32 Amendments of Julie WARD related to 2017/2206(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
- having regard to the Paris Agreement of 12 December 2015 on climate change,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 b (new)
Citation 30 b (new)
- having regard to the report of the European Parliament on EU action for sustainability of 27 June 2017,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 c (new)
Citation 30 c (new)
- having regard to the communication of the European Commission "Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020" of 21 September 2015,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 d (new)
Citation 30 d (new)
- having to the Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly 64/292 of 3 August 2010 on "The human right to water and sanitation",
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas human rights treaties recognise the right of indigenous peoples to their ancestral lands and resources and provide that states must consult indigenous peoples in good faith in order to obtain their free, prior and informed consent pertaining to projects that can have a negative impact on their ways of life or that can lead to the displacement of their populations, and a consequential loss of distinct cultural heritage both tangible and untangible;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the collective and individual rights of indigenous peoples continue to be violated in various regions of the world by state and non-state actors, and as a result they continue to face physical, psychological and sexual violence as well as racism, exclusion, discrimination, forced evictions, destructive settlement, illegal expropriation of their traditional domains or deprivation of access to their resources and livelihoods;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas states are ultimately responsible for guaranteeing the security, safety, and rights of indigenous peoples, as well as of indigenous environmental human rights defenders;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas human rights defenders are central and crucial agents of sustainable development, especially in building up societal resilience, and are key actors in inclusive democratic governance; whereas indigenous environmental human rights defenders work towards securing not only the rights of their peoples but also the environmental sustainability and natural heritage of all of humanity;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas indigenous human rights defenders and activists empower and enable their communities to participate in the political processes that affect them, and to democratically and peacefully raise their voices in their respective countries and towards the international community; whereas indigenous human rights defenders often also work towards the social inclusion and economic empowerment of their communities;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas women and LGBTI indigenous human rights defenders often face specific gender-based threats and obstacles, which must be understood from an intersectional perspective;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas indigenous peoples face alarming poverty, disease and illiteracy rates, insufficient access to safe clean water and sanitation, health care, education, employment, civil rights, including political participation and representation; whereas there is a lack of awareness and understanding for indigenous peoples, and their cultures, histories, languages, beliefs and symbols; whereas they face on-going disrespect and discrimination, and often find themselves seriously threatened;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas in recent years there has been a disturbing increase in homicides, attacks and other forms of violence against human rights defenders and activists, who are key actors of sustainable development, in the context of the defence of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, environmental rights and land rights;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas of the 281 human rights defenders reportedly murdered around the world in 2016, 49% were fighting for land, indigenous, and environmental rights; whereas indigenous human rights defenders often face the systemic impunity of the perpetrators of attacks against them;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the UN Special Rapporteur for HRDs, Michael Frost, has singled out Latin America as a region of concern, where “government and corporate actors are involved in the murders of environmental human rights defenders”;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas international financial institutions(IFIs) have a central role to play in ensuring that projects they fund do not entail or contribute to the violation of the human and environmental rights of indigenous peoples; whereas multinational corporations carry the responsibility to ensure that their operations and/or their supply chains are not implicated inhuman and environmental rights violations, and specifically the rights of indigenous peoples;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas indigenous peoples within Europe still suffer from marginalisation, discrimination, and social exclusion, which must be combated and redressed using a rights-based approach;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EU Member States and the European Union to support and vote in favour of the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas that will be voted in 2018 in the UN Human Rights Council; notes with interest the focus of the UN Conference on the Status of Women 2018 on rural women;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on all states, including the EU and its Member States, to legally recognise the traditional lands and water of indigenous people, and the right of indigenous people to self-determination;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines that the protection and support for human rights defenders, including indigenous environmental rights defenders, must be a key strategic priority for the EU, in line with the aims of advancing sustainable development, building state and societal resilience, and taking a holistic integrated approach to conflicts prevention and resolution;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Insists that the EU and its Member States must work to hold multinational corporations and international Financial institutions to account for their impact on indigenous communities, and their human and environmental rights, as well as for any implication of these institutions in threats or violence against indigenous communities or individuals;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on all states to commit themselves to ensuring that indigenous peoples have genuine access to health, employment and education, to promoting intercultural public policies, to incorporating indigenous languages, histories and cultures into their school programs and to developing initiatives to raise awareness among civil society, the general public and the media of the rights of indigenous peoples and the importance of respecting their beliefs, cultures and values in order to tackle prejudice and misinformation;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the EEAS, Commission and Member States to prioritise investment in support of civil society and human rights defenders, and particularly with regard to indigenous environmental human rights defenders, and to ensure the existence of long-term protection mechanisms to support them, in particular ProtectDefenders.eu, as well as to guarantee that they meet existing funding commitments to human rights defenders at risk;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Urges EEAS delegations and Member State embassies to review and improve their implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, taking into account the specific needs and threats of indigenous human rights defenders, as well as specific situation of indigenous human rights defenders who face multiple discrimination, such as women, elderly, LGBTI and those with disabilities; In that regard, insists that EU delegations and Member State embassies provide their staff with appropriate training and capacity to work with civil society and human rights defenders, to maintain contacts and provide support where needed;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Encourages its Members to regularly meet with indigenous communities and human rights defenders when visiting the relevant countries;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Emphasises that the EU and its Member States must raise the human rights of indigenous peoples and indigenous human rights defenders in bilateral and multilateral negotiations and diplomatic communications; Calls on the EU and Member States to work to ensure that third country governments provide appropriate protection to indigenous communities and human rights defenders, and bring perpetrators of crimes against them to justice;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Calls on the EU and its Member States to continue to develop specific strategies to ensure the effective implementation of SDG 16 on promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies, ensuring that targeting, persecution and killings of human rights defenders are combated and stopped, and that the perpetrators are prosecuted and held accountable;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the EU to ensure that all EU-funded development projects that could in any way negatively affect the livelihoods, lands, cultural heritage and resources of indigenous peoples rigorously comply with the principle of free, prior and informed consent, where the human rights and security, well-being, and freedom of expression and association is strictly guaranteed by the EU and third-country authorities, and any violations thereof would lead to the halting of the project;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Notes that the Commission, EEAS and Member States must take a holistic integrated approach to sustainable development, and take account of human rights and environmental considerations when addressing trade and economic relations; Calls on the Commission to raise cases of human rights violations and attacks or persecution of human rights defenders in the context of trade negotiations and systems such as GSP;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the EU to establish the obligation to carry out impact assessment studies prior to the conclusion of trade and cooperation agreements and to the implementation of development projects, in order to measure and prevent their deleterious effects on the rights of indigenous and local communities; Insists that these impact assessments must be carried out in a timely manner, with significant consultation, participation and input from civil society, and with the assessments’ findings duly incorporated into the respective agreements or projects;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Recalls with concern that the EU and its Member States must continue to work to guarantee the rights and social inclusion of indigenous peoples in Europe, notably the Sami people, and recognises the important role of community activists and human rights defenders in that regard;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Recalls with concern that the EU and its Member States must continue to consider the situation, and protect the rights, dignity and social inclusion of indigenous peoples in Europe, including the Sami people, and recognises the important role of community activists and human rights defenders in that regard;