5 Amendments of Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA related to 2007/2274(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Council to expand, in its future Human Rights reports, the overviewassessment of the human rights protection system within the EU, enabling the citizens and residents of the Union to observe developments in this field, which would evidence the Union's equal involvement in the protection of human rights both inside and outside its borders so as to prevent any double standards;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the EU institutions and the Members States to implement the recommendations in its resolution of 14 February 2007 on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners1, which are aimed at unravelling the role of the Members States in the illegal practice of extraordinary renditions and ensuring that the Union will notand the Member States will no longer be involved in similar breaches of human rights in future;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the EU to adopt a more holistic and integrated approach in addressing torture and not to regard it as an isolated issue; calls on the EU to take into consideration a wide spectrum of possible measures aimed at fighting torture, including prevention, assistance to victims, as well as the fight against impunity; also calls on the Member States to allocate sufficient resources for the support and rehabilitation of torture victims;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to appoint an EU Special Envoy for Women’s Rights in charge of defending women's rights both inside and outside the EU; the Special Envoy should also be in charge of strengthening the EU’s commitment to the empowerment of women in EU foreign and development policy, and would promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by focusing on equality between men and women worldwide, on reducing maternal mortality and on fighting poverty;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers that empowering women by ensuring full access to sexual and reproductive health information, services and supplies would put them in a better position to negotiate safe sex and protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS;