Activities of Katalin CSEH related to 2021/2066(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Corruption and human rights (debate)
Corruption and human rights (continuation of debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning corruption and human rights
Amendments (21)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
— having regard to directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, and the European Commission’s package of legislative proposals to strengthen the EU’s anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) rules of 20 July2021,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
Citation 29 a (new)
— having regard to Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas corruption is a human rights violation, directly undermining the enjoyment of human rights and disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable groups in society, barring them from equal access to political participation, basic services, justice, natural resources, jobs, education, health and housing, while exacerbating poverty and inequality, whereas corruption is a catalyst of conflict;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas corruption typically involves the misuse of power, a lack of accountability, the obstruction of justice, the use of improper influence, the institutionalisation of discrimination, clientelism and the distortion of market mechanisms among other things, and is facilitated by inadequate transparency and access to information; whereas rising authoritarianism provides fertile ground for corruption, the combating of which calls for international cooperation with like- minded democracies; whereas corruption makes countries vulnerable to foreign malign influence and further damages democratic institutions;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas corruption acts as a barrier to education, makes education financially inaccessible, distorts values of young people and causes lack of motivation to study, resulting in the waste of talents and negative effects on the economy;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas corruption reporting is among main causes of journalist killings; whereas according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, five journalists investigating corruption have so far been killed in 2021;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) establish a dedicated Council Working Party for preparatory works on anti-corruption matters (similar or modelled on Working Party on Human rights or COHOM) in order to inform the discussions in the Council;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) insist on the full implementation and enforcement of existing national and international anti-corruption instruments such as the UNCAC, the OECD Convention on Combating the Bribery of Foreign Public Officials, Council of Europe anti-corruption standards and recommendations, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption; launcpromptly proceed with an inclusive and comprehensive process to review the EU’s implementation of the UNCAC;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) advance efforts in all EU Member States to freeze and confiscate stolen assets in their jurisdictions, in line with the UNCAC, and to return them in a transparent and accountable manner to the country of origin; promptly follow up on UNGASS commitments relating to asset recovery, including those relating to non- conviction-based confiscation, confiscation and return of proceeds of corruption in connection with non-trial resolutions, and collection and publication of data on asset recovery; design a proper sequencing of actions (sanctions, civil and criminal asset forfeiture, criminal prosecution, asset return mechanisms), that ultimately lead to a repurposing of stolen assets to benefit victims of corruption;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) strengthen the credibility of EU external anti-corruption action by more effectively combating corruption and money laundering within the EU; recognise that systemic corruption and a failure to effectively prosecute foreign bribery in some EU Member States undermines anti- corruption efforts in third countries; recognise that a lack of determined action, delays and a gap in implementing the anti- corruption regulations within the EU emboldens corrupt actors outside of the EU;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) design programmes under the IPA, the NDICI, and the EU trust funds to support anti-corruption capacity building; increase the efficiency of EU spending by including clear programme targets and timelines; enable EU Delegations and Member States’ embassies to assess and report on corruption in their regular briefings;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) design programmes to provide more financial support to CSOs, independent media, whistleblowers, journalists and HRDs working on preventing and exposing corruption, advancing transparency and accountability, including support against strategic lawsuits (strategic lawsuits against public participation, SLAPP suits); improve smaller CSOs’ access to EU funding;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) strengthen protection of whistleblowers, journalists and anti- corruption HRDs, including through temporary visa schemes;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(q a) call for a thorough investigation into and justice for the violence and killings of investigative journalists, HRDs and other anti-corruption activists;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) promote strong access to information laws and the provision of meaningful, comprehensive, timely, searchable, digitised and free to-access government data, including improved transparency of public procurement and lobbying, with independent oversight bodies;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) support independent, impartial and effective judiciaries, prosecution and law enforcement bodies; support the creation and professionalisation of specialised state anti-corruption bodies in third countries;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(t a) establish European funding rules for political parties, NGOs and the media, especially when funding comes from non- democratic countries, to prevent malign influence and interference into democratic processes and public affairs of the EU and partner countries, including manipulation of people’s opinions resulting into erosion of trust in governments, electoral processes and politics in general;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) assume a leadership role in forging a coalition of democracies to counter the global rise of kleptocracy; insist on including anti-corruption on the agenda of upcoming international summits such as the G7 orand support the anti-corruption portion in the agenda of the Summit for Democracy proposed by United States President Biden; continue to proactively contribute to the work of international and regional forums to fight corruption and promote human rights;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) encourage a deepening of international commitments to put anti- corruption at the heart of the SDGs as an avenue for fighting global poverty, and for the fulfilment of economic, social and cultural rights, with special attention to the right to education; make fighting corruption in education and health-care sectors a priority;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y
Paragraph 1 – point y
(y) initiate the procedure for the EU to become full member of GRECO, in which the EU has held observer status since 2019; insist on EU Member States to publicise and meet GRECO recommendations;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aa
Paragraph 1 – point aa
(aa) promote European standards, including on anti-money laundering, beneficial ownership transparency and protection of whistleblowers in other multinational forums, and support the adoption of these standards by third countries; ensure that beneficial ownership registries in EU Member States are up-to-date and open to the public;