Activities of Nicole KIIL-NIELSEN related to 2012/2145(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2011 and the European Union's policy on the matter - EU's human rights strategy (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the annual report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2011 and the European Union’s policy on the matter PDF (546 KB) DOC (695 KB)
Amendments (37)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
– having regard to its resolution of 17 November 2011 on EU support for the ICC: facing challenges and overcoming difficulties3 , the Review Conference, and its resolution of 19 May 2010 on the first Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the ICC held in Kampala, Uganda, (31 May–11 June 2011, and the pledges signed up to by the EU, )4 as well as to the pledges made by the EU on this occasion,5 [3] Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0507. [4] OJ C 161, 31.5.2010, p.78. [5] http://www.icc- cpi.int/NR/rdonlyres/18B88265-BC63- 4DFF-BE56- 903F2062B797/0/RC9ENGFRASPA.pdf
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that the situation regarding women’s rights and the promotion of women’sthese rights must be a crucial part ofraised systematically during human rights dialogues conducted by the EU with third countries with which cooperation or association agreements have been signed;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
– having regard to Council Decision 2011/168/CFSP of 21 March 2011 on the International Criminal Court4 1, and the revised aAction plan, to follow up on the Decision of 12 July 2011, [1] OJ L 76, 22.3.2011, p. 56.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Calls for women’s rights and the status of these rights to be included systematically in the briefings made available to MEPs travelling on delegations and official visits;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
(1b) Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address violence against women and the gender-related dimension of human rights violations internationally, in particular in the context of the bi-lateral association and international trade agreements in force and those under negotiation;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
(1c) Supports the Latin American states to fulfil their obligation of due diligence in the prevention, attention, investigation, legal prosecution, sanction and reparation of feminicide, calls on the Commission to regularly raise the topic within political dialogues, and in particular the existing human rights dialogues, and offer cooperation in the search of remedies to eliminate violence against women and feminicide in the context of the bi- regional partnership;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) Is deeply concerned about the raise of gender based violence in many parts of the world, as one of the symptoms of the worldwide crisis, and especially about the increasing number of feminicide (the homicides of women and girls) in Mexico and other countries of central and South America, which take place in a context of generalized violence and structural discrimination; strongly condemns all kinds of gender based violence and the aberrant crime of feminicide and the prevailing impunity for these crimes, which further pretexts and encourages the murderers;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) Points out that the full participation of women in politics is not limited to statistical objectives regarding the number of candidates and elected officials. Ensuring gender equality entails taking the problems of women’s rights into consideration in policy-making and the free and effective participation of women in all aspects of public, political and economic life;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
(5a) In order to ensure the effective participation of women when they are under-represented in both political and civil society organisations, it is important to provide training and support modules both for European staff dealing with gender issues and the women on the ground to enable them to make an effective contribution to these peace and conflict resolution processes;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas justice, rule of law. accountability for all crimes, including the most serious crimes of concern to the international community, fair trials, and an independent judiciary are indispensible elements in the protection of human rights and the pillars of sustainable peace;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas democracy is the best safeguard of human rights and fundamental freedoms, tolerance of all groups in societynon-discrimination in all its forms and tolerance vis-à-vis individuals and communities and equality of opportunity for each person;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas violations of freedom of religthe enjoyment of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion is fundamental to the development of pluralist and democratic societies and a precondition for the enjoyment of many other rights such as freedom of expression, assembly and association; whereas violations or belieff freedom of thought, conscience and religion, perpetrated by governments and non-state actors alike, are increasing in many countries of the world, resulting in discrimination, intolerance and violence against certain individuals and religious communities, including religious minority representatives;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
EU policy on international criminal justice and, the fight against impunity and the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Celebrates the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; recognized the ICC as a mechanism of "last resort" for bringing justice to victims of crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes as provided by the principle of complementarity as enshrined in the Rome Statute;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the inclusion in the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy of reference to the need to fight vigorously against impunity for serious crimes not least through a commitment to the ICC, and the understanding that it is the primary duty of states to investigate grave international crimes, promote and contribute to strengthening the capacity of national judicial systems to investigate and prosecute these crimes;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the commitments made in the CouncilEU Decision on the ICC 2011/168/CFSP, adopted on 21 March 2011, and the subsequent Action Plan adopted on 12 July 2011, and recommends the EU and its Member States ensure their implementation through effective and concrete measures to promote the universality and integrity of the Rome Statute, to support the independence of the Court and its effective and efficient functioning and to support the implementation of the principle of complementarity;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recognises the efforts of the European Commission to establish an 'EU Complementarity Toolkit' aimed at supporting the development of national capacities and generating political will for the investigation and prosecution of alleged international crimes, and stresses the importance of thorough consultations with EU Member States, the European Parliament and civil society organisations in order to finalise the toolkit;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reiterates its recommendation that the Rome Statute be added to the package of international treaties on good governance and the rule of law to be ratified by third countries admitted to the System of Generalised Preferences Plus (GSP+); supports consistent inclusion of an ICC clause in EU agreements with third countries; calls for the mainstreaming of the ICC in all EU foreign policy priorities, by, in particular, systematically taking into account the fight against impunity and the principle of complementarity;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of strong EU action to anticipate and avoid or condemn instances of non-cooperation such as the extension of invitations to individuals subject to an ICC arrest warrant and failure to arrest and surrender such individuals; and encourages the EU and Member States to develop internal protocols with concrete and standard actions enabling them to respond timely and consistently to instances of non- cooperation with the Court;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls again on the EU and its Member States to comply with all the requests by the Court to provide