The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 354...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 354 votes in favour, 29against with 31 abstentions deploring the situation in Iraq, eleven years after the Gulf War
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The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 354 votes in favour, 29against with 31 abstentions deploring the situation in Iraq, eleven years after the Gulf War.
The House declared its support for the resolution adopted by the UN Commission for Human Rights on 16 April 2002, according to which the situation in Iraq has scarcely improved.
MEPs strongly condemned the serious, repeated violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by the Iraqi government, the widespread use of the death penalty, summary and arbitrary executions, torture and rape, the disappearances and the forced relocations of the population.
The House declared its support for the resolution adopted by the UN Commission for Human Rights on 16 April 2002, according to which the situation in Iraq has scarcely improved.
MEPs strongly condemned the serious, repeated violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by the Iraqi government, the widespread use of the death penalty, summary and arbitrary executions, torture and rape, the disappearances and the forced relocations of the population.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: European Union Press Release, Press Release - European Parliament 21/05/2002)
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