I repeat that regulations have to be created with the full respect of human rights. Those regulations have to be implemented, and that's what is not happening.
I'm not here because I am angry at anyone. I am here to present the testimonies of people who have been affected by a situation in which there are no measures to guarantee the human rights of the workers in garment factories.
For example, in this company at San Pedro Sula there are over 600 women who have presented their claims about labour rights violations. We're examining those claims so that we can avail ourselves of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. We want to ensure that there is a guarantee with regard to the health and the lives of these people. We're not saying that we want immediate action. We want people to think about what will be approved in the long run and we want it to be thought through.
I'm also here to encourage you to strike a commission and to not just work through diplomacy and investors. Speak to the different social groups, those that are organized, and unorganized civil society as well. Speak to the workers and to those who work within human rights organizations, because we are working for full respect for human rights. I cannot understand how, in this case, investors and companies can talk about fighting poverty when we can see the clear results in the illness rates and in the violations that workers have suffered. I can't understand it.
I think that strengthening human rights is based on a respect for human rights and ensuring their practical implementation, but it hasn't to do with imposing anything.