94. ReiteratesitscallontheCommissionandtheCounciltostronglysupportinitiativestopromoteand
enhancethefightagainstcastediscriminationinallrelevantUnitedNationsfora;callsontheCommissionandtheCounciltoensurethattheissueofcastediscriminationandpoliciestocombatthiswide-spreadformofracismisproperlyaddressedinallcountrystrategypapers,mid-termreviewsoftheseandcom-municationsoncountriesaffectedbyit;
95. DeploresthatnoactionhasbeentakenbytheCommissionandtheCounciltoenhancethepolitical
andhumanrightsdialoguewithcasteafflictedcountriesontheissueofthecontinueddehumanisingprac-ticeofcastediscrimination,andthattheeffectivenessofEUhumanrightspolicyintermsofaddressingcastediscriminationstillremainstobeassessed;
96. InstructsitsPresidenttoforwardthisresolutiontotheCouncil,Commission,thegovernmentsand
parliamentsoftheMemberStatesandtheaccessioncountries,theUnitedNations,theCouncilofEurope,theOSCEandthegovernmentsofthecountriesmentionedinthisresolutionandtheofficesofthemain
humanrightsNGOsbasedintheEU.
P5_TA(2004)0377
TrialagainstLeylaZanaandothersinAnkara
European Parliament resolution on the outcome of the trial against Leyla Zana and others in
Ankara
TheEuropeanParliament ,
/dash havingregardtoitspreviousresolutionsonhumanrightsinTurkey,/dash havingregard,inparticular,toitsresolutionof1April2004onTurkey’sprogresstowardsacces-
sion(
1),
/dash havingregardtoRule37(4)ofitsRulesofProcedure,
A. whereasin1994MrsLeylaZana,MrHatipDicle,MrOrhanDoganandMrSelimSadak,MPsrepre-
sentingtheDEP,weresentencedto15years’imprisonmentfortheirpoliticalactivitiesinsupportofthefundamentalrightsoftheKurdishpeople,
B. whereasMrsLeylaZanawasawardedParliament’s1995SakharovPrize,C. whereas,initsjudgmentof17July2001,theEuropeanCourtofHumanRights(ECHR)inStrasbourg
notedthelackofindependenceandimpartialityoftheStateSecurityCourtinAnkara,breachesofthe
rightsofthedefenceandthepresenceincourtofmilitaryjudges,ajudgmentwhichpromptedthe
TurkishauthoritiestoholdanewtrialagainstLeylaZanaandothers,
D. whereas Turkey has enacted new legislation which provides for the re-opening of trials declared
‘unfair’bytheECHRinStrasbourg,andwhereasanewtrialagainstLeylaZanaandothersopenedon28March2003,
1. CondemnsthedecisionbytheStateSecurityCourtinAnkaratoconfirmthe1994sentenceof
15years’imprisonmentimposedonLeylaZana,HatipDicle,OrhanDoganandSelimSadak,afurtherbreachoftheguidelineslaiddownbytheECHRinStrasbourg;
2. Takestheviewthatthisnewsentencestandsinclearcontradictiontothejudicialreformprocess
startedbytheTurkishGovernment,theimplementationofwhichParliamentwillfollowveryclosely,alsointheperiodleadinguptoDecember2004;
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3. Deplorestheexploitationofthe‘Zanatrial’bythosewhowishtoimpedethereformprocessin
Turkey;
4. StressesthatthiscaseissymbolicofthegapwhichexistsbetweentheTurkishjudicialsystemand
thatoftheEuropeanUnion;
5. Condemnsthebreachesoftherightsofdefencewhichhaveoccurredduringthenewtrialagainst
LeylaZanaandothers,suchasthepresenceoftheStateProsecutorinalltheroomswherethejudgeswererequiredtotakedecisionsconcerningtheaccused,thefailuretoacknowledgetherightoftheaccusedtobereleasedinaccordancewiththeECHRjudgmentof17July2001,andtheinabilityofthedefencetochecktheveracityoftheaccusationsmadebytheStateProsecutor;
6. CallsfortheimmediateabolitionoftheStateSecurityCourts,andcallsontheTurkishparliamentary
andgovernmentalauthoritiestotakepracticalstepstodealwiththisissue;
7. HopesthattheTurkishfinalCourtofAppealwillquashthesentenceimposedonMrsZanaandthe
threeotherformerTurkishMPsofKurdishorigin;
8. CallsontheTurkishauthoritiestograntanamnestytoallthoseimprisonedfortheirpoliticalviews;9. InstructsitsPresidenttoforwardthisresolutiontotheCouncil,theCommissionandtheTurkish
GovernmentandParliament.
P5_TA(2004)0378
Broadguidelinesofeconomicpolicy
EuropeanParliamentresolutionontheCommissionrecommendationonthe2004updateoftheBroadGuidelinesoftheEconomicPoliciesoftheMemberStatesandtheCommunity(forthe
2003-2005period)(COM(2004)238/dashC5-0183/2004/dash2004/2020(INI))
TheEuropeanParliament ,
/dash havingregardtotheCommissionrecommendation(COM(2004)238/dashC5-0183/2004),/dash havingregardtoArticle99(2)oftheECTreaty,/dash havingregardtotheCommissionreportontheimplementationofthe2003-2005BroadEconomic
PolicyGuidelines(COM(2003)170),
/dash havingregardtoitsresolutionsof12March2003onthestateoftheEuropeaneconomy/dashprepara-
toryreportwithaviewtotheCommissionrecommendationonBroadEconomicPolicyGuidelines(
1)
andof15May2003ontheCommissionrecommendationontheBroadGuidelinesoftheEconomic
PoliciesoftheMemberStatesandtheCommunity(forthe2003-2005period)(2)andtoitsresolution
of the 23October 2003 on the outcome of the European Council meeting held in Brussels on16/17October2003(
3),
/dash having regard tothe Commission’sSpring Economic Forecasts2004-2005forthe euro area, the
EuropeanUnionandtheAccedingandCandidatecountries,
/dash havingregardtotheCommissionreporttotheSpringEuropeanCouncil(COM(2004)29),/dash havingregardtoitsresolutiononthesituationoftheEuropeaneconomy,reportonthebroadguide-
linesforeconomicpoliciesof26February2004(
4),
/dash havingregardtoitsresolutionontheSpringSummit:follow-uptoLisbonof26February2004(5),
(1) OJC61E,10.3.2004,p.294.
(2) OJC67E,17.3.2004,p.295.
(3) P5_TA(2003)0459.
(4) P5_TA(2004)0116.
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