4 Amendments of Baroness Sarah LUDFORD related to 2007/2274(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is concerned about the fact that international cooperation in the fight against terrorism has often resulted in a lowering of the level of protection for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and believes that the EU should take stronger action at the international level to promote a strategy based on full respect for international standards and obligations in the human rights field;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Council to transform its ad hoc working group on fundamental rights and citizenship into a standing Working Party, which could work in parallel with the Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM), and urges the Commission to assign a portfolio on human rights and fundamental freedoms to a single Commissioner;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Expresses its grave concern over the situation of third-country nationals applying for refugee status on the grounds of sexual orientation, such as Mehdi Kazemi and Pegah Emambakhsh, who are at risk of being repatriated from the UK to Iran and of being executed; recalls that expulsion of persons to a third country where they would be at risk of persecution, torture or death is a violation of European and international human rights obligations; asks the EU institutions and Member States concerned to find a solution to ensure that these two persons are not repatriated to Iran, and to monitor and evaluate the application of EU asylum law in the Member States; asks the Commission to address and resolve these issues through its forthcoming amendments to Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 of 18 February 2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national1 ("Dublin 2 Regulation") and Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted2("Qualification Directive"); 1 OJ L 50, 25.2.2003, p. 1. 2 OJ L 304, 30.9.2004, p. 12.