Press release
The European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy today adopted the priorities of an EU Action Plan for Human Rights and Democracy for the period 2020-2024. Commenting on the action plan are Margarete Bause, spokeswoman for human rights and humanitarian aid Bundestag group Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, and Hannah Neumann, spokeswoman for foreign policy of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament:
A mere listing of construction sites is not enough. The EU needs a clear framework for its projects in the field of human rights and democracy. The Federal Government, which has declared human rights to be one of the priorities of its forthcoming EU Council Presidency, has a duty here in the second half of the year: the action plan must be followed by binding targets and timetables for legislative action. In the case of issues such as corporate responsibility or the punishment of serious human rights crimes, there is no need for declarations of intent, but rather binding, strict rules”.
