Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-13-Speech-4-162"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Nigeria: case of Amina Lawal2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030313.8.4-162"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-13-Speech-4-1632
lpv:speaker	lp:Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2003-03-24)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; JuniBevægelsen (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the stoning of women must be stopped now. It is outrageous that there should still be places in the world in which the stoning of women is a lawful and accepted form of death penalty. The Amina Lawal case again makes it necessary to take every possible measure to emphasise the EU’s rejection of such barbaric and inhumane methods. Nigeria is not the only country in the world in which such cruelties take place. Stoning must of course be banned in every country of the world, but let the obviously appalling case of Amina Lawal be an opportunity to register our unshakeable opposition to the stoning of women. In Nigeria, the difference between nationally and regionally applicable legislation must be brought to an end. It is shocking that there should be no guarantee of Amina Lawal’s ever appearing before a national court, even though the Nigerian Constitution guarantees her life and dignity. It is important for us here in the European Parliament to take the opportunity we have to express our abhorrence and to keep exerting pressure on Nigerian society, for it is not merely an issue of the completely unacceptable discrimination between men and women that is the result of Sharia law in a range of countries, but an issue of ordinary humanity and decency. There is still a long and tough struggle to be undertaken to ensure that human rights are both accepted and observed in every country of the world."@en1

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