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On The case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group · Rapporteur: Rasmus Andresen, Villy Søvndal, Maria Ohisalo, Nicolae Ștefănuță, Mélissa Camara, Mounir Satouri, Catarina Vieira, Ville Niinistö
This resolution addresses the case of British businessman Ryan Cornelius, arbitrarily detained in Dubai since May 2008, and condemns the UAE's repression of dissent. It calls for his release and that of all arbitrarily detained persons, and urges the UAE to join international human rights treaties.¶¶¶ It also calls on the European Commission to conduct a human rights impact assessment before negotiating a Special Partnership Agreement with the UAE, and to make the agreement conditional on UAE's accession to key covenants, while establishing formal human rights dialogues.¶¶
Key points
- Calls on the UAE to release Ryan Cornelius and all other arbitrarily detained persons.¶
- Condemns the complete repression of dissent in the UAE, including arbitrary detention of human rights defenders like Ahmed Mansoor, Mohammed al-Roken, and Nasser bin Ghaith.¶
- Deplores the gap between UAE's claims of tolerance and the harsh detention of human rights defenders, lawyers, and academics.¶
- Calls on the UAE to become a state party to the ICCPR, ICESCR, and other relevant international human rights instruments.¶
- Welcomes the 12 Human Rights Dialogues with the EU but urges the European Commission to secure concrete progress, including release of unlawfully detained prisoners and law reforms.¶
- Calls on the European Commission to conduct an independent human rights impact assessment before negotiating the Special Partnership Agreement with the UAE.¶
- Urges making the SPA's conclusion conditional on UAE's accession to ICCPR and ICESCR.¶
- Calls for establishing confidential, formal human rights dialogue platforms between civil society and authorities from both sides, ensuring protection from retaliation.¶
- Appeals to include access for independent human rights monitors to the UAE in the agreement.¶
Who is affected
- Ryan Cornelius and other arbitrarily detained persons in the UAE, who would be released.¶
- Human rights defenders, activists, lawyers, and academics in the UAE, who face repression.¶
- The European Commission, which must conduct impact assessments and negotiate the SPA with conditions.¶
- Civil society actors in the EU and UAE, who would participate in human rights dialogues.¶
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