Activities of Eleftherios SYNADINOS related to 2016/2219(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015 (A8-0355/2016 - Josef Weidenholzer) EL
Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015 (debate) EL
Amendments (22)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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1. Firmly believes that development and human rights are interdependent, and that respect for and protection and fulfilment of human rights are prerequisites for reducing poverty, eliminating inequality and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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2. Takes the view that human rights must be a cross-cutting feature in the achievement of all goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda; calls for a human-rights- sensitive SDG indicator-parameter framework to be established at national and international level to ensure strong transparency and accountability in this regard;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
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3. Highlights the paramount importance of SDG 16; stresses that respect for human rights, consolidation of the rule of law, sound and good governance and stability should be key objectives of all EU external policies;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
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4. Recalls the introduction of a human-rights-based approach (HRBA) in EU development and economic policy aimed at integrating human rights principles into EU operational activities for development; calls for greater dissemination of the HRBA toolbox among our partners, and for its implementation to be closely monitored by the Commission;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
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Recital D
D. whereas human rights and democracy support policies should be mainstreamed across all other EU policies with an external dimension, such as development, migration, security, counter- terrorism, combating poverty, enlargement and trade;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
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7. Calls on the Commission to carry out an evaluation of the use and results of the HRBA toolbox in delegations;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
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F. whereas respect for human rights is under threat worldwide, and whereas the universality of human rights is increasingly, and seriously, being challenged by a number of authoritarian and/or terrorist regimes; whereas there are numerous attempts worldwide to shrink the space of civil society, including in multilateral fora;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas millions of children around the world continue to suffer from all forms of violence, including the consequences and burden of war and its atrocities, domestic violence, discrimination and poverty;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
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S. whereas reports of violations of civil and political, economic, insurance, social and cultural rights resulting from corporate behaviour continue to be heard from around the world;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. Expresses its serious concern that the promotion and protection of human rights and democratic values are under threat worldwide, that the universality of human rights is increasingly, and seriously, being challenged by a number of authoritarian and/or terrorist regimes;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. Encourages the EU to develop a work plan, with a clear timetable, measurable benchmarks, and a clear division of roles, actions and responsibilities, for the implementation of the Action Plan;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
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28. Requests that the EU strengthens its cooperation with the UN in the context of formulating a common strategic vision on security on the basis of, on the one hand, the new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy and, on the other, the UN’s revision of its peace operations and its peacebuilding architecture; insists that there be cooperation with the UN in strengthening the role and capacity of regional and sub-regional organisations in peacekeeping and/or imposing peace, conflict prevention, civilian and military crisis management, and conflict resolution, and that procedures for the use of the CSDP in support of UN operations be developed further, including through the deployment of EU battlegroups, or through capacity-building and Security Sector Reform initiatives, while human rights and gender are mainstreamed into the work of the mission and operation;
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution
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35. Recalls that criminal networks are taking advantage of the lack of safe migration channels, and of the vulnerability of women, girls and children, in order to subject them to trafficking and sexual exploitation and stresses the lack of any plan to address illegal migration;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution
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36. Reiterates its call on the EU to ensure that all migration cooperation and readmission agreements with non-EU states comply with international human rights, refugee law and international maritime law; and calls on the European institutions to intensify their efforts to obtain the readmission of illegal migrants to third countries;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 656 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 20
Subheading 20
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion or political belief
Amendment 660 #
Motion for a resolution
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73. Condemns, in keeping with Article 10 TFEU, all acts of violence and discrimination on the basis of ideology, religion or political belief; expresses its serious concern over the continued reports of violence and discrimination against religious minorities around the world;
Amendment 672 #
Motion for a resolution
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74. Stresses that the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or political belief is a fundamental human right, interrelated with other human rights and fundamental freedoms and encompassing the right to believe or not to believe, the right to manifest or not to manifest any religion or belief, and the right to adopt, change and abandon or return to a belief of one’s choice, as enshrined in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
Amendment 684 #
Motion for a resolution
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75. Calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure that religious minorities are respected worldwide, including in the Middle East, where Yazidis, Peshmerga, Alevis, Christians and Muslim minorities are being persecuted by ISIS and other terrorist groups;
Amendment 765 #
Motion for a resolution
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89. Reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism and its full support for actions aimed at the eradication of terrorist organisations, in particular ISIS, as well as Boko Haram and al-Nusra, which poses a clear threat to regional and international security, while recalling that such actions should always be in full respect of international human rights law; supports the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2178 (2014) on countering threats posed by foreign terrorist fighters, and of the Madrid Guiding Principles on stemming the flow of foreign terrorist fighters;
Amendment 785 #
Motion for a resolution
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94. Is deeply concerned about the reinstatement of executions in some countries in recent years or their planned reinstatement (in Turkey for example); expresses its grave concern at the reported rise in the number of death sentences handed down worldwide in 2015, in particular in China, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia; reminds the authorities of these countries that they are state parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child which strictly prohibits the death penalty for crimes committed by anyone below the age of 18;
Amendment 804 #
Motion for a resolution
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103. Urges the EEAS to continue to raise concerns, in a systematic way, about torture and ill-treatment in political and human rights dialogues with the countries concerned, and in public statements, and calls on EU delegations, and on Member State embassies on the ground, to monitor torture and ill-treatment cases, to observe related criminal trials and to use all the instruments available to them to assist the individuals concerned, in response to the recent cases of torture and ill-treatment in Turkey, for example;