Activities of Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA related to 2015/2051(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Preparing for the World Humanitarian Summit: Challenges and opportunities for humanitarian assistance (debate) ES
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on preparing for the World Humanitarian Summit: Challenges and opportunities for humanitarian assistance
Amendments (21)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas humanitarian crises almost invariably result in immense human suffering for the affected civilians, with particular focus on women and children, including threats and violations of international human rights and humanitarian law;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas women and girls often have low social power in communities, and adolescent girls in particular, are often at risk because can be missed in traditional child protection interventions in emergencies (such as child-friendly spaces), but also may not be reached with the same programming used to reach adult women;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas unsafe abortion is listed by the World Health Organization as one of three leading causes of maternal mortality;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that crises are not gender neutral and that gender-sensitive considerations should be included in all stages of humanitarian programming, with the participation of women’s rights groups and organisations, including local and regional ones, and stresses that humanitarian responses must prioritise lifesaving protection and education interventions for all girls and boys in the very first stages of disaster response;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the introduction of the gender marker for humanitarian programming; calls on donors to use the gender marker and to monitor gender integration throughout the whole humanitarian cycle; and considers essential to collect data that is disaggregated by gender and age, including a breakdown of age;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that education in emergency situations helps to prevent the early marriage of girls, sexual and gender-based violence, prostitution and human trafficking; welcomes the international efforts in the framework of the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict; and calls for comprehensive education, including sexual education, to be a key part of all EU humanitarian responses to every emergency;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that, especially in protracted conflicts and crises where civilians are internally and externally displaced for long periods of time, humanitarian action can play a crucial role in the empowerment of the affected populations, by providing them with a stronger voice and recognising their rights and capabilities, including creating a more active role for local actors in humanitarian action; calls on the EU to step up its assistance to those in need in conflicting areas;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Condemns the consistent thwarting of attempts to deliver humanitarian aid and calls on all parties involved in the different conflicts to respect the provision of humanitarian aid and assistance through all possible channels, including across borders and conflict lines, and to ensure the safety of all medical personnel and humanitarian workers in line with the various UNSC resolutions;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the centrality of the protection of civilians within the EU's comprehensive regional strategy and the need to keep separate humanitarian from military/counter-terrorism efforts; emphasizes the interlinkage between conflict and humanitarian suffering and radicalization;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls to include targeted services for adolescent girls in all emergency responses, given they have greater chances of being forced into marriage, or even into transactional sex or prostitution in order to help their families, who are struggling with the poverty and chaos disaster brings;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that, in cases where the pregnancy threatens a woman's or a girl's life or causes unbearable suffering, international humanitarian law and/or international rights law may justify offering a safe abortion rather than perpetuating what amounts to inhumane treatment;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reminds that women and girls who are pregnant as a result of rape must receive appropriate support and be provided access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services, as reflected in international humanitarian law and international human rights law;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is extremely concerned about the risks of epidemics associated to dire sanitation conditions and the limited access to safe drinking water, which its inextricably linked to the right to life and human dignity and to the need for an adequate standard of living, particularly in communal and informal settlements;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Remembers the Resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the UN on 28 July 2010 recognises the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on humanitarian actors to incorporate GBV prevention and mitigation strategies into all their sector- specific interventions and, to this end, to take stock of the revised Guidelines for Integrating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action, prepared by the Global Protection Cluster. And considers that humanitarian actors (including the EU) must consult girls and boys (especially adolescent girls) in all stages of disaster preparedness and response.
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Expresses its concerns on the raising number of climate refugees, which are triggered by droughts, famines, and deteriorating health and living standards; calls for a new generation of human rights protection tools to help protect people seeking safety abroad;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Underlines the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being; in this regards, stresses its concerns over the lack of access to essential medicines in humanitarian crisis; calls on the EU to take lead role ensuring appropriate provision of essential medicines in the context of humanitarian crisis;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Call humanitarian agencies to strength its coordination in order to identify and protect victims, and potential victims, from sexual exploitation and abuse;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that the Article 14(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) guarantees the right to seek and enjoy asylum in other countries, and the obligation of States not to refoule, or return, a refugee, is known as the principle of non-refoulement;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on all the conflict parties to comply with IHL, ensure that civilians are protected, that they have unhindered access to medical facilities and humanitarian assistance, and that they are able to safely and with dignity leave areas affected by violence;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Is convinced that immediate humanitarian assistance and protection needs to be an integral part of long-term strategies to mitigate the human suffering caused by the conflicts, and in support of the socio economic rights and livelihood opportunities of returnees, internally displaced and refugees including women, to ensure enhanced leadership and participation, with a view to empowering them to choose durable solutions that correspond to their needs;