14 Amendments of Tanja FAJON related to 2012/2033(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
Citation 31 a (new)
- having regard to the numerous media reports and acts of investigative journalism, in particular, but not exhaustively, ABC News 20051 and 20092 reports, Washington Post's 20053 reports, without which the acts of rendition and detention would have remained truly secret,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 b (new)
Citation 31 b (new)
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its condemnation of the practices of extraordinary rendition, secret prisons and torture, which are prohibited under domestic and international human rights law and which breach inter alia the rights to liberty, security, humane treatment, freedom from torture, non- refoulement, presumption of innocence, fair trial, legal counsel and equal protection under the law;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas no Member State has so far fully fulfilled its obligations in line with protecting, preserving, respecting and preventing the breach of international human rights;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas research by the UN, the Council of Europe, national and international media, investigative journalist and civil society has brought to light new concrete information on the location of secret CIA detention sites in Europe, rendition flights through European airspace, and persons transported or detained;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas national inquiries and international research prove that members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) agreed to commit themselves to measures in the campaign against terrorism which enabled secret airline traffic and use of EU Member States' territory in the CIA-led programme of rendition, indicating collective knowledge of the programme by Member States who are also members of NATO;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges NATO and United States authorities to conduct their own investigations, collaborate fully with EU and Member State parliamentary or judicial inquiries on these issues1, disclose information on extraordinary rendition programmes, provide the legal representatives of the suspects with the full information necessary for the defence of their clients and clarify that all NATO agreements and NATO-EU and other transatlantic arrangements comply with fundamental rights; ______________ 1 See inter alia European Parliament resolution of 9 June 2011 on Guantánamo: imminent death penalty decision (P7_TA(2011)0271).
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reaffirms that the international fight against terrorism and bilateral or multilateral international cooperation, including in the framework of NATO or between intelligence and security services, must only be carried out with full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and with appropriate democratic and judicial oversight; calls on EU Member States, the Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Council to ensure that these principles are applied in their foreign relations, and insists that they should make a thorough assessment of their counterparts‘ records on human rights before entering into any agreement, notably on intelligence cooperation and information-sharing, and inform the European parliament on the conclusions of such assessments;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that all Member States have so far not properly fulfilled their positive obligation under international law to investigate serious human rights violations connected with the CIA programme and to afford full redress to victims;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on President Obama to honour his pledge made in January 2009 to close Guantanamo, to allow any detainee who is not to be charged to return to his home country or another safe country as quickly as possible, and to try Guantanamo detainees against whom sufficient admissible evidence exists without delay in a fair and public hearing by an independent, impartial tribunal and, if convicted, to be imprisoned in the United States in accordance with the applicable international standards and principles;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Member States not to employ arguments of state secrecy and national security in cases of violations of human rights and to find the appropriate balance between state secrecy, national security and respect for human right;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States to avoid basing their national criminal proceedings on such legal grounds which enable and lead to the termination of criminal proceedings by evoking clauses of the statute of limitations and lead to impunity, and respect the principle of international customary law which recognizes that statute of limitations cannot and should not be applied to cases of serious violations of human rights;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. CallExpresses concern that most Member States such as Finland, Denmark and Portugalwith the exception of Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland and Lithuania, have failed to respond appropriately to requests for access to information concerning Reprieve's investigation into extraordinary rendition cases and calls on all Member States to respect the right of access to information, to response appropriately to requests and to disclose all necessary information on all suspect planes associated with the CIA and their territory;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to consider proposing measures for permanent cooperation and exchange of information between the European Parliament and Parliamentary Committees for the Oversight of Intelligence and Security Services of the European Union Member States in cases which indicate that joint actions by Member States' intelligence and security services have been undertaken on the territory of the European Union;