CALL@JUSTICE
we_want_to_be_ free
45 minutes
IN.-10.00.04 NARR.- At the start of the 21st. century Europe is still facing serious human rights violations - Enforced disappearances - Extra judicial executions – Torture - Secret detentions. OUT.- 10.00.23
10.00.23 title call@justice
10.00.42 title we want to be free
IN.- 10.00.55 NARR.- The war between Russia and Georgia, Europe’s first war of
the 21s century, shattered the great illusion of the 1990s that we were entering an
era of global interdependency in which politics and power didn’t matter.
OUT.- 10.01.10
IN.- 10.01.11 NARR.- Tensions exploded on Friday 8th. August, 2008 when Georgia tried to take back control of the separatist region of South Ossetia with tanks and rockets, and Russia sent forces to repel the assault. This was the culmination of months of escalation by both sides. OUT.- 10.01.28
IN.- 10.01.46 NARR.- Heavy fighting between Georgian and Russian forces had
uncanny echoes of a brutal six year war that destroyed Europe and claimed 60
million lives. OUT.- 10.01.57
IN.- 10.02.00 NARR.- In 1945, at the end of the Second World War, Europeans were
Eager to find a way that could put an end to war on their continent; and by the end of
the 1940's people everywhere were on the streets showing their support for a United
Europe. OUT.- 10.02.14
IN.- 10.02.16 NARR.- On 5th. May, 1949, in London, the European ministers of foreign affairs signed the statutes of the Council of Europe. This organization offered the hope that a history drenched European continent could choose its own tomorrow free from the shadows of yesterday. A reminder of a shared destiny. OUT.- 10.02.34
IN.- 10.02.37 NARR.- As we enter the 21st century, the Council of Europe is an
international organization that aims to uphold human rights, democracy, and the rule
of law in 47 countries. OUT.- 10.02.48
IN.- 10.02.54 On camera Seda Pumpyanskaya
Director of Communication
Council of Europe
Welcome to the Council of Europe, the oldest European organization based
in Strasbourg. Lots of people work in the Council of Europe, all sorts of nationalities,
the Council of Europe has 47 member states, not 27, and here you’re going to meet
many different people. OUT.- 10.03.14
IN.- 10.03.27 On camera Terry Davis
Secretary General
Council of Europe
Well, the Council of Europe does not bring human rights into any country, the Council of Europe is not like Moses coming down off a top of a mountain with 10 commandments, that is not the style at all. That is why our assistant programs in those countries that want them are not only appreciated they’re very valuable, and they’re in the interest of the people in that country, but this is not something imposed, this is something which these countries want to do, by joining the Council of Europe they have shown they want to improve human rights and democracy in their countries and so we’re not imposing something. All the Council of Europe did is to open the door, and the people in those countries decided to come through the open door. OUT.- 10.04.10
IN.- 10.04.13 NARR. The first address by a Soviet Union leader to an assembly of
Western European parliamentarians took place here at the Council of Europe. Mikhail
Gorbachov chose this particular chamber - on 6th. July , 1989 - to put forward a new
disarmament proposal, and to discuss human rights. OUT.- 10.04.32
IN.- 10.04.33 NARR.- Four months after Mikhail Gorbachov's address at the
Council, of Europe, on 9th. November, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and a continent came
together. This marked the start of a new political role for the Council of Europe as it
opened its doors to new members from the East. OUT.- 10.04.52
IN.- 10.04.52 On camera Piotr Świtalski
Permanent Representative of Poland
at the Council of Europe
Of course, if you ask Poles you will hear the answer that the golden age of the
Council of Europe were the 90s, when Poland together with other countries of Central and Eastern Europe joined the Council of Europe, and indeed the Council of Europe played a crucial role in establishing modern institutions of democracy, in developing laws. OUT.- 10.05.27
IN.- 10.05.34 On camera Seda Pumpyanskaya.
Director of Communication
Council of Europe
The European court of human rights of the Council of Europe, is very
frequently known by the people simply as Strasbourg court, that is how Strasbourg is
known, and this is really the jewel of the Council of Europe with impeccable
reputation and credibility. OUT.- 10.05.49
IN.- 10.05.50 On camera Jean-Paul Costa
President,
European Court of Human Rights.
