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Recalls that KSA\u2019s human rights","record was assessed under the Universal","Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights","Council in February 2009, and that the","KSA authorities formally accepted a","significant number of the","recommendations put forward by EU","Member States during the review,","including, for example, those calling for","abolition of male guardianship and those","aimed at limiting the application of the","death penalty and corporal punishment;","awaits more substantive progress in","implementing these recommendations and","urges KSA to adopt a constructive","approach with regard to the","recommendations presented in the context","of the on-going 2013 Universal Periodic","Review;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"52","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Barbara Lochbihler on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-53","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 3 a (new)"]],"meps":[96728],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:29"},"new":["3a. 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Expresses grave concern that human","rights violations such as arbitrary arrests","and detention, torture, travel bans,","judicial harassment and unfair trials","continue to be widespread; is particularly","concerned that alleged counter-terrorism","measures are being increasingly used as a","tool to arrest human rights defenders and","impunity for human rights violations are","reportedly increasing; calls on the Saudi","government to urgently act upon the","recommendations of the 2009 UPR,","including by continuing and intensifying","its reform of the judicial system ;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"54","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Barbara Lochbihler on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-55","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 3 c (new)"]],"meps":[96728],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:29"},"new":["3c. 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Calls on the EEAS to actively support","civil society groups who work in favour of","enhancing human rights and democracy","in Saudi Arabia and calls on the EU","delegation in Riyadh to pursue an active","human rights agenda in following law","suits as observers and in enacting prison","visits;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"66","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Ana Gomes","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-67","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 6"]],"meps":[28306],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:30"},"new":["6. Reiterates its call for the universal","abolition/moratorium of the death penalty,","calls for an immediate moratorium on the","carrying out of death sentences in KSA, as","a first step, and in particular urges","banning public executions; regrets that","KSA continues to apply the death penalty","to nationals and non-nationals for a wide","variety of crimes, including drug offences,","apostasy, sorcery and witchcraft and also","regrets that it hands down death penalty","sentences including on juveniles aged","under 18 at the time of their alleged","crimes;"],"old":["6. 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Reiterates its call for the universal","abolition of torture, corporal punishment,","and the death penalty and calls for an","immediate moratorium on the carrying out","of death sentences in KSA; regrets that","KSA continues to apply the death penalty","for a wide variety of crimes, including drug","offences, apostasy, sorcery and witchcraft;"],"old":["6. 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Expresses its grave consternation at","the fact that KSA is one of the countries","in the world still practicing lapidation;","calls on the KSA authorities to pass","legislation outlawing the practice of","lapidation, which constitutes a gross","violation of a number of international","human rights instruments to which KSA","is a party to;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"102","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ana Gomes","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-103","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13"]],"meps":[28306],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:32"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["13. Recalls that KSA\u2019s human rights","record was assessed under the Universal","Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights","Council in February 2009, and that the","KSA authorities formally accepted a","significant number of the","recommendations put forward by EU","Member States during the review,","including, for example, those calling for","abolition of male guardianship and those","aimed at limiting the application of the","","death penalty and corporal punishment;","awaits more substantive progress in","implementing these recommendations and","urges KSA to adopt a constructive","approach with regard to the","recommendations presented in the context","of the on-going 2013 Universal Periodic","Review;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"103","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-104","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13"]],"meps":[1946],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:32"},"new":["13. Takes note of the election of the KSA","as Member of the Human Rights Council","in November 2013; recalls that KSA\u2019s","human rights record was assessed under","the Universal Periodic Review of the UN","Human Rights Council in February 2009,","and that the KSA authorities formally","accepted a significant number of the","recommendations put forward by EU","Member States during the review,","including, for example, those calling for","abolition of male guardianship and those","aimed at limiting the application of the","death penalty and corporal punishment;","awaits more substantive progress in","implementing these recommendations and","urges KSA to adopt a constructive","approach with regard to the","recommendations presented in the context","of the on-going 2013 Universal Periodic","Review;"],"old":["13. Recalls that KSA\u2019s human rights record","was assessed under the Universal Periodic","Review of the UN Human Rights Council","in February 2009, and that the KSA","authorities formally accepted a significant","number of the recommendations put","forward by EU Member States during the","review, including, for example, those","calling for abolition of male guardianship","and those aimed at limiting the application","of the death penalty and corporal","punishment; awaits more substantive","progress in implementing these","recommendations and urges KSA to adopt","a constructive approach with regard to the","recommendations presented in the context","of the on-going 2013 Universal Periodic","Review;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"104","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ana Gomes","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-105","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13 a (new)"]],"meps":[28306],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:32"},"new":["13a. Calls on KSA to ratify the","International Bill of Human Rights, made","up of the two key human rights covenants,","the International Covenant on Economic,","Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR \u2013","ratified by 160 UN Member States) and","the International Covenant on Civil and","Political Rights (ICCPR \u2013 ratified by 167","UN Member States);"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"105","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ana Gomes","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-106","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13 b (new)"]],"meps":[28306],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:32"},"new":["13b. Calls on KSA to sign and ratify the","Rome Statute of the International","Criminal Court (ICC);"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"106","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ana Gomes","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-107","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13 c (new)"]],"meps":[28306],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:32"},"new":["13c. Welcomes that KSA ratified four UN","human rights treaties, namely:","Convention on the Elimination of All","Forms of Discrimination against Women","(CEDAW, ratified in 2000), the","Convention against Torture and Other","Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment","or Punishment (CAT, 1997), Convention","on the Rights of the Child (1996), and the","International Convention on the","Elimination of All Forms of Racial","Discrimination (1997); but regrets the","several reservations attached and calls for","their withdrawal;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"107","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Ana Gomes","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-108","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13 d (new)"]],"meps":[28306],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:32"},"new":["13d. Welcomes KSA ratification of some","of the main ILO conventions (namely,","Convention No. 182 concerning","elimination of the worst forms of child","labour), albeit not Convention No. 87,","concerning Freedom of Association and","Protection of the Right to Organize;","applauds its accession to the Protocol to","Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking","in Persons, especially Women and","Children (Palermo Protocol); expects that","legal and political reforms be","implementation so as to ensure enaction","of all those international treaties;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"108","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Ana Gomes","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-109","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13 e (new)"]],"meps":[28306],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:33"},"new":["13e. Regrets that the KSA authorities have","not extended an invitation to UN Special","Rapporteur on Torture and the UN","Special Rapporteur on Human Rights","Defenders, despite the recommendation of","the UN Office of the High Commissioner","for Human Rights (OHCHR) for all","States to extend official invitations to UN","Special Rapporteurs;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"109","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ana Gomes","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-110","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13 f (new)"]],"meps":[28306],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:33"},"new":["13f. Calls on the KSA authorities to","enable its National Human Rights","Association to operate with independence","and to comply with the UN standards on","national human rights institutions (Paris","principles);"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"110","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ana Gomes","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-111","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13 g (new)"]],"meps":[28306],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:33"},"new":["13g. Calls on the KSA authorities to","define a minimum age for marriage and","take steps to ban child marriage in line","with the Convention on the Rights of the","Child (CRC) and the Convention on the","Elimination of All Forms of","Discrimination against Women","(CEDAW), which were both ratified by","KSA;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"111","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Marietta Giannakou","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-112","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 14"]],"meps":[1431],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:33"},"new":["14. Welcomes the first licences issued to","women lawyers and asks for their further","advancement in the judicial system; takes","note of the gradual codification of the","Sharia and urges that it be speeded up,","since lack of codification and the judicial","precedent tradition often result in","considerable uncertainty in the scope and","content of the country\u2019s laws and in","miscarriages of justice; asserts the crucial","importance of securing judicial","independence and adequate legal training","for judges;"],"old":["14. Welcomes the first licences issued to","women lawyers, but deplores the fact that","the legal system is in the hands of male","judges of religious background; takes note","of the gradual codification of the Sharia","and urges that it be speeded up, since lack","of codification and the judicial precedent","tradition often result in considerable","uncertainty in the scope and content of the","country\u2019s laws and in miscarriages of","justice; asserts the crucial importance of","securing judicial independence and","adequate legal training for judges;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"112","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Ana Gomes","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-113","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 14"]],"meps":[28306],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:33"},"new":["14. Welcomes the first licences issued to","women lawyers, but deplores the fact that","the justice system is in the hands of male","judges of religious background; takes note","of the gradual codification of the Sharia","and urges that it be speeded up, since lack","of codification and the judicial precedent","tradition often result in considerable","uncertainty in the scope and content of the","country\u2019s laws and in miscarriages of","justice; remains concerned that newly","codified laws continue to criminalise basic","freedoms; asserts the crucial importance of","securing judicial independence and","adequate legal training for judges;"],"old":["14. Welcomes the first licences issued to","women lawyers, but deplores the fact that","","the legal system is in the hands of male","judges of religious background; takes note","of the gradual codification of the Sharia","and urges that it be speeded up, since lack","of codification and the judicial precedent","tradition often result in considerable","uncertainty in the scope and content of the","country\u2019s laws and in miscarriages of","justice; asserts the crucial importance of","securing judicial independence and","adequate legal training for judges;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"113","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Barbara Lochbihler on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-114","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 14"]],"meps":[96728],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:33"},"new":["14. Welcomes the first licences issued to","women lawyers, but deplores the fact that","the legal system is in the hands of male","judges of religious background; takes note","of the gradual codification of the Sharia","aimed at assuring equal application of","law in all courts and urges that it be","speeded up, since lack of codification and","the judicial precedent tradition often result","in considerable uncertainty in the scope","and content of the country\u2019s laws and in","miscarriages of justice; asserts the crucial","importance of securing judicial","independence and adequate legal and","professional training for judges;"],"old":["14. Welcomes the first licences issued to","women lawyers, but deplores the fact that","the legal system is in the hands of male","judges of religious background; takes note","of the gradual codification of the Sharia","and urges that it be speeded up, since lack","of codification and the judicial precedent","tradition often result in considerable","uncertainty in the scope and content of the","country\u2019s laws and in miscarriages of","justice; asserts the crucial importance of","securing judicial independence and","adequate legal training for judges;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"114","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Susy De Martini on behalf of the ECR Group","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-115","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 14"]],"meps":[118708],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:33"},"new":["14. Welcomes the first licences issued to","women lawyers, but regrets the fact that","the legal system is in the hands of male","judges of religious background; takes note","of the gradual codification of the Sharia","and urges that it be speeded up, since lack","of codification and the judicial precedent","tradition often result in considerable","uncertainty in the scope and content of the","country\u2019s laws and in miscarriages of","justice; asserts the crucial importance of","securing judicial independence and","adequate legal training for judges;"],"old":["14. Welcomes the first licences issued to","women lawyers, but deplores the fact that","the legal system is in the hands of male","judges of religious background; takes note","of the gradual codification of the Sharia","and urges that it be speeded up, since lack","of codification and the judicial precedent","tradition often result in considerable","uncertainty in the scope and content of the","country\u2019s laws and in miscarriages of","justice; asserts the crucial importance of","securing judicial independence and","adequate legal training for judges;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"115","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Ana Gomes","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-116","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 14 a (new)"]],"meps":[28306],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:33"},"new":["14a. Deplores that, despite of ratification","of the International Convention against","Torture, confessions obtained under","duress or as a result of torture are","common cases; urges the KSA authorities","to ensure a complete eradication of","torture from the Saudi justice and prison","system;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"116","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"M\u00e1rio David","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-117","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 14 a (new)"]],"meps":[96973],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:33"},"new":["14a. Welcomes the recent decision of the","Ministry of Labour to accelerate the","recruitment of women in various private-","sector spheres, which has led to an","increase of the number of Saudi women","working in the private sector from 55.600","in 2010 to about 100.000 in 2011 and","215.840 at the end of 2012. Welcomes the","decision of the Ministry of Labour in","conjunction with the Human Resources","Development Fund to introduce","programmes to promote women\u2019s","employment;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"117","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"M\u00e1rio David","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-118","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 14 b (new)"]],"meps":[96973],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:33"},"new":["14b. Encourages the efforts of KSA in","promoting women higher education,","which is developing new education trends","in the Kingdom; notes while in 2011, the","number of women enrolled in institutions","of higher education amounted to 473.725","(429.842 males) whereas in 1961 only 4","women were enrolled, and the number of","women graduating from these institutions","amounted to 59.948 (55.842 males); the","percentage of female students at all","school levels increased from 33 % in","1974\u201375 to 81% percent in 2013;","welcomes the international scholarship","programme which allowed the number of","female scholarship students abroad to","stand at 24.581;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"118","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" M\u00e1rio David","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-119","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 14 c (new)"]],"meps":[96973],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:33"},"new":["14c. Encourages the national campaign","engaged by Government entities and civil","society organizations to raise women\u2019s","awareness of the laws and measures in","place to protect their rights, particularly","with respect to, inter alia, social welfare","services and personal status procedures","for the registration of marriages, divorces","and