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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SRetour au sommaireAtteindre l'élement suivantAtteindre l'élement précédent
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Secret ballot (appointments)
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Secret ballot (election of President and Vice-Presidents)
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Secret ballot (in Assembly elections)
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Secret ballot (in committee elections)
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Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly
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Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly (access of staff to chamber)
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Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly (assistance in secret ballots)
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Secretaries of national delegations (access to committees)
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Secretaries of political groups (access to committees)
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Secretary General of the Assembly
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Secretary General of the Assembly (access to the Assembly chamber and meeting rooms)
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Secretary General of the Assembly (appointment (election) of)
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Secretary General of the Assembly (external relations)
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Secretary General of the Council of Europe (access to the Assembly)
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Secretary General of the Council of Europe (appointment (election) of)
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Secretary General of the Council of Europe (credentials of representatives and substitutes)
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Sessions and Part-sessions (agenda)
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Sessions and Part-sessions (extraordinary sessions, convening of, date, duration, place of)
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Sessions and Part-sessions (hybrid or remote)
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Sessions and Part-sessions (ordinary sessions, convening of, date, duration, place of)
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Sessions and Part-sessions (time-limits for notification)
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Signing and signatures (amendments and sub-amendments)
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Signing and signatures (motion for dismissal of the President or a Vice-President)
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Signing and signatures (motions for recommendations, resolutions)
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Signing and signatures (motions for resolutions to amend the Rules of Procedure)
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Signing and signatures (motions for resolutions to annul ratification of credentials)
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Signing and signatures (written declarations)
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Sittings (adjournment of)
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Sittings (Bureau’s proposals for timetable)
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Sittings (register of attendance)
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Sittings (report of debates)
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Sittings (sittings normally to be in public)
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Solemn declaration
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Speakers (see also list of speakers)
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Speakers (see also list of speakers) (speakers not called)
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Speaking time in debates
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Special guests
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Special guests (access to committees)
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Special guests (delegations)
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Special guests (examination of credentials)
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Special guests (rights)
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Speeches (interpretation)
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Speeches (lenght of)
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Speeches (length of)
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Speeches (reporting of speakers)
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Speeches (undelivered speeches)
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Speeches (words or expressions not to be used)
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Standing Committee
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Standing Committee (agendas for its meetings)
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Standing Committee (agendas for part-sessions)
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Standing Committee (appointment of committees)
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Standing Committee (composition)
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Standing Committee (constitution)
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Standing Committee (date of opening of Ordinary Session)
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Standing Committee (examination of credentials)
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Standing Committee (meeting in hybrid or remote manner)
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Standing Committee (progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee)
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Standing Committee (reference to committee)
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Standing Committee (reports of committees)
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Standing Committee (urgent procedure)
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Statements issued by committees
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Sub-committees
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Sub-committees (bureau)
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Sub-committees (number of)
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Sub-committees (number of members of)
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Substitutes (see also Representatives and Substitutes)
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Substitutes (see also Representatives and Substitutes) (access to committees and sub-committees)
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Substitutes (see also Representatives and Substitutes) (duration of term of office)
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Substitutes (see also Representatives and Substitutes) (filling vacancies in committee and sub-committees)
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Substitutes (see also Representatives and Substitutes) (membership of committees)
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Substitutes (see also Representatives and Substitutes) (of President)
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Substitutes (see also Representatives and Substitutes) (right to speak and vote)
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Substitutes (see also Representatives and Substitutes) (right to speak and vote )
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Substitutes (see also Representatives and Substitutes) (waiver of immunity)
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Suspension (of debate for a procedural motion)
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