Activities of Ulrike LUNACEK related to 2014/2254(INI)
Plenary speeches (3)
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU (2013-2014) (debate)
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU (2013-2014) (debate) DE
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU (2013-2014) (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2013-2014) PDF (325 KB) DOC (324 KB)
Amendments (73)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
– having regard to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the conventions, recommendations, resolutions and reports of the Parliamentary Assembly, the Committee of Ministers, the Human Rights CommissionerCommissioner for Human Rights and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
– having regard to the United Nations conventiontreaties on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and the jurisprudence of the UN treaty bodies,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to its Resolution of 4 February 2014 on the EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
– having regard to the Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council of 24 June 2013,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
– having regard to the Conclusions of the Council of the European Union and the member states meeting within the Council on ensuring respect for the rule of law adopted on 16 December 2014,
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
– having regard to its resolutions on migration, in particular the latest dated 17 December 2014 on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 b (new)
Citation 25 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 11 February 2015 on the US Senate report on the use of torture by the CIA,
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, under Article 2 TEU, the EU is founded on respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, values which are shared by all the Member States and which must be upheld by the EU, and by each individual Member State, in everything they do;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Member States cannot reduce the level of guarantees offered in their own constitutions in respect of certain rights on the pretext that the Charter of Fundamental Rights or other instruments of the EU law provides for a lower level of protection;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas many fundamental rights violations still occur in the EU and in Member States, as pointed out in reports by the Commission, the FRA, NGOs, the Council of Europe and the UN, such as the violations of the right to freedom of assembly and expression of civil society organisations, the institutional discrimination of LGBTI persons through marriage bans and anti-propaganda legislation, and the remaining high-levels of discrimination and hate crime motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas many fundamental rights violations still occur in the EU and in Member States, as pointed out in reports by the Commission, the FRA, NGOs, the Council of Europe and the UN, such as the violations of the right to freedom of assembly and expression of civil society organisations, the institutional discrimination of LGBTI persons through marriage bans and anti-propaganda legislation, and the remaining high-levels of discrimination and hate crime motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that it is essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full in both European and national legislation, public policies and their implementation;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the appointment of the first Vice-President of the Commission with powers relating to respect for the rule of law and the Charter, and expects to see an internal strategy on fundamental rights based on Article 2 TEU adopted in the near future, in close cooperation with the other institutions and in consultation with civil society and other interested parties; the strategy should be based on Article 2, 6 and 7 TEU, and be consistent with the principles and objectives embedded in Articles 8 and 10 TFEU;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point b – introductory part
Paragraph 4 – point b – introductory part
(b) develop a pro-active plan of action consistent with the principle of subsidiarity that:
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point b – indent 2
Paragraph 4 – point b – indent 2
– stipulates that all European policies and actions, including in the economic sphere and in the field of external relations, and all EU-funded measures must undergo a detailed ex ante and ex post assessment of their impact on fundamental rights;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
(c) develop, in cooperation with the FRA and national human rights institutions of the Member States, a database that collates and publishes data on the situation regarding fundamental rights in the EU and in individual Member States; reiterates, in that connection, the need for the Commission to propose a revision of the FRA Regulation in order to grant the FRA wider powers, including country-by- country monitoring;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point d
Paragraph 4 – point d
(d) broaden the scope of the EU Justicedevelop, in cooperation with the FRA and national human rights institutions of the Member States, the EU Fundamental Rights Scoreboard to cover the assessment of criminal justice systems and of efforts to uphold fundamental rights and the rule of law; the indicators in the Scoreboard should include clear data collection mechanisms, including equality data collection disaggregated according to the different discrimination grounds;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the Commission's Communication on a new EU Framework to strengthen the rule of law; considers, however, that the proposed mechanism will not act as a sufficient and efficient deterrent when it comes to preventing and resolving fundamental rights violations in Member States;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
Paragraph 6 – point b
(b) clearly definmodifying the mandate of the FRA to include withing the criteria for its application and ensuring that it is implemented swiftly without waiting for fundamental rights violations to materialiseir competences the monitoring of the situation of fundamental rights in each Member State both within and beyond the application of EU law on the basis of own research framed by clearly defined criteria and taking into account conclusions by international organisations and courts, so that the analysis is implemented swiftly without waiting for irreparable harm;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 6 – point b a (new)
(ba) allowing the Commission, should systemic or significant violations of Article 2 TEU identified by the FRA, to initiate infringement procedures, that might also lead to financial sanctions in accordance with Article 260 TFEU;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point d
Paragraph 6 – point d
