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60 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2016/2219(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Firmly believes that development and human rights are interdependent, ~~and~~ that respect for and protection and fulfilment of human rights are prerequisites for reducing poverty and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and that full enjoyment of human rights is impossible for people suffering from poverty and underdevelopment;

2016/10/13
Committee: DEVE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Takes the view that human rights must be a cross-cutting feature in the achievement of all goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda; calls for a human-rights- sensitive SDG indicator framework and suitable arrangements for scrutinising the activities of States and international entities to be established at national and international level to ensure strong transparency and accountability in this regard;

2016/10/13
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

- having regard to the revised EU indicators for the Comprehensive approach to the EU implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 on women, peace and security1a, adopted by the Council on 20 September 2016, __________________ 1a http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-12525-2016-INIT/en/pdf

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)

- having regard to the Council Decision of 21 March 2011 on the International Criminal Court and repealing Common Position 2003/444/CFSP1a, __________________ 1ahttp://eur- lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do? uri=OJ:L:2011:076:0056:0058:EN:PDF

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 d (new)

- having regard to the adoption of a revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP),

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Highlights the paramount importance of SDG 16~~Draws attention to the key feature of the SDG system, which is its recognition of the interdependence between the 17 goals and, therefore, of the need to pursue all of them in an effective manner, without giving any of them special priority; stresses that respect for human rights, consolidation of the rule of law, good governance and stability should be key objectives of all EU external policies;

2016/10/13
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 f (new)

- having regard to the European Agenda on Migration of 13 May 20151a, and the Council conclusions on migration of 20 July2a, 14 September 20153a and 22 September 20154a, __________________ 1ahttp://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home- affairs/what-we-do/policies/european- agenda-migration/background- information/docs/communication_on_the _european_agenda_on_migration_en.pdf 2a http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/ press-releases/2015/07/20-fac-migration- conclusions/ 3a http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-12002-2015-REV-1/en/pdf 4a http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-12098-2015-INIT/en/pdf

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 g (new)

- having regard to the Valletta Action Plan of 11-12 November 20151a, __________________ 1a www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/int ernational.../2015/11/action_plan_en_pdf

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 h (new)

- having regard to the situation of the Euro-Mediterranean region and the necessity of the EU global strategy to address the migration issue,

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

- having regard to the UN General Assembly Resolution of 18 December 2014 on the protection of migrants1a, __________________ 1a http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc. asp?symbol=A/RES/69/167

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 13 September 2016 on the EU Trust Fund for Africa: implications for development and humanitarian aid1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0337.

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 f (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 17 November 2011 on support for the ICC: facing challenges and overcoming difficulties1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0507.

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Article 21 TEU commits the European Union to a Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) guided by the principles which have inspired its own creation, and which it shall seek to advance in the world: democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and international law;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Reiterates its serious concern at the constant attempts to use funding earmarked for action to combat poverty and foster development (and thus to give practical effect to policies whose ultimate aim is to uphold human rights) for other purposes;

2016/10/13
Committee: DEVE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls the crucial importance of the principle of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), as enshrined in Article 208 TFEU; insists on strengthening coherence and coordination among all EU external policies and instruments while implementing the HRBA; calls on the Member States to take action within the scope of their powers and in keeping with the development commitments entered into and with EU policies in this area;

2016/10/13
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas human rights and democracy support policies should be mainstreamed across all other EU policies with an external dimension, such as development, migration, security, counter- terrorism, enlargement and trade in particular through the implementation of human rights conditionality;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to include human rights systematically in political dialogues ~~conducted~~and agreements with developing countries;

2016/10/13
Committee: DEVE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that development assistance must not ever be made conditional on recipient states meeting targets set with a view to restricting migrant and asylum-seeker flows;

2016/10/13
Committee: DEVE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the inclusion of a development chapter in the EU annual report and calls for this to become standard practice for future years’ reports.

2016/10/13
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas its resolution of 22 October 2013 on local authorities and civil society: Europe's engagement in support of sustainable development1a expresses great concern at the crackdown on CSOs cooperating with EU partners in a number of countries; calls specifically for mainstreaming the promotion of an enabling environment for civil society organisations and stresses the importance of defining a monitoring system permits the evaluation of progress in terms of policy and regulatory provisions; __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0432.

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

La. whereas Article 20 of the UDHR acknowledges that everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association; whereas the UN Human Rights Council Resolution 21/16 reminds States of their obligation to respect and fully protect the rights of individuals to assemble peacefully and associate freely, online as well as offline;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)

Mb. whereas illegal occupation of a territory is an on-going violation of international law, which triggers the responsibility of the occupying power towards the civilian population under international humanitarian law;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas gender equality is at the core of European values and enshrined within the EU’s legal and political framework; whereas violence and discrimination against women and girls has dramatically increased during recent years, particularly in the EU neighbourhood;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Qa. whereas children and women face increasing threats, discrimination and violence, especially in war zones and authorization regimes;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses its serious concern at the numerous, ever-increasing attempts made to shrink the space of civil society and human rights defenders, and the growing number of repressive laws adopted throughout the world, including under the pretext of combating terrorism (through the introduction of counter-terrorism laws);

