39 Amendments of Raphaël GLUCKSMANN related to 2019/2125(INI)
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its deep concern at the attacks on democracy and the rule of law worldwide in 2018, which reflect the rise of authoritarianism as a political project, embodying disregard for human rights, repression of dissent, politicised justice and predetermined elections; is of the opinion that countries falling into authoritarian regimes become more vulnerable to instability, conflict, corruption and violent extremism; welcomes the fact that, at the same time, a number of countries have launched peace and democratisation processes, implemented constitutional and judicial reforms, and engaged with civil society in open and public debates with the objective of promoting fundamental freedoms and human rights, including the abolition of the death penalty; deplores the lack of engagement in the moratorium against the death penalty particular in Belarus, Indonesia , Iran, Japan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand and the USA;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of advancing gender equality and women’s rights worldwide; emphasises that, in spite of progress, women and girls continue to suffer discrimination and violence; stresses that manyost societies still struggle to provide women and girls with equal rights under the law and equal access to education, healthcare, decent work and equal pay and political and economic representation; expresses concerns over the ongoing attacks on women’s rights and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), as well as over legislation in many parts of the world that restricts these rights, including in the EU;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that respecting and promoting the rights of the child, fighting against all manifestationkinds of abuse, neglect, the trafficking and exploitation of children, including theforced marriages and the recruitment or use of child soldiers in armed conflict, and providing children with care and education are crucial tostakes for the future of humanity; in this respect supports the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) established with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1612 on children and armed conflict, including the strengthening of the independence and impartiality of the composition of the annual list of child rights violators, free from political interference;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that the number of persons forcibly displaced in 2018 exceeds 70 million, of whom 26 million were refugees; 41 million internally displaced and 3.5 million were asylum seekers; in addition 12 million people globally are stateless; takes the view that the drivers of displacement - wars, conflicts, political oppression, persecution and violence – will intensify through uneven economic development conditions and the adverse effects of climate change on the world’s poorest countries in particular;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that freedom of speech and expression, as well as media pluralism, are at the heart of resilient democratic societies; condemns the use of legitimate aims such as counter-terrorism, state security and law enforcement in order to quell dissidents and limit the freedom of expression as done in Russia, Egypt, China and other countries; urges that the best possible safeguards against disinformation campaigns and hostile propaganda be put in place by developing a legal framework both at EU and international level for tackling hybrid threats, including cyber and information warfare;
Amendment 183 #
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; stresses that the EU should, therefore, put in place measures to ensure EU engagement does not inadvertently reinforce authoritarian regimes;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission and EU Member States to adopt a new ambitious, comprehensive and binding Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy for the next five years; its implementation and impact should be assessed through a strong monitoring mechanism;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Notes the importance of its resolutions on breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (known as urgency resolutions, in accordance with Rule 144, formerly Rule 135 of its rules of procedures); underlines the legal recurrence and the paramount visibility of the EU, by means of this tool, in its fight for human rights; calls on the EEAS to provide Parliament with regular reports on the follow-up actions it has taken on all the urgency resolutions and/or the recommendations therein; calls on the EEAS and EU Member States to enhance the visibility of the human rights violations raised in Parliament's urgency resolutions; reiterates its belief that this tool can be further developed to strengthen human rights and democracy through increased timely reflection, targeting and efficiency;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Strongly recommends that the Commission enhances its engagement with Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights to enable it to contribute actively to the upcoming EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to inform, consult and work closely with Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights, when revising and/or adopting EU policy documents for the conduct and monitoring of EU human rights foreign policy;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that trade and human rights reinforce each other, and that the business community has an important role to play in offering positive incentives in terms of promoting human rights, democracy and corporate responsibility; reminds the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) of the need to make effective use of human rights clauses within international agreements, based on political dialogue, the regular assessment of progress and recourse to the consultation procedure upon request from a party; requests that robustenforceable implementation and monitoring mechanisms of human rights clauses be put in place, involving Parliament, local civil society and relevant international organisations, through which the EU can sanction the partner countries committing human rights violations, as well as establishing a complaints mechanism for groups of citizens and stakeholders who are affected by human rights violations;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Draws attention on the human rights impact of environmental devastation, both for populations that are subject to land invasion, and in respect of the right to the environment for all of humanity; urges EU institutions and Member States to include the right to breath clean air in their national international human rights policies;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly supports the work and efforts of the EU Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR) in protecting and promoting human rights in the world; underlines the important objective within the mandate of the EUSR to enhance the Union’s effectiveness in this area; calls on the EUSR to act upon its mandate to contribute to