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TunisiaHuman Rights Day: EU reaffirms commitment for human rights worldwide
December 9, 2016
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On the eve of Human Rights Day (10 December), EU High Representative Federica Mogherini stressed on the need to redouble efforts to defend the rights of all people, reaffirming that the EU stands up for human rights worldwide, and will commit its full support to every individual who does the same. She called upon people to stand up for human rights.
Mogherini underlined that in 2016, the EU provided financial support through the EIDHR Emergency Fund to more than 250 human rights defenders and their families who are at risk because of their daily work, assuring that the EU “will continue to play a leading role in promoting a rules-based global order, with respect for human rights at its core.”
“In the coming year, the EU will be pursuing the follow up to the new Global Strategy for the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy, launched in June 2016, in which we pledged to foster respect for human rights both within and outside the EU. This includes ensuring the highest level of human rights protection for migrants and refugees in all EU action on migration and development,” she said, adding: “We will also be assessing progress on our ambitious Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy for 2015-2019. Equally, we will renew our commitment to combatting torture and ill-treatment and protecting the rights of the child by reviewing our EU guidelines and further strengthening the impact of our policies on these issues.”
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