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the adoption of the second EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy (2015-2019), and urges all EU actors to ensure an efficient, transparent and coherent implementation of the new Action Plan and to make full use of the Action Plan’s tools and flexibility to respond effectively to emerging and shifting challenges to the protection of human rights;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Welcomes the inclusion of an objective to address threats to civil society space and urges the EU to implement outlined actions, including to identify and report on threats to civil society space and steps taken to counter such threats and to oppose unjustified restrictions to freedom of peaceful assembly;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Encourages the EU to develop a work plan, with a clear timetable, measurable benchmarks, and a clear division of roles and responsibilities, for the implementation of the Action Plan; calls on the EU to report to civil society on the implementation of this Action Plan;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to ensure coherence between the various documents and reports on human rights and democracy in third countries, notably within the revised European Neighbourhood Policy;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16c. Regrets that the work and the impact of the EUSR can only be partially accessed through a review of the Annual Report on Human Right, his Twitter account, and available speeches; also regrets that there is neither official information on his activities, plans, nor progress reports or reviews;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Urges the EEAS systematically to include a preparatory dialogue with civil society, including with local civil society, which should feed directly into the Human Rights Dialogues; further urges the VP/HR and the EEAS to systematically raise individual cases of human rights defenders at risk in a transparent and consistent manner during dialogues, particularly those concerning persons that are imprisoned; encourages the EU Delegations and the Member States' diplomatic staff to continue to actively support human rights defenders, by systematically monitoring trials, visiting detained HRDs and issuing statements on individual cases, where appropriate; calls on the EEAS systematically to follow up on the commitments made during human rights dialogues and to systematise debriefing meetings with civil society organisations;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Stresses the need to implement a coherent and visible EU policy on civil society and stresses the need for a more articulated understanding of the use of public diplomacy; encourages the publication of human rights country strategies and roadmaps, and the establishment of an effective feedback, follow up on cases and the sharing of information;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 e (new)

30e. Calls on the European Union to bear particular attention to the disputed territories of its Eastern neighbourhood, where around five million people live without real human rights protection and access to justice; calls on the EU to put this issue on top of the bilateral agenda for solutions with the concerned States and to use the full range of its instruments to support concrete solutions to advance human rights in these entities and support the work of human rights defenders there;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Condemns the dramatic number of deaths at sea in the Mediterranean of people seeking asylum in the EU; is extremely concerned about the growing numbers of human rights abuses against migrants and asylum seekers on their route to Europe; highlights the weaknesses and systematic incoherence of the policies of the EU and the Member States in this area and stresses the need for a holistic approach to find long-term solutions grounded in respect for human rights and human dignity;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)

32b. Calls on the EU and the Member States to establish full transparency concerning the funds allocated to third countries for the cooperation on migration and to communicate the safeguards set to ensure that such cooperation does not benefit directly or indirectly security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations; rejects the notion of "safe countries", which is inconsistent with the respect for the right of asylum;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)

34b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to ratify and implement the International Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Reiterates its call on the EU to ensure that all migration cooperation and readmission agreements with non-EU states include a binding clause to ensure that the parties comply with international human rights, refugee law and international maritime law;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Furthermore, calls for the clause to indicate that the agreement could be suspended until the parties effectively grant sufficient guarantees regarding the individual examination of asylum claims and more generally the respect for the human rights of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 d (new)

39d. Welcomes the establishment of the Africa Trust Fund and other new tools created to address directly or indirectly the root causes of poverty and inequalities; calls on the EU Member States and institutions for coherence, efficiency and action according to promises;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Recalls the different but complementary roles of states and companies with regard to human rights protection; strongly reiterates that, where human rights abuses occur, states must grant the victims access to effective remedy; recalls, in this context, that respect for human rights by third countries, including guarantees of effective remedy for people under their jurisdiction, constitutes an essential element of the EU’s external relations with these countries; calls for the establishment of a necessity forum (forum necessitatis), which would allow claims to be brought before the courts of the Member States in situations where there would be a risk of denial of justice if no access to court were foreseen in the EU, where proceedings proved impossible in a third country, or where an applicant could not reasonably be expected to initiate or conduct proceedings in that state and the dispute had a sufficient connection with the Member State of the court seized; calls for the establishment of cases of jurisdiction based on the presence of the defendant's assets in the Union;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 b (new)

46b. Welcomes the Council conclusions on business and human rights adopted on 20 June 2016 and the fact that they invite the National Action Plans (NAPs) on Business and Human Rights to include access to remedy, which would be a major step forward;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 c (new)

46c. Calls on the European Commission to act upon the Council's demand (Council conclusions on business and human rights) to foster dialogue and cooperation amongst all relevant public and private stakeholders; calls on the Commission to engage all stakeholders in the discussion on the regulatory framework and business obligations in countries where private and public investment are likely to increase;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Welcomes the adoption of new guidelines on the analysis of human rights impacts in impact assessments for trade- related policy initiatives27 , but regrets the Commission’s refusal to conduct such impact assessment for the Free Trade Agreement with Vietnam, which amounted, according to the European Ombudsman, to maladministration28 ; regrets that the quality of the Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) on the EU-Myanmar Investment Protection Agreement falls below standards, as the Final Report ignores some key human rights considerations present in the intermediary report; __________________ 28 http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/cases/de cision.faces/en/64308/html.bookmark. 27 http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2015/j uly/tradoc_153591.pdf.