We try to apply permanent principles and common values to a changing world,
a changing Europe and changing technologies, it’s not always easy but if you
are really convinced on the value, interest and importance of the principles you can
adapt yourself. OUT.- 10.06.14
IN.- 10.06.15 NARR.- On 5th. April, 2007 the European Court of Human Rights
issued a unanimous decision in favour of the Church of Scientology of Moscow. The
case, overturned the Moscow City government’s refusal to consider the Church of
Scientology of Moscow for registration as a religious organization. OUT.- 10.06.33
IN.- 10.06.38 NARR.- The Church of Scientology of Moscow applied eleven times for re-registration to the Moscow Justice Department. Each application was rejected.
OUT.- 10.06.47
IN.- 10.06.50 NARR.- In its decision overturning the refusal by Russian authorities to
re-register the Church, the European Court of Human Rights determined that the
Church of Scientology of Moscow was a “religious community” entitled to the rights
afforded such communities under the European Convention on Human Rigts.
OUT.- 10.07.07
IN.- 10.07.13 NARR.- When the Church of Scientology won its case against the
Russian government at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the right
of freedom of religion became a concern in Russia. OUT.10.07.23
IN.- 10.07.29 NARR.- Russians are returning to religion after many years of state
Impose atheism. Today, more than 50 per cent of Russian youths claim they believe
in God, and the Russian Orthodox Church is attempting to bring them back to the
fold. OUT.- 10.07.41
IN.- 10.07.44 NARR.- The Russian Orthodox Church is building its appeal around national values. There seems to be a connection between the Orthodox Church and nationalism, and there are signs that the Church is promoting it. OUT.- 10.07.55
IN.- 10.07.58 On camera Alexander Alekseev
Permanent representative of Russian Federation
at the Council of Europe
We do see the growth of Orthodox Church, new churches are built all over Russia, more and more people participate in services many of them are young. This is not the rise of nationalism this is just strengthening the Russian state and strengthening Russia as a country. And we don’t need any confrontation, we do not need anything, cool war, cold war, cool peace, cold peace, we want one thing - either assist us to build the new democratic civil society or just leave us alone we’ll do it ourselves. OUT.- 10.08.40
IN.- 10.08.40 On camera Terry Davis
Secretary General
Council of Europe
It’s not a case that Western Europe has some secret agenda which can be
imposed on Eastern Europe or some formula, a doctrine, a blueprint which should be imposed. I think there is some misunderstanding about this in Eastern Europe, but I have to say the responsibility also rests with some politicians in Western Europe who do talk as if they were teachers, teaching people in Eastern Europe how to behave, the arrogance of some people in Western Europe is self-defeating and counter productive if we are trying to raise the level of human rights democracy and the rule of law throughout Europe. OUT.- 10.09.15
IN.- 10.09.18 NARR.- It’s inevitable that people of different countries and nationalities
Have a different vision on some issues, but those differences can be resolved by
Narrowing the differences and expanding the common ground. And here at the
Council of Europe its mission statement “all different, all equal” shows that
Europeans of different cultures, histories and languages can indeed work together
productively and with a common purpose. OUT.- 10.09.42
IN.- 10.09.44 On camera Nigel Smith
United Kingdom
DC website, Council of Europe
I can not think of many places where you can bring people from 47 different countries into one space and create an environment where they all feel that they can improve themselves and make a contribution. OUT.- 10.09.58
IN.- 10.09.58 On camera Marco Ynat
Spain
Coffee bar, Council of Europe
People try to understand each other, I think this is because of a common European belief that no country can impose its way on how to look at things, we all know there are many ways to look at everything. (ORIGINAL in Spanish). OUT.- 10.10.20
IN.- 10.10.20 On camera Natalia Reu
Moldova
Communication Directorate, Council of Europe
It’s a process, getting to know the people you work with and learning to
appreciate their national culture, it creates a natural atmosphere for
understanding and acceptance. (ORIGINAL in Moldovan). OUT.- 10.10.36
IN.- 10.10.41 NARR.- Just like the Europeans at the Council of Europe work
together with a common purpose, the 47 member countries of the Council of Europe
have agreed to accept and promote a common set of rights and freedoms. And the
