Karamanou (PSE). – (EL) I should like to thank the
President-in-Office for her most satisfactory reply. We all know that the
European Union is very sensitive about respect for human rights and that this
sensitivity is expressed in the Treaties and in the European Convention on
Human Rights.
However, Madam
President-in-Office, anyone who reads the recent Amnesty International report
on the torture suffered by thousands of people throughout the world because of
their sexual orientation will feel that what we are doing in the European Union
is not enough. The UN Commission on Human Rights recently took an initiative to
encourage people to file charges if they are tortured or their human rights are
violated because of their sexual identity. Are you perhaps planning to take a
similar initiative at European Union level?