12 Amendments of Tanja FAJON related to 2011/2133(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Georgia needs to accelerate carrying out reforms in the justice system, fight against corruption, especially among high-ranking officials, and organized crime, and labour rights, women’s rights and improve integration of minorities;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, in its Joint Communication on ‘A new response to a changing Neighbourhood’, the EU stated its ambition to engage more pro-actively in conflict resolution; whereas the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) is carrying out an important role on the ground and the EU Special Representative for the Crisis in Georgia is co-chairing the Geneva talks; whereas these talks have yielded little result to date and could easily collapse in the present atmosphere of mistrust between the parties;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to intensify talks with the Russian Federation to assure the unconditional fulfillment of all the provisions of the cease-fire agreement of 12 August 2008 between Russia and Georgia, particularly the provision stating that Russia shall guarantee full unlimited access to EUMM to the occupied territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia; to underscore the necessity of providing stability in the aforementioned regions of Georgia; as a confidence building measure, to encourage the parties of the conflict to exchange information on their security forces and their movements in areas near administrative border;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to welcome the policy of constructive unilateralismunilateral commitment by Georgia, committing itself to not using force to restore control over the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as outlined in the speech by President Saakashvili to the EP on 23 November 2010 and call upon Russia to reciprocate the commitment to the non-use of force against Georgia; to welcome Georgia´s Strategy on Occupied Territories and Action Plan for Engagement as an important tool for the reconciliation and to stress the need for enhanced dialogue and people-to-people contacts with the local populations of Abkhasia and South Osetia in order to make reconciliation possible;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) to call on Georgia and Russia to engage in direct talks, without preconditions, on a range of subjects, with mediation, if needed, by a mutually acceptable third party, this should complement, not substitute, the existing Geneva process;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) to urge Georgia and Russia to de- escalate rhetoric about bombings and support for terrorism and conduct thorough investigations of the bombings on the Georgian territory;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) to express concern on the cases of lawyers who were assaulted and severely beaten by police officers; to urge Georgian authorities to take immediate and effective steps, to investigate the above mentioned facts, combat impunity and politically motivated prosecutions, bring those responsible to justice; to ensure that all actions and threats against lawyers for the legitimate exercise of their professional duties are immediately and effectively stopped;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) to further improve the physical conditions in the prisons and detention centres; to continue providing its full support to the Public Defender of Georgia, responsible for monitoring human rights violations; to consider facilitating civil society and human rights non-governmental organizations in visiting persons in prisons and detention centres;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
(lb) to call on the Georgian government to engage in a good-faith dialogue with opposition groups regarding electoral reform; take up recommendations from international and local organisations on the electoral code; to investigate previous election violations and intimidation cases; and to eliminate partisan abuse of public resources during elections;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) to emphasise in the Agreement the importance of ensuring fundamental freedoms, the rule of law and the continued fight against corruption and continue supporting the reform of the judiciary as one of the priorities, in order to increase public trust in the judiciary and the need to develop a fully independent judiciary, including by taking steps to ensure that high-profile political, human rights and property usurpation cases are fairly reviewed;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
(ua) to promote free media, freedom of expression and media pluralism; to allow media to report independently and objectively; to ensure credible and efficient implementation of measures to protect journalists; to thoroughly investigate cases of detained or arrested journalists, accused of spying or grave crimes and cases of killed journalists; to fight against government interference and control, physical threats, attacks and other attempts to silence or intimidate journalists; to prevent the use of media as propaganda; to assure minimum working rights and conditions for journalist; to assure transparency of media ownership and free access to public information;