5 Amendments of Eva JOLY related to 2011/2109(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly encourages the EEAS and the diplomatic services of the EU Member States systematically to ensure thatuse the tools of diplomacy they use in cultivating the EU’s relations withhave at their disposal to promote the ICC among third countries, in particularespecially developing countries, have a positive impact on those countries’ perceptions of the ICC and ofand underline the need for them to support it and to sign and ratify its constituent act (the Rome Statute) if they have not yet done so; notes that this applies to all existing tools of diplomacy,suitable structures for this purpose includinge the EU’s political and human rights dialogues with third countries, in particular developing countries and, among them, the ACP countries;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Encourages the ICC and the EU to prioritise support for the strengthening of independent and impartial national judicial systems; points out that justice is one of the fundamental rights, that it must be exercised firstly at national level, the judicial system permitting, and that cases should be referred to the ICC only as a last resort;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the crucial role of the ICC in the context of EU foreign policy, in terms of the very development of that policy as well as of the adequate funding and staffing of both the EEAS headquarters and the delegations, but emphasises; emphasises firmly, however, that, in implementing policies which may affect developing countries, the EU has an obligation under the Treaty to take account of development cooperation objectives, the primary one being the reduction and eventual eradication of poverty (Article 208(1) TFEU, second indent); firmly rempoindts the Member States and the EEAS, therefore, that, should they initiate discussions among themselves concerning funding instruments for external action, they must comply rigorously with this Treaty requirement; places equal emphasis on the fact that, in the context of aid programmes for developing countries, policy coherence means, first and foremost, the coheout in this regard that all funding instruments for external action which affect the ICC’s work in developing countries will have to rence of policies designed to further the development of those countries and thus to reduce their level of povertyive new, additional resources;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws attention to the principle of EU external policy coherence, under which the Union has a duty in its external activities to promote democracy, independent and impartial justice and basic human rights;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention to its resolution of 4 September 2008 on the evaluation of EU sanctions as part of the EU’s actions and policies in the area of human rights; emphasises that there is a growing international consensus to the effect that any serious and deliberate damage to the environment undermines international peace and security and constitutes a violation of human rights; takes the view that any deliberate and irreversible degradation of the environment constitutes a threat to security and a serious violation of human rights; therefore encourages the inclusion of crimes against the environment as crimes against humanity; calls on the ICC to include any deliberate and irreversible damage caused to the environment among the grounds which may lead to the adoption of sanctions.