task of the Council’s Court of Human Rights is to ensure that member countries
respect the rights and freedoms of all their citizens. So if you believe your rights and
freedoms have been violated you can bring your case to this Court. What can you
hope to obtain? OUT.- 10.11.07
IN.- 10.11.08 On camera Jean-Paul Costa
President
European Court of Human Rights
We can not, of course, provide to anyone happiness, riches, prosperity, love, we
would like to be a kind of international Santa Claus but we are not. Our task is really
very important, it’s to ensure that the states respect the commitments they made by
signing the Convention, namely respect the fundamental freedoms and liberties
which are listed in the Convention and that is all. OUT.- 10.11.39
IN.- 10.11.43 NARR.- Baczkowski and Others versus Poland. OUT.- 10.11.46
IN.- 10.11.47 On camera Magda Mierewska
Register
European Court of Human Rights
What happened in Baczkowski case, they applied for a permission to organize a demonstration and when their petition was already pending before the office of the Mayor of Warsaw, the Mayor said that he is not in favor of public manifestations in which homosexual people say openly that they are homosexuals. OUT.- 10.12.14
IN.- 10.12.17 NARR.- On 16th.December,2005, alleging that their right to peaceful
assembly had been breached and that they had been treated in a discriminatory
manner, the organizers of the demonstration in Warsaw began a court case against
the Republic of Poland at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
OUT.- 10.12.34
IN.- 10.12.41 NARR.- On 3rd. May, 2007, the Court ruled unanimously that the
banning of a gay pride parade in Warsaw in 2005, was in violation of Articles 11, 13
and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights.The ruling determined that
banning gay pride parades goes against freedom of assembly and association.
OUT.- 10.13.01
IN.- 10.13.06 NARR.- Legal analysts point out that this ruling of the Strasbourg Court represents a very important step towards equality, not only for gay and lesbian people in Poland, but also for minorities in general. OUT.- 10.13.17
IN.-10.13.20 On camera Robert Biedron
President
Polish Campaign Against Homophobia
A few weeks ago we had a case of Vietnamese people who were denied to demonstrate only because they were from this ethnic minority, and the case from Strasbourg will help them to have the right to demonstrate, so we didn’t won only for gays and lesbians we won for the whole world and we’re proud of it. OUT.- 10.13.42
IN.- 10.13.43 NARR.- A recent survey found 89 per cent of the Polish population
stating that they consider homosexuality an “unnatural” activity which should not be
tolerated. It’s unlikely that same sex marriages or civil unions will be endorsed in the
near future as Poland is 95 per cent Catholic, with 75 per cent actively practicing their
religion. OUT.- 10.14.04
IN.- 10.14.08 On camera Piotr Switalski
Permanent Representative of Poland
at the European Council
Poland is probably the only country in Europe where the attendance on
Sunday masses in churches has grown in recent years. Since we joined the
European Union the effect on the people is that more of them go to church, so that is
the opposite tendency if you compare Poland with some other Western European
countries where churches are empty on Sunday. OUT.- 10.14.34
IN.- 10.14.37 NARR.- The Catholic Church in Poland is quite politically active and
holds a considerable degree of influence, significantly more than in most western
European Catholic countries. OUT.- 10.14.47
IN.- 10.14.48 On camera Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka
Member of Polish Parliament
Former Deputy Prime Minister
Catholic church in Poland has a really huge influence on all politicians, it doesn’t matter if they are from the right or the left from the political stand, and of course they don’t want to talk about the rights of Polish women for example the issue of abortion, they are also much more against to give a right to homosexual people, they always protest and they support the very radical right oriented politicians. OUT.- 10.15.27
IN.- 10.15.27 On camera Krzysztof Bosak
League of Polish Families
Former Member of Polish Parliament We’re against downplaying
We’re against downplaying Poland’s Catholic heritage and this why homosexuality
has no place in Poland, so we can not allow activities that propagate homosexuality
as a way of life.We believe, I believe, Poland has been weakend by years of
corruption and sexual abuse, and we oppose homosexuality because homosexuals
claim human beings are not born male or females, they say people are bornn neutral.
