1. Mary: Thank you, so can you tell me then, are you involved with human rights?

2. Richard: Yes, [1] a) countries b) freedom c) partly d) signed because the European Union deals with it, but [2] a) convention b) countries c) definition d) partly through a misunderstanding. There is a body called the European Court of Human Rights which applies the European [3] a) convention b) definition c) freedom of Human Rights, and that is actually nothing to do with the European Union. It was set up soon after the war, largely at British instigation. But, not just the European Union [4] a) countries b) sign c) freedom d) signed but well beyond, right up to including Russia and so on have now [5] a) agreement b) sign c) countries d) signed up to this. And [6] a) convention b) countries c) freedom d) individual citizens in all our [7] a) agreement b) countries c) definition , once they have [8] a) agreement b) countries c) exhausted d) freedom their domestic legal procedures, if they've been to a Court and lost in Britain, can appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, which is also in Strasbourg, against that national judgement, if they think it goes against the [9] a) convention b) definition c) signed , the basic human rights listed in the [10] a) agreement b) convention c) countries d) democratic . And there have been a lot of famous cases, but a lot.most people in Britain think that's the European Union, but it's not, it's something completely different.

3. But, in the European Union all our [11] a) agreement b) convention c) countries are.have to be, to be a member, have to be [12] a) agreement b) convention c) definition d) democratic and respect human rights or are [13] a) signed b) convention c) countries that have [14] a) convention b) countries c) partly d) signed up to the European [15] a) convention b) countries c) democratic d) freedom on Human Rights. And it's assumed in legal circles that the European Institutions also have to respect those human rights. So sometimes we have a debate, is, is this thing you're adopting, is it adequate in terms of human rights or not? So we do deal with human rights.

4. Also, in foreign policy terms, when we're dealing with third [16] a) agreement b) countries c) freedom in some parts of the world, the question of whether they are respecting human rights is important. Whenever the European Union makes a trade [17] a) agreement b) convention c) definition , because on trade we act as a single unit in Europe, we negotiate as one, as the European Union so, if you want to make a trade [18] a) agreement b) countries c) exhausted with another country, we always put in a clause on human rights which allows us to suspend the [19] a) agreement b) convention c) partly d) signed if human rights are being violated in the country concerned.

5. Mary: Right, thank you. So how would you.to ask you how do you define human rights is maybe unfair, but can you try to do that for me? What would you say they'd.

6. Richard: Well, there are far more eminent people than I have worked on this, and we have [20] a) agreement b) convention c) countries d) democratic , the European [21] a) convention b) countries of Human Rights, which specifically defines the certain rights and there's also the Universal [22] a) agreement b) convention c) exhausted d) freedom of the United Nations.

7. So, in terms of law there is a very specific [23] a) sign b) countries c) definition d) freedom , and it includes.and traditionally it's, say it's, you know, [24] a) freedom b) individual c) individual of expression, [25] a) convention b) freedom c) individual from persecution, integrity of the [26] a) convention b) countries c) individual d) partly , you know, not to be tortured, not to be locked up without due trial, and [27] a) convention b) countries c) freedom of speech and so on.

8. But you ... in a more modern [28] a) agreement b) definition c) exhausted d) partly , you can say it goes a bit beyond that, there's also the rights which are more difficult to enforce in the Court, but the rights to good governance, the rights to [29] a) democratic b) freedom c) individual d) signed of information, the right to a good environment, why not the right to work? But that's not a right that you can go to a Court and say, give me a job. But, you ... but it's a right in the sense of that it's an obligation on public authorities to ... trying to organise the economy in a way that makes sure everybody has a chance to work.

9. Mary: Thank you, thank you