Activities of Angel DZHAMBAZKI related to 2014/2216(INI)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
Lа. whereas basic freedoms, human rights and equal opportunities should be guaranteed for all the citizens of countries seeking to join the European Union; whereas, however, the protection of national minorities and regional and minority languages in some of these countries is a major issue, which cannot be resolved simply by combating xenophobia and discrimination but which requires the adoption of specific legal, linguistic, cultural, social and other arrangements and ways of treating people;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital М
Recital М
М. whereas Article 16 of the UDHR states that men and women of full ages, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family, and are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, both during marriage and at its dissolution, and the family, as the natural and basic nucleus of society, is entitled to protection from society and from the state;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Н
Recital Н
Н. whereas Article 14 of the UDHR recognises the right of persons to seek asylum from persecution in other countries, although that right does not apply in the case of persons being pursued in respect of a non-political crime or deed at odds with the UN aims and principles; whereas the UN Convention on the Status of Refugees clearly states that all refugees are entitled to special protection and that no state shall expel or return a refugee to a territory where he or she faces persecution or threats to life or freedom;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates its support for dedicated human rights dialogues as a tool of EU human rights policy; recognises the value of engagement in human rights-specific dialogue also with countries with serious human rights problems; underlines, however, the need for the EU to draw clear political conclusions when the human rights dialogue does not lead to positive outcomes, and in such cases to place more emphasis on public diplomacy with a view to ensuring that the public credibility of the EU’s human rights policy is not endangered; warns, furthermore, against diverting human rights discussions away from high-level political dialogues; in the case of gross violations of human rights calls for the issue to be placed at the core of the political dialogue at all levels;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 15
Subheading 15
Human rights in EU trade agreements, stabilisation and association agreements and other international agreements
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Reiterates its call for the systematic inclusion of human rights clauses in the EU’s international agreements, including trade agreements and stabilisation and association agreements, concluded with third countries, and calls for effective monitoring of their application as well as for reporting back to the relevant committee of Parliament on the agreements’ human rights aspects;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Calls on the EU and its Member States and on the countries that are candidates for accession to the Union to enhance their monitoring of, and clearly and rapidly condemn, all restrictions on freedom of assembly and association, including bans on civil society organisations, aggressive use of criminal defamation laws and other restrictive laws, excessive registration and reporting requirements, overly restrictive rules on foreign funding, or prohibitions on NGOs from engaging in political activities or having contact with foreigners;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Welcomes the annulment in October 2013 of the Moldovan law prohibiting the ‘propagation of any other relations than those related to marriage or family’, and calls on Lithuania and Russia to follow the Moldovan example; regrets the outcome of the Croatian referendum of December 2013, which endorsed a constitutional ban on equal marriage; stresses that such referendums contribute to a climate of homophobia and discrimination; considers that LGBTI persons’ fundamental rights are more likely to be safeguarded if they have access to legal institutions such as cohabitation, registered partnership or marriagebut points out that issues around the rights of LGBTI persons are internal matters about which each country should be entitled to choose; welcomes the manner in which the constitutional ban on equal marriage was adopted in Croatia, as popular consultation via referendum is the ultimate form of democracy, demonstrating the people’s real views on particular issues;
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 a (new)
Paragraph 74 a (new)
74а. Calls on the Commission to present a report on the application of existing readmission agreements with third countries; calls on the Commission to draw up, and open negotiations on the conclusion of, readmission agreements with countries bordering the EU and with those major transit countries for illegal immigration with which such agreements have not yet been concluded;