Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-15-Speech-4-223"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:North Korea: Human rights violations2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060615.31.4-223"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-15-Speech-4-2242
lpv:speaker	lp:Raül Romeva i Rueda2
lpv:spokenAs	member; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2007-03-14)3 substitute; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 unknown; Iniciativa Per Catalunya Verds - Esquerra Unida í Alternativa (2005-01-27--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, sadly, North Korea remains a constant in terms of human rights violations. Furthermore, far from helping to improve its image, certain attitudes on the part of the North Korean Government are simply worsening it. One example of this is that government’s repeated decision not to allow access to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, as well as several humanitarian and human rights NGOs. Numerous reports warn of the increasing numbers of people leaving the country as refugees, as well as the existence of practices such as torture, summary executions, arbitrary detentions and imprisonment in inhuman conditions and without any guarantees of legal defence. Any opposition to the regime is prohibited and any criticism of government policy leads to harsh reprisals. The case of Sonj Nam, who has been tortured and sentenced to death, despite repeated calls for the case to be reviewed with greater guarantees, is just one example of this, as previous speakers have mentioned. For all of these reasons, we must once again take this opportunity to call upon the North Korean Government: firstly, to comply with the human rights principles and commitments laid down in international law and to incorporate them into its own legislation; secondly, to abolish the death penalty; thirdly, to release all prisoners jailed for wishing freely to exercise their fundamental rights; and, finally, to guarantee freedom of expression and freedom of movement. Furthermore, we must call upon the neighbouring People's Republic of China to cease repatriating refugees fleeing North Korea towards South Korea. Finally, bearing in mind that the European Union was the first and only body to establish a dialogue on human rights with the North Korean Government, and bearing in mind also that this practice ceased when in 2003 the Council of Ministers sponsored a declaration on human rights in North Korea within the High Commission on Human Rights, it is also urgent that we re-establish that dialogue as soon as possible in order to restore that forum, as has been said."@en1

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