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| Thursday 30 April 2009 |
12:49 - HUMAN RIGHTS: HAMMARBERG (CoE), “NEW PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS AND SOCIAL COHESION”
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Human rights are “deeply rooted” in Europe, but there’s still a big gap between the legal and political assertion and the actual respect of such rights: Thomas Hammarberg, Human Rights Commissioner at the Council of Europe, submitted his yearly report to the CoE Assembly in Strasbourg today. “No country is free of discrimination. Anti-tziganism, xenophobia, homophobia are widespread phenomena”, he stated. “In addition, we see unacceptable trends towards anti-Semitism and Islamo-phobia”. And he added: “Often disabled people are denied access to their fundamental rights”. In his report, Hammarberg mentioned that “women are discriminated against on the labour market and are underrepresented in political life”. “Domestic abuse is a sad reality in many households, and cases of abused children are reported in every country”. According to Hammarberg, the legal systems and the police sometimes “fail to ensure the full respect of human rights”, which are undermined, especially at times of recession. Hammarberg’s appeal is directed to the 47 member states of the CoE, urging them to promote such rights, not least through new protective systems, social cohesion, and “by defending economic and social rights”.
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| 09:31 - AUSTRIA: THE DAY OF THE UNEMPLOYED. MGR. SCHWARZ, “DON’T LET’S FORGET ANYONE” |
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