Activities of Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL related to 2014/2232(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on ‘Human rights and technology: the impact of intrusion and surveillance systems on human rights in third countries’ PDF (162 KB) DOC (113 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
– having regard to the European Union restrictive measures in place against Egypt, Libya, Iran, South Sudan, Sudan and Syria, some of which include embargoes on telecommunications equipment, information and communication technologies (ICTs) and monitoring tools,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas technological systems are also increasingly can be misused as tools for human rights violations through censorship, surveillance, unauthorised access to devices, jamming, interception, tracing and tracking of information and individuals;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas this is done by governmentpublic and private actors, criminal organisations, and terrorist networks and private actors to violate human rights;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas ICTs have been key instruments in organizing social movements and protest in various countries, especially under authoritative regimes;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas (cyber-)security and counter- terrorism measures involving ICTs, or the monitoring, of the internet oftecan have significant detrimental effects on the human rights of people all over the world, especially in the absence of legal basis, necessity, proportionality or democratic and judicial oversight;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Draws attention to the importance of developing ICTs in conflict areas to promote peacebuilding activities with a view to providing secure communication between parties involved in peaceful resolution of conflicts;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to support, train and empower human rights defenders, and other civil society activists and independent journalists using ICTs in their activities, and to promote the related fundamental rights of privacy, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of association online;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Council and the Commission to insist on the need to guarantee and respectpromote digital freedoms and unrestricted access to the internet in all forms of contact with third countries, including in accession negotiations, trade negotiations, and human rights dialogues and diplomatic contacts;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognizes that the internet has become a public space as well as a marketplace, for which the free flow of information and access to ICTs are indispensable; therefore stresses that digital freedom and free trade must be promoted and protected simultaneously;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that the digital collection and dissemination of evidence of human rights violations can contribute to the global fight against impunity; considers that such material should, in duly justified cases, be admissible under international (criminal) law as evidence in court proceedings;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the fact that some of the EU- made information and communication technologies and services are used in third countries to, violate human rights through censorship, mass surveillance, jamming, interception, monitoring, and the tracing and tracking of citizens and their activities on (mobile) telephone networks and the internet;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers mass surveillance to be disproportionate at all times, hence in violation of the principles of necessity and proportionality, and, therefore, a violation of human rights;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to implement and monitor EU regulations and sanctions relating to ICTs at EU level, including the use of catch-all mechanisms, so as to ensure that Member Statall parties comply with legislation and that a level playing field is preserved;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to submit proposals to review howconsider the effect of EU standards on ICTs, which could be used to prevent the potentially harmful impacts of the export of such technologies or other services to third countries where concepts such as ‘lawful interception’ have different implications, or where the rule of law does not exist;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and Council actively to defend the open internet, multi- stakeholder decision-making procedures and digital freedoms in third countries through internet governance fora;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to involve civil society, and independent experts in the ICT field, to ensur in third countries, to promote up-to-date expertise that should result in future-proof policy making;