4 Amendments of Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ related to 2013/2020(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 d (new)
Citation 9 d (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 13 December 2012 on the Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2011 and the European Union's policy on the matter (2012/2145(INI)),
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Reaffirms its support to the UN resolutions on Western Sahara; calls for full respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms of Sahrawi people, including freedom of association, freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate peacefully;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Expresses deep concern at the recent report from the UNSR on torture, who found evidence that Moroccan officials have detained individuals on political grounds, inflicted torture and rape on Sahrawi inmates, kidnapped and abandoned protesters in the desert to intimidate them, and deliberately and frequently targeted pro-independence advocates, including in their homes; notes further widespread allegations of forced disappearances and unfair trials; draws particular attention to the dismantling of the Gdeim Izik protest camp in November 2010, where significant violence claimed Moroccan and Sahrawi lives, and the subsequent trial of 25 Sahrawis, many of them known human rights activists, in February 2013; notes Morocco's insistence regarding the trial's fairness and due process, and the positive conclusions of some international observers, but also recalls the UNSR's concern at the use of a military court, the allegations of torture, and the Moroccan authorities' failure to investigate them; notes the conclusions by some NGOs and human rights observers relating to the case's alleged politicised prosecutions, deficient evidence and excessive sentences; calls therefore on the Moroccan authorities to immediately release all Sahrawi political prisoners, to work with civil society and other actors to guarantee the transparency and fairness of its judicial processes, and to investigate and prosecute security officials alleged to have been involved in arbitrary detentions, torture and other abuses of power;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Expresses deep concern about the continuing discrimination and sexual violence against Sahrawi women and girls; urges Moroccan authorities to end impunity for violations of Sahrawi women and girls human rights, to address the serious shortcomings in the Penal Code and to adopt new provisions which criminalize sexual violence in all its forms, to adopt the recommendation under the UN Universal Periodic Review to revise the Family Code to give women the same inheritance rights as men, to comply with their obligations under Article 5 of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), by taking the necessary measures to "modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to achieving the elimination of prejudices and customary and all other practices which are based on the idea of the inferiority or the superiority of either of the sexes or on stereotyped roles for men and women"; these measures should include training of police and the judiciary on how to deal sensitively with complaints of violence against women and girls, and protect victims themselves, not their so-called "honour" or "morals";