20 Amendments of Bogdan Brunon WENTA related to 2018/2656(RSP)
Amendment 14 #
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct,
Amendment 37 #
Citation 28 a (new)
Amendment 46 #
Recital B
B. whereas development should go hand-in-hand with social justiceprogress and good governance, and whereas development, free trade and human rights can have an impact on each other and may reinforce each other;
Amendment 51 #
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas free trade and investment have proven to contribute significantly to poverty reduction;
Amendment 54 #
Recital C
C. whereas although States are not per se responsible for human rights violations by private actors, theyStates may breach their international human rights law obligations where such violations can be attributed to them, or whereif they fail to take appropriate steps to prevent, investigate, punish and redress private actors’ abuse; whereas States generally have discretion in deciding upon these steps, including policies, legislation, regulations and adjudication;
Amendment 63 #
Recital D
D. whereas States should set out clearly the expectation that all business enterprises domiciled in their territory and/or jurisdiction respect basic human rights throughout their operations;
Amendment 67 #
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the 2017 study commissioned by the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights“ Implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights” shows clearly that EU Member States are the most advanced in the global context in the implementation of UNGP having the highest number of National Action Plans in progress;
Amendment 82 #
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the long-term positive impact on human rights of European businesses operating globally and leading by example through a non-discriminatory corporate culture is acknowledged;
Amendment 120 #
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly supports the full implementation of the UNGPs, and calls on the EU and Memberall States to elaborate and adopt an EU, respectively national action plans for the swift, effective and comprehensive implementation of the said Principles;
Amendment 125 #
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it regrettableNotes that a global approach to the way in which transnational corporations abide by human rights law is still lacking;
Amendment 133 #
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms the urgent need to act in an effective and coherent manner at all levels, including national, European and international, in order to effectively address human rights violations by transnational corporations, to address legal problems resulting from the extra- territorial dimension of transnational companies, and the related uncertainty as to where liability for human rights violations lies;
Amendment 138 #
Paragraph 6
Amendment 150 #
Paragraph 7
7. Warmly welcomes in this contextNotes the work initiated in the United Nations through the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) to create a potentially binding UN instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights and considers this to be a step forward in the promotion and protection of human rights; stresses that responsibility for human rights and liability for its violation should not depend on the legal form or type of ownership of the enterprises; stresses that any additional duties legally imposed on enterprises should be adapted to the their sizes and their coping capacity;
Amendment 158 #
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that several countries are not taking part in the process; stresses that the EU and its Member States should only accede to the new potentially legally binding instrument if its postulates are properly incorporated; stresses also that for such a binding treaty to be effective globally a large majority of states need to ratify and respect it;
Amendment 160 #
Paragraph 8
Amendment 164 #
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that EU adhesion to the UN legally binding Instrument requires that it goes no further than what is legally established within the EU;
Amendment 165 #
Paragraph 9
Amendment 167 #
Paragraph 10
Amendment 168 #
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the UN Member States to ensure that the negotiations leading to the treaty are conducted in a transparent and consultinformative manner with a broad range of rights-stakeholders potentially impacted by the treaty;
Amendment 174 #
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates once more its call on the EU and Member States to engage genuinely and constructively in these negotiationis intergovernmental process;