enhancing the EU’s contribution to strengthening democracy;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the link between the increase in human rights violations and widespread impunity and the lack of accountability in regions and countries devastated by conflicts or marked by politically motivated intimidation, discrimination, harassment and assault, abduction, violent policing, arbitrary arrests and cases of torturerbitrary arrests, cases of torture and killings; calls to support actions aimed at combating impunity and promote accountability especially in those regions where the dynamics of impunity reward those who bear the greatest responsibility and disempower victims;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the EU’s efforts to promote the universality of the Rome Statute in 2018, during which the 20th anniversary of its adoption was celebrated, and reaffirms its unwavering support of the International Criminal Court; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to explore ways and present new tools to help the victims of violations of international human rights law and of international humanitarian law to access international justice and obtain remedy and reparation; notes that international law is currently under serious pressure and is concerned that, because of its wide jurisdiction, of the 193 UN member states, only 122 are members of the ICC and only 38 have ratified the Kampala Amendment which gives the ICC powers to prosecute the crime of aggression;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Expresses its concern at the continued shrinking of civil society space in 2018; deplores that human rights defenders continue to be increasingly killed, persecuted, harassed and arbitrarily detained for defending universal principles of human rights; deplores the increasing enactment and abusive use of laws in third countries implemented to curtail and criminalise the legitimate work of human rights defenders;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Underscores that HRDs working on land, environmental and indigenous rights, women HRDs and LGBTI+ rights defenders are those most at risk and require special attention; highlights that HRDs are indispensable actors in the promotion of human rights and democratisation;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20d. Calls on all EU Delegations and their focal point on human rights on the ground to regularly implement their obligation to meet with human HRDs, visit detained activists, monitor their trials and advocate for their protection on the ground; calls for them to be more visible and vocal with regard to human rights concerns; in this regard, further calls the EEAS, to collaborate more closely with Parliament and to raise concerns at an early stage;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Welcomes the approach of integrating the gender perspective in EU Common Security and Defence Policy activities and underlines the importance of providing adequate gender sensitive training to healthcare professionals and humanitarian aid workers, including those working in emergency assistance;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Points out that sexual and gender- based violence against women and girls, including harmful traditions such as child marriages and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), inadequate access to basic sectors and social services, for example health, education, water, sanitation, and nutrition, difficulties in gaining access to sexual and reproductive health, and unequal participation in public and private institutions, as well as in political decision-making and in peace processes, represent an inacceptable violation of basic human rights that cannot be accepted by the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Finds it inacceptable that women’s and girls’ bodies, specifically with respect to their sexual and reproductive health and rights, still remain an ideological battleground, in EU Member States as well as worldwide; calls for the EU and EU Member States to recognise the inalienable rights of women and girls to bodily integrity and autonomous decision making and condemns the frequent violation of women’s SRHR, including the denial of access to family planning services, affordable contraception and safe and legal abortion services;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 g (new)
Paragraph 21 g (new)
21g. Stresses the importance of viewing access to health as a human right; highlights the need to guarantee access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including measures to ensure that women freely control their bodies and lives, have access to family planning, to adequate feminine hygiene products and to receive the recommended natal care to prevent child and maternal mortality; highlights that safe abortion services are important elements to save women’s lives and contribute to avoiding high-risks births and reducing infant and child mortality; stresses the importance of access to adequate gender-sensitive mental health services, particularly in conflict and post- conflict situations;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 k (new)
Paragraph 21 k (new)
21k. Emphasises that gender equality should be a key priority in all working relations, policies and external actions of the EU, as it is a principle for the EU and its Member States itself according to the Treaties;
Amendment 333 #
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 shelterfamily- and community-based 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;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Welcomes the EU’s efforts in 2018 to tackle the institutionalisation of children and promote the transition from institutional to community-based care, as per the reference included in the proposal for a new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument; calls for the EU, building upon this momentum and on the opportunity offered by the UN Resolution on the Rights of the Child 2019 which will focus on children deprived of parental care, to continue taking leadership on this issue and working to ensure children everywhere are supported to live in families and in the community and to access mainstream services;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on all States to commit themselves to eliminating the worst forms of child labour as defined by Article 3 of ILO Convention No 182, which include child slavery, trafficking, prostitution and hazardous work affecting a child’s physical and mental health;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new)
Subheading 8 a (new)
Rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new)
Subheading 8 a (new)
Rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Condemns the recent increase in discriminatory laws and acts of violence against individuals because of their sexual orientation and gender identity; regrets that 72 countries criminalise homosexuality, including 12 which provide for the death penalty; emphasises the importance of the Commission and the EEAS continuing to raise the issue of LGBTI rights in political and human rights dialogues and in multilateral fora, and of using the EIDHR to support organisations defending LGBTI rights;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Considers that the rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual people are more likely to be respected if they have access to legal institutions, such as registered partnership or marriage; encourages EU institutions and Member States to support the recognition of same-sex marriage or civil unions as a political, social and human and civil rights; welcomes the fact that more and more countries are creating legislation in the right to build a family through marriage, civil union and adoption without discrimination based on sexual orientation, and calls on the Commission and Member States to develop proposals for mutual recognition of these unions and same-sex families across the EU, so as to ensure equal treatment in terms of work, free movement, taxation and social security, protecting household incomes and children;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Is deeply concerned at the serious and systematic human rights abuses being perpetrated by the Chinese government against ethnic and religious communities, especially the mass arbitrary detention of an estimated 1-3 million Uyghurs in internment camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; urges the EU institutions to fully implement the provisions of its urgency resolutions and to seriously consider imposing targeted sanctions, asset freezes and other concrete measures on those responsible for the conception and implementation of the camp system; urges the VP/HR to continue to substantively raise this issue with their counterparts in the Chinese government in bilateral and multilateral settings and to continue to demand that the internment camps be closed;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to step up advocacact with transparency, neutrality and impartiality in relation to FoRB, and to launch interreligiousthe dialogue with states and representatives of civil society and faith, faith, humanistic and philosophical groups in order to prevent acts of violence and discrimination against persons on the grounds of thought, philosophical opinions, conscience, religion or belief; calls for the EU to continue to forge alliances and to enhance cooperation with a broad range of countries and regional organisations, in order to deliver positive change in relation to FoRB; reminds the Council and Commission of the need to adequately support the institutional mandate, capacity and duties of the Special Envoy for the promotion of FoRB outside the EU;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Recognises that to choose their own leaders without any interferences of the State and in accordance with the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief is a right of religious communities and groups;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24e. Calls for EU Member States to immediately end global trade in goods used for torture and capital punishment;
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Reaffirms that the activities of all companies, whether operating domestically or across borders, must be in full compliance with international human rights and environmental standards; stresses the need to establish an instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other companies; reminds all countries to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), and calls on those EU Member States that have not yet adopted National Action Plans on Business Rights to do so as early as possiblecompanies; underlines that many European companies are linked to serious human rights abuses and environmental degradation such as forced and child labour, land grabbing and toxic pollution; calls the Commission to advance a legislative proposal on corporate human rights and environmental due diligence to prevent abuses in their global operations, and to improve access to justice for victims; reminds all countries to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), and calls on those EU Member States that have not yet adopted National Action Plans on Business Rights to do so as early as possible; calls the EU and its Member States to constructively support the development of the binding UN instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, and considers this to be a necessary step forward in the promotion and protection of human rights;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses the urgent need to develop stronger policies at EU level to address issues related to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in a manner consistent with international human rights law and fundamental human dignity; calls on the EU and its Member States to guarantee humanitarian corridors and to deliver humanitarian visas; stresses that humanitarian aid, in particular in the context of Search and Rescue operations, should never be criminalised; invites EU Member States to approve the revision of the Dublin Regulation and to promote legal migration in a true spirit of cooperation and equitable burden sharing;
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Requests the EU to participate actively in the debate on the term “climate displaced persons”, including its possible legal definition in international law or in any legally binding international agreements;
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that the EU should continue to actively support democratic and effective human rights institutions political parties, independent media, parliaments and civil society in their efforts to promote democratisation; calls for transparency in the allocation of funding and the monitoring of the use of funds for the activities concerned; positively notes, in this context, the European Endowment for Democracy’s consistent engagement in the eastern and southern neighbourhoods of the EU to promote democracy and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms; recalls that the experience gained and the lessons learned from transitions to democracy in the framework of the enlargement and neighbourhood policies could make a positive contribution to the identification of best practices that could be used to support and consolidate other democratisation processes worldwide; welcomes the Council’s discussions on conclusions on democracy as the start of updating and strengthening the EU’s approach to strengthen democracy and calls the EU Member States to raise funds to EED;
Amendment 487 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Reiterates its positive view of the EU’s continued support for electoral processes and its provision of electoral assistance and support to domestic observers; welcomes and fully supports, in this context, the work of the European Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group; recalls the importance of proper follow-up to the reports and recommendations of the election observation missions as a way of enhancing their impact and strengthening the EU’s support for democratic standards in the countries concerned; stresses the need to support democracy throughout the electoral cycle through long-term and flexible programmes that reflect the nature of democratic change;