Human rights and democracy are an objective of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU and the EPP-ED Group is engaged consistently and actively in this area. It encourages a policy which aims to guarantee the respect of human rights, religious freedom and democracy building in the world, because the Group recognises that human rights and democracy are universal, fundamental and indivisible. Therefore, the Group takes initiatives to put this issue on the agenda inside and outside the European Parliament, and considers it a permanent priority to defend all freedoms linked to the rule of law, democracy and the promotion of human rights.

PRESS RELEASES

26/09/2008	EU should take lead in favour of a strong and effective Human Rights Council. Laima Andrikienė MEP
09/09/2008	Intervention in favour of the nomination of Morgan Tsvangirai for the Sakharov Prize. Luís Queiró MEP
16/07/2008	Verhandlungsführer der Tibeter, Kelsang Gyaltsen, im Europäischen Parlament: 'Den Chinesen mangelt es an Einsicht!'/ China unwilling to compromise on Tibet. Thomas Mann MEP
18/06/2008	Parliament paves the way for future joint migration policy. Manfred Weber MEP
18/06/2008	PE aprova directiva sobre retorno de imigrantes/ Common standards and procedures for return of third-country nationals residing illegally. Carlos Coelho MEP

POLICY

The EPP-ED Group is engaged constantly and actively in the area of human rights and democracy building. Human rights      are universal, indivisible and   interdependent. The Group is very concerned about the respect of human rights, religious freedom and democracy building in the world. The Group takes initiatives to put this issue on the agenda inside and outside the European Parliament...

THIS MONTH'S URGENCY RESOLUTIONS

Every month during the plenary week, the European Parliament adopts resolutions and holds debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Here you will find the texts of the resolutions as proposed by the EPP-ED Group, which sometimes differs from the text that was eventually adopted by the plenary.

	Resolution on albino killings in Tanzania - September 2008
	Resolution on the military coup in Mauritania - September 2008
	Resolution on hangings in Iran - September 2008