(d) ensuring that the procedure under Article 7 TEU is implemenstarted automatically, should such a mechanism failnot resolve the issue, and that the possibility of imposing further penalties in keeping with European law is considered;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that in its relations with the wider world, the Union shall contribute to the protection of human rights; in that respect, calls upon the EU institutions to ensure a high level of the protection of human rights in external relations, as well as in internal policies having external consequences;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores recent instances of anti- Semitic and anti-Islamic discrimination and violenceincidents of discrimination, hate speech and hate crime motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, which occur in the EU on a daily basis; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or beliefundamental rights and to promote tolerance;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores recent instances of anti- Semitic and anti-Islamic discriminincidents of hate speech and hate crime motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, which occur in the EU on a daily basis; ; calls on Member States to protect fundamental rights and to promote tolerance; expresses its concerns regarding lack of investigations and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religconvictions in connection with hate crimes in the Member States; calls on the EU to make the fight against hate crimes a priority when drawing up European policies against discrimination and in the field of justice; calls for a review of the Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions or belief and to promote tolerancef racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law in order for it to fully cover all forms of hate crimes and crimes committed with a bias or discriminatory motive related to the victims' personal characteristics, and to clearly define consistent investigation and prosecution standards;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores the fact that even today people belonging to minorities are still victims of discrimination; calls for more consistency of the EU in the field of minority protection; strongly believes that all Member States as well as candidate countries shall be bound by the same principles and criteria in order to avoid the application of double standards; calls therefore, as a part of resolving the so- called Copenhagen dilemma, for the establishment of an effective mechanism to monitor and ensure the rights of racial, ethnic, sexual, religious and other minorities both in candidate countries and in countries already admitted to the European Union;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to acknowledge the need for reliable and comparable equality data to measure discrimination, disaggregated according to discrimination grounds, in order to inform policy-making; calls on both institutions to define consistent equality data collection principles, based on self-identification, EU data protection standards and the consultation of the relevant communities;
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly deplores the fact that negotiations withat the Council has still not adopted the 2008 proposal for a Directive on implementing the Council on the proposal for an anti-discrimination directive have stalled, andprinciple of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; welcomes the prioritization of this Directive by the European Commission; reiterates its call to the Council to adopt the proposal as soon as possible;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly deplores the fact that negotiations withat the Council has still not adopted the 2008 proposal for a Directive on implementing the Council on the proposal for an anti-discrimination directive have stalled, and reiterates its call to the Council to adopt the proposal as soon as possibleprinciple of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; welcomes the prioritization of this Directive by the European Commission; reiterates its call to the Council to adopt the proposal as soon as possible; regrets the lack of proper implementation of the existing equality directives by some Member States and calls upon the Commission to examine it as a matter of priority, starting infringement proceedings immediately, if necessary;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the EU and the Member States to ban all discrimination on grounds of gender identity andCalls on promoting understanding, acceptance, respect and tolerance between the different communities and social groups in the Member States through the principles of equality, non-discrimination and respect for diversity; urges the EU and the Member States to combat and prosecute all forms of hate speech, violence and discrimination against women, in particular, against vulnerable groups;
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Sectoral issues
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on Member States to ensure equality between women and men and to combat all forms of violence against women as a fundamental rights violation; calls on the EU and all remaining Member States to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), and to set up systems of data collection to support the parties to the Convention by providing accurate and comparable data on the extent, forms and consequences of violence against women; reiterates the request to the Commission made in its resolution of 25 February 2014 with recommendations to the Commission on combating Violence Against Women (2013/2004(INL)) to submit a proposal for an act establishing measures to promote and support the action of Member States in the field of prevention of violence against women and girls (VAWG);
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against members of specific ethnic and religious communities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt specific policy commitments to combat all forms of racism, including anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia and anti- Gypsyism; underlines the importance of the respect for the rights of persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities; encourages the Member States that have not yet done so to ratify the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages without further delay and, where relevant, to withdraw reservations and restrictive declarations, as well as to implement the treaties in good faith; recalls also the need to implement the principles developed in the framework of the OSCE;
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Expresses its concern about the situation of the Roma in the EU and the numerous instances of persecution, violence, stigmatisation, discrimination and expulsion, contrary to fundamental rights and the EU law; calls for strengthened and pertinent action to promote integration, particularly in the field of protection of fundamental rights and the fight against violence and discrimination, for education, employment, housing, health services, and calls for an end to illegal expulsions and to segregation of Roma children in schools; calls political leaders to refrain from racist and xenophobic speeches and reminds police authorities that registers based on ethnicity are contrary to fundamental rights; believes that the Commission should follow up words with action by bringing to the ECJ cases of discrimination of Roma in violation of EU directives; calls for the FRA to continue its data collection on the situation of Roma and develop and propose a "dashboard" of Roma inclusion indicators that would make possible tracking progress in that area; calls for the development of the European Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies into a fully-fledged European Strategy;
