Activities of Barbara LOCHBIHLER related to 2009/2241(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Institutional aspects of accession by the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in Kampala, Uganda (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that, as the accession of EU to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is an accession of a non-State Party to a legal instrument created for States, the accession of EU to the Convention should be completed without altering the features of the Convention and modifications to its judicial system should be kept minimal;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that accession will enhance the European Union’s credibility in talks on human rights with non-Member States; regrets however the reservations made by UK, Poland and the Czech Republic to the Charter of Fundamental Rights which weaken the standing of the human rights protection of the EU as Union;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out the added value of the Five Protocols to the Convention by way of enforcing and protecting certain Rights and Freedoms within and outside the scope of Convention and Conferring upon the European Court of Human Rights Competence to give Advisory Opinions; is of the opinion that, when acceding of EU to the Convention, the Union should also accede to the Protocols of the Convention;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9a (new)
Paragraph 9a (new)
9a. While supporting call for the Union to complement accession to the Convention by acceding also the European Social Charter, further calls for accession by the Union to the Council of Europe bodies such as the CPT on the prevention on torture, the ECRI on fighting racism and intolerance and the CEPEJ on the efficiency of justice;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Considers that, as the European Court of Human Rights has acknowledged the extra-territorial applicability of the Convention, the Union must aim to respect this obligation fully in its external relations and activities;