Activities of Florent MARCELLESI related to 2017/2206(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Violation of rights of indigenous peoples in the world (debate) ES
Amendments (19)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A a (new)
Recital - A a (new)
-Aa. whereas indigenous women face a complex system of mutually reinforcing human rights abuses that derive from intersecting forms of vulnerability, including discrimination based on gender, class, ethnic origins, violations of rights of self-determination and control of resources;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A b (new)
Recital - A b (new)
-Ab. whereas it has been estimated that one in three indigenous women are raped during their lifetime; whereas indigenous women are more likely to experience different forms of sexual violence and have been victims of harassment, extortion and rape also by state officials and in the context of business activities, particularly of extractive industries, on indigenous lands; whereas there is significant underreporting of these crimes;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A c (new)
Recital - A c (new)
-Ac. whereas indigenous women face barriers to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including lack of sexual and reproductive health advice, lack of access to facilities and supplies and legislation banning abortion even in cases of rape, leading to high levels of maternity mortality, teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A d (new)
Recital - A d (new)
-Ad. whereas indigenous women face widespread impunity regarding the violations of their rights, especially due to the denial of their right to remedy, the lack of monitoring mechanisms and gender-disaggregated data;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A e (new)
Recital - A e (new)
-Ae. whereas indigenous peoples´ lands and territories tend to be also areas of high biological diversity and therefore need to be subject to special protection;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A f (new)
Recital - A f (new)
-Af. whereas the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides that indigenous peoples need to be consulted and their free, informed and prior consent given to any measure affecting their lands and territories; whereas the implementation of this principle requires full participation of indigenous women in these processes;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A g (new)
Recital - A g (new)
-Ag. whereas the establishment of big infrastructure projects without the free, informed and prior consent of indigenous peoples has led to systematic violations of indigenous land rights and self- determination which have disproportionately affected indigenous women;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A h (new)
Recital - A h (new)
-Ah. whereas even though indigenous female human rights defenders are vital for the protection of women in indigenous communities, their activities have been criminalised and they have been object to different forms of violence, including harassment, rape and murder;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on all states to legally recognise the rights of indigenous peoples to their ancestral territories; stresses the special connection between indigenous women and their ancestral territories, especially in relation to traditional practices for the sustainable management of natural resources, the model of community support and resilience, which hold lessons for other communities that cannot be lost; expresses its deep concern about the consequences of land grabbing and resource extraction on indigenous communities, particularly on indigenous women, leading to situations of poverty, exclusion, violations of human rights including gender-based violence, abuses and exploitation;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the direct impact that climate change has on indigenous women, forcing them to abandon their traditional practices or to be displaced, with the consequent risk of experiencing violence, abuse and exploitation; calls on all states and international organisations to actively include indigenous women in the design and implementation of climate mitigation and adaptation policies;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on all states to ensure the free, informed and prior consent of indigenous peoples to all projects that may affect them, and to ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples, including land-related rights, are respected and protected throughout the process; calls for the European Union to ensure that this consent is required for all European companies who pursue activities in third countries;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on all states to ensure that indigenous peoples, in particular women, have access to judicial mechanisms in cases of corporate violations of their rights, and that private forms of remedy that do not ensure effective access to justice are not legitimised; calls on all states to recruit more women as part of their judicial systems in order to break the patriarchal system that is generally present in those structures; stresses the need to put in place the necessary mechanisms to avoid that indigenous women are treated in a discriminatory way, including appropriate interpretation services and legal assistance;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for EU legislation introducing due diligence obligations based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines to ensure respect for human rights, including indigenous women’s rights, and adequate social and environmental standards; calls for binding and enforceable provisions on human, labour and environmental rights in EU trade agreements that put a specific emphasis on the rights of indigenous peoples, particularly women;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on all states, including the EU and its Member States, to ensure the access to high quality health services and rights, particularly sexual and reproductive health services and rights, for indigenous women and girls;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on all states to ensure the preservation of indigenous peoples´ cultural diversity by developing in collaboration with indigenous peoples, particularly women, materials for education systems and capacity building programmes to increase awareness about indigenous peoples´ culture, traditions, languages and rights; calls on all states to include this type of materials and capacity building programmes as part of the training of public officials, including police, judiciary and health personnel;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on all states to take the necessary measures to ensure that state authorities refrain from making public statements or declarations that stigmatise and undermine the legitimate role played by indigenous women in protecting their territory in the context of land grabbing and resource extraction, and encourages public recognition of the important role they play in democratic societies;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on all states, including the EU and its Member States, to collect gender-disaggregated data on the situation of indigenous women, including with regards to recognition and access to land rights, violence against women and food security;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to ensure that adequate funding is allocated for the support of indigenous human rights defenders, in particular women, notably under the EIDHR.ondemns the criminalisation and prosecution of indigenous women human rights defenders; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to commit specific EU funds for the safeguard of territories of community protection and to ensure that adequate funding is allocated for the support of indigenous human rights defenders, in particular women, notably under the EIDHR and the Protect Defenders mechanism; urges the EU Delegations in relevant countries to monitor closely the situation of indigenous women human rights defenders and to provide all appropriate support;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the COM and EEAS to design and implement programmes that address the specific and collective rights of indigenous peoples, including their right to non- discrimination as well as land-related rights;