to speak (free debate)
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Right to speak (in committee)
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Right to speak (in current affairs debates)
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Right to speak (interdiction to offending members to speak)
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Right to speak (list of speakers)
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Right to speak (no right to speak during votes)
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Right to speak (of committee chairpersons)
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Right to speak (of committee rapporteurs)
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Right to speak (of Ministers in the Assembly and in committees)
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Right to speak (of Ministers’ Deputies in committees)
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Right to speak (of observers)
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Right to speak (of President)
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Right to speak (of special guests)
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Right to speak (of substitutes)
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Right to speak (on alteration to the agenda)
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Right to speak (on procedural motions)
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Right to speak (personal statements)
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Right to speak (points of order)
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Right to speak (procedure for dismissal of President or Vice-President)
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Right to speak (urgent procedure in the Assembly)
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Right to speak (urgent procedure in the Standing Committee)
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Right to speak (while credentials under examination)
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Right to vote
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Right to vote (in Bureau and Standing Committee)
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Right to vote (in relation to credentials)
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Right to vote (interdiction of right to vote)
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Right to vote (no right to vote of special guests, observers, ministers and their representatives)
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Right to vote (of chairpersons of committees)
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Right to vote (of chairpersons of political groups)
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Right to vote (of members)
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Right to vote (of outgoing President of the Assembly)
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Right to vote (of President of the Assembly)
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Right to vote (of substitutes (and representatives while substituted))
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Roll-call vote (quorum required)
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Roll-call vote (request for)
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Roll-call vote (vote by roll-call in committee)
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Rules (observance of the Rules of Procedure ensured by the President)
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Rules (revision, interpretation of the Rules of Procedure)
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