Activities of Barbara LOCHBIHLER
Plenary speeches (190)
Brunei DE
Situation in Libya (debate) DE
A European human rights violations sanctions regime (debate) DE
A European human rights violations sanctions regime (debate) DE
Situation in Syria (debate) DE
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2017 and the European Union’s policy on the matter (debate) DE
Vietnam, notably the situation of political prisoners DE
The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul (debate) DE
The UAE, notably the situation of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor DE
Myanmar, notably the case of journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo DE
Cambodia, notably the case of Kem Sokha DE
The emergency situation in Libya and the Mediterranean (debate) DE
73rd Session of the UN General Assembly (debate) DE
Human rights situation in Bahrain, notably the case of Nabeel Rajab DE
Situation of Rohingyas refugees, in particular the plight of children DE
Presentation of the annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2017 and the EU's policy on the matter (debate) DE
Women's rights defenders in Saudi Arabia DE
Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative on Libya (debate) DE
Philippines DE
Situation in Syria (debate) DE
Situation in Syria (debate) DE
EU priorities for the UN Human Rights Council sessions in 2018 (debate)
Executions in Egypt DE
Situation in Iran (debate) DE
Freedom of expression in Vietnam, notably the case of Nguyen Van Hoa DE
Cambodia: the banning of the opposition DE
Situation of the Rohingya people (debate)
Situation of migrants in Libya (debate) DE
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2016 and the EU policy on the matter (debate)
Situation in Yemen (debate) DE
Freedom of expression in Sudan, notably the case of Mohamed Zine El Abidine DE
Winter plan for asylum seekers (debate) DE
Winter plan for asylum seekers (debate) DE
EU-Egypt partnership priorities for 2017-2020 (debate) DE
EU political relations with ASEAN (short presentation) DE
Cambodia, notably the case of Kem Sokha DE
Laos, notably the cases of Somphone Phimmasone, Lod Thammavong and Soukane Chaithad
Myanmar, in particular the situation of Rohingyas DE
Situation in North Korea (debate) DE
Recent developments in migration (debate) DE
Recommendation to the Council on the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly (debate) DE
Addressing human rights violations in the context of war crimes, and crimes against humanity, including genocide (short presentation) DE
Human rights situation in Indonesia DE
Humanitarian situation in Yemen (debate) DE
Evaluation of the implementation of the EU Human Rights guidelines on freedom of expression online and offline (debate) DE
EU Strategy on Syria (debate) DE
Addressing refugee and migrant movements: the role of EU External Action (debate) DE
Trafficking in human beings (debate)
Philippines, the case of senator Leila M. De Lima DE
Managing migration along the Central Mediterranean Route (debate) DE
Indonesia, notably the cases of Hosea Yeimo, Ismael Alua and the Governor of Jakarta DE
Indonesia, notably the cases of Hosea Yeimo, Ismael Alua and the Governor of Jakarta DE
Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015 (debate) DE
Situation in Syria (debate) DE
Situation in Northern Iraq/Mosul (debate) DE
Situation in Syria (debate) DE
Trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment (debate) DE
Trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment (debate) DE
Philippines DE
Philippines
UN High-level Summit on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (debate) DE
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2015 (debate) DE
The fight against trafficking in human beings in the EU's external relations (short presentation) DE
Cambodia DE
Vietnam DE
EU assistance to Lebanon and Jordan to face the effects of the Syrian crisis (debate) DE
Attacks on hospitals and schools as violations of international humanitarian law (debate)
Egypt, notably the case of Giulio Regeni
Situation in Syria (debate) DE
Situation in Libya (debate) DE
Humanitarian situation in Yemen (debate) DE
EU priorities for the UNHRC sessions in 2016 (debate) DE
Situation in Syria (debate) DE
Malaysia DE
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2014 and the EU policy on the matter (debate) DE
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2014 and the EU policy on the matter (debate) DE
EU-Vietnam Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation (consent) - EU-Vietnam Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation (resolution) - EU-Vietnam Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation (protocol to take account of the accession of Croatia) (debate) DE
EU-Vietnam Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation (consent) - EU-Vietnam Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation (resolution) - EU-Vietnam Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation (protocol to take account of the accession of Croatia) (debate) DE
Human rights in EU-Vietnam trade negotiations (debate)
Trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment (debate) DE
Situation in Thailand DE
Situation in Libya (debate) DE
The death penalty (debate) DE
The death penalty (debate)
Conclusions of the Justice and Home Affairs Council on migration (14 September 2015) (debate) DE
Annual report on Human Rights in the world in 2014 (debate) DE
Syria: situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish DE
Sport and Human Rights, including in the context of the Baku European Games (debate) DE
The plight of Rohingya refugees, including mass graves in Thailand DE
Death penalty in Indonesia (debate) DE
Recent terrorist attacks in Tunisia (debate) DE
International Roma Day – anti-Gypsyism in Europe and EU recognition of the memorial day of the Roma genocide during WW II (debate) DE
28th session of the UNHRC (debate) DE
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2013 and the EU policy on the matter (debate) DE
Unstable situation in Libya and its consequences (debate) DE
Saudi Arabia: the case of Raif Badawi DE
Anti-terrorism measures (B8-0100/2015, RC-B8-0122/2015, B8-0122/2015, B8-0124/2015, B8-0125/2015, B8-0126/2015, B8-0127/2015, B8-0132/2015)
Humanitarian crisis in Iraq and Syria, in particular in the IS context (debate) DE
Situation in Yemen (debate) DE
Situation in Libya (debate) DE
Mauritania, in particular the case of Biram Dah Abeid DE
Iraq: kidnapping and mistreatment of women DE
Situation in Kobane and the threat of IS (debate) DE
EU annual report on human rights and democracy in the world (debate) DE
Situation in Iraq and Syria and the ISIS offensive including the persecution of minorities (debate) DE
Situation in Libya (debate)
Situation in Libya (debate)
Crime of aggression (debate) DE
Russia: sentencing of demonstrators involved in the Bolotnaya Square events
EU priorities for the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council (debate)
Use of armed drones (debate)
Common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for external action - Instrument for stability - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Partnership instrument for cooperation with third countries - Establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation - European neighbourhood instrument - Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (debate)
Common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for external action - Instrument for stability - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Partnership instrument for cooperation with third countries - Establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation - European neighbourhood instrument - Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (debate)
Common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for external action - Instrument for stability - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Partnership instrument for cooperation with third countries - Establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation - European neighbourhood instrument - Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (debate)
Human rights in the world 2012 and EU policy on the matter (debate)
Qatar: situation of migrant workers (debate)
Situation in the Maldives (debate)
Situation in the Central African Republic (debate)
Situation in Syria (debate)
Situation in Nigeria (debate)
Freedom of press and media in the world - Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world 2012 and the European Union's policy on the matter - Promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief
Amendment of the agenda
India: execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru and its implications
Iraq: plight of minority groups, in particular the Iraqi Turkmen
Situation in Bangladesh (B7-0133/2013, B7-0142/2013, B7-0143/2013, B7-0144/2013, B7-0145/2013, B7-0146/2013)
Situation in Egypt (debate)
Nuclear threats and human rights in North Korea (debate)
Dialogue for a peaceful solution of the Kurdish issue in Turkey (debate)
22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (debate)
22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (debate)
Caste discrimination in India
Caste discrimination in India (B7-0564/2012) (vote)
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2011 and the European Union's policy on the matter - EU's human rights strategy (debate)
Situation in Cambodia
Sakharov Prize 2012 (announcement of winners)
EU strategy for the Danube region (debate)
EU strategy for the Danube region (debate)
Persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Burma
EU Special Representative for Human Rights (debate)
EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights (debate)
Human rights in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter (debate)
Situation in Burma (debate)
Situation in Nigeria (debate)
Death penalty in Belarus, in particular, the case of Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalev (debate)
19th session of the UN Human Rights Council (debate)
Human rights (debate)
Financing instrument for development cooperation - banana accompanying measures - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Financing instrument for development cooperation - Establishment of a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries (debate)
Financing instrument for development cooperation - banana accompanying measures - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Financing instrument for development cooperation - Establishment of a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries (debate)
Iran - recent cases of human rights violations
EU support for the International Criminal Court (short presentation)
Situation in Yemen, Bahrain, Syria and Egypt (debate)
Situation in Libya (debate)
European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) (debate)
Democratic Republic of Congo, mass rape in South Kivu province (B7-0442/2011)
India, in particular the death sentence on Davinder Pal Singh (B7-0395/2011)
EU external policies in favour of democratisation (debate)
Guantánamo: imminent death penalty decision (debate)
Use of sexual violence in conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East
EU approach towards Iran (debate)
Border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia
Immediate EU measures in support of Italy and other Member States affected by exceptional migratory flows (debate)
Implementation of the EU strategy for the Danube region (debate)
Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006) - A financing instrument for development cooperation (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006) - Establishment of a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006) (debate)
Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006) - A financing instrument for development cooperation (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006) - Establishment of a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006) (debate)
Human rights in the world 2009 and EU policy on the matter (A7-0339/2010, Laima Liucija Andrikienė) (vote)
Malaysia: the practice of caning
Eritrean refugees held hostage in Sinai
Human rights in the world 2009 and EU policy on the matter (debate)
Burma - conduct of elections and the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security (debate)
Instrument for Stability - Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries - Financing instrument for development cooperation (debate)
Instrument for Stability - Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries - Financing instrument for development cooperation (debate)
Instrument for Stability - Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries - Financing instrument for development cooperation (debate)
World day against the death penalty (debate)
Failures in protection of human rights and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate)
Kenya: failure to arrest President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan
Human rights in Iran, in particular, the cases of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani and of Zahra Bahrami (debate)
Annual report on human rights (2008) - EU policies in favour of human rights defenders - Trade in goods used for torture - (debate)
Situation in the Korean Peninsula (debate)
Situation in Thailand
Burma
Institutional aspects of accession by the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in Kampala, Uganda (debate)
The escalation of violence in Mexico
South Korea – death penalty declared legal
Philippines
Philippines (vote)
Situation in Iran (debate)
China: Minority rights and application of the death penalty
Immigration, the role of Frontex and cooperation among Member States (debate)
Reports (5)
REPORT on the fight against trafficking in human beings in the EU’s external relations PDF (608 KB) DOC (218 KB)
REPORT containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, of the other part PDF (170 KB) DOC (108 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, of the other part PDF (143 KB) DOC (56 KB)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006 on establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide PDF (169 KB) DOC (93 KB)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No1905/2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation and Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006 on establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide PDF (195 KB) DOC (232 KB)
Shadow reports (18)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union PDF (159 KB) DOC (56 KB)
REPORT on the Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2017 and the European Union’s policy on the matter PDF (1 MB) DOC (124 KB)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly PDF (402 KB) DOC (82 KB)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Libya PDF (307 KB) DOC (63 KB)
REPORT on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2016 and the European Union’s policy on the matter PDF (1 MB) DOC (145 KB)
REPORT on addressing human rights violations in the context of war crimes, and crimes against humanity, including genocide PDF (481 KB) DOC (79 KB)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council concerning the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly PDF (311 KB) DOC (63 KB)
REPORT on addressing refugee and migrant movements: the role of EU External Action PDF (459 KB) DOC (107 KB)
REPORT on the Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015 PDF (1 MB) DOC (175 KB)
REPORT with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly PDF (326 KB) DOC (128 KB)
REPORT on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union’s policy on the matter PDF (417 KB) DOC (426 KB)
REPORT on the role of the EU within the UN - how to better achieve EU foreign policy goals PDF (237 KB) DOC (200 KB)
REPORT on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2013 and the European Union’s policy on the matter PDF (459 KB) DOC (407 KB)
REPORT on Saudi Arabia, its relations with the EU and its role in the Middle East and North Africa PDF (209 KB) DOC (108 KB)
REPORT on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2012 and the European Union's policy on the matter PDF (506 KB) DOC (416 KB)
REPORT on migration flows arising from instability: scope and role of EU foreign policy PDF (273 KB) DOC (189 KB)
REPORT on the EU's approach towards Iran PDF (184 KB) DOC (124 KB)
REPORT Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly PDF (208 KB) DOC (124 KB)
Opinions (3)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
OPINION Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX)
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on women, gender equality and climate justice
Institutional motions (314)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on China, notably the situation of religious and ethnic minorities PDF (153 KB) DOC (62 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Brunei PDF (152 KB) DOC (50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on China, notably the situation of religious and ethnic minorities PDF (161 KB) DOC (56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cameroon PDF (151 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Brunei PDF (146 KB) DOC (52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Kazakhstan PDF (154 KB) DOC (62 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a European human rights violations sanctions regime PDF (153 KB) DOC (55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Human rights situation in Kazakhstan PDF (152 KB) DOC (55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iran, notably the case of human rights defenders PDF (135 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Guatemala PDF (155 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a European human rights violations sanctions regime PDF (141 KB) DOC (49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nicaragua PDF (137 KB) DOC (53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia PDF (160 KB) DOC (63 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe PDF (159 KB) DOC (55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe PDF (146 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation on women's rights defenders in Saudi Arabia PDF (160 KB) DOC (56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and an exchange of letters accompanying the said Agreement PDF (153 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for a strengthened post-2020 Strategic EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies and stepping up the fight against anti-Gypsyism PDF (152 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Azerbaijan, notably the case of Mehman Huseynov PDF (152 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan PDF (147 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part PDF (151 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tanzania PDF (376 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Egypt, notably the situation of human rights defenders PDF (202 KB) DOC (55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iran, notably the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh PDF (176 KB) DOC (51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Bangladesh PDF (293 KB) DOC (60 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Vietnam, notably the situation of political prisoners PDF (286 KB) DOC (59 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Bangladesh PDF (177 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Vietnam, notably the situation of political prisoners PDF (256 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul PDF (180 KB) DOC (53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the UAE, notably the situation of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor PDF (147 KB) DOC (57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (158 KB) DOC (59 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Kazakhs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region PDF (351 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on United Arab Emirates, notably the situation of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor PDF (361 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Deterioration of media freedom in Belarus, notably the case of Charter 97 PDF (178 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (267 KB) DOC (50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, notably the case of journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo PDF (153 KB) DOC (60 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia, notably the case of Kem Sokha PDF (158 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, notably the case of journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo PDF (179 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia, notably the case of Kem Sokha PDF (179 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Uganda, arrest of parliamentarians from the opposition PDF (184 KB) DOC (50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political crisis in Moldova following the invalidation of the mayoral elections in Chisinau PDF (250 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Somalia PDF (271 KB) DOC (52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of Rohingya refugees, in particular the plight of children PDF (291 KB) DOC (59 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Bahrain, notably the case of Nabeel Rajab PDF (292 KB) DOC (59 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Rohingya refugees, in particular the plight of children PDF (274 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Bahrain, notably the case of Nabeel Rajab PDF (382 KB) DOC (53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia PDF (162 KB) DOC (61 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of imprisoned EU-Iranian dual nationals in Iran PDF (159 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan, notably the situation of Noura Hussein Hammad PDF (344 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation on women's rights defenders in Saudi Arabia PDF (371 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of imprisoned EU-Iranian dual nationals in Iran PDF (265 KB) DOC (51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines PDF (159 KB) DOC (57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines PDF (260 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Belarus PDF (273 KB) DOC (52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (166 KB) DOC (53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize Laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman PDF (165 KB) DOC (53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Syria PDF (408 KB) DOC (62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (287 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman PDF (353 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Syria PDF (278 KB) DOC (59 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on executions in Egypt PDF (292 KB) DOC (53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on child slavery in Haiti PDF (154 KB) DOC (55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia, the case of Oyub Titiev and the Human Rights Centre Memorial PDF (285 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Executions in Egypt PDF (279 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on child slavery in Haiti PDF (254 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia, the case of Oyub Titiev and the Human Rights Centre Memorial PDF (289 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent human rights situation in Turkey PDF (343 KB) DOC (57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (161 KB) DOC (58 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria PDF (285 KB) DOC (54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of the human rights activists Wu Gan, Xie Yang, Lee Ming-che and Tashi Wangchuk, and the Tibetan monk Choekyi PDF (290 KB) DOC (56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (276 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Nigeria PDF (297 KB) DOC (56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of human rights activists Wu Gan, Xie Yang, Lee Ming-chec, Tashi Wangchuk and the Tibetan monk Choekyi PDF (299 KB) DOC (57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on El Salvador: the cases of women prosecuted for miscarriage PDF (374 KB) DOC (54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia: notably the dissolution of CNRP Party PDF (283 KB) DOC (56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression in Vietnam, notably the case of Nguyen Van Hoa PDF (280 KB) DOC (52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Rohingya people PDF (292 KB) DOC (60 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of women prosecuted for miscarriage in El Salvador PDF (376 KB) DOC (55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia: the banning of the opposition PDF (263 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Freedom of expression in Vietnam, notably the case of Nguyen Van Hoa PDF (278 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Rohingya people PDF (264 KB) DOC (49 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (294 KB) DOC (58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (267 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Madagascar PDF (353 KB) DOC (55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan, notably the case of Mohamed Zine El Abidine PDF (347 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Terrorist attacks in Somalia PDF (301 KB) DOC (58 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (287 KB) DOC (56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of persons with albinism in Africa, notably in Malawi PDF (287 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (286 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of people with albinism in Malawi and other African countries PDF (269 KB) DOC (52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, in particular the situation of Rohingyas PDF (153 KB) DOC (55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Laos, notably the cases of Somphone Phimmasone, Lod Thammavong and Soukane Chaithad PDF (148 KB) DOC (54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Gabon: repression of the opposition PDF (162 KB) DOC (52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia, notably the case of Kem Sokha PDF (151 KB) DOC (57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, in particular the situation of Rohingyas PDF (371 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Gabon: repression of the opposition PDF (269 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Laos: notably the cases of Somphone Phimmasone, Lod Thammavong and Soukane Chaithad PDF (386 KB) DOC (50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia: notably the case of Mr Kem Sokha PDF (290 KB) DOC (50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (156 KB) DOC (55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Eritrea, notably the cases of Abune Antonios and Dawit Isaak PDF (169 KB) DOC (63 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-che PDF (153 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (278 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-Che PDF (274 KB) DOC (54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Indonesia PDF (157 KB) DOC (51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan, notably the situation of human rights defenders and the death penalty PDF (278 KB) DOC (50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Yemen PDF (162 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Human Rights in Indonesia PDF (273 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan, notably the situation of human rights defenders and the death penalty PDF (363 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Yemen PDF (179 KB) DOC (55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU strategy on Syria PDF (295 KB) DOC (59 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the implementation of the Council’s LGBTI Guidelines, particularly in relation to the persecution of (perceived) homosexual men in Chechnya, Russia PDF (153 KB) DOC (49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU strategy on Syria PDF (177 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on making relocation happen PDF (275 KB) DOC (55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Belarus PDF (288 KB) DOC (52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bangladesh, including child marriages PDF (152 KB) DOC (57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Belarus PDF (272 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bangladesh, including child marriages PDF (176 KB) DOC (51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines – the case of Senator Leila M. De Lima PDF (156 KB) DOC (48 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU priorities for the UN Human Rights Council sessions in 2017 PDF (395 KB) DOC (66 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines, the case of senator Leila M. De Lima PDF (277 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU priorities for the UN Human Rights Council sessions in 2017 PDF (311 KB) DOC (62 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Guatemala, notably the situation of human rights defenders PDF (165 KB) DOC (57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on executions in Kuwait and Bahrain PDF (155 KB) DOC (79 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua, the case of Francesca Ramirez PDF (259 KB) DOC (48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Guatemala, notably the situation of human rights defenders PDF (356 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on executions in Kuwait and Bahrain PDF (341 KB) DOC (50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (152 KB) DOC (56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Indonesia, notably the case of Hosea Yeimo and Ismael Alua PDF (148 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (442 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Central African Republic PDF (288 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Indonesia, notably the cases of Hosea Yeimo, Ismael Alua and the Governor of Jakarta PDF (274 KB) DOC (50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of the Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy and Ilham Tohti PDF (163 KB) DOC (52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on mass graves in Iraq PDF (158 KB) DOC (57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of the Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy and Ilham Tohti PDF (284 KB) DOC (55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of Rohingya Minority in Myanmar PDF (275 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the mass graves in Iraq PDF (353 KB) DOC (50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (267 KB) DOC (50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU-Turkey relations PDF (275 KB) DOC (52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Syria PDF (167 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU-Turkey relations PDF (253 KB) DOC (61 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Ildar Dadin, prisoner of consience in Russia PDF (261 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Guarani Kaiowa people in Brazil PDF (391 KB) DOC (51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Gui Minhai, jailed publisher in China PDF (267 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Syria PDF (261 KB) DOC (72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of journalists in Turkey PDF (152 KB) DOC (81 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of journalists in Turkey PDF (173 KB) DOC (68 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of Mosul / Northern Iraq PDF (183 KB) DOC (79 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on nuclear security and non-proliferation PDF (192 KB) DOC (78 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Thailand, notably the situation of Andy Hall PDF (153 KB) DOC (80 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan PDF (167 KB) DOC (89 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Rwanda, the case of Victoire Ingabire PDF (291 KB) DOC (83 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Thailand, notably the case of Andy Hall PDF (435 KB) DOC (53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Rwanda, notably the case of Victoire Ingabire PDF (176 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan PDF (353 KB) DOC (54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe PDF (289 KB) DOC (80 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines PDF (289 KB) DOC (84 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Somalia PDF (295 KB) DOC (91 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe PDF (388 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines PDF (272 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Somalia PDF (361 KB) DOC (53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, in particular the situation of the Rohingya PDF (164 KB) DOC (86 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain PDF (157 KB) DOC (83 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of people with albinism in Africa, notably in Malawi PDF (162 KB) DOC (86 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar and notably the situation of Rohingyas PDF (301 KB) DOC (79 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain PDF (408 KB) DOC (73 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of albinos in Africa, notably in Malawi PDF (259 KB) DOC (68 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tajikistan: situation of prisoners of conscience PDF (164 KB) DOC (86 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Vietnam PDF (167 KB) DOC (91 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia PDF (161 KB) DOC (87 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Djibouti PDF (176 KB) DOC (93 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on The Gambia PDF (163 KB) DOC (88 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Djibouti PDF (352 KB) DOC (74 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on The Gambia PDF (282 KB) DOC (72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on attacks on hospitals and schools as violations of international humanitarian law PDF (295 KB) DOC (87 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on attacks on hospitals and schools as violations of international humanitarian law PDF (187 KB) DOC (78 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria PDF (167 KB) DOC (91 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Honduras: situation of human rights defenders PDF (162 KB) DOC (85 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan, in particular the attack in Lahore PDF (159 KB) DOC (85 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria PDF (291 KB) DOC (79 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Honduras and the situation of human rights defenders PDF (326 KB) DOC (86 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan, in particular the attack in Lahore PDF (271 KB) DOC (68 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (164 KB) DOC (88 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Egypt, notably the case of Giulio Regeni PDF (168 KB) DOC (85 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression in Kazakhstan PDF (168 KB) DOC (88 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of Congo PDF (277 KB) DOC (79 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Egypt, notably the case of Giuilio regeni PDF (270 KB) DOC (77 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Freedom of expression in Kazakhstan PDF (265 KB) DOC (71 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Eritrea PDF (292 KB) DOC (94 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of the missing book publishers in Hong Kong PDF (157 KB) DOC (83 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain: the case of Mohammed Ramadan PDF (149 KB) DOC (82 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Yemen PDF (159 KB) DOC (84 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Libya PDF (162 KB) DOC (88 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of the missing book publishers in Hong Kong PDF (268 KB) DOC (74 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain: the case of Mohammed Ramadan PDF (258 KB) DOC (66 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Libya PDF (271 KB) DOC (75 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on North Korea PDF (159 KB) DOC (83 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Ethiopia PDF (166 KB) DOC (91 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU’s priorities for the UNHRC sessions in 2016 PDF (186 KB) DOC (124 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION in support of the peace process in Colombia PDF (277 KB) DOC (78 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in North Korea PDF (281 KB) DOC (81 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Ethiopia PDF (265 KB) DOC (72 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU’s priorities for the UN Human Rights Council sessions of 2016 PDF (337 KB) DOC (112 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the peace process in Colombia PDF (362 KB) DOC (75 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the implementation of Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union PDF (265 KB) DOC (63 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Malaysia PDF (157 KB) DOC (79 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (285 KB) DOC (84 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Ibrahim Halawa, potentially facing the death penalty PDF (287 KB) DOC (83 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Malaysia PDF (268 KB) DOC (70 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (195 KB) DOC (76 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Ibrahim Halawa facing potentially the death penalty PDF (284 KB) DOC (81 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political situation in Cambodia PDF (281 KB) DOC (78 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression in Bangladesh PDF (292 KB) DOC (85 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia PDF (141 KB) DOC (67 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the freedom of expression in Bangladesh PDF (147 KB) DOC (85 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Thailand PDF (166 KB) DOC (84 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Central African Republic PDF (170 KB) DOC (97 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death penalty PDF (155 KB) DOC (81 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr PDF (159 KB) DOC (80 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr PDF (132 KB) DOC (64 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the displacement of children in Northern Nigeria as a result of Boko Haram attacks PDF (153 KB) DOC (80 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Thailand PDF (139 KB) DOC (72 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Central African Republic PDF (155 KB) DOC (82 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death penalty PDF (264 KB) DOC (71 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Azerbaijan PDF (155 KB) DOC (85 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Angola PDF (154 KB) DOC (84 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan PDF (149 KB) DOC (85 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Angola PDF (146 KB) DOC (76 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia - in particular the case of Eston Kohver, Oleg Sentzov, and Alexander Kolchenko PDF (144 KB) DOC (75 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain, in particular the case of Nabeel Rajab PDF (155 KB) DOC (80 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia’s draft laws on NGOs and trade unions PDF (153 KB) DOC (79 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (155 KB) DOC (83 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Situation of two Christian pastors in Sudan PDF (134 KB) DOC (67 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain, in particular the case of Nabeel Rajab PDF (138 KB) DOC (71 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, notably the cases of Yves Makwambala and Fred Bauma PDF (149 KB) DOC (70 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia's draft laws on NGOs and trade unions PDF (136 KB) DOC (68 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (268 KB) DOC (72 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi PDF (258 KB) DOC (72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nepal following the earthquakes PDF (178 KB) DOC (83 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Syria: situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish PDF (191 KB) DOC (87 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Paraguay: legal aspects related to child pregnancy PDF (157 KB) DOC (82 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nepal after the earthquakes PDF (149 KB) DOC (72 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Syria, in particular in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish PDF (146 KB) DOC (75 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recent revelations of high-level corruption cases in FIFA PDF (278 KB) DOC (75 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Paraguay: the legal aspects related to the child pregnancy PDF (143 KB) DOC (75 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Swaziland, the case of human rights activists Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu PDF (145 KB) DOC (72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the plight of Rohingya refugees, including the mass graves in Thailand PDF (138 KB) DOC (68 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe, the case of human rights defender Itai Dzamara PDF (140 KB) DOC (68 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Swaziland, notably the cases of Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu PDF (148 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the plight of Rohingya refugees, including mass graves in Thailand PDF (139 KB) DOC (61 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe, notably the case of Itai Dzamara PDF (142 KB) DOC (56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the imprisonment of workers and human rights activists in Algeria PDF (144 KB) DOC (70 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria PDF (145 KB) DOC (70 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Imprisonment of human and workers' right activists in Algeria PDF (141 KB) DOC (61 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nigeria PDF (244 KB) DOC (70 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the killing of students in Kenya by Islamic terror group Al-Shabaab PDF (236 KB) DOC (61 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the report of the extraordinary European Council (23 April 2015) - Latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies PDF (244 KB) DOC (70 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the commemoration of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide PDF (224 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the occasion of International Roma Day – anti-Gypsyism in Europe and EU recognition of the memorial day of the Roma genocide during World War II PDF (245 KB) DOC (65 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tanzania, notably the issue of land grabbing PDF (145 KB) DOC (71 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on South Sudan, including recent child abductions PDF (151 KB) DOC (76 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recent attacks and abductions by Da’esh in the Middle East, notably of Assyrians PDF (150 KB) DOC (75 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU’s priorities for the UN Human Rights Council in 2015 PDF (183 KB) DOC (104 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tanzania, notably the issue of land grabbing PDF (140 KB) DOC (64 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on south-Sudan, including recent child abductions PDF (137 KB) DOC (69 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent attacks and abductions by Daesh in the Middle East, notably of Assyrians PDF (135 KB) DOC (61 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the murder of Boris Nemtsov and the state of democracy in Russia PDF (236 KB) DOC (63 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela PDF (220 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 28th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) PDF (284 KB) DOC (96 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Memorandum of Understanding between the EU and the League of Arab States to cooperate on counter-terrorism PDF (150 KB) DOC (72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi: the case of Bob Rugurika PDF (138 KB) DOC (74 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Mr Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia PDF (141 KB) DOC (70 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian crisis in Iraq and Syria, in particular in the IS context PDF (151 KB) DOC (83 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi, notably the case of Bob Rugurika PDF (144 KB) DOC (57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Saudi Arabia, the case of Mr Raif Badawi PDF (145 KB) DOC (67 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian crisis in Iraq and Syria, in particular in the IS context PDF (253 KB) DOC (80 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Kyrgyzstan, homosexual propaganda bill PDF (141 KB) DOC (65 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan, in particular the situation following the Peshawar school attack PDF (142 KB) DOC (66 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia, in particular the case of Alexei Navalny PDF (142 KB) DOC (72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Egypt PDF (160 KB) DOC (86 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Libya PDF (150 KB) DOC (77 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan, in particular the situation following the Peshawar school attack PDF (135 KB) DOC (62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia, in particular the case of Alexey Navalny PDF (130 KB) DOC (56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression in Turkey: recent arrests of journalists and media executives, and systematic pressure against the media PDF (228 KB) DOC (57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Egypt PDF (253 KB) DOC (77 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Libya PDF (239 KB) DOC (73 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan: the case of Dr Amin Mekki Medani PDF (144 KB) DOC (73 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Mauritania, in particular the case of Biram Dah Abeid PDF (144 KB) DOC (69 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan, the case of Dr. Amin Mekki Medani PDF (117 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Mauritania, in particular the case of Biram Dah Arbeid PDF (138 KB) DOC (56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Serbia: the case of accused war criminal Šešelj PDF (136 KB) DOC (63 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan: blasphemy laws PDF (156 KB) DOC (72 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iraq: kidnapping and mistreatment of women PDF (125 KB) DOC (55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Serbia: the case of accused war criminal Šešelj PDF (124 KB) DOC (55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the disappearance of 43 teaching students in Mexico PDF (140 KB) DOC (62 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on human rights in Uzbekistan PDF (137 KB) DOC (68 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the closing-down of the NGO ‘Memorial’ (winner of the 2009 Sakharov Prize) in Russia PDF (146 KB) DOC (76 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the abduction of 43 students in Guerrero/Mexico PDF (154 KB) DOC (61 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Closing down of Memorial (Sakharov Prize 2009) in Russia PDF (137 KB) DOC (62 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on human rights violations in Bangladesh PDF (137 KB) DOC (67 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi, in particular the case of Pierre Claver Mbonimpa PDF (137 KB) DOC (64 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Israel-Palestine after the Gaza war and the role of the EU PDF (135 KB) DOC (68 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Libya PDF (126 KB) DOC (63 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Iraq and Syria and the ISIS offensive PDF (133 KB) DOC (69 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi, notably the case of Pierre Claver Mbonimpa PDF (117 KB) DOC (52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Human rights violations in Bangladesh PDF (136 KB) DOC (62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan PDF (132 KB) DOC (67 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the crime of aggression PDF (133 KB) DOC (64 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan – the case of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim PDF (138 KB) DOC (66 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression and assembly in Egypt PDF (157 KB) DOC (81 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the crime of aggression PDF (119 KB) DOC (56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Iraq PDF (127 KB) DOC (64 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria, recent attacks by Boko Haram PDF (143 KB) DOC (70 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan, the case of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim PDF (134 KB) DOC (60 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Freedom of expression and assembly in Egypt PDF (137 KB) DOC (66 KB)
Oral questions (10)
Interpol arrest warrants (Red Notices) and Turkey PDF (104 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Interpol arrest warrants (Red Notices) and Turkey PDF (104 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Refoulement of Turkish nationals by the Greek authorities PDF (106 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Minor interpellation - VP/HR - The conclusion of EU-Egypt Partnership Priorities PDF (189 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Trafficking in Human Beings PDF (98 KB) DOC (18 KB)
International Roma Day PDF (194 KB) DOC (19 KB)
International Roma Day PDF (195 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Commission's answers to written questions PDF (205 KB) DOC (19 KB)
45th anniversary of International Roma Day PDF (105 KB) DOC (25 KB)
45th anniversary of International Roma Day PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Written explanations (1)
Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative on Libya (A8-0159/2018 - Pier Antonio Panzeri)
Regrettably, the Greens/EFA group had to vote against the Panzeri report on Libya on 30 May 2018, due to the unsatisfactory language on EU migration policy, notably on the controversial cooperation with the Libyan Coast Guards.Whilst this report contains valuable recommendations towards assisting Libya in its stabilisation process, we could not support it in our final vote given the centrality of migration in the EU-Libya engagement.We actively contributed to the negotiation of this report and supported the rapporteur in his efforts to bring the situation of Libya to the fore of the EU agenda.We regret however that this report fully endorses the EU’s support to the Libyan Coast Guards, who have been involved in numerous fundamental rights violations. We denounce this policy, which fails to comply with international human rights standards and leads to migrants and refugees being forcibly returned to the same abusive detention centres in Libya which UNHCR and IOM are trying to evacuate.We call for a drastic, human-rights centred, review of EU cooperation with Libya on migration and to prioritise the evacuation of detention centres in Libya, urgent resettlement and the establishment of legal pathways for migrants and refugees to counter smuggling.