Violence is bad but there is no way you can protest against this abnormality without
violence. (ORIGINAL in Polish). OUT.- 10.16.09
IN.- 10.16.14 On camera Greg Czarnecki
Coordinator
Polish Campaign Against Homophobia
2004 in Krakow is when it really started, Krakow is a much more conservative and Catholic city actually than Warsaw, Warsaw is a bit more metropolitan, and that is when violence really started, when we had people really attacking us with rocks and they attacked us in the town square in Krakow they demolished the town square, they were throwing beer glasses and really demolishing the town square trying to attack us. OUT.- 10.16.39
IN.- 10.16.42 On camera Tomasz Szypula
Gay Rigts Activist
Poland
We decided to sit on the ground and we decided not to move and we said it’s our civil right, the right of assembly, and they can’t make us to stop it, so then the police used force they grab us from the ground and they took us to the police station where we were charged of taking part in an illegal gathering. Of course, it happened very fast and there was no time to think, I just decided, you know, if I’m there and if we have to change something that is the time to do it. OUT.- 10.17.22
IN.- 10.17.22 On camera Robert Biedron
President
Polish Campaign Against Homophobia
I have mixed feelings about how to treat stereotypes and prejudices of Polish people about gays and lesbians because on the one hand I know that is a new topic for Polish society and for them gay and lesbian people are something new, they were never faced and they were never forced to deal with them, so it’s like people from Mars who are coming suddenly on earth and asking here we are and accept us. I try to understand them, but on another hand we are members of their families, we grew up together with straight people, we were going to same schools, we were going to same churches. OUT.- 10.18.16
IN.- 10.18.33 NARR.- The 47 member countries of the Council of Europe have agreed to accept and promote a common set of rights and freedoms. And the Commissioner for Human Rights, an independent institution within the Council of Europe, is in charge of ensuring that this common set of rights and freedoms bears the same meaning across the European continent. OUT.- 10.18.52
IN.- 10.18.55 On camera Thomas Hammarberg
Commissioner for Human rights
Council of Europe
Of course there are different opinions in the various countries about whether they fully accept the agreed human rights standards or not, so that is an ongoing debate and that is where my office will have an importance because we are there to promote the agreed human rights even when they are opposed by governments or other groups in the society. If there is a clash between the individual and a group in society or large portions of a society it is important that the freedom of that individual is protected. We will continue our work parallel to the European Court of Human Rights in order to assist governments to introduce reforms which will make it unnecesary for people to appeal to the Court so the problems will be resolved at home.
OUT.- 10.19.50
IN.- 10.19.52 NARR.- Maybe in the near future all 47 member countries of the
Council of Europe will be committed to the rule of law. The reality today is that in
many countries of the former Soviet Union the use of the judiciary system to settle
political scores is still a major source of concern, and many people feel that their last
resort for justice is the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
OUT.- 10.20.16
IN.- 10.20.18 NARR.- 4th. August, 2004, Grand Chamber Judgement of the European Court of Human Rights on the case of Tengiz Assabidze vs. the Republic of Georgia. The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 5.1 - right to liberty and security - of the European Convention on Human Rights. OUT.- 10.20.37
IN.- 10.20.43 NARR.- On the case of Assabidze vs. Republic of Georgia, the
European Court of Human Rights based its decision on the grounds that the
proceedings in which Tengiz Assabidze was accused and sentenced were tainted by
various procedural defects at both the investigation and trial stages. OUT.- 10.20.58
IN.- 10.21.04 NARR.- Since the peaceful Rose Revolution in 2003, Western
governments have hailed Georgia as a human rights champion in the former Soviet
Union. But human rights organizations have called attention to the Georgian
government’s uneven human rights record. Human Rights Watch says authorities
have failed to confront the long-standing problem of impunity for excessive use of
force by law enforcement agents. OUT.- 10.21.29
IN.- 10.21.32 On camera Zurab Tchiaberashvili
Permanent Representative of Georgia
at the Council of Europe
Of course, we have a lot of problems, we had and we still have some of them, it’s absolutely logical coming from Soviet Union you have the problem of not having experience of how democracy works, and the reason why we became members of the Council of Europe is to learn with our European partners how to build democratic, prosperous Georgia. OUT.- 10.22.08
IN.- 10.22.09 NARR.- To help the Georgian government give credence to its
Repeatedly stated good intentions and promises of reform, the Council of Europe
and the Georgian government have launched a cooperation program to upgrade the
professionalism of police officers. OUT.- 10.22.23
IN.- 10.22.26 On camera Khatia Dekanoidze
Director, Police Academy
Tbilisi, Georgia
What we do is we create the new face of the Georgian police officer so they
learn a lot of subjects; they learn administrative law, procedural codes, they learn how to behave, they learn human rights, they learn how to be good police officers to serve the people. And I can say the trust to the police among the people is about 75 per cent, and they trust police officers, they call them, they call 022, this is our kind of our 991, and they trust police officers and they know that they are there in urgent cases, they can every time call the police and Georgian police officers can help them.
OUT.- 10.23.28
IN.- 10.23.40 NARR.- Human rights organizations in Georgia have welcome the
ongoing efforts to upgrade the professionalism of police officers. And now the Council
of Europe ‘s cooperation program with the Georgian government is addressing
corruption in the courts, with measures to remove corrupt judges and inject fresh
blood into the judicial system. To accomplish this goal a newly established High
Scholl of Justice offers new judges professional training. OUT.- 10.24.05
IN.- 10.24.07 On camera Shota Rukhadze
Deputy Director, High School of Justice
Tibilisi, Georgia
The new generation of judges is younger and its more motivated and I think they are more willing to learn which is the most important aspect. They are realistic and that is why they decided to become judges, because for a lawyer being a judge is ultimate goal in most countries, because across the world the judges are the best and the brightest of the legal community. OUT.- 10.24.38
IN.- 10.24.38 On camera Constantine Kublashvili
Chief Justice
Supreme Court of Georgia
I would say that not only in the judicial Chief Justice system but in all aspects of our country’s administrative system Georgia is in the hands of a new generation. And when it comes to our judicial system you now find young people looking for a new way to uphold rights and freedoms in a society that is going though a period of deep reforms. For example, here at the Supreme Court we have introduced reforms to ensure that this court is really a court of last resort, and all other decisions are taken by regional or local courts, we must bring the courts close to the people. Another result of our reform process is that young lawyers and the new young judges understand that the rule of law will work in our country only if all the members of the judicial system, play by the same rules, this means corruption is totally out of the picture or the system will not work. We must uphold the principles outlined for us by the Council of Europe. (ORIGINAL in Georgian). OUT.- 10.25.51
IN.- 10.26.08 On camera Seda Pumpyanskaya
Director of Communication
Council of Europe
We are at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in the middle
of a session and a very important moment, Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of
Germany, is delivering a speech which will be open to questions. OUT.- 10.26.19
IN.- 10.26.27 NARR.- This is the place where parliamentarians from 47 countries,
elected or appointed by national parliaments from among their own members, meet
to exchange opinions and to seek consensus, and often all they manage is a
compromise, the basis of democracy. But critics accuse the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe of being just a talking shop with little power, other than
diplomatic pressure, to make member countries comply with its resolutions.
OUT.- 10.26.55
IN.- 10.26.56 On camera Luis Maria de Puig
President, Parliamentary Assembly
Council of Europe
If what you say was totally true, then we really need the Parliamentary Assembly, if
there are countries that don’t comply with our resolutions it’s then extremely
necessary to insist that they do so, and to produce resolutions that they will accept.
