18 Amendments of Edouard FERRAND related to 2017/2015(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU Member States’ current EU trade policy and itstheir ‘Trade for All’ strategy lack a gender equality perspective, as well as any binding obligations to enforce core women’s rights conventions such as the CEDAW; whereas the EU’s desire to defend human rights and the rights of the child is sometimes at odds with the dubious practices of some of the EU’s partner countries in areas such as child labour, the exploitation of women for surrogacy, or the limitation of women’s fundamental rights;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the only area of gender equality in which DG Trade has demonstrated an interest so far – though it is an important one – is promoting female entrepreneurship;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas special attention must be given to the negative consequences of trade liberalisation as regards basic public services and goods, such as water and sanitation, education and healthcare; whereas any agreement with developing countries should include as one of its aims improving access to water, food, and health and education services;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that fair and inclusive international trade policies that genuinely benefit both men and women require a clearer framework that aimings to enhance women’s livelihoods, strengthen gender equality, protect the environment, and promote social justice and international solidarity, while respecting the sovereignty of each partner state;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that all international trade policies must be based on the relevant international standards and legal instruments, such as the CEDAW, the Beijing Platform for Action and the sustainable development goals (SDGs);
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the urgent need to adopt gender-sensitive bindingensure the meaningful implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) – which outlines in no uncertain terms what human rights aregulations on – ant international level to regulate; proposes that any transnational companiesy (TNCs) and other companiefailing to comply with one of the articles of the UDHR should be excluded from trade agreements; welcomes the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and calls for their meaningful implementation;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that basic public services and goods, such as water and sanitation, education and healthcare (notably access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services), should be exempted from the opening up of public procurement and the trade liberalisation agenda, and that safeguards must be put in place to reinforce states’ capacities to provide basic services for all;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for binding measuresthe meaningful implementation of the UDHR, and for investigations with a view to combating the exploitation of individuals and improveing working conditions for women in the export- oriented industries, in particular the garment and textile manufacturing and agriculture sectors where trade liberalisation has contributed to precarious labour rights and gender wage gaps; calls on the EU to suspend any trade agreement that would result in the violation of human rights, in particular in the areas of child labour and exploitation of women’s bodies in connection with surrogacy;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that binding instruments are needed in EU trade policy to ensure that decent work standardthe EU trade policy must guarantee decent working conditions, women’s rights, human rights principles and environmental protection ar; calls for these requirements to be at the core of all types of EU trade agreements and that EU trade policy is coherent with the Union’s overarching aims of sustainable development, poverty reduction and gender equality; calls for the suspension of all trade agreements with countries that permit child labour or surrogacy, which are clear violations of human rights and women’s rights;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for all EU trade agreements concerning EU Member States to include binding clauses, in the form of a stand-alone article, that promote and protect human rights and women’s rights, and gender equality and gender mainstreaming, based on the Beijing Platform for Action and the SDGs, with an appropriate body appointed or an explicit mechanism in place to monitor compliance; calls on the EU to prioritise access to traceable consumer goods whose production does not involve child labour, indecent working conditions, or gender inequality; calls on the EU to pursue an environmental protection policy, which would entail reducing the distance between the place of production and the place of consumption;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure that binding clauses on labour rights, based on the ILO Conventions, including Conventions No 189 on Domestic Workers and No 156 on Workers with Family Responsibilities, are included in trade agreements, and that social clauses in trade agreements also apply to informal work;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. CRecalls for EU legislation similar to UN binding due diligence obligations to ensure respect forthat each Member State is already a member of the UN on a sovereign basis, and is thus subject to its binding obligations, particularly on human rights, including women’s rights, and adequate social and environmental standards;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the EU andWould like to see the Member States to ensure inclusive participation in trade consultations, including women’s rights organisations, trade unions and civil society;