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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-02-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"lt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120216.23.4-406-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-02-16-Speech-4-407-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Viktor Uspaskich2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2012-11-15)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2010-12-10--2012-11-15)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2012-11-15)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2012-11-15)3 member; REGI (2012-01-19--2012-11-15)3 unknown; Darbo partija (2009-07-14--2012-11-15)3
lpv:translated text	"As the next UN Human Rights Council session approaches, one thing is clear – the EU should guarantee respect for human rights in its own policies if it wishes to strengthen the EU’s position and make it credible in the UN Human Rights Council. The reputation of Europe has been severely dented and will soon be beyond repair. This may be felt not only within Europe, but among other members of the UN Human Rights Council. The Human Rights Watch Annual Report, published last month, issued a reminder that the EU and its Member States must bring to an end the era of double standards. The report describes in detail how EU states, including Lithuania, have demonstrated an unwillingness to tackle human rights abuses within their own countries. I quote: ‘The sad truth is that EU governments too often set aside rights at home when they prove inconvenient, especially those of vulnerable minorities, and brush aside criticism of abuse’. This can be said of Lithuania which, in the Democracy Index published in January, was described as a ‘flawed democracy’. I hope that at the next UN Human Rights Council session, the human rights situation will be evaluated fairly and objectively."@en1

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