7 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2018/2656(RSP)
Amendment 62 #
Recital D
D. whereas States should set out clearly the expectationtipulate, by laying down binding legal rules, that all business enterprises domiciled in their territory and/or jurisdiction are required to respect human rights throughout their operations;
Amendment 98 #
Recital I
I. whereas a global holistic approach to corporate liability for human rights violations is still lacking, and whereas victims of human rights violations involving multinational companies face multiple obstacles to accessing remedies, including judicial remedies; whereas this lack of access to remedies constitutes a further serious human rights violation;
Amendment 105 #
Recital K
Amendment 107 #
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that globalisation and increasing internationalisation of business activities and supply chains make the role that corporations play in ensuring respect for human rights more important and createhas given rise to a situation in which international norms and rules are crucial to avoid human rights violations in third countries;
Amendment 127 #
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it regrettable that a global approach to the way in whichdesigned to ensure that transnational corporations abide by human rights law and that effective remedies are available in the event of a violation of human rights is still lacking;
Amendment 143 #
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it necessary to establish primacy of human rights in international law through a clear system whereby human rights obligations take precedence over other types of conflicting obligations and provision is made for suitable mechanisms to enforce human rights law, for monitoring and for remedies, combined with appropriate penalties and compensation, in the event of violations;
Amendment 147 #
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Deplores the fact that the Commission has failed to act on the many specific requests made by Parliament in its resolution of 25 October 2016 on corporate liability for serious human rights abuses in third countries, despite repeated reminders from Parliament, in particular in formal letters and questions;