Activities of Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN related to 2022/2049(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2022 (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2022
Amendments (6)
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of advancing women’s rights and equality of opportunity between men and women worldwide, which are crucial to the realisation of human rights; emphasises that, in spite of progress, women and girls continue to suffer from discrimination and violence, especially in countries under strict Islamic regimes, where male guardianship, the imposition of rules regarding women's dress, and forced marriages, among others, are normalised and that such societies fail to provide them with equal rights under the law and equal access to education, healthcare, decent work and political and economic representation;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Expresses concern about the existence of communities within the European Union where the Sharia law is de facto applied constituting an attack on human rights;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Condemns all violence against women and children and notes the alarming increase in such violence worldwide, in particular during the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the EU’s efforts, alongside those of its international partners, aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and children;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to continuealign its efforts in its new EU action plan on human rights and democracy 2020- 20242 to protect and empower women and girls by going beyond stereotypescreate equality conditions for men and women, to guarantee full, effective and meaningful participation; stresses that these efforts must, to the extent possible, be made while fully respecting the right of peoples to self-determination, as enshrined in Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses the importance of making European policies coherent with the defence of human rights, in this regard European policy makers should be committed to the defence of the right to life;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Expresses concern about the practice of forced abortions, a practice that must be publicly condemned and prosecuted as a clear violation of fundamental rights and that attacks women’s dignity; condemns the selective abortions of girls, an unacceptable practice that constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex and must be completely rejected;