11 Amendments of Sabine LÖSING related to 2011/0412(COD)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) This Regulation establishes a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide allowing for assistance independent from the consent of third country governments and other public authorities, but must in all its measures and actions, fully comply with International Law, the principles of the UN Charter and must respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of third states.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Union assistance under this Regulation is designed to complement the various other tools for implementing of Union policies on democracy and human rights, which range from political dialogue and diplomatic demarches to various instruments for financial and technical cooperation, including both geographic and thematic programmes. It will also complement the more crisis-related actions under the Instrument for Stability.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Furthermore, whilst democracy and human rights objectives must be increasingly mainstreamed in all external assistance financing instruments, Union assistance under this Regulation will have a specific complementary and additional role by virtue of its global nature and its independence of action from the consent of third country governments and other public authorities. This will allow for cooperation with civil society on sensitive human rights and democracy issues possible, providing the flexibility to respond to changing circumstances but must in all its measures and actions fully comply with International Law, the principles of the UN Charter and must respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of third states. It should also provide Union capacity to articulate and support specific objectives and measures at international level which are neither geographically linked nor crisis related and which may require a transnational approach or involve operations both within the Union and in a range of third countries. Moreover, it will provide the necessary framework for operations, such as support for independent European Union election observation missions requiring policy coherence, a unified management system and common operating standards.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) supporting and consolidating democratic reforms in third countries, by enhancing participatory and representative democracy, strengthening the overall democratic and progressive cycle, and improving the reliability of electoral processes, in particular by means of election observation missions.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) training in and dissemination of international humanitarian law and support to its enforcementpeaceful implementation;
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The assistance measures shall be implemented in the territory of third countries or shall be directly related to situations arising in third countries, or shall be directly related to global or regional actions but must in all its measures and actions fully comply with International Law, the principles of the UN Charter and must respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and the principle of non- intervention in the internal affairs of third states.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. The assistance measures shall take into account the specific features of crisis or urgency situations and countries or situations where there is a serious lack of fundamental freedoms, where human security is most at risk or where human rights organisations and defenders operate under the most difficult conditions, but have to be always in the spirit of a peaceful, neutral and mediating approach and must never support any kind of military or civil military humanitarian intervention or measures.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a The strategic programming documents referred to in this Article define the objectives, priorities, expected results and financial allocations in broad terms. For the purposes of full democratic control, transparency and participation in the process of development, adoption and revision of those documents, co-decision in form of ordinary legislative procedure shall be introduced in accordance with Article 294 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 b (new)
Article 4 b (new)
Article 4b Urgency procedure 1. In situations of humanitarian urgency, delegated acts adopted under this Article, in order to adopt purely civilian measures to respond swiftly to such situations, shall enter into force without delay and shall apply as long as no objection is expressed in accordance to paragraph 2. The notification of a delegated act to the European Parliament and to the Council shall state the reasons for the use of the urgency procedure. 2. Either the European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Paragraph 3. In such a case, the Commission shall repeal the act without delay following the notification of the decision to object by the European Parliament or by the Council. 3. A delegated act shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by [two months] at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 e (new)
Article 4 e (new)
Article 4e Eligibility Under the EIDHR the following bodies and actors shall be eligible for funding in accordance with Articles 4(1) of the Common Implementing Regulation: (a) civil society organisations, including non-governmental non-profit organisations and independent foundations, community based organisations, institutions and organisations and networks thereof at local, national, regional and international level; (b) public sector non profit-agencies, institutions and organisations and networks at local, national, regional and international level; (c) national, regional and international parliamentary bodies, when this is necessary to achieve the objectives of the instrument and the proposed measure cannot be financed under another Union external assistance instrument; (d) international and regional inter- governmental organisations; (e) natural persons