Activities of Barbara LOCHBIHLER related to 2016/2020(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
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)
Amendments (38)
Amendment 8 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
Amendment 28 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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;