Activities of Mariya GABRIEL related to 2014/2216(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2013 and the European Union’s policy on the matter
Amendments (11)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the promotion of women's rights must be an important part of the Union’s human rights dialogue with third countries; urges the EEAS and the Commission to define, in partnership with each country, a limited number of priority women's rights so as to concentrate efforts and funds in order to better achieve the priority objectives;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that gender stereotypes are among the main reasons for violations of women’s rights and inequalities between men and women; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to emphasise the involvement of men in information and awareness-raising campaigns on women’s rights; notes that particular attention must be paid to constitutional, legislative or regulatory provisions which discriminate against women on the basis of their sex, for example with regard to access to justice, property, credit, health care or education; reiterates that child marriage, early and forced marriage and failure to enforce a legal minimum age of marriage constitute not only a violation of children’s rights but also an obstacle to women’s empowerment;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses the need to do more to secure the right to education and access to education, especially for girls; welcomes the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi for their struggle for children’s rights; notes that access to education is, in part, a precondition for the full exercise of other human rights, such as freedom of conscience and religion and participation in political life;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates that female genital mutilation is a grave violation of human rights, and a subject to which particular attention must be paid in the EU’s dialogue with countries where the practice is highly prevalent; points out, furthermore, that female genital mutilation has serious, long-lasting effects on women’s health and hence on prospects for development;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Strongly condemns the continued use of sexual violence against women as a weapon of war; stresses that more needs to be done to ensure respect of international law and access to psychological support for women and girls abused in conflicts; welcomes the fact that the Sakharov Prize 2014 was awarded to Dr Denis Mukwege for his commitment in the fight against sexual violence against women and calls on the EU, the Member States, international organisations, civil society to increase cooperation to raise awareness and combat impunity;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the importance of strengthening women’s role in promoting human rights and democratic reform, in supporting conflict prevention and in consolidating political participation and representation; notes, also, in this regard that the recommendations made in the reports of EU Election Observation Missions concerning women’s full and equal participation in the electoral process, should be taken into account and acted upon;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of whose victims are women exploited for sexual purposes; stresses the need for enhanced cooperation with third countries on the exchange of good practices and the dismantling of international trafficking networks, which also make use of the internet to find new victims;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the importance of following up on the reports and recommendations of Election Observation Missions by using these as part of a ‘road map for democracy’ in the country concerned and by mandating the Chief Observer to exercise a special role in the follow-up monitoring of the implementation of the recommendations, as a coherent part of Parliament’s comprehensive democracy support approach and with the support of Parliament’s standing bodies (including the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group); notes the positive role that can be played by EU-deployed election observation missions in terms of ensuring the EU’s credibility as a partner and the EU’s responsibility towards European citizens and taxpayers;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls that, following the Arab Spring, the European Union redefined its neighbourhood policy towards the South Mediterranean and insisted on the role of civil society and on the principle of ‘more for more’ in order to develop more solid partnerships with its neighbours and to guide their reforms and democratic transitions;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Stresses the urgent need to develop stronger policies at Union level to address the pressing issues related to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in a manner consistent with international human rights law and fundamental human dignity, and calls on the EU to guarantee effective common standards for reception procedures throughout the Union in order to protect the most vulnerable; invites the VP/HR, the Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs and the EEAS to promote a true spirit of cooperation and equitable burden-sharing among Member States in order to tackle the multiple challenges that persist in this regard; draws attention to the importance of stepping up cooperation with the EU’s partner countries, in particular in the Mediterranean region, in an effort to dismantle illegal networks used to traffic migrants and combat people trafficking; recalls the commitment of the Commission to developing adequate legal migration channels, and, to this end, calls for a revision of the Dublin Regulation, which places disproportionate responsibility on Member States for the Union’s external borders and hinders migrants’ ability to seek and obtain asylum;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 a (new)
Paragraph 74 a (new)
74a. Welcomes the addition of the criterion of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms to the list of key criteria to be taken into account prior to the opening of negotiations on visa- exemption agreements with third countries1; calls on the Commission to use this new criterion as a lever to persuade third countries to accept more meaningful dialogue on human rights in the strategically and economically significant context of negotiations on visas; __________________ 1 Regulation No 509/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement.