PA (05) III.2 E Original: ENGLISH DRAFT RESOLUTION FOR THE GENERAL COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN QUESTIONS “30 Years since Helsinki: Challenges ahead” RAPPORTEUR Ms. ANNE-MARIE LIZIN WASHINGTON D.C., 1 TO 5 JULY 2005

Draft Resolution The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, 1. Recalling that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights (Article   1   of   the   Universal   Declaration   of   Human   Rights   of   the   United Nations), 2. Further  recalling  that  Article  I  of  the  Declaration  of  the  States  Parties  to  the Helsinki Final Act proclaims the equality of the participating States, 3. Reaffirming that peace constitutes a necessary precondition for the protection of the fundamental rights of the individual, 4. Recalling  the  declarations  adopted  at  the  Twelfth  Annual  Session  of  the Parliamentary Assembly in Rotterdam (9 July 2003), at the Thirteenth Annual Session of the Parliamentary Assembly in Edinburgh (9 July 2004), the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality, and the declarations adopted at all annual sessions of the OSCE-PA, 5. Bearing  in  mind  that  the  struggle  against  terrorism  is  an  integral  part  of  the protection  of  human  rights  and  that  it  can  be  effective  only  through  actions taken at the international level, 6. Taking note of the new challenges to the safeguarding of human rights posed by the information society, 7. Considering  the  great  challenges  that  the  OSCE  must  take  up  in  the  area  of human  rights  and  fundamental  rights,  must  be  considered  from  an  individual perspective,    from    an    international    perspective    and    from    a    collective perspective. The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: 8. Affirms  that  the  fundamental  division  of  humanity  into  two  genders  must  be reflected at all stages of the decision-making process and be duly reflected in national  and  international  representative  institutions,  political  life  and  in  all aspects of social life; 9. Affirms  that  some  progress  has  already  been  made,    but  that  gender  equality certainly remains a goal to pursue as it can be considered as one of the keys to success; 10. Condemns once more all forms of criminal offences, trafficking and practices degrading to human dignity and all forms of trafficking in human beings and urges participating States to pool their efforts to combat this scourge;

11. Believes that legalized prostitution is a way to encourage trafficking of women and men, and that all those who, directly or indirectly, organize, encourage or profit   from   trafficking   human   beings   for   sexual   purposes   should   receive penalties, with the victims of involuntary prostitution protected; 12. Urges participating States to organize their systems for the recording of civil status  and  census  information  so  as  to  move  towards  an  optimal  degree  of reliability, to guarantee the individual right of vote to all citizens; 13. Believes that the particular dangers to which children are exposed because of their  particular  vulnerability  requires  that  their  physical,  moral  and  sexual integrity be given special protection; 14. Recalls the obligation of the participating States  to allow OSCE observers to monitor whether election procedures are honest, free, fair and democratic and to co-operate in ensuring that such independent and impartial monitoring can take place in an unhindered environment; 15. Calls  on  the  OSCE  to  continue  its  efforts  to  ensure  the  quality,  as  a  priority objective, of election monitoring processes and recommends that participating States   monitor   the   full   transparency   of   the   elections   organized   on   their territory and allow effective monitoring of the operations; 16. Asks a special interest of OSCE for the effectiveness of judicial recourse and the  absolute  independence  and  impartiality  of  the  magistrates  charged  with ruling on these matters; 17. Recommends that participating States no longer apply a criminal approach to abuse  of  freedom  in  the  media  and,  in  any  case,  that  they  do  not  make provision for or apply penal sentences when punishing such behaviour. 18. Calls   on   participating   States   to   intensify   their   co-operation   in   combating various   forms   of   discrimination,   whether   they   be   based   on   race,   sex   or political,    philosophical    or    religious    convictions,    and    which    may    be disseminated  by  the   Internet  and  ask  to  encourage  actions  to  fight  child pornography on Internet; 19. Urges  participating  States  to  lend  the  support  of  their  police  authorities  and international NGO to international efforts to combat child pornography and to co-operate completely and fairly in this effort; 20. Condemns all forms of terrorist acts, regardless of the perpetrators, motives or victims; 21. Demands  that  participating  States  no  longer  tolerate  the  issuing  of  calls  for terrorist acts from their territories; 22. Supports participating States in taking all the appropriate measures to intensify their transborder co-operation so as to make it possible for those suspected of terrorist    acts    and    those    supporting    them    through    financial,    technical,

