Council of Europe Resolution 1481 (2006) on the need for international condemnation of the crimes of totalitarian communist regimes
The resolution on the need for international condemnation of crimes of totalitarian communist regimes ( resolution 1481 (2006) Need for international condemnation of crimes of totalitarian communist regimes ) was passed on January 25, 2006 in Strasbourg by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Content and aim
The Federal Commissioner for Stasi Records BStU published the press release of the Council of Europe of January 25, 2006 (Resolution 1481) under the heading “Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe condemns massive violations of human rights by totalitarian communist regimes”:
“(The) ... Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe today condemned massive violations of human rights by totalitarian communist regimes and expressed sympathy, understanding and appreciation for the victims of these crimes. The assembly, which brings together parliamentarians from 46 European countries, expressed in a resolution that these acts of violence included individual and collective murders and executions, as well as death in concentration camps, starvation, deportations, torture, slave labor and other forms of massive physical terror. "
It addresses all communist or post-communist parties in the member states of the Council of Europe “who have not yet done it to reassess the history of communism and their own past, to distance themselves clearly from the crimes of the totalitarian communist regimes and unequivocally condemn them. ”In addition, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe is called upon to collect and evaluate information and legislation regarding human rights under the various communist regimes.
The Council of Europe, which is primarily active in the field of respect for human rights and the safeguarding of basic democratic and rule of law principles, emphasized that this resolution should also be applied in practice.
prehistory
The resolution was prompted by the report on "The Need for International Condemnation of the Crimes of Totalitarian Communist Regimes". The report was written by Göran Lindblad , a member of the Swedish parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe.
The report that u. a. Based on The Black Book of Communism , lists crimes committed by communist regimes. According to the report, all past communist experiments have been characterized by massive human rights violations .
A memorandum on the draft resolution named around 95 million people worldwide as victims of totalitarian communist regimes.
poll
153 members of the parliamentary assembly (out of 317) attended the meeting and voted.
99 members voted for the resolution.
42 members voted against the resolution.
12 members abstained from voting.
See also
- Prague Declaration (2008)
- Declaration on the Crimes of Communism (2010)
- European Parliament resolution on the importance of European historical awareness for the future of Europe (2019/2819 (RSP))
Web links
- Council of Europe: resolution 1481 (2006)
- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe resolution 1481 (2006)
- Prague Senate supports Council of Europe condemnation of communism
- Der Standard, Vienna, January 27, 2006
Individual evidence
- ^ BStU press review, January 25, 2006
- ^ Czech radio, Radio Prague, petition for the condemnation of communism by the Council of Europe