The Member of the RA NA delegation to PACE Vladimir Vardanyan gave a speech at the ordinary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
“Thank you, Mr Chair.
First of all, I would like to congratulate Mr Titus Corlățean, the rapporteur, for this excellent opinion. It’s a bit of a pity, I would like just to say that, when we are discussing the statutory opinions –actually about the binding legal instruments which should be adopted by the Council of Europe – and we have less interest in this report than we have in other cases where we have just the documents of the recommendation nature.
So I would like to encourage all of you to take very seriously the statutory opinions, because we are shaping the future conventional basis for the fight against terrorism within the Council of Europe. And it’s quite important to amend the notion of terrorism to meet the contemporary challenges we have.
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And I would like to also take into account the previous speeches to say that it’s quite important to have the clear-cut notion, definition of the crime of terrorism, because without it, it is impossible to guarantee the respect towards the three pillars our organisation has. I mean the rule of law, human rights and democracy as such.
I cannot touch upon also the very important issue of our interaction with the Committee of Ministers. If our dear colleagues send us documents for statutory opinions and we provide some recommendations, these recommendations should be taken into account. Otherwise, the whole idea of having sedentary opinions becomes null and void.
Once again, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur for this excellent report,” the deputy noted.
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