information-related or other means to be brought to justice and tried within a reasonable period of time and suggests that the OSCE should consider opening permanent  offices  in  areas  where  human  rights  are  likely  to  be  violated  or where the situation is such that it is likely to evolve to military conflicts; 23. Maintains  the  imperative  need  for  international  public  law  and  respect  for human dignity in the combating of terrorism and also the obligation to respect in  the  case  of  every  prisoner  of  war  the  requirements  set  out  in  the  Geneva Conventions, according him special status with the objective of a fair balance between public security and respect of human dignity; 24. Calls urgently on participating States, in accordance with the provisions of the International   Covenant   on   Civil   and   Political   Rights,   to   guarantee   all prisoners,    regardless    of    the    offences    that    may    have    justified    their imprisonment,  the  right  to  have  examined  the  legality  of  their  detention  by independent  and  impartial  tribunals,  ruling  in   respect  of  the  fundamental procedural  guarantees,  one  of  the  most  important  of  which  is  respect  for  the rights  of  the  defence,  and  providing  for  evaluation  authority  not  limited  to  a purely formal review. 25. Reaffirms, in accordance with the Charter of Paris of 21 November 1990, that the  protection  and  promotion  of  the  ethnic,  cultural,  linguistic  and  religious identity of national minorities forms an integral part of the requirements posed by the democratic principle; 26. Recommends   that   every   attempt   to   bring   religions   closer   together   be supported; 27. Further  recommends that this protection and the promotion of ethnic identity be incorporated in a dialogue process, as the only way of avoiding the calls for the dividing up of territories and calls on participating States to take particular account   of   these   requirements   for   protection   when   organizing   the   way education is provided on their territory; 28. Takes  into  account,  in  that  regard,  the  fundamental  nature  of  the  right  to education  and  the  need  to  allow,  within  the  same  State,  the  coexistence  of educational establishments using different languages of instruction; 29. Underlines  the  important  role  of  political  parties  in  the  organization  and functioning of a democratic debate takes into account the institutional function that they perform and the essential link they provide between civil society and State decision-making bodies; 30. Invites   participating   States   to   establish   procedures   making   it   possible   to prevent electoral operations from being disrupted by political  groups that are not  sufficiently  representative  or  whose  objectives  and  ideas  are  fascist  and revisionist;

31. Demands that participating States ensure the respect for ideological pluralism in the organization of and access to national, regional and local media; 32. Advises that the diffusion of information reflecting the various views present in the major debates engaging public opinion should be ensured by means of independent monitoring bodies and recommends, in particular, that monitoring be carried out to ensure that there are no obvious discrepancies in the amount of  television  and  radio  airtime  made  available  to  representatives  of  different democratic political groups, especially during election campaigns; 33. Believes  that  participating  States  can  step  up  the  co-operation  between  their police forces in order to establish common processes in the implementation of preventive  policies  and  social  monitoring  mechanisms,  especially  in  prisons, and also in the creation of internal and external police oversight mechanisms and encourages the integration of national minorities into police forces.

GENERAL COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN QUESTIONS PROPOSED AMENDMENT to the DRAFT RESOLUTION On “  30 YEARS SINCE HELSINKI: HALLENGES AHEAD ” [Set out text of Amendment here:] Principal Sponsor: Mr/Mrs Family Name in Capital Letters Country Signature Co - sponsored by: Mr/Mrs Family Name in Capital Letters Country Signature