| Statement of EWLA to the Chairpersons of Convention’s Working Groups - European Women Lawyers Association EWLA welcomes the setting up of working groups within the European Convention, as an effective means to organise the debate on the complex issues the Convention has to deal with.
EWLA recalls that, although the participation of women and men in the Convention is not balanced, in spite of the calls of NGOs and President Valéry Giscard d`Estaing himself, both the Convention and its Praesidium include very able women. EWLA recalls that the future of Europe is the future of both women and men.
EWLA recalls that a Union which is founded on the principles of democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law cannot keep half of its population away from crucial decision-making on their future.
EWLA consequently calls on the Praesidium and the Convention not to build a new Europe by ignoring its very foundations and the requirements of Articles 2 and 3(2) of the EU Treaty, and to avoid a new affront to women, by ensuring that at least two of the working groups are chaired by women.
Brussels, 16 May 2002
The President of EWLA
The Vice-president of EWLA
European Women Lawyers Association
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