assistance and cooperation in a timely manner, to ensure, inter alia, the execution of pending arrest warrants; and reaffirms the need for the EU and its Member States, with the help of the EEAS, to put in place a set of internal guidelines outlining a code of conduct for contact between EU/Member State officials and persons wanted by the ICC;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Emphasises that the EU's support to the fight against impunity should cover a number of initiatives that include, among others: increased efforts to promote wider ratification and implementation of the Rome Statute and of the APIC in order to make the Court truly global and universal; enhanced efforts to secure full cooperation with the Court, including through enacting relevant national legislation on cooperation and concluding framework agreements with the ICC for the enforcement of the Court's sentences, the protection and relocation of victims and witnesses, etc, in order to facilitate adequate and timely cooperation with the Court; and determined political and diplomatic support, in particular with regard to the execution of pending arrest warrants;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Notes that the Court is fully operational with seven active investigations (in the Central African Republic; Côte d'Ivoire; the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Darfur, the Sudan; Kenya; Libya; and Uganda); Notes with concerns that the Court is still facing a number of challenges and needs enhanced support and cooperation, in particular due to the fact that the majority of the 22 arrest warrants publicly issued by the Court have not yet been executed, including those against Joseph Kony and other leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army in Northern Uganda; Bosco Ntaganda in the DRC; Ahmad Muhammad Harun, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, and President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir in Sudan; Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abdullah Al- Senussi in Libya; thus frustrating justice for the victims of the grave crimes for which they are accused;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines, further to the Arab Spring, the importance of developing a coherent and nuanced EU policy on transitional justice in addition to the reinforcement of the independence of the judiciary, including the linkage to the ICC as a court of last resort, to help countries in transition address the past human rights violations and to fight against impunity;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Further recommends that an 'EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice' be appointed to advance EU policy and actions on the ICC effectively, and to give it the prominence and visibility it deserves, as well as to assist in ensuring the effective mainstreaming of justice and the fight against impunity in EU foreign policies, and that these issues are consistently weighed appropriately in policy discussions; Welcomes the appointment of an EUSR on Human Rights tasked with implementing the EU Strategic Framework on Human Rights, and calls on the EUSR to work to implement the actions related to the ICC contained therein;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Further emphasises the need to ensure that the issue of accountabilitythe fight against impunity for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide is addressed more systematically in the EU's bilateral relations with relevant countries, including by raising it in public statements, and that the EU addresses impunity more consistently at multilateral level, for instance at the UN General Assembly and Human Rights Council;[VA1]
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Emphasises that the role of women, and their full participation, in the political, economical and social spheres is essential, especially in post-war peace building processes, democratic transition negotiations and conflict resolution, reconciliation and stabilisation processes; calls more particularly for greater involvement of local women’s organisations in these multilateral negotiations;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Condemns the climate of fear and intimidation that has undermined the human rights of the Sahrawi people and which has again been highlighted in the preliminary report by the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation following its mission to Western Sahara in August 2012, and reiterates its call for the introduction of an international human rights monitoring system for Western Sahara;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Underlines that a longer-term approach covering the whole election cycle is required to appropriately follow up on the reports and recommendations of the EU Election Observation Missions; stresses the importance of drawing up realistic and achievable recommendations and of ensuring that these recommendations are monitored by the EU delegations; considers that Parliament's standing delegations and the joint parliamentary assemblies should also play an enhanced role in following up these recommendations and analysing progress with regard to human rights and democracy; encourages EU EOMs to reinforce their coordination with other international election observation missions so as to improve the coherence of the EU action in this respect;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Reiterates its call on the Council and the Commission to develop a political strategy in relation to each EU election observation mission, followed up by an assessment of democratic progress two years after the mission with due involvement of the concerned election observation Chief Observer, to be submitted during Parliament's annual human rights debate with the VP/HR;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)
Paragraph 53 a (new)
53a. Is gravely concerned by developments which restrict freedom of expression and assembly based on misconceptions about homosexuality and transgenderism; recalls that these laws and proposals are inconsistent with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which precludes discriminatory laws and practices based on sexual orientation; calls on the High Representative/Vice-President of the Commission and the Special Representative for Human Rights to raise these concerns systematically;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Stresses the importance for the EU to take proactive action (reaction and support to HRDs under threat; observation of trials brought against HRDs; prompt, vocal and visible reaction to restrictions to the freedoms of expression, association and assembly) and systematically to provide HRDs and/or their families with information on actions undertaken on their behalf, as prescribed in the EU Guidelines on HRDs; calls in this context for a reinforcement of the EIDHR mechanism aimed at providing urgent protection measures with Human Rights Defenders in danger or at risk;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65 a (new)
Paragraph 65 a (new)
65a. welcomes the extension in the updated guidelines of the groups requiring special protection to persons facing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity as well as the commitment to urge third countries to provide domestic procedure for complaints and reports that are gender and child-sensitive; however; regrets that EU's coordinated efforts to counter torture do not address its gender dimension in a more comprehensive manner, this mainly derives from a lack of substantive information on all forms of torture and ill-treatment;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76 a (new)
Paragraph 76 a (new)
76a. Notes that there continues to be insufficient attention given to sexual and reproductive rights violations that undermine efforts towards the Cairo Programme of Action (ICPD) commitments and to addressing discrimination-including gender discrimination and inequality- in population and development strategies. Underlines that progress on reproductive health has been limited in some contexts by violations such as child, early and forced marriage and failure to enforce a legal minimum age of marriage, coercive practices such as forced sterilisation or FGM, as well as denial of autonomy to women and girls to make decisions about their sexual and reproductive health free of discrimination, coercion and violence;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76 b (new)
Paragraph 76 b (new)
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77 a (new)
Paragraph 77 a (new)