9 Amendments of Ana GOMES related to 2012/2062(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the EU to move from words to action and implement the pledges made in a swift and transparent manner; stresses that the human rights strategic framework and action plan represent a floor, not a ceiling, for EU human rights policy and insists that EU institutions and Member States will have to exercise a firm, coherent, and uniform approach to human rights abuses worldwide, in a transparent and accountable manner;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the pivotal role of the human rights country strategies, which were a long-standing request from Parliament, and the fact that they have been developed as an inclusive process encompassing EU delegations, heads of mission and the COHOM; deems it essential to organise broad consultation, especially with local civil society organisations, human rights defenders and other social and environmental stakeholders; considers that country- specific identification of priorities, realistic objectives and forms of political leverage is essential to more effective EU action and measurable achievements; takes the view that human rights country strategies should be mainstreamed in the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy, trade and development policies, both in geographic and thematic programmes, to ensure greater efficiency, effectiveness and coherence;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recommends that human rights country strategies be made public; stresses that public strategies would provide visibility to the EU's commitment to human rights in third countries and provide support to those struggling to exercise and protect their human rights;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Welcomes the commitment made in the Strategic Framework to place human rights at the centre of EU relations with third countries, including with strategic partners; in the light of this, calls on the EU to adopt annual EU Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions on human rights concerns with regards to the EU's strategic partners to ensure a common bar for Member States and EU officials in terms of human rights concerns that they, as a minimum, have to raise with their relevant counterparts;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Urges the Commission to propose legislation requiring EU companies to ensure that their purchases do not support perpetrators of conflicts and grave human rights violations, namely by carrying out checks and audits on their mineral supply chains and publishing the findings; takes the view that mandatory due diligence by EU companies, in line with Guidance published by the OECD, would protect the reputation of European businesses and engender a greater coherence of EU human rights and development policies, especially in areas plagued by conflict;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that human rights and democracy objectives necessarily require specific, measurable, achievable, time- bound public criteria aimed at assessing the level of respect for fundamental freedoms, human rights and rule of law; considers, in this connection, that the EU should make full use of the relevant instruments and expertise of the UN and of the Council of Europe and should clearly differentiate its political conclusions from a legal and technical evaluation;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recommends that the EEAS develop a set of qualitative and quantitative indicators and public country-specific benchmarks that could serve as a coherent and consistent basis for the annual assessment of EU policies in the framework of the human rights country strategies and the human rights dialogues with third countries;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Commits itself to ensuring more systematic follow-up of its resolutions relating to human rights and of individual human rights cases, through a "follow-up mechanism", with the support of the recently established Human Rights Action Unit, and recommends increased cooperation between the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on Budgetary Control, and with the Court of Auditors, in order to ensure that the objectives of the strategic review will be matched by adequate financial support from the Union;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Recommends that Parliament improve its own procedures in relation to human rights issues and step up efforts to mainstream human rights effectively into its own structures and processes in order to ensure that human rights and democracy are at the core of all parliament actions and policies, including through the revision of its Guidelines for EP Interparliamentary Delegations on promoting human rights and democracy; is of the opinion that each standing delegation of Parliament should have a Member, selected among its Chair and Vice-Chairs, specifically tasked with monitoring the human rights portfolio on the region or country concerned, and that the persons designated should report regularly to Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights; calls for improved cooperation on human rights issues with the EU's national parliaments; stresses the need for a revision of the model for the plenary debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in order to allow for more frequent debates with broader participation by Members, structured consultations with civil society during the drafting process, a greater degree of responsiveness to human rights violations and other unforeseen events on the ground, and greater potential for follow-up to past debates and resolutions;