9 Amendments of Rainer WIELAND related to 2017/2206(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls Article 208 TFEU, Agenda 2030 and welcomes the fact that the EU is bound by a rights-based approach to developmenthas contributed to international advancement and recognition of the rights of indigenous people as set out in the UNDRIP ;considers, however, that support to the rights of indigenous people should be better integrated into EU´s development action, and notably in the context of the implementation of the SDG´s; recalls that the European Consensus for Development brings a particular focus on promoting the rights of the most vulnerable groups, including indigenous people;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. DeploresNotes with concern the allegations that some ODA projects have negatively affected the rights of indigenous peoples; regrets that the REDD+ programme has failed to secure tenure rights for local forest communities; urges the EU tocalls on the Commission to conduct a proper investigation into these allegations and to make sure that the rights-based approach has been strictly applied and respected in all ODA-related projects, particularly regarding the rights of indigenous people; welcomes the fact that the Paris agreement supports the inclusion of human rights obligationprotection of indigenous people and local communities in all domestic and international mitigation and adaptation instruments;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that bilateral investment agreements fail to recognise indigenous peoples’ land rightsmay negatively affect indigenous people’s rights and limit their participation to decision-making; rRecalls that international investment lawagreements hasve to respect international human rights law; calls on development finance institutions to strengthen their human rights safeguard and calls for greater transparency in this regard, notably by setting up adequate consultation procedures and mechanisms in cooperation with indigenous peoples; calls on development finance institutions to strengthen their human rights safeguards to ensure that the exploitation of land and resources in developing countries does not lead to any human rights violations or abuses;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Asks the commission to set up an administrative complaint mechanism, which would allow local populations, including indigenous peoples, to report cases of breach of human rights in the implementation of its development policies;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Urges partner countries to recognise and protect indigenous´ people’s rights to customary ownership and control of their lands and natural resources as set out in the UNDRIP and ILO Convention 169:calls for the EU to continue to contribute to the prevention of land grabbing by supporting partner countries in applying at national level the principle of free, prior and informed consent to large-scale land acquisitions; as well as the UN Voluntary Guidelines
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests will becomare binding forcluded in the EU External Investment Plan; insists that they should be binding for and calls on the EU to promote and apply these guidelines across all EUits ODA projects;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes that the European Council made the protection of indigenous people´s rights a priority, as laid out in the Council Conclusions of May 2017;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU to take legally binding measures to hold corporations accountable for breacheall necessary measures to make sure that its activities, both in the fields of development and trade, comply with the highest standards of human rights ; in third countries and to provide effective remedy, complaint and sanction mechanisms.s regards, reiterates its supports to the work of the EU in the framework of the negotiations for a UN treaty on human rights and business in order to hold corporations accountable for human rights violations;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Insists that the EU has to ensure the coherence and consistence of all its policies when acting in developing countries; further calls on the EU to evaluate systemically the impact of its development, agricultural, trade and energy policies on the livelihoods of the most vulnerable people;