Written questions (61)
The resumption of direct budget support to Egypt PDF (47 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Myanmar and the possible withdrawal of preferences granted under the EBA PDF (39 KB) DOC (18 KB)
VP/HR - Proportion of women in management positions in the European External Action Service (EEAS) PDF (42 KB) DOC (16 KB)
The EU's migration policies in Niger: shopping lists and adverse effects PDF (105 KB) DOC (20 KB)
EU Chaillot Prize for the Promotion of Human Rights in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region PDF (102 KB) DOC (18 KB)
VP/HR - Follow-up on the Council's conclusions on Myanmar of 26 February 2018 and its decision 2018/655 PDF (199 KB) DOC (19 KB)
VP/HR - Sri Lanka's readmission to the GSP+ scheme and the status of the Prevention of Terrorism Act PDF (100 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Police brutality against Roma PDF (105 KB) DOC (20 KB)
VP/HR - Syrian security official in Italy despite EU sanctions PDF (196 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Detention of unaccompanied children in police station cells in Greece PDF (200 KB) DOC (19 KB)
VP/HR - Italian arms exports to Saudi Arabia PDF (98 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Failure of the Commission to answer E-003392/17 on EU funds for the development of drones PDF (104 KB) DOC (18 KB)
VP/HR - Dissolution of the CNRP, Cambodia's main opposition party PDF (193 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Begging laws in Denmark PDF (96 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Bulgaria's EU Presidency PDF (196 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Spain: threat to arrest 712 democratically elected Catalan mayors PDF (197 KB) DOC (19 KB)
VP/HR - support for the G5 Sahel Joint Force PDF (5 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Application of Relocation Decisions 2015/1523 and 2015/1601 ahead of their expiration date (26 September 2017) PDF (196 KB) DOC (21 KB)
VP/HR - Hmong people in the jungle of Laos PDF (6 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Imminent violation of the Birds Directive with the planned construction of a ski lift on the Riedberger Horn in Bavaria PDF (104 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Imminent violation of the Alpine Convention with the construction of a ski lift on the Riedberger Horn PDF (101 KB) DOC (15 KB)
Transparency about EU funds for the development of drones and about a human rights impact assessment PDF (102 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Better Migration Management project in Sudan following the lashing and deportation of Ethiopians PDF (105 KB) DOC (17 KB)
VP/HR - Commission plans to cooperate with Libya on migration issues PDF (193 KB) DOC (18 KB)
VP/HR - European companies investing in Western Sahara PDF (103 KB) DOC (17 KB)
Western Sahara and the decision of the European Court of Justice on EU-Morocco relations PDF (104 KB) DOC (16 KB)
VP/HR - Recent executions in Bahrain PDF (105 KB) DOC (17 KB)
VP/HR - Sugar exports from Cambodia PDF (103 KB) DOC (16 KB)
VP/HR - Egypt: The case of Ramy El-Sayed PDF (95 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Commission project to provide 'Support to the Modernisation of the Administration of Justice' in Egypt PDF (104 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Sudanese Rapid Support Forces as beneficiaries of EU funds PDF (104 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Access to asylum and legal representation in connection with inadmissibility recommendations issued by the European Asylum Support Office PDF (190 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Fight against anti-Gypsyism PDF (102 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Fight against anti-Gypsyism PDF (104 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Three leading human rights advocates jailed in Turkey PDF (199 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Respect of fundamental rights and the principle of mutual sincere cooperation in agreements relating to asylum and migration policies PDF (193 KB) DOC (16 KB)
Illegal fishing and human rights abuses in Thailand PDF (104 KB) DOC (24 KB)
VP/HR - Asset recovery in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya: state of play PDF (102 KB) DOC (25 KB)
VP/HR - Situation of human rights in Bahrain and the case of Ibrahim Sharif PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Competition law and property deal concerning Memmingen airport (Bavaria, Germany) PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
Violation of Article 15 of Directive 2013/33/EU in Bavaria, Germany PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Written declarations (6)
Amendments (794)
Amendment 20 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to the set of EU thematic guidelines on human rights, including on Human Rights Defenders,
Amendment 28 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)
Citation 26 a (new)
- having regard to the European Commission's Communication on the follow-up to the EU Strategy on Trafficking in Human Beings of December 2017,
Amendment 35 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 10 October 2013 on caste-based discrimination and to the report of 28 January 2016 on minorities and caste- based discrimination by the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues and the UN Guidance tool on descent-based discrimination,
Amendment 79 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the vital and central role played by human rights defenders and NGOs in promoting and supporting the application of the fundamentalhuman rights enshrined in the core international human rights treaties; underlines, in this respect, the importance of the EU’s capacity to maintain support, through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and in the forthcoming 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), for human rights defenders and NGOs in situations where they are most at risk, while devoting special attention toincreasing the capacity of the ProtectDefenders.eu mechanism; insists on the need for a stand-alone EIDHR instrument under the MFF;
Amendment 86 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the EU’s active participation in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which has seen it sponsor and co-sponsor resolutions, issue statements, intervene in interactive dialogues and debates, and call for special sessions on the situation regarding human rights; recognises the EU’s commitments to addressing country situations in the UNHRC; stresses the importance of the EU’s engagement in dialogue and cooperation on human rights at a multilateral level, notably with UN and regional human rights mechanisms; fully supports the UNHRC’s activities and engagement when defending human rights worldwide; commends the work of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights under the remarkable leadership of Zeid al-Hussein; looks forward to a close dialogue and active cooperation with the newly appointed High Commissioner, Michelle Bachelet; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their support, including through financial means, to the functioning of the OHCHR and the Special Procedures;
Amendment 92 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Praises the work done byExpresses its appreciation for the work done by the human rights services of the European Commission and the EEAS in headquarters and in EU delegations, and of the EU’s Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR), Stavros Lambrinidis, in increasing the effectiveness, cohesion and visibility of human rights in EU foreign policy and recalls its request for hithe EUSR's mandate to be made permanent and for greater transparency on its activities and missions; welcomes the recent approach on the EU’s Good Human Rights Stories initiative, which focuses on the best practices employed by various countries;
Amendment 119 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls for the EU to take particular care to assess and prevent any violation linked to the Union's own programmes, projects, and funding in third countries, including by creating a complaints mechanism for individuals or groups whose rights would have been violated by EU activities in those countries;
Amendment 121 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Proposes to launch, within the first trimester of 2019, an internal task force to carry out a review of the promotion and mainstreaming of human rights by its committees with an external mandate and by its delegations for relations with third countries during the 2014-2019 term; intends to draw recommendations from this review for enhanced parliamentary action in the field of human rights in the next parliamentary term, including in terms of scrutiny of the activity of the EEAS and Commission, internal institutional set-up and mainstreaming of human rights within its bodies;
Amendment 131 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Deplores that the phenomenon of shrinking civil society space is, in an increasing manner, also occurring in established democracies and middle and high-income countries, including in European Union Member States and some of its closest allies; calls on the European Union and its Member States to lead by example and strictly uphold universal human rights, ensure an enabling environment for their civil society and to address any negative trends in this field;
Amendment 132 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Underlines that the EU and Member States should step up their public condemnation of the killings of human rights defenders in individual cases, and to proactively work with third countries to ensure that these killings stop, that safety of human rights defenders is ensured, and that perpetrators are brought to justice; calls on the High Representative and external Commissioners to prioritise meeting with HRDs at risk during visits to third countries;
Amendment 133 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Calls for particular attention to be dedicated to the situation of environmental, indigenous and land rights defenders at risk, and of the killings of activists and community leaders in that field, particularly in relation to land grabbing and large scale agro- investments; emphasises the need for the EU to develop strategies to fight land grabbing and to work with third countries to ensure the protection of these defenders and that any crimes are investigated and accounted for;
Amendment 134 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Calls on the EU and its Member States to constantly monitor and raise cases of violations of freedom of assembly and association, including the various forms of bans and limitations on civil society organisations (CSOs) and their activities, such as laws whose aim is to shrink civil society space or the promotion of fake NGOs sponsored by authoritarian governments;
Amendment 144 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Denounces the fact that media freedom had never been so threatened as it was in 2017; reiterates the importance of freedom of expression, both online and offline, as it fosters a culture of pluralism; strongly condemns the threats, intimidation and attacks against journalists, independent media, bloggers and whistle-blowers, as well as hate speech, defamation laws and incitements to violence, as they constitute a threat to the rule of law and the values embodied by human rights; believes that the free expression of legitimate and peaceful grievances must be allowedurges the EU to step up its efforts to protect the right to freedom of opinion and expression in all its relations with third countries;
Amendment 187 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Strongly condemns all the inous crimes and human rights violationcreasing impunity and alarming atrocities and grave crimes committed by state and non- state actors around the world; urges the EU and its Member States to fightprevent and condemn crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice, including when such crimes would be committed by corporate or government actors with close ties to EU Member States; calls for the EU to provide support for organisations that collect, keep and protect evidence – digital or otherwise – of the crimes committed by any parties to these conflicts, in order to facilitate their prosecution at an international level; supports the key role played by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases where the states concerned are unable or unwilling to exercise their jurisdiction; calls on all the signatories of the Rome Statute to coordinate and cooperate with the ICC; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunitythe EU and its member states to provide diplomatic and financial support to the ICC in a consistent manner, to encourage third countries to ratify and apply the Rome Statute and to promote the universality of the latter; calls on all States to cooperate with the ICC and take effective steps to prevent and respond to non-cooperation; reiterates the importance of other key mechanisms aimed at ending impunity, including the use of universal jurisdiction and calls on EU Member states to adopt the necessary legislation; in this regard, recalls that victims' rights need to be at the heart of all action; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to develop an action plan and a toolkit on accountability and universal jurisdiction, which would among others help build the capacity of third countries in investigating and prosecuting atrocity crimes and support civil society organisations active in this field;
Amendment 206 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Recalls its resolution of 27 February 2014 on the use of armed drones; expresses its grave concern over the use of armed drones outside the international legal framework; calls, once again, on the EU to urgently develop a legally binding framework for the use of armed drones to ensure that the Member States, in conformity with their legal obligations, do not perpetrate unlawful targeted killings or facilitate such killings by other states; calls further on the Commission to keep Parliament properly informed about the use of EU funds for all research and development projects associated with the construction of drones; calls for human rights impact assessments in respect of further drone development projects;
Amendment 208 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Urges the HR/VP and the Member States to work towards an international ban of weapon systems that lack human control over the use of force as requested by the Parliament on various occasions and, in preparation of relevant meetings at UN level, to urgently develop and adopt a common position on autonomous weapon systems and to speak at relevant fora with one voice and act accordingly;
Amendment 215 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that corruption undermines the rule of law, democracy and the competitiveness of economies, and puts human rights at risk; calls for improvements to anti-corruption mechanisms and practices, such as the imposition of sanctions on those individuals and countries that commit serious corruption offences; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to devise joint programming on human rights and the fight against corruption, in particular initiatives for improving transparency, fighting impunity, supporting anti- corruption human rights defenders and whistle-blowers, and strengthening anti- corruption agencies;
Amendment 247 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Recognises that women human rights defenders around the world face specific risks and threats due to their gender, including intimidation, harassment, and sexual violence; calls on the EEAS and Member States to adopt an annex to the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders specifically addressing support for women human rights defenders at risk, as well as intersectional threats;
Amendment 259 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes with appreciation the adoption of the revised EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child; underlines the fact that children are often exposed to specific abuses, such as child marriage, genital mutilation and, child labour and trafficking in human beings, especially in humanitarian crises and armed conflicts, and therefore require enhanced protection; stresses the need to step up the EU’s engagement when it comes to addressing the protection of children, including unaccompanied minors, and to devote particular attention to education and psycho-social support; recalls that the rights and needs of the child need to be paramount at all times; calls on the USA, as the only remaining country not to have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to do so as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 280 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the EU and its Member States to establish full transparency as regards the funds allocated to third countries for cooperation on migration and to ensure that such cooperation should not benefit, either directly or indirectly, security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations; warns against the instrumentalisation of EU foreign policy as ‘migration management’ and emphasises that all attempts to work with third countries on migration must go hand in hand with improving human rights conditions within these countries; calls on the Commission to continue to treat the protection and promotion of the rights of migrants and refugees as a priority in its policies, as well as ensuring that funding related to cooperation on migration is not drawn from development or peace and stability funds; warns against the instrumentalisation of EU foreign policy as ‘migration management’; in this context, emphasises the need to insulate development cooperation from cooperation on readmission or migration management; emphasises that all attempts to work with third countries on migration must go hand in hand with improving human rights conditions within these countries; calls on the Commission to continue to treat the protection and promotion of the rights of migrants and refugees as a priority in its policies and stresses the cardinal need to guarantee strict compliance by the Commission and Member States with international human rights, refugee and maritime law, particularly with the Geneva Convention on Refugees; reminds the EU and its Member States of the duty under international law to rescue at sea and not to criminalise private search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea; calls on EU search and rescue operations to be reinstalled and adequately funded; calls for the creation and enhancement of legal and safe ways for migration into the EU, notably through family reunification and resettlement; insists on the need to develop and better implement protection frameworks for migrants; calls for the European Parliament to have oversight of migration agreements;
Amendment 293 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Welcomes the UN initiative on the Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular Migration and the UNHCR Global Compact on Refugees and the pivotal role assigned to human rights, recommends that the EU takes an active part to the negotiations ; reminds that the New York Declaration of 19 September 2016 attributes a role of privileged stakeholders to Civil Society Organisations and representatives of migrant communities and diasporas, wishing that the EU and its members cooperate fully with civil society and account for its inputs;
Amendment 302 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Denounces and explicitly rejectsplores the persistence of trafficking in human beings; underlines the fact that trafficking in human beings is a modern kind of slavery, and a serious crime whichcommodifies people and constitutes one of the worst forms of human rights violations and an abhorrent crime against the person; emphasises, in this respect, the importance of a consistent approach to the internal and external dimensions of the EU’s policies for combating trafficking in human beings; calls for the EU and the Member States to increase cooperation with third countries in order to investigate all stages of trafficking in human beings, promote victim-centred policies, address prevention and demand reduction and to crack down on profits stemming from trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 310 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. EReaffirms the urgent need to address human rights abuses and corruption by corporations when they occur, and to ensure that they can be held accountable, including when related to their extraterritorial dimension; calls on the Commission to establish an inter- institutional task force on business and human rights and to explore an EU-level duty of care initiative; encourages all countries, including the Member States, and the EU to engage in the negotiations to adopt a legally binding international human rights instrument for transnational corporations and other companies with respect to human rights, through active participation in the UN-established open- ended intergovernmental working group; welcomes the adopinsists once again on the need for a swift, effective and comprehensive implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and calls for their universal application, particularly with regard to the third pillar on access to remedy; recognises the major importance of the UN Global Compact and the National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights; encourages companies to exercis, yet regrets that to date, only 21 States have adopted such action plans; insists on the need for companies to adopt effective due diligence policies; calls on all countries to swiftly implement the UNGPs and guarantee that businesses in their jurisdictions abide by human rights and social labour standards; encourages all countries to tackle companies which use raw materials or other commodities originating from conflict zones; reiterates its call to include the rules of corporate liability for human rights violations into trade and investment agreements, as well as setting up a complaints mechanism for people whose rights are violated by the implementation of such agreements; emphasises that the victims of business- related human rights abuses should be guaranteed effective access to remedies; access to effective remedy;
Amendment 320 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers GSP+ trade schemes to be one of the main EU trade policy instruments for promoting human rights and environmental standards with third countries; calls on the Commission to review and better monitor GSP+ schemes in order to ensure that human rights standards are upheld by beneficiary countries; calls for the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to be included within the list of conventions required for GSP+ status; urges the Commission to continue to fund civil society initiatives that monitor the implementation of this scheme;
Amendment 345 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Reiterates its condemnation of the continuing violations committed against people suffering from caste hierarchies and caste-based discrimination; is deeply concerned by the alarming rate of caste- based violent attacks on Dalits and of institutionalised discrimination with impunity; reiterates its call for an EU policy development on caste discrimination, and calls on the EU to use every opportunity in its trade, development and foreign policy to address caste discrimination; reiterates its call on the EU and its Member States to intensify efforts and support initiatives to eliminate caste discrimination, including the promotion of specific indicators, disaggregated data and special measures to tackle caste in the implementation and monitoring of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the observance of the new UN Guidance tool on descent-based discrimination and support to states’ implementation of UN recommendations on the topic of caste discrimination;
Amendment 372 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Recognises that terrorism and radicalisation pose acute threats to democracy and human rights and regrets the fact that the attacks perpetrated in 2017 often targeted the very individuals or groups who embody these values; supports the EU’s efforts to prevent and combat terrorism and radicalisation, including EU- wide initiatives and networks such as the Radicalisation Awareness Network, but reiterates that all efforts must comply with international human rights laws; calls on the Commission to develop a better exchange and coordination of information via its channels and agencies in order to swiftly prevent, identify and bring to justice terrorist threatswarns against counterterrorism strategies that erode the rule of law both in the EU and abroad; advocates that cooperation with third countries on matters of counterterrorism include thorough assessments of risks for fundamental liberties and human rights and include safeguards in case of violations; recalls that 40 individuals remain unlawfully detained at the USA military base of Guantanamo Bay and calls on the USA administration to release or prosecute the detainees and to close the military detention facility as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 384 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Takes the view that sport can play a positive role in the promotion of human rights; regrets the fact, however, that there is a specific correlation between certain human rights abuses and major sporting events in host or candidate countries, abuses such as evictions, the silencing of civil society and human rights defenders and the exploitation of workers for the construction of large sporting facilities; calls on international and domestic sporting bodies and organisations and the host countries of major events to commit to good governance and human rights practices; the EU to develop an EU policy framework on sports and human rights and to engage with national sports federations, corporate actors and CSOs on the modalities of their participation in such events; calls on international and domestic sporting bodies and organisations and the host countries of major events to put in place mechanisms to prevent, monitor and to provide remedy to all human rights abuses connected to mega- sporting events and to commit to good governance and the protection of human rights;
Amendment 19 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU remains fully committed to multilateralism and the promotion of UN core values, the promotion of UN core values and the three pillars of the UN system: Human Rights, Peace and Security, and Development; whereas a multilateral system founded on universal rules and values is best suited to addressing global crises, challenges and threats; whereas the very future of the multilateral system is facing unprecedented questioning;
Amendment 22 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas EU Member States need to make every effort to coordinate their action and speak with one voice in the organs and bodies of the United Nations system;
Amendment 29 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU and its Member States remain collectively the single largest financial contributor to the UN; whereas UN agencies, including UNRWA, have suffered from important financial cuts; whereas the current overall level of funding to the UN system remains grossly inadequate in order to allow the organization to implement its mandate and to face the current global challenges;
Amendment 44 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas democracy, human rights, and the rule of law are coming under increasing threat in different regions of the world; whereas human rights defenders and civil society activists are facing increasing threats and risks for their legitimate work; whereas human rights defenders are facing increasing reprisals for interacting with UN bodies and mechanisms;
Amendment 60 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to support the UNSG in the implementation of the UN Strategy on Gender Parity as an essential tool to ensure the equal representation of women in the UN system;
Amendment 69 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to call for a comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the basis of a broad consensus; to urge UN Security Council members to refrain from using their right of veto in cases where crimes against humanity are being committed; to promote the revitalisation of the work of the General Assembly and improved coordination and coherence of the actions of all UN institutions;
Amendment 83 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) to reiterate its support for the work of UN Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, including the Special Rapporteurs, and other thematic and country-specific human rights mechanisms and its call on all UN State Parties to extend open invitations to all Special Rapporteurs to visit their countries;
Amendment 100 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) to support the UNSG in his efforts to increase UN involvement in peace negotiations;
Amendment 101 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) to ensure that all UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations have a human rights mandate and adequate staff to carry out this function;
Amendment 102 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
(gc) to increase Member State support for UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations;
Amendment 113 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to welcome the trilateral cooperation between the African Union (AU), the EU and the UN as a strong signal in terms ofway to strengthening multilateralism and global governance and providing assistance to those in need of international protection while ensuring the respect of human rights and international humanitarian law;
Amendment 121 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i c (new)
(ic) to use all instruments at its disposal to enhance compliance by state and non-state actors' actions with international humanitarian law (IHL); to support efforts led by the International Committee of the Red Cross towards the establishment of an effective mechanism for strengthening compliance with IHL;
Amendment 130 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i j (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i j (new)
(ij) to push for stronger multilateral commitments to find sustainable political solutions to current conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in Syria, Yemen, Israel/Palestine and Western Sahara; to continue to support UN special envoys’ work, actions and initiatives aimed at solving these conflicts; to call for continued humanitarian, financial and political assistance from the international community; to hold to account those responsible for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law and to work towards the immediate cessation of violence;
Amendment 137 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i o (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i o (new)
(i o) to act upon the rulings of the European Court of Justice on the Western Sahara and to support UN efforts to secure a fair and lasting settlement of the Western Sahara conflict, on the basis of the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people and in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions; to push for the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to be provided with a human rights mandate, in line with all the other UN peacekeeping missions;
Amendment 140 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i r (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i r (new)
(i r) to uphold the nuclear agreement between Iran and the Security Council Members plus Germany as an important success of international and notably EU diplomacy and to continue putting pressure on the United States to deliver on the practical implementation;
Amendment 145 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i v (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i v (new)
(i v) to support the intra-Korean talks in their efforts towards the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula; to call on all international actors involved to actively and positively contribute towards this goal on the basis of dialogue;
Amendment 147 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i x (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i x (new)
(i x) to urge the General Assembly and the Security Council to discuss the tensions in the South China Sea with the intention to bring all concerned parties to finalise the negotiation of a code of conduct;
Amendment 148 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i y (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i y (new)
(i y) to support the work of the UN Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar and to insist on the importance of allowing access to the country by the Myanmar authorities; to call for an independent international investigation into the mass atrocities committed in Rakhine State since August 2017 in order to ensure accountability and avoid impunity; to ensure UNHCR is involved in the implementation of the 23 November 2017 arrangement between Myanmar and Bangladesh;
Amendment 150 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) to call on all Member States to continue to support and implement the eight UN Security Council resolutions2 which make up the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, and guide work to promoteachieve full gender equality and strengthen ensure women’s participation, protection and rights across the conflict cycle, from conflict prevention through post-conflict reconstruction; __________________ 2 1325 (2000), 1820 (2009); 1888 (2009); 1889 (2010); 1960 (2011); 2106 (2013); 2122 (2013) and 2242 (2015).
Amendment 163 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) to urgently address all aspects of the 15 May 2015 UN Evaluation Report on Enforcement and Remedial Assistance Efforts for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by the United Nations and Related Personnel in Peacekeeping Operations without delay and to hold perpetrators to account; to investigate, prosecute and sentence any military and civilian personnel who committed acts of sexual violence without delay and with firmest resolve;
Amendment 167 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
(kb) to launch the reform of relevant structures in a way to end impunity of UN and EU personnel serving in military operations and civilian missions and to establish functioning and transparent oversight and accountability mechanisms; to urgently change the fact that currently legal actions regarding alleged abuses remain purely voluntary and depended on the troop-contributing country;
Amendment 172 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) to support and strengthen international efforts through the UN to ensure gender analysis as well as gender and human rights mainstreaming in all UN activities, notably in peacekeeping operations, humanitarian operations, post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation processes; to develop indicators and to implement monitoring tools to measure progress on the participation of women in peace and security building and to ensure accountability; to ensure that the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda is accompanied with adequate funding;
Amendment 178 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) to provide all means to proactively support the UNSG’s priorities for conflict prevention and mediation3 , by such initiatives as the establishment of the High- Level Advisory Board on Mediation; to ensure that human rights are at the core of conflict prevention and mediation policies; __________________ 3 As set out in his first statement to the UN Security Council on 10 January 2017.
Amendment 183 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) to strongly support the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda and its objective of giving youth a greater voice in decision-making at the local, national, regional and international levels; to support in this regard the setting up of mechanisms that would enable young people to participate meaningfully in peace processes;
Amendment 187 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 5
Paragraph 1 – subheading 5
Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament
Amendment 191 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(pa) to urgently advance nuclear disarmament both regionally and globally by following the Parliament’s resolution of 27 October 2016 which calls on all EU Member States to support the United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, which adopted the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on 7 July 2017, and calls on all Member States to sign this Treaty, as Austria and Ireland have already done;
Amendment 193 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) to promote the fully implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and to encourage all UN Member States to sign and ratify the ATTratify or accede to it;
Amendment 198 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) to work towards more effective action against the diversion of, and illicit trade in, weapons and ammunition, including small arms and light weapons, in particular by developing a weapons tracking system; to request that UN members actively take steps towards global disarmament and towards the prevention of arms races;
Amendment 202 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(ra) to promote a UN-based legal framework which strictly stipulates that the use of armed drones has to respect international humanitarian and human rights law;
Amendment 203 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r b (new)
(rb) to work towards an international ban of weapon systems that lack human control over the use of force as requested by the Parliament on various occasions and, in preparation of relevant meetings at UN level, to urgently develop and adopt a common position on autonomous weapon systems and to speak at relevant fora with one voice and act accordingly;
Amendment 205 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r c (new)
(rc) to reaffirm the commitment to the objectives of the Chemical Weapons Convention, to encourage all UN Member States to ratify or accede to it; to strengthen the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and its work by ensuring it has appropriate financial resources and staff to fulfil its objectives; to ensure that in the cases were the use of chemical weapons is reported, perpetrators are brought to justice;
Amendment 206 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r e (new)
(re) in light of their confirmed use in Syria during Operation Inherent Resolve, to dissuade coalition partners from any further use of depleted uranium munitions in either Syria or Iraq and to develop an EU common position that better reflects the Parliament’s repeated calls for a precautionary global moratorium and the developing global consensus on the potential civilian health risks, complex post-conflict radioactive waste management burden and financial costs associated with the use of such weapons;
Amendment 207 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r f (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r f (new)
(rf) with reference to UN Environment Assembly resolution UNEP/EA.3/Res.1, and UN Human Rights Council resolution 34/20, to work towards the clarification and development of post- conflict obligations for the clearance and management of contamination from the use of depleted uranium weapons, and the assistance of communities affected by their use;
Amendment 212 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) to recall that human rights are indivisible, interdependent and interrelated; to call on the EU and the UN to condemn the disturbing global trend towards a marginalisation of human rights, particularly with regard to the closing space for civil society around the world; to urge all UN Member States to ratify and effectively implement all core UN human rights conventions, including the UN Convention Against Torture and the Optional Protocol thereto, the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant of Economic Social and Cultural Rights establishing complaint and inquiry mechanisms, and to comply with the reporting obligations under these instruments and the commitment to cooperate in good faith with UN human rights mechanisms; to draw attention to the global backlash against human rights defenders and advocates of democratisation;
Amendment 224 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(ta) to adopt a policy to denounce, systematically and unequivocally, the killing of human rights defenders (HRDs) and any attempt to subject them to any form of violence, persecution, threat, harassment, disappearance, imprisonment or arbitrary arrest, to condemn those who commit or tolerate such atrocities, and to step up public diplomacy in open and clear support of HRDs; to call on UN Member States to adopt policies to provide protection and support for human rights defenders at risk;
Amendment 228 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point t b (new)
(tb) to support and strengthen the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a key institution for holding perpetrators to account and assisting victims in achieving justice and to encourage strong dialogue and cooperation between the ICC, the UN and its agencies and the UN Security Council; to provide the ICC with strong diplomatic, political and financial support; to urge all UN Member States to ratify the Rome Statute and the Kampala amendments;
Amendment 237 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) to maintain a strong commitment to promoting an end to the death penalty worldwide; to call for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty and to further work towards its universal abolition; to denounce the increased recourse to death sentences for drug-related offences, and to call for the outlawing of use of the death penalty and summary execution as punishment for such offences;
Amendment 241 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u b (new)
(ub) to recall the obligation of the UN General Assembly, when electing members to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), to take into account the respect of candidates for the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law and democracy; to call for the establishment of clear human rights performance-based criteria for membership of the UNHRC;
Amendment 246 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u e (new)
(ue) to support the preparation of a binding UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights with the view of ensuring corporate accountability; to support the further implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights by urging all countries, including EU Member States, to develop and implement National Action Plans, obliging businesses to ensure observance of human rights;
Amendment 248 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u g (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u g (new)
(ug) to recognise that environmental and land human rights defenders in particular have faced increasing threats, including judicial harassment and killings around the world; to express its support for the recent legally binding Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Participation, and Justice in Environmental Matter in Latin America and the Caribbean;
Amendment 251 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u i (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u i (new)
(ui) to support the UN Environmental Rights Initiative, which is a recognition that violations of environmental rights have a profound impact on a wide variety of human rights, including the rights to life, self-determination, food, water, health, cultural, civil and political rights;
Amendment 255 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u l (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u l (new)
(u l) to support and strengthen international efforts through the UN to ensure gender analysis as well as gender and human rights mainstreaming in all UN activities; to call for the eradication of all violence and discrimination against women and girls, by also taking into account discrimination based on gender identity;
Amendment 256 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u m (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u m (new)
(u m) to step up its efforts within the framework of the International Alliance for Torture Free Trade, co-initiated by the EU alongside regional partners; to set up an international fund to assist countries in developing and implementing legislation banning trade in goods that could be used for torture and the death penalty; to support the establishment of an international instrument to ban the trade in such goods, drawing on the experience of the EU (Council) regulation 1236/2005 on this issue;
Amendment 263 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) to fully support the UN-led efforts to negotiate two Global Compacts for Migration and on Refugees based on the September 2016 New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants; to encourage UN Member States to make a standalone commitment to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls as a central element of the Global Compact, in line with SDG 5;
Amendment 267 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) to push for ambitious and balanced provisions allowing for more effective international cooperation and more equitable and predictable global burden- sharingshare of responsibility in dealing with migration flowmovements and forced displacement, ensuring an adequate support to refugees worldwide;
Amendment 290 #
Amendment 298 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point -z f (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -z f (new)
(-zf) to take concrete steps to ensure the efficient implementation of UN Agenda 2030 and all 17 SDGs as important instruments for prevention and sustainable development; to encourage and support countries to take ownership and establish national frameworks for the achievement of the 17 SDGs; to encourage UN Member States to reorient their budgets towards the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 299 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point –z g (new)
Paragraph 1 – point –z g (new)
(-zg) to push UN Member States to meet their commitments on development aid spending and to call for the adoption of a solid framework of indicators and the use of statistical data to monitor progress and ensure accountability for evaluating the situation in developing countries, monitor progress and ensure accountability;
Amendment 315 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aa
Paragraph 1 – point aa
(aa) to insist on the need to develop a comprehensive strategy for EU climate diplomacy and to integrate climate into all fields of EU external action, including trade, development cooperation, humanitarian aid and security and defence, taking into account that an environmentally unsustainable system produces instability;
Amendment 322 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab
Paragraph 1 – point ab
(ab) to call for the opproactively address the most challenging of a debate on establishing an international legal definition of the term ‘consequences of climate change and to ensure due protection to its victims, namely through the recognition on a UN level of a protection status for climate refugees/migrants’;
Amendment 327 #
2018/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ab a (new)
(aba) to work closely with small island states and other countries facing the most serious consequences of climate change to ensure that their voice and their needs are taken into consideration in the different UN fora;
Amendment 32 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the EU Member States involved in the 2011 war, and the EU as a whole, have a particular responsibility in assisting the Libyan population and supporting efforts to achieve peace and stability in the country;
Amendment 36 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas all conflicting sides are reported to have committed a range of violations under international human rights and humanitarian law, mass displacements and a humanitarian crisis in many areas; whereas dozens of political and human rights activists, members of the judiciary, media professionals and other public figures have been abducted or threatened; whereas cases of arbitrary detention and torture and ill-treatment continue to be reported;
Amendment 39 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the cycle of violence in Libya has been continuously fed by overarching impunity for serious human rights violations; whereas unless this is properly addressed, the continued absence of the rule of law will make the narrative of peaceful coexistence and fighting violent extremism, meaningless for the population;
Amendment 65 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to further reflect on and discuss within the EU institutions how better to address all aspects of the Libyan conflict, including by devoting greater attention to local dynamics, and to show unity of purpose and initiative among all institutions and the Member States in order to ensure coherence of the measures by all actors involved; to press upon Member States that any form of support to rival militias or administrations undermines UN efforts towards reconciliation and negatively affects the capacity of the EU to act as a credible diplomatic actor;
Amendment 72 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to continue to emphasise that there can be no military solution to the Libyan crisis and to reaffirm the need for all parties and armed groups in Libya to refrain from violent rhetoric and from the use of violence, and to demobilise and commit to a peaceful solution to the conflict, thus avoiding further damage and loss of life; stresses the importance of paying due attention to the involvement of women and minorities in the political settlement process; considers that negotiations should serve to unify the Libyan forces from all regions in order to build a civilian- controlled national security architecture, and should lead to the signing of a protocol that commits all armed groups to renouncing the use of force and violence, and the withdrawal of all heavy weapons from the cities; believes that the signing of such a protocol should bring about economic and financial incentives and prompt the signatories to work towards building the new institutions of state;
Amendment 76 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) to put pressure on those obstructing the political peace talks and to effectively enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya; to consider introducing new sanctions on those supporting illegal oil deals;
Amendment 82 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to intensify cooperation with all international organisations and other actors on the ground in order to strengthen the coherence of international action; to step up diplomatic efforts with all regional actors and neighbouring countries, especially Chad, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt, to ensure they contribute to a positive solution to the crisis in Libya in line with the UN Action Plan – the only possible framework for a solution to the crisis; to warn regional actors, including Egypt, against any unilateral or multilateral military intervention lacking any legal base or the political consent of the GNA;
Amendment 92 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) to bear in mind that while Daesh/IS might have been significantly weakened in Libya, the most effective answer to the radical militant presence in the country lies ultimately in the establishment of inclusive domestic institutions that can uphold the rule of law, provide public services and local security, and effectively fight the groups that are threatening the stability of the country and the wider region;
Amendment 94 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to ensure that EU funds are effectively deployed in projects that help the Libyan population and civil society and that adequate support is provided to municipalities in their provision of essential services and in building local governance, so as to ensure basic living standards for the population; to ensure coordination between central authorities and local municipalities in order to identify the priorities to invest in; to promote projectsenhance support to civil society, notably human rights defenders; in particular, to prioritize funding for projects that support actors promoting accountability and democratic change, and that foster locally embedded dialogue and conflict-resolution mechanisms, involving young people in particular; to ensure the money under the EU Emergency Trust Fund is only granted when accompanied by a sound analysis of local authorities and recipients;
Amendment 114 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) to call on the Libyan authorities to commit to high standards of transparency in the domestic extractive sector in order to enable Libyan natural resources to benefit the whole population, and in particular to sign up to the requirements of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as rapidly as possible; to call on European companies involved in Libya to state publicly their financial dealings in the energy sector;
Amendment 117 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Amendment 125 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) to address the issue of migration in Libya, bearing in mind Libya is an important country for labour migration in Africa and migration is crucial for African societies and the need to find long-term, effective and viable solutions, which should include addressing the root causes of migration in Africa and establishing legal channels of migration to Europe, including resettlement and humanitarian corridors for at least 40.000 refugees as per UNHCR's recommendations; to promote in the international community the need to take appropriate measures to resolve the multifaceted development and security challenges of Libya and the Sahelo- Saharan region, including effective meanand to ensure that measures to counter the trafficking of human beings and smuggling of migrantsre not hindering freedom of movement in view of the region's economic development;
Amendment 133 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) to support a durable solution for the more than 180.000 internally displaced persons in Libya, including an estimated 40.000 former residents of Tawargha, through possibilities for resettlement or facilitation of safe returns to their homes and through increased support to UNHCR and IOM to this end;
Amendment 143 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) to investigate thoroughly the allegations about abuses and inhuman treatment of migrants and refugees in Libya by criminal groups; to devise initiatives to prevent any such incidents from occurring in the future and to close as soon as possible those facilities which are found not to be in line with international standards; to ensure that migrants are treated in a manner accordant with the relevant international human rights instruments and to allocate the necessary funding from the EU budget in order to prioritise resettlement with the support of UNHCR; to call on Libya to sign and ratify the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol; to ensure that the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) in Libya is actively contributing to developing the capacities of the Libyan authorities, notably the Libyan Coast GuardSearch and Rescue Activities (SAR), in line with the highest standards of international law;
Amendment 162 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) to put an end to pushbacks of migrants and refugees to Libya, to prioritise Search and Rescue Activities (SAR) operations with ports of safety and protection as disembarkation points and to urgently establish legal channels for asylum seekers and refugees, including resettlement, humanitarian visas and private sponsorships and possibilities for legal migration to the European Union, including for family reunification, studies and work, including in the medium and low-wage sectors;
Amendment 166 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
(l b) to draw the necessary conclusions from the blatant conflict of interest and poor ethics surrounding the action of the former UN Special Representative, Bernardino León, in securing a lucrative position as head of the Diplomatic Academy of the United Arab Emirates, while still carrying out his mandate of peace broker in a conflict in which his future employer was directly involved; recalls that Mr León had occupied several high-ranking posts in the Spanish and EU diplomatic services; calls on the VP/HR to identify means to avoid similar occurrences with regard to EU Special Envoys or EU-supported international envoys, including by introducing stringent cooling-off periods;
Amendment 170 #
2018/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l c (new)
(lc) to clarify the situation with regards to the payment of stock dividends, bond income and interest payments on the frozen assets in the EU of the Libyan Investment Authority; to provide a detailed report on the total amount of interest drawn from the Gaddafi's assets since their freezing in 2011 and a list of the individuals or entities that have benefited from these interest payments; to address the concern about a possible loophole in the EU sanctions regime related to this issue as a matter of priority;
Amendment 12 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) To promote the implementation of the European integrated border management defined by its components in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1624: border control, search and rescue during border surveillance, risk analysis, cooperation between Member States (supported and coordinated by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency), inter-agency cooperation (including the regular exchange of information), cooperation with third countries, technical and operational measures within the Schengen area related to border control and designed to address illegalrregular immigration and to counter cross- border crime better, use of state-of- the-art technology, quality control and solidarity mechanisms, and to ensure that it becomes an operational reality, Member States should be provided with adequate Union financial support.
Amendment 33 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 58 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Amendment 60 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 61 #
2018/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Legal entities participating in consortia of at least two independent entities, established in different Member States or overseas countries or territories linked to those states or in third countries, are eligible.
Amendment 59 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas trade and human rights reinforce each other, and whereashas a direct impact on the enjoyment of human rights in third countries, and whereas under a system of corporate liability, as presently ventured in the UN, the business community has an important role to play in offering positive incentives in terms of promoting human rights, democracy and corporate responsibility;
Amendment 89 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses profound concern that human rights, the rule of law and democratic values continue to be under threat worldwideabout the global authoritarian pushback against democracy, the rule of law and human rights;
Amendment 133 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is deeply concerned that the numerous, ever-increasing attempts made to shrink the space of civil society, is increasingly under attack worldwidencluding for human rights, environmental rights and women's rights defenders, and at the growing number of repressive laws adopted throughout the world, including under the pretext of combating terrorism; recalls that independent civil society plays an essential role in the defence and advancement of human rights and in the functioning of democratic societies; calls for the EU and its Member States to constantly monitor and raise cases of violations of freedom of assembly and association, including the various forms of bans and limitations on civil society organisations (CSOs) and their activities; calls, in addition, for the EU and its Member States to use all available means, such as human rights dialogues, political dialogues and to step up its public diplomacy, to systematically in open and clear support of human rights defenders; calls on the EU and its Members States to systematically and unequivocally denounce the repression, harassment and killings of human rights defenders, and raise individual cases of human rights defenders (HRDs) and civil society activists at risk, particularly those in prison;
Amendment 140 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Underlines that the phenomenon of shrinking civil society space is a global phenomenon, which, in an increasing manner, is also occurring in established democracies and middle and high-income countries, including in EU Member States and some of its closest allies;calls on the EU and its Member States to lead by example and strictly uphold universal human rights, ensure an enabling environment for their civil society and to address any negative trends in this field;
Amendment 143 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the EU delegations and the Member States’ diplomatic staff to continue to actively support HRDs, by systematically monitoring trials, visiting detained activists and issuing statements on individual cases, where appropriate; highlights the importance of silent diplomacy tools in this regard; welcomes the fact that the EU raised HRD cases in dialogues and consultations at EU level with over 50 countries in 2016; highlights the fact that the EIDHR Emergency Fund supported more than 250 HRDs at EU level in 2016, representing an increase of 30 % compared with 2015; welcomes the establishment of the EU Human Rights Defenders Mechanism implemented by civil society, ProtectDefenders.eu, and its successful operation which has provided critical support to a large number of HRDs; urges the Commission to ensure the continuation of the programme after October 2018 and to increase its capabilities in order to provide more support to HRDs worldwide;
Amendment 145 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls for the establishment of a system to effectively monitor civil society space with clear benchmarks and indicators, to fill in the gaps in the current overall framework under which the EU deals with the issue of civil society space;commits to establish, on an annual basis, a list of countries where civil society space is most under threat and to use it as a benchmark against which to assess the engagement of the EU and its Member States with these countries;
Amendment 170 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Welcomes the Council decision of 11 May 2017 on the signing of the Council of Europe Convention (Istanbul Convention) on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;calls on the EU and its Member States to speed up the process towards accession and promote its implementation through external action in order to ensure coherence between EU internal and external action on violence against women and girls;
Amendment 178 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reaffirms the urgent need for the universal ratification and effective implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and its Optional Protocols; in this respect, calls on the USA, as the only remaining country not to have ratified the CRC, to do so as a matter of urgency; requests that the EU systematically consult relevant local and international child rights organisations, and raise, in its political and human rights dialogues with third countries, States Parties’ obligations to implement the Convention; welcomes the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021); requests that the EU continue to promote the EU-UNICEF Child Rights Toolkit for integrating child rights in development cooperation through its external delegations, and to train the EU delegation staff adequately in this field; reiterates its request for the Commission to propose a comprehensive children’s rights strategy and action plan for the next five years, in order to prioritise children’s rights within EU external policies; welcomes the fact that under the 2016 Development Cooperation Instrument, resources were allocated to support UN agencies in carrying out measures targeted to children’s rights;
Amendment 194 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Reiterates the need for all Member States to implement the EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings (THB) and the Directive 2011/36/EU on this matter;urges the EU and Member States to make the fight against THB a priority in its external policies, addressing both the demand and supply side of the phenomenon;calls on the EU to make these efforts more effective, coordinated and coherent including when it comes to investigating the crime, identifying potential victims and to prosecuting perpetrators;stresses the need for a human rights-based and victim-centred approach;expresses profound concerns that despite efforts made in the EU to tackle trafficking for sexual exploitation, it has not decreased;
Amendment 198 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Expresses its profound concern at the extreme vulnerability of migrants and refugees to exploitation, smuggling and THB;stresses the need to uphold the distinction between the concepts of THB and migrant smuggling;
Amendment 199 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Condemns the continuing human rights violations committed against people suffering from caste hierarchies and caste-based discrimination;reiterates its call for the development of an EU policy on caste discrimination, and calls on the EU to use every opportunity, including high-level dialogues and summits, to publicly and privately express its grave concern over caste discrimination;urges the EU and its Member States to intensify its efforts and to support initiatives at the UN and EU delegation levels to eliminate caste discrimination;
Amendment 211 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates its support for the systematic introduction of human rights clauses in all international agreements between the EU and third countries, including trade and investment agreements, and stresses the need to make use of these clauses and to include a complaint mechanism therein; calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of such clauses effectively and systematically and to provide Parliament with regular reports on partner countries’ respect for human rights; takes a positive view of the GSP+ preference system as a means to stimulate the effective implementation of 27 core international conventions on human rights and labour standards; stresses, however, that repeated infringements of core labour standards have been reported in several countries with GSP+ status, but that this has not led to an investigation or a suspension of preferences; calls for a genuine enforcement of GSP+ to be implemented, alongside a transparent reporting mechanism and funding for civil society monitoring; expects the Commission to report back to Parliament and to the Council on the status of its ratificationprogress of GSP+ beneficiaries on their commitments under this scheme; reiterates the importance of the proper implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
Amendment 215 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Reaffirms the factCalls, once again, on the EU and its Member States to participate constructively in the work of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises; stresses the critical importance for all countries, including EU Member States, to fully implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, particularly with respect to the third pillar on access to remedy; calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure that the activities of all companies, including European ones, operating in third countries should bare in full compliance with international human rights standards, including not contributing directly or indirectly to violations; calls on the Commission to establish an inter- institutional task force on business and human rights and to explore an EU-level duty of care initiative; reaffirms, moreover, the importance of promoting corporate social responsibility and of European enterprises playing a leading role in promoting international standards on business and human rights; acknowledges that, which is all the more important in order to make global value chains contribute to enhancing international core labour, environmental and social standards, and represent an opportunity for sustainable progress, especially in developing countries;
Amendment 225 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Amendment 229 #
2017/2122(INI)
19. Calls for the EU and its Member States to use all their political weight to prevent any act that could be considered genocide, a war crime or a crime against humanity from taking place, to respond in an efficient and coordinated manner in cases where such crimes occur, to mobilise all necessary resources to bring to justice all those responsible, including through the application of the principle of universal jurisdiction, and to assist the victims and support stabilisation and reconciliation processes; calls on the international community to set up instruments to minimise the warning- response gap in order to prevent the emergence, re-emergence and escalation of violent conflict, such as the EU’s early warning system;
Amendment 248 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its full support for the ICC, the Rome Statute, the Office of the Prosecutor, the Prosecutor’s proprio motu powers, and the progress made in initiating new investigations as an essential means to fightend impunity for atrocity crimes; urges the EU and its Member States to consistently support ICC examinations, investigations and decisions and to take steps to prevent and respond effectively to instances of non-cooperation with the ICC; reiterates its calls on the EU and its Member States to provide the ICC with adequate funding; welcomes the meeting of 6 July 2016 between EU and ICC representatives in Brussels in preparation for the 2nd EU-ICC round table meeting, enabling relevant staff at the ICC and the EU institutions to identify common areas of interest, exchange information on relevant activities and ensure better cooperation between both parties; notes, with profound regret, the recent announcements of withdrawals from the Rome Statute, which represent a challenge in terms of victims’ access to justice and which should be firmly condemned; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR for International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity and to the ICC across EU foreign policies;
Amendment 256 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges the EU and its Member States to adopt a common position on the crime of aggression and the Kampala Amendments and calls on the EU to be at the forefront of global efforts in support of the ratification of the Rome Statute and the Kampala Amendments and of the activation of the Court's jurisdiction over the crime of aggression;
Amendment 258 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Amendment 267 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Expresses profound concern at and solidarity with the large number of refugeeasylum seekers and migrants who suffer grave and growing human rights violations ason the victims of conflicts, persecution, governance failures and illegal migration, trafficking and smuggling networksir route to Europe; stresses the urgent need to tackle the root causes of migration flows and therefore to address the external dimension of the refugee crisis, including by finding sustainable solutions to conflicts in our neighbourhood by develop, that are ing cooperation and partnerships with the third countries concernednformity with international law; underlines the need for a comprehensive human-rights- based approach to migration and calls for the EU to collaborate further with the UN, regional organisations, governments and NGOs;
Amendment 272 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Reiterates its call on the EU to ensure that all migration cooperation and readmission agreements with non-EU states strictly comply with international human rights, refugee and maritime law, particularly with the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees; insists on the need to integrate pre-assessment as well as monitoring mechanisms to evaluate the human rights impact of cooperation on migration with third countries; in this context, calls on the EU to increase transparency and ensure parliamentary scrutiny and democratic oversight over these agreements; emphasises the need to delink development cooperation from cooperation on readmission or migration management; insists that human rights need to be mainstreamed and monitored in all the activities carried out by Frontex;
Amendment 284 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Recalls that criterion two of Common Position 944/2008/CFSP obliges Member States to examine each arms- export licence against the country of destination's respect for human rights; deplores the numerous cases of non- respect by Member States of this criterion; calls for a reform of the assessment process of arms exports projects, notably by the introduction of a risk assessment based on the overall situation in the country, therefore introducing the precautionary principle; also recommends to initiate discussions on the extension of criterion two to include democratic governance indicators that could help establish further safeguards against unintended negative consequences of arms exports;
Amendment 286 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Recalls the commitment in the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy of the Commission, the EEAS and the Council to develop and implement, by 2017, a due diligence policy to ensure that EU support to security forces, such as its programme Capacity building in support of security and development (CBSD), is in compliance with and contributes to the implementation of the EU human rights policy and is consistent with the promotion, protection and enforcement of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as may be applicable;
Amendment 287 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Recalls its resolution of 27 February 2014 on the use of armed drones; expresses its grave concern over the use of armed drones outside the international legal framework; calls on the EU to urgently develop a legally binding framework for the use of armed drones to ensure that the Member States, in conformity with their legal obligations, do not perpetrate unlawful targeted killings or facilitate such killings by other states; calls further on the Commission to keep Parliament properly informed about the use of EU funds for all research and development projects associated with the construction of drones; calls for human rights impact assessments in respect of further drone development projects; urges the HR/VP to ban the development, production and use of fully autonomous weapons, which enable strikes to be carried out without human intervention;
Amendment 292 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers that the EU should continue its efforts to enhance respect for the rights of LGBTI people, in line with the EU Guidelines on the topic; recommends that the Guidelines be implemented, including through the training of EU staff in third countries; regretsstrongly denounces the fact that 72 countries still criminalise homosexuality, 13 of which have the death penalty, and believes that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation should not go unpunished;
Amendment 307 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that the EU should continue to actively support democratic and effective human rights institutions and civil society in their efforts to promote democratisation; welcomes, in this context, the invaluable assistance provided to civil society organizations worldwide under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights, which continues to constitute the flagship instrument of the EU in implementing its external human rights policy; welcomes also the European Endowment for Democracy’s consistent efforts to promote democracy and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms in the eastern and southern neighbourhoods of the EU;
Amendment 318 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the eight Election Observation Missions (EOMs) and the eight Electoral Expert Missions (EEMs) deployed around the globe by the EU in 2016; highlights the fact that since 2015, the EU has deployed 17 EOMs and 23 EEMs; reiterates its positive view of the EU’s continued support for electoral processes and its provision of electoral assistance and support for domestic observers; welcomes and fully supports the work of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) in this regard;
Amendment 337 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Notes that the work and the impact of the EU Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR) can only be partially accessed through a review of the Annual Report on Human Rights, his social media account, and available speeches; suggests that efforts be made towards greater transparency about his activities;
Amendment 341 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Recalls the EU’s commitment to placing human rights and democracy at the centre of its relations with third countries; stresses, therefore, that the advancement of human rights and democratic principles needs to be supported through all EU policies with an external dimension, such as enlargement and neighbourhood policy, the CSDP, and development, trade, justice and home affairs policiessecurity, counter-terrorism, trade, migration, justice and home affairs policies, in particular through the implementation of human rights conditionality;
Amendment 3 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution 35/20 on Human Rights and Climate Change from 22 June 2017,
Amendment 6 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to the Geneva Pledge for Human Rights in Climate Action,
Amendment 8 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
- having regard to the EU Gender Action Plan 2016-2020, adopted on 26 October 2015,
Amendment 10 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas climate change can lead to migration and its impactthat does not fit within current international frameworks; whereas the protection of internally displaced people due to environmental reasons has not received sufficient attention; whereas the impact of climate change is felt, particularly and to a disproportionate and increasing extent, by poor countries and poor people, even though it is the world’s richest countries that bear the main responsibility for climate changeleast responsible for global warming and by populations most dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods or with least capacity to respond to natural disasters;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas women are central to solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate challenges;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas women are more vulnerable to climate change; whereas climate change exacerbates gender inequalities in relation to, among others, human trafficking and access to health services;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas according to the UN International Organisation for Migration 200 million people could be displaced due to climate change by 2050;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there is a direct link between climate change, environmental degradation, food security and migration; whereas climate policy has a direct impact on gender equality and women empowerment;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas extractive projects in natural areas of special interest endanger local communities and other vulnerable groups, including women, and worsen climate change;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that women and girls are amongst the most vulnerable groups affected by climate change; stresses that rural women in developing countries are particularly vulnerable, as they are often dependent on natural resources, do much of the agricultural work, particularly in food production for the family, and have responsibility for collecting water and fuel;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. BelievStresses that climate change requires a gender-sensitive and a human rights-based response wi; calls for the effective participation of women in decision-making at all levels, including international climate negotiations, with a view to developing gender-sensitive and rights-based approaches in order to address underlying inequalitie; in this regard, insists that the Commission and the Member States actively advocate for an increased role of women in such negotiations;
Amendment 50 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for an international legal definition of ‘climate refugees’ and for strong diplomatic action by the international community with a view to amending the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and introducing the category of ‘environmental refugees’; calls on the Commission to establish a panel of experts to discuss the creation of a European legal status for “climate refugees” that takes into account genre, in the absence of an international codification;
Amendment 60 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to identify and mainstream issecure a gender sensitive approach which ensures of respect forthat women’s rights, and tothe promoteion of gender equality and climate justice are mainstreamed through its country and regional strategy programmes, the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and its dialogues on human rights with third countries.
Amendment 64 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to create an indicator of ecological vulnerability that takes into account the genre perspective and a list of most vulnerable countries in order to monitor the effect of climate change on women;
Amendment 68 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the work of the UN Special Representative on Human Rights and the Environment and of the UN Human Rights Council in this area, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to support these efforts, including through financial assistance;
Amendment 70 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses the obligation for States, including EU Member States, to assess and provide information about the effects of climate change, notably on women, and to provide for effective remedies for climate-related violations of human rights, notably for groups particularly vulnerable to environmental harm, including women, children and indigenous peoples;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 16 March 2017 on the EU priorities for the Human Rights Council sessions in 2017,
Amendment 10 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to its report on the Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter 2015,
Amendment 16 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU’s commitment to effective multilateralism, with the UN at its core, is an integral part of the EU’s external policy and is rooted in the conviction that a multilateral system founded on universal rules and values is best suited to addressing global crises, challenges and threats; whereas the very future of this multilateral system is facing unprecedented questioning, including from some of its hitherto strongest supporters;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU should play a proactive part in building a United Nations that can contribute effectively to global solutions, peace and security, human rights, democracy and a rule-of-law-based international order; whereas EU Member States need to make everycontinue their effort to further coordinate and fuse their actions in the organs and bodies of the United Nations system in accordance with the mandate contained in Article 34(1) TEU;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the continued close cooperation between the EU and the United Kingdom on the UN level should be an important goal to be achieved during Brexit negotiations in the interest of both;
Amendment 26 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the fact that in the future France will be the only EU member with a permanent seat in the Security Council, can open a path for the country to profile itself as the champion of a collective European approach;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU and its Member States remain collectively the single largest financial contributor to the UN system, providing almost 50% of all contributions to the UN, with the EU Member States contributing around 40% of the UN’s regular budget; whereas EU contributions to the UN should be more visible; whereas the current overall level of funding to the UN system remains grossly inadequate in order to allow the Organization to implement its mandate and to face the current global challenges; whereas US President Trump's announcement to severely cut funding for UN agencies represents a severe backlash, in times when the UN needs more not less financial support;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU’'s security environment is increasingly unstable and volatile owing to a large number of longstanding or newly emerging challenges, including violent conflicts, terrorism, organised crime, unprecedented waves oflarge movement of refugees and migrationnts and climate change, which are impossible to address at national level and require regional and global responses;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
to support the strengthening of the coherence, synergies and complementarities of the UN peacebuilding architecture and of UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security; to support the implementation of the UN Security Council's resolution 2242 on women, peace and security, which makes women the central component in all efforts to address global challenges, including rising violent extremism, climate change, migration, sustainable development, peace and security;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 b (new)
Subheading 1 b (new)
stresses the importance of women's equal and full participation as active agents and the incorporation of a gender analysis in all areas concerning prevention and resolution of conflicts, notably peacekeeping operations, humanitarian operations, post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation processes in line with landmark UNSC resolutions 1325, 1820, 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106, 2122 and 2242 on women, peace and security; calls for the development of indicators to measure progress on the participation of women in peace and security building;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 c (new)
Subheading 1 c (new)
to remind of the impact of sexual violence in conflict on the maintenance of peace and security and recalls that sexual violence such as rape is used as a tactic of war and constitutes a war crime, in this context to ensure that safe medical attendance to female war rape victims are provided in line with the Commission's review of its humanitarian aid policy;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph a a (new)
Paragraph a a (new)
(aa) to uphold the nuclear agreement between Iran and the Security Council members plus Germany as an important success of international and notably EU diplomacy and to continue pressure on the United States to deliver on the practical implementation;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph a b (new)
Paragraph a b (new)
(ab) to use all instruments at its disposal to enhance compliance by state and non-state actors' actions with international humanitarian law (IHL); to support efforts led by the International Committee of the Red Cross towards the establishment of an effective mechanism for strengthening compliance with IHL;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph b
Paragraph b
(b) to push for stronger multilateral commitments to find sustainable political solutions to current conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in Syria, Yemen and, Libya and Israel/Palestine; to continue to support UN special envoys’ work, actions and initiatives aimed at solving these conflicts; to call for continued humanitarian, financial and political assistance from the international community in order to address the humanitarian situation, to hold to account those responsible for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law and to work towards the immediate cessation of violence; to support efforts deployed by the UN to find a sustainable resolution to the conflict in Syria and to continue to back the EU’s role in the humanitarian field and the EU’s regional initiative; to support the UN peace plan initiative in Yemen and to tackle the ongoing humanitarian crisis as a matter of urgency; to call for stronger support for the UN-backed government in Libya; to call for the implementation of the resolutions of the UN Security Council, including the latest Resolution 2234 (2016) and of the UN Human Rights Council on the Occupied Palestinian Territory;
Amendment 66 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph b a (new)
Paragraph b a (new)
(ba) to act upon the ruling of the European Court of Justice on the Western Sahara and to support UN efforts to secure a fair and lasting settlement of the Western Sahara conflict, on the basis of the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people and in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions; to push for the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to be provided with a human rights mandate, in line with all the other UN peacekeeping missions and that all the MINURSO staff be allowed to resume their functions;
Amendment 71 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph c
Paragraph c
(c) to call for a stronger empowerment of Iraqi institutions and for the need to work towards a more inclusive society and the reintegration of all the ethnic and religious minorities that have been displaced, including in Northern Iraq where following the end of the military operation in and around Mosul a peaceful and inclusive post-conflict solution must be found;
Amendment 88 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph h a (new)
Paragraph h a (new)
(ha) to actively support the call by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for a commission of inquiry over the killings and serious human rights violations in Rakhine State;
Amendment 92 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph i a (new)
Paragraph i a (new)
(ia) to urge the General Assembly and the Security Council to discuss the tensions in the South China Sea with the intension to bring all concerned parties to finalise the negotiation of a code of conduct;
Amendment 95 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph j
Paragraph j
(j) to increase Member State support for UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations, in particular by contributing personnel and equipment, and to enhance the EU’s role as a facilitator in this respect; to ensure better visibility for this support and contribution; to further develop procedures for the use of EU Common Security and Defence Policy in support of UN operations; to ensure that all UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations have a human rights mandate and adequate staff to carry out this function;
Amendment 99 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph j a (new)
Paragraph j a (new)
(ja) to urgently address all aspects of the 15 May 2015 UN Evaluation Report on Enforcement and Remedial Assistance Efforts for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by the United Nations and Related Personnel in Peacekeeping Operations without delay and hold perpetrators to account; to investigate, prosecute and sentence any military and civilian personnel who committed acts of sexual violence without delay and with firmest resolve;
Amendment 103 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph j b (new)
Paragraph j b (new)
(jb) to launch the reform of relevant structures in a way to end impunity of UN and EU personnel serving in military operations and civilian missions and to establish functioning and transparent oversight and accountability mechanisms; to urgently change the fact that currently legal actions regarding alleged abuses remain purely voluntary and depended of the troop-contributing country;
Amendment 114 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph k a (new)
Paragraph k a (new)
(ka) to support the UNSG in his efforts to increase UN involvement in peace negotiations.
Amendment 116 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph l
Paragraph l
(l) to reiterate its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism and its full support for actions aimed at the defeat and eradication of terrorist organisations, in particular ISIL/Daesh, which pose a clear threat to regional and international security; insists that all measures taken in the fight against terrorism should be fully in line with international humanitarian and human rights law;
Amendment 119 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph l a (new)
Paragraph l a (new)
(la) to make meaningful progress towards the clarification and development of post-conflict obligations for the clearance and management of contamination from the use of depleted uranium weapons and, in light of their recently confirmed use in Syria during Operation Inherent Resolve; to dissuade coalition partners from any further use of depleted uranium munitions in either Syria or Iraq;
Amendment 131 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph o
Paragraph o
(o) to work with the UN General Assembly to combat the financing of terrorism and to build mechanisms to designate terrorist individuals and organisations and strengthen asset-freezing mechanisms worldwide, while upholding international standards on due process and the rule of law;
Amendment 133 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph o a (new)
Paragraph o a (new)
(oa) (P-) new, after subheading! to follow the Parliament's recommendation of 27 October 2016 on nuclear security and non-proliferation, in particular paragraph 7 which calls on all EU Member States to participate in the United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, which began in March 2017 with the participation of 132 states among them Sweden, Austria, Ireland, Malta, Cyprus and the Netherlands; to actively participate in the upcoming negotiations between 16 June and 7 July;
Amendment 137 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph o b (new)
Paragraph o b (new)
(ob) (Before P) to criticise the fact that by not participating in the talks, the two EU member states in possession of a nuclear arsenal are in breach of their obligations under the NPT treaty to disarm;
Amendment 139 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph q a (new)
Paragraph q a (new)
(qa) to reinforce existing, strict interpretations of an international legal framework which stipulates that the use of armed drones has to respect international humanitarian and human rights law;
Amendment 146 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph s
Paragraph s
(s) to call for a strengthening of the global response to migration, byhuman rights based global response to migration, while underlining that global mobility should not be considered a threat but an opportunity; recalls in this context that saving lives at sea and ensuring rights of migrants must be of paramount importance and to building on the successful UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants of 19 September 2016 and addressing the challenges and security concerns that arise, such as illegal migration and human trafficking;
Amendment 161 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph u
Paragraph u
(u) to demand that greater efforts be made to prevent irrreject "blanket" return policies without stipulating safegular migrationd clauses and to fight people smuggling and human trafficking, in particular by combating criminal networks through timely and effective exchange of relevant intelligence; to improve methods to identify and protect victims and to reinforce cooperation with third countries with a view to tracking, seizing and recovering the proceeds of criminal activities in this sector while respecting international human rights law; to insist at UN level on the importance of the ratification and full implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and the Protocols thereto against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air and to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children;
Amendment 166 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph v
Paragraph v
(v) to reiterate clearly and firmly that all human rights agreed under UN conventions are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and that respect for these rights must be enforced; to continue to encourage all UN Member States to sign and ratify the different human rights conventions and to comply with their reporting obligations under these instruments; to draw attention to human rights violations and abuses worldwide; to call for the defence of the freedoms of opinion and expression; to emphasize the importance of a free press in a healthy society and the role of every citizen therein, and to defend the freedoms of association and assembly;
Amendment 170 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph v a (new)
Paragraph v a (new)
(va) to urge all States, including the EU Member States to swiftly ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant of Economic Social and Cultural Rights establishing complaint and inquiry mechanisms;
Amendment 171 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph v b (new)
Paragraph v b (new)
(vb) to call for further empowerment of women and girls and the eradication of all violence and discrimination against women and girls, including gender-based violence; to continue to support the work of UN women in its action and by taking into account discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression;
Amendment 172 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph v c (new)
Paragraph v c (new)
(vc) to strengthen UN and EU's actions against violence, killings, abuse and discrimination against LGBTI persons, to support close monitoring of the situation of LGBTI persons in countries with anti- LGBTI laws or where such laws have recently been introduced, by condemning these practices in accordance in full compliance with the international human rights law and with the EU Guidelines; stresses the importance of promotion and protection of LGBTI's Human Rights defenders through increased support including by launching awareness campaigns;
Amendment 190 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph y
Paragraph y
(y) to strengthen the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the international criminal justice system in order to promote accountability and to end impunity; to lead by example by urging the two European Union Permanent Members of the Security Council to finally ratify the Kampala amendments;
Amendment 195 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph z a (new)
Paragraph z a (new)
(za) to urge all States, including the EU Member States to swiftly ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant of Economic Social and Cultural Rights establishing complaint and inquiry mechanisms;
Amendment 196 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph z b (new)
Paragraph z b (new)
(zb) to support the further implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights by urging all countries, including EU Member States, to develop and implement National Action Plans, legally obliging businesses to ensure observance of human rights, including guarantees against land grabbing, and environmental and safety standards within their own supply chain;
Amendment 197 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph z c (new)
Paragraph z c (new)
(zc) to launch an initiative to promote an international framework on tools of torture and capital punishment, drawing on the experience of the EU regulation 1236/2005 on this issue;
Amendment 198 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph z d (new)
Paragraph z d (new)
(zd) to support UN efforts to put in place an international framework on sport and human rights, which facilitates the prevention, monitoring and provision of remedy to human rights abuses connected to mega sporting events;
Amendment 221 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ab
Paragraph ab
(ab) to ensure that the EU remains at the forefront of the fight against climate change, and cooperates further with the UN in this area; to call upon all UN Members to uphold the Paris agreement and to ensure swift implementation of the decisions taken at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference, notably swiftly phasing out fossil fuels as has been enshrined in the Paris Agreement, and making all the possible effort to limit global warming as closely as possible to 1.5C including through an increased efficiency of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS);
Amendment 225 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ab a (new)
Paragraph ab a (new)
(aba) to proactively address the most challenging consequences of climate change and to ensure due protection to its victims, namely through the recognition on a UN level of a climate refugee status;
Amendment 228 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ab b (new)
Paragraph ab b (new)
(abb) to work closely with small island states and other countries facing the most serious consequences of climate change to ensure that their voice and their needs are taken into consideration in the different UN fora;
Amendment 231 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ac
Paragraph ac
(ac) to underline the importance that EU Member States attach to coordinating their action in the organs and bodies of the United Nations system and to engage further to enhance the observer status of the EU in certain UN sub-organisations;
Amendment 237 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ad
Paragraph ad
(ad) to support actively a comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council on the basis of a broad consensus; to promote the revitalisation of the work of the General Assembly, and improved coordination and coherence of the action of all UN institutions, which should enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, legitimacy, transparency, accountability, capacity and representativeness of the system; to invite France as the future only remaining EU permanent member in the Security Council to share its responsibility with the other EU members with the goal to progress towards a de facto EU seat in the Security Council in the future;
Amendment 250 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ad a (new)
Paragraph ad a (new)
(ada) upon welcoming the new Secretary General for his election, to actively support his strive to enhance the role of multilateralism in a globalised world and his respective UN reform efforts, notably on streamlining the financial organisation of the UN as well as reducing department overlap;
Amendment 253 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ad b (new)
Paragraph ad b (new)
(adb) to establish an effective system of protection for UN whistle-blowers;
Amendment 255 #
2017/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ad c (new)
Paragraph ad c (new)
(adc) to actively support the efforts by the Secretary General to appoint more women in senior management posts at the UN HQ level ; also for the EU and the UN to appoint more female police officers and soldiers to missions and operations; to push for gender advisors for individual missions and operations and specific action plans which design how UNSCR 1325 and 2242 are being implemented at the level of each mission and operation;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 a (new)
Citation 36 a (new)
- having regard to the newly established European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) in Berlin, which aims to establish the artistic and cultural presence of Europe's 12 million Roma people, enables their self- expression and through this, contributes to the fight against anti-Gypsyism,
Amendment 10 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) founded in 2013 with the objective to promote democracy and human rights in all ASEAN states,
Amendment 15 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to the ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, signed by all ASEAN member states in November 2015,
Amendment 26 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the integration processes of the EU and ASEAN each follow their own logic but are, however, comparable, as both rules-based organisations have been fostering peaceful co-existence and development of their members for many decades; as such, the EU is a unique type of partner for ASEAN;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU experience has in the past served as a source of inspiration for other regional integration processes; whereas the ASEAN countries, however, have been waitingEU´s current economic and political difficulties have raised concerns amongst ASEAN countries, which want to see whetherhow the EU will be able to overcome its problemchallenges and divisions;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas at present centrifugal forces are threatening the integration processes in both regions; whereas the EU is struggling with several overlapping crises ranging from the euro to migration and Brexit, and whereas ASEAN, in spite of the goal of fostering ASEAN centrality, saw intra-ASEAN trade decline in 2016 and has been beset with problems, including diverging foreign policy trajectories and spillover effects from domestic problems pertaining to religious relations and ethnic minorities, social inequalities and human rights violations;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas human rights violations, widespread land grabs, and environmental degradation have had a significant impact on local communities, including indigenous and marginalized groups; whereas any erosion of democracy, human rights protection, and space for civil society constitutes also a regional concern in Southeast Asia; whereas local communities and civil society in ASEAN have highlighted such concerns and sought to bring them to the attention of regional leaders;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas ASEAN constitutes an important regional platform, which could play an important role in efforts to address human rights violations and concerns at the level of its member states;
Amendment 86 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commends the VP/HR and the Commission for adopting a Joint Communication, endorsed by the Member States, setting out a roadmap for deepening the partnership in political, security and economic matters, and in connectivity, the environment, natural resources and other domains, such as the promotion and protection of human rights;
Amendment 98 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Expresses serious concern over the increasing defence spending in the region and its neighbourhood and over tendencies of growing militarisation of conflicts, notably in the South China Sea and the East China Sea; calls on the Member States to strictly abide by the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports; insists on the importance of the non- proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, notably in view of the latest developments in the DPRK;
Amendment 105 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports EU-ASEAN cooperationsecurity partnership on a host of non-conventional security issues with a view to strengthening regional capabilities in different security areas, and in particular strengthened dialogue and cooperation on maritime security, piracy, fight against organised crime and support for Europol- Aseanapol cooperation in this area, counterterrorism, cyber security, climate security, preventive diplomacy and mediation, crisis management and disaster preparedness;
Amendment 139 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is concerned that climate change will have a major impact on ASEAN; urges the ASEAN member states to accelerate the shift towards low-carbon economies and to rapidly reduce deforestation, effectively curb forest fires and adopt more environmentally friendly technologies for transport and buildings; welcomes the EU’s initiative of a new dedicated EU- ASEAN Policy Dialogue on Environment and Sustainable Development; notes in this context the EU support for the task of clearance of unexploded ordnances in some countries in the region; urges EU- ASEAN cooperation on the protection of maritime environmentssustainable tourism, food security, the protection of biological diversity, in particular the coral reefs, and to effectively address overfishing in the region;
Amendment 142 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. IWelcomes the first EU-ASEAN Policy Dialogue on Human Rights which took place in Brussels in October 2015 and looks forward to further such dialogues; is deeply concerned about the erosion of democracy and human rights in certain countries in the region and the restrictions on space for civil society, particularly for environmental, land rights and labour rights activists and media workers, human rights defenders and media workers; is concerned by the setbacks with regard to the abolition of the death penalty in the region and calls on all ASEAN countries to refrain from reinstating the death penalty and to abide by international obligations; welcomes efforts made in the fight against trafficking in human beings and forced labour in the region and calls on all governments to further increase the protection of victims and the cross country coordination and cooperation; hopes that specific and verifiable targets and measures will be included in the AICHR’'s five-year work plan and that human rights violations will beits mandate will be strengthened so that it can actively monitored, investigated and prosecuted human rights violations; urges the EU and the Member States to seek out all opportunities for cooperation with the ASEAN countries on strengthening democracy; urges all ASEAN member states to ratify further UN human rights conventions and their optional protocols, as well as the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC); and to support initiatives for transitional justice, reconciliation and the fight against impunity across the region;
Amendment 156 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Expresses particular concern about the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines related to the anti-drug campaign with thousands of reported drug-related killings since President Duterte took office on 30 June 2016; calls for access of the UN Special Representative for extrajudicial killings to the country;
Amendment 159 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Is deeply concerned by the violence in Rakhine State in Myanmar and calls to actively support the call by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for a commission of inquiry over serious concerns that Myanmar's security forces might have been complicit in crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya minority; calls to ensure that perpetrators of serious human rights violations are held accountable;
Amendment 160 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Calls on European companies invested in the ASEAN region to live up to their corporate social responsibilities and to respect European standards concerning consumer, labour and environmental rights and to uphold the rights of the indigenous population;
Amendment 161 #
2017/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the EU institutions and the EU Member States to give adequate priority to a high frequency of political contacts, notably at ministerial level, and to take full advantage of the ASEAN-EU coordinator Member State responsible for coordinating ASEAN's Dialogue Relations with the EU and the ASEAN chairmanship; recalls the demand for a region-to-region EU-ASEAN parliamentary assembly and urges the increase of parliamentary public diplomacy in various policy areas; insists in the meantime on strengthening cooperation with the ASEAN Inter- Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA); through regular and structured exchanges; calls on the EU institutions and Member States to take also advantage of the opportunities for intense exchanges on regional issues presented at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue Forum;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the Kampala Amendments to the Rome Statute, adopted by the Review Conference in Kampala, Uganda in June 2010,
Amendment 7 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Guidelines on Promoting Compliance with International Humanitarian Law,
Amendment 8 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
- having regard to the Strategy of the EU Genocide Network to combat impunity for the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes within the European Union and its Member States, adopted on 30 October 2014,
Amendment 11 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 17 July 2014 on the Crime of Aggression,
Amendment 12 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 16 December 2015 on Preparing for the World Humanitarian Summit: Challenges and opportunities for humanitarian assistance
Amendment 14 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, also known as ‘atrocity crimes’, as well as the crime of aggression are the most serious crimes against humankind;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the ICC plays a key role in the fight against impunity and the restoration of peace and providing justice for victims;
Amendment 30 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, in accordance with the Preamble to the Rome Statute, as well as with the principle of complementarityprinciple of complementarity, as enshrined in the Rome Statute, the ICC only acts in instances where national courts are unable or unwilling to hold trialsgenuinely investigate and prosecute, so that States Parties retain the primary responsibility for prosecuting atrocity crimesbringing to justice the alleged perpetrators of the most serious crimes of international concern;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas cooperation among States Parties to the Rome Statute and with regional organisations is of the utmost importance, particularly in situations where the jurisdiction of the ICC is being challenged, such as the EU and the African Union, is of utmost importance;
Amendment 33 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU and its Member States have been staunch allies of the ICC from its inception, offering continued political, diplomatic, financial and logistical support, including the promotion of universality and the defence of the integrity of the Rome Statute system;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the EU and its Member States have pledged to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to strongly support the establishment of an effective mechanism for strengthening compliance with international humanitarian law; whereas the Parliament has requested the VP/HR to report back on the objectives and strategy devised in order to deliver on this pledge;
Amendment 55 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the EUʼs commitment to act on the international scene in the name of the principles that inspired its creation, such as democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights and for the principles of the UN Charter of the United Nations and international law; reaffirms, in this context, that addressing the human rights violations occurring in cases of genocide, crimes against humanity andmost serious violations of human rights arising to the gravity-threshold of crimes against humanity and genocide and the grave breaches of international humanitarian law arising to the level of war crimes should be of the utmostimperative importance for the EU;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the EU and its Member States to use all their political weight to prevent any act that could be considered a crime of atrocity from taking place, to respond in an efficient and coordinated manner in cases where such crimes occur , including through the exercise of universal jurisdiction, and to mobilise all necessary resources to bring to justice all those responsible, as well as to support the victims and stabilisation and reconciliation processes;
Amendment 80 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Deplores the widespread lack of respect for international humanitarian law and the alarming rate of loss of civilian lives and attacks against civilian infrastructure in armed conflicts around the world; urges the international community to convene an international conference to prepare a new international mechanism for tracking and collecting data, and for publicly reporting on violations in the course of armed conflicts; reiterates its request to the VP/HR to present, on an annual basis, a public list of alleged perpetrators of attacks on schools and hospitals, for the purpose of defining appropriate EU action to halt such attacks;
Amendment 84 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Member States to ratify the principal international humanitarian law (IHL) instruments and other relevant legal instruments; acknowledges the importance of the EU Guidelines on promoting compliance with IHL, and reiterates its call on the VP/HR and the EEAS to step up their implementation, notably in relation to war crimes in the Middle East; calls on the EU to support initiatives aiming at spreading knowledge of IHL and good practices in its application, and calls on the EU to seize all bilateral tools at its disposal effectively to promote compliance with IHL by its partners, including through political dialogue;
Amendment 87 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Reiterates its call to the VP/HR to launch an initiative aimed at imposing an EU arms embargo against countries that are accused of serious allegations of breaches of international law, notably with regard to the deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure; stresses that the continued authorisation of arms sales to such countries represents a breach of the Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008;
Amendment 89 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on the EU to keep victims' rights at the heart of all actions in the fight against impunity and to emphasise and promote the rights of victims under international law to participation, protection and redress;
Amendment 91 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates its full support for the ICC, the Rome Statute system, the Office of the Prosecutor, and the Prosecutor’s proprio motu powers and the progress made in initiating new investigations, which is an essential means of fighting impunity for atrocity crimes; also underlines the possibility for the UN Security Council to refer a situation in any country to the ICC Prosecutor under Chapter VII of the UN Charter if it determines that a situation amounts to a threat to international peace and security; in this context, regrets the failure of the UNSC to act, in some cases where there was strong evidence of widespread and serious international crimes; calls on the EU to support the initiatives against the use of the veto in the UNSC in case of mass atrocities, and as mentioned in the EU Global Strategy;
Amendment 93 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reaffirms the paramount importance of universal adherence to the Rome Statute of the ICC; calls on the states which have not yet done so to ratify the Rome Statute and the Kampala amendments in order to support accountability and reconciliation, which are key elements in preventing future atrocities; reaffirms, equally, the crucial importance of the integrity of the Rome Statute system;
Amendment 98 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with regret the recent announcements of withdrawals from the Rome Statute, which represent a challenge, notably in terms of victims’ access to justice; calls on the countries concerned to reconsider their decision; welcomes the fact that one of these has already retracted its withdrawal notificatwelcomes the decision by two of the concerned countries to revoke their decision to withdraw from the ICC; calls on the remaining country concerned to reconsider its decision;
Amendment 107 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the invaluable assistance by civil society organisations to the Court; is concerned by reports of threats and intimidation directed at some civil society organisations cooperating with the Court; calls to ensure a safe environment for civil society organisations to operate and cooperate with the Court and to take all necessary action to address threats and intimidation directed at them in that regard;
Amendment 108 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes note of the progress made in the implementation of the Action Plan to follow-up on the Decision on the ICC of 12 July 2011; calls for an evaluation of the implementation of the Action Plan in order to identify possible areas in which the effectiveness of EU action could be improved; underlines, in this context, the important role of parliamentarians in promoting the ICC and the fight against impunity, including through inter- parliamentary cooperation,
Amendment 111 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Strongly encourages the EU and its Member States to use all thepolitical and diplomatic tools at their disposal to support effective cooperation with the ICC, including in relation to the execution of pending arrest warrants and witness protection programmes; calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Council to agree on the adoption of concrete measures for responding to non-cooperation with the ICC that could complement political statementsin addition to political statements; underlines the importance of ensuring sufficient financial contributions to the Court for its effective functioning;
Amendment 114 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Strongly encourages all States, including EU Member States, to ratify the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court; and to enter into an agreement with the ICC to relocate witnesses and victims as well as to enforce sentences;
Amendment 116 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on all States, including the EU and its Member States, to make a voluntary contribution to the ICC Trust Fund for Victims in order to support the ICC mandate towards victims of the most heinous crimes:
Amendment 128 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls, furthermore, for the EU and its Member States to support reform processes and national capacity-building efforts aimed at strengthening the independence of the judiciary, the law- enforcement sector and, the penitentiary system and reparation programmes in third countries directly affected by the alleged commission of such crimes, as committed to in the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2015-2019; welcomes, in this context, the EU’s Framework on Support to Transitional Justice 2015 and looks forward to its effective implementation;
Amendment 130 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EU Member States to ensure that coordination and cooperation with the ICC is included in the mandate of relevant regional EU Special Representatives (EUSRs); reiterates its calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity and to the ICC across EU foreign policies;
Amendment 157 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that international criminal law and particularly the mandate of the international criminal tribunals have clearly defined the responsibility of individuals belonging to non- state actors involved in international crimes; stresses that this responsibility not only relates to such individuals that are the direct perpetrators and their commanders/superiors, but also to indirect co-perpetrators who plan, finance, provide logistical and/or ideological support or otherwise aid and abet in the commission of such crimes;
