Traduction de «Division de la politique relative aux réfugiés » (Français → Anglais) :

EMPHASIZING that this Agreement shall be without prejudice to the rights, obligations and responsibilities of the Community, the Member States of the European Union and the Russian Federation arising from International Law including International Human Rights law rules, as confirmed, in particular, by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 16 December 1966, the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951 and the Protocol relating to t ...[+++]he Status of Refugees of 31 January 1967, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 4 November 1950 and Protocol No 4 thereto of 16 September 1963, and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 10 December 1984,

12. Calls on the Member States to introduce a gender perspective in their refugee policies, and to that end:

1. In addition to the projects provided for by Articles 5, 6 and 7, at the Commission’s initiative, up to 7 % of the Fund’s available resources may be used to finance transnational actions or actions of interest to the Community as a whole concerning asylum policy and measures applicable to refugees and displaced persons as referred to in paragraph 2.

120. Urges Member States to reaffirm their commitments under the 1951 Refugee Convention to protecting refugees and asylum-seekers, and to reverse the current negative policy-trends, signified by increased liability for carriers and stricter visa requirements; urges all states to adopt this Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees without delay; calls on the EU to accede to the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; calls on the EU and the Member States to gear up their asylum policy to the CFSP to ensure that no asylum-seekers will ...[+++] be sent back to their country of origin without sufficient guarantees for their personal security;

(11) The mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees regarding refugees and other persons in need of international protection should be respected, and effect should be given to Declaration No 17, annexed to the Final Act to the Treaty of Amsterdam, on Article 63 of the Treaty establishing the European Community which provides that consultations are to be established with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other relevant international organisations on matters relating to asylum policy.

REFERRING to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the conclusions of the 1993 Vienna Conference on Human Rights, the Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination, the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the other instruments of international humanitarian law, the 1954 Convention relating ...[+++] to the status of stateless persons, the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 New York Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees.