EU Presidency declaration on the 'Ezzan' amnesty law in Senegal

On 17 February 2005, in the framework of the Union's regular political dialogue with Senegal under Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement, the European Union troika in Senegal made a démarche at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Senegal concerning the "Ezzan" amnesty law which had been adopted on 7 January 2005 by the National Assembly.

The troika referred amongst other matters to the Constitutional Council's decision on the unconstitutionality of Article 2 and on its incapacity to judge whether the law complied with the stipulations of an international treaty or agreement.

The European Union troika then reaffirmed its commitment to the unconditional respect to the principles of the rule of law and human rights, to which Senegal had also shown that it attached importance by ratifying various international treaties, and reiterated the European Union's position that no impunity should be permitted in respect of any criminal act, whatever its motivation.

The Acceding Countries Bulgaria and Romania, the Candidate Countries Turkey and Croatia[1], the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and the EFTA countries Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this declaration.

[1] Croatia continues to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process

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