In the resolution 1481/2006 of the
Council of Europe
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Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) issued on 25 January 2006 during its winter session, the Council of Europe "strongly condemns crimes of
totalitarian
Totalitarianism is a form of government and a political system that prohibits all opposition parties, outlaws individual and group opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high if not complete degree of control and reg ...
communist regime
A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a one-party state that is administered and governed by a communist party guided by Marxism–Leninism. Marxism–Leninism was the state ideology of the Soviet Union, the Cominte ...
s".
It condemned "the massive human rights violations committed by totalitarian communist regimes and expressed sympathy, understanding and recognition for the victims of these crimes". It also said these violations "included individual and collective assassinations and executions, death in concentration camps, starvation, deportations, torture, slave labour and other forms of mass physical terror".
The full draft recommendation by rapporteur
Göran Lindblad was issued with great majority by the Political Affairs committee. However, it did not receive the necessary two-thirds majority of the votes cast in the Parliamentary Assembly. The group of communist parties, plus
United Russia
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, strongly opposed the resolution. The resolution was supported by the most conservatives including
EPP/CD,
ED, liberal groups and some social democrats, especially from countries like Hungary, the Czech Republic or the Baltic countries.
Final voting results
* 153 members were present and voted out of 317
* 99 members voted in favor of the Resolution 1481
* 42 members voted against the Resolution 1481
* 12 members abstained from voting
See also
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Declaration on Crimes of Communism
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Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism
The Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism was a declaration which was initiated by the Czech government and signed on 3 June 2008 by prominent European politicians, former political prisoners and historians, among them former ...
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Vilnius Declaration The Vilnius Declaration was a declaration adopted by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) during the 18th annual session of its parliamentary assembly, that took place in Vilnius from 29 June to 3 July 2009.
The declarat ...
External links
Need for international condemnation of crimes of totalitarian communist regimes(full draft of the Political Affairs Committee)
(An Open Letter from Leaders of Russian Anti-communist Organizations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)
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