Activities of Nicole KIIL-NIELSEN related to 2013/2152(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2012 and the European Union’s policy on the matter
Amendments (5)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms its condemnation of all violence against women, especially the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and domestic violence and calls on all Member states of the Council of Europe to sign and ratify the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and on the EU to engage into an accession process to the Convention in order to ensure coherence between EU internal and external action on violence against women; stresses the importance of information and awareness campaigns in communities wheras well as including human rights defenders already working on ending the female genital mutilation (FGM) is practised;.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for efforts to be stepped up to achieve the Millennium Development Goals concerning gender equality, maternal health and access to education, especially for girls and young women, with a solid commitment from states to enhance accountability and monitoring mechanisms for existing human rights obligations, promote access to justice for all and ensure effective participation for everybody, including the most marginalized and disadvantaged in development decision-making and implementation;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. 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 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Urges the EU and its Member States to ensure the ICPD+20 review process results in a comprehensive review of all aspects related to the full enjoyment of sexual and reproductive rights and reaffirm a strong and progressive approach to sexual and reproductive rights for all in consistency with international human rights standards and increasing accountability for their achievements; in particular, calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure that the review process is conducted in a participatory manner and provides opportunity for different stakeholders, including civil society as well as women, adolescents and young people to participate in a meaningful manner; recalls that the framework for such a review must be based on human rights and have a specific focus on sexual and reproductive rights.
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Recalls its resolutions of 25 November 2010 on the situation in Western Sahara and its previous Annual Report 2010 and 2011; condemns the on- going repression of Sahrawi people in the occupied territories and expresses its concern at the deterioration of human rights situation, as reported by, among others, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; calls for the fundamental rights of the people of Western Sahara, including freedom of association, freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate, to be respected; demands the release of all Sahrawi political prisoners; demands the opening of the territory to independent observers, NGOs, and the media; reiterates its support for the establishment of an international mechanism to monitor human rights in Western Sahara; supports a fair and lasting settlement of the conflict, on the basis of the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people, in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions;