{"id":125941,"date":"2025-05-23T18:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/125941\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T18:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:31:14","slug":"9-eu-states-demand-new-open-minded-conversation-on-european-convention-on-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/125941\/","title":{"rendered":"9 EU states demand &#8216;new, open-minded conversation&#8217; on European Convention on Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>COPENHAGEN<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Nine EU states called for &#8220;a new and open-minded conversation about the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights,&#8221; particularly in terms of migration, Radio Prague International reported on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to restore the right balance,&#8221; was stated in an open letter released by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni&#8217;s office on Thursday, signed by leaders from Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Denmark, Italy, and the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p>The letter urging a review of its application was made public following a meeting in Rome between Meloni and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, both of whom have taken a hardline approach to migration.<\/p>\n<p>The letter coincides with broader EU debates about sovereignty, migration, and the role of international courts.<\/p>\n<p>All 27 EU member states have signed the European Convention on Human Rights, but the EU has yet to accede to the treaty, despite a legal obligation under the Lisbon Treaty. Accession would allow EU institutions to be held accountable before the European Court of Human Rights, a move that is still being negotiated.<\/p>\n<p>The convention, which came into effect in 1953, encompasses the right to life, a ban on slavery, protection against torture and degrading treatment, freedom of expression, prohibition of discrimination, and the right to family life.<\/p>\n<p>All 46 countries that have signed the convention, including all 27 EU member states, must follow its provisions, with binding rulings issued by the European Court of Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COPENHAGEN Nine EU states called for &#8220;a new and open-minded conversation about the interpretation of the European Convention&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[5340,365,55786,2000,299,5187,2440,2199],"class_list":{"0":"post-125941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-denmark","10":"tag-echr","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-european","14":"tag-giorgia-meloni","15":"tag-italy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114558578978105686","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}