Activities of György HÖLVÉNYI related to 2023/2108(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on shaping the EU’s position on the UN binding instrument on business and human rights, in particular on access to remedy and the protection of victims
Amendments (8)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the urgent need to approve binding and enforceable international norms to regulate the activities of transnational corpoBelieves that advancing the work on the UN binding instrument on business and human rights may offer a positive outlook on the future of business practions (TNCs) and their global value chainces and pave the way for sustainable business practices; sStresses that a large proportion of human, labour and environmental rights viole importance of business enterprises in that they can also boost sustainable development through job creations are committed by TNCs based in the Global North, but operating in developing nd economic development, which should also be duly taken into accountries;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that people in developing countries, especially indigenous and traditional communities, smallholders and other small-scale food producers, women, human rights defenders and workers, are disproportionally affected by the human, labour and environmental rights violations committed by TNCs, which often go unpunished;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that in many regions of the world, Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are often the driving force of local economies; underlines MSMEs account for 90% of businesses, 60 to 70% of employment and 50% of GDP worldwide; reiterates the importance of ensuring a adequate level playing field and urges the Commission to provide safeguards and exemptions for MSMEs in the negotiations of the instrument;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that the freedom to conduct a business is a right enshrined in the article 16 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; encourages the EU and the Member States to lead the discussion at UN level and other multilateral fora for the establishment of the recognition of the human right to conduct a business at global level;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to reinforce their support for MSMEs and in this context, highlights the importance to join efforts with the UN in the celebration of Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day on 27 June;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Council to adopt an ambitious mandate for the Commission to fully engage in the negotiations on the UN legally binding instrument on TNCs and human rights (LBI), in accordance with the objectives stipulated by UN Human Rights Council Resolution 26/9 of 14 July 2014, which mandates those negotiations; notes that the Member States should otherwise engage in the process individually, but encourages them to do so; calls on the EU to continue actively participating in the process; recalls, in this regard, the importance of close cooperation between the EU and international institutions;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that such an LBI, to effectively protect victims and guarantee access to justice, must include, among other things, free, prior and informed consent for activities developed in indigenous territories, the right to say no, the reversal of the burden of proof, mechanisms to assure extraterritorial jurisdiction, international cooperation obligations to enforce foreign judgments, the right to information and the right to full reparation.;