12 Amendments of Georgios EPITIDEIOS related to 2014/2216(INI)
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the preamble to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union affirms that the EU ‘places the individual at the heart of its activities’; stresses that this was not intended as an abstract concept but, on the contrary, these words implied an emphasis onconcerns real life, on and the concrete aspects of existence, and on givinggives fundamental needs a constitutional basis, founded on the inviolable dignity of each and every person;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that in addition to human suffering, the EU should also note the material and budgetary cost of non- observance of human rights where failure to respect human rights and a lack of legitimate democratic participation lead to instability, corruption, failed states, humanitarian crises or armed conflicts, phenomena which undermine the EU’s efforts in its development policy, and to which the EU or its Member States are obliged to react in the security policy domain; welcomes, in this regard, the EU’s recent efforts to include violations of human rights in its early warning matrix linked to crisis prevention; calls, however, for a stronger preventative action, and urges the VP/HR, the Commission and the Member States to develop a human rights- based crisis prevention element which should be added to the EU Comprehensive Approach to external conflicts and crises;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recognises the importance of the mandate given to the first ever EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Human Rights and of the work done so far; encourages the EUSR to continue to enhance the EU’s visibility and engagement with multilateral and regional human rights mechanisms (the UN, the Council of Europe, the OSCE, ASEAN, the African Union, the OIC), to promote key EU thematic priorities, including those reflected in the recently adopted EU human rights guidelines, to work for the empowerment of civil society throughout the world, and to contribute to the mainstreaming, coherence, consistency and effectiveness of EU human rights policy;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the EU to continue to work for the definition of best practices in this area in order to support and consolidate democratisation processes; encourages the development of both policy and operational tooltools and sanctions to be applied in priority countries in order to integrate human rights and democracy support measures, including conflict prevention measures and mediation, into the EU approach in a coherent, flexible and credible manner;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the dedicated Council conclusions on human rights defenders on the tenth anniversary of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs); commends, furthermore, the Commission for its increased use of EIDHR funding to provide emergency grants to human rights defenders under imminent threatorganisations that have been proven to comply with the EU treaties and defend human rights, and encourages the Commission to further explore new ways of supporting HRDs;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates its call on the EEAS to continue protecting NGOs, organisations that have been proven to comply with the EU treaties and defend human rights defenders and civil society activists by raising the effectiveness of EU human rights dialogues and by promoting EU thematic priorities and human rights guidelines; in this context, encourages the organisation of campaigns aimed at reaching human rights defenders also in the more remote areas of third countries, in order to help implement EU policy objectives;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Reiterates its call on the Commission to report on a regular basis on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by the EU Member States, including their national action plans; regrets the lack of progress made by the Commission in following up Parliament’s request that it propose legislation requiring EU companies to ensure that their purchases do not support perpetrators of conflicts or grave human rights violations; points out that this will emerge on the back of resolutions adopted by EU committees set up for this purpose,
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Expresses its concern atCondemns the spread of monitoring and filtering technologies, which represent a growing threat to human rights and democracy activists in autocratic countries and also pose troubling questions regarding privacy rights in democratic countries, even when used with the pretext of legitimate aims such as counter- terrorism or law enforcement;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Calls on the Commission to continue support initiatives related to the development and dissemination of digital security technologies in order to empower only those organisations that have been proven to comply with the EU treaties and defend human rights defenders by providing secure collection, encryption and storage mechanisms to avoid monitoring by repressive governments;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)
Paragraph 54 a (new)
54a. Welcomes the fact that political and ideological convictions can be expressed without hindrance; condemns the prosecutions brought on the basis of political convictions; asks that complaints concerning human rights violations by EU Member States also be looked into, especially where they concern political rights; condemns the persecution of ideas and the fact that there are political prisoners in democratic societies;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
68. Welcomes the legalisation of same-sex marriage or same-sex civil unions in an increasing number of countries, seventeen at the moment, around the world; encourages the EU institutions and the Member States to further contribute to the recognition of same-sex marriage or same-sex civil union as a political, social and human and civil rights issue;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75