aljazeerah: Human rights talks continue despite lack of results
Jordan Times, Monday, June 14, 2004
TEHRAN (AFP) — The European Union and Iran are to hold a fourth round of talks on human rights here this week, as EU diplomats admit their efforts to engage the Islamic republic have so far failed to stem widespread abuses. The dialogue, which began in December 2002, is part of an ambitious EU bid to engage the clerical regime on a string of sensitive topics, including nuclear proliferation, the Middle East peace process and terrorism.
On human rights, the dialogue has been credited with paving the way for a de facto moratorium on stoning as well as unprecedented visits by United Nations human rights rapporteurs.
But the wider picture appears to be just as grim as it was when the talks began some 18 months ago and when Brussels dangled a carrot — in the form of a potentially lucrative Trade and Cooperation Agreement — to Iran's clerical rulers in exchange for such talks.
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TEHRAN (AFP) — The European Union and Iran are to hold a fourth round of talks on human rights here this week, as EU diplomats admit their efforts to engage the Islamic republic have so far failed to stem widespread abuses. The dialogue, which began in December 2002, is part of an ambitious EU bid to engage the clerical regime on a string of sensitive topics, including nuclear proliferation, the Middle East peace process and terrorism.
On human rights, the dialogue has been credited with paving the way for a de facto moratorium on stoning as well as unprecedented visits by United Nations human rights rapporteurs.
But the wider picture appears to be just as grim as it was when the talks began some 18 months ago and when Brussels dangled a carrot — in the form of a potentially lucrative Trade and Cooperation Agreement — to Iran's clerical rulers in exchange for such talks.
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