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against lesbian, gay, transsexualgender, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI), as fostered by laws and policies that restrict the fundamental rights of these persons; calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia; calls on the Commission to issue an action plan or strategy against homophobia and for equality on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity by the end of this year, as repeatedly called for by Parliament and as promised by Commissioner Jourova in the process of the Commission hearings;
Amendment 515 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against lesbian, gay, transsexualgender, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI), as fostered by laws and policies that restrict the fundamental rights of these personsLGBTI people; calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to issue an action plan or strategy for equality on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, as repeatedly called for by the Parliament and as promised by Commissioner Jourova in the process of the Commission hearings;
Amendment 522 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward a proposal for the full mutual recognition of the effects of all civil status documents across the EU, including legal gender recognition, marriages and registered partnerships, in order to reduce discriminatory legal and administrative barriers for citizens who exercise their right to free movement;
Amendment 525 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Considers that LGBTI people's fundamental rights are more likely to be safeguarded if they have access to legal institutions such as cohabitation, registered partnership or marriage; welcomes the fact that 18 Member States currently offer these options, and calls on other Member States to consider doing so;
Amendment 528 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Deplores that transgender people are still considered mentally ill in the majority of Member States and calls on them to review national mental health catalogues, while ensuring that medically necessary treatment remains available for all trans people;
Amendment 532 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Welcomes initiative shown by the Commission to drive depathologization of transgender identities in the review of the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases; calls on the Commission to intensify efforts to prevent gender variance in childhood from becoming a new ICD diagnosis;
Amendment 533 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Strongly regrets that genital "normalization" surgery of intersex infants is widespread, despite not being medically necessary; welcomes, in this regard, the Maltese Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics Act of April 2015, which bans such surgery on intersex infants and reinforces the principle of self- determination for intersex people, and calls on other states to follow the Maltese example;
Amendment 545 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Deplores that many older people face discrimination and violations of their fundamental rights every day, in particular in access to adequate income, employment, healthcare and necessary goods and services; is concerned by the lack of reference to the application of Article 25 of the Charter in the Accompanying Document to the European Commission's 2013 Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the European Commission to closely monitor age discrimination and to improve institutional dialogue on the rights of older people;
Amendment 553 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Recognises that the financial and economic crisis has had a serious negative impact on the realisation of children's rights and well-being; calls on Member States to step up their efforts on tackling child poverty and social exclusion through effective implementation of the European Commission Recommendation 'Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage' through integrated strategies supporting access to adequate resources, enabling access to affordable quality services and promoting children's participation in decision making that affects them; calls on the Commission to take further measures for monitoring the implementation of the Recommendation; invites the European Commission to propose an ambitious and comprehensive successor to the EU Agenda on the Rights of the Child in 2015;
Amendment 557 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Recalls that freedom of expression, information and the media are fundamental with a view to ensuring democracy and the rule of law; strongly condemns violence, pressure or threats against journalists and the media, including in relation to the disclosure of information about breaches of fundamental rights;
Amendment 568 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its concerns regarding investigations and convictions in connection with hate crimes in the Member States; calls on the EU to make the fight against hate crimes a priority when drawing up European policies against discrimination and in the field of justice; calls for a review of the framework decision on racism and xenophobiaEU legislation against hate speech and hate crime, expanding it to the grounds of religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity;
Amendment 617 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Amendment 636 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – introductory part
Paragraph 14 – introductory part
14. Deplores the repeated and tragic losses of life in the Mediterranean; recalls that the right to life is one of the most important fundamental rights; reiterates the need to make every possible effort to:
Amendment 646 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 1
Paragraph 14 – indent 1
– save the lives of persons in danger through EU-led search and rescue operations;
Amendment 655 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 2
Paragraph 14 – indent 2
– improve legal avenues for refugeeasylum seekers and migrants;
Amendment 702 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Condemns the practice of detaining irregular migrants, including unaccompanied minors, as a prelude to their expulsion; calls on Member States to comply strictly with the provisions of the ‘Return Directive’EU and international law, in particular with the principle of non-refoulement; stresses that any external cooperation in the field of migration is possible only with countries having equivalent level of fundamental rights protection in law and practice;
Amendment 717 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the implementation of Directive 2013/32/EU on Asylum Qualification, with particular attention to those asylum seekers in need of special procedural guarantees;
Amendment 718 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the implementation of Directive 2013/32/EU on Asylum Qualification, with particular attention to those asylum seekers with special needs;
