The Pros And Cons Of Human Rights

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Beyond doubt, the freedom of thought, conscience and religion and the freedom of expression, as they are both declared in the European Convention of Human Rights in articles 9 and 10, are two fundamental human rights, which provide the respect of human dignity and personal development and are crucial for the fulfillment of other human rights. Pursuant to article 9 of the ECHR, “everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion”. In addition, according to article 10 of the ECHR, “everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas, without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers”. However, paragraph 2 of the same article meets an exception, as far as the right to freedom of expression is concerned, for the sake of national security, territorial integrity and public safety or other reasons mentioned in the article above. Unfortunately, when it comes to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience, these rights are presumably violated. Of course each individual State of the Council of Europe rejects the existence of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience, advocating that the prisoners in question are terrorists or have used violence, so as they cannot be labeled Political Prisoners or Prisoners of Conscience. However, this does not reflect reality. Individual country rapporteurs, Amnesty International and international organizations, such as Human Rights Watch, have detected serious violations not only of articles 9 and 10 of the ECHR, but also of articles 5,6 and 17 of the 17 ECHR in several States of the Council of Europe, such as but not limited to, Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkey . Mor... ... middle of paper ... ...measure would be the mobilization campaigns and the action of international organizations in favor of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, with aim to put pressure on the States for immediate implementation of the international legislation. Malta also deems necessary the mobilization of transnational advocacy networks. Our delegation recommends the contribute of the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights, in order to give to the States interpretive guidance for the right implementation of the criteria, based to which someone is recognized as a political prisoner. Last but not least, we support the cooperation between the individual country rapporteurs and the country authorities, in order to decide together which prisoners meet the criteria to be labeled as political prisoners, acknowledging the special circumstances from each country.

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