Activities of Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR related to 2021/2204(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for the Guidelines to become a central pillar of the EU’s diplomatic agenda towards third countries and to include them among the EU’s wider strategic goals when defending and protecting human rights and democratic values worldwide;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Reaffirms the need to increase human rights focal points’ visibility in the EU Delegations, as well as their accessibility, which would entail, among other things, guaranteeing the direct access of HRDs to EU Delegations' human rights focal points; considers of utmost importance to provide EU Delegations and their staff with the necessary protection when carrying out their functions;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Strongly regrets that some Member States' embassies seem to rely on EU Delegations for the main protection of human rights and HRDs, which is a shared responsibility; calls on the Member States to play a similar role to the one played by EU Delegations in human rights matters in third countries and to increase their support for HRDs as well as their level of support in this regard;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for more public engagement by the VP/HR and the EU Special Representative for Human Rights, as well as the pertinent Member States’ national representatives, with regard to individual HRDs; encourages the VP/HR and the Commissioners to commit to systematically meeting with HRDs during their visits abroad and to raise at the highest level the plight of HRDs under attack, including through public statements when appropriate;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Highlights the importance of overall political support in addition to financial aid; calls on EU Delegations and Member States’ embassies to take more active steps for the protection of HRDs and make their support more visible; considers that the abovementioned steps could include visits to HRDs in remote and rural areas, the organisation of events in their support, and follow-up of specific cases of attacks against HRDs; calls on the European Commission to use the human rights clause in its trade agreements in a more robust way;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Stresses that special emphasis should be put on long-term and transparent funding regarding the protection of HRDs and their families; underlines the increasing demand for EU assistance and protection by HRDs and calls for additional capacities and resources to meet such demands;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the recent efforts by EU delegations and Member States’ missions in some third countries to reach out to activists who do not match the traditional notion of HRDs; encourages the EU to pursue a broad approach to HRDs, particularly by engaging with and providing support for local and grassroots HRDs and especially marginalised and vulnerable HRDs, such as those operating in remote areas and women, all of whom are at greater risk of experiencing violence and restrictions; affirms the importance of ensuring a comprehensive and all- encompassing working definition of HRDs that strengthens their protection by all relevant actors;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to prioritise women HRDs’ access to protection mechanisms and resources, and provide increased funding to independent civil society organisations that promote the rights of women and girls; calls for the further tailoring of the Guidelines to the challenges and risks that women HRDs face; calls the Commission to guarantee specific financial support for the protection of women HRD and its integration within the wider overarching EU policies and programmes;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the EU should address climate activism as an integral human rights issue under its HRD policy and step up its action in support of those defending the environment, especially those environmental and indigenous peoples’ rights defenders who are most at risk; , including by linking climate funding to third countries to the effective protection of HRDs in general;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41 a. Underlines the need to develop an integrated and comprehensive approach in post-conflict situations in third countries, which should focus on strengthening the capacities of human rights organisations, as well as their relations with the authorities; calls for further efforts in the protection of HRDs being targeted by armed groups in third countries; calls to strengthen accountability and for third countries to explore criminal measures to address crimes against HRDs; calls on the Commission to consider linking EU support to HRDs to aspects of EU development cooperation such as the protection of the environment or support for the private sector;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Underlines the need for the Guidelines to be updated in view of the evolving challenges and risks faced by HRDs, particularly digital transformation and threats, as well as to better reflect the groups of HRDs in the current global environment, especially those working on the rights of women and of the LGBTQI+ community, as well as land, environmental and indigenous rights defenders, and the specific risks that these groups face; calls to involve the European Parliament in the update of the Guidelines and to develop together guidance notes for its implementation in order to provide them with more concrete requirements for action and detailed and concrete steps to protect HRDs;