2 Amendments of Alain LIPIETZ related to 2008/2031(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regards the ratification by trade partners of the core ILO Conventions, the UN Conventions on non-discrimination, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) as essential elements of the human rights clause and as a condition for the conclusion of trade agreements with third countries;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes the view that Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) by EU Member States failed to promote human rights standards by exempting EU investors from responsible corporate behaviour in host countries and calls on the Commission to redeem this lack by making EU-based companies liable for human rights violations committed by their subsidiaries in host countries, whenever Member States' existing BITs are renegotiated under Community competence due to ratification of the Lisbon Treaty or whenever new Investment Treaties are negotiated by the Commission;