Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-24-Speech-4-165"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights dialogue with Iran2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021024.9.4-165"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-24-Speech-4-1662
lpv:speaker	lp:Bob van den Bos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2003-03-05)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Democraten 66 (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Modernisation currently taking place within Iran is still not leading to an improvement in the human rights situation. Barbaric punishments are still being carried out. The backward and medieval practice of stoning still forms part of its criminal justice system. Individuals are publicly hanged, hands are chopped off for minor transgressions and eyes are even put out without anaesthetic. Women are predominantly the victims of this inhuman judicial procedure. If Iran is serious about opening itself up to the West, if it is serious about a dialogue with the European Union, then this violation of human rights has to stop. The extreme nature of the sharia represents an insurmountable obstacle for normal relations. There can be no question of a trade and cooperation agreement with Europe as long as the human rights situation is not resolved. The negotiators working on behalf of the European Union have to make this very clear right from the start. Does Commissioner Kinnock agree with me on this? Clearly we cannot abandon a condemnation resolution in the UN if Iran continues with its evil infringement of universal principles. This is not a question of a successful human rights dialogue with the EU as was suggested, but of a successful abolition of barbaric methods. The European Union cannot afford to isolate Iran. It is very important for reformists to be supported in their battle for a democratic and more humane Iran. The younger generation wants change and offers hope. Unfortunately the Iranian authorities do not know how to handle the situation. But there is no substitute for openness and democratisation. Modernisation can only triumph if barbaric practices and an evil past are brought to an end."@en1

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