Amendment 160 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms, in this context, its strong condemnation of the heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by ‘ISIS/Daesh’ in Syria and Iraq, including killingsextermination, torture, rape, enslavement including sexual slavery, forced religious conversions and killings (e.g. the systematic murder of religious minorities; believes that the prosecution of the perpetrators should be a priority for the international community); in this context, recalls that sexual violence can, according to the Rome Statute, and judgments of the ICC, amount to a war crime and a crime against humanity; believes that the prosecution of the perpetrators should be a priority for the international community; stresses that extrajudicial killings or other acts of revenge against 'ISIS/Daesh' operatives is being used by this organisation and other extremist groups as a recruitment argument;
Amendment 186 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the Commission of Inquiry on Syria set up by the Human Rights Council and the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) set up by the UN General Assembly to assist in the investigations of serious crimes committed in Syria - which shall be expanded to crimes committed in Iraq and other territories in which ISIS is active - , and calls on all EU Member States, all parties to the conflict in Syria and Iraq, civil society and the UN system as a whole to cooperate fully with the IIIM and to provide it with any information and documentation they might possess to assist in the delivery of its mandate;
Amendment 192 #
2016/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the EUʼs efforts to support the work of the Commission for International Justice and AccountabilityNGOs that are documenting atrocity crimes, including under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights; calls for the EU to give direct support to Iraqi and Syrian civil society organizations in gathering, preserving and protecting evidence of crimes committed by ‘ISIS/Daesh’; supports the Uni and other groups, including State actors, that are implicated Kingdom the commission of atrocities; supports the British and Belgian initiative at UN level to gather evidence of the crimes committed by ‘ISIS/Daesh’ in Syria and Iraq in order to facilitate its prosecution internationally;
Amendment 72 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas internal and external coherence in the area of human rights is essential for the credibility of the EU’s human rights policy abroad, and whereas increased coherence between EU internal and external policies, as well as among the EU’s external policies is also an indispensable requirement for a successful and effective EU human rights and democratisation policy; whereas the challenge of coherence is particularly striking in relation to the current migration policy, which is widely perceived as inconsistent with the EU's human rights commitments;
Amendment 188 #
2016/2219(INI)
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, including under the pretext of combating terrorism (through the introduction of counter-terrorism laws);
Amendment 199 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. CNotes an increasing lack of consistency with regard to human rights compliance in the EU's external action; calls on all the EU institutions and the Member States to act on their commitments to promote, protect and realise human rights and fundamental freedoms, and to place human rights at the centre of the EU’s relations with all third countries – including its strategic partners – and at all levels;
Amendment 218 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EU to denounce, systematically and unequivocally, the harassment, arbitrary arrests and killings of human rights defenders (HRDs), and to step up its public diplomacy in open and clear support of human rights defenders, also when it comes to their testimony in multilateral fora; encourages the EU Delegations and the Member States' diplomatic representations to continue to actively support human rights defenders, notably by systematically monitoring trials, visiting HRDs in jail and issuing statements on individual cases, where appropriate;
Amendment 222 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Insists on the importance of ensuring coherence of EU policy towards situations of occupation or annexation of territory; recalls that international humanitarian law should guide EU policy towards all such situations, including in cases of protracted occupation such as in Palestine, Western Sahara, Northern Cyprus and the multiple frozen conflicts in the Eastern Partnership countries;
Amendment 225 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the adoption of the second EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy (2015-2019), and urges allthe EU actors to make full use of the Action Plan’s tools and flexibility to respond effectively to emnd its Member States to fully implement the actions thergeing and shifting challenges to the protection of human rightsin a timely manner;
Amendment 242 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reiterates its belief that the Annual Report on Human Rights and DemocracyWelcomes the attempts made to improve and make the thematic part of the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy more concise and systematic, and to make it more widely available to the general public; reiterates its belief that the Annual Report should be strengthened by a more critical and analytical approach whereby, in addition to achievements and best practices, the report would highlight very specific challenges and constraints faced in third countries, as well as make recommendations for corrective action; stresses that Member States should take greater ownership of the Action Plan and report back on their implementation of the latter; reiterates its view that country reports which form part of the Annual Report should be as little descriptive as possible and should reflect the implementation of Human Rights Country Strategies and give an overview of the impact of the EU's actions on the ground;
Amendment 258 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the EUSR to consult systematically with civil society, including local civil society organisations, ahead of his visits to third countrieStresses the importance of systematic support for, and consultation with civil society; welcomes in this respect the EUSR's strong engagement with civil society, including local civil society organisations and human rights defenders ahead of, during and in follow-up to his visits to partner countries, and stresses the importance of continued and ever- stronger engagement on these lines; fully supports the EUSR's focus on the promotion and protection of an open space for civil society and human rights defenders as a key priority during his mandate; calls on the EUSR to report back to CSOs and to Parliament after his visits; regrets that the work and the impact of the EUSR can only be partially accessed through a review of the Annual Report on Human Rights, his Twitter account, and available speeches; also regrets that there is neither official information on his activities, plans, nor progress reports and reviews;
Amendment 312 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Expresses concern about the lack of transparency and public reporting on the military strikes carried out by or with the involvement of EU Member States in the context of international coalitions; calls on Member States to provide precise information about their military involvement in such coalitions and about the measures taken to ensure full compliance with international humanitarian law;
Amendment 316 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Firmly reiterates that human rights agreed under UN conventions are universal, indivisible, inter-dependent and inter-related, and that respect for these rights must be enforced; in this regard, calls on the EU and its Member States to reflect the equal importance of rights in their voting patterns and to determine their vote on UNHRC resolutions on the basis of the substance rather than the sponsors of these texts; stresses that it is important that the Member States ratify all international human rights instruments established by the UN, including those enshrined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and, notably, the Optional Protocol establishing complaints and inquiry mechanisms, in conformity with Article 21 TEU;
Amendment 322 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Reiterates, furthermore, the importance of ensuring that the EU engages actively and consistently in UN human rights mechanisms, in particular with the Third Committee, the General Assembly (UNGA) and the UNHRC; supports efforts made by the EEAS, the EU delegations in New York and Geneva, and the Member States to increase further EU coherence on human rights issues at the UN; encourages the EU to intensify the practice of cross-regional initiatives, and to initiate and co-sponsor resolutions; calls on the EU Member States not to vote in support of UNHRC membership for States that are responsible for large-scale human rights violations, and to publicize their votes; reiterates its call for stronger visibility of EU action in all multilateral forums;
Amendment 339 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Condemns the dramatic number of deaths at sea in the Mediterranean of people attempting to reach Europe; 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 approach to find long-term solutions grounded in respect for human rights and dignity; considers the lack of solidarity and the failure to protect migrants and refugees one of the biggest failings of a principled human rights-based policy by the EU in recent times;
Amendment 391 #
2016/2219(INI)
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 exploitationmigrants and refugees to smuggling or trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 406 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 g (new)
Paragraph 35 g (new)
35g. Urges the EU and its Member States to pay attention to the identification of refugees and migrants as victims of trafficking in human beings or as victims of violations and abuse as part of smuggling; calls in that context for trainings for border guards to ensure accurate identification, which is fundamental to the realisation of the rights to which victims are legally entitled;
Amendment 408 #
Amendment 409 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 i (new)
Paragraph 35 i (new)
35i. Calls on the EU to make the fight against trafficking in human beings (THB) a priority in its external policies, addressing both the demand and supply side of the phenomenon, including European consumers and European companies abroad, to pay particular attention to the protection of victims and to increase communication and cooperation with relevant actors in the fight against THB; reiterates the need for all EU Member States to implement the EU Directive (2011/36/EU) and the EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings;
Amendment 417 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Reiterates its call on the EU to ensure that all migration cooperation and readmission agreements with non-EU states comply with international human rights, refugee law and international maritime law and to integrate monitoring mechanisms in order to evaluate the human rights impact of cooperation on migration with non-EU states and of border control measures, including Frontex and operations under its mandate; insists that human rights need to be mainstreamed and monitored in all activities carried out by Frontex;
Amendment 424 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 c (new)
Paragraph 36 c (new)
36c. Stresses that, while the development of a coherent EU-level approach to migration is long overdue, the establishment of a framework for cooperation on migration with third countries based on sanctioning states that do not cooperate on readmission, return or prevention of irregular migration, in exchange for conditional development and trade cooperation, would be a serious abdication of responsibilities by the EU; in this context, calls on the EU to strictly comply with international law, increase transparency and ensure parliamentary scrutiny and democratic oversight and to delink development cooperation from cooperation on readmission or migration management;
Amendment 448 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Amendment 449 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)
Paragraph 39 b (new)
39b. Notes with great concern that according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), around 21 million men, women and children around the world are in a form of slavery; highlights the need to address human rights in a holistic and indivisible fashion, by emphasising and strongly committing to economic, social and cultural rights, since without these rights there can be no development; highlights the obligation to respect international labour standards, in line with the fulfilment of the ILO Decent Work Agenda; regrets that the EU does not have a homogenous formula for a "social clause" to be inserted in all external trade agreements;
Amendment 466 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Reaffirms the urgent need to act in a continuous, effective and coherent manner at all levels, including national, European and international, in order effectively to address human rights abuses by international corporations when they appear, and to ensure that they can be held accountable, including by addressing the legal problems resulting from the extra- territorial dimension of companies and their conduct;
Amendment 474 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Recalls the different but complementary roles of states and companies with regard to human rights protection; strongly reiterates that, where human rights abuses occur, states must grant the victims access to effective remedy; recalls, in this context, that respect for human rights by third countries, including guarantees of effective remedy for people under their jurisdictionall victims of such abuses, constitutes an essential element of the EU’s external relations with these countries;
Amendment 483 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 e (new)
Paragraph 46 e (new)
46e. Calls on the Commission to establish, in cooperation with the EEAS, a framework for annual reporting by the European Investment Bank (EIB) on its operations outside of the EU with regard to compliance with the general principles guiding Union external action as referred to in Article 21 TEU and the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan for Human Rights; urges the Commission to ensure that the projects supported by the EIB are in line with EU policies, and recommends improving ex-post controls assessing the economic, social and environmental impact of EIB supported projects; calls on the EIB to further develop its policy on social standards into a human rights policy in the area of banking; calls for the inclusion of human rights benchmarks in its project evaluations;
Amendment 490 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Reiterates its strong call for the systematic introduction of human rights clauses in all international agreements, including trade and investment agreements, between the EU and third countries, as well as to make use of these clauses and the need to include a complaint mechanism in those clauses;
Amendment 496 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 f (new)
Paragraph 48 f (new)
48f. Stresses that repeated infringements of core labour standards have been reported in several countries with GSP+ status, but that this has not led to an investigation or a suspension of preferences; urges the genuine enforcement of GSP+ to be implemented alongside a transparent reporting mechanism and funding for civil society monitoring;
Amendment 511 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 h (new)
Paragraph 50 h (new)
50h. Denounces the increasing practice by authoritarian states of hosting mega sports or cultural events in order to boost their international legitimacy whilst further restricting domestic dissent; calls on the EU and Member States to engage with national sports federations, corporate actors and civil society organizations on the modalities of their participation in such events, including with regards to the FIFA World Cup in Russia in 2018 and in Qatar in 2022, and the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2022; calls for the development of an EU policy framework on sport and human rights;
Amendment 516 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Encourages the VP/HR to continue to support the process of ratification and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by those countries that have not ratified or implemented it as yet, and calls on the EU Special Representative for Human Rights to lead and monitor progress in this field, with special regard to standardisation efforts in terms of accessibility;
Amendment 531 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Stresses the importance of not undermining the acquis of the Beijing and Cairo Platforms for Action regarding access to education and health as a basic human right, and the protection of sexual and reproductive rights, and to ensure that all necessary safe medical assistance is provided to female war rape victimsnd psychological assistance and services are provided to female war rape victims, including abortion, as foreseen under international humanitarian law; points out that family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception and safe abortion are important elements in saving women’s lives, and in reducing infant and maternal mortality, and highlights the need to place these policies at the core of development cooperation with third countries;
Amendment 551 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Reaffirms the urgent need for universal ratification and effective implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Child and its Optional Protocols, and requests that the EU systematically raises, in its political and human rights dialogues with third countries, the issue of State parties’ obligations to implement the Convention; welcomes the ratification of the Convention by South Sudan and Somalia; calls on the United States of America, as the last remaining State in the world not to have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to do so as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 607 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
67. Is deeply concerned that iIndigenous pPeoples are still in particular danger of being discriminated against, and are especially vulnerable to political, economic, environmental and labour- related changes and disturbances; notes that most live below the poverty threshold and have little or no access to political representation and decision-making; is particularly concerned about reported widespread and growing land-grabbing, forced displacement and human rights abuse contrary to their right to free, prior and informed consent as ensured in the United Nations Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and recognized in the 2005 European Consensus on Development; is particularly concerned about reported widespread and growing human rights abuses against Indigenous Peoples, such as the persecution, arbitrary arrests and killings of human rights defenders, forced displacement, land- grabbing and corporate violations;
Amendment 610 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 a (new)
Paragraph 67 a (new)
67a. Notes with deep concern that indigenous peoples are particularly affected by human rights violations related to resource extraction; calls on the European Commission and the EEAS to support rigorous legal frameworks and initiatives aiming at transparency and good governance of mining and other resources sectors which respect local people's free, prior and informed consent and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; calls on the EU Delegations to further strengthen the dialogue with Indigenous Peoples on the ground in order to identify and prevent human rights violations;
Amendment 617 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 17 b (new)
Subheading 17 b (new)
Fight against all forms of discrimination
Amendment 618 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 g (new)
Paragraph 67 g (new)
67g. Condemns in the strongest terms all forms of discrimination, including those based on race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, language, culture, religion or belief, social origin, caste, birth, age, disability or any other status; urges that the EU intensifies its efforts to eradicate all types of discrimination, racism and xenophobia through human rights and political dialogues, the work of the EU Delegations and public diplomacy; urges, further, that the EU continues to promote the ratification and full implementation of all relevant UN conventions, such as the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination or the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; welcomes the EEAS work on an anti- discrimination handbook;
Amendment 622 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 j (new)
Paragraph 67 j (new)
67j. Notes with deep concern the extent and dehumanising consequences of caste- based discrimination, an alarming and increasing rate of caste-based violent attacks on Dalits and institutionalised discrimination with impunity; expresses its grave concern about multiple forms of discrimination and the nexus of caste discrimination, and violence against women, forced and bonded labour, torture, inequality, poverty and lack of access to education and health services; reiterates its call for EU policy development on caste discrimination and requests a higher EU profile and public diplomacy on the issue and effective support to international initiatives for its elimination; calls on the EU to use every opportunity to express its grave concern over caste discrimination;
Amendment 626 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Calls on the EU, its Member States and its Special Representatives actively to promote the ICC, the enforcement of its decisions and the fight against impunity for Rome Statute crimes, and expresses serious concern about the fact that several arrest warrants have still not been executed; urges the EU and its Member States to cooperate with the Court, and to continue to provide strong diplomatic and political support to efforts to strengthen and expand the relationship between the ICC and the UN, in particular in the context of the UN Security Council, in the Court’s bilateral relations and in all other fora and to take steps to prevent and respond effectively to instances of non-cooperation with the ICC;
Amendment 628 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 b (new)
Paragraph 69 b (new)
69b. Reiterates its call for the creation of an EU Special Representative on International Justice and International Humanitarian Law in order to give the prominence and visibility these topics deserve, to advance the EU agenda effectively and mainstream the EU's commitment to the fight against impunity and the ICC across EU foreign policies;
Amendment 630 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 d (new)
Paragraph 69 d (new)
69d. Calls on the EU and its Member States to adopt a common position on the crime of aggression and the Kampala Amendments and urges the EU to be at the forefront of pushing for the Rome Statute and the Kampala Amendments to be ratified and to activate the Court's jurisdiction over the crime of aggression;
Amendment 635 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Deeply regrets the lack of respect for international humanitarian law, and expresses its grave concern over the alarmingly increasing rate of collateral damage in armed conflicts around the world, and of deadly attacks against hospitals, schools and other civilian targets; welcomes the pledge of the EU and the EU Member States to the ICRC to strongly support the establishment of an effective mechanism on strengthening compliance with IHL, yet calls on the HR/VP to report to Parliament on her objectives and strategy to achieve this pledge; insists in this regard on the need for an international mechanism to track, collect data and report on violations of international humanitarian law;
Amendment 638 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
Paragraph 72
72. Calls on the Member States to ratify the principal international humanitarian law instruments and other relevant legal instruments that have an impact on international humanitarian law; deplores that 7 Member States have yet to ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions; calls on the EU and its Member States to support a global ban on the use of white phosphorus, notably through the conclusion of a new protocol to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons banning the use of such weapons;
Amendment 641 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 c (new)
Paragraph 72 c (new)
72c. Acknowledges the importance of the EU Guidelines on promoting compliance with international humanitarian law, yet regrets that their implementation by EU institutions and Member States and the level of awareness among public officials remain grossly inadequate;
Amendment 647 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 i (new)
Paragraph 72 i (new)
72i. Deplores that a number of close partners of the EU and its Member States are engaged in grave violations of international humanitarian law, including attacks against hospitals and schools; calls on the EU to seize all bilateral tools at its disposal to effectively promote compliance with international humanitarian law by its partners, including through its political dialogue and, in the event that such dialogue yields no results, to consider other measures; calls on the EU to support initiatives aiming at spreading knowledge of IHL and good practices in its application;
Amendment 652 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 n (new)
Paragraph 72 n (new)
72n. Calls on the VP/HR to launch an initiative aimed at imposing an EU arms embargo against countries that are accused of serious allegations of breaches of international humanitarian law, notably with regards the deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure; stresses the fact that the continued licensing of weapons sales to such countries represents a breach of the Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008;
Amendment 692 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76
Paragraph 76
76. Encourages the international community and the EU to provide protection for minorities, to install safe zones, and to build a coalition, with a view to preventing abductions and preserving the diversity of ethnic, cultural and religious identities; calls for the recognition, and self-administration and right to self-defence of ethnic and religious minorities living in areas where they have historically had a strong presence and lived peacefully alongside each other – particular in the Sinjar mountains (Yazidis), the Nineveh plains (Chaldean- Syriac-Assyrian peoples) and other parts of Northern Iraq – and for instruments of reconstruction to be established in order to guarantee the safe return of displaced persons and refugees;
Amendment 726 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. Calls on the VP/HR and the EU foreign ministers to place on the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council, on a regular basis, a discussion of EU efforts to pursue the release of human rights defenders, journalists, political activists and others, and to arrange a public annual Foreign Affairs Council, with an agenda that includes the shrinking space for civil society and the jailing of human rights defenders, paying special attention to the caas well as to address these cases with relevant counterparts on all occasions, including thoses raised in Parliament’s resolutions concerning debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law;
Amendment 763 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89
Paragraph 89
89. Reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism and its full support forcalls for all actions aimed at the eradication of terrorist organisations, in particular ISIS, which poses a clear threat to regional and international security, while recalling that such actions should always to be in full respect of international human rights law; supports the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2178 (2014) on countering threats posed by foreign terrorist fighters, and of the Madrid Guiding Principles on stemming the flow of foreign terrorist fighters;
Amendment 773 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90
Paragraph 90
90. Recalls that the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy underlines the need to ensure that respect for freedom of opinion and expression are integrated into the development policies and programmes relating to terrorism, including the use of digital surveillance technologies; stresses the need to develop effective communication strategies for countering terrorist and extremist propaganda, and recruitment methods, notably online, as well as preventing radicalisation;
Amendment 795 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 100
Paragraph 100
Amendment 800 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 101
Paragraph 101
101. Welcomes the progress made in 2015 in reviewing Regulation (EC) No 1236/2006 on trade in goods which could be used for capital punishment and torture, in order to improve further the EU’s export control regime and to strengthen provisions to guard against European governments or companies providing a complicit contribution to acts of torture or to the death penalty outside of the EU; calls for the effective and full implementation of this key Regulation; encourages the EU and its Member States to encourage third countries to consider adopting similar legislation, as well as to launch an initiative to promote an international framework on tools of torture and capital punishment;
Amendment 838 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107
Paragraph 107
107. Calls on the EU to take all possible measures towards ensuring greater transparency and accountability on the part of its Member States and third countries in the use of armed drones as regards to the legal basis for their use and to operational responsibility, to allow for judicial review of drone strikes and to ensure that victims of unlawful drone strikes have access to effective remedies;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 21 January 2016 on the EU’s priorities for the UNHRC sessions in 2016 (2015/3035(RSP)) and of 17 July 2014 on the crime of aggression (2014/2724(RSP)),
Amendment 10 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
– having regard to the documents of 14 June 2012 ‘Plan of Action to enhance EU CSDP support to UN peacekeeping’ and of 23 March 2015 ‘Strengthening the UN- EU Strategic Partnership on Peacekeeping and Crisis Management: Priorities 2015-2018’,
Amendment 11 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
– having regard to the ‘Oslo’ Guidelines on the Use of Foreign Military and Civil Defence Assets in Disaster Relief of November 2007,
Amendment 12 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 d (new)
Citation 8 d (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 25 November 2010 on the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security,
Amendment 13 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 e (new)
Citation 8 e (new)
– having regard to the 15 May 2015 UN Evaluation Report on Enforcement and Remedial Assistance Efforts for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by the United Nations and Related Personnel in Peacekeeping Operations,
Amendment 14 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 f (new)
Citation 8 f (new)
– having regard to the speech by Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees in front of the European Parliament on 8 March 2016,
Amendment 15 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
Amendment 28 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas however, only 11 of the 28 EU Member States have made very modest pledges at the 28th September 2015 Leaders’ Summit on Peacekeeping; whereas at this summit other countries have pledged new contingents of standby forces, such as China with 8000 and Colombia with 5000 troops;
Amendment 37 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph a
Paragraph a
(a) to continue to support multilateral attempts to find lasting political solutions to on-going conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, in particular in Syria, Western Sahara, Israel/Palestine, Libya and Yemen; to continue to support the work of the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria, the Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, the UN Envoy to Western Sahara, and the Special Envoy of the Un Secretary-General for Yemen; to call for continued humanitarian, financial and political assistance from the international community in order to address the humanitarian situation, and to work towards the immediate cessation of violence;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph b
Paragraph b
(b) to call for increased support for the efforts of the international community and regional organisations to manage security crises in the South China Sea and on the African continent, in particular in Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Mali, Nigeria and Burundi; to encourage UN Member States to join the EU in supporting the increasing role and own capacities of the African Union in mediation and crisis management;
Amendment 82 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph g
Paragraph g
(g) to reiterate its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism and its full support for actions aimed at the defeat and eradication of terrorist organisations, in particular, the so-called ‘ISIS/Daesh’, which poses a clear threat to regional and international security; insists that all measures taken in the fight against terrorism should be fully in line with international human rights law;
Amendment 89 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph i
Paragraph i
(i) to work with the UN General Assembly in combating the financing of terrorism and to build mechanisms to designate terrorist individuals and organisations and strengthen asset-freezing mechanisms worldwide while upholding international standards on due process and the rule of law;
Amendment 106 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph m a (new)
Paragraph m a (new)
(ma) to welcome the establishment of an Open-ended Working Group (OEWP), as a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly, to take forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations, pursuant to United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/70/33 which met for the first time in February 2016; for all EU Member States to participate in the proceedings of the OEWG and contribute to its mandate to substantively address concrete effective legal measures, legal provisions and norms that will need to be concluded to attain and maintain a world without nuclear weapons, and to examine legal measures, legal provisions and norms to advance nuclear disarmament that can be negotiated in the near term;
Amendment 107 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph m b (new)
Paragraph m b (new)
(mb) for HR/VP Federica Mogherini and the European External Action Service to contribute to the proceedings of the OEWG, taking due account of both the security dimension as well as the humanitarian dimensions of nuclear weapons and for the European Parliament to send a delegation to take part in the proceedings of the OEWG, to be held for 15 days in Geneva;
Amendment 108 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph m c (new)
Paragraph m c (new)
(mc) to reinforce existing, strict interpretations of an international legal framework which stipulates that the use of armed drones has to strictly respect international law in particular international human rights law, international humanitarian law and the law on inter-States use of force preventing wide and permissive interpretations;
Amendment 113 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph p
Paragraph p
(p) to demand that greater efforts be made to prevent irrreject ‘blanket’ return policies without stipulating safegular migrationd clauses and to fight migrant smuggling and human trafficking, in particular by combating criminal networks through timely and effective exchange of relevant intelligence information; to urge the full implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and the Protocols thereto against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air and to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, while respecting international human rights law; to support the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of migrants;
Amendment 119 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph q a (new)
Paragraph q a (new)
(qa) to urge all States, including the EU Member States to swiftly ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant of Economic Social and Cultural Rights establishing complaint and inquiry mechanisms;
Amendment 123 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph q b (new)
Paragraph q b (new)
(qb) to support the further implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights by urging all countries, including EU Member States, to develop and implement National Action Plans, legally obliging businesses to ensure observance of human rights, including guarantees against land grabbing, and environmental and safety standards within their own supply chain;
Amendment 124 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph q c (new)
Paragraph q c (new)
(qc) to support the Accountability and Remedy Project of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to contribute to a fair and more effective system of domestic law remedies in case of human rights abuses in the business sector;
Amendment 125 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph q d (new)
Paragraph q d (new)
(qd) to step up EU and its Member States efforts and support for the UN in the field of investigations of transnational trafficking in human beings, improved methods to identify and protect victims and to reinforce cooperation with third countries to track, seize and recover the proceeds from criminal activities in this sector; calls for confiscated assets to be used to support and compensate victims of trafficking;
Amendment 126 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph q e (new)
Paragraph q e (new)
(qe) to insist at the UN level on the importance of the ratification and the full implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and the Protocols thereto;
Amendment 129 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph r
Paragraph r
(r) to continue to advocate for freedom of religion or belief; to urge greater efforts to protect the rights of religious and other minorities; to call for the repeal of blasphemy lawslaws criminalising blasphemy or apostasy that can serve as a pretext for the persecution of religious minorities and non-believers; to support the work of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief;
Amendment 133 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph s
Paragraph s
(s) to further work towards the universal abolition of the death penalty, leading the way towards the adoption of the next UN General Assembly resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty; expresses its particular concern about the increase in the handing down of the death sentence for drug-related offenses; calls for the exclusion of the use of the capital punishment for such offenses;
Amendment 139 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph t
Paragraph t
(t) to recall the obligation of the General Assembly, when electing the membership of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), to take into account candidates’ respect for the promotion and protection of human rights and in view of the tenth anniversary of the UNHRC to call for an assessment of the Council’s working methods and impact; also to push for improved participation modalities for civil society actors in the Universal Peer Report process;
Amendment 141 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph u
Paragraph u
(u) to strengthen the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the international criminal justice system in order to promote accountability and to end impunityby providing political, diplomatic, financial and logistical support to the ICC in its role of ending the impunity for perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community and to provide justice for the victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide; to actively promote the ICC and the enforcement of its decisions; to encourage all UN member states to join the Court by ratifying the Rome Statute and the Kampala amendments; to foster strong cooperation with the Court by the UN and its bodies and agencies;
Amendment 142 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph u
Paragraph u
(u) to strengthen the role and credibility of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the international criminal justice system in order to promote accountability and to end impunity, inter alia by UNSC referral of the situations in the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea and of Syria; to lead by example by urging the two European Security Council members to finally ratify the Kampala amendments;
Amendment 151 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph u a (new)
Paragraph u a (new)
(ua) to continue its support for the fight against discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against LGBTI people in many countries worldwide and the work of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by LGBTI people;
Amendment 174 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph v a (new)
Paragraph v a (new)
(va) to develop a much more efficient and strategic approach to the UN agencies in particular regarding programming of the external financial instruments to ensure stronger visibility of EU aid on the ground;
Amendment 181 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph w
Paragraph w
(w) to ensure that the EU remains leads at the forefront of the fight against climate change and cooperates further with the UN in this area; to ensure swift implementation of the decisions taken at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, notably swiftly phasing out fossil fuels as has been enshrined in the Paris Agreement, and making all the possible effort to limit global warming as closely as possible to 1.5C including with the upcoming review of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to increase its efficiency;
Amendment 186 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph w a (new)
Paragraph w a (new)
(wa) calls on the UN to address the legal shortfalls in the term ‘climate refugee’, including its possible international definition;
Amendment 203 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph x a (new)
Paragraph x a (new)
(xa) to make clear to the two European Union members of the Security Council that they have the key in their hands to unlock the Security Council reform, considering that the rest of the world criticises Europe for being over- proportionally represented; to put their interests into the service of the collective by renouncing to their seat in favour of a single European seat;
Amendment 208 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph x b (new)
Paragraph x b (new)
(xb) to urge Security Council members to refrain from using its veto right for cases in which crimes against humanity are being committed;
Amendment 213 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph x c (new)
Paragraph x c (new)
(xc) to support a reform of the election and mandate of the Secretary General, notably a single, non-renewable mandate, formal selection and qualification criteria and a transparent, public vetting phase in close cooperation with the UNGA; to propose female candidates for this year’s elections of the next Secretary General;
Amendment 215 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph x d (new)
Paragraph x d (new)
(xd) in view of the 2015 UN report and recent sexual child abuse allegations against French and UN troops in the Central African Republic, to make sure that the UN, EU Member States and the EU’s CSDP organs investigate, prosecute and sentence any UN, national and EU personnel who committed acts of sexual violence without delay and with firmest resolve;
Amendment 216 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph x e (new)
Paragraph x e (new)
(xe) to establish an effective system of protection for UN whistle-blowers;
Amendment 217 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph x f (new)
Paragraph x f (new)
(xf) to reform relevant structures in a way to end impunity of UN and EU personnel and by establishing functioning and transparent oversight and accountability mechanisms, considering that currently legal actions regarding alleged abuses remain purely voluntary and depended of the troop-contributing country;
Amendment 218 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph x g (new)
Paragraph x g (new)
(xg) to make sure that at the UN HQ level more women are being appointed at senior management level; also for the EU and the UN to appoint more female police officers and soldiers to missions and operations; to push for gender advisors for individual missions and operations and specific action plans which design how UNSCR 1325 and 2242 are being implemented at the level of each mission and operation; calls on the relevant EU and UN actors;
Amendment 219 #
2016/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph x h (new)
Paragraph x h (new)
(xh) in view of the recent case of conflict of interest of the UN Special Representative for Libya to initiate a binding code of conduct that obliges office holders to maintain impartiality as laid down in the UN Guidance on effective mediation;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas human mobility isinternational migration occurs primarily within the same region and between developing countries; whereas the doubling of the world's population since 1960 has led to increased human mobility, which is now at an unprecedentedly high level, with of 244 million international migrants, owing to various reasons, including the doubling of the world’s population since 1960; whereas international migration occurs primarily within the same region and between develop; whereas migrant women make up the majority of international migrants in Europe (52.4%) and North America (51.2%); whereas South-South migration flows continued to grow compared to South-North movements: in 2015, 90.2 million international migrants born in developing countries resided in other countries in the Global South, while 85.3 million born in the South resided ing countries in the Global North;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas 65 million people – including 40.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 21.3 million refugees – have been forcibly displaced because of conflicts, violence and human rights violations, further to people displaced on account of natural disasters and poverty;
Amendment 39 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas this challenge requires global solutions; whereas, however, 86 % of the world’s refugees live in developing regions, with least developed countries hosting 26 % of the total; whereas the million people who arrived in the EU in 2015 represented 0.2 % of the EU population, compared with much higher percentages in neighbouring countries and in Europe in the 1990s;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a billion people could be displaced because of climate change by 2050, with more than 40 per cent of the global population living in areas of severe water stress; whereas already now, climate change has become a major root cause for migration; whereas economic losses from natural disasters are likely to increase dramatically from the $300 billion currently lost annually;
Amendment 52 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas refugees and migrants are legally two distinct categories but in reality often people are part of large-scale mixed movements of people – withoccur because of a variety of political, economic, social, developmental, and humanitarian and human rights implications that cut across bordersreasons and merit a response consistent with respect for human dignity and in accordance with human rights law;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas vulnerablecertain people, in particular women, but also children, people with disabilities, people in need of urgent medical treatment and the elderly, who are particularly exposed to all kinds of dangers, namely violenceexposed to violence, exploitation, trafficking and abuse, should be urgently granted access to protectedion and granted humanitarireferral mechanisms and protection as part of their resettlementvided access to a residence status and basic services including health care;
Amendment 69 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European Court of Auditors has expressed serious doubts on the effectiveness of the EU's external migration spending, including the respect of projects for the human rights of migrants; whereas the Court also found that security and border protection were the predominant element in European migration spending;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas violent conflicts constitute the main root cause of forced displacement; whereas the EU response to the increased migratory flows did hardly focus on improving EU crisis management and conflict prevention tools, but focused largely on development instruments;
Amendment 76 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas economic development of countries leads to increased migration outflows as more people have the means to leave their country; whereas this trend can only be reverted in the long term;
Amendment 88 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the increase in human mobility, if managed in a safe, orderly, regular and responsible manner, can provide significant benefits, as recognised by the 2030 Agenda, but these are often largely underestimatedoften underestimated, and can mitigate migrants' and refugees' exposure to harm; whereas the ageing of the European population requires, among other measures, relying on foreign workers in order to guarantee an adequate balance between active and retired people;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas developing a human rights-based migration framework, allowing for the creation and expansion of regular migration channels, including resettlement opportunities for refugees, will enable the EU to draw on the economic and social benefits of mobility;
Amendment 102 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the successful implementation of a human rights-based migration policy requires to challenge negative perceptions of migration and conceptualisations of migration that underpin counterproductive and ineffective security policies, which result in the criminalisation and stigmatisation of migrants, and which have fostered the rise of xenophobia within the European Union;
Amendment 123 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the fact that we are witnessing in today’s world an unprecedented level of human mobility, and stresses that one of the most urgent actions the international community must undertake is the strengthening of a common response to address the challenges and opportunities that this phenomenon represents; stresses that this response must be guided by the full protection of the rights and dignity of everyone forced by any circumstance to fleave their homes in search of a better life; underlines that, though their treatment is governed by separate legal frameworks, refugees and migrants have the same universal human rights and fundamental freedoms, which need to be safeguarded regardless of their status; recalls that the EU must abide by its values and principles in all common policies and promote them in its external relations;
Amendment 146 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that well-managed international migration represents an important contribution to socioeconomic development, as it has done historically, and that it is necessary to encourage this by changing the current narrative and developing a positive one, countering xenophobic, populist and nationalistic discourses and adopting inclusive and flexible policies focused on the medium and long term regulating migration as a regular human phenomenon and not exclusively guided by immediate political pressures, while also addressing legitimate concerns regarding border management, social protection for vulnerable groups and integration of refugees and migrants;
Amendment 167 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that jobs and economic opportunities are critical to mitigating the impact of displacement induced vulnerabilities; calls on the EU to help migrants and refugees to move to places offering such opportunities, to help create opportunities in their place of exile (including by removing the barriers and obstacles to access the labour market) and to help them to develop new skills more attuned to the needs of the local labour market;
Amendment 175 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. StresseConsiders thate EU development cooperation should continue to address the root causes of forced displacement by promoting peace, democracy and security, reducing poveresponse to the migration phenomenon with its strong focus on return, border management and development as ill-conceived; underlines the fact that development instruments are inappropriate instruments in order to reduce migration flows in the shorty and inequality, strengthening basic services, addressing state fragility and promoting humedium term as economic development leads to more not less migration; invites the EU to address much more the main rights and good governance, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 16 in the new 2030 Agendaoot causes of forced displacement which is violent conflicts and negative effects of climate change;
Amendment 196 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that EU development cooperation should not be made conditional upon cooperation of third countries on readmission, returns, prevention of irregular migration and border management;
Amendment 201 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the crucial role of women in cases of forced displacement, not only as they are moreimportance of recognizing the gendered dimension of migration, not only women's vulnerableility to certain abuse, but also because oftheir multivariate reasons for migrating, their role they play in responding to emergencies, their socioeconomic contributions and their active participation in conflict resolution and prevention; notes that a focus on women’s empowerment is therefore necessary to address the deepeensure respect for women's rights and their causes of forced displacementtonomy at every stage of the migration process; reiterates the importance of adding a gender perspective to the EU policies addressing movements of migrants and refugees;
Amendment 214 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that children – particularly unaccompanied onboth separated and accompanied by their families –, people with disabilities and the elderly are particularly vulnerable to abuse, including sexual and gender-based violence, even once they have reached places deemed secure; calls for these groups to be given special assistance and humanitarian protection as part of their resettlementbe granted access to protection and provided access to a residence status and basic services including health care and education;
Amendment 222 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognises that children are a significant proportion of migrants and refugees, and specific procedures must be developed and put in place to ensure protection of all children, both unaccompanied and with their parents or other caregivers, regardless of migration status, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 236 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants of 19 September 2016 and the hosting of the Leaders’ Summit by the USA, as migration flows are a global responsibility which demand a global response and enhanced cooperation between all stakeholders; welcomes the outcome of these summits as the expression of a political commitment of unprecedented force, initiating the path towards a truly international sharing of responsibilities for refugees and large migration movements; regrets however the lack of specific pledges or legally binding commitments in terms of aid or reform, which are needed to close the current gap between rhetoric and reality; calls on all the parties involved to ensure continued political engagement, funding and concrete acts of solidarity in support of host countries; calls for the EU and its Member States to take the lead in international efforts, particularly as regards ensuring that the agreements –including the future UN compacts on refugees and on safe, orderly and regular migration – are swiftlygrounded in human rights, and are swiftly developed and put into practice, establishing follow- up mechanisms as needed;
Amendment 259 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that the resettlement of forcibly displaced persons is a responsibility of the international community; considers it crucial to implement as a matter of urgency a coordinated response in third countries to grthat ensures fair antd asylumccessible procedures for people in need of international protection to be granted asylum in the European Union and other receiving countries, instead of leaving the burden onresponsibility to the front-line states or countries neighbouring conflict zones; highlights the fact that financial support is outpaced by the scope and scale of displacement, compounded by the lack of solutionchallenges to address the root causes of this forced displacement;
Amendment 284 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses nonetheless the need to find political solutions to violent conflicts and to invest in early- warning and conflict- prevention mechanisms so as to reduce them in the future; callasks for the EU to take a more active and effective role of the EU in the field of prevention and mediation; stresse, mediation and reconciliation and appropriate resources in terms of budget and staffing; highlights that the response to forced displacementmigration needs to be rights- based and take account of the population’'s vulnerabilities – in particular as regardsnotably women and minors – and not be limited to humanitarian assistance but also involve development and civil society actors;
Amendment 321 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that EU external action should be forward-looking instead of mainly reactive with changing objectives in response to new crises; recalls that the migration phenomenon stems from a complex set of causes such as aviolent conflicts, climate change, lack of human rights, growing population, poverty, insufficient job creation, and political instability and climate change;
Amendment 340 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the EU and Member States to take their responsibilities seriously concerning the challenge of climate change and to swiftly implement the Paris Agreement; calls in particular on the EU to put sufficient means at the disposal of countries affected by climate change in order to help them to adapt to its consequences and to mitigate its effects; urges that this should not happen at the expense of traditional development cooperation aiming at reducing poverty;
Amendment 342 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the EU and Member States to improve means regarding conflict prevention and crisis management; regrets the worrying absence of EU influence on major conflicts like the one in Syria; calls for a further enhancement of EU diplomatic means and improved coordination;
Amendment 346 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the establishment of a genuine, value-based common European migration policy – with adequate and fair legal channels for migration as a sustainable long-term policy to promote growth and cohesion within the EU – in order to set a clear framework for EU relations with third countries, couched within a clear and transparent framework and in line with Article 21 of the TEU; welcomes the EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling (2015- 2020), which envisages closer cooperation with third countries, but underlines that the implementation of a common EU legal migration policy would be instrumental in breaking the business model of smugglers; calls on the European Commission to bring the existing EU acquis fully in line with the UN Smuggling Protocol and ensure adequate protection for migrants victims of violence or abuse; notes that the EU external migration policies need agreements with third countries to be guided by long-term objectives and by establishing durable partnerships; recalls that any such partnerships should be based on dialogue, common interests and mutual ownership;
Amendment 370 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes theNotes the adoption by the European Commission of its communication on establishing a new Partnership Framework with third countries as a signal of real political acunder the European Agenda on Migration; stresses however that the successimpact of the approach outlined in the communication of June 2016 depends on the EU’s capacity to offer real, commonly agreed incentives to third countries and is concerned by the limited offer mainly focused on border management or Assisted Voluntary Return schemes, which – while essential and needed – constitute only a partial response to the situation; highlights the need to balance and complement this response, focusing on the development of local economies, qualification and regional mobility and improved levels of protection in countries of transit and originapproach to render development cooperation conditional on cooperation by third countries on border management, prevention of irregular migration, readmission, return of irregular migrants and Assisted Voluntary Return schemes; highlights the need to balance and complement this response, focusing on the development of local economies, qualification and regional mobility and the creation of regular channels for migration, including resettlement opportunities for refugees; points out the worrying high number of "non-removable returnees", i.e. irregular migrants in a return procedure who cannot be returned for varying reasons, ending up in a limbo situation; calls on EU Member States to regularise the situation of these non-removable returnees;
Amendment 420 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the high-level dialogues carried out by the VP/HR and the Commission, and in some cases by Member States on behalf of the EU as a whole, as good and effective practices fostering coordination; stresses that coordination should be undertaken by the Commission and the EEAS; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to keep Parliament regularly informed of these dialogues and to report on the exact operational implementation of the Rabat and Khartoum processes and the priority initiatives agreed at the Valletta Summit; notedeeply regrets that the packages designed for priority countries as part of the new Partnership Framework, by the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States, have neither been presented nor debated by the elected representatives of European citizens;
Amendment 422 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Is strongly concerned by the completely intransparent nature of the Khartoum process and the risks related to the respect of human rights of migrants when engaging with international pariah states like Eritrea and Sudan; underlines that in Sudan at least one Member State has started to cooperate with Sudanese border management authorities, possibly financing them and that a paramilitary force commander, whose troops have been involved in war crimes in Darfur, has claimed receiving EU support and fighting "illegal" migration on behalf of the EU; reminds that returning migrants from Europe to certain States participating in the Khartoum process risks contributing to further instability;
Amendment 451 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Expresses concern regarding the negotiation of informal agreements with third countries covering cooperation concerning forced return and readmission to countries of origin or provenance of third-country nationals who do not or who no longer fulfil the conditions for entry, presence or residence in the territory of one of the Member States in the absence of due scrutiny and oversight of the European Parliament, as in the case of the negotiations of the EU-Turkey deal of 18 March 2016 and of the "EU- Afghanistan Joint Way Forward on migration issues" of 4 October 2016; recalls that, in line with Article 218 TFEU, the European Parliament's consent must be obtained prior to the conclusion of association and similar agreements and that the European Parliament shall be immediately and fully informed at all stages of the procedure.
