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9 Amendments of Raimon OBIOLS related to 2013/2169(INI)

Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas capital punishment is, by nature, cruel, inhuman, and degrading and constitutes an extreme form of torture;
2013/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas there are international treaties that prohibit the use of torture, but do not prohibit capital punishment;
2013/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Condemns the barbed wire fences erected along the border between Spain and Morocco in an attempt to discourage irregular immigration; believes that this measure fails to provide an effective deterrent and is severely detrimental to persons seeking to enter European territory; considers the erection of barbed wire fences to be contrary to EU policy on the promotion and protection of human rights and to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;
2013/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the EEAS, the EU Special Representative for Human Rights, and the Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) to make sure that Human Rights Country Strategies (HRCSs) contain country- specific objectives and benchmarks related to the fight against torture, including the identification of groups requiring special protection, such as children, women, displaced persons, refugees and migrants, and those facing discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, religious or other beliefs, sexual orientation or gender identity;
2013/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the EEAS and the EU Special Representative for Human Rights to systematically include torture and ill- treatment in human rights dialogues and consultations as stand- alone items or under judiciary and security sector reform;
2013/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Urges the EEAS, the EU Special Representative for Human Rights, and the Member States to actively promote the ratification and implementation of the CAT and the OPCAT as a priority and to step up their efforts to facilitate the establishment and functioning of NPMs in third countries;
2013/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the EEAS and the EU Special Representative for Human Rights to systematically provide support to third countries, enabling them to effectively implement the recommendations of the relevant UN treaty bodies, including the Committee against Torture and the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women;
2013/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Maintains that the EU should take a more determined stand and call on the institutions and the Member States to strengthen their commitment and political will with a view to securing a worldwide moratorium on capital punishment;
2013/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Considers that the EU and the Member States should become aware of the need to amend the international treaties outlawing the use of torture in order to provide, in cases where this does not yet exist, for a similar ban on capital punishment;
2013/12/17
Committee: AFET