3 Amendments of Radvilė MORKŪNAITĖ-MIKULĖNIENĖ related to 2013/2074(INI)
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Is of the opinion that the EU should follow the example of the United States in enacting the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 and adopt similar legislation at EU level, as an emblematic and operational framework establishing the link between corruption and breaches of human rights; calls therefore on the Council to adopt a decision establishing a common EU list of officials responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky, for the subsequent judicial cover-up and for the ongoing and sustained harassment of his family; adds that this Council Decision should impose targeted sanctions on those officials, such as an EU- wide visa ban and freezing order on any financial assets that they or their immediate family may hold inside the European Union; calls on the Commission to draw up an action plan, with a view to creating a mechanism for listing and imposing similar targeted sanctions against officials of third countries (including police officers, prosecutors and judges) involved in grave human rights violations and judicial ‘'manipulations’' against whistleblowers, journalists reporting on corruption and human rights activists in third countries; stresses that criteria of inclusion on the list should be built up on the basis of well- documented, converging and independent sources and convincing evidence, allowing for mechanisms of redress for those targeted;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Takes the view that the Commission should impose the highest levels of integrity in the procurement processes for implementation of EU-funded projects, promoting namely greater accessibility to calls for tender for local organisations; stresses that a human rights approach to procurement benefits from the participation of a broader range of actors, namely those affected by the bidding process (such as associations of land-owners as well as disadvantaged groups); questions the purpose and usefulness of some projects and their quality; encourages authorities to empower disadvantaged groups to compete in procurement processes themselves and broaden the criteria against which companies are assessed in procurement processes; recalls that monitoring results of projects in cooperation with civil society and holding local authorities accountable is essential to determine whether EU funds are used appropriately; urges the Commission not to grant projects to contractors whose beneficial owners are not known, or who have a corporate structure that enables them to easily engage in transfer-pricing;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Suggests that the Commission opens up a 'trust-line' for reporting on cases of possible abuse and non-transparent conduct and produce policy guidelines on the treatment of information provided by whistleblowers regarding misuse of EU funds in third countries, allowing for a proper follow-up, feedback and protection against retaliation, paying particular attention to the situation of women in many developing countries as they are particularly prone to be the targets of corruption and to cooperate in exposing it, but also to be more vulnerable and stigmatised for cooperating;