Comunicado de prensa - Amnistía Internacional
28 abril 2011
Los dirigentes europeos deben proteger la independencia y la integridad del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos. Así lo ha manifestado hoy Amnistía Internacional, después de una conferencia intergubernamental celebrada para examinar las reformas propuestas para el Tribunal.
“El Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos, aunque se enfrenta al desafío de una carga cada vez mayor de casos, sigue siendo la joya de crown protection system of human rights in Europe, "said Avner Gidron, general counsel of Amnesty International Policy.
"States should not allow the use of the current review of the Court to deal with complaints against specific aspects of the Court's decisions."
Government representatives of 47 Member States of the Council of Europe gathered this week in Izmir, Turkey, to discuss the future of the Court, and raised potentially damaging changes, such as imposing a deposit system for filing a claim or establish eligibility.
"must be maintained people's access to the Court, not hinder it by forcing the plaintiffs to pay in order to examine their human rights cases, or add new eligibility criteria, "said Avner Gidron.
"Restricting access of people to court would be unprecedented and unwise, that threatens to undermine the protection of human rights in Europe. Economic deposits constitute an additional barrier to justice, insurmountable for some people, which could deprive the remedy for gross violations. "
Amnesty International is one of the approximately 270 NGOs in Europe have signed a petition opposing the imposition of deposits.
"measures are needed to ensure long-term effectiveness of the Tribunal. However, it would be a mistake to treat the rights of those who go directly to the Court as the cause of the problems facing this body, precisely when those rights are the reason for their existence, "said Avner Gidron.
The Tribunal was established in 1959 to enforce, by binding resolutions, the European Convention on Human Rights, the 47 states of the Council of Europe are bound to respect.
Since its establishment the Tribunal has issued over 11,000 decisions in determining that the States had breached its obligations under the Convention.
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