Activities of Tonino PICULA related to 2022/0252M(NLE)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Thailand, of the other part
Amendments (8)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the government has recently restricted fundamental rights, particularly free expression and assembly, arbitrarily arrested democracy activists and critics of the monarchy, and enforced a nationwide state of emergency using the Covid-19 pandemic as a pretext; whereas the authorities suppressed youth-led democracy protests, sometimes violently, and in 2022 introduced a draft law to tightly control all civil society organisations; whereas criminal defamation laws are particularly used to target, harass, and attempt to silence human rights defenders; whereas in April 2022 opposition leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has been indicted on charges of royal defamation for questioning the government’s vaccine management and the subsidies granted to a pharmaceutical company owned privately by the monarch;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas Thailand has not yet ratified a number of ILO conventions, notably with regard to freedom of association and right to organise; whereas the workers’ rights to organise, collective bargain and strike is recognised by national legislation but still strictly regulated; whereas in practice, union leaders and workers often face criminal charges or are dismissed for their union activity; whereas 2 million migrant workers are discriminated and do not enjoy the same labour rights recognised to local workers, including the right to organise;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas Thailand ranked 79th in the 2021 Gender Inequality Index (GII) and Thai women continue to be strongly underrepresented in employment and in politics, although the country has seen a reverse gender gap in higher education with Thailand being ranked first in the world for superior numbers of women and girls in higher education;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas Thailand is not a signatory to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, and lacks a domestic legal framework to specifically recognize and provide protections to refugees, notably from Myanmar, which are either confined to camps or face arbitrary arrest, detention, and forced return or refoulement;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Parties to commit to support the implementation and enforcement of domestic legislation on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability and to agree on more specific obligations in the light of sustainable impact assessments; calls also on the Parties to exchange information on the number of investigations, checks and enforcement actions respectively taken for the implementation and enforcement of their domestic legislation on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability; encourages the Parties to provide trainings or technical assistance companies in order to increase their awareness on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Thai Government to unlock the full potential of women and promote, through an effective legislation and adequate resources, women’s empowerment, economic contribution, political participation and leadership;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Thai Government to respect the role of civil society organisations and ensure freedom of expression and assembly, to review the lèse-majesté law, the computer crime law and the criminal defamation law;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Thailand to ratify ILO conventions n. 87, 98 and 155, to effectively guarantee workers’ rights to organise and to strike, and to recognise to all workers the same rights regardless of the country of origin;