794 Amendments of Barbara LOCHBIHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the vital and central role played by human rights defenders and NGOs in promoting and supporting the application of the ~~fundamental~~human 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 to~~increasing the capacity of the ProtectDefenders.eu mechanism; insists on the need for a stand-alone EIDHR instrument under the MFF;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Praises the work done by~~Expresses 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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 allowed~~urges the EU to step up its efforts to protect the right to freedom of opinion and expression in all its relations with third countries;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Strongly condemns ~~all~~ the in~~ous crimes and human rights violation~~creasing 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 ~~fight~~prevent 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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. De~~nounces and explicitly rejects~~plores 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 which~~commodifies 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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 adop~~insists 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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Jean LAMBERT

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 threats~~warns 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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(ga) to support the UNSG in his efforts to increase UN involvement in peace negotiations;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)

(gc) to increase Member State support for UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 of~~way 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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 ~~promote~~achieve 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).

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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.

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 5

Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) to ~~promote the~~ fully implement~~ation of~~ the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and to encourage all UN Member States to ~~sign and ratify the ATT~~ratify or accede to it;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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- sharing~~share of responsibility in dealing with migration ~~flow~~movements and forced displacement, ensuring an adequate support to refugees worldwide;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 7 a (new)

Sustainable development

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab

(ab) to ~~call for the op~~proactively 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’~~;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/05/02
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 projects~~enhance 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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)

(ia) to support the Libyan authorities to hold perpetrators of human rights violations accountable; to support the International Criminal Court in its efforts to bring perpetrators of atrocity crimes to justice; to support the UN Special Representative for Libya in his call of November 2017 to the international community to assist Libya in combatting impunity for war crimes and to consider options for joint tribunals;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 mean~~and to ensure that measures to counter the trafficking of human beings a~~nd smuggling of migrants~~re not hindering freedom of movement in view of the region's economic development;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 Guard~~Search and Rescue Activities (SAR), in line with the highest standards of international law;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/2017(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2018/03/08
Committee: AFET

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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 i~~llegal~~rregular 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.

2018/11/16
Committee: AFET

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34

(34) Measures in and in relation to third countries supported through the instrument should be implemented in full synergy and coherence with and should complement other actions outside the Union supported through the Union's external financing instruments. In particular, in implementing such actions, full coherence should be sought with the principles and general objectives of the Union’s external action and foreign policy related to the country or region in question. In relation to the external dimension, the instrument should target support to enhance cooperation with third countries and to reinforce key aspects of their border surveillance and border management capabilities in areas of interest to the Union’s migration policy and Union’s security objectives.deleted

2018/11/16
Committee: AFET

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii

~~(ii) third country listed in the work programme under the conditions specified therein.~~deleted

2018/11/16
Committee: AFET

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3

~~3. Legal entities established in a third country are exceptionally eligible to participate where this is necessary for the achievement of the objectives of a given action.~~deleted

2018/11/16
Committee: AFET

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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.

2018/11/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas trade ~~and human rights reinforce each other, and whereas~~has 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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses profound concern ~~that human rights, the rule of law and democratic values continue to be under threat worldwide~~about the global authoritarian pushback against democracy, the rule of law and human rights;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is deeply concerned that the numerous, ever-increasing attempts made to shrink the space of civil society, i~~s increasingly under attack worldwide~~ncluding 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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 ratification~~progress 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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Reaffirms the fact~~Calls, 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 b~~are 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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. 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 the Union's 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 policy and commitments on human rights; 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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 ~~fight~~end 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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Expresses grave concern about the continued impunity for violations of international law worldwide and calls on the EU and its Member States to support UN accountability mechanisms and consistently support all resolutions on accountability at the UN multilateral fora, including the Human Rights Council;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Expresses profound concern at and solidarity with the ~~large number of refugee~~asylum 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 networks~~ir 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 co~~operation and partnerships with the third countries concerned~~nformity 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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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; ~~regrets~~strongly 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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;~~

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 policies~~security, counter-terrorism, trade, migration, justice and home affairs policies, in particular through the implementation of human rights conditionality;

2017/09/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
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,

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)

- having regard to the Geneva Pledge for Human Rights in Climate Action,

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)

- having regard to the EU Gender Action Plan 2016-2020, adopted on 26 October 2015,

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas climate change can lead to migration ~~and its impact~~that 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 change~~least responsible for global warming and by populations most dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods or with least capacity to respond to natural disasters;

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas women are central to solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate challenges;

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
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;

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
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;

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
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;

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
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;

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
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;

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Believ~~Stresses 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;

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
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;

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to ~~identify and mainstream is~~secure a gender sensitive approach which ensures ~~of respect for~~that women’s rights, ~~and to~~the 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.