Amendment 471 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Supports the Commission’´s proposal for a new and ambitious External Investment Plan (EIP) in order to mobilise investments in developing third countries; considers that supporting private sectors in third countries while fostering an environment of good governance and business practices should not be presented as a new measure; notes that the proposed European Fund for Sustainable Development will be partly financed through DCI (Development Cooperation Instrument) allocations, which constitutes a transfer between official development funds to subsidies for the private sector; urges the board of the fund to define stringent social and environmental criteria for the selection of supported projects and to develop relevant administrative capacities in these fields; calls on the Commission to ensure coherence between financing instruments –- for example with the Development Ccooperation Instrument (DCI) and the European Development Fund (EDF) –EDF- and projects in order to focus the EU’s assistance on priorities and to avoid the scattering of funds and efforts;
Amendment 491 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines that without sufficient funding, the EU cannot perform the functions it is expected to, nor meet the expectations of the European people; underlines the political and economic costs of inaction; notes that the mid-term revstrongly regrets that the Commission of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) – or the negotiation of the next MFF at the latest – provides a necessary opportunity for the revision of the external instruments related to migration, and also to increase the EU’s budget in such a manner that it would allow an end to ad hoc instruments and restore the unity of the budget, despite itself regularly putting forward pressing needs, did not propose to increase budgetary means for external action - a budget heading already relatively low -, but basically limits itself to transfer funds from development instruments to so-called migration management measures;
Amendment 499 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underlines that addressing new and chronic disasters and vulnerabilities requires long term predictable investments and the compliance with the new sustainable development agenda, mainly by promoting joint risk assessment, planning and financing between humanitarian, development, peacebuilding and climate change actors;
Amendment 505 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that the creation of trust funds and ad hoc financial instruments, while helping to mobilise necessary resources and bringing flexibility to EU action, alsopool resources, also puts in danger development effectiveness principles like alignment to country priorities and undermines the unity of the budget and Parliament’s budgetary authority; calls therefore for Parliament’s greater involvement in supervision of these instruments, including by being part of the steering committees; recalls that the effectiveness of trust funds depends heavily on Member States’ readiness to contribute and their full involvement;
Amendment 522 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. WelcomNotes the use of common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions such as EUCAP SahelAHEL Niger and EUNAVFOR MED, cooperation with NATO, and EU initiatives such as Europol’'s Joint Operational Team (JOT) Mare to gather intelligence and fight smugglers, while underlining that global mobility should not be considered a threat; recommends the use of CSDP tools for and a military response to migration such as EUNAVFOR MED Sophia is morally and legally highly questionable; stresses in this context that the rights of migrants must be of paramount importance in all these operations; recommends more efforts in the field of early warning (forecasting), mediation and conflict resolution, while stressing the importance tof starting to planning for durable solutions as early as possible in conflict situations;
Amendment 533 #
2015/2342(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Urges the HR/VP, the Commission and the Member States to significantly strengthen civilian conflict prevention structures as well as financial and human resources; is deeply concerned about plans to dissolve the EEAS's only directorate in charge of civilian conflict prevention and calls instead for an increase in numbers of relevant policy planners, mediators and analysts; reminds that the EU Global Strategy calls for investments in conflict prevention but that in reality far reaching cuts have been proposed by both the Commission and the Council on the 2017 budget for the EU's only instrument for conflict prevention (IcSP); stresses the need to redouble efforts in the field of conflict prevention, mediation, reconciliation given the many security challenges in the European neighbourhood and beyond;
Amendment 12 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
– having regard to the Action Plan of the Valetta Summit, November 2015,
Amendment 15 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
– having regard to the ILO report Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labour (2014),
Amendment 22 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas trafficking in human beings (THB) constitutes one of the worst forms of human rights abuses, as it turns human beings into commodities, it profoundly and durably violates the dignity and the rights of the victim and affects entire families and communities;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the ILO estimates that there are around 21 million people in forced labour globally, being trafficked for labour and sexual exploitation or being held in slave-like conditions andaccording to the latest report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 70% of the detected victims are women and girls; whereas 53% of these people 14.2 million were trapped in forced labour, 4.5 million in a s detected forms of exploituation ofglobally account forced sexual exploitation, and 2.2 million in state-imposed40% for forced labour;, whereas women and girls make up 55% of the total, while men and boys account for 45%by 79% of detected female victims were trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation, whereby 83% of detected male victims were trafficked for the purpose of forced labour;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas complex and inter-related factors such as systematic and structural discrimination, human rights violations, poverty, inequality, corruption, violent conflict, land confiscation, lack of education, unemployment and dysfunctional labour migration regimes, aggravate the vulnerability of persons to exploitation and abuse as they are left with reduced choices and resources;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas human trafficking is one of the most profitable organised criminal activities in the world, alongside the trade in illegal drugs and arms; whereas according to ILO's most recent estimates, the illicit annual profit of forced labour, including through money laundering, is about US$ 150 billion, whereby 90 percent of victims are estimated to be exploited in the private economy and two- thirds of the profits stem from commercial sexual exploitation, making it the most lucrative form of exploitation;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas according to the ILO the Asia- Pacific region accounts for 56% of the estimated number of victims of forced labour globally, including for sexual exploitation, by far the largest share worldwide;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood countries, sexual exploitation is the main cause of the reported trafficking in persons; whereas systematic discrimination and racism lead to the Romani communities- both male and female- being particularly vulnerable to trafficking for various purposes;
Amendment 53 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the Commission appointed an EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator in 2010 to improve coordination and coherence between EU institutions, agencies and States as well as non-EU countries and international actors;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that trafficking in human beings is a transnational crime of global nature and that any measures aiming at fighting it should take into account the root causes and global trends; underlines in this respect the importance of a consistent approach of the internal and external dimensions of the EU's policies to fight THB;
Amendment 73 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Denounces the fact that THB is a highly lucrative business and that the proceeds from this criminal activity are largely re- injected into the global economy and financial system; calls on all States and relevant actors engaged in this field to aim to change trafficking from a "low risk/high reward" business to a "high risk/low reward" one;
Amendment 78 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it essential that strategies aimed at the prevention of THB address the factors facilitating THB; calls also on all States to effectively implement their obligations under the Palermo Protocol in order to discourage the demand side of this crime, which can also be considered a root cause;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the view that financial investigations, which trace, seize and recover criminal assets, and action against money laundering play a crucial role in combating trafficking; recalls that there is a need for more data and a stronger focus on money laundering activities; calls on the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts in the field of financial investigations and to reinforce cooperation with third countries to track and confiscate the proceeds from criminal activities; calls for confiscated assets to be used to support and compensate victims of trafficking;
Amendment 85 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that recruitment-related abuses appear to affect and flourish in all countries and regions worldwide and are closely linked with trafficking in human beings either by recruitment agencies being directly involved in THB through deceiving or coercive recruitment practices or by creating vulnerabilities for exploitive work by demanding high recruitment fees, making particularly migrants and low-skilled workers financially vulnerable or dependent;
Amendment 105 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recommends to all relevant actors to recognise those trapped in forced labour as workers and not only as victims of THB, to strengthen workers' rights in order to empower them and to prevent abuse and exploitation;
Amendment 117 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the EU to continue its efforts in combating the phenomenon of child soldiers, notably through supporting governments in addressing this issue and local civil society groups active on the ground; calls on the EU to urge third countries to ratify and implement relevant international standards, including the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict;
Amendment 130 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the inclusion of forced begging as a form of trafficking in human beings by the Directive 2011/36/EU; calls on the Member States to harmonise national legislation and on third-country governments to enact and enforce legal provisions; insists on the need to conduct training for police and other officials for proper identification and referral in order to secure adequate assistance for the victims; underlines that many of the victims come from a poor and marginalised environment; calls for prevention measures to be focused on reducing the vulnerability of groups at risk, starting with basic structures such as education or labour integration and on increasing the number of shelters and places to assist vulnerable persons;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the EU and Member States to raise awareness among their staff about the EU Guidelines on the identification of victims of trafficking in human beings, as well as the Commission publication on the EU rights of victims of trafficking, and encourages the active use of them;
Amendment 142 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on governments to put in place firewalls between immigration authorities and labour inspectorates, in order to encourage victims to lodge complaints and to ensure that if cases of trafficking in human beings are detected that there is no fear of action taken by immigration authorities against victims;
Amendment 155 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Encourages targeted funding by the EU for local NGOs to identify and support victims of THB as well as to raise awareness among populations vulnerable to exploitation and human trafficking; welcomes in that context the role of media which can help raise awareness and inform about risks;
Amendment 159 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls for an integrated response to trafficking in human beings, bringing together various different actors, mandates and perspectives both nationally and internationally;
Amendment 162 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls to put in place a joint anti- trafficking mechanism for cooperation between the main origin, transit and destination countries, to facilitate and improve the gathering and exchange of information among all relevant actors, including the establishment of a cooperative mechanism for the confiscation of the proceeds of trafficking;
Amendment 177 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls for enhanced coordination and cooperation among key actors, such as Member States, third countries, international and EU agencies, NGOs and public and private social services when addressing the root causes and setting up strategies to eradicate THB;
Amendment 186 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the EU to review its assistance programmes regarding trafficking in human beings, to make funding more targeted and to make THB an area of cooperation in its own right; urges the Commission to regularly re-evaluate its list of priority countriein that context encourages the increase of resources for services dealing with THB within the EU institutions; urges the Commission to regularly re-evaluate its list of priority countries, including the selection criteria, to ensure that it reflects the realities on the ground and to make them more flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances and emerging trends;
Amendment 190 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to implement the actions relating to the fight against trafficking in the current Human Rights Action Plan and in line with the EU Strategy against trafficking in human beings, but going beyond the identified priority countries;
Amendment 209 #
2015/2340(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on all Member States to ratify all relevant international instruments, agreements and legal obligations and to step up efforts to make the fight against trafficking in human beings more effective, coordinated and coherent; encourages the EU to call for the ratification of all relevant international instruments, including by making them a GSP+ requirement;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to the reports by the UN Special Rapporteur for the right to food Hilal Elver of 29 December 2015 (A/HRC/31/51/Add.1), the UN Special Rapporteur on the Trafficking of Persons Joy Ngosi Ezeilo of 19 April 2013 (A/HRC/23/48/Add.3) and the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston from 29 April 2009 (A/HRC/11/2/Add.8),
Amendment 9 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
– having regard to the Second Universal Periodic Review by the UN Human Rights Council of May 2012, in which the Philippines accepted 66 of the 88 recommendations,
Amendment 10 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 c (new)
Citation 15 c (new)
– having regard to the Philippine plan of Action for Nutrition for 2011 to 2016 and the Accelerated Hunger Mitigation Program as well as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Plan of 1988 and the Fisheries Code of 1998,
Amendment 11 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Philippine Government agreed on a Mindanao peace in terms of international and national human rights legislation, the Philippines are a role modeal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in March 2014, which involves setting up an autonomous Bangsamoro region in the Muslim south but does not includfor other countries in the region, having ratified eight of the nine major human rights conventions with the exception of the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPPED) as well as having ratified the Rome Statute of ther militia groups who oppose the peace process International Criminal Court in 2011;
Amendment 13 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Philippine Government agreed on a Mindanao peace deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in March 2014, which involves setting up an autonomous Bangsamoro region in the Muslim south but does not include other militia groups who oppose the peace process; whereas however the Philippine legislature failed to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law in February 2016 and thus failed to bring the Peace negotiations to a successful end;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU granted the Philippines GSP+ status in December 2014, it being the first ASEAN country to enjoy such trade preferences; whereas it enables the Philippines to export tariff-free 66 percent of all products to the EU, including processed fruit, coconut oil, footwear, fish, and textiles;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the EU is the Philippines' fourth largest trading partner and fourth largest export market – accounting for 11.56 percent of total Philippine exports;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas the Philippines is the third most vulnerable developing country to climate change which will adversely affect agriculture and marine resources;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas the devastating impact of the Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, which killed an estimated 6000 people, continues to have negative impacts on the economy and has notably exacerbated food insecurity and has pushed another one million people into poverty according to UN estimates;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J d (new)
Recital J d (new)
Jd. whereas the country has abundant natural resources but those assets remain often out of reach to the poor, with women and indigenous communities being particularly affected; whereas the 2 per cent annual population growth rate which is one of the highest in the world represents a particular additional challenge;
Amendment 31 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J e (new)
Recital J e (new)
Je. whereas land reform has been lingering for 25 years and large bits of land continue to remain in possession of a small number of families; whereas small- scale fisher folk who belong to the poorest part of society are threatened to lose their livelihood through the man-made destruction of fish habitats and climate change;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J f (new)
Recital J f (new)
Jf. whereas there is concern that the democratic institutions remain weak and a small number of family clans enjoy private monopolies on the use of force in their territories and some hundred influential politicians dispose of their private armies;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J g (new)
Recital J g (new)
Jg. whereas hundreds of cases of extrajudicial killings still await proper investigations and trial and unlawful arrests, often accompanied with torture, continue; whereas 31 media worker have been killed since Benigno Aquino became president in 2010, the latest being Elvis Banggoy Ordaniza, a radio journalist who recently reported on the drugs trade and illegal gambling and was shot dead at his home on 16 February 2016;
Amendment 35 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J h (new)
Recital J h (new)
Jh. whereas according to the Employers' Confederation of the Philippines the number of informal workers has reached 77% of the total employed population, while the percentage of those formally employed continues to decrease; whereas less than half of the Filipino population has health endurance coverage;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J i (new)
Recital J i (new)
Ji. whereas trafficking of , women, men and children for labour exploitation has proliferated in the Philippines due to the dire economic situation and whereas according to the ILO some ten million Filipinos live and work abroad with an additional 1 million leaving annually and many of those become victims of trafficking, forced labour and/or debt bondage according to the findings of the UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, whereas trafficking in women and children for sexual exploitation represents a serious challenge;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the EU should continue providing financial support and capacity- building assistance to the Philippines for poverty alleviation, social inclusion, the respect for human rights and rule of law, the promotion of peace, reconciliation, security and judicial reform, and assisting the country in disaster preparedness, relief and recovery;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the high economic growth rates in the Philippines have not transmitted into adequate food security for the overall population and expresses concern that the income gap widens and inequality is growing, while according to UN estimates almost 16 million Filipinos are suffering from a lack of adequate food and nutrition; supports the call of the UN Special Rapporteur for the right to Food for a national right-to-food framework law based on time bound benchmarks and regional implementation plans;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commends the Philippines for having been part of the international counterterrorism coalition since 2001; expresses however concern that reports continue about severe human rights violations by the Philippine military in the conduct of counterinsurgency measures, in particular by paramilitary units;
Amendment 51 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of the Mindanao peace process; deeply regrets that the Mindanao Peace Agreement failed to pass the congress and calls on the incoming Philippine President to do everything in his or her capacity to continue the peace negotiations and to secure a majority in Congress to adopt the BBL;
Amendment 54 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Philippine Government to build capacity on systematic data collection on human trafficking and calls on the EU and the member states to support the government and notably the Inter-Agency Council against Trafficking (IACAT) in efforts to improve assistance and support for victims, to put into place efficient law enforcement measures and to improve legal ways of work migration and decent treatment of Filipino migrants in third countries;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU and its Member States to engage with the Philippines to exchange intelligence, cooperate and provide support to the government’'s capacity building in the international fight against terrorism and extremism in respect of fundamental rights and rule of law;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls onWelcomes that the Philippines, as one of the countries having been granted GSP+ status by the EU, tohas ratify and implemenied almost all the core international conventions relating to human and labour rights, the environment and good governance, as listed in Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012; underlines however that under the reformed GSP+ the EU can no longer limit itself to UN/ International Labour Organisation reporting systems but will have to consider the "Effective implementation of conventions" and beneficiaries will have to proof that they are implementing their obligations concerning human, labour, environmental and governance standards;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes that the incidents of political murders and enforced disappearances have considerably declined in recent years, notes however with concern that the cases of gross human rights violations, notably those committed against critics of the government, are still alarmingly high; calls for the publication of the National Action Plan for Human Rights, which has been in the planning stage for years; calls on the government to take serious steps towards disbanding all existing private armies;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Appeals to the government to put mechanism into place in order to effectively implement the Anti-Torture law; calls equally on the Government to ratify the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPPED) and to put effective measures into place to stop such practices and to prosecute those responsible for past crimes; deplores that impunity for crimes committed by those who have money and influence continues to be the norm;
Amendment 72 #
2015/2234(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages the Philippines to continue improving the investment climate by increasing transparency and good governance and further developing infrastruct; expresses great concern over the effects that climate change will have on the Philippines and calls on the government together with aid donors to strongly invest into mitigation and adaptation measures, where appropriate through public-private partnershipincluding sustainable energy and crop diversification; expresses in this context surprise at plans that the government wants to put into place 26 additional coal fired power plants until 2020; urges to establish prior environmental and social impact assessments with inclusive consultation mechanisms on future megaprojects;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 b (new)
Citation 20 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 8 October 2015 on the death penalty,
Amendment 27 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 c (new)
Citation 24 c (new)
- having regard to its study of June 2015 on occupation/annexation of a Territory: Respect for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and Consistent EU Policy,
Amendment 36 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 55 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas engaging with third countries, in all bilateral and multilateral fora, is one of the most effective tools for addressing human rights issues in third countries; whereas civil society in third countries constitute key interlocutors in shaping and implementing the EU's human rights policy;
Amendment 58 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas human rights and democracy support policy is beingshould be mainstreamed through otherall EU policies with an external dimension, such as tradeincluding trade, migration, security, counter-terrorism and development;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas migration represents an important EU external policy challenge requiring immediate and effective solutions which are consistent with international human rights standards, including the principle of non-refoulement;
Amendment 66 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the universal abolition of the death penalty remains one of the EU’s biggest concerns when approaching third countriespriority objectives in its external human rights policy;
Amendment 90 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses deep concern that human rights and democratic values are increasingly under threat, that the public space for civil society is shrinking and that a growing number of human rights defenders are under attack worldwide;
Amendment 91 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the EU and its Member States to enhance their efforts to effectively place human rights and democratic values at the heart of their relations with the wider world, as they committed to doing so in the TEU; insists that trade, energy or security interests should not trump human rights commitments, in particular when dealing with authoritarian regimes;
Amendment 96 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to effectively address internal human rights challenges, such as the situation of Roma, the treatment of refugees and migrants, discrimination of LGBTI persons, racism, violence against women, detention conditions or media freedom in Member States, in order to maintain credibility and consistency in its external human rights policy;
Amendment 97 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Insists on the importance of ensuring coherence of EU policy towards situations of occupation or annexation of territory; recalls that international humanitarian law should guide EU policy towards all such situations;
Amendment 112 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Commends the EEAS and the Commission for their exhaustive reporting on the activities undertaken by the EU in the area of human rights and democracy in 2014; considers nevertheless that the current format of the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy could be improved by offering a more reader- friendly format and a better overview of the concrete impact of the EU’s actions on human rights and democracy in third countries;
Amendment 122 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates its view that a solid consensus and enhanced coordination between Member States and the EU institutions is needed in order to coherently and consistently advance the human rights and democracy agenda; firmly stresses that Member States should take greater ownership of the implementation of the Action Plan and of the EU Strategic Framework and use them as their own blueprint in promoting human rights and democracy bilaterally and multilaterally; insists that the successor document be both an EU and Member States Action Plan;
Amendment 126 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 145 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Acknowledges that human rights dialogues with third countries can be an efficient tool for bilateral engagement and cooperation in the promotion and protection of human rights; welcomes, therefore, the establishment of human rights dialogues with a growing number of countries; welcomes the fact that a first human rights dialogue has been held with Myanmar/Burma, provided they do not constitute an end in itself, but a means to secure specific commitments and achievements from the counterpart; welcomes the fact that a first human rights dialogue has been held with Myanmar/Burma but insists that human rights should be mainstreamed throughout the EU's bilateral relations with that country, including trade and investment;
Amendment 149 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Urges the VP/HR and the EEAS to conduct their human rights dialogues and the corresponding civil society seminars with a clear, results-oriented focus mirroring the HRCS; urges the EEAS to consistently include a preparatory dialogue with civil society organisations, which should automatically feed into the dialogue itself; further urges the VP/HR and the EEAS to raise individual cases of human rights defendersinsists that the VP/HR, the EUSR on Human Rights and the EEAS systematically raise individual cases of human rights defenders at risk or in jail and of political prisoners, and in an accountable and transparent manner during human rights dialogues; considers it essential that the EEAS systematically ensure that all the commitments made during each of the human rights dialogues are honoured;
Amendment 160 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Reiterates its call on the VP/HR and the EEAS to reviseeffectively implement the EU Guidelines on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in light of the tragic evencluding in relation to conflicts in countries such as Syria and Iraq; recommends, in this context, that the EEAS support civil society organisations that promote respect for IHL by state and non-state actors; urges, moreover, that the EU actively use all instruments at its disposal to enhance compliance of state and non-state actors with IHL; calls on the EU and its Member States to actively contribute to the on-going Swiss/ICRC initiative on strengthening compliance with IHL, notably in relation to compliance mechanisms and to revise the EU Guidelines on IHL accordingly;
Amendment 191 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Stresses that the EU should continue to actively support democratic and effective human rights institutions and the civil society of neighbouring countries in their efforts to promote democratisation and respect for human rights; positively notes in this context the continued substantial support under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights, the Civil Society Facility, and the European Endowment for Democracy’s consistent engagement in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood of the EU in favour of democracy promotion and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms;
Amendment 198 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Underlines the Treaty-based obligation of the EU to ensure that all its external policies and activities are designed and implemented in a manner which consolidates and supports human rights and the rule of law; in this regard, calls on the EU to substantially improve the methodology, scope and quality of the ex ante and ex post human rights impact assessment of its trade and investment agreements, notably through genuine consultation of civil society; calls on the EU to explore means to allow for adequate enforcement and redress mechanisms, accessible to affected populations and their representatives in cases where EU policies or activities lead to, contribute to, or benefit from human rights violations;
Amendment 206 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Welcomes the entry into force of the new Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) (Regulation (EU) 978/2012) on 1 January 2014; positively notes that 14 countries had been granted GSP+ preferences by the end of 2014, as a means of stimulating the effective implementation of 27 core international conventions on human rights and labour standards; stresses the importance of a genuine, transparent and inclusive assessment by the European Commission of these conventions by the GSP+ beneficiary countries; expects the Commission to report back to Parliament and to the Council on the status of ratification and the effective implementation of the conventions by the beneficiaries of the GSP+ preferences by the end of 2015; calls for the inclusion of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the GSP Regulation list of conventions required for GSP+ status and notes that a number of applicants are not party to the Statute;
Amendment 212 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Reaffirms that the activities of EU companies operating in third countries should be in full compliance with internationalEuropean companies should undertake adequate due diligence to ensure that their operations in third countries respect human rights standards; reaffirms, moreover, the importance of promoting corporate social responsibility and of European enterprises playing a leading role in promoting international standards on business and human rights;
Amendment 234 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Takes positive note of the counter- terrorism guidance document drafted by the EEAS and the Commission and endorsed by the Council with the aim of ensuring respect for human rights in the planning and implementation of counter- terrorism assistance projects with third countries; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to ensure effective implementation of the document, starting with its wide dissemination; supports, in this context, the international efforts to stopUN efforts to document and oppose human rights violations being perpetrated by ISIS/Da’esh;
Amendment 240 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Expresses its solidarity with the high number of refugees and migrants who suffer grave human rights violations as victims of conflicts, tangible governance failures and networks of illegal immigration and trafficking, trafficking and smuggling gangs, and while on their way to Europe, as well as while crossing European borders; expresses also its deep regret at the tragic loss of lives of people seeking asylum in the EU;
Amendment 246 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 b (new)
Paragraph 52 b (new)
52b. Reiterates its call on the EU to ensure that the negotiation and implementation of all migration cooperation and readmission agreements with non-EU states comply with international human rights, refugee law and international maritime law and asks to be consulted prior to their conclusion; demands to ensure greater transparency in the negotiation of such agreements and to integrate monitoring mechanisms to evaluate the human rights impact of cooperation on migration with non-EU states and of border control measures, including Frontex and operations under its mandate; insists that human rights need to be mainstreamed and monitored in all activities carried out by Frontex;
Amendment 250 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Stresses the urgent neeFocus should also be paid to tackle the root causes of migration flows and, therefore, to address the external dimension of the refugee crisis, including by finding sustainable solutions to conflicts in our neighbourhood and by adopting the necessary fundamental reforms in EU trade, agricultural, fisheries, development and climate policies; underlines the need for a comprehensive human-rights-based approach to migration and calls on the EU to collaborate with the UN, regional organisations, governments and NGOs in order to address the root causes of migration flows; takes note in this context of the European Union Naval Force – Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med) operation against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean; welcomes the measures proposed by the Commission on 9 September 2015 to address the external dimension of the refugee crisis;
Amendment 254 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 b (new)
Paragraph 53 b (new)
53b. Stresses the urgent need to re-orient the high number of EU policy initiatives in the field of migration and asylum, from the current focus on externalising our external borders to third countries, to providing actual support to refugees and migrants seeking protection in the EU consistent with international human rights law, and calls on the EU to guarantee effective common standards for reception procedures; calls on the EU Member States to increase cooperation and equitable burden-sharing including by hosting and resettling refugees, contributing to search and rescue services, to assist migrants in distress at sea while attempting to reach EU shores; recalls in that regard the need to respect the principle of non-refoulement in European and international waters, as was upheld by the ECtHR, as well as the urgent need to develop adequate legal migration channels;
Amendment 261 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 i (new)
Paragraph 53 i (new)
53i. Calls on the EU to make the fight against trafficking in human beings (THB) a priority in its external policies, addressing both the demand and supply side of the phenomenon, including European consumers and European companies abroad, to pay particular focus on the protection of victims and to increase communication and cooperation with relevant actors in the fight against THB; reiterates the need for all EU Member States to implement the EU Directive (2011/36/EU) and the Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012-2016;
Amendment 264 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 l (new)
Paragraph 53 l (new)
53l. Reiterates its call for the development of an EU common position on the use of armed drones, giving utmost importance to the respect for human rights and international humanitarian law and addressing issues such as the legal framework, proportionality, accountability, the protection of civilians and transparency; urges once again the EU to ban the development, production and use of fully autonomous weapons which enable strikes to be carried out without human intervention; calls on the EU to oppose and ban the practice of extrajudicial and targeted killings and to take legal measures wherever an individual or entity may be connected to an unlawful targeted killing abroad; insists that human rights are part of all dialogues with third countries on counter- terrorism;
Amendment 270 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 r (new)
Paragraph 53 r (new)
53r. Denounces the increasing practice by authoritarian states of hosting mega sports or cultural events in order to boost their international legitimacy whilst further restricting domestic dissent; calls on the EU and Member States to engage with national sports federations, corporate actors and civil society organizations on the modalities of their participation in such events, including with regards to the FIFA World Cup in Russia in 2018 and in Qatar in 2022, and the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2022; calls for the development of an EU policy framework on sports and human rights;
Amendment 275 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Reaffirms its strong support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in bringing justice to the victims of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole, such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression; considers it regrettable that no state ratified the Rome Statute in 2014commitment to ending impunity for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community and to provide justice for the victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide and reiterates its support for the International Criminal Court (ICC); urges the EU and EU Members States to fully and effectively cooperate with the Court and to provide it with strong diplomatic and political support in bilateral relations and in all for a, including at the UN and take steps to prevent and respond effectively to instances of non-cooperation with the ICC; expresses serious concern that several arrest warrants have still not been executed;
Amendment 279 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)
Paragraph 58 a (new)
58a. Reaffirms the importance of strengthening the universality of the Rome Statute and welcomes the ratification of the Rome Statute by Palestine this year; encourages the EU and EU member states to increase their efforts in promoting the ratification, effective implementation and integrity of the Rome Statute;
Amendment 280 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 b (new)
Paragraph 58 b (new)
58b. Recalls that the ICC is complementary to national judicial systems and calls for the effective implementation of the 2013 EU toolkit on complementarity to strengthen EU assistance to help reinforce countries capacities in dealing with Rome Statute crimes;
Amendment 282 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 d (new)
Paragraph 58 d (new)
58d. Calls on EU Member States to provide the ICC with the resources needed, and to enhance the crucial support to and fostering of the international criminal justice system and the ICC via financial support to civil society actors through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR);
Amendment 314 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 a (new)
Paragraph 63 a (new)
63a. Urges the EEAS, the Commission and the Member States to provide guidance for a comprehensive and effective European death penalty policy with regard to dozens of European nationals facing execution in third countries, which should include strong and reinforced mechanisms in terms of identification, delivery of legal assistance and diplomatic representation;
Amendment 338 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 a (new)
Paragraph 67 a (new)
67a. Notes with great concern the scale and consequences of caste-based discrimination globally and the perpetuation of caste-based human rights violations; poverty; inequality, and stigmatization; calls for the adoption of an EU policy and tool on the prevention and elimination of caste-based discrimination, which would inter alia commit the EU to high level public diplomacy on caste-based discrimination and reporting on caste-based discrimination in EU publications; recommends mainstreaming of the topic in EEAS and Commission guidelines and action plans, in particular EU fight against all forms of discrimination, and efforts to combat violence against women and girls, and all forms of discrimination against them;
Amendment 405 #
2015/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. Calls also on the EU and its Member States to use all available means, such as human rights dialogues, political dialogues and public diplomacy, to systematically raise individual cases of human rights defenders and civil society activists at risk, particularly those concerning persons that are imprisoned; encourages the EU Delegations and the Member States’ diplomatic staff to continue to actively support human rights defenders, by systematically monitoring trials, visiting detained activists and issuing statements on individual cases, where appropriate; highlights also the importance of silent diplomacy tools when defending human rights defendersas well as addressing human rights violations with their relevant counterparts; insists that senior EU representatives, notably the HR/VP, Commissioners, EU Special Representatives and government officials from the Member States systematically meet human rights defenders when travelling to countries where civil society is under pressure;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to UNGA Resolution 65/276 of 10 May 2011, which grants the EU the right to intervene in the General Assembly, to present proposals and amendments orally which will be put to a vote at the request of a Member State, and to exercise the right to reply,
Amendment 7 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
– having regard to the statement by the President of the Security Council of 14 February 2014 commenting on the role the EU has played in maintaining international peace and security,
Amendment 10 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
– having regard to the UNGA High-Level Thematic Debate on Strengthening cooperation between the UN and regional and sub-regional organisations of 4 May 2015,
Amendment 11 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 d (new)
Citation 1 d (new)
– having regard to the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions to the sixty-eight UNGA and UN Report A/68/382 on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions,
Amendment 12 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 e (new)
Citation 1 e (new)
– having regard to the 15 May 2015 UN Evaluation Report on Enforcement and Remedial Assistance Efforts for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by the UN and Related Personnel in Peacekeeping Operations,
Amendment 37 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas, according to its treaties, the EU promotes an international system based on stronger multilateral cooperation and good global governance and in this context supports and fosters the development of strong regional organisations, such as the MERCOSUR, African Union or ASEAN, which can contribute to counterbalance the weaknesses of the actual power balance in the UN system;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the European Union is the world leading power in four interrelated policy areas: trade, development, environment and human rights; whereas the EU and the Member States together are responsible for 38% of the UN's regular budget (40% of the peace keeping budget), and 50% of all contributions to the UN; whereas the EU is party to more than 50 UN multilateral agreements and conventions as the only non-State participant;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the EU is the most dedicated defender and promoter of human rights, cultural values, democracy and the rule of law, whose provisions are included in all its bilateral partnerships and have a central position in its multilateral policy; whereas the EU has been a very strong supporter of International Justice through bodies such as the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, or regional bodies such as the European Court of Human Rights;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z
Recital Z
Z. whereas the EU and its Member States take an active part in the work of the UN System in different ways and formats; whereassince the Lisbon treaty and the adoption of Resolution 65/276 by the UN General Assembly, the EU has acquired a much enhanced statute within the UN institutions; whereas when there is consensus among EU members - which is the case for the vast majority of all positions taken since Lisbon - the President of the European Council, the HR/VP, the EU delegation or an EU Commissioner now speak on behalf of the Member States in the various UN bodies up to the Security Council; in the WTO for example the Commission represents the Member States, while ministers participate in major conferences; whereas in environmental negotiations and cooperation the Commission plays a leading role, based on the Treaty provisions; whereas development policy is an area of shared competences; whereas the General Assembly and other universal UN organs are composed of representatives of their member countries; whereas according to the Treaty the EU Member States are obliged to coordinate their action in all international foraEU Member States are obliged to coordinate their action in all international fora and article 34 (2) of the Lisbon Treaty requires that Member States with a seat at the UNSC request the HR/VP to speak on the EU's behalf, where the EU has defined a common policy;
Amendment 131 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the General Assembly representing the governments of all member countries must be strengthened and have ways and means to give direction to the United Nations System and coordinate all its activities; is of the opinion that in the long term the democratic governance of the UN should also be strengthened by establishing a World Parliament representing the people;
Amendment 148 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that the Security Council, whose composition is based on an outdated world order, must be reformed in order to reflect the new world geopolitical reality and to more effectively meet the present and future security challenges; the EU and its member states in the Security Council could already promote and practice a more equitable decision making process with more transparency in the UNSC work, and by encouraging countries to refrain from exercising the veto in situations of genocide and crimes against humanity;
Amendment 167 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considering the contribution of the EU to the peace and security architecture in the world, calls on a reform of the Security Council that would ensure a permanent seat to the European Union; notes that, due to the absence of the EU from the Security Council, the burden of echoing, advocating for and defending the interests of the EU, based on a coordinated CFSP, lies on the two permanent and the rot the EU's credibility on the international stage would be much enhanced if the two permanent European members decided to put their weight into the service of the collective in order to advance the agenda for peace and sustainable development by renouncing to their seat ing European members favour of the EU;
Amendment 179 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that there is great potential for strengthened cooperation between the UN and regional and subregional organisations as foreseen in Chapter VIII of the UN Charter and calls on the EU to aim for a greater role for regional organisations in global governance;
Amendment 180 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Believes that the European Court of Human Rights has contributed very successfully to the progress Europe has made in terms of respect for human rights and can serve as an example for other regions;
Amendment 181 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. In order for the EU to be credible as a promoter of international rule of law, calls on all its Member States, to speedily ratify the Kampala amendments to the Rome Statutes of the ICC which define the crime of aggression;
Amendment 182 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the EEAS and the member states to support a reform of the election and mandate of the Secretary General, notably a single, non-renewable mandate, formal selection and qualification criteria and a transparent, public vetting phase in close cooperation with the UNGA;
