Activities of Marijana PETIR related to 2017/2206(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on violation of the rights of indigenous peoples in the world, including land grabbing
Amendments (14)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A a (new)
Recital - A a (new)
-Aa. whereas land grabbing is a complex issue which requires a comprehensive international solution; whereas the protection of indigenous women and girls should be notably emphasised;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A b (new)
Recital - A b (new)
-Ab. whereas land grabbing is not necessarily a result of foreign investments but the grabs may be conducted by governments and local communities;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on all states to legally recognise the rights of indigenous peoples to their ancestral territoriaccept and respect the territorial autonomy of the traditional lands of indigenous peoples; stresses the special connection between indigenous women and their ancestral territories, especially in relation to traditional practices for the sustainable management of natural resources, the model of community support and resilience; expresses its deep concern about the consequences of land grabbing and resources extraction on indigenous communities, particularly on indigenous women; points out that there is no suitable universal solution for all indigenous women as they are not a homogenous community and cannot be treated as such;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on all sStates to ensure the free, informed and prior consent of indigenous peoples to all projects that may affect them, and to ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples, including land rights, are respected and protected throughout the process; calls for the European Unionall the States to ensure that this consent is required for all European companies who pursue activities in third countries;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on all sStates to ensure that indigenous peoples, in particular women, have access to judicial mechanismeffective redress in cases of corporate violations of their rights, and that private forms of remedy that do notwhich would ensure effective access to justice are not legitimised;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the States to provide for adequate regulation that would hold the community leaders accountable for their decisions and actions over land governance involving public, state and community lands and to encourage change of legal and customary practices that discriminate against women in relation to land ownership and inheritance;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for EU legislationon the Commission to consider introducing due diligence obligationmechanisms based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines to ensure respect for human rights, including indigenous women’s rights, and adequate social and environmental standards; Stresses the importance of non- binding corporate social responsibility approaches and voluntary regulation schemes as they represent a good strategy to protect indigenous people; Calls on states and the EU to foster the further development and implementation of these regulations and to include women in the decision-making process with respect to the creation of new regulation schemes;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to enhance reporting and monitoring on large-scale land acquisitions involving European investors in order to evaluate in a timely manner the risk for indigenous people and especially women;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the European Union to strengthen its EU Land Policy Guidelines, the protection of human rights in international agreements and treaties and to promote its values regarding the protection of women and girls, especially women and girls in rural areas that are generally more vulnerable when faced with land changes and tend to have less access and rights to land;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the European Union to support developing countries in decision- making on the framework for investments while promoting the inclusion of all stakeholders in this process, especially women and indigenous women;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the States and the EU to promote and recommend better data collection regarding indigenous people segregated by sex, keeping in mind the vulnerability and the position of women and girls;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls on all States to promote further investments and economic cooperation between countries as economic development brings prosperity and better protection of human rights, opens up many possibilities and broadens business opportunities for women;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls on the States to invest in research to close the gap in knowledge on the impact of land grabs on women and deeper analysis of the sex implications of the phenomenon which would lead to enforceable guidelines to govern land transactions;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Stresses that foreign investments made by companies may bring economic and technological progress, employment and infrastructure development and give women an opportunity to become self- efficient by boosting employment; underlines that increasing investment activities in developing countries is an important step towards boosting national and regional economies;