Half of the member countries of the Council of Europe had never known democracy, now they do but these are imperfect democracies, with problems that will take time to resolve. But no one can expect that any country can become a perfect democracy from one day to the next, it would be a pipe dream. It will take time for these countries to develop a culture of democracy, to completely accept the concept of human rights, it will take generations. (ORIGINAL in Spanish). OUT.- 10.27.49
IN.- 10.27.49 On camera Alexander Alekseev
Permanent Representative of Russian Federation
at the Council of Europe
The point is that we should realistically consider what my country did for less than 20 years and how long it took other countries to reach the stage we reached now. The destiny of Russia is in democratic Europe and together with democratic Europe, the point is just do not tell us how to do and how to work along this process, we’ll work along this process in our own way, but the aim and goal is definitely to be together with democratic Europe,.We choose our way but we go along this road how we think is useful and how it will be in the interest of our population. OUT.- 10.28.46
IN.- 10.28.51 NARR.- In the new Russia the population wants more than they have –
better living conditions, better clothes, better shoes, jewelery, luxuries. And for most
young Russians human rights boils down to “live my life the way I want to.” To live
not their situations but their aspirations, and the new generation of Russian women
don't identify with Cinderella, patiently waiting for Prince Charming. They want to be
Prince Charming. OUT.- 10.29.28
IN.- 10.29.31 NARR.- Wherever you go in Russia you see the exploding advance
of the consumer society, and Western style shopping malls are appearing
everywhere. In Moscow the most famous is GUM, facing Red Square. There are
200 stores here and many of them feature high-fashion Western brand names.
Locals refer to these shops as the "exhibitions of prices", the joke being that no one
could afford to actually buy any of the items on display. OUT.- 10.30.02
IN.- 10.30.06 NARR.- But in many price friendly boutiques and stores young people
are shopping until they drop. OUT.- 10.30.11
IN.- 10.30.14 NARR.- It will take a long time for Russians to achieve the level of consumption that Western Europe has reached but it will not be from a lack of trying.
OUT.- 10.30.22
IN.- 10.30.27 NARR.- One very promising development throughout Central and Eastern Europe is the slow evolution of a human rights culture. And the power of new information technologies to help spread the human rights fever is clearly on display. Like these high school students in Warsaw wielding video cameras to upload material on web broadcast platforms and widely spread protest messages on the Internet. The attacks on homosexual marches by extreme nationalist groups, for example, would had been impossible for the Polish public to know about it in the past. OUT.- 10.31.02
IN.- 10.31.04 On camera Nikolaj Jasiak
Law Student
Warsaw, Poland
Well, people are scared of the state, the legal system, because they have bad memories because the State used to be the enemy not only during Communism but also before, that is our difficult history and the State used to be the enemy, now people have to learn how to profit from democracy and profit from a democratic legal system, and some times people are so afraid of the legal system that they decide not to fight for their rights, they prefer to let it go. OUT.- 10.31.40
IN.- 10.31.58 NARR.- Many young people in Poland claim the generation that grew up during the days of the cold war is tinted by fear and mistrust, and must make room for the new ideas that have emerged after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and which are still being shaped today. In post-Communist Poland, like in other Eastern European countries, there seems to be a generation gap. OUT.- 10.32.20
IN.- 10.32.21 On camera Hanna Machinska
Director, Information Office
Council of Europe, Warsaw
Sometimes we have a lot of historical debates because for my generation
this period of Communist time is a very important part of my life in a positive sense and negative sense. And we are very proud that during this time we survived, we survived as individuals. OUT.- 10.32.54
IN.- 10.32.54 On camera Nikolaj Jasiak
Law Student
Warsaw, Poland
We have the rights and the freedoms guaranteed by law and Polish law follows European standards and we will be given more and more rights, but freedom and tolerance also comes from the society and this is what we have to learn this is a process that can’t be changed that easily by law, but I think we are on a good way,
so I think this is the starting point of the change in Poland. OUT.- 10.33.20
IN.- 10.33.24 On camera Krzysztof Kliszcrynski - Rafal Dembe
