13 Amendments of Assita KANKO related to 2021/2204(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU, as a powerful economic actor, has the capacity to influence the situation of human rights and HRDs worldwide by integrating a human rights-based approach into its trade and investment policies in a coherent mannerstarted its TSD review process;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that such an approach, through which all EU institutions –, from the EEAS to the Commission, European financial institutions, and the Parliament, and the Member States – would work together on implementing the Guidelines, would prove effective in helping to counter the global backsliding of human rights and democracy;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the importance of continuing to break down silos in EU external relations; welcomes the increased coordination between EU delegations, the EEAS headquarters and the Directorate- General for International Partnerships in relation to urgent HRD cases and crisis situations that significantly affect HRDs; calls for improved coordination on human rights matters with the Directorate- General for Trade and the Directorate- General for Migration and Home Affairs, among other directorates-general, as well as with relevant EU agencies, such as the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the European Union Agency for Asylum;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – introductory part
Paragraph 18 – introductory part
18. Underlines the importance of putting the protection of HRDs at the heart of the EU’s political engagement with third countries by aligning all EU external action in third countries with EU action to protect HRDs and promote their work; calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the Member States to prioritise:
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the importance of joining forces with UN agencies and Special Procedures, particularly the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of HRDs; calls for the EU to provide financial and political support for existing regional protection mechanisms for HRDs, including the UN Economic Commission for Europe’s Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders, the Escazú Agreement and the Inter-American, African and Council of Europe regional mechanisms on HRDs; calls on the EU delegations and Member States’ missions in Geneva and New York to take effective action in response to reprisals by third countries against HRDs for their cooperation with UN bodies and to facilitate HRDs’ accreditation and interaction with multilateral forums; welcomes the practical collaboration on HRD cases between EU delegations, Member States’ missions and like-minded third countries, such as Switzerland, Norway, the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for the EU to align its HRD strategies with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; underlines that EU delegations and Member States should prioritiseNotes that the TSD review proposes to step up engagingement with the business community, and particularly European companies abroad, in order to protect HRDs working on land, extrade partners in a cooperaction and manufacturing concerns and monitor their operations, especially in situations involving a risk or reports of human rights violations relating to their activitieve process to foster compliance with international standards;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes the improvement of EU support for relocating HRDs at risk and the adoption of best practice in some Member States, such as Ireland and Spain, but deplores the fact that many HRDs and their families continue to see their urgent relocation or visa requests denied;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses that visas are a key protection tool and that, in order to effectively assist HRDs at risk, the Commission should take a proactive role towards the establishment of an EU-wide scheme for issuing short-term visas for such HRDs; believes that, in particular, Member States should facilitate the issuance of visas 1) procedurally, by ensuring that their embassies’ and consulates’ processes are swift, comprehensible, accessible and achievable, and 2) structurally, by creating a specific category in the EU Visa Code9 for HRDs at risk, amending the Temporary Protection Directive10 to allow HRDs at risk to be granted temporary protection status in the EU, and including dedicated instructions in the EU Visa Code Handbook11 on granting facilitation procedures to HRDs and their family members; underlines the need to make visa requirements and conditions less stringent for HRDs in need of emergency evacuation; calls for efforts to raise Member States’ officials’ awareness of the particular needs and challenges of applications by HRDs; suggests making full use of MEPs and their networks to help secure visas; _________________ 9 Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code), OJ L 243, 15.9.2009, p. 1. 10 Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof, OJ L 212, 7.8.2001, p.12. 11 Handbook for the processing of visa applications and the modification of issued visas (Visa Code Handbook I) of 28 January 2020 (C(2020)0395).precedence should be given to sheltering HRDs in safe parts of their country or in safe countries of their region;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Member States to facilitate the issuance of temporary, multiple-entry visas for HRDs seeking to travel to Europe for advocacy or professional training purposes;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Calls for the inclusion of a specific section in the Guidelines on the internal dimension of the EU’s action on HRDs, in particular on visas for HRDs (and their families) at immediate risk, on relocation and shelter, as well as on handling transnational threats from third countries against HRDs;