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Reiterates its strong call for comprehensive, prior human rights impact assessments that in a substantive way take into account the views of civil society for all trade and investment agreements; regrets that the Sustainable Development Chapters in FTAs only cover environment and labour rights, which only leads in the best of cases to non-binding Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) initiatives; calls on the Human Right Clauses to integrate legally binding safeguards concerning states and business obligations as well as access to remedies for individuals and communities victims of human rights violations resulting activities taking place in the framework of the FTA;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58

58. Is deeply concerned about human rights violations affecting women and girls in refugee camps, including reported cases of sexual violence and unequal treatment of women and girls vis-à-vis men; ~~ask~~urges the EEAS to push for stricter rules and good practices in third countries; stresses the need for continuity in the education of girls in refugee camps, in conflict areas and in areas affected by extreme poverty;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 a (new)

59a. Recalls that access to education, professional training and microcredit are an essential tool in order to empower women and to prevent the violation of their human rights;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 a (new)

60a. Urges the complete eradication of the heinous practice of recruitment of child soldiers by state and non-state actors, as well as the enrolment of children by terrorist groups; urges the EEAS to treat this as a priority in its activities;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62 c (new)

62c. Highlights the serious issue of non-registered children born away from their parents' home country, a problem that is particularly critical in relation to the Syria and Iraq refugee crisis;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66

66. Encourages the EU institutions and the Member States to contribute further to reflections on the recognition of same-sex ~~marriage or same-sex~~ civil union as a political, social and ~~human and~~ civil rights issue;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 a (new)

72a. Urges the international community to convene an international conference to prepare new international binding rules conceived to re-adapt international humanitarian law to the new reality of wars in order to look for a strong effectiveness of international humanitarian rules;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 d (new)

72d. Reiterates its call on the VP/HR and the EEAS to revise the implementation of the EU Guidelines on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in light of the tragic events in countries such as Syria, Iraq and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, notably in the context of widespread and systematic impunity for gross violations of IHL and human rights law, including occupation and illegal annexation of territories; recommends, in this context, that the EEAS supports civil society organisations that promote respect for IHL by state and non-state actors; urges, moreover, that the EU actively uses all instruments at its disposal to enhance compliance of state and non-state actors with IHL;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 o (new)

72o. Reiterates its call on the VP/HR to launch an initiative aimed at imposing an EU weapons embargo against countries that are directly or indirectly responsible for serious breaches of the international humanitarian law; recalls that the licensing of weapons sales to such countries represents a breach of the Council's common position of 8 December 2008;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78

78. Expresses the need for international assistance in efforts to search for and liberate women and children who still remain in the captivity of ISIS and other terrorist groups, and in promoting special programmes for treatment within the European Union of former captives; expresses concern over the recruitment of children by terrorist groups and their participation in terrorist activities; stresses the need to establish policies to guide the search for, and the liberation, rehabilitation and reintegration of these children;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -79 a (new)

-79a. Strongly condemns any attack, intimidation, arrest, killing, harassment or repression of prosecutors, judges, lawyers, academics, journalists and any other professions whose independence and professional freedom are essential in order to build a democratic society;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80 c (new)

80c. Calls for the establishment of a system to effectively monitor civil society space with clear benchmarks and indicators, to fill in the gaps in the overall framework under which the EU deals with the issue of civil society space, notably as regards the use and definition of terms around the enabling, conducive, and legal environment for civil society;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88

88. Is concerned about the growth of ~~illegal~~ hate speech, meaning speech that attacks a person or a group on the basis of national origin, colour, religion, gender or sexual orientation, especially on social media platforms; calls on the Commission to involve representatives of civil society organisations to ensure that their views are taken into account in the negotiations on codes of conduct;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89 e (new)

89e. Expresses deep concern that counter-terrorism measures are used in many third countries to target and silence civil society and human rights defenders;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 91

91. Requests that the EU continue to work with the UN in combating the financing of terrorism, including the use of existing mechanisms to designate terrorist individuals and organisations, and to strengthen asset-freezing mechanisms worldwide, while upholding international standards on due process and the rule of law; calls on the Commission and Member States to effectively and urgently engage on this topic with those states that finance, support or allow their citizens to easily finance or support terrorist organizations;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 103

103. Urges the EEAS to continue to raise concerns, in a systematic way, about torture and ill-treatment in political and human rights dialogues with the countries concerned, and in public statements, and calls on EU delegations, and on Member State embassies on the ground, to monitor torture and ill-treatment cases and concretely act of achieve their complete eradication, to observe related criminal trials and to use all the instruments available to them to assist the individuals concerned;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110 a (new)

110a. Recalls that open space for civil society, freedom of expression, assembly and association and due respect for the rule of law are key elements of fair and democratic elections; calls on the EU to ensure that local NGOs have space for legitimate observation and monitoring of the conduct of elections;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET