Resolução da Assembleia da República n.º 231/2016
| Data de publicação | 25 Novembro 2016 |
| Seção | Serie I |
| Órgão | Assembleia da República |
Resolução da Assembleia da República n.º 231/2016
Aprova o Protocolo n.º 15 que altera a Convenção para a Proteção dos Direitos Humanos e das Liberdades Fundamentais, aberto à assinatura em Estrasburgo, em 24 de junho de 2013.
A Assembleia da República resolve, nos termos da alínea i) do artigo 161.º e do n.º 5 do artigo 166.º da Constituição, aprovar o Protocolo n.º 15 que altera a Convenção para a Proteção dos Direitos Humanos e das Liberdades Fundamentais, aberto à assinatura em Estrasburgo, em 24 de junho de 2013, cujo texto na versão autenticada em língua inglesa e respetiva tradução em língua portuguesa se publica em anexo.
Aprovada em 20 de julho de 2016.
O Presidente da Assembleia da República, Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues.
PROTOCOL NO. 15 AMENDING THE CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
Preamble
The member States of the Council of Europe and the other High Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on 4 November 1950 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), signatory hereto:
Having regard to the declaration adopted at the High Level Conference on the Future of the European Court of Human Rights, held in Brighton on 19 and 20 April 2012, as well as the declarations adopted at the conferences held in Interlaken on 18 and 19 February 2010 and (ver documento original) on 26 and 27 April 2011;
Having regard to Opinion No. 283 (2013) adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 26 April 2013;
Considering the need to ensure that the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as «the Court») can continue to play its pre-eminent role in protecting human rights in Europe;
have agreed as follows:
Article 1
At the end of the preamble to the Convention, a new recital shall be added, which shall read as follows:
"Affirming that the High Contracting Parties, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, have the primary responsibility to secure the rights and freedoms defined in this Convention and the Protocols thereto, and that in doing so they enjoy a margin of appreciation, subject to the supervisory jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights established by this Convention,"
Article 2
1 - In article 21 of the Convention, a new paragraph 2 shall be inserted, which shall read as follows:
"Candidates shall be less than 65 years of age at the date by which the list of three candidates has been requested by the Parliamentary Assembly, further to article 22."
2 - Paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 21 of the Convention shall become paragraphs 3 and 4 of article 21 respectively.
3 - Paragraph 2 of article 23 of the Convention shall be deleted. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of article 23 shall become paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 23 respectively.
Article 3
In article 30 of the Convention, the words "unless one of the parties to the case objects" shall be deleted.
Article 4
In article 35, paragraph 1 of the Convention, the words "within a period of six months" shall be replaced by the words "within a period of four months".
Article 5
In article 35, paragraph 3, sub-paragraph b of the Convention, the words "and provided that no case may be rejected on this ground which has not been duly considered by a domestic tribunal" shall be deleted.
Final and transitional provisions
Article 6
1 - This Protocol shall be open for signature by the High Contracting...
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