Activities of Amjad BASHIR related to 2015/2340(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the fight against trafficking in human beings in the EU’s external relations PDF (608 KB) DOC (218 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas trafficking in human beings is defined by the United Nations (Palermo Protocol) as the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harbouring or receiving persons by means of the threat or use of force or other forms coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation; whereas the exploitation includes, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs; expresses its concern, in this regard, about the practice of commercial surrogacy;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas access to justice ranges from being problematic to simply denied to the majority of the global population; whereas in many countries less than one percent of crimes lead to a successful prosecution; whereas corruption and lack of capacity remains a major problem of police and judiciary organizations in many countries;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores furthermore the wide gap between legislation that does exist and implementation thereof, including the limited or non-existing access to justice for victims on the one hand and lack of prosecution of perpetrators on the other
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the EU and its Member States to make a particular effort to combat forced labour in EU industries abroad, and in relation to third countries, by applying and enforcing labour standards and supporting governments in adopting labour laws providing minimum protection standards for workers, including foreign workers and to make these standards a precondition for European companies operating in third countries;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Regrets that cross-border labour migration has to date not received sufficient attention; underscoracknowledges the potential of formalised labour migration as a means of preventing trafficking in human beings and to save lives;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Urges the EU to strengthen its cooperation with NGOs and other relevant international organisations in order to increase the exchange of best practices, the development of policies, implementation, and to increase research, including with local actors, and in particular focussing on access to justice for victims and effective prosecution of perpetrators;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the EU to review its assistance programmes regarding trafficking in human beings, to make funding more targeted and to make THB an area of cooperation in its own right, in particular focussing on fixing broken justice systems; urges the Commission to regularly re-evaluate its list of priority countries;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34