Activities of Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN related to 2015/2229(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2014 and the EU policy on the matter (A8-0344/2015 - Cristian Dan Preda) ES
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2014 and the EU policy on the matter (debate) ES
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union’s policy on the matter
Amendments (12)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that respect for human rights, good governance (recognizing their indivisibility, interrelation and interdependency), democratic values, the principle of non- interference, social and democratic control of the economic resources, peace and, security and ending with neo-colonialism trade policies are prerequisites for the eradication of poverty and inequalities and are central elements to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the EU to put an end to any kind of agreement with third countries in which governments consistently go against human rights;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to ensure that the post- 2015 development agenda and all its future implementation and monitoring measures are underpinned by the human-rights- and gender equality based approach (HRBA)es and the eradication of poverty, reduction of inequalities and social exclusion, democratization of the economy and include, inter alia, women’s rights, minority rights, children’s rights, good governance, the fight against corruption and democracyincluding sexual and reproductive health and rights, LGTBI rights, minority rights, children’s rights, strengthened citizens' political participation and democratic values, and the fight against corruption, tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax havens;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Condemns any kind of instrumentalisation of human rights using cooperation agreements to impose trade and economic policies in third countries and to interfere in their internal affairs;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the importance of the principle of Policy Coherence for Development; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that no policies, especially trade and investment policies, undermine human rights of people in developing countries;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need at for an effective guarantee and respect of human rights it is essential to reinforce corporate accountability and fomechanisms, and deliver a clear and quick implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; calls on the Commission to take all necessary initiatives to presurgently present and implement a legally binding international instrument on business' activities and human rights;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Asks the EU and its Member States to analyse the deep social, economic and political consequences regarding human rights that the activities of transnational companies operating in impoverished countries generate;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that the EU should recognize its responsibility and address both the root causes of poverty in third countries and the root causes of migration from third countries to Europe, while recognising that the nexus between migration and development is complex and multi- dimensional and cannot be reduced to a mechanical and simplistic link between more development aid and less migrants;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the EU and its Member States to immediately suspend all readmission agreements with countries which do not respect human rights;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU and its delegations to increase their political dialogue with governments in breach of human rights, democracy and the rule of the law, stopping all association treaties and agreements currently in force with those countries, and insists that the political dialogue on human rights between the EU and third countries must cover a more inclusive and comprehensive definition of non- discrimination, inter alia on the basis of religion or belief, sex, racial or ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that: – respecting each state's sovereignty to regulate and plan its economy in order to make it serve the people is essential to effectively guarantee human rights; – continuing to demand the payment of impoverished countries' external debt makes it to a large degree impossible for their governments to develop the public policies needed to guarantee that human rights are fulfilled;