Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-05-05-Speech-3-490"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-05-05"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20100505.75.3-490"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-05-05-Speech-3-4912
lpv:speaker	lp:Heidi Hautala2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; DROI (2009-07-20--2011-06-21)3 unknown; Vihreä liitto (2009-07-14--2011-06-21)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2011-06-21)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2011-06-21)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2009-07-20--2011-06-21)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2010-03-11--2011-06-21)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2011-06-21)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2011-06-21)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2011-06-21)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, it is very important that we think of human rights as having intrinsic value, although they also have instrumental value, which I realise when I speak to representatives of third countries in my capacity as Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights. Just today I spoke to some Moroccan Members of Parliament. It is excellent that I can tell them that the European Union also stresses the importance of human rights in its own activities and does not merely try to teach others how important human rights are. In this way we can explain to the representatives of third countries that the European Union’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights really does mean that our activities are subject to external scrutiny, as has been explained here. I can also say that for the first time we have a commissioner who is specifically responsible for these matters in the context of legal issues. I would like to mention that the European Union’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights obviously will not resolve the problem of the European Court of Human Rights being completely overloaded with work. We should consider how we might resolve this problem, which has come about because of a backlog of cases to deal with. I would also like to suggest strongly that the Union should also decide to align itself with these various useful additional protocols that relate to such issues as opposition to torture or the fight against racism, as well as more effective laws."@en1
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