7 Amendments of Annemie NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK related to 2013/2052(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Malaysia has a multicultural, multi-languages and multi-faith society, with a Malay- Muslim (bumiputra) majority and minority communities of Indians, Chinese and non- Malay indigenous people;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Malaysia has to hold parliamentary elections ion Aprilthe 5th orf May 2013;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Malaysia has established successive socioeconomic restructuring programmes, starting with the New Economic Policy (NEP) in 1971, which was replaced by the National Development Policy in 1991 and subsequently by the National Vision Policy in 2001 under the "New Economic Model" for Malaysia's long term development goal to become a developed country by 2020 ("Vision 2020");
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) to congratulate the very high rate of participation to the legislative elections held on the 5 of May 2013, expressing the interest of the people in the political participation;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) to encourage the government to take the necessary steps to sign, ratify and effectively implement the UN Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, its Optional Protocol, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR);
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) to welcome the progress made when the Internal Security Act (ISA) was replaced in July 2012 by the Security Offences Special Measures Act (SOSMA), which has limited the maximum detention period without trial or charge to 28 days; to express disappointment, however, that some provisions of the SOSMA still have shortcomings, for instance and fail to meet international human rights standards, for instance by allowing the police to detain suspects incommunicado for 48 hours, by allowing detention without charge or access to the courts for up to 28 days and as regards the appeal system, which could nevertheless result in indefinite detention if bail is not allowed, and the fact that the SOSMA restricts basic rights such as privacy of communications and allows the source of evidence to be concealed, thereby preventing cross-examination during trials;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) to encourage the government to improve women's rights to meet gender equality, especially in relation to Sharia legislation and family law; to stop the use of caning as a punishment;