On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 22:40:07 +0100, Anders Jackson wrote:
> Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Aren't the brits complaining about the US wanting to execute terrorists,
> > because of conflicts with EU declaration of human rights?
> (This is of toppic, isn't it)
Quite, but still I like a chance to clean up some confusion.
> Isn't it UN declaration of human rights, not EUs.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) is the UN's.
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
I guess Michael is referring to the Council of Rome's Convention for
Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950 and later amended;
protocol 6 dealing with the death penalty)
http://www.echr.coe.int/Convention/webConvenENG.pdf
which established the European Court of Human Rights
http://www.echr.coe.int/
which isn't an EU institution, but a Council of Europe one and whose
jurisdiction is therefore recognised by a lot more states than just EU
members:
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Communication_and_Research/Public_Relations/About_Council_of_Europe/CoE_Map_&_Members/
)
Ray
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