5 Amendments of Carlo CASINI related to 2012/2145(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
– having regard to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament Resolution of 5 July 2012 on the forced abortion scandal in China,
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European Parliament has recently condemned the practice of forced abortions and sterilisations globally, especially in the context of the ‘one-child policy’, and has stressed the importance of the current debate on whether or not to continue that policy, calling on the Commission and the European External Action Service to include forced abortion on the agenda of their next bilateral human rights dialogue with China; whereas in the same connection the European Parliament has, moreover, urged the Commission to ensure that Union assistance is not provided to any authority, organisation or programme that supports or participates in the management of any action which involves such human rights abuses as coercive abortion, forced sterilisation or infanticide, especially where such actions achieve their priorities by way of psychological, social, economic or legal pressure;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 a (new)
Paragraph 69 a (new)
69a. In relation to strategies to combat torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, strongly condemns the practices of female genital mutilation (FGM), forced abortion and forced sterilisation, and advocates that special measures be taken to combat such practices;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80 a (new)
Paragraph 80 a (new)
80a. Points to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and to the need to ensure total protection of the rights it enshrines and prevent their erosion; in this connection, particularly supports prioritising the need for special care and protection for children, including the provision of appropriate legal protection, both before birth and after, on the basis of that Convention and the Declaration on Human Rights;