Human Rights Activists
Warsaw, Poland
What I would like to add is also that I actually realize that there are no
things that are just happening, we can influence almost everything, if you don’t like it,
anything, if you’re against something that is happening you can actually do
something about it. OUT.- 10.33.44
IN.- 10.33.45 NARR.- Through their activities as gay rights activists Krzys and Rafal have established a relationship. OUT.- 10.33.52
IN.- 10.33.54 On camera Rafal Dembe
Human Rights Activist
Warsaw, Poland
It’s not much different from what I see in terms of my heterosexual friends,
we live together, we spend free time together, we go out to cinema with our friends and it’s not a problem for anyone, and people from my work they accept it, they know it, and my friends as well. When at first some of my friends didn’t know I’m a gay and I told them I’m in a relationship and they asked so what is the girl’s name and I said Krzys and they said ok that is fine as well so for my perspective is definitely normal. OUT.- 10.34.31
IN.- 10.34.34 NARR.- From the Palace of Europe, located in Strasbourg in north
eastern France, the Council of Europe battles immediate evils and promotes the
ultimate good. The Council of Europe has been dubbed by the media as the
“watchdog of human rights.” in Europe. OUT.- 10.34.50
IN.- 10.34.52 On camera Seda Pumpyanskaya
Communication Director
Council of Europe
I think any organization dealing with human rights has to do campaigning,
campaignning for the promotion of human rights and the Council of Europe is an example of that. Let’s have a look here – death penalty, you all know that today we live in Europe as a death penalty freed zone, Council of Europe was a pioneer of this campaigning 30 years ago and today all the countries without exception have abolished death penalty. OUT.- 10.35.16
IN.- 10.35.31 On camera Alun Drake
Head of Press Division
Council of Europe
The press service of the Council of Europe serves journalists in 47 countries of the Council of Europe and our major aim is to try to get a higher profile for the Council of Europe because it does a lot of good things with human rights, democracy, the rule of law and many other subjects but it’s very little known in Europe which is a problem because an organization that is little known tends to have problems getting funding, more funding in the future, and also its nice for colleagues who’re doing good work to be recognize for that work. OUT.- 10.35.59
IN.- 10.36.01 On camera Sylvain Piron
Head, AV Production Unit
Council of Europe
It’s an opportunity to work in an international environment with journalists from many European nationalities, and the issues we are involved with here at the Council are
of fundamental importance to all Europeans. I’ve worked here at the Council for over 20 years, and I’m still excited by the idealism of this organization, which stands for principles that have real meaning not only for the people who work here but for people throughout the European continent. OUT.- 10.36.38
IN.- 10.36.38 On camera Seda Pumpyanskaya
Communication Director
Council of Europe
The domestic violence campaign, until recent times it has been thought that it happens only in some places and neither the media nor the people were speaking about that, now we know that it doesn’t matter which country, North or South, East or West, developed country or not developed country that is a problem, Council of Europe launched a very powerful campaign against domestic violence and here are some of the examples with quite powerful images. OUT.- 10.37.05
IN.- 10.37.29 On camera Thomas Hammarberg
Commisioner for Human Rights
Council of Europe
The struggle is not all over but I think there has been important advances
especially when it comes to awareness and the fact that human rights is now very much on the political agenda, no politician could avoid human rights matters any longer and that is important. OUT.- 10.37.48
IN.- 10.37.57 NARR.- In the countries which are emerging from the ruins of the
Soviet Union, human rights has become more than just a theory for the public. In the
past they petitioned and complained about injustice, but that wasn’t about defending
their rights. They let the higher authorities decide their rights. What they are asking
for now is a change in the system. OUT.- 10.38.21
IN.- 10.38.38 On camera Ketevan Abashidze
Georgian Young Lawyers Association
Tbilisi, Georgia
I personally became a lawyer just because I want to change many things in my country and human rights was the very thing that can help me to do this. There are lots of things that we do not have here and which we’re trying to have, the freedom of expression first of all this is the most problematic here, because when you express your views about something you are made feel like a traitor, like an enemy.
