8 Amendments of Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS related to 2018/2107(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the acknowledgement of the need to enhance transparency and accountability by the participation of civil society and other actors such as social partners, the Parliament and the Council in monitoring the effective implementation of human rights commitments set out in international conventions; calls on the Commission to consider establishing joint oversight commissions or domestic advisory groups with the participation of local civil society and trade union representatives;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the full potential of the GSP+ scheme to improve the situation with regard to workers’ rights, promotion of gender equality and abolition of child labour and forced labour can only be fulfilled if monitoringreporting requirements and monitoring mechanisms of effective implementation of obligations under the 27 conventions is improved and the incentive of trade preferences is accompanied by other support measures as to provide to the European Commission all necessary information to assess the respect of the binding commitments;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that progress at legislative level has not yet been matched by progress at the level of implementation in many beneficiary countries;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to address shrinking space for civil society, threats to independent trade unions, risks and threats to human rights defenders and obstacles to EU funding to NGOs in scorecards and GSP+ dialogues, as these issues are directly related to legal obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and relevant provisions of the International Labour Organisation core conventions;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that human rights defenders should be able to perform their task freely and unhindered and that the circumstances in which they must work should be benchmarked in the assessment of GSP+ compliance;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports more engagement with least developed countries under the Everything But Arms scheme with regard to preventing and addressing cases of serious and systematic violation of human rights; notes that the threat of withdrawal of trade preferences may in itself not be a sufficient measure to promote real compliance with international human rights principles., and may need additional political initiatives;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls to reform WTO rules to institute supply chain due diligence and transparency requirements, building on the UN guiding principles on business and human rights;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recalls that the EU should, on behalf of the coherence of their policies, encourage other international actors, such as multinational enterprises to participate fully in the improvement of human rights, social rights and environmental standards worldwide; calls on the EU to take leadership in order to get human rights and labour rights in global value chains fully respected;