Amendment 183 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Encourages the EU and its Member States to support attempts to make the UN more efficient and to secure the UN budget including through punitive measures for late or non-paying members;
Amendment 189 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on further development of preventive and early warning tools and enhanced mediation capabilities of the UN, and on more precise mandates and clear exit strategies for peacebuilding and peacekeeping operations; bearing in mind the recent atrocities and human rights violations perpetrated by some extremist groups, urges the Security Council to define an ambitious set of tools and means to ensure effective prevention of these atrocities; notes the active involvement of the EU in the UNGA Informal Interactive Dialogue on the R2P and the need to develop the concept further;
Amendment 282 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 290 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that besides these necessary reforms to be carried out within the UN a better achievement of EU foreign policy goals implies a more effective coordination of the various dimensions of all its external policy, both bilateral and multilateral; Highlights the Court of Auditors special report on the efficiency and effectiveness of EU contributions channelled through UN organisations in conflict-affected countries; stress the need for the EEAS to develop a much more efficient and strategic approach to the UN agencies in particular regarding the programming of the external financial instruments; calls on the HR/VP and relevant EU Delegations to ensure stronger visibility and effectiveness of EU aid on the ground;
Amendment 295 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considering that European troops currently make up only 7% of UN peacekeepers (down from 40% 20 years ago), calls on the EU Member States to strengthen the UN capacities to preserve and restore peace by increasing significantly their troop and police contributions to UN missions;
Amendment 296 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. In view of recent revelations on sexual abuse by UN peacekeeping troops also implicating European soldiers, stresses the urgent need to reform the existing structures in order to end impunity of UN personnel by establishing functioning and transparent oversight and accountability mechanisms;
Amendment 297 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Considers that thanks also to strong EU support, emphasis on humanitarian concerns and international humanitarian law have brought about international treaties to ban weapons which are considered excessively injurious or the effect of which are indiscriminate, such as the 1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, and the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, leaving nuclear weapons as the only weapon of mass destruction not yet subject to a specific international ban; Calls on the EU and all EU Member States to join the majority of UN members who have already formally endorsed the Humanitarian Pledge, "to cooperate with all relevant stakeholders, States, international organisations, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movements, parliamentarians and civil society, in efforts to stigmatise, prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons in light of their unacceptable humanitarian consequences and associated risks";
Amendment 298 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Stresses that there is the urgent need to regulate and restrict the global transfers of arms and ammunitions especially to fragile and war prone regions as part of an attempt by the EU to prevent conflicts; welcomes the outreach activities undertaken by the EU to promote universal ratification and implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty; call on the Council and the EU Member States to assure that the EU Common Position on arms exports is fully in line with the ATT provisions;
Amendment 299 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Stresses the urgent need to reinforce existing, strict interpretations of an international legal framework which stipulates that the use of armed drones has to strictly respect international law in particular international human rights law, international humanitarian law and the law on inter-States use of force preventing wide and permissive interpretations;
Amendment 300 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 f (new)
Paragraph 11 f (new)
11f. Reminds the EU and the Member States of their strong commitment to international rule of law, and underlines that there should be no military intervention without Security Council mandate and in violation of the UN Charter;
Amendment 304 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes in that regard the organizing into clusters of the work of the Commission elected in 2014 giving the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative the responsibility of coordinating the external policy of the EU; stresses that policies of global dimension must be at the core position in the work of this specific cluster; expects that the new 'EU Global Strategy for foreign and security policy' which the HR/VP will present by June 2016 will adequately reflect the relevance of and engagement of the EU in multilateral fora, notably the UN;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
- having regard to the EU-Vietnam negotiations forannouncement by the EU Commission of 4 August 2015 that the EU and Vietnam have reached an agreement on a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which were launched in Brussels onunder negotiation since 26 June 2012,
Amendment 2 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
- having regard to the 10th ASEM Summit held in Milan on 16-17 October 2014 and the next Summit to be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in 2016,
Amendment 20 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas Vietnam is a valued partner for the EU in the climate change negotiations and has pledged to reduce emissions by 8- 10 per cent compared to 2010 and to reduce energy consumption per GDP by 1-1.5 per cent per year in the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in November 2015;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas a number of European citizens are of Vietnamese decent dating back from historical ties and whereas the Czech Republic has recognized its citizens of Vietnamese decent as ethnic minority;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas tensions have risen between China and neighbouring countries, including Vietnam, regarding contested areas in the South China Sea; whereas Vietnam officially supports the legal submission by the Philippines to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague of 16 March 2015 on the basis of UNCLOS;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas Vietnam at the same time has recently systematically started to develop strategic, security and energy cooperation with its Southeast Asian neighbours, the United States, and Russia;
Amendment 32 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas Vietnam remains heavily contaminated by the explosive remnants of the Vietnam War and still suffers from ecocidepeople and nature still suffer from some 20 million gallons of Agent Orange/Dioxine;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its demand toNotes positively that the forthcoming new Free trade Agreement shall establish a legal link between the FTA and the PCA to include the possibility of suspension of the FTA in case of severe human rights abuses and, reiterates however its request to the Commission to proceed with the human rights impact assessment on the planned FTA as called for by the EU Ombudsmaperson;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Comments the inclusion in the future FTA of a chapter on Trade and Sustainable Development, commitments to the core labour standards and Conventions of the ILO, respect of fundamental workers' rights by both parties, commitments which will support the conservation and sustainable management of natural resources with particular attention to Corporate Social Responsibility and fair and ethical trading schemes;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU to live up to the expectations raised by the new agreement and to ensure that the policies the EU and its Member States pursue in the context of the implementation of the PCA and the future FTA with Vietnam help advance the respect for human rights, rule of law and good governance; suggests the setting up of a complaint mechanism that can be used by affected individuals and communities;
Amendment 73 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Vietnamese Government to make concrete progress on the implementation of the UPR recommendations, starting with the creation of an independent National Human Rights Institution; welcomes the EU funding via the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights and urges to continue these initiatives in order to support the government's efforts:
Amendment 76 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the 12th Vietnamese Communist Party Congress in view of the 2016 elections, to allow for the enhanced participation of citizens in the democratic functioning of the state, notably by allowing the creation of opposition parties, civil society movements and NGOs;
Amendment 77 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. deplores that more than 500 prisoners are estimated to be on death row; Calls for the Vietnamese Government to establish an immediate moratorium on executions and to take appropriate legislative action to abolish capital punishment; welcomes in this respect the government's readiness to reduce the number of crimes punishable by death and calls on the government to be transparent about whether and if so, on the basis of which charges, executions presumably still take place;
Amendment 82 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes note that the garment and textile industry, which employs more than 2 million workers, is Vietnam's largest export sector, and is concerned about the lack of mechanisms available for workers to defend their rights; Urges also the ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Rights to Organise and Convention No 98 on Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining;
Amendment 84 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. UNotes the amnesty granted recently to more than 18.000 prisoners and regrets that political prisoners were not included; urges the revision of the Criminal Code, particularly Articles 79, 87, 88 and 258, which are often used to suppress the peaceful expression of opinion; calls for the release of more than 200 prisoners of consciencremains concerned about some 200 prisoners of conscience, including Human Rights defenders, journalists, bloggers, as well as land rights, workers and environmental activists and calls for their release;
Amendment 88 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the respect of freedom of religion and an end to discrimination and repression of ethnic and religious minorities and to guarantee freedom of religionincluding harassments, surveillance, intimidation, detention, house arrest, physical assaults and travel bans against Roman Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists, Hoa Hao and Cao Dai, in particular the persecution of unregistered religious communities such as the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, ethnic Christian minorities and Khmer Krom Buddhists;
Amendment 96 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Expresses concern about Vietnam constituting one of the major source countries outside the EU for victims of human trafficking, and calls on the Commission to support Vietnam in strengthening its capacities in the field of migration policies and the fight against human trafficking and organised crime, including in the context of its labour and migration policies;
Amendment 97 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a.Sstresses the socio-economic challenges that Vietnam is facing with its young population and increasing internal migration to cities;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Expresses concern about reports regarding the exploitation of Vietnamese victims of human trafficking, including minors, in EU member states, and urges the Commission to ensure that key protection provisions set out in the EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings, including the establishment of national and transnational referral mechanisms, are fully implemented;
Amendment 99 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Encourages the government of Vietnam and the Commission to consider the establishment of a subcommittee or specialised working group on the issue of human trafficking under the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement in order to strengthen cooperation in this field;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the adoption of the 2013 amended Land Law but remains seriously concerned by abuses of land rights, forced evictions and state confiscation of land for development projects, which lead to the dispossession of hundreds of thousands of farmers; appeals to the government to stop land grabbing and to set up adequate complaints mechanisms;
Amendment 103 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the extensive legal commitments by the Vietnamese authorities to promoting gender equity and combating discrimination, but expresses concern that domestic violence, trafficking of women and girls, the growing problem of HIV/AIDS among women, violations of sexual and reproductive rights remain serious problems; urges notably the Vietnamese Government to abolish the discriminatory system of the ‘Hộ khẩu' (family register), which blocks many families, and particularly children, from being registered and this having access to education and social services;
Amendment 104 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the extensive legal commitments by the Vietnamese authorities to promoting gender equity and combating discrimination, but expresses concern that domestic violence, trafficking of women and girlschildren, the growing problem of HIV/AIDS among women, violations of sexual and reproductive rights remain serious problems; urges notably the Vietnamese Government to abolish the discriminatory system of the ‘Hộ khẩu' (family register);
Amendment 109 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Shares the Vietnamese Government's concerns that increasing corruption represents one of Vietnam's main challenges and notes with particular concern that citizens, including journalists and bloggers who denounce corruption are targeted by the authorities; notes that only very few cases have been prosecuted successfully despite the Anti-Corruption Law and appeals to the government to enhance its implementation;
Amendment 115 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Expresses serious concern at environmental damage in Vietnam, pollution, unsustainable mining activities that destroy whole regions, waterways, the life of local communities and deforestation as well as activities of Vietnamese companies abroad which contribute to environmental degradation and land grabbing;
Amendment 117 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Vietnamese Government to introduce measures to guarantee the effective enforcement of legislation to protect the environment and biodiversity particularly from the negative effects of deforestation and the extraction of raw materials with clear, time-bound and result-based targets in each of the above areas;
Amendment 119 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the need for the Mekong River Commission to carry out thorough prior consultations and to make comprehensive environmental, fisheries, livelihoods and cross border impact assessments of hydropower development plans in the mainstream of the Mekong River;
Amendment 121 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes note that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has adopted a climate change adaptation strategy; Welcomes that the country is engaged in developing biomass and solar energy and welcomes the strong focus of the EU aid package (2014-2020) on sustainable energy development;
Amendment 123 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the government to reconsider its decision to build and operate Vietnam's first nuclear power plant located in Ninh;
Amendment 124 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Welcomes that Vietnam has taken specific measures to develop knowledge and research on science and technology, to address the weaknesses in higher education, to attract overseas-Vietnamese and to cooperate with European and US Academic Institutions in order to help in this process;
Amendment 126 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on China and the neighbouring countries concerned including Vietnam to intensify efforts to defuse tension in the contested area in the South China Sea through confidence building, bilateral and regional discussions and mediation by impartial international bodies such as UNCLOS: Welcomes the joint statement of the Chinese and Vietnamese leaders in April 2015 pledging to look for a peaceful resolution to the island disputes;
Amendment 132 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls for an enhancement of parliamentary cooperation and the role of Parliament and the inter-parliamentary meetings as means to monitor the implementation of the Agreement;
Amendment 135 #
2015/2096(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for establishing a regular exchange mechanism between the EEAS and Parliament, so as to allow Parliament to follow up on the implementation of the Agreement and the achievement of its objectives; this mechanism should contain the following elements: - provision to the EP of information on the objectives pursued by EU actions and positions, and on all issues relating to Vietnam; - provision to the EP of information benchmarking the results of actions undertaken by the EU and Vietnam, highlighting the evolution in the situation of human rights, freedom of expression and the rule of law in the country, in particular through: * allowing access under the appropriate confidentiality procedures to the relevant EEAS internal documents; * granting Parliament observer status in the briefing meetings ahead of meetings of the Joint Cooperation Committee, and address to documents provided to the Council and Commission; * involvement of civil society in the preparation of this information and the assessment of the situation;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the persistent instability and conflicts in the EU's neighbourhood have a serious impact on the mass influx ofincreasing number of refugees and migrants; believes that a genuinelong-term response to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean will come only from tackling the root causes, namely ill- governance, poverty, instability, wars, persecution, violations of human rights, climate change and natural disasters; is convinced that tackling these root causes implies wide-ranging reforms on the European level, including of the EU's trade and foreign policies;
Amendment 60 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. AStresses that any agreement with a third country, including in the South Mediterranean region, in the field of migration should be concluded after a careful human rights impact assessment and include a suspension clause in relation to human rights; advocates broader and intensified EU cooperation with third countries of origin and transit, through bilateral agreements, in order to clamp down on smuggling and trafficking networks, to ensure capacity building in the fields of asylum systems and border control, to provide protection for people in need, and to develop frameworks for regular migration and mobility, and to put into force a humane and effective return policy for irregular migrant; calls on the Commission to develop monitoring mechanisms, which allow for public scrutiny of migration policies, including by involving civil society in third countries;
Amendment 89 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on key origin and transit countries for irregular migration to the EU to implement the existing bilateral readmission agreements fully and effectively; highlights, furthermore, the need to improve cross-border cooperation with neighbouring EU Member States in this respect, including through enhanced operational and technical cooperation with FRONTEX; believes, at the same time, that the EU should establish a binding resettlement programme with yearly quotas and a permanent mandatory and automatically triggered relocatiBelieves that the EU should establish a binding resettlement programme with yearly quotas and a permanent mandatory and flexible relocation system across the EU based on fair objective criteria, such as family and cultural ties, and as far as possible on asystem across the EUlum seekers own preferences;
Amendment 115 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the launch of the EUNAVFOR Med operation against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean and supports the reinforcement of the management of the Union's external borders; insists, however, on the need for sustained; stresses the need to transform this operation into a purely and permanent, coordinated European search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean to save lives and; rejects VP/HR Mogherini's initiative to launch phase two of the operation which could lead to the unintentional use of lethal force against unarmed migrants and refugees; calls for an EU policy on asylum, subsidiary protection and temporary protection which fully comply with binding obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and respect the non-refoulement principle;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that fairer trade and development assistance plays a crucial role in tackling the root causes of migration; calls, therefore, on all EU Member States to fulfil their promises in terms of development assistance, including the 0,7- percent target; stresses the need for continuous EU support to international efforts towards poverty reduction, as well as to peace-building, promotion of democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms, regional, political and economic stability, security and prosperity.;
Amendment 13 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to the EU Joint Staff Working Document on Advancing the Principle of Complementarity: Toolkit for bridging the gap between International and National Justice,
Amendment 32 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas respect for, and the promotion and safeguarding of, the universality and indivisibility of human rights are cornerstones of the EU’s action on the international scene; whereas the universality of human rights is being seriously challenged by a number of authoritarian regimes, notably in multilateral fora;
Amendment 77 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that in addition to human suffering, the EU should also note the material and budgetary cost of non- observance of human rights where failure to respect human rights and lack of legitimate democratic participation lead to instability, corruption, failed states, humanitarian crises or armed conflicts, phenomena which undermine the EU’s efforts in its development policy, and to which the EU or its Member States are obliged to react in the foreign and security policy domain; welcomes, in this regard, the EU’s recent efforts to include violations of human rights in its early warning matrix linked to crisis prevention; calls, however, for a stronger preventative action, and urges the VP/HR, the Commission and the Member States to develop a human rights- based crisis prevention element which should be added to the EU Comprehensive Approach to external conflicts and crises and should be included in the forthcoming, revised European Security Strategy;
Amendment 93 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Commends the External Action Service and the Commission for their comprehensive and clear reporting on EU action taken during the reporting period; reiterates, however, its view that the country reports in particular should have a more rigorous framework based on a set of indicators that would allow for the setting of benchmarks to assess bothallow for an overview of key positive and negative trends, and evaluate the efficiency of the EU’s actions, and provide grounds for adapting the levels of EU support in line with progress achieved with regard to human rights, democracy, the rule of law and good governance; notes that the use of such public; notes that more thorough public reporting, notably based on the priorities and indicators would beidentified in linthe whith several objectives mentioned in the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and would permiterto confidential EU Human Rights Country Strategies, would encourage greater consistency in implementing human rights conditionality or assessing the human rights impact of EU policies;
Amendment 97 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Maintains the view that the EU institutions should strive together to improve the format of the report with a view to enabling it to fulfil its potential as a communication tool while not losing its comprehensiveness as an implementation report on the EU Strategic Framework and the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy; reiterates its readiness to be part of an active and constructive cooperation among the EU institutions in the preparation of future reports; recalls its request for the inclusion of a section in the Annual Report on the implementation of the Action Plan by Member States;
Amendment 102 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to prepare a proper implementation report on the first EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy (2012-2014), and calls on the VP/HR and the EEAS to engage the Member States, the Commission, Parliament and civil society in the review and consultations leading to the adoption of a new Action Plan, to take effect in early 2015; welcomes the discussions aimed at achieving better prioritisation of objectives in the new Action Plan, but warns against lowering the scope of the Action Plan as well as the level of ambition in terms of mainstreaming human rights across EU policy areas;
Amendment 108 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Regrets the lack of tangible progress in meeting the commitments made in the Action Plan in relation to developing priorities and indicators for human rights dialogues and consultations, as well as developing criteria for the application of human rights clauses; insists that these commitments be maintained in the forthcoming Action Plan and implemented as a matter of priority; calls for greater clarity with regards the implementation of the commitment in the Action Plan to further develop working methods to ensure the best articulation between dialogue, targeted support, incentives and restrictive measures;
Amendment 109 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls for greater attention and more specific commitments to be made in relation to economic, social and cultural rights in the successor Action Plan;
Amendment 110 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Insists on the importance to include commitments in the new Action Plan in relation to particularly vulnerable groups, such as migrants, refugees and stateless persons; calls for specific commitments to be made in relation to these groups, which were inadequately addressed in the current Action Plan;
Amendment 114 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recognises the importance of the mandate given to the first ever EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Human Rights and of the work done so far; encourages the EUSR to continue to enhance the EU’s visibility and engagement with multilateral and regional human rights mechanisms (the UN, the Council of Europe, the OSCE, ASEAN, the African Union, the OIC), to promote key EU thematic priorities, including those reflected in the recently adopted EU human rights guidelines, to work for the empowerment of civil society throughout the world, and to contribute to the mainstreaming, coherence, consistency and effectiveness of EU human rights policy and in striking the right balance between silent and public diplomacy;
Amendment 118 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Requests that the Council institutionalise the position of the EUSR for Human Rights so that it can becomebe continued with a view to turning it into a permanent function;
Amendment 126 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the EU to effectively address internal human rights challenges, such as the situation of Roma, the treatment of refugees and migrants, discrimination of LGBTI persons, detention conditions or media freedom in Member States, in order to maintain credibility and consistency in its external human rights policy;
Amendment 128 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Commends the EEAS for the successful completion of the first cycle of human rights country strategies developed with a strong emphasis on ownership at the EU Delegation level; regrets, however, the continued lack of transparency regarding the contents of the country strategies and calls, once again, for the public disclosure of, at least, the key priorities of each country strategy, and for Parliament to have access to the strategies so as to allow a proper degree of scrutiny; encourages the EEAS to adopt indicators to evaluate their efficacy, and to treat the country sections of the Annual Report more explicitly as constituting implementation reports on the country strategies;
Amendment 136 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates its support for dedicated human rights dialogues as a tool of EU human rights policy, provided that they do not constitute an end in itself, but a means to secure specific commitments and achievements from the counterpart; recognises the value of engagement in human rights-specific dialogue also with countries with serious human rights problems; underlines, however, the need for the EU to draw clear political conclusions when the human rights dialogue does not lead to positive outcomes, and in such cases to place mor due to the counterpart's lack of willingness to engage in good faith or lack of genuine commitment to reform, and to place emphasis on public diplomacy with a view to ensuring that the public credibility of the EU’s human rights policy is not endangered; warns, furthermore, against diverting human rights discussions away from high-level political dialogues; insists that individual cases of human rights defenders at risk or in jail and political prisoners be effectively raised by the EU and in an accountable and transparent manner;
Amendment 151 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the importance of following up on the reports and recommendations of Election Observation Missions by using these as part of a ‘road map for democracy’ inthe EU's engagement with the country concerned and by mandating the Chief Observer to exercise a special role in the follow-up monitoring of the implementation of the recommendations, as a coherent part of Parliament’s comprehensive democracy support approach and with the support of Parliament’s standing bodies (including the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group);
Amendment 164 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. WelcomesTakes note of the pilot country work conducted so far by nine EU Delegations to achieve increased coherence for democracy support in the EU’s external relations, as initiated in the Council conclusions of 2009 and 2010 and as embedded in the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan for Human Rights and Democracy in 2012;
Amendment 167 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Requests that the Commission and the EEAS enhance coordination of EU action with regard to the second generation of pilot countries so as to ensure that all EU institutions participate and combine their expertise in the effective pursuit of democracy support in third countries, in line with Parliament’s comprehensive democracy support approach;
Amendment 184 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates its call on the EEAS to continue protecting NGOs, human rights defenders and civil society activists by raising the effectiveness of EU human rights dialogues and by promoting EU thematic priorities and human rights guidelines; in this context, encourages the organisation of campaigns aimed at reaching human rights defenders also in the more remote areas of third countries, in order to help implement EU policy objectivesas well as in support of defenders promoting economic and social rights, such as trade unionists or those fighting against land grabbing;
Amendment 188 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Requests that the EEAS and the EU Delegations engage with human rights defenders in a genuine and pragmatic political dialogue aimed at finding the best ways to support an enabling environment for their work; requests that the EU enhance its active diplomacy in third countries and strengthen the position of the human rights focal points in order to mainstream human rights in the daily political work of the EU Delegation, by systematically raising the names of political prisoners and engaging in trial monitoring and visits to prisons; stresses the need for the EU to use public diplomacy to support human rights defenders and to call for the release of imprisoned human rights activists; insists that senior EU representatives, notably the HR/VP, the Council President, Commissioners, EU Special Representatives and government officials from the Member States systematically meet human rights defenders when travelling to countries where civil society is under pressure;
Amendment 194 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recalls the commitment of Parliament and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to supporting a strong multilateral human rights system under the aegis of the United Nations, including the Third Committee of the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the work of related UN specialised agencies such as the ILO, as well as that of UN Special Procedures;
Amendment 209 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Reiterates its full support for the work of the ICC in its role to end the impunity of the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern before the international community; remains vigilant regarding any attempts to undermine its legitimacy and to provide justice for the victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide; remains vigilant regarding any attempts to undermine its legitimacy or independence; urges the EU and its Member states to cooperate with the Court and provide it with strong diplomatic and political support, including in the UN; calls on the EU and member states and EU Special Representatives to actively promote the ICC, the enforcement of its decisions, and the fight against impunity for Rome Statute crimes; considers the increasing number of states parties to be an important development in strengthening the universality of the Court; welcomes the ratification of the Rome Statute by Côte d’Ivoire in February 2013;
Amendment 216 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the EU member states to provide the ICC with the resources needed; emphasises the importance of outreach and public information, including by facilitating victims' rights and ensure that these activities have appropriate diplomatic and financial support; encourages the EU to continue providing assistance to international criminal justice and the ICC, including by supporting civil society actors through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
Amendment 220 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Calls for the creation of an EU Special Representative on International Justice and International Humanitarian Law in order to help develop and promote the EU agenda in these fields;
Amendment 232 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Recalls its firm belief that the death penalty, as a violation of the right to personal integrity and human dignity, is incompatible with the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment under international law and calls on the EEAS and the Member States formally to acknowledge this incompatibility and to adapt EU policy on capital punishment accordingly; emphasises the need to interpret the respective EU guidelines on the death penalty and torture as cross- cutting;
Amendment 234 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Urges the VP/HR and the EEAS, in the light of the increasing number of recentcontinued reports of the widespread practice of torture and abuse around the world, to step up the EU’s efforts in the fight against torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment; reiterates its concern that the action of the EU in this field remains largely insufficient and falls short of its commitments under the EU Guidelines on Torture; calls in particular, for greater EU support to the establishment and strengthening of national and regional torture preventive mechanisms;
Amendment 237 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Encourages the EEAS to pay detailed attention to the country conclusions of the United Nations Committee against Torture and the Subcommittee established under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, and the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture, and to raise these concerns systematically in political dialogues with the countries concerned as well as in public statements; calls on the EEAS and the Member States also to develop a more effective implementation plan for the EU Guidelines on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
Amendment 252 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Reiterates its call for the systematic inclusion of binding, enforceable and non-negotiable human rights clauses in all of the EU’s international agreements, including trade agreements, concluded with third countries, and calls for effective monitoring of their application as well as for reporting back to the relevant committee of; insists that such clauses should be interpreted in conformity with human rights law and stresses the importance of including appropriate safeguards, monitoring, complaints and redress mechanisms allowing for affected individuals and groups to seek remedy for violations; calls for improved consultation of the European Parliament in the early negotiation process of trade and investment agreements, for the effective monitoring of the application of human rights clauses as well as for reporting back to Parliament on the agreements’ human rights aspects;
Amendment 263 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Stresses the importance of a genuine, transparent and inclusive assessment by the European Commission of the human rights situation in third countries benefiting from preferential trade arrangements, notably under the revised GSP+ scheme; calls on the Commission to provide technical and financial support to national authorities and civil society actors to assist in respectively meeting and monitoring the commitments made under these schemes;
Amendment 264 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 b (new)
Paragraph 41 b (new)
41b. Underlines the Treaty-based obligation of the EU to ensure that all its external policies and activities are designed and implemented in a manner which consolidates and supports human rights and the rule of law; in this regard, calls on the EU to substantially improve the methodology, scope and quality of the ex ante and ex post human rights impact assessment of its trade and investment agreements, notably through genuine consultation of civil society; calls on the EU to explore means to allow for adequate enforcement and redress mechanisms, accessible to affected populations and their representatives in cases where EU policies or activities lead to, contribute to, or benefit from human rights violations;
Amendment 284 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Reaffirms that European businesses should undertake adequate due diligence to ensure that their operations respect human rights, wherever they are performed; stresses the importance for meaningful reporting on the human rights, social and environmental impact of projects supported by European Financial Institutions; insists on the need for these institutions to ensure compliance of their activities with Article 21 of the Treaty of the European Union, which inter alia contains an obligation to respect human rights;
Amendment 310 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Reiterates its endorsement of the majority of the funding for the EIDHR being allocated to support for human rights defenders and civil society actions around the worlWelcomes the substantial support provided under the EIDHR to human rights defenders and civil society actions around the world and, in an increasingly hostile environment for civil society worldwide, insists that the current level of support be maintained or expanded;
Amendment 312 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)
Paragraph 53 a (new)
53a. Underlines the importance of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) at the national level for human rights monitoring and awareness raising as well as to ensure redress for victims of violations; calls on the EU to develop a policy in support of NHRIs, in line with the Paris principles, and to make it a priority in external assistance, notably under the European Neighbourhood Instrument;
Amendment 359 #
Amendment 360 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65 a (new)
Paragraph 65 a (new)
65a. Calls on the EU to prioritise the fight against trafficking in human beings in both its internal and external policies with a particular focus on the protection of victims; reiterates the need for all EU Member States to implement the EU Directive (2011/36/EU) and the Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012-2016;
Amendment 403 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Welcomes the EU’s cooperation with UNICEF and other organizations and NGOs committed to children rights, which has resulted in a toolkit for the mainstreaming of children’s rights in development cooperation; welcomes the use of the Nobel Prize money awarded to the EU to assist children in conflict situations; welcomes the EU’s participation in the October 2013 Third Global Conference on Child Labour held in Brasilia, and its participation in the negotiation of the tripartite declaration on child labour;
Amendment 409 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
Paragraph 72
72. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to continue to take action regarding the rights of the child, with a specific focus on violence against children, including torture, as cases of torture and detention of children have been reported by organisations such as UNICEF and Amnesty International; calls for particular focus on the issues of forced child labour; calls for particular focus on the issues of forced child labour and in this connection, the goal of universal primary education, reducing child mortality, child marriage, enlistment of children in armed groups and their disarmament, rehabilitation and subsequent reintegration, as well as placing the issue of child witchcraft on the agenda of human rights dialogues with the countries concerned; stresses the importance of prioritising children’s rights within EU external policy;
Amendment 428 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. SDenounces the dramatic number of deaths at sea in the Mediterranean, estimated at several thousands for the year 2013, thereby making this sea the deadliest region in the world for irregular migration; stresses the urgent need to develop stronger policies at Union level to address the pressing issues related to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in a manner consistent with international human rights law and fundamental human dignity, and calls on the EU to guarantee effective common standards for reception procedures throughout the Union in order to protect the most vulnerable; invites the VP/HR, the Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs and the EEAS to promote a true spirit ofincrease cooperation and equitable burden- sharing among Member States in order to tackle the multiple challenges that persist in this regardcluding in hosting and resettling refugees and contributing to search and rescue services to assist migrants in distress at sea while attempting to reach EU shores; recalls in that regard the need to respect the principle of non-refoulement in European and international waters, as was upheld by the ECtHR; recalls the commitment of the Commission to developing adequate legal migration channels, and, to this end, calls for a revision of the Dublin Regulation, which places disproportionate responsibility on Member States for the Union’s external borders and hinders migrants’ ability to seek and obtain asylum;
Amendment 439 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 a (new)
Paragraph 74 a (new)
74a. Calls on the EU to ensure that the negotiation and implementation of all migration cooperation and readmission agreements with non-EU states comply with international human rights, refugee law and international maritime law and asks to be consulted prior to their conclusion; demands to ensure greater transparency in the negotiation of such agreements and to integrate monitoring mechanisms to evaluate the human rights impact of cooperation on migration with non-EU states and of border control measures, including Frontex and Eurosur; insists that human rights need to be mainstreamed and monitored in all activities carried out by Frontex;
Amendment 442 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 b (new)
Paragraph 74 b (new)
74b. Calls on the European Commission to carry out an independent evaluation of its migration and border control programmes in EU and non-EU states with a view to propose improved measures to prevent human rights violations;
Amendment 458 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76
Paragraph 76
76. Calls for concerted EU action to address the problem of land-grabbing; notes that the denial of access to land and natural resources to the rural and urban poor is one of the key causes of hunger and poverty in the world, thereby having an impact on the local communities’ enjoyment of their human rights, and particularly on their right to adequate food; welcomes the EU’s involvement in the development of the voluntary global guidelines on tenure of land, fisheries and forests, adopted under the aegis of the UN; emphasises, nevertheless, the urgent need to mainstream human rights and poverty reduction considerations in decision- making regarding the acquisition or long- term lease of large areas of land by investordevelop a specific strategy to address land conflict issues and their impact on human rights; considers the EU’s response to this issue to be an important test of its commitment to move toward a rights-based approach in its development cooperation policy as well as to ensure coherence between its human rights policy and its trade and investment policies, which have a growing impact on land issues;
Amendment 475 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 26 a (new)
Subheading 26 a (new)
International culture and sports events and human rights
Amendment 476 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76 a (new)
Paragraph 76 a (new)
76a. Denounces the increasing practice by authoritarian states of hosting mega sports or cultural events in order to boost their international legitimacy whilst further restricting domestic dissent; calls on the EU and Member States to engage with national sports federations, corporate actors and civil society organizations on the modalities of their participation in such events, including with regards to the first European Games in Baku in 2015 and the FIFA World Cup in Russia in 2018; calls for the development of an EU policy framework on sports and human rights, and relevant commitments to be included in the forthcoming Action Plan on Human Rights;
Amendment 477 #
Amendment 478 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76 b (new)
Paragraph 76 b (new)
76b. Reiterates its call for the development of an EU common position on the use of armed drones, giving utmost importance to the respect for human rights and international humanitarian law and addressing issues such as the legal framework, proportionality, accountability, the protection of civilians and transparency; urges once again the EU to ban the development, production and use of fully autonomous weapons which enable strikes to be carried out without human intervention; calls on the EU to oppose and ban the practice of extrajudicial and targeted killings and to take legal measures wherever an individual or entity may be connected to an unlawful targeted killing abroad; insists that human rights are part of all dialogues with third countries on counter- terrorism;
Amendment 482 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Calls for a review of the Guidelines for the European Parliament’s Interparliamentary Delegations on promoting human rights and democracy, to be conducted by the Conference of Delegation Chairs, in cooperation with the Subcommittee on Human Rights; recommends, in this context, a more systematic practice of raising human rights issues, especially the individual cases referred to in Parliament’s resolutions and Sakharov Prize laureates and nominees at risk, during delegation visits to third countries, and of reporting on actions taken to the Subcommittee on Human Rights in writing, and, where politically warranted, through a specific debriefing session;
Amendment 178 #
2013/2945(RSP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on Turkey to commit itself to combating impunity and bring to a successful conclusion efforts to accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC); in that connection, calls for national legislation to be to aligned with all the obligations under the Rome Statute, without restriction; looks to Turkey to adopt the necessary rules to that end and accede to the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court (APIC), with a view to cooperating immediately with the ICC and investigating and prosecuting genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes before its national courts;
Amendment 12 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) Strategy Paper for 2011- 2013 and to the Commission's proposal for a new financial regulation for the EIDHR 2014-2020 (COM(2011)844),
Amendment 15 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
Citation 20
– having regard to the report on the EU indicators for the Comprehensive Approach to the EU implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions 1325, 1820 and 18202106 on women, peace and security, adopted by the EU Council on 13 May 2011,
Amendment 23 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU needs to effectively address internal human rights challenges, such as the situation of Roma, the treatment of migrants and refugees within the EU and at the EU's external borders, discrimination of LGBTI persons, detention conditions, media freedom and the accountability of secret services in Member States, in order to maintain credibility and consistency in internal and external policies;
Amendment 42 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers human rights to be at the centre of EU relations with all third countries, including its strategic partners; stresses that EU human rights policy needs to be consistent in complying with the Treaty obligations, ensuring coherence between internal and external policies and avoiding double standards in external policies;
Amendment 54 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the crucial role played by civil society in the protection and promotion of democracy and human rights; calls on the VP/HR to ensure close cooperation with civil society; considers also that the EU should throw its full weight behind all advocates of libertyhuman rights, democracy, and human rightsliberty throughout the world;
Amendment 58 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls its determination to be closely associated with and consulted on the implementation of the EU Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy;
Amendment 67 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates its view that the country reports should containbe further strengthened and should reflect the implementation of the human rights country strategies, and thus refer to specific benchmarks based on a set of indicators to assess both positive and negative trends, evaluate the efficiency of EU actions and provide grounds for adapting the levels of EU support according to progress on human rights, democracy, the rule of law and good governance;
