Zgromadzenie Parlamentu Rady Europy

Robert Biedroń, poseł Ruchu Palikota został członkiem polskiej delegacji do Zgromadzenia Parlamentarnego Rady Europy. W dniach 23-27 stycznia br. uczestniczył w zimowej sesji Zgromadzenia w Strasburgu.

We wtorek, 24 stycznia br. wygłosił przemówienie na forum Zgromadzenia w sprawie reformy Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka. Podkreśli w swoim wystąpieniu, że dla mieszkańców Europy Trybunał jest często jedynym i ostatecznym narzędziem sądowym. Zaapelował jednocześnie o respektowanie i wdrożenie wyroku Bączkowski i inni przeciwko Polsce.

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Robert Biedroń (Poland, SOC)

Subject: Guaranteeing the authority and effectiveness of the European Convention on Human Rights

I would like to congratulate Ms. Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc for her excellent report.

This Report comes just in time, when there is still a backlog in the application to the European Court of Human Rights and the Strasbourg Court remains the only hope for many victims of human rights violations.

Politicians who undermine the authority of the Court should remember that indirectly – and in longer term – they deprive victims of human rights violations of any hope for justice. After such precedents like the UK example it is much easier for countries which are well-known human rights’ violators, to refuse to comply with the Court judgments.

Therefore, it is the role of this body to do whatever is possible to strengthen the Strasbourg mechanism and the role of the Court.

It is obvious that the Court of suffers from backlog of cases. But we should not forget that it is the primary obligation of the Member States to comply with Strasbourg standards. I come from the country where we have different practices as regards to this. On the one hand, some judgments were implemented properly. Some Polish cases give an example for whole Europe, like e.g. Kudła v. Poland, which led to the introduction of the effective length of proceedings’ remedy, later on followed by other states. On the other hand, there are some cases, which are not treated with due respect’ For example, I am personally one of the victims in case Bączkowski and others v. Poland. The case concerned prohibition of the gay pride in Warsaw on June 2005. There were certain procedural aspects involved into the case, which – until now – has not been implemented in Poland. But most importantly the Bączkowski case was not implemented in other states. There are still serious violations of the freedom of assembly in other countries, such as Russia or Moldova, and LGBT’s cannot enjoy the right to organize peaceful assembly. If Member States of the Council of Europe would treat seriously res interpretata effect of judgments – mentioned such things would not happen.

The report underlines that the Court does not have sufficient budget to cover its activities.

The budget of the Strasbourg Court is almost six times smaller than the budget of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Effecitve political effort should be undertaken in order to increase financing of the Court. Financial crisis should not be excuse here. Any reform as proposed in Interlaken Declaration or in Izmir Declaration does not make sense if we do not secure long-term, stable financing for the Court.

Zapis debaty:

http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=/Documents/Records/2012/E/1201241530E.htm

Fotografia: Jacques Denier