6 Amendments of Elisabeth JEGGLE related to 2009/2199(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. Whereas the European Parliament plays an important role as regards the promotion and protection of human rights defenders, through hearings, resolutions, letters and not the, delegation visits to the relevant regions and, not least, the Sakharov Prize,
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14a (new)
Paragraph 14a (new)
14a. Calls for more emphasis to be placed on the role of the European Parliament in the EU's human rights dialogues with third countries;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that parliamentarians also play a crucial role when ensuring that national legislation potentially affecting human rights defenders and their activities is brought into conformity with internationally recognised human rights standards; underlines therefore the importance iof these issues being systematically addressed by Members of the European Parliament in bi- and multilateral meetings with other parliamentarians and with experts on the ground, in line with its specific guidelines for human rights and democracy actions of MEPs in their visits to third countries;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), which has already demonstrated its capacity to support and promote the respect for human rights and the strengthening of the rule of law, should continue to further enhance the direct support for human rights defenders so as to meet both their short-term and long-term needs, ensuring that it also reaches out to particular vulnerable groups and defenders living in remote areas and areas on which less attention is focused;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Council and the Commission to increase awareness among human rights defenders, the EEAS, EU embassies and EU Foreign Ministries about the existence of the guidelines through targeted actions; considers that the annual meetings foreseen in the guidelines would be one way of better reaching out to human rights defenders and also increaseing the visibility of EU action, and thereby clearly showing how important the protection of human rights is to the EU;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23a (new)
Paragraph 23a (new)
23a. Considers that the EU should clearly indicate the possible sanctions which could be applied to third countries which perpetrate serious human rights violations, and if necessary apply them;