For Greens, human rights are universal, indivisible and inalienable. For Greens these are not just noble sounding words. Green daily action worldwide has proven it. Greens do not hesitate to condemn violations of human rights wherever they occur with no exceptions.

Our support to promote human rights is based on international law and the different legal instruments adopted in the countries and regions where we are active.

Greens confirm their support to the right of people for self-determination. This is why Greens condemn equally the violation of the right of free expression for instance in Syria or Zimbabwe as well as the violations committed by the US or other European countries through counter-terrorism measures.
Political violence used to intimidate opponents by a dictatorial regime is to be condemned as strongly as torture, illegal imprisonment, uncontrolled personal data disclosure or extraordinary rendition by western governments.

Greens are committed to ensuring respect for all human rights, from freedom of expression to ending violence against women and children, from free movement to equal rights for women, men and for all kinds of minorities, from indigenous people to gays, lesbians, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, from special ethnic groups to elderly people.

The rights of sexual and ethnic minorities must be considered priorities of international human rights efforts. Discrimination based on sexual orientation or ethnic origin should not be tolerated. Heads of state should ensure that such human rights violations are kept on the agenda during their diplomatic and international duties.

We need to put an end to the trafficking of women and children and slavery of all kinds. This includes fighting against child abuse, misuse of children as soldiers and illegal organ trafficking.

In order to lead the UN from a reactive to a pro-active stance on human rights, we will press for all countries’ human rights records to be expressed quantitatively, so that they can be published annually by the UN in ranked order, revealing the relative standing of each country, which will exert a continual persuasive force on all governments to improve their performance in the field of human rights.

Greens commit to banning the death penalty worldwide.
Because transparency and an informed public are essential to democracy, Greens promote freedom for journalists and uncensored internet access everywhere as keys to the fight for human rights.

Greens acknowledge positively the work being done by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in protecting and promoting human rights within the UN framework. At the same time Greens insist that the credibility of the UNHRC rests on its ability to address human rights violations. The role of NGOs fighting for the right of women, sexual, religious, ethnic and other minorities has to be strengthened.

In this context Greens urge the international community to include a strong human rights clause in all international treaties and agreements.