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[Luciaria, 30. November 2005]
Parliament Commission built to research possibilities for Latao to join the European Conventions of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Today, a commission has been announced consisting of members of the National Council and state-law experts to research if it is possible for Latao to join the COE Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/Commun/Q...p?NT=005&CL=ENG
It is the job of said commission to find out weather the basic version of the convention (without any additional protocols for that time) could be applied to Latao’s state-law without changing more than five articles or paragraphs in our federal constitution.
The commission only performs judicial research work, as the last work must be spoken at a public poll.
The most difficult questions might be to find out if the convention requires to change more than five articles and/or paragraphs of the constitution (which is prohibited by the “stability-article” (article 19) of the federal constitution) – it is also possible that the federal constitution does not need to be changed, since many of these fundamental rights are already granted by our constitution today.
Another question is the future and use of the death penalty, which is currently allowed by the constitution but wasn’t utilized for years. The convention itself does not prohibit that kind of penalty, unless Latao would sign the 6th additional protocol of the convention which is not subject of the current proposal.
Supporters of the proposal say, that this join would increase Latao’s image in the world as a friendly and stable nation which clearly recognizes the human rights as define din the UN Charter and the fundamental freedoms, which will be only positive for the country.
Critics state, that these contracts mean nothing else than sensitive influence on state- and even constitutional law – national sovereignty is finally given away to foreign authorities were they can’t be controlled and that this project is simply unnecessary and a waste of money, since these fundamental rights are already subject of the federal constitution today.
We will inform you on upcoming events… |
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