19 Amendments of Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN related to 2024/2081(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29
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Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 43
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Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 46 a (new)
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– having regard to its report of the Committee of Foreign Affairs on the persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion (2021/2055(INI));
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 46 b (new)
Citation 46 b (new)
– having regard to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, known as the ‘Oviedo Convention’ of 4 April 1997;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates its call to include robust clauses on human rights in agreements between the EU and non-EU countries, supported by a clear set of benchmarks and procedures to be followed in the event of violations; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to actively reflect on how to ensure that the human rights clauses in current international agreements are effectively enforced; reiterates that in the face of persistent breaches of human rights clauses by its partner countries, the EU should react swiftly and decisively, including by suspending the agreements in question if other options prove ineffective;underlines that the EU should completely avoid financing and providing any assistance to countries ruled by regimes that systematically violate basic human rights and have in place governmental systems deeply corrupted; reiterates that in the face of persistent breaches of human rights clauses by its partner countries, the EU should react swiftly and decisively, including by suspending the agreements and any financial aid provided to those countries in question if other options prove ineffective; Underlines the importance of the EU promoting and demanding that the countries with which it engages uphold equality in dignity and before the law for both men and women
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all of the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations; condemns the decline in respect for the rights of the child and the increasing violations and abuses of these rights, including through violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including feminine genital mutilation and online sexual abuse, trafficking, child labour, recruitment of child soldiers, lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; further condemns the increase in death of children in situations of armed conflict and stresses the need for effective protection of children’s rights in active warfare; reiterates its call for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all EU external policies;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recalls that Article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) states that the children have the right, as far as possible, to know and be cared for by their parents; condemns methods of procreation that are in breach of this right, such as surrogacy;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls for the integrity of children to be preserved by prohibiting the use of puberty-inhibiting hormones before the age of majority, in accordance with Article 39 of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which states that ‘today's girl is tomorrow's woman’, and with Chapter II of the Oviedo Convention on the Consent of Persons;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life, as illustrated by the persistence of sex- selective abortions in some countries, including in Europe; calls for the EU, its Member States and like- minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation, honour killing and early and forced marriages, which are particularly widespread in Islamic communities;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Stresses that the abuses of transgenderism in certain countries, including in the European Union, threaten the status of women by blurring their identity, by allowing men freely to substitute women's identities, by encouraging men to take part in institutions and competitions as women, by allowing men to benefit from men- women equality as women, by provoking violence or by threatening whistleblowers who denounce these abuses;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Condemns the practice of surrogacy, which compromises human dignity, exploiting the woman's body and its reproductive functions, as well as considering the unborn child as an object; calls on the Member States to follow the example of Italy, which recently adopted a law strengthening the ban on surrogacy by making it illegal abroad; welcomes the initiative of the Casablanca Declaration, an international group of experts, researchers, lawyers and doctors who have drawn up a proposal for an international convention for the universal abolition of surrogacy;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Deplores the human rights violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings, against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) persons around the world; is extremely concerned by the spreading of hatred and anti- LGBTIQ+ narratives and legislation that target LGBTIQ+ persons and HRDs; reiterates its calls for the full implementation of the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 as the EU’s tool for improving the situation of LGBTIQ+ people around the worldany person on the grounds of sexual orientation, stresses that these violations are particularly widespread in Islamic countries;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Is concerned by the challenges to the full enjoyment of the rights of persons with disabilities; reiterates its calls for the EU to assist partner countries in the development of policies in support of carers of persons with disabilities regardless of sex; calls for the EU, in its external policy, to make use of the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030 as a tool to improve the situation of persons with disabilities, particularly concerning poverty and discrimination, but also problems with access to education, healthcare and employment, and participation in political life;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Reiterates its condemnation of all forms of racism, intolerance, xenophobia and discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sex or sexual orientation or gender identity; condemns the growing international threat of hate speech, including online; reiterates the crucial role of education and dialogue in promoting tolerance, understanding and diversity; calls for the EU and its Member States to lead the global fight against all forms of extremism and welcomes the adoption of an EU strategy to this end;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is incompatible with the right to life and a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment that is irreversible; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; notes that despite the trend in some non-EU countries to take steps towards abolishing the death penalty, significant challenges in this regard still exist; deplores the fact that in other non-EU countries the number of death sentences that have been carried out has reached its highest level in the last five years; reiterates its call for all countries to completely abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards its abolition; denounces the double-standard approach applied by the EU regarding the policies to the death penalty and the abortion ;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Notes with concern that so-called “wokeism” and the resultant cancel culture widen divisions within society, lead to a reductive view of history and culture, encourage censorship and historical revisionism, and inevitably reduce freedom of expression; denounces the hate speech, intimidation and threats faced by certain people - including many feminists - who campaign against transactivist ideology and assert that men and women are defined by their biological sex; these verbal and sometimes physical attacks constitute serious violations of freedom of expression;