Amendment 734 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Believes that stateless persons and third country nationals permanently resident in the Member States should have the right to vote in local and European elections;
Amendment 743 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses that the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty makes it necessary to increase transparency and openness in the Union;
Amendment 744 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses that the right to freedom of movement and residence of European citizens and their families laid down in the Treaties and guaranteed by the Directive on freedom of movement is one of the fundamental rights of European citizens; condemns any attempt to review this acquis, and calls for any breach of the rules to result in action before the Court of Justice, particularly in cases where the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality, ethnic or racial origin or sexual orientation is breached; expresses its concerns about the growing trend of quick expulsions of EU citizens from their countries of residence as a result of the loss of their jobs and income, considers that this is contrary to the spirit of the freedom of mobility;
Amendment 746 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Solidarity in the crisis – austerity
Amendment 755 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have had an impact – in some cases a drastic one – on economic, social and cultural rights, resulting in poverty, exclusion and isolation; underlines that the increased energy poverty experienced by relevant parts of the population in some Member States has had also a huge impact in the overall health condition of the population, and in particular children;
Amendment 766 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that, in Member States subject to economic adjustmentfinancial assistance programmes, the EU institutions are also responsible for the associated conditions; stresses that the EU institutions are always under an obligation to observe the Charter, even when acting outside the framework of EU law;
Amendment 782 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the EU institutions and on the Member States to recognise that long- term investment in social inclusion is beneficial as it tackles the high cost of discrimination and inequality; calls on EU institutions and the Member States to ensure that access to justice and redressing discrimination are not put in danger by drastic funding cuts in equality bodies budgets; calls on EU and national institutions not to threaten social inclusion by budgetary measures threatening the survival of community- based organisations working for equality;
Amendment 786 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States, when adopting and implementing austerity measurebudget cuts, to guarantee that sufficient resources are still made available to ensure the satisfaction of minimum essguarantee fundamential levels ofrights, including economic and social rights;
Amendment 822 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Amendment 823 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Insists on a comprehensive approach towards counter-terrorism and fight against crime which focuses on strengthening social cohesion, crime prevention, targeted policing and security activities based on an individual suspicion or concrete threat;
Amendment 824 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Stresses that we should not undermine the liberties we are seeking to uphold in the fight against terrorism; warns, in particular, against the stigmatising effect of profiling on individuals and groups within our societies;
Amendment 825 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Emphasises the need for the European Union, its Member States and its partner countries to base their strategy for combating international terrorism and crime on the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights; stresses, furthermore, that the Union’s external actions to combat international terrorism and crime should in the first place be aimed at prevention;
Amendment 826 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20d. Insists on the need for democratic and judicial oversight of counter- terrorism and fight against serious transnational crimes; stresses that measures that in retrospect were not necessary, effective or proportionate need to be repealed, violations of fundamental rights investigated and redressed and new forms of democratic scrutiny developed; insists on the inclusion of sunset or periodic reauthorisation clauses in such measures and agreements; rejects the use of national security as a pretext to undermine fundamental rights, such as lawyer-client confidentiality;
Amendment 827 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 e (new)
Paragraph 20 e (new)
20e. Reiterates its resolve to ensure accountability for massive violations of fundamental rights, in particular, in the context of transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA, by means of open and transparent investigations; calls for a protection of those revealing such violations, such as journalists and whistleblowers;
Amendment 828 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 f (new)
Paragraph 20 f (new)
20f. Calls for a swift adoption of the data protection package so that to ensure a high level of personal data protection throughout the EU;
Amendment 829 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 g (new)
Paragraph 20 g (new)
20g. Reiterates the importance of the adoption of procedural rights package compliant with a highest standard of protection enshrined in the Charter, international human rights treaties and constitutional law of the Member States; takes view that the same highest standard should be achieved by adoption of a binding EU instrument on evidence gathering in criminal proceedings;
Amendment 843 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Underlines the need to combat environmental crime as a matter of priority; urges the Commission to examine the effective implementation in the EU of the right of access to justice in the context of the right of every person of present and future generations to live in an environment adequate to his or her health and well-being;
Amendment 861 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7
Subheading 7
Amendment 864 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Deplores the conditions in the prisons of numerous Member States; regards it as essential that the EU should adopt aCalls on the Commission to propose through legislative action minstrumentimum and enforceable standards which guarantees that the recommendations of the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment (CPT) and the judgments of the ECtHR are implemented both in the context of pre-trial detention and criminal punishment;
Amendment 871 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Reiterates the recommendations to the Commission made in its resolution of 27 February 2014 on the review of the European Arrest Warrant (2013/2109(INL)), notably as regards the introduction of a proportionality test and fundamental rights exception in the European Arrest Warrant or mutual recognition measures more generally;