Amendment 72 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates its appreciation of the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy as an important milestone in integrating and mainstreaming human rights across all EU external policies; underlines the need for a general consensus and enhanced coordination of the EU's human rights policy between the EU institutions and the Member States; calls on the EEAS to step up its efforts to increase the sense of ownership of this Action Plan among Member States; calls for the inclusion of a section on the implementation of the Action Plan by Member States in the Annual Report;
Amendment 74 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the vital importance of efficient and credible implementation of the stated commitments, both in the Strategic Framework and in the Action Plan; points out that credibility requires adequate resourcing of dedicated human rights policies and consistent mainstreaming at a high political level, such as at ministerial and summit meetings with third countries, including with strategic partners;
Amendment 75 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Regrets that economic, social and cultural rights remain largely neglected by the EU's human rights policy in contrast with the EU's stated commitment to the indivisibility and interdependence of rights, and calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts in this direction, including in the field of labour and social rights;
Amendment 79 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recognises the importance of the mandate given to the first EU Special Representative (SR) for Human Rights; encourages the EU SR to enhance the visibility, mainstreaming, coherence and effectiveness of EU human rights policy and to strike the right balance between silent and public diplomacy in carrying out his mandate; repeats its recommendation that the EU SR provide Parliament with a regular report on his activities; while acknowledging the magnitude of his tasks and the versatility of the current mandate- holder, requests that the EU SR also provide Parliament with a clarification of his thematic and geographic priorities and objectives for the remainder of his mandate;
Amendment 86 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Commends the EU SR on the openness of the dialogue conducted with the European Parliament and civil society, thus establishing an important practice that should be continued and consolidated to ensure due transparency and accountability; welcomes, furthermore, the attention given by the EU SR to a number of countries of concern, including Russia, Egypt and Bahrain; welcomes the EU SR's cooperation with regional bodies and in multilateral fora and encourages the EU SR to further expand such activities;
Amendment 89 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the adoption of the EU Guidelines on Freedom of Religion and Belief, and on LGBTI rights; reminds the EEAS, however, to respect good inter- institutional practice and engage in a timely manner and with the proper political bodies within the European Parliament when developing any new strategic tools such as guidelines or when reviewing existing ones; commends the practice adopted by the EEAS and the Council of reviewing and revising older guidelines; encourages the EEAS to adopt a more rigorous review process involving the thorough consultation of stakeholders in order to adapt to changing circumstances;
Amendment 91 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the EEAS and the Council to pay particular attention to the issue of proper implementation plans for the guidelines; recommends further training and awareness-raising among EEAS and EU delegation staff, as well as among Member State diplomats; expresses its particular concern regarding the inadequate implementation of the guidelines on international humanitarian law and the guidelines on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; requests that the EEAS and Member States take urgent corrective measures to fully comply with their commitments under both sets of guidelines;
Amendment 93 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Deplores the fact that most Member States have failed to meet their commitment under the Action Plan to support the UN Voluntary Fund for the Victims of Torture and the Special Fund of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture; calls on Member States to contribute in an adequate manner to these Funds and calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the Council to take effective action to support National Preventive Mechanisms in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy;
Amendment 98 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes the continued difficulties in achieving concrete progress in several of the EU human rights dialogues and consultations; encourages the EU to seek new ways of making the dialogues with countries of concern more meaningful; underlines the need to pursue determined, ambitious, and transparent human rights policy in these dialogues; calls therefore on the EU to draw clear political conclusions when the human rights dialogue is not constructive and, in such cases, and in cases of persistent human rights violations, to put more emphasis on political dialogue, démarches and public diplomacy and ensure that its message is heard both by abusive governments and their people; warns furthermore against diverting human rights discussions away from high-level political dialogues;
Amendment 101 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Recalls its recommendation that as part of the human rights country strategies, the EU should agree on a list of "minimum items" that its Member States and the EU institutions should raise with their relevant counterparts in third countries during meetings and visits, including at the highest political level and during summits; insists that such an approach should also be followed in relation to strategic partners, such as Russia and China, including through the adoption of annual Council conclusions thereon; reiterates its recommendation that the priorities of the human rights country strategies should be reflected in the programming and implementation of assistance to third countries;
Amendment 102 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes the efforts made by the EEAS to finalise the first cycle of EU human rights country strategies; rReiterates its support for the objective of giving ownership of the country strategy to the EU delegation and Member States' embassies on the ground, while ensuring quality control at headquarters level; regrets, however, the lack of transparency regarding the contents of the country strategies; reiterates its call for the key priorities of the human rights country strategies to be made public and for the European Parliament to have access to these strategies and to all information related to them; encourages the EU to produce a public assessment of the lessons learnt during the first cycle of EU human rights country strategies and to identify best practices for the next cycle;
Amendment 106 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Encourages a genuine partnership with civil society actors on the ground, including consultations on policy initiatives and dialogues on human rights and to ensure the effective support to civil society organisations; encourages the EEAS and Member States to further expand the practice of working through human rights working groups formed locally among EU delegations and embassies of Member States; encourages EU Delegations to continue to monitor human rights-related trials, notably those against human rights defenders; calls on the EEAS and Member States to develop a tool kit for EU trial monitoring and to support trial monitoring programmes by civil society organisations at regional level;
Amendment 107 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the nearly complete network of human rights focal points in EU delegations; calls on the VP/HR and the EEAS to develop a plan on how this network can be used to realise its full potential; invites the EU Delegations to publish the contact details of all human rights focal points and EU Liaison Officers for HRDs; while welcoming the designation of human rights focal points as valuable contact persons notably for external actors, calls on the EEAS to appoint dedicated human rights officers within the political sections of EU delegations, which would substantially enhance the implementation of the EU's human rights policy in third countries as well as contribute to stronger and more detailed reporting and analysis, including in the Annual Report on Human Rights;
Amendment 110 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Supports the practice of including enforceable and non-negotiable, legally binding human rights clauses in the EU'sall international agreements, and considers that these clauses should also be concluded by the EU with third countries, includeding in all sectoral trade agreements and calls for an effective monitoring of their application;
Amendment 117 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Reiterates that in the event that Parliament adopts a recommendation calling for the application of the human rights clause, the EEAS should carefully examine the situation in the country concerned and report to the Parliament's responsible committee on its assessment and suggested response;
Amendment 122 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that Parliament may withhold its consent to international agreements on account of serious breaches of human rights, as in the cases of the conclusion of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Turkmenistan or the textile protocol of the EU-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement; regrets nonetheless the lack of progress in setting up a mechanism for monitoring human rights situations, which was agreed to be established as part of the conclusion of the PCA with Turkmenistan;
Amendment 128 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the continuation of the GSP+ scheme whereby countries can enjoy additional preferential tariffs as incentives for ratification and implementation of 27 core human rights, labour and environment conventions; stresses that GSP+ preferences must only be granted to countries that have ratified and effectively implemented the conventions; requests that the delegated act by which the Commission proposes the admission of an applicant country is done on an individual basis; calls on the Commission to request from future GSP+ applicants the extension of a standing invitation to UN Special Procedures and the submission of all pending periodic reports to the relevant UN human rights monitoring bodies, in order to ensure a level-playing field among GSP+ applicants and a common baseline against which to assess compliance with GSP+ requirements upon admission; recalls also the possibility of temporal withdrawal of GSP+ preferences for countries in violation of human rights; calls therefore on the European Commission, when conducting the monitoring exercise, to open genuine channels of communication and carry out broad and transparent consultations with a wide range of partners, including the European Parliament and local civil society and social actors; calls on the European Commission to make the assessments for GSP+ eligibility publicly available, in order to increase transparency and accountability;
Amendment 131 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls, furthermore, on the EURequests that the EEAS and the Commission report to Parliament on how they have complied with their commitment under the Action Plan to define and adopt specific policy guidelines on the effective inclusion of human rights in its trade and investment agreements in order to achieve methodological consistency and rigour in the human rights impact assessments;
Amendment 133 #
Amendment 134 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the EU to ensure the consistency of its policies with human rights, notably in the area of trade with regard to sensitive goods, such as arms and dual use surveillance technology where human rights concerns need to prevail over economic interests;
Amendment 136 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls on the EEAS to report on the EU priorities for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, as well as on the state of play with regards the development of national strategies by Member States for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles;
Amendment 137 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Reminds the Commission of its commitment in September 2010 to examine the issue of forced prison labour in third countries and to review the EU response accordingly, and requests the Commission to report to Parliament on the outcome of this process; calls on the Commission to introduce legislation banning the import into the EU of goods manufactured by forced and prison labour;
Amendment 138 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Stresses the impact of large-scale acquisitions and leases (commonly referred to as "land grabbing") on the enjoyment of human rights, including the right to food; encourages the EU to develop a framework for addressing this issue in its relations with third countries;
Amendment 139 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24e. Regrets the lack of progress by the Commission in answering the request of the European Parliament to propose legislation requiring EU companies to ensure that their purchases do not support perpetrators of conflicts and grave human rights violations;
Amendment 140 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)
Paragraph 24 f (new)
24f. Reaffirms that European businesses should undertake adequate due diligence to ensure that their operations respect human rights, wherever they are performed; stresses the importance for meaningful reporting on the human rights, social and environmental impact of projects supported by the European Investment Bank (EIB) or by export credits granted by European credit agencies; calls on the Commission to develop a methodology for non-financial reporting by European Credit Agencies and the European Investment Bank on compliance of their activities with Article 21 of the Treaty of the European Union, which inter alia contains an obligation to respect human rights;
Amendment 141 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes the overwhelming evidence from recent years indicating the crucial importance of EU foreign policy adequately addressing dynamic transition processes in third countries; encourages the EU to continue to learn from past experiences, both positive and negative, to avoid repeating certain policy mistakes, and to establish best practices in order to influence and consolidate democratisation processes; acknowledges the requirement for policy flexibility in diverging situations, and encourages the development of policy tools that could be applied in different transition scenarios in order to integrate human rights and democracy support measures into the EU approach in a flexible and credibleffective manner;
Amendment 143 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Emphasises that political transition and democratisation need to be bonded with respect for human rights, the promotion of justice, accountability, reconciliation, the rule of law and the establishment of democratic institutions; stresses the importance of redressing human rights abuses committed by former regimes; insists that the EU always advocate a context-sensitive approach to transitional justice while strictly upholding the principle of accountability for violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and the right to redress;
Amendment 149 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Remains unconvinced by the impact and coherence of the EU's democracy support policy, beyond the holding of Election Observation Missions, as well by its interconnection with the EU's human rights policy; calls on the EEAS to carry out a comprehensive review of its activities in this area and to clarify the conceptual and practical linkages between both areas;
Amendment 152 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Strongly encourages the EU to support an active and independent civil society worldwide, both politically and financially, through, for examplenotably, the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR); regrets that freedom of assembly, as a fundamental condition for any democratic development and as a particularly sensitive issue in transition countries, appears to have been overlooked in the EU's Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy; calls on the EEAS and Member States to elaborate Guidelines on Freedom of Assembly;
Amendment 156 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the establishment of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED) which aims to provide support for those striving for democratic change by offering them flexible funding tailored to their needs; recalls the critical importance of avoiding overlap between the mandate and activities of the EED and that of EU instruments in the field of human rights and democracy;
Amendment 170 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Notes with concern that respecting the rights of minorities is one of the key challenges identified in the Commission's Enlargement Strategy for 2012-2013; encourages the Member States to launch a general public debate on the acceptance of minorities through education, civil society engagement, and awareness-raising in general; regrets that the Roma community is particularly disadvantaged throughout the Western Balkans; condemns the generally negative societal attitudes towards vulnerable groups such as the LGBTI community and people with disabilities, which is a recurring issue in many enlargement countries;
Amendment 181 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Welcomes the new EU approach aimed at strengthening the partnership between the EU and the countries and societies of its Neighbourhood, based on mutual accountability and shared commitment to the universal values of human rights, democracy and the rule of law; supports the ‘more for more’ and "less for less" approaches which should provide greater support to partners engaged in building deep and sustainable democracy and protecting human rights; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to ensure the efficient and transparent implementation of this approach, giving due consideration to Parliament's reports; encourages the EU to further develop working methods to ensure the best articulation between dialogue, targeted support, incentives and restrictive measures;
Amendment 186 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Notes with concern the fragile state of democratic processes and the deterioration of human rights and fundamental freedoms in manyost of the Neighbourhood countries; considers that this worrisome state of play requires a comprehensive and genuine reassessment of the EU's approach to transition processes in this region so far; emphasises that good governance, the freedom of association, expression and assembly, a free press and free media, the rule of law and an independent judiciary are essential for underpinning democratic transitions; reiterates the importance to uphold and promote gender equality and women's rights; recognises the key role of civil society in building public support for democratic reforms in the Neighbourhood countries;
Amendment 196 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Regrets that in somemany neighbourhood countries civil society organisations continue to face serious constraints such as obstacles to the freedom of movement, lawsuits against NGO leaders, cumbersome administrative procedures, the aggressive use of criminal defamation laws against NGOs or a complete ban on their operation, restrictive rules controlling foreign funding or making the acceptance of financial support subject to authorisation;
Amendment 198 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Underlines the importance of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) in the human rights architecture at national level, including in terms of human rights monitoring and awareness raising as well as ensuring redress for violations; urges the EEAS and the Commission to develop a policy in support of NHRIs, and to support the establishment and strengthening of NHRIs in line with the Paris principles as a priority in external assistance, notably under the ENPI;
Amendment 199 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
Paragraph 38 b (new)
38b. Calls on the EU to ensure a human- rights-based approach and the protection of migrants and refugees at the EU's external borders; insists that human rights need to be mainstreamed and monitored in all activities carried out by Frontex, the independence of the Fundamental Rights Officer (FRO) should be ensured and the Fundamental Rights Strategy and corresponding Action Plan implemented; asks to be consulted by the Commission prior to the conclusion of any cooperation or readmission agreement with third countries; recalls the need to respect the non-refoulement principle to be respected in European and international waters, as was upheld by the ECHR;
Amendment 217 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Remains deeply concerned about the crisis in Syria; strongly deplores the excessive use of force and violence against the civilian population in the country, and abhors the scale of state abuses that may constitute crimes against humanity; reiterates its strong endorsement of the call by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for a referral by the UNSC of the situation in Syria to the ICC for a formal investigation; calls on all armed factions to put an immediate end to violence in the country; expresses grave concern at the on-going humanitarian crisis and the implications for neighbouring countries; believes that the key to solving the conflict lies in political mechanisms and diplomatic processes;
Amendment 224 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Considers accountability for past violations to be an integral element in the process of building sustainable reconciliation and stresses the vital importance of a systematic participation of women in peace processes; welcomes the intention of the EEAS to develop a dedicated policy on transitional justice to help societies deal with past abuses and fight impunity and encourages a timely development of such a policy; stresses the need to deal with transitional justice in a manner that is consistent with the EU's support for international criminal justice in general, and the ICC in particular; draws particular attention to the EU's experience in the Western Balkans as a source of inspiration; calls on the EU to actively support the newly created mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur for the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence;
Amendment 228 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Condemns in the strongest terms serious human rights violations perpetrated in armed conflict situations in recent and on-going crises, such as Syria, Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic, and in particular summary executions, rape and other forms of sexual violence, acts of torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions, especially regarding the situation of women and children who are particularly vulnerable; calls on the EU to fight against impunity in all of these cases, and to support action by domestic judiciaries as well as the ICC to bring the perpetrators to justice; encourages the EU to integrate torture prevention mechanisms into all activities in EU external relations;
Amendment 232 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Calls on the EU to develop a common EU position on armed drones, addressing issues such as the legal framework, proportionality in the context of counter-terrorism actions, accountability, transparency and the protection of civilians and urges the EU to give utmost importance to the respect of human rights in the context of these considerations; calls on the EU to ensure that human rights are part of all dialogues with third countries on counter- terrorism;
Amendment 237 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Recalls that countries trapped in transition lack democratic reforms and political accountability; reiterates that all citizens have the right to fully and freely participate in political life in which free, fair and open elections take place with more than one party and different alternative and independent media sources;
Amendment 246 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Expresses its serious concerns about recent repressive laws and their arbitrary enforcement by the Russian authorities, often leading to the harassment of NGOs, civil society activists, human rights defenders and minorities; calls on the EU to express this concern at all political levels;
Amendment 260 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Expresses grave concern regarding the steadily deteriorating human rights situation in Iran, the continued repression of reformists, the growing number of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, the consistently high number of executions, including of minors, the widespread torture, the unfair trials and exorbitant sums demanded for bail, and the heavy restrictions on the freedom of information, expression, assembly, religion, education and movement;
Amendment 271 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)
Paragraph 54 a (new)
54a. Calls on the EU to continue to actively support human rights defenders, including by the timely provision of temporary shelter to those at risk; calls on the EU to expand their policy in support of human rights defenders to whistle- blowers and investigative journalists, who may significantly contribute to the protection and promotion of human rights;
Amendment 274 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Welcomes the initiative of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG)European Parliament to strengthen the follow-up to EOM recommendations by using them as part of the ‘road map for democracy’ in the country concerned, and to charge the Chief Observer with a special role to ensure follow-up and implementation of the recommendations with the support of Parliament's standing bodies;
Amendment 276 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Emphasises the importance of enhancing the operational capacity of parliaments between elections; recalls, in this context, the EU pledge in the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness to base development co-operation on ‘democratic ownership’, with a particular reference to the strengthened role of parliaments; urges the EU to work towards a rights based approach with the aim of integrating human rights principles into EU operational activities and to advocate human rights issues on the global development agenda, as committed in the Action Plan;
Amendment 282 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Calls on the EU Member States to build upon the commitment they made in the EU Strategic Framework to ratify and implement the key international human rights treaties, by ratifying and implementing, in particular, the ten core UN human rights treaties and the optional protocols thereto, and to make the relevant declarations on ensuring the acceptance of all individual complaints and inquiry procedures; stresses the importance of these ratifications for the internal and external credibility of the EU's human rights policy; expresses its deep concern that the persistent failure of certain EU Member States to submit their periodic reports to the relevant UN human rights monitoring bodies in a timely manner also undermines the credibility of the EU's human rights policy towards third countries;
Amendment 283 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62 a (new)
Paragraph 62 a (new)
62a. Calls on the EU to encourage third countries to fully cooperate with UN Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts on human rights, including through issuing standing invitations and receiving such experts;
Amendment 290 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
Paragraph 66
66. Invites the EU and its Member States to emphasise the ratification and acceptance of the Statute in negotiations and political dialogues with third countries, regional organisations and other regional groups, and to include provisions concerning the ICC and international justice in EU agreements with third countries; expresses concern at the formal downgrading of the ICC clause by its insertion in the annex of the recently negotiated PCA with Thailand;
Amendment 293 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
67. Calls on the EU delegations and EU Special Representatives to actively promote the ICC, the enforcement of its decisions, and the fight against impunity for Rome Statute crimes in all political dialogues and meetings with third countries; ;
Amendment 295 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 a (new)
Paragraph 67 a (new)
67a. Welcomes the adoption of the EU Toolkit on Advancing Complementarity and calls on the EEAS and the European Commission to take additional steps for an effective implementation; encourages the EU to ensure that the support for the ICC is appropriately mainstreamed in all relevant areas of EU foreign policy;
Amendment 296 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
68. Calls on the EU Member States to fully implement the Rome Statute by aligning national legislation with all Statute obligations and to comply with the ICC's requests for assistance and cooperation at all stages of the Court's proceedings, particularly with regard to (preliminary examination, investigation, arrest and surrender, protection of victims and witnesses, interim release, and the enforcement of sentences); regrets that the contributions to the Trust Fund for Victims remain insufficient and calls on EU Member States to ensure the resources necessary for it to fully fulfil its mandate;
Amendment 298 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 a (new)
Paragraph 68 a (new)
68a. Calls on EU Member States to ratify the Kampala Amendments to the Rome Statute and to encourage its ratification by third countries;
Amendment 301 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Reiterates its univocal opposition to capital punishment, and considers the global abolition of the death penalty as a central objective of the EU's policy on human rights; emphasises that the death penalty has never been proved to be an effective deterrent to crime; applauds the efforts of the European Union and its Member States in the United Nations that led to the adoption of the General Assembly resolution regarding the moratorium on the use of death penalty in December 2012; calls on the EU to continue to undertake targeted campaigns on the death penalty and to intensify engagement with retentionist countries; expects to be appropriately consulted in the course of the review of the Regulation 1236/2005 on trade in goods which can be used for capital punishment or torture, which was planned for 2013;
Amendment 318 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)
Paragraph 73 a (new)
73a. Recalls that the right to conscientious objection to military service constitutes a legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and urges the EEAS and Member States to call on countries with a system of compulsory military service to allow for an alternative service of a non- combatant or civilian character, in the public interest and not of a punitive nature, and to refrain from punishing, including through prison sentences, conscientious objectors for failure to perform military service;
Amendment 330 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
75. Expresses its full support for the UN's work on ensuring the rights and empowerment of women; encourages the EU to undertake a targeted campaign on political and economic participation of women and to support initiatives against gender based violence and feminicide; supports the implementation of the Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Development; calls on the EU delegations to introduce specific measures on the role of external assistance and development co-operation in their local strategies for the implementation of the EU guidelines on violence against women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them;
Amendment 337 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76 a (new)
Paragraph 76 a (new)
76a. Calls on the EU to prioritise the fight against trafficking in human beings; stresses the need to consider both internal and external aspects when addressing human trafficking, encourages the EU Member States to implement the EU Directive (2011/36/EU ) and Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012-2016;
Amendment 340 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Calls for a targeted campaign on the rights of the child with a specific focus on violence against children; looks forward to efficient implementation of the integrated EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012-2016, which identified child labour as a root cause of trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 344 #
Amendment 345 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78 a (new)
Paragraph 78 a (new)
78a. Recalls its earlier recommendations to improve its own procedures in relation to human rights issues and step up its efforts to mainstream human rights effectively into its own structures and processes; regrets that no improvements have been made with regards to the plenary debates and resolutions on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, and their follow-up; welcomes the efforts to improve cooperation on human rights issues with the national parliaments of the Member States;
Amendment 1 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to the visit of the European Parliament’s Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights on behalf of President Martin Schulz to Saudi Arabia from 24-25 November 2013,
Amendment 6 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the changing political and strategic context in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region necessitates a reassessment ofcarries the chance and the need to further develop the EU-KSA relations;
Amendment 10 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas KSA is a hereditary absolute monarchy without an elected parliament; whereas it faces the challenge of royal succession; whereas KSA has a population of 28 million, including 9 million foreigners and 10 million aged under 18; whereas some reforms have been implemented in KSA since 2001, but are not institutionalised and can thus be easily reversed; whereas the country’s record in the field of human rights remains dismal, with fundamental gaps between its international obligation and their implementation; whereas despite this track record, on 12 November 2013 Saudi Arabia has been elected as member to the UN Human Rights Council;
Amendment 16 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the KSA continues to commit widespread violations of basic human rights despite its declared acceptance of numerous recommendations of the 2009 Universal Periodic Review before the UN Human Rights Council such as to reform its criminal justice system, which violates the most basic international standards and detainees routinely face systematic violations of due process, because there is no written penal code which clearly defines what constitutes a criminal offence and judges are free to rule according to their interpretations of Islamic law and prophetic traditions; whereas the current Minister of Justice has emphasised his intent to codify Shari’a and to issue sentencing guidelines;
Amendment 18 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas UN human rights experts have expressed long-standing concerns about overly broad counter-terrorism measures, involving secret detention, which have also exposed peaceful dissidents to detention and imprisonment under terrorism charges; whereas international human rights organisations have urged King Abdullah to reject the counterterrorism law adopted by the Council of Ministers on 16 December, because of its overly broad definition of terrorism imposing unfair restrictions on free speech by potentially criminalising any speech critical of the Saudi Arabian government or society;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas Saudi Arabia is one of the rare countries to still maintain public executions, including in 2011 for a case of ‘sorcery’, whereas some 80 people have reportedly been executed in KSA in 2012 and the figures are on the increase for 2013;
Amendment 21 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas Saudi Arabia continues to try children who have reached the age of puberty as adults, despite the promise of reform in the 2009 UPR, and is one of the very last remaining countries to still execute juvenile offenders; whereas corporal punishment (amputation and particularly flogging) continues to be widely used as a sentence for crime;
Amendment 22 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas the KSA is the only country in the world in which women are not allowed to drive and although there is no official law banning women from driving, a ministerial decree in 1990 formalized an existing customary ban and women who attempt to drive face arrests;
Amendment 26 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the so-called kafala (‘sponsorship’) system, despite the stated intention of the current Labour Minister to abolish it, continues to create conditions for abuse and labour exploitation of migrant workers, sometimes amounting to forced labour, including through rules requiring a worker to obtain permission from his or her employer to change jobs or leave the country; whereas these rules leave foreign workers with little option for redress in cases of exploitation and often force them into the illegality;
Amendment 28 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas over one million Ethiopians, Bangladeshis, Indians, Filipinos, Pakistanis and Yemenis have been sent home in the last months after a labour law reform was introduced to reduce the high number of migrant workers with the aim to combat unemployment among Saudi citizens and whereas the accelerated influx of huge numbers of returnees put an extraordinary strain on the often poor and fragile countries of origin;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes note that on October 18 2013 Saudi Arabia turned down its two year rotating seat in the UN Security Council with the argument that the UN Security Council first needs reform in order to enable it to effectively and practically carry out its duties and responsibilities in maintaining international peace and security, also criticizing the UN Security Council for failing to address the Syrian crisis and the Palestinian issue, as well as neglecting to make the Middle East region free of weapons of mass destruction;
Amendment 47 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Shares some of the concerns expressed by the KSA, but urges the government to actively and constructively engage with the international community; welcomes in this context notably the agreement between the United States and Russia on ridding Syria of chemical weapons while avoiding a military confrontation which could easily have enticed the whole region in an open conflict;
Amendment 48 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Equally appeals to the KSA to actively support the recent interim agreement between the E3+3 and Iran and to help secure a diplomatic resolution of outstanding nuclear issues in a more comprehensive agreement within the next 6 months in the interest of peace and security for the whole region;
Amendment 53 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that being a member of the UN Human Rights Council raises worldwide expectations to show particular respect for human rights and democracy and appeals to the KSA to increase its reform efforts; expects Human Rights Council members to fully cooperate with its special procedures and to allow unhampered visits by all UN Special Rapporteurs, notably to accept the visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
Amendment 54 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Expresses grave concern that human rights violations such as arbitrary arrests and detention, torture, travel bans, judicial harassment and unfair trials continue to be widespread; is particularly concerned that alleged counter-terrorism measures are being increasingly used as a tool to arrest human rights defenders and impunity for human rights violations are reportedly increasing; calls on the Saudi government to urgently act upon the recommendations of the 2009 UPR, including by continuing and intensifying its reform of the judicial system ;
Amendment 55 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Welcomes the engagement of the KSA with the UN human rights system through the Human Rights Council and the universal human right conventions it has ratified so far; calls, however, on the KSA to sign and ratify the other core UN human rights treaties and agreements such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families;
Amendment 57 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. CallsNotes that the KSA has reportedly the highest ratio of twitter users in the World indicating the strong role of internet based social networks in the country; calls therefore even more urgently on the KSA authorities to ensure freedom of expression for all inhabitants of KSA, and stresses that the peaceful advocacy of basic legal rights or making critical remarks using social media are expressions of an indispensable right, as Parliament has stressed in its report on digital freedom;
Amendment 65 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the KSA authorities to speed up implementation of the new legislation on NGOs ensuring their freedom of operation and notably providing them with the required licenses in order to make it easier in particular for human rights organisations to operate;
Amendment 66 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the EEAS to actively support civil society groups who work in favour of enhancing human rights and democracy in Saudi Arabia and calls on the EU delegation in Riyadh to pursue an active human rights agenda in following law suits as observers and in enacting prison visits;
Amendment 71 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates its call for the universal abolition of the death penalty and calls for an immediate moratorium on the carrying out of death sentences in KSA; regrets that KSA continues to apply the death penalty for a wide variety of crimes, including drug offences, apostasy, sorcery and witchcraft; equally calls on the Saudi authorities to reform the justice system in order to eliminate all forms of corporal punishment; welcomes in this context that Saudi Arabia has recently passed legislation making domestic abuse a crime;
Amendment 83 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the King’s appointment in 2013 of the first women to serve in the Consultative Assembly (Shura council) of KSA, occupying 30 seats out of 150 and is looking forward to further develop the contacts and institutional links between the European Parliament and the Shura Council;
Amendment 87 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the great number of female university graduates who nowadays outnumber male graduates and encourages the government to continue and intensify their efforts to invest in women’s education;
Amendment 91 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Awaits the lifting of the ban on women driving; calls on the authorities to stop exercising pressure on those who campaign for the right of women to drive;
Amendment 114 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the first licences issued to women lawyers, but deplores the fact that the legal system is in the hands of male judges of religious background; takes note of the gradual codification of the Sharia aimed at assuring equal application of law in all courts and urges that it be speeded up, since lack of codification and the judicial precedent tradition often result in considerable uncertainty in the scope and content of the country’s laws and in miscarriages of justice; asserts the crucial importance of securing judicial independence and adequate legal and professional training for judges;
Amendment 123 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the authorities to improve the working conditions and treatment of immigrant workers, with special attention to the situation of women working as domestic helpers, who often find themselves in conditions of virtual slavery; encourages the Saudi government to continue the reforms of the labour laws and notably to fully abolish the sponsorship (‘Kafala’) system and welcomes the recent appeal by the National Society for Human Rights to the government to recruit foreign workers instead under a Labour Ministry agency; welcomes recent efforts to introduce national labour laws in order to provide standardised protection for domestic workers and ensure the prosecution of employers responsible for sexual, physical and labour rights abuses;
Amendment 125 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Saudi authorities to stop the recent violent attacks against migrant workers and to release the thousands who have been arrested and are being kept in makeshift centres reportedly often without adequate shelter, or medical attention and urges the home countries to cooperate with the Saudi authorities in order to organize the workers’ return home as humanely as possible;
Amendment 130 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Rejects the zero-sum game logic as a paradigm for international relations in the Middle East, since it fuels distrust, sectarian hatred and the arms race in the region, including the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; in this connection, dDeplores the destabilising effects of arms sales by some EU Member States to KSA and other countries in the region; believes that the solution to the region’s escalating security problems lies in establishing a common security framework, from which no country is excluded and in which the legitimate security interests of all countries are taken into consideration; in this connection, deplores the destabilising effects of arms sales by some EU Member States to KSA and other countries in the region;
Amendment 143 #
2013/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is concerned that KSA’s financial and political support for religious and political groups notably in North Africa, Pakistan, Chechnya and Dagestan may result in reinforcing fundamentalist and obscurantist forces that undermine efforts to create democratic governance and oppose the participation of women in public life; is further concerned that the unconditional political and financial support offered to the leaders of the military coup in Egypt is undermining the efforts of the EU to promote a peaceful and inclusive political solution to the Egyptian crisis;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2034(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 7 February 2013 on the 22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council1, _____________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0055.
Amendment 146 #
2012/2870(RSP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7b (new)
Paragraph 7b (new)
7b. considers the verdict in the Pinar Selek case on 24 January2013 to be a obvious example of the shortcomings in Turkey's justice system and of the weakness of investigations in Turkey; considers this trial to be a test for the rule of law and the credibility of the judiciary in Turkey;
Amendment 153 #
2012/2870(RSP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8a (new)
Paragraph 8a (new)
8a. Underlines the importance of providing effective protection for human- rights defenders; expresses concern about continuing court cases against human- rights defenders and their continued prosecution; in this respect, draws particular attention to the trial of the writer, sociologist and feminist Pinar Selek, which has lasted almost 15 years and, despite three acquittal decisions, resulted in a life sentence pronounced on 24 January 2013; strongly condemns this decision, pointing out that the long duration of the court case raises questions as regards the right to liberty and security, as well as the right to a fair trial, enshrined respectively in Articles 5 and 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights;
Amendment 154 #
2012/2870(RSP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8a (new)
Paragraph 8a (new)
8a. calls on Turkey to reaffirm its commitment to the fight against impunity and to expedite efforts to accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and fully align its national legislation with all obligations under the Rome Statute, including by incorporating provisions to cooperate promptly and fully with the International Criminal Court and to investigate and prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes effectively before its national courts, and accede to the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Court (APIC);
Amendment 217 #
2012/2870(RSP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the urgent need for comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation and the establishment of an anti- discrimination and equality board to protect individuals against discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or sexual identity; calls on Turkey to adopt an action plan to promote the full equality of rights and full acceptance of LGBT persons; stresses the urgent need for comprehensive antidiscrimination legislation and the establishment of an antidiscrimination and equality board to protect individuals against discrimination based on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic, features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation or sexual identity; calls on Turkey to adopt an action plan to promote the full equality of rights and full acceptance of LGBT persons;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
– having regard to its resolution of 17 November 2011 on EU support for the ICC: facing challenges and overcoming difficulties3 , the Review Conferenceand its resolution of 19 May 2010 on the first Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the ICC held in Kampala, Uganda, 31 May–11 June 2011, ands well as the pledges signed up to by the EUmade by the EU on this occasion,
Amendment 9 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
– having regard to Council Decision 2011/168/CFSP of 21 March 2011 on the International Criminal Court4 , and the revised aAction pPlan to follow up on the Decision of 12 July 2011,
Amendment 32 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas justice, rule of law., accountability for all crimes including the most serious crimes of concern to the international community, fair trials, and an independent judiciary are indispensible elements in the protection of human rights and the pillars of sustainable peace;
Amendment 95 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
EU policy on international criminal justice and, the fight against impunity and the International Criminal Court
Amendment 102 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. RCelebrates the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; recognized the ICC as a mechanism of "last resort" for bringing justice to victims of crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes as provided by the principle of complementarity as enshrined in the Rome Statute; reiterates its strong support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the fight against impunity for the most serious crimes of international concern; calls on the EU and its Member States to continue their political, diplomatic, logistical and financial backing of the ICC and other international criminal tribunals, including the ad hoc international tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon;
Amendment 109 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the commitments made in the Council Decision 2011/168/CFSP, adopted on 21 March 2011, and the subsequent Action Plan adopted on 12 July 2011, to promote the universality and integrity of the Rome Statute, to support the independence of the Court and its effective and efficient functioning and to support the implementation of the principle of complementarity; welcomes the inclusion in the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy of reference to the need to fight vigorously against impunity for serious crimes not least through a commitment to the ICC, and the understanding that it is the primary duty of states to investigate grave international crimes, promote and contribute to strengthening the capacity of national judicial systems to investigate and prosecute these crimes; expresses its deep concern over the outcome of the budget discussions at the December 2011 session of the Assembly of State Parties (10th session 12-21 December 2011), which threatened to leave the Court underfunded.
