7 Amendments of Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS related to 2019/2125(INI)
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the scourge of armed conflicts and military attacks aiming to ethnic cleansing, which continues to claim civilian lives and causes mass displacement, with states and non-state actors seemingly abdicating their responsibility to abide by international humanitarian law and international human rights law; stresses that regions at war or in conflict situations are vulnerable to foreign military interventions and face grave human rights violations, exceptional in nature and aimed at denying human dignity, which are both devastating for victims and degrading for perpetrators; highlights, as an example, the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war to destroy, destabilise, and demoralise individuals, families, communities and societies;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reminds that the right to life is the first and most important human right, therefore illegal war actions must always be condemned unanimously and encountered effectively;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is seriously concerned at the increase in the number of cases of murder, attacks, imprisonment and intimidation against people standing up for human rights throughout the world, in particular journalists, scholars, lawyers, elected politicians and civil society activists, inter alia environmental and land defenders, mainly in countries with high levels of corruption and a poor record of upholding the rule of law and judicial oversight;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls the EU’s commitment to placing human rights and democracy at the centre of its relations with non-EU countries; stresses, therefore, that the objective of advancing human rights and democracy around the world requires it to be mainstreamed in all EU policies which have an external dimension; notes the importance of civil society for flexible, timely and effective responses to regimes violating international law, human rights and democracy;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Strongly supports the EU’s strategic engagement for gender equality and its ongoing efforts to improve the human rights situation of women and girls, in line with the 2030 SDGs; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to further contribute to gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment by working closely with international organisations and non-EU countries, in order to develop and implement new legal frameworks regarding gender equality, and to eradicate harmful practices targeted at women and girls, such as child marriage and female genital mutilation; calls for streamlining conditionality clauses in the European trade agreements with developing countries on girls education;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for new EU initiatives to prevent and combat child abuse in the world, to rehabilitate conflict-affected children and to provide them with a sheltered environment in which care and education are fundamental; calls for the EU to initiate an international movement to advocate the rights of the child, inter alia by organising an international conference on the protection of children in fragile environments; calls on the European Commission to start planning the creation of an online educational portal with proper material to be used optionally and freely by the educational systems of developing countries;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the ratifications of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; reiterates the importance of efficient implementation by both the EU Member States and the EU institutions; stresses, in particular, the need to credibly mainstream the principle of universal accessibility and to ensure all the rights of persons with disabilities throughout all relevant EU policies; calls for the creation of a global centre of excellence in Europe for future-proof and entrepreneurial skills for people with disabilities;