3 Amendments of Paul RÜBIG related to 2014/2216(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that respect for human rights, including economic, cultural and social rights, good governance, a fair and efficient judicial system, peace and security, is a prerequisite for the reduction of poverty and the achievement of the MDGs;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) in achieving respect for human rights; calls on the EU, to ensure that the necessary guidelines, impact assessments and monitoring and reporting mechanisms make PCD a reality in Union policieherefore, to work together with committed partner countries to launch international initiatives (in the context of the United Nations, the G20, etc.) designed to develop further and improve guidelines, impact assessments and monitoring and reporting mechanisms, in particular in the areas of trade and agriculture; emphasises that only global mechanisms cand in those of the Member States, especially in trade and agriculture help to bring about a sustainable improvement in the situation in developing countries;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a concentrated EU effort against unlawful land-grabbing, by means of calling for adequate safeguards to prevent it and highlighting the direct responsibility of the EU and European companies in the matter; calls for an assessment of the impact of EU trade policy on land-grabbing, the implementation of the global Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, and the adoption of binding guidelines for preventing unlawful land- grabbing; calls on the EU to commit, in line with the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, to a fundamental shift towards agro-ecology as a means of guaranteeing the right to food;