34. Welcomes the recent ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the Campo Algodonero feminicides in Mexico, as a precedent for the whole region; calls on the governments of the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean to use this ruling as a guideline for future work, and to ensure that their strong condemnation of violence against women is accompanied by properly funded protection, prevention and restorative justice programmes; calls also for a strong commitment to combating gender violence in general, and for appropriate investment in reproductive health and in programmes designed to promote gender equality, sex education ...[+++] and access to methods of family planning, in accordance with the ICPD Programme of Action (1994);

17. Welcomes the recent ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the Campo Algodonero feminicides in Mexico as a precedent for the whole region; calls on the governments of the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean to use the ruling as a guideline for their future work and to ensure that their strong condemnation of violence against women is accompanied by properly funded protection, prevention and restorative justice programmes; calls also for a strong commitment to combating gender violence in general, and for appropriate investment in reproductive health and in programmes designed to promote gender equality, s ...[+++]ex education and access to methods of family planning, in accordance with the ICPD Programme of Action (1994).

Mrs. Judi Longfield (Whitby Ajax, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, today Canada will begin hosting the 12th inter-American conference of ministers of labour here in Ottawa.

However, there are a number of other organisations – to mention only those that relate to the tuna species – and, alongside the aforementioned Atlantic tuna organisation, there is a pressing need for our presence in, and commitment to, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, the IOTC, the Inter-American Commission for Tropical Tuna, the IATTC, or the MHLC, the Multilateral High Level Conference, which is negotiating the convention that will govern the Western Pacific Council.

However, there are a number of other organisations – to mention only those that relate to the tuna species – and, alongside the aforementioned Atlantic tuna organisation, there is a pressing need for our presence in, and commitment to, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, the IOTC, the Inter-American Commission for Tropical Tuna, the IATTC, or the MHLC, the Multilateral High Level Conference, which is negotiating the convention that will govern the Western Pacific Council.

The EU position has nonetheless received positive comments in public from the President of the Inter-American Court, Peru’s independent media, the Conference of Bishops, various experts on international law including several ex-Ministers of Foreign Affairs, as well as Peru’s Ombudsman in his comprehensive report.