Amendment 113 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. RCalls for the mainstreaming of the ICC in all EU foreign policy priorities, by, in particular, systematically taking into account the fight against impunity and the principle of complementarity; reiterates its recommendation that the Rome Statute be added to the package of international treaties on good governance and the rule of law to be ratified by third countries admitted to the System of Generalised Preferences Plus (GSP+); supports consistent inclusion of an ICC clause in EU agreements with third countries; calls again on the EU and its Member States to comply with all the requests by the Court to provide assistance and cooperation in a timely manner, to ensure, inter alia, the execution of pending arrest warrants; and reaffirms the need for the EU and its Member States, with the help of the EEAS, to put in place a set of internal guidelines outlining a code of conduct for contact between EU/Member State officials and persons wanted by the ICC;
Amendment 141 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Further emphasises the need to ensure that the issue of accountabilitythe fight against impunity for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide is addressed more systematically in the EU's bilateral relations with relevant countries, including by raising it in public statements, and that the EU addresses impunity more consistently at multilateral level, for instance at the UN General Assembly and Human Rights Council;
Amendment 296 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70
Paragraph 70
70. Strongly regrets that homosexuality remains criminalised in 78 states, including five in which it is subject to the death penalty; calls on these states to decriminalise homosexuality without delay, to free those imprisoned on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity and not to execute them; calls on the EEAS to make full use of the LGBT Toolkit to protect the rights of LGBTI people; calls on the Council to work towards binding guidelines in this area; calls on the EEAS and Member States to assist LGBTI human rights defenders in countries where they are at risk, and calls on the VP/HR to continue making clear the European Union's firm commitment to equality and non-discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression in the world, including by launching and supporting initiatives at bilateral, international and UN level on these matters; repeats its call on the Commission to issue a roadmap for equality on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity;
Amendment 298 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 a (new)
Paragraph 70 a (new)
70a. Calls on Member States to grant asylum to people fleeing persecution in countries where LGBT people are criminalised, on the basis of applicants' well-founded fears of persecution, and relying on their self-identification as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex;
Amendment 299 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 b (new)
Paragraph 70 b (new)
70b. Reasserts that the principle of non- discrimination, including on grounds of sex and sexual orientation, is a fundamental element in the ACP-EU partnership;
Amendment 300 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 c (new)
Paragraph 70 c (new)
70c. Underlines that for the EU's foreign policy to be credible and coherent in the field of fundamental rights, equality and anti-discrimination, the Council should adopt the directive on equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation and enlarge the application of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to cover other targeted groups, such as LGBT persons;
Amendment 321 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
75. Urges the EU to enhance its action to end the practices of female genital mutilation (FGM), early and forced marriages, and gender-selective abortion; insists that these policies should be essential elements in EU approach to development cooperation; stresses the importance of adequate access to medical means, and of information about sexual and reproductive health and rights, to the wellbeing of women in all countries;
Amendment 324 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
75. Urges the EU to enhance its action to end the practices of female genital mutilation (FGM), early and forced marriages, and gender-selective abortion; insists that these policies should be essential elements in EU approach to development cooperation; stresses the importance of adequate access to medical means, and of information about sexual and reproductive health, to the wellbeing of women and girls in all countries;
Amendment 327 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75 a (new)
Paragraph 75 a (new)
75a. Notes that there continues to be insufficient attention given to sexual and reproductive rights violations that undermine efforts towards the Cairo Programme of Action (ICPD) commitments; underlines that progress on reproductive health has been limited in some contexts by violations such as child, early and forced marriage and failure to enforce a legal minimum age of marriage, coercive practices such as forced sterilisation or FGM, as well as denial of autonomy to women and girls to make decisions about their sexual and reproductive health free of discrimination, coercion and violence;
Amendment 341 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79
Paragraph 79
79. Welcomes the Commission Communication ‘An EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child,’ integrating both internal and external policy objectives in a single policy document; stresses, however, the importance ofrecalls the commitment of VP/HR in the Commission Communication 'Human Rights and Democracy at the Heart of EU External Action' to focus on the rights of the child as one of three campaign priorities; stresses, however, the importance of translating these commitments into budgeted actions and monitoring itstheir efficient implementation;
Amendment 342 #
2012/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
Paragraph 80
80. SCalls on a consistent inclusion of child rights in Human Rights Country Strategies in line with the Lisbon Treaty commitment; supports the plans to make further advances in developing rights- based approaches to development cooperation as stated in the EU human rights strategy action plan; emphasises the urgency to do so in the case of children's rights in order to ensure longer-term sustainable progress;
Amendment 104 #
2012/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to train EU and Member States' delegation and embassy staff in international human rights and, humanitarian law and international criminal law and further professionalise and strengthen preventive diplomacy and mediation;
Amendment 108 #
2012/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to speedily ratify the amendments to the ICC Statutes definingRome Statute of the ICC, adopted in 2010, related to the prohibition of the use of certain weapons in a non-international armed conflict, and to the crime of aggression, since the Court can playhas a central role, within the international justice system, in the prevention of mass atrocity crimies, as well as in efforts to ensure accountability;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) in order to achieve these objectives, the EUSR, while acting under the authority of the High Representative, should be granted a strong, independent and flexible mandate not defined by narrow and specific thematic responsibilities but rather allowing the EUSR to act swiftly and effectively; in line with the actions and priorities set out in the Action Plan, the EUSR for HR should also address different horizontal issues contributing to more effective and coherent action in EU external policies; the scope of the EUSR's mandate should be fully in line with the principles of universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and to the policy objectives laid down in Article 21 of TEU and should cover, inter alia, strengthening democracy, rule of law and institution building, fight against impunity, international justice, international humanitarian law, abolition of the death penalty, fight against torture, human rights defenders, freedoms of religion or belief, freedom of expression, child protection, gender issues, persons withexpression, association and assembly, child protection, gender issues fight against discrimination in all its forms being based on sex, sexual orientation or sexual identity, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disabilitiesy , as well as women, peace and security;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas common international values and norms aim to ensure peace, the protection of human rights, security and prosperity in the world, and to share the benefits of globalisation among all on a more equitable basis;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU is committed to effective multilateralism with a strong UN at its core, since this is essential in order to address global challenges such as the protection of the universality and indivisibility of human rights, poverty reduction, climate change, environmental degradation and peace;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas human rights and democracy are founding values of the EU and principles and objectives of European external action, including international trade; whereas respect for, and the promotion and safeguarding of, the universality and indivisibility of human rights are cornerstones of European unity and integrity;
Amendment 20 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas all countries and all citizens as well as the international community itself couldo benefit from continued support for democratic processes; whereas they are confronted with challenges of building, restoring and preserving democracies;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to enhance its contribution to the work of the UN by working with partners towards fully implementing the UNGA resolution on the modalities of the EU's participation in the work of UNGA; continue to support, including financially, the work of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to engage more actively with strategic and other bilateral and multilateral partners in order to promote effective solutions to problems which affect both EU citizens and the world at large, includingespecially the poorest and most vulnerable;
Amendment 39 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to emphasise the need factively support a comprehensive reform of the UNSC in order to strengthen its legitimacy, regional representation and effectiveness; in leading by example, to enact concrete steps towards achieving a common EU seat in a reformed UNSC in the foreseable future, and towards the abolition of the veto right of whichever UNSC member;
Amendment 51 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) to advance cooperation and build partnerships in the area of conflict prevention and civilian and military crisis management with the UN, the OSCE, the African Union (AU), the Arab League and other international and regional organisations, as well as with civil society; to improve regional organisations‘ peace- building capacities, inter alia through the proposed EU–UN– AU and EU–UN– ECOWAS tri- partnerships;
Amendment 57 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) to promote the collaboration of different actors in the peace-building architecture, notably between the UN Secretariat, the UNSC, the UNGA, and the UN member states involved in peace-building missions; to pursue efforts to ensure that EU Member States contribute to UN peace missions with special capacities, such as transport and logistics, and training; to consider the option of launching a military operation under CSDP including the possible deployment of a battlegroup to precede a UN peace mission if requested by the UN; to support the development of conflict managementprevention and management as well as mediation, peacekeeping and peacebuilding capacity at national and subnational levels;
Amendment 61 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) to focus, in line with UNSC Resolution 1325, on the need to ensure the full participation of women at all stages of peace processes and to systematically engage them in preventive diplomacy, early warning and security monitoring;
Amendment 74 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) to work with partners to ensure that this concept becomes part of prevention and post-conflict reconstruction, and to assist states in building capacities to this effectprimarily focuses on prevention, but also on post-conflict reconstruction, in line with the tripartition of R2P into responsibility to prevent, to protect and to rebuild; to assist states in building capacities to this effect, among others by strengthening early-warning mechanisms within the UN and the UN's mediation capacities like the Mediation Support Unit (MSU) of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO); to encourage, in cooperation with UN member states, the establishment of focal points to monitor emerging conflict situations, and to build relevant capacities in EU delegations;
Amendment 83 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
Amendment 84 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point -v a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -v a (new)
(-v a) to strengthen the international criminal justice system, to further promote and financially support the ICC as the only permanent court with jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes; to work towards the widespread ratification of the Rome Statute and the Kampala Protocol; to support also existing country-specific UN criminal courts as a temporary means to tackle the most serious crimes committed in specific circumstances; to fight impunity at all levels;
Amendment 91 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point z a (new)
(z a) to support the VP/HR, the Commission and the European Parliament in completing the planned Human Rights review of the EU, including the nomination of an EU Special Representative on Human Rights; to work towards defining the EUSR's role on all levels, including the UN and especially in the UNHRC;
Amendment 93 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point z b (new)
(z b) to address, on all UN levels including UNGA and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the issue of environmentally induced internal and cross-border displacement, in order to find common definitions and legal solutions for all kinds of displacement, be it after sudden-onset catastrophes, slow environmental degradation or the sinking of small island states; to adopt a human- rights-based approach in doing so, by analysing the numerous links between climate-induced displacement and different human rights, and the advantages that human rights offer in addressing environmentally induced displacement by bridging the different legal and scientific aspects of the issue;
Amendment 94 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point z b (new)
(z b) to establish a UN commission of inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, which - according to reports, including by the former UN Special Representative - continue to be committed with impunity and have been committed for decades;
Amendment 95 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point z c (new)
(z c) to address, with a view to increasing EU credibility in the UN, particularly at UNHRC level, human rights violations committed within the EU or by EU actors, such as the running of secret prisons in the so-called 'fight against terrorism', the organisation of secret rendition flights in the same context, or the export of arms and dual-use technology to authoritarian regimes or regimes involved or in danger to get involved in armed conflicts or repression;
Amendment 96 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point z d (new)
(z d) to continue its endeavours in the UNGA and its Committees on the call for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, which continues to receive increasing support from an ever-larger number of countries, on the rights of the child, free media and religious tolerance; to support all efforts to eradicate torture; to particularly encourage the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on Torture;
Amendment 113 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ad a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ad a (new)
(ad a) to mainstream EU development- related policies at all levels, in order to avoid contradictions between pro- development policies on the one hand, and obstacles to partner countries' development in bi-, pluri- and multilateral agreements and fora on the other; to pay particular attention to human rights and development implications in free trade agreements, and during negotiations at WTO level;
Amendment 117 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ae
Paragraph 1 – point ae
(ae) to ensure that the share of overall European aid channelled through the EU budget is not reduced and retains a poverty focus; to ensure that the goal of reserving 0,7% of GDP for Official Development Aid is met, and that possible financial contributions to measures of mitigation and adaptation to climate change in developing countries, in accordance with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, are not included but add up to those 0,7% of GDP; to consider earmarking 20 % of all EU assistance for basic social services as defined by the UN, with a special focus on free and universal access to primary health care and basic education, taking into account the EU's support for the ‘Education for All’ initiative and its commitments to playing a role in global health;
Amendment 120 #
2012/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ae a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ae a (new)
(ae a) to push for a widespread ratification of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security; in general, to address more intensively the issue of land grabbing and its consequences on the right to food, including by highlighting and countering the causal link between land grabbing and European policies and practices in areas such as the production of bio fuels, industrial livestock farming and the consequent massive import of protein crops;
Amendment 47 #
2012/2033(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the relevant authorities to end the habit of routinely invoking state secrecy in relation to international intelligence cooperation to block accountability and redress, and insists that only genuine national security reasons can justify secrecy, which is in any case overridden by non-derogable fundamental rights obligations such as the absolute prohibition on torture; calls in this respect to equally avoid the use of diplomatic assurances as their application has shown to undermine the relevant states' duties to actively seek to prevent any actions that could in any way facilitate torture or ill- treatment;
Amendment 61 #
2012/2033(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Urges the relevant authorities to ensure that a strict distinction is made between the activities of intelligence and security services on the one hand and law enforcement agencies on the other hand, so as to ensure that the general principle of "nemo iudex in sua causa" is upheld;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the events of the ‘'Arab Spring’' and Eastern Neighbourhood demonstrated the need for a more informed and strategic engagement on the part of the EU with countriesauthoritarian countries and those striving for democratic reforms, based on a new approach designednd different approach in order to restore credibility;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the strengthened approach to democracy and human rights support developed in the context of the EU Neighbourhood Policy and of the EU Agenda for Change needs to be accompanied by an increased capacity to react rapidly to developments concerning democracy;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the (EIDHR) focuses onEuropean Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) focuses on urgent measures as regards human rights defenders at risk, including journalists and opponents, and longer- term measures which complement the existing EU geographic instruments;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas political parties, eminent political personalities (such as dissidents, opposition figures, young leaders), social movements, representatives oflevant civil society and the; media (including journalists, bloggers, social media activists, etc.) continue to play abe central role inly important to each democracy and democratisation process, and whereas, owing to a lack of resources, a restricted mandate and leng due to restricted resources, thye EIDHR procedures,’s support forto these actors has in the p, based on an non partisan approach, hast been limited;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) show that, in order to achieve the objectives spelled out above, the creation of a new Fund is more appropriate and more effective than revision of the existing instruments, particularly the EIDHR;
Amendment 52 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to guarantee that the EED generates synergies with and complements the work carried out byplays a synergetic and complementary role relative to the work undertaken by EU Institutions, including the European Parliament, EU Member States, their agencies, and the foundations they fund, while working closely with them, creating partnerships and avoiding duplication;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to ensure that the EED plays a role which complements and does not curtail the activities of existing funding instruments, particularlfocuses exclusively on its added values to be defined and be based on a complementary role to the already existing funding instruments, particularly EIDHR and IfS, which should not be curtailed by the activities carried out by the EIDHRED; where appropriate, the EED shouldmay launch projects which can later could be continued by othe EIDHR, creating an interface with the EIDHRr instruments so as to ensure coherence and sustainability in the longer term;
Amendment 66 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to enable the EED to act in the early stages of transition, to kick-start projects which thus far could not be supported by the EU owing to bureaucratic restrictionsdue to procedural restrictions and risk mitigation; and to model the EED in such a way that it iso be less risk-averse;
Amendment 76 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) address, in the early stages of funding in a specific country, a wide group of potential beneficiaries, including key political players (emerging political actors, fledgling political parties,ro- democracy players, including grassroots movements and non-registered NGOs, trade and labour unions), watchdogs, whistleblowers, individual dissidents, media outlets, and think tanks, in order to enable the EED to support a wide variety of actors striving for democratic reforms while excluding direct funding of political parties, but not capacity-building activities and trainings, as external funding of political parties may discredit them in their own country;
Amendment 85 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) enable the EED to award grants directly to the intended beneficiaries and re-grant financial resourcegive preference to awarding grants through non- profit entities, such as foundations and NGOs; particularly at the beginning,, over the direct award of grants to final beneficiaries; re- granting will be an effective mechanism to enable the EED to work with partners on the ground that have the requisite knowledge and local infrastructure and enjoy the trust of local people;
Amendment 103 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) structure the EED as an administratively flexible and efficient Brussels-based structure, with straightforward grant-award mechanisms; applicants should not be required to undergo cumbersome tendering procedures; co-financing by beneficiaries should not be a prerequisite for funding; the award of grants should, however, be conditional on compliance with strict and clear criteria and the list of beneficiaries should be made public; appropriate procedures and safeguards should be implemented to avoid any form of fraud and misuse of funds granted directly or indirectly to beneficiaries;
Amendment 111 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) to ensure that, while providing flexibility, the EED entails a sound and transparent financial management, has low administrative costs and low transaction costs avoiding the EED to simply result on an additional administrative layer between donors and beneficiaries;
Amendment 112 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
(lb) to ensure that the EU budget is not funding more than 50% of the EED budget and that the funding of the EED is not make at the detriment of already scarce resources allocated to human rights and democracy, in particular the EIDHR;
Amendment 116 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) to endow Parliamentthe EP with a broad political oversight role over EED activities, inter alia by ensuring that Parliament is kept and its programming, inter alia through keeping the EP informed through the presentation of the EED’s annual reports;
Amendment 123 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) ensure that Parliament is involved and consulted throughout the entire process of the creation, setting-up and running of the EED, inter alia through the inclusion of a number of MEPs on its Board of Governors and its Executive Committee, in order to guarantee political balance and to enable Parliament to provide its input into defining the political and strategic guidelines underpinning the endowment's activitie, priorities, expected results and overall financial allocations in a meaningful and systematic manner;
Amendment 126 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) ensure that Parliamentthe EP is involved and consulted throughout the entire process of the creation, setting-upactivation and running of the EED through, inter alia through the, inclusion of a number of MEPs oembers of the EP in its Board of Governors and its Executive Committee, in order to guarantee political balance and to enable Parliamentequal representation of the EP and of the other institutional actors, and to enable the EP to provide its input into defining the political and strategic guidelines underpinlining the endowment's activities in a meaningful and systematic manner;
Amendment 128 #
2011/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) to ensure the setting up of an ad hoc committee in relation with the Executive Committee which should be able to react urgently to emergency situations;
Amendment 76 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Warmly welcomes the HR/VP's statement to Parliament on 13 December 2011 following up on Parliament's long- standing call for the creation of an EU Special Representative on Human Rights; endorses her view that this would ‘act as a catalyst and raise our profile internationally’, and urges the creation of this function forthwith; calls for the post- holder to be expert in, and represent the HR/VP in relation to, international humanitarian law and international justice; further recommends that an EU Special Representative on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice be appointed to advance EU policy and actions on the ICC effectively, and to give it the prominence and visibility it deserves, as well as to assist in ensuring the effective mainstreaming of justice and the fight against impunity in EU foreign policies, so that these issues are consistently weighed in an appropriate way in policy discussions;
Amendment 93 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the mainstreaming of international justice must include systematically taking account of the fight against impunity and the principle of complementarity in the broader context of trade, development and rule-of-law assistance; stresses that victims must be the central concern; recommends that the Rome Statute of the ICC be added to the package of international treaties on good governance and the rule of law to be ratified by third countries admitted to the System of Generalised Preferences Plus (GSP+); recommends the consistent inclusion of ICC clauses in EU agreements with third countries;
Amendment 111 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the updating of the EU's policy on the ICC through the Council Decision of 21 March 2011 and the revision of the EU Action Plan on the ICC; encourages the EU and its Member States to adopt a set of internal guidelines outlining a code of conduct for contacts with persons wanted by the ICC; calls on all Member States (notably the Republic of Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg and Portugal) to sign framework agreements with the ICC in order to facilitate cooperation and to fully integrate the Rome Statute into national legislationfully integrate the Rome Statute into national legislation, in particular by enacting relevant national legislation on cooperation with the Court and by concluding framework agreements with the ICC in order to facilitate cooperation, in particular to ensure the execution of arrest warrants and other Court requests;
Amendment 113 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Recognises the efforts of the European Commission to establish an 'EU Complementarity Toolkit' aimed at supporting the development of national capacities and generating political will for the investigation and prosecution of alleged international crimes, and stresses the importance of systematic consultations with EU Member States, the European Parliament and civil society organisations in order to finalise the toolkit;
Amendment 117 #
2011/2185(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recommends that the EU systematically promote respect for, cooperation with and assistance to the ICC within the framework of the Cotonou Agreement and of dialogues between the EU and regional organisations such as the African Union and the Organisation of American States, and third countries;
Amendment 86 #
2011/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the proposal for a European Endowment for Democracy, which is a timely response to the clamour for democracy by the populations of our neighbouring countries; underlines that it should be based on the principles of transparency and flexibility and should complement already-existing EU Instruments and the exemplary work of longstanding European political or non- political foundations; stresses that its scope and organisation should be clearly defined and that its structures and procedures should be light and straightforward; calls for a truly political steering committee to be established with the participation of the European Parliament, which should also be involveQuestions the added value of establishing a European Endowment for Democracy and regrets the Commission’s lack of clarity on this subject; recognises the need to respond better to the clamour for democracy by the populations of our neighbouring countries, but points out that the European Union has varied and effective instruments at its disposal which could be improved and strengthened, in particular the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights and the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument; stresses the need to avoid any excessive growth in instruments and to guard against the risk of establishing an endowment partly funded from the Community budget which would not be subject to European Parliament budgetary control; insists on a right of scrutiny for the European Parliament in the process of setting up the possible future EED, in the determination of annual objectives, priorities, expected results and financial allocations in broad terms, and in the implementation and monitoring of activities; highlights the contradictory statements concerning the possibility of the EED financing foreign political parties, and sin the ex-post control mechanisms; cerely hopes that clarification on this subject will be forthcoming;
Amendment 7 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
– having regard to the Stockholm Programme 2010-2014 entitled ‘An Open and Secure Europe Serving and Protecting Citizens’ (December 2009)10 , and the Action Plan Implementing the Stockholm Programme (April 2010),
Amendment 12 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the Council Decision 2002/494/JHA of 13 June 2002 setting up a European network of contact points in respect of persons responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and Council Decision 2003/335/JHA of 8 May 2003 on the investigation and prosecution of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes,
Amendment 13 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard Review Conference of the Rome Statute concluded in Kampala (June 2010), Uganda whereas one of the main developments during the conference was an agreement on a mechanism by which the crime of aggression could be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court,
Amendment 14 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the fight against impunity, justice and the rule of law are the pillars of sustainable peace, in that they guarantee human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Amendment 16 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the universal nature of justice implies its even application, free of exceptions and double standards; whereas no place should be a safe haven for those who have committed genocide, crimes against humanity, extrajudicial executions, war crimes, torture, mass rape or forced disappearances,
Amendment 17 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas justice should be seen as an indispensable element underpinning peacekeeping and conflict mitigation efforts; whereas Member States of the EU should never be safe havens for perpetrators of crimes under international law and international law permits and, in some instances, requires states to exercise universal jurisdiction over such crimes,
Amendment 33 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the International Criminal Court is an independent, permanent court that tries persons accused of the most serious crimes of international concern, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes; whereas the ICC is a court of last resort that will only act when national courts are unable or unwilling to do so; whereas the ICC only acts in instances where national courts are unable or unwilling to hold credible trials at home, these instances making international courts essential for holding perpetrators of the worst international crimes to account,
Amendment 38 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the ICC is currently conducting investigations in sevenix countries (Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Darfur region of Sudan, Central African Republic, Kenya and Libya), and the ICC prosecutor has recently requested the opening of an eigh seventh investigation in Côte d'Ivoire; whereas three cases were referred to the Court by the states parties themselves (Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic), two were referred by the United Nations Security Council (Darfur and Libya) and one was begun proprio motu by the Prosecutor (Kenya),
Amendment 44 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the ICC prosecutor's office is examining at least nine situations on four continents, including Afghanistan, Colombia, Georgia, Guinea, Honduras, Republic of Korea, Nigeria, and Palestine,
Amendment 46 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas a large number of ICC arrest warrants are still pending, including those against Joseph Kony and other leaders of the Lord’s resistance army in respect of the situation in Northern Uganda, Bosco Ntaganda in the DRC, the Sudanese President al-Bashir and the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi,
Amendment 81 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the updatingreview of the EU Common Position on the ICC through the adoption of a decision on 21 March 2011;, notes that the new decision takes into consideration the challenges faced by the Court and stresses that the decision provides a good basis for the EU and its Member States to assist the Court in tackling them;
Amendment 85 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Polish Presidency to prioritise the revision of the EU Action Plan relating to the ICC, in the hope that the plan willFurther welcomes the revised EU Action Plan agreed on 12 July 2011 to follow-up the Decision on the ICC which outlines effective and concrete measures to be taken by the EU with a view to deepening its future support for the Court;
Amendment 102 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. RWelcomes the contribution of some EU member states to the fight against impunity for the worst crimes known to humanity through the application of universal jurisdiction; encourages all EU member states to do the same; recommends that the role of the EU Network of Contact Points for War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide in facilitating cooperation between EU law enforcement authorities in the prosecution of serious crimes should continue to be strengthened;
Amendment 110 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly encourages the EU and its Member States, with the help of the EEAS, to put in place a set of internal guidelines, modelled on existing UN guidelines, outlining a code of conduct for contact between EU and Member State officials and persons wanted by the ICC, in particular when the latter still occupy official posts; regardless of their status and whether they are nationals of non- states parties to the Rome Statute;
Amendment 141 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recognises the role of the EU in promoting the universality of the Rome Statute and of the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Court (APIC) and welcomes the recent accessions to/ratifications of the Rome Statute by Tunisia, the Philippines, Graenada, Moldova, St Lucia and the Seychelles, which brought the total number of States Parties to 1167;
Amendment 161 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the Philippines' ratification of the Rome Statute as an important signal that Asian membership in the ICC is growing; welcomes Tunisia's recent accession to the Rome Statute and hopes that this sends a positive signal to other North African and Middle Eastern countries, that they might follow suit; welcomes the recent bill by the National Assembly of Cape Verde authorising ratification of the Rome Statute and encourages its government to proceed accordingly without delay; Expresses its hope that all Latin American countries will join the ICC;
Amendment 181 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Advises the EEAS to ensure that the ICC is mainstreamed across EU foreign policy priorities, to encourage transition states in the Southern Mediterranean to sign and ratify the Rome Statute;
Amendment 187 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. SuggestAffirms that the EU should ensure that the EEAS has the necessary expertise and high-level capacity to make the ICC a real priority; recommends that the EEAS ensure adequate staffing levels both in Brussels and within delegations of officials tasked with handling international justice issues and that the EEAS and the Commission develop further their staff training on ICC issues, establishing a staff exchange programme with the ICC in order to promote mutual institutional knowledge and facilitate further cooperation;
Amendment 189 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Urges all the States Parties to the ICC, the EU and the ICC itself, including the Office of the Prosecutor, to make every effort to prosecute and punish the perpetrators of sex crimes against humanity, which are a specific category of the crimes against humanity falling within the jurisdiction of the ICC (Article 7 of the Rome Statute) and include rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilisation and any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity, along with persecution on gender grounds; notes that such sex crimes are particularly despicable insofar as they are often perpetrated on a large scale and constitute war crimes as well as crimes against humanity (Article 8 of the Rome Statute), targeting the most vulnerable groups – women, children and civilians – in countries already weakened by conflicts and/or food shortages or famine;
Amendment 198 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the EU's individual Member States’ financial and logistical support for the ICC thus far and recommends that current forms of support (including the visiting professionals and internship programmes)11 are continued and expanded further, especially in the following fields: outreach activities aimed at helping victims and affected communities; legal representation; witness relocation; the participation and protection of victims/witnesses, with special consideration for the needs of women and juvenile/child victims; the provision of support enabling the Court to cover urgent operational needs stemming from new investigations; and to support the Court’s efforts to enhance its field presence and to provide the necessary resources to this end, recognising that a strong ICC field presence is crucial to promote understanding and support for its mandate, to manage expectations and to enable victims and affected communities to follow and understand the international criminal justice process and is essential for the Court to carry out its various functions;
Amendment 207 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Recommends that the EU and its Member States increase their contributions to the ICC Trust Fund for the Victims and, to the Witness Relocation Fund, to the legal aid programme as well as to provide necessary resources to strengthen its field presence; stresses that States Parties should provide the Court with sufficient resources to effectively fulfil its judicial mandate and to deliver justice in a fair, effective and meaningful manner;
Amendment 215 #
2011/2109(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Encourages the EU to secure adequate and stable funding for civil society actors working on ICC-related issues within the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), and encourages the EU Member States and existing European foundations to increase their funding for such actors; recommends that the EU Member States ensure adequate funding to the ICC Trust Fund for Victims (in order to complement potential upcoming reparation awards while continuing to carry out current assistance activities) and contribute to the newly established ICC Special Fund for relocations and to the Fund for family visits of detainees at the seat of the Court in The Hague;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a major transformation of the international order is taking place, challenging the European Union to engage more actively and in a more unified way with current and emerging world powers and with other bilateral and multilateral partners in order to promote effective solutions to problems which affect both EU citizens and the world at large,
Amendment 21 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the effects of climate change become ever more clearly the biggest challenge to security and well-being for the majority of citizens on this planet and demand bold and innovative collective action,
Amendment 40 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to enhance global governance and to seek sustainable solutions to the issue of the relationship between the G-formations and the UN system, on which basis thematic debates and the economic dimension could usefully be covered by those groups, provided that the UN retains its central role and remains the only legitimate body for global actiongovernance; at the same time, to consider the G8 and G20 as important fora for the definition of global responses to which the EU must actively contribute through coordinated positions; to support the UNGA President's initiative to organise General Assembly debates with the G20 Presidency before and after G20 summits,
Amendment 51 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Crisis management, mediation, peacekeeping and peacebuilding
Amendment 55 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to work towards achieving consensus on and developing a more operational approach towards the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (RtoP); whilst stressing its importance in preventing and peacefully mediating conflicts, to encourage the implementation of RtoP, inter alia, by strengthening the role of regional organisations such as the African Union (AU), by strengthening early-warning mechanisms within the UN and the UN's mediation capacities like the Mediation Support Unit (MSU) of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), and by better defining the roles of relevant UN bodies; welcomes UNSC Resolution S/2011/95 1970(2011)of 26 February 2011, in which called on the Government of Libya to meet its responsibility to protect its population, the very first time that the RtoP doctrine has been mentioned in a formal UNSC statement in reference to an ongoing crisis, for the very first time all permanent members of the Security Council agreed to call on the International Criminal Court to open an inquiry against an acting government on the basis of alleged crimes against humanity and in the name of the RtoP doctrine in reference to an ongoing crisis; equally welcomes UNSC Resolution 1973(2011) in which the Security Council authorised the protection of the population and a no-fly zone over Libya under the concept of RtoP; regrets however that still far too many lives have been destroyed in this less then perfect process; strongly believes that the mechanisms for the application of the RtoP have to be further refined; emphasizes that the recourse to military force must clearly be the very last resort, and that the formal procedures and mediation efforts to be applied should be strenghtened in the future,
Amendment 61 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to promote security and stabilisation through conflict prevention, mediation, dialogue and post-conflict peacebuilding, whilst stacklbilizing peacebuilding itself through through a smooth transition from short and medium term peacebuilding to longer-term development efforts and by ensuring that peacekeeping isbuilding and development policies are both planned and implemented within the framework of a comprehensive single UN strategy, which takes account of peacebuilding needs and the future transition to a longer-term- strategy early on in both the planning and implementing stages and on which the EU bases its own measures; given that the stabilisation of a conflict-torn country requires more complex action, including trade for the medium and long term, and an integrated approach, and not merely troops, the necessary capacities should be orchestrated by means of such a strategy, in order adequately to address the root causes of conflict, given that half the countries in which military peacekeeping operations are deployed lapse back into conflict within 10 years of the departure of the peacekeeping forces,
Amendment 71 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to consider it an EU strategic priority to strengthen international crisis-management partnerships and to enhance dialogue with other major crisis-management actors, such as the UN, NATO and the AU, and third countries, such as the USA, Turkey, Norway and Canada and third countries; to synchronise actions on the ground, share information and pool resources in the fields of peacekeeping and peacebuilding, including cooperation on crisis management and, in particular, maritime security, and the fight against terrorism under international law; to improve coordination, in this regard, with the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and bilateral donors,
Amendment 79 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) to help with the task of enabling the UN peacebuilding architecture to live up to the expectations which accompanied its establishment, by taking forward the recommendations of the PBC review process, also with the aim of further improving the PBC's effectiveness; to support the emergence of a sound overall peacebuilding architecture on the basis of a partnership between developing and developed countries, whilst paying particular attention to improving delivery on the ground, enhancing relations with the IFIs – in order to create jobs and address economic issues - and fostering a more organic relationship between peacekeeping and peacebuilding; to promote a more structured relationship between the PBC, the European External Action Service's (EEAS) Managing Directorate for global and multilateral issues, especially its directorate on conflict prevention and security policy and the UNGA, the UNSC and the Economic and Social Council with a view to creating greater synergy between peacekeeping and peacebuilding and development actions on the ground; to seek ways of strengthening the PBC's advisory role vis-à-vis the UNSC, to which it is accountable, of enhancing the PBC's cooperation with the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) and of strengthening links with regional organisations and IFIs,
Amendment 83 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 7
Nuclear disarmament and non- proliferation, reform of the IAEA, NPT review, fight against terrorism and organised crime
Amendment 84 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point -l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -l a (new)
(-la) as a consequence of the nuclear disaster in Japan, to thoroughly reform the IAEA by terminating its dual function of controlling nuclear energy use while promoting it and to limit the IAEA's responsibilities to overseeing the nuclear energy industry as well as to checking compliance with the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT); additionally, recommends that safety standards from now on be set and controlled by the World Health Organisation; Member States will be required to legally comply with those standards and the WHO will be equipped with the necessary staffing for the additional tasks,
Amendment 85 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point -l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -l a (new)
International Criminal Justice (-la) to consider it an EU priority to further strengthen the international criminal justice system, to promote accountability and to put an end to impunity, to further promote the important work of the ICC as the only permanent and independent judicial institution with jurisdiction over the most serious crimes of international concern, covering genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes; to encourage a strong and close relationship between the ICC and the UN in line with Article 2 of the Rome Statute, and to encourage the global ratification of the Rome Statute,
Amendment 87 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) to promote the implementation of the recommendations of the 2010 NPT review, in particular to seek a safer world for all and to achieve peace and security in a world without nuclear weapons by fully implementing the 22 specific actions towards full nuclear disarmament of the Final Document without delay, by encouraging both EU nuclear weapons states to take further steps towards nuclear disarmament and to report, as agreed in Action 5, undertakings to the Preparatory Committee in 2014, by urging EU Member States, the US and Russia to establish a nuclear weapons free zone in Europe inter alia by withdrawing US tactical nuclear weapons from European territory and the same category of weapons from the Western part of Russia and by urging the UN Secretary-General and the co-sponsors of the 1995 Middle East Resolution to convene a conference on a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction in 2012 as agreed, to further enhance transparency so as to increase mutual confidence, to achieve faster genuine progress towards nuclear disarmament, to take effective nuclear disarmament measures which are consistent with the fundamental principles of transparency, verification and irreversibility, to encourage nuclear- weapons states to report regularly on the implementation of their commitments, and to review implementation,
Amendment 92 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) to further develop cooperation channels and mechanisms with the EU's external partners, especially the US, in the field of combating terrorism and organised crime, particularly with a view to implementing the UN global counter-terrorism strategy, by participating in the G8 Roma/Lyons Group and the Counter-Terrorism Action Group and by strengthening and adjusting the relevant global agreements; to engage with these partners more effectively and in a more structured way, on both a strategic and a practical level; to show leadership and set an example and to reconsider in this context the need for the dysfunctional UN terrorist list system; to show leadership and set an example by addressing still ongoing human rights violations, including by OECD countries, in the treatment of terror suspects and terrorists such as the continuation of extraterritorial prisons and indefinite arrests without charge, as well as by consolidating respect for fundamental rights and the rule of law as the core of the EU's approach to countering terrorism,
Amendment 107 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) to continue its endeavours in the UNGA Third Committee on a large number of resolutions, in particular on the call for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, which has received support from more countries, on the rights of the child, and on religious intolerance; to support all efforts to eradicate torture; to particularly encourage the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on Torture and on abolishing torture,
Amendment 112 #
Amendment 113 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point -t a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -t a (new)
(-ta) to recognize the need for a transition to a sustainable post-carbon resource and energy-efficient world without nuclear energy,
Amendment 114 #
2011/2030(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) to exercise leadership in the area of global climate governance and international cooperation on climate change, to focus on strong political engagement with third countries and to further develop a dialogue with other key actors, such as the United States, Russia, the emerging powers (China, Brazil, India) and developing countries, given that climate change has become a key element of international relations and a major threat to the achievement of the MDGs; to lay down solid foundations for the next meeting negotiations, which will take place in late 2011 in South Africa (COP17); to initiate a debate on a legal definition of the term "climate refugee", referring to people forced to flee their homes and seek refuge abroad as a consequence of climate change, which is not yet recognised in international law or in any legally binding international agreement; to cooperate more strategically and to be more responsive to the needs of third countries; to contribute to an institutional architecture that is inclusive, transparent, equitable and provides for balanced representation of both developed and developing countries on relevant governing bodies,
Amendment 7 #
2010/2020(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, according to the Treaty of Lisbon, the European Union will now be represented in external relations and international fora by a single entity, the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (‘the Vice- President/High Representative’) supported by a new EU diplomatic service; whereas the Treaty of Lisbon has also brought changes to the prerogatives of the Union’s external policies such as the principle that development policy should comply with the Union’s external actiongreater integration of the different components of the Union’s external action, notably development policy and external trade,
Amendment 19 #
2010/2020(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to continueseek to project itself within the UN system as an honest broker between different membership groups in order to promote common understanding and greater cohesion across the three pillars of the United Nations; to actively promote and systematically address the importance of effective multilateralism in its bilateral dialogues;,
Amendment 24 #
2010/2020(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to establish, in cooperationseek more substantive cooperation and dialogue with the new US administration, a common agenda of short and long-term goals with regard to multilateral issues within the UNnd with emerging global and regional players like China, India and Brazil, with the aim of finding a common agenda and common solutions to global challenges within a multilateral framework,
Amendment 25 #
2010/2020(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 35 #
2010/2020(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to urge the Vice-President/High Representative to build a more cohesive position among EU Member States on the reform of the UN Security Council and to advance this position at the UN; to emphasise that an EU seat in the Security Council remains a long-term goal of the European Union, provided this is achieved without detriment to the influence and weight of EU Member States within this body,
Amendment 50 #
2010/2020(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) to work coherently, consistently and efficiently with EU Member States towards achieving a successful outcome of the 2010 NPT Review Conference; to commit to the aim of complete nuclear disarmament in line with UN Security Council resolution 1887 endorsing the goal of a nuclear- weapons-free world once the conditions are met; to deepen its dialogue with all nuclear powers to pursue a common agenda and a specific timetable aimed at progressive reducelimination of the nuclear warheads stockpile whilst improving the means for verification; to support the US administration in its declared commitment to global nuclear disarmament encouraged by President Obama’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons,
Amendment 56 #
2010/2020(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) to strengthen cooperation and coordination with key partners in the fight against terrorism on the basis of full respect for international law and human rights, and to support the UN’s multilateral counter-terrorism efforts (including steps to reform the UN Terrorist List system in order to bring it into line with the standards of international human rights law) as well as the effective implementation of its Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy; to cooperate closely when the lives of hostages are at risk;,
Amendment 79 #
2010/2020(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point z
Paragraph 1 – point z
(z) to concentrate efforts to reinforce the global trend towards the abolition of the death penalty by seeking tohe adoption of the relevant resolution on the death penalty; to support all efforts to eradicate torture and particularly to encourage the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on Torture,
Amendment 3 #
2009/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that, as the accession of EU to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is an accession of a non-State Party to a legal instrument created for States, the accession of EU to the Convention should be completed without altering the features of the Convention and modifications to its judicial system should be kept minimal;
Amendment 6 #
2009/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that accession will enhance the European Union’s credibility in talks on human rights with non-Member States; regrets however the reservations made by UK, Poland and the Czech Republic to the Charter of Fundamental Rights which weaken the standing of the human rights protection of the EU as Union;
Amendment 9 #
2009/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out the added value of the Five Protocols to the Convention by way of enforcing and protecting certain Rights and Freedoms within and outside the scope of Convention and Conferring upon the European Court of Human Rights Competence to give Advisory Opinions; is of the opinion that, when acceding of EU to the Convention, the Union should also accede to the Protocols of the Convention;
Amendment 22 #
2009/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9a (new)
Paragraph 9a (new)
9a. While supporting call for the Union to complement accession to the Convention by acceding also the European Social Charter, further calls for accession by the Union to the Council of Europe bodies such as the CPT on the prevention on torture, the ECRI on fighting racism and intolerance and the CEPEJ on the efficiency of justice;
Amendment 23 #
2009/2241(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Considers that, as the European Court of Human Rights has acknowledged the extra-territorial applicability of the Convention, the Union must aim to respect this obligation fully in its external relations and activities;
Amendment 38 #
2009/2219(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6a (new)
Paragraph 6a (new)
6a. Calls, in parallel with a commitment to human rights, development aid and international trade agreements, for the regional development process to be strengthened in a sustainable way in accordance with the UN Millennium Development Goals;
Amendment 20 #
2009/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) the EEAS must guarantee full application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in all aspects of the Union's external action in accordance with the spirit and purpose of the Lisbon Treaty; expects, at the same time, that the EEAS will ensure that the respect for, and the promotion of, human rights are at the core of the different areas of the Union’s external policy as enshrined in Articles 2, 3 and 21 of the Treaty on European Union in the version thereof resulting from the Lisbon Treaty; underlines the responsibility of the EEAS to guarantee the consistency between its external action and its other policies in accordance with the Article 21(3);
Amendment 9 #
2009/0060B(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 2 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
"(23a) The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in respect of strategy papers, as those strategy papers supplement Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006 and are of general application. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level."
Amendment 10 #
2009/0060B(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 2 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 11 #
2009/0060B(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Amendment 12 #
2009/0060B(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 2 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006
Article 17 b (new)
Article 17 b (new)
Amendment 13 #
2009/0060B(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006
Article 17 c (new)
Article 17 c (new)
Amendment 21 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 1 a (new)
Article 1 - point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Citation 1
Citation 1
(1a) The first citation is replaced by the following: "Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 212, 207(2) and 209(1) thereof,"
Amendment 22 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Title
Title
Council Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006 of 21 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories, and with developing countries falling under (EC) Regulation No 1905/2006.countries in the Middle East, Asia, the Americas and South Africa (MAAS)
Amendment 23 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. Community financing under this Regulation shall support socio-economic, financial and, technical, cooperationultural, academic and other forms of cooperation falling within its spheres of competence, with developing countries as listed in Annex II and with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories and with developing countries falling under Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006s listed in Annex I (hereinafter referred to as "partner countries"). In principle, this Regulation shall serve to finance measures which do not fulfil the Official Development Assistance (ODA) criteria of the OECD.
Amendment 24 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The cooperation shall be aimed at engaging with partners which share countries towards the achievement of the following goals: – mitigating conflict and enhancing dialogue and rapprochement; – sharing and promoting similar political, economic and institutional structures and values to the Community and which are; – increasing exchanges with important bilateral partners and players in multilateral fora and in global governance. The cooperation also covers partners with which the Community has a strategic interest in promoting links.
Amendment 25 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 4 – point 1
Article 4 – point 1
(3b) In Article 4, point 1 is replaced by the following: "(1) the promotion of cooperation, partnerships and joint undertakings between economic, academic, cultural, and scientific actors, with particular emphasis on activities designed to avert climate change and on environmentally and socially sustainable, clean and locally adapted technologies in the Community and partner countries;"
Amendment 26 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 c (new)
Article 1 – point 3 c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 4 – point 2
Article 4 – point 2
(3c) In Article 4, point 2 is replaced by the following: "(2) the stimulation of bilateral trade, investment flows and economic partnerships, with a special focus on SMEs;"
Amendment 27 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 e (new)
Article 1 – point 3 e (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 4 – point 5
Article 4 – point 5
(3e) In Article 4, point 5 is replaced by the following: "(3) the promotion of cooperative projects in areas such as research, science and technology, sports and culture, renewable energy, transport [...], environmental matters – including climate change, customs [...], financial, legal and human rights issues, and any other matter of mutual interest between the Community and the partner countries;"
Amendment 28 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 16
Article 16
The financial reference amount for the implementation of this Regulation for the period from 2007 to 2013 shall be EUR 172 million for countries listed in Annex I and EUR 176 million for countries listed in Annex II. The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial framework. The additional funding for countries listed in Annex II shall be financed from the margin under heading 4 of the financial framework or by other means available in the context of financing external actions such as the Flexibility Instrument.