4 Amendments of Paulo RANGEL related to 2016/2324(INI)
Amendment 6 #
1. Deplores the fact that certain states often limit or restrict freedom of expression in order to silence dissent or criticism; recalls that the long-term stability and resilience of a society can only be achieved and maintained by ensuring opennessthe autonomy of the civic space and the rights to freedom of expression, opinion, peaceful assembly and association;
Amendment 35 #
3. Calls on the Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS), the Member States and the EU Special Representative for Human Rights to be more vocal, consistent and timely in expressing objections to restrictive CSO laws and to exert effective and tailored pressure on the host governments in question and raise this issue systematically in political and human rights dialogues; considers that EU actors could exert more positive conditionality by allocating additional funds to those governments alof develowping a wider space forcountries that grant greater autonomy to civil society;
Amendment 41 #
4. Calls on all EU actors to advocate more effectively in multilateral fora the strengthening of the international legal framework underpinning democracy and human rights, inter alia by engaging with regional organisations such as the Organisation of American States (OAS), the African Union (AU), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the League of Arab States (LAS) and the Community of Democracies Working Group on Enabling and Protecting Civil Society;
Amendment 48 #
5. Requests the establishment of a ‘Shrinking Space Early Warning’ mechanism, with the involvement of the relevant EU institutions, in particular with the support of the EU delegations, capable of issuing an alert when there are indications that a given government is preparing serious new restrictions against civil society so that the EU is able to respond in a timelier, coordinated and tangible manner;