[Brussels, 27 July 2012] Greek foreign minister Stavros Lambrinidis was this Wednesday 25 July appointed as the EU’s new special representative for human rights (EUSR).
Mr. Lambrinidis is a former MEP and vice president of the European Parliament. His appointment has been welcomed by this body, which called for the creation of the post and for the new EUSR to have a proven track record in human rights.
The post is newly created and is designed to give a ‘voice’ to European human rights policy.
The EWL previously wrote to EU High Representative Catherine Ashton calling for the appointment and mandate of new EU Special Representative for Human Rights to reflect the EU’s commitement to women’s rights and gender equality (see article of 03 July here) and will now write to Ms. Lambrinidis to remind him of his Treaty-bound duties in this respect.
