Activities of Louis MICHEL related to 2014/2232(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Human rights and technology in third countries (A8-0178/2015 - Marietje Schaake) NL
Amendments (8)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22
Citation 22
– having regard to its resolutions on urgent cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, where they raise concerns regarding digital freedoms, having regard to its resolution of 12 March 2015 on the EU’s priorities for the UN Human Rights Council in 2015,
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to further support, train and empower human rights defenders, civil society activists and independent journalists using ICTs in their activities, and to promote the related fundamental rights ofby means of the existing European support mechanisms and policy instruments, and to promote related fundamental rights, such as unrestricted access to information on the internet, the right to privacy, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and, freedom of association and freedom of publication online;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Council and the Commission to insist on the need to promote, guarantee and respect digital freedoms and unrestricted access to the internet in all forms of contact with third countries, including in accession negotiations, trade negotiations, human rights dialogues and diplomatic contacts;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the inclusion of conditionality clauses in all agreements with third countries which explicitly refer to the need to promote, guarantee and respect digital freedoms and unrestricted access to the internet;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that an effective EU development and human rights policy will require the mainstreaming of ICTs and the bridging of the digital divide, by providing basic technological infrastructure and by facilitating access to knowledge and information to promote digital literacyskills all over the world;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the fact that EU-made information and communication technologies and services arcan be used in third countries by private individuals, businesses and authorities to violate human rights through censorship, mass surveillance, jamming, interception, monitoring, and the tracing and tracking of citizens and their activities on (mobile) telephone networks and the internet;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines the need to avoid unintended consequences such as restrictions on research and development, on the exchange of and access to information or on the export of technologies that are in the interest of acquiring the requisite digital skills through education and advancing human rights;