16 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2017/2206(INI)
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reaffirms the urgency to move beyond the current impasse in relation to land demarcation. Reiterates the need to create a public register of indigenous lands occupied or involved in European corporations´ interests.
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls the EU partners in the private and public sector to provide complete and accessible information on human rights violations that have been frequently associated with and documented in relation to extractive industries or certain development projects (such as increased cases of sexual violence against indigenous women and children, including those with disabilities, extra-judicial killings, land degradation and pollution of water sources and land) as well as information on processes of relocation and characteristics of alternative resettlements;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that European Union and Member States have to make serious commitments to including indigenous children with disabilities in all policies, actions and programmes related to international cooperation and external relations;
Amendment 71 #
6c. Calls on the European Commission to launch the EU Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct, the Commission’s intention having been welcomed by the Council of the European Union in its Conclusions of June 2016. This action plan should address the implementation of the UN guiding principles on business and human rights, including with regard to due diligence and access to remedy, and provide an overall policy framework;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Emphasizes that a full and thorough protection must be put in place for indigenous leaders and human rights defenders who speak out against the injustices that their peoples are facing daily, putting themselves at risk for their communities.
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Expresses deep concern with the structural and direct violence against indigenous peoples. From racism, discrimination and hate speech to threats, rapes and killings, indigenous peoples are exposed to gross human rights violations.
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls on the EU to support the protection and promotion of indigenous rights. In this regard, the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European External Action Service should continue to play an instrumental role in reminding the governments to fully support its international obligations concerning indigenous rights, notably in Colombia and Brazil.
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Urges the EU to make sure that the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of people with disabilities living in indigenous communities is taken into account in any EU development project concerning indigenous people, by ensuring information and documentation about any project sponsored or funded by the EU on indigenous territories is accessible to Indigenous Persons with Disabilities;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls the European Union and Member States, through political and human rights dialogues with third countries, to encourage the ratification the ILO Convention I169, the UNCRC and UNCRPD and adopt their optional protocols as well as to uphold the UNDRIP;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that European Union and Member States have to make serious commitments to including indigenous children with disabilities in all policies, actions and programmes related to international cooperation and external relations;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls the EU to ensure intersectionality between indigenous and disability status in international legal frameworks, going beyond the inclusion of the ‘list of “vulnerable” groups’;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Invites to ensure international frameworks on development and Disaster Risk Reduction, torture, inhumane and cruel treatment (including harmful traditional practices), access to justice and death penalty, and Free, Prior and Informed Consent pay attention to the situation, rights, needs and opportunities of Indigenous Persons with Disabilities and notably Indigenous Children with Disabilities;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10e. The EU should make sure that the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of people with disabilities living in indigenous communities is taken into account in any EU development project concerning Indigenous People, by ensuring information and documentation about any project sponsored or funded by the EU on indigenous territories is accessible to Indigenous Persons with Disabilities;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 f (new)
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10f. Calls the EU partners in the private and public sector to provide complete and accessible information on human rights violations that have been frequently associated with and documented in relation to extractive industries or certain development projects (such as increased cases of sexual violence against indigenous women and children, including those with disabilities, extra-judicial killings, land degradation and pollution of water sources and land) as well as information on processes of relocation and characteristics of alternative resettlements;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 g (new)
Paragraph 10 g (new)
10g. Calls the European Commission to mandate the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) to collect information on judicial and non-judicial mechanisms in Member States concerning access to remedy for victims of business related violations, including Indigenous Persons with Disabilities, as a follow-up of the April 2017 FRA opinion on ‘improving access to remedy in the area of business and human rights at the EU level’ (FRA, 2017);
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 h (new)
Paragraph 10 h (new)
10h. Calls on the European Commission to launch the EU Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct, the Commission’s intention having been welcomed by the Council of the European Union in its Conclusions of June 2016. This action plan should address the implementation of the UN guiding principles on business and human rights, including with regard to due diligence and access to remedy, and provide an overall policy framework;