Activities of Karol KARSKI related to 2022/2049(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2022
Amendments (15)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Union strongly believes in and fully supports multilateralism, a rules-based global order, democratic processes and the set of universal values, principles and norms that guide the UN member states;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the rise in authoritarianism, illiberalism and populismviolations of human rights around the world threatens the global rules- based order and the core values and principles on which the Union is founded;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas globally, violence against Christians has risen drastically over recent years; whereas countries such as Russia, China, Iran and Belarus, as well as non-state and terrorist organisations are systematically violating human rights by using religious beliefs as grounds for justification;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that despite the need to concentrate on responses to the threats posed by climate change and the recovery fromglobal efforts against the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through global solidarity, some authoritarian leaders have in addition to mismanagement of the pandemic and global resources, intensified repression, fuelled and expanded existing conflicts, and sparked new ones with devastating effects on human rights;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the EU to reflect on how to promotebest and most appropriately apply a human rights-based approach in all EU instruments and strategies in order to strengthen the EU’s human rights foreign policy; underlines that the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI – Global Europe), including its thematic programme on human rights and democracy, is one of the main tools at the EU’s disposal to improve the human rights situation around the world and help foster resilient, inclusive and democratic societies; stresses that the engagement of local civil society actors is vital to protect human rights and democracy in their countries and reiterates its call to fully engage them in all of the EU’s relevant external activities; highlights the importance that NDICI – Global Europe attaches to the promotion of human rights and democracy with strategic international and local partners; underlines Parliament’s role in the instrument’s programming process and calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to share all the relevant information in a timely manner in order to enable Parliament to play its role accordingly, in particular during high-level geopolitical dialogues with the Commission;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Fully supports the work of the EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Human Rights in defending and advancing human rights in the world through engagement with third countries and cooperation with like-minded partners, and his important role in enhancing the effectiveness of the EU’s human rights policies through efforts to increase their coherence; underlines the need for close cooperation between the EUSR for Human Rights and other EUSRs on countries and regions in order to furas well as their improve this consistency, and calls for greater visibility for the role of the EUSR for Hcooperation with international organisations and the UN Special rapporteur on human Rrights;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that corruption seriously hinders the enjoyment ofand the violation of the rule of law and democratic processes are significant obstacles to human rights worldwide; calls for the fight against corruption to be a part of all of the EU’s efforts and policies to promote human rights and democracy, by formulating a dedicated global anti-corruption strategyies, including programmes under the EU’s external financial instruments and enhancing Parliament’s role of scrutiny; underlines the utmost importance for the EU and its Member States to lead by example by applying the highest transparency standards to their external funding and by stepping up their support for civil society organisations, activists and investigative journalists engaged in the fight against corruption;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its call to include robustthe importance of clauses on human rights in agreements between the EU and third countries, supported by a clear set of benchmarks and procedures to be followed in the event of violations; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to actively reflect on how to ensure that the human rights clauses in existing international agreements are effectively enforced; stresses that the EU should react swiftly and decisively to persistent breaches of human rights clauses by third countries, including by temporarily and/or permanently suspending the relevant agreements if other options prove ineffective;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Strongly supports the creation of a special tribunal for dealing with the human rights violations carried out by Russia in Ukraine and encourages the Commission and VP/HR, as well as the Union's member states to actively cooperate with international actors and partners in order to set up this mechanism;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and their equal treatment with men; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual and gender-based violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly; highlights the increase in domestic violence and setbacks to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in both developing and developed countries and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for the EU to step up its efforts to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer persons (LGBTIQ); stresses that LGBTIQ persons around the world continue to face human rights violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings; calls for the full implementation of the LGBTIQ equality strategy 2020- 2025 as the EU’s tool for improving the situation of LGBTIQ people around the world;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Underlines that human rights,e importance of a healthy environment and combating climate change are dependent on one anotherthe consequential positive effects thereof on the promotion of human rights and democracy; calls for progress towards the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, as laid out in Resolution 48/13 of the UN Human Rights Council, and stresses its appreciation for the peaceful work undertaken by environmental human rights defenders including land defenders and their lawyers, as well as indigenous activists, to preserve and safeguard such an environment despite the threat of violence and the risk to their lives; recognises, moreover, the important role of civil society organisations, including environmental faith-based organisations, as well as indigenous peoples for their invaluable work in the preservation of the environment;
Amendment 496 #
44. Calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their contribution to the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss globally, in particular by ensuring that goods imported by the EU are produced in accordance with human rights protected under international law, including the rights of indigenous people, and do not contribute to deforestation or damage to natural ecosystems, in particular old-growth forests;
Amendment 501 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Stresses that human rights must fully encompass the digital sphere and must be protected from the improper use of technology; underlinescautions about the risks posed by digital technologies to personal liberty and democracy at large and condemns the role of digital technologies in human rights violations; calls for more intensive efforts to establish a comprehensivreiterates in particular the threat that disinformation campaigns in combination with digital tools pose; calls for more intensive efforts to effectively and appropriately adapt the legal frameworks on digital technologies, which should balance the need to protect human rights with taking advantage of the possible gains such technologies can offer for human well-being;