Michael Woods
Question:18 Dr. Woods asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify the non derogability of human rights under all circumstances, in view of the contradiction contained in the EU Morocco Association Agreement between the human rights protection in Article 2 and the provision in Article 87 to the effect that nothing in the agreement shall prevent a contracting part from taking any measures which it considers essential to its own security which undermines the established principle that human rights shall constitute an essential element of all EU agreements with third countries and in relation to all EU-Mediterranean Association Agreements. [7453/97]