31 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2016/2219(INI)
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the promotion and safeguarding of the indivisibility and universality of human rights are cornerstoneamong the key aims of the EU’s foreign and security policies;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas Article 19 of the UDHR acknowledges that everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression, which includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers; whereas the number of cases of persecution relating solely to people peacefully exercising their right to freedom of opinion and expression has risen sharply;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas millions of children around the world continue to suffer from all forms of violence, including the consequences and burden of terrorism, insurgency and war and its atrocities, discrimination and poverty;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses its serious concern at the numerous, ever-increasing attempts made to shrink the space of civil society and human rights defenders, and the growing number of repressive laws adopted throughout the world, under the pretext of combating terrorism (through the introduction of counter-terrorism laws);
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Reiterates that human rights should not be used to promote ideology;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the EU’s commitment to mainstream human rights and gender aspects in common security and defence policy missions, in line with the landmark UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 on women, peace and security, and the recently adopted UN Security Council resolution 2242 making women a central component in all efforts to address global challenges; reiterates, in this context, its call on the EU and its Member States to support, in the process of building sustainable reconciliation, the systematic participation of women as a vital component of peace processes; calls, in this regard, on the EU to support, at international level, the recognition ofrecognizes the added value of women’s participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, as well as in peacekeeping operations, humanitarian assistance and post-conflict reconstruction; notes the success of the all-female Indian FPU as part of UNMIL and commends the Indian government for their nine years of commitment to the unit;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Foreign Affairs Council and the VP/HR to request that the EU Heads of Mission and appropriate EU representatives (heads of EU Civilian Operations, Commanders of EU Military Operations and EU Special Representatives) report on cases of serious violation of international humanitarian law, and to promote the Code of Conduct regarding Security Council action against genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes, committing UN Member States to support action by the Security Council aimed at preventing or ending such crimes; notes that Member States' governments have a long history of bringing to justice the violators of international law;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Requests that the EU strengthens its cooperation withcognises that the UN ins the context of formulating a common strategic vision on security on the basis of, on the one hand, the new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy and, on the other, the UN’s revision of its peace operations and its peacebuilding architecturernerstone of the international system; insists that there be cooperation with the UN in strengthening the role and capacity of regional and sub- regional organisations in peacekeeping, conflict prevention, civilian and military crisis management, and conflict resolution, and that procedures for the use of the CSDP in support of UN operations be developed further, including through the deployment of EU battlegroups, or through capacity-building and Security Sector Reform initiatives, while human rights and gender are mainstreamed into the work of the mission and operation;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Condemns the dramatic number of deaths at sea in the Mediterranean; is extremely concerned about the growing numbers of human rights abuses against migrants and asylum seekers on their route to Europe; highlights the weaknesses and systematic incoherence of the policies of the EU and the Member States in this area; and stresses the need for a holistic approachrgues that the difference between refugees and economic migrants is key to finding a long-term solutions;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 i (new)
Paragraph 31 i (new)
31i. Recognises the extent to which international human rights conventions, enacted in situations very different from today's, have been exploited and abused to compel the acceptance by European countries of uncontrolled numbers of migrants and calls for the revision and reinterpretation of such conventions in order to overcome this problem;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Stresses the urgent need to develop and introduce a comprehensive, coherent and well-coordinated Common European Asylum System sharing the responsibility among the Member States; recalls that the Commission cannot effectively impose quotas upon Member States and reasserts Member State primacy; believes that resettling refugees from the official refugee camps would reduce irregular migration;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Recalls that criminal networks are taking advantage of the lack of safe migration channels, and of the vulnerability of women, girls and children, in order to subject them to trafficking and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Recalls that criminal networks are taking advantage of the lack of safe migration channels, and of the vulnerability of women, girls and children, in order to subject them to trafficking and sexual exploitation; condemns traffickers luring migrants on life-threatening journeys with promises of economic rewards awaiting them in the EU;
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 665 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)
Paragraph 73 a (new)
73a. Condemns attacks on human rights tolerated under the pretence of accepting religious or cultural differences;
Amendment 707 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Expresses the need for international assistance in efforts to search for and liberate women and children who still remain in the captivity of ISIS and Boko Haram, and in promoting special programmes for treatment within the European Union of former captives; expresses concern over the recruitment of children by terrorist groups and their participation in terrorist activities; stresses the need to establish policies to guide the search for, and the liberation, rehabilitation and reintegration of these children;
Amendment 713 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79
Paragraph 79
79. Recognises the fact that persecution and marginalisation of human rights defenders and journalists is growing all over the world; is concerned that the public space for civil society is shrinking and that human rights defenders and journalists are increasingly under attack worldwide; considers a free civil society to be one of the foundations for the protection and support of human rights and democratic values;
Amendment 735 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83
Paragraph 83
83. Calls for increased support in the areas of promoting media freedom, protecting independent journalists and bloggers, reducing the digital divide and facilitating unrestricted access to information and communication, and uncensored access to the internet (digital freedom)while recognising the need to limit the ability of terrorists and violent extremists to indoctrinate, radicalize and recruit;
Amendment 745 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87
Paragraph 87
Amendment 767 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89 b (new)
Paragraph 89 b (new)
89b. Condemns any attempt to use the mantle of human rights to justify or excuse acts of terrorism or to protect perpetrators of such acts;
Amendment 807 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 26
Subheading 26
Amendment 811 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104
Paragraph 104
Amendment 820 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 105
Paragraph 105
Amendment 828 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106
Paragraph 106
Amendment 834 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107
Paragraph 107
Amendment 844 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 108
Paragraph 108
Amendment 847 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 109
Paragraph 109