10 Amendments of Nicole KIIL-NIELSEN related to 2010/2202(INI)
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the EU Member States to sign up to, and ratify, all core UN and Council of Europe human rights conventions and the optional protocols thereto, in particular to ratify the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Council of Europe's framework convention for the protection of national minorities, the European Charter for Regional or Minority languages, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; insists that the Optional Protocol to the Convention should be regarded as an integral part thereof, and calls for simultaneous accession to the latter (Convention and Protocol);
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the special sessions of the HRC on the human rights situation in the east of the DRC, on the impact of the global economic and financial crises on the universal realisation and effective enjoyment of human rights, on the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka, and on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and East Jerusalem; regrets that in the context of the special session on the OPT the majority of members applied a one-sided interpretdedicated to the follow-up of the Goldstone report, EU Member Sates have taken different positions despite Sweden, on behalf of the EU group, pointed out that an overarching human rights priority for the EU is to combat impunity; deplores that, in spite of the extended deadlines given by UN to Israel and the Palestinian part, no independent investigation that meets international standards have been conducted so far by all parties; calls on the HR/VP to ensure that those who have committed violations of the Goldstone reportinternational law be held accountable in accordance with the EU obligation under the Geneva Convention and the EU priority to combat against impunity;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Reiterates that the EU is opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances; recalls that the EU is the lead donor to civil society organisations which fight against the death penalty; asks the Commission to continue to give priority to the fight against this cruel and inhuman punishment and to keep it as a thematic priority under the EIDHR and geographical instruments; does not consider life imprisonment without parole to be an acceptable alternative to the death penalty;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Expresses its deep regret at the assassinations of, among others, Stanislav Markelov, Anastasia Baburova and Natalya Estemirova in Russia and of André Rwisereka and Jean Leonard Rugambage in Rwanda, the arbitrary detention of Roxana Saberi and Abdolfattah Soltani in Iran, and the trial of Liu Xiaobo in China, all of which took place during the reporting period;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Emphasises the importance of human rights clauses in trade policies, partnerships and trade agreements between the EU and third countries; proposes a ‘human rights assessment’ of non-EU countries that engage in trade relations with the EUrequests however once again that this clause be accompanied by an enforcement mechanism so to ensure its implementation in practice;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 a (new)
Paragraph 59 a (new)
59a. Welcomes the use of impact assessments on sustainable development, but considers that they should also be carried out once the agreement is in place, and not only ex-ante, to ensure continuing evaluation;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 b (new)
Paragraph 59 b (new)
59b. Strongly encourages the Commission to carry out impact assessments on human rights in addition to those on sustainable development, with comprehensible trade indicators based on human rights and on environmental and social standards;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60a (new)
Paragraph 60a (new)
60a (new). Urges the Commission to table a proposal for a regulation banning the import into the EU of goods produced using forced labour and in particular child labour, in violation of basic human rights standards; emphasises that such a regulation would have to enable the EU to investigate specific claims;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68a (new)
Paragraph 68a (new)
68a (new). Highlights the interdependence of freedom of opinion and expression and freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and stresses in particular that, owing to the interaction between them, freedom of opinion and expression constitutes the extension of freedom of thought, conscience and religion;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68b (new)
Paragraph 68b (new)
68b (new). Condemns any attempt to subordinate the exercise of one of these freedoms to the other; points out that guarantees of freedom of opinion and expression and freedom of thought, conscience and religion reflect shared values and principles of case law, and consequently insists on the need to exercise these freedoms in a responsible, complementary and harmonious way;