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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7774

7 August 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/charter of fundamental rights
FIDH calls on Convention to fill several holes in Charter concerning social rights

Brussels, 07/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) is calling on the Convention that is drafting the EU Charter of fundamental rights to strengthen and complete the economic and social rights presently included in the draft Charter. It is also calling on the drafters of the Charter to modify the horizontal clause relating to the level of protection so as to include a reference to all international conventions that offer greater protection that are...