Vi har naturligvis intet imod, at der i Europa-Parlamentet forelægges en betænkning om menneskerettigheder, men da alle Den Europæiske Unions medlemsstater er kontraherende parter i Den Europæiske Menneskerettighedskonvention, og alle borgere derfor (om end indirekte) kan indbringe sager om overtrædelser af disse menneskerettigheder for en domstol til endelig afgørelse, er vi bekymrede over, at man i betænkningen går langt videre end de væsentlige principper, der er fastlagt af FN og Den Europæiske Menneskerettighedsdomstol.
- Obviously, we have no objection to a report on human rights being presented to the European Parliament but as all Member States of the European Union are signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights and all citizens are therefore (even if indirectly) able to pursue cases of breach of these human rights to a Court of final arbitration, what concerns us is the way in which this report seems to go well beyond the important principles enshrined by the United Nations and the European Court of Human Rights.