
Victories
No to Resolution Normalising Prostitution at Council of Europe
Dear Sir or Madam,
Behind the laudable aim of defending the rights of people in prostitution, the proposal “Protecting the human rights and improving the lives of sex workers and victims of sexual exploitation” (Doc. 16044 - 13/09/2024) conceals the legalisation of their exploitation and the violence they suffer.
The report accompanying this proposal was drafted with a clear bias unworthy of parliamentary work: all texts favorable to the fight against prostitution were downplayed, subtracted, or omitted.
As citizens, we ask you to oppose the adoption of this draft resolution:
-Either by voting against it on October 3rd;
-Or by requesting that it be referred back to the committee to allow for a fair examination of the issue.
Yours sincerely
Let us stand for freedom of speech in Europe
Honorable Prime Minister,
Honorable Minister of of Justice,
Honorable delegates of the Justice and Home Affairs Council!
On 9 December 2021, the European Commission proposed to extend the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crimes to Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
The proposal of the European Commission is against Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Additionally, hate speech and hate crimes are not sufficiently clear concepts and can be easily misused. In fact, the European Commission has failed to give a definition of what it seeks to criminalize as hate speech and for that reason, EU harmonization in the area of hate speech is not possible.
Therefore, we ask you to stand up for freedom of expression and vote against the extension of the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crimes.
Brasil pretende legalizar el aborto y el terrorismo en toda Sudamérica
Estimado senador Vita do Rego
C/c miembros de la Comisión Constitucional del Senado de Brasil
El pasado miércoles 10 de diciembre fue presentado el informe del nuevo Código Penal (PLS 236/2012) A pesar de las importantísimas y polémicas modificaciones sólo se ofrecen dos días para presentar enmiendas.
¿Es razonable otorgar sólo dos días para una reforma que supone una despenalización del aborto más amplia que la aprobada en Gran Bretaña?
Pero no es sólo eso. Le confieso también estar preocupado con los siguientes puntos
Y lo que más me ha llamado la atención es que el texto apele en reiteradas ocasiones al ‘gran Brasil’. ¿Pretenden Uds. “exportar” esta reforma al resto de Sudamérica?, ¿mantienen Uds. su vocación imperial sobre los países vecinos?