21 Amendments of Raimon OBIOLS related to 2010/2202(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
- having regard to the ACP-UEC Partnership Agreement and its revision,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas efforts to combat terrorism in the world have raised the need to reconcile freedom, development, social cohesion and security with respect for human rights,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the global economic and financipast years have seen a succession of global crisies has had a negative impact on economic, social and cultural rights; whereas the rights of the poorest people have been most affected; whereas, because of rising prices, millions are struggling to meet basic needs in a number of countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America; whereas millions of people have been facing insecurity and indignity, and in some countries protests have been met with repression and violence,(food, energy, climate, financial, economic and social) which have not only serious impacts on industrialised and emerging countries, but devastating implications for the poor population groups in developing countries, with over 200 million workers being exposed to extreme poverty worldwide and more than a sixth of the world’s population suffering from hunger.
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that a consistent EU foreign policy must give absolute priority to promoting democracy, given that democratic society is, rule of law, and guarantees of fundamental freedoms are the basis for upholding human rights; believes that the new institutional structure of the EU, and particularly the EEAS, offers an opportunity to enhance the EU’s coherence and effectiveness in this area;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists on the necessity to enhance transparency and access to documents between EU institutions in order to develop more effective interinstitutional cooperation and coherence;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8a (new)
Paragraph 8a (new)
8a (new). Considers that the Union will only be able to wield influence regarding the defence, protection and expansion of human rights worldwide if it sets an example in its own internal policies as a matter of credibility;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the importance of the EU Annual Report on Human Rights in analysing and evaluating the EU’s human rights policy, notably with a view to raising the visibility of human rights issues in general; calls for public information campaigns aimed at raising the EU’s profile in this field; also underlines the right of the European Parliament to scrutiny action carried out in the human rights field, by Commission and Council;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Council and Commission to make greater efforts to disseminate the EU annual report on human rights and democracy and to ensure that it reaches as wide a readership as possible; also calls for public information campaigns aimed at raising the EU’s profile in this field; recognises that in the current edition an improvement has been made in terms of clearer presentation, although the longer reporting period makes it difficult to use;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the special sessions of the HRC on the human rights situation in the east of the DRC, on the impact of the global economic and financial crises on the universal realisation and effective enjoyment of human rights, on the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka, and on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and East Jerusalem; regrets that in the context of the special session on the OPT the majority of members applied a one-sided interpretation of the Goldstone report;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37a (new)
Paragraph 37a (new)
37a (new). Regrets the continuation of death penalty executions on the U.S, and specially the execution of Teresa Lewis, a 41 year old woman, in the American state of Virginia; it has been the first woman to be put to death in the US for five years and in Virginia since 1912;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46a (subheading)
Paragraph 46a (subheading)
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Notes that the detention, as well as the release and subsequent deportation, of local human rights defenders in Cuba without the right of return is also a grave human rights violatioe release of local human rights defenders in Cuba; asks the Cuban Government to guarantee their right of return;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66a (subheading)
Paragraph 66a (subheading)
Freedom of religion andthought, religion conscience or belief
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
67. Welcomes the Council conclusions on freedom of religionthought, religion, conscience or belief adopted in November 2009; calls on the Council and the Commission to adopt practical measures to fight religious intolerance and promote freedom of religion or belief worldwide;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
68. Remains deeply concerned that discrimination based on religion or belief still exists in all regions of the world, and that persons belonging to particular religious communities, including religious minorities, continue to be denied their human rights in many countries; condemns the Chinese authorities for the persecution of individuals who practise their religion outside officially sanctioned channels, including Christians, Muslims, Buddhists and Falun Gong practitioners; urges the Chinese authorities to refrain from their oppressive policy in Tibet, which might eventually lead to the annihilation of the Tibetan religion and culture;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Recalls the decision of US President Barack Obama to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in January 2009; expresses its regret that this decision has not yet been able to be fully implemented; urgeasks the US Government to live up fully to its commitments; welcomes the constructive engagement of a number of EU Member States in their efforts to assist with reception of certain former Guantanamo detainees and with finding accommodation for some of the people cleared for release from the detention camp;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76
Paragraph 76
76. Expresses its disappointmentconcern at the lack ofslow progress achieved by the human rights dialogues and consultations; deplores the fact that the involvement of civil society in these dialogues and consultations is not systematically guaranteed and is sometimes subject to constraints imposed by the non-EU parties;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77a (new)
Paragraph 77a (new)
77a (new). Calls on the European Institutions to ensure transparency and coherence between them in terms of objectives, values and attitudes in this field;
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86
Paragraph 86
86. Welcomes the efforts ofAsk the Commission and the Member States to fulfil their ODA commitments towards developing countries, in order to fight the global economic and financial crisis and in this way reduce the negative consequences this crisis has had on the human rights situation in the world; welcomes the 10th Special Session of the Human Rights Council entitled ‘The Impact of the Global Economic and Financial Crises on the Universal Realisation and Effective Enjoyment of Human Rights’, which took place on 20 February 2009;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96a (new)
Paragraph 96a (new)
96a (new). Calls for increased vigilance with regard to the criteria for selection of the countries in which electoral assistance/election observation is to take place, and for compliance with the methodology and rules set up at international level, particularly concerning the independency and effectiveness of the mission;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 98
Paragraph 98
98. Calls on the Council and the Commission to make a thorough use of Parliament’s resolutions and other communications, responding in a substantive manner to the concerns and wishes expressed, particularly with respect to urgency resolutions;