1 Amendments of Gabriele ZIMMER related to 2011/2185(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 (new)
Paragraph 9 (new)
9. Human rights are indivisible. For this reason, social, ecological and cultural rights should not be neglected along side rights relating to liberal freedoms and participation in the democratic process. Rights set out in the UN Social Responsibility Pact, such as the right to appropriate nutrition, minimum social standards, the right to education, the right to health care, just and favourable working conditions and the right to participate in cultural life should be treated equally. The EU can only credibly and successfully promote the worldwide strengthening of human rights if it also deals openly and critically with the situation regarding these rights in its Member States.