OUT.- 10.39.04
IN.- 10.39.05 NARR.- You can’t blame Georgians for being suspicious, look at the world they grew up in. Police state, everyone informing on everyone, firing squads – makes a person secretive. It was unpatriotic and disruptive to question the workings of authority and the highest political level in the Soviet Union had a very special relationship with Georgia. And although the Russians left in 1991 economic growth was kept back by second-rate technology, poor transport, inefficient and corrupt managers. Finally in 2003 a battle cry emerged and called itself the Rose Revolution. Enough is enough, said Georgia, and took to the streets 100 000-strong to topple a corrupt government. Eduard Shevardnadze was forced to resign as the result of a peaceful revolution. OUT.- 10.39.56
IN.- 10.40.01 On camera Akaki Dvali
Public Administration Specialist
Tbilisi, Georgia
After the Rose Revolution many people have the opportunity to get higher
education without having any basis so they can enter universities and they can study, when they graduate they can go look for a job and find it without having rich uncles or anybody else to assist them they can do it themselves. OUT.- 10.40.28
10.40.28 Sopo Khalalvashi (singing)
Georgia
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
IN.- 10.40.41 On camera Akaki Dvali (NOT SEEN)
Public Administration Specialist
Tibilisi, Georgia
Lots of opportunities are unfolding and this was not the case before and that is what the young generation wants opportunities. OUT.- 10.40.51
IN.- 10.41.11 On camera Giorgi Burduli
Political Scientist
Tbilisi, Georgia
And the new Georgia that the new generation is building, like the background behind me, is full of lights, energy and opportunities for the young people.
Technological innovations bring people together, things like Internet cell phones they make it easier to communicate to interact with other people. OUT.- 10.41.37
IN.- 10.41.42 Giorgi Burduli Since we have started integrating into the European Union, into Western culture, I think the younger generation have loosen up their values they became more laid back, relaxed, they find more time for entertainment the older generation has not changed much. OUT.- 10.42.05
IN.- 10.42.19 NARR.- In Georgia, progress has been made since the 2003 Rose Revolution, but 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall you still see the ruins of Communism. And a democratic system with a new notion of rich and poor that has not yet managed to give equal life chances to all its citizens, and to distribute well-being equally. OUT.- 10.42.39
IN.- 10.42.48 NARR.- The economic growth and social stability of most Eastern European countries are more and more dependent on its young people. And they are racing to catch up with Western living standards and enjoy all the trappings of the consumer society. OUT.- 10.43.02
IN.- 10.43.02 On camera Ketevan Abashidze
Georgian Young Lawyers Association
Tbilisi, Georgia
Shopping is just a thing of everyday life it’s not something that is part of freedom because freedom for us is something of higher values, because shopping and living the life is just a daily thing, and then when it gets to the point of dignity or expression or something that we think that it’s our right because it’s higher value. OUT.- 10.43.29
IN.- 10.43.30 NARR.- All the new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe will
Need long-term help meeting economic, legal, human rights and other challenges,
but its people deserve the chance to try. And leading the charge are young people
who have established hundreds of non-governmental organizations, also known as
NGOs, addressing social, economic and human rights issues that the government
once insisted it could handle by itself. OUT.- 10.43.58
IN.- 10.44.00 NARR.- The mission of the Georgian Young Lawyers Association, an
NGO established with the support of the Council of Europe, is to promote the rule of
law, and help develop a legal culture in Georgia. OUT.- 10.44.11
IN.- 10.44.12 On camera Sofo Japaridze
Georgian Young Lawyers Association
Tibilisi, Georgia
When you win the case you can establish a case law, you can establish a precedent and the situation maybe improve after that, the legislation can be changed and this really is a good feeling that you can change something, that you can improve human rights situation within the country. OUT.- 10.44.30
IN.- 10.44.30 On camera Terry Davis
Secretary General
Council of Europe
When the Nazis locked up the Communists I did not speak out I was not a Communist, when they came for Social Democrats I did not speak out I was not a Social Democrat, when they came to trade unionists I did not speak out I was not a trade unionists, when they came for the Jews I did not speak out I was not a Jew, when they came for me there was no one left to speak out and the Council of Europe’s job is to speak out. 10. 45.00
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