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
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;

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
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;

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
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;

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 every~~continue 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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Soraya POST, Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
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 of~~large movement of refugees and migra~~tion~~nts and climate change, which are impossible to address at national level and require regional and global responses;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Soraya POST, Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Soraya POST, Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph k a (new)

(ka) to support the UNSG in his efforts to increase UN involvement in peace negotiations.

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph s

(s) to call for a ~~strengthening of the global response to migration, by~~human 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 build~~ing~~ 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~~;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph u

(u) to ~~demand that greater efforts be made to prevent irr~~reject "blanket" return policies without stipulating safegular ~~migration~~d 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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Soraya POST, Barbara LOCHBIHLER

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Soraya POST, Barbara LOCHBIHLER

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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);

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ad b (new)

(adb) to establish an effective system of protection for UN whistle-blowers;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2041(INI)

Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Bodil VALERO

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/06
Committee: AFET

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 waiting~~EU´s current economic and political difficulties have raised concerns amongst ASEAN countries, which want to see ~~whether~~how the EU will be able to overcome its ~~problem~~challenges and divisions;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Supports EU-ASEAN ~~cooperation~~security 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;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 environments~~sustainable tourism, food security, the protection of biological diversity, in particular the coral reefs, and to effectively address overfishing in the region;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 be~~its 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;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

– having regard to the EU Guidelines on Promoting Compliance with International Humanitarian Law,

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 17 July 2014 on the Crime of Aggression,

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, in accordance with the ~~Preamble to the Rome Statute, as well as with the principle of complementarity~~principle of complementarity, as enshrined in the Rome Statute, the ICC only acts in instances where national courts are unable or unwilling to ~~hold trials~~genuinely investigate and prosecute, so that States Parties retain the primary responsibility for ~~prosecuting atrocity crimes~~bringing to justice the alleged perpetrators of the most serious crimes of international concern;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 and~~most 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 utmost~~imperative importance for the EU;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 notificat~~welcomes 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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Strongly encourages the EU and its Member States to use all ~~the~~political 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 statements~~in addition to political statements; underlines the importance of ensuring sufficient financial contributions to the Court for its effective functioning;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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:

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 ~~killings~~extermination, 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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Welcomes the EUʼs efforts to support the work of the ~~Commission for International Justice and Accountability~~NGOs 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 Kin~~gdom~~ 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;

2017/04/03
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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);

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the adoption of the second EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy (2015-2019), and urges ~~all~~the EU a~~ctors to make full use of the Action Plan’s tools and flexibility to respond effectively to em~~nd its Member States to fully implement the actions thergeing and ~~shifting challenges to the protection of human rights~~in a timely manner;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Reiterates its belief that the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy~~Welcomes 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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Calls on the EUSR to consult systematically with civil society, including local civil society organisations, ahead of his visits to third countrie~~Stresses 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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 exploitation~~migrants and refugees to smuggling or trafficking in human beings;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10 a (new)

Trafficking in human beings

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Recalls the crucial importance of the principle of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), as enshrined in Article 208 TFEU, in achieving respect for human rights; calls on the EU to ensure that the necessary guidelines, impact assessments and monitoring and reporting mechanisms make PCD a reality in EU and Member States policies, especially in trade and agriculture;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 jurisdiction~~all victims of such abuses, constitutes an essential element of the EU’s external relations with these countries;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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~~;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 a~~ssistance is provided to female war rape victims~~nd 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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 17 b (new)

Fight against all forms of discrimination

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 ca~~as 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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89

89. Reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism and ~~its full support for~~calls 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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 100

~~100. Condemns in the strongest possib~~dele terms the torture and ill- treatment caused by ISIS; expresses its solidarity with the families and communities of all victims affected by the violence; calls on the EU, its Member States and the international community to step up their efforts to address the urgent need to prevent further suffering in an effective way;d

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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)),

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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’,

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

~~– having regard to its resolution of 4 February 2016 on the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by the so- called ‘ISIS/Daesh’4, __________________ 4~~deleted Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0051.

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph p

(p) to ~~demand that greater efforts be made to prevent irr~~reject ‘blanket’ return policies without stipulating safegular ~~migration~~d 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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 laws~~laws 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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Ana GOMES, Barbara LOCHBIHLER

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 impunity~~by 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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph w a (new)

(wa) calls on the UN to address the legal shortfalls in the term ‘climate refugee’, including its possible international definition;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph x e (new)

(xe) to establish an effective system of protection for UN whistle-blowers;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;

2016/03/22
Committee: AFET

2016/2020(INI)