births;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"119","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" M\u00e1rio David","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-120","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 14 d (new)"]],"meps":[96973],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:33"},"new":["14d. Welcomes the adoption by KSA of a","law that criminalises domestic violence:","the \u2018Protection from harm act\u2019 approved","on 26 August 2013, which is aimed at","protecting particularly women and","children from \u2018all forms of abuse\u2019,","offering them shelter as well as \u2018social,","psychological, and medical aid\u2019 and penal","action against the perpetrators of","violence; welcomes the launching of a","public campaign against domestic","violence, by the King Khalid Foundation;","strongly encourages all awareness","campaigns regarding the implementation","of these Laws as well as the independent","monitoring of the results of these new","Acts and Campaigns;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"120","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Willy Meyer","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-121","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 15"]],"meps":[28407],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:33"},"new":["15. Expresses its concern and calls on the","authorities to improve the working","conditions and treatment of immigrant","workers, with special attention to the","situation of women working as domestic","helpers, who often find themselves in","conditions of virtual slavery; notes the","recent introduction of national labour laws","and hopes that they provide standardised","protection for domestic workers and ensure","the prosecution of employers responsible","for sexual, physical and labour rights","abuses;"],"old":["15. Calls on the authorities to improve the","working conditions and treatment of","immigrant workers, with special attention","to the situation of women working as","domestic helpers, who often find","themselves in conditions of virtual slavery;","welcomes recent efforts to introduce","national labour laws in order to provide","standardised protection for domestic","workers and ensure the prosecution of","employers responsible for sexual, physical","and labour rights abuses;"],"orig_lang":"es","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"121","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Susy De Martini on behalf of the ECR Group","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-122","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 15"]],"meps":[118708],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:34"},"new":["15. Calls on the authorities to improve the","working conditions and treatment of","foreign workers, with special attention to","the situation of women working as","domestic helpers; welcomes recent efforts","to introduce national labour laws in order","to provide standardised protection for","domestic workers and ensure the","prosecution of employers responsible for","sexual, physical and labour rights abuses;"],"old":["15. Calls on the authorities to improve the","","working conditions and treatment of","immigrant workers, with special attention","to the situation of women working as","domestic helpers, who often find","themselves in conditions of virtual","slavery; welcomes recent efforts to","introduce national labour laws in order to","provide standardised protection for","domestic workers and ensure the","prosecution of employers responsible for","sexual, physical and labour rights abuses;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"122","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Barbara Lochbihler on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-123","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 15"]],"meps":[96728],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:34"},"new":["15. Calls on the authorities to improve the","working conditions and treatment of","immigrant workers, with special attention","to the situation of women working as","domestic helpers, who often find","themselves in conditions of virtual slavery;","encourages the Saudi government to","continue the reforms of the labour laws","and notably to fully abolish the","sponsorship (\u2018Kafala\u2019) system and","welcomes the recent appeal by the","National Society for Human Rights to the","government to recruit foreign workers","instead under a Labour Ministry agency;","welcomes recent efforts to introduce","national labour laws in order to provide","standardised protection for domestic","workers and ensure the prosecution of","employers responsible for sexual, physical","and labour rights abuses;"],"old":["15. 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Calls on the authorities to improve the","\u2018Kalafa\u2019 sponsorship system, the working","conditions and treatment of immigrant","workers, with special attention to the","situation of women working as domestic","helpers, who are at particular risk of","sexual violence and who often find","themselves in conditions of virtual slavery;","welcomes recent efforts to introduce","national labour laws in order to provide","standardised protection for domestic","workers and ensure the prosecution of","employers responsible for sexual, physical","and labour rights abuses;"],"old":["15. 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Calls on Saudi Arabia to provide","more transparency regarding its financial","support of external groups;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE526.235v01-00","reference":"2013/2147(INI)","seq":"137","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.235+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" M\u00e1rio David","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","id":"PE526.235-138","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 17"]],"meps":[96973],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:34"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["17. 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The Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted the\nown-initiative report by Ana GOMES (S&D, PT) on Saudi Arabia,\nits relations with the EU and its role in the Middle East and North\nAfrica.
\nThe report recalled that Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)\nis an influential political, economic and religious actor in the\nMiddle East and the Islamic world, the world´s leading oil\nproducer, and a founder and leading member of the Gulf Cooperation\nCouncil (GCC) and of the G-20 group. It is an important trading\npartner for the EU. However, the changing political and strategic\ncontext in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region\nnecessitates a reassessment of EU-KSA relations.
\nMembers stressed the European interest in a peaceful\nand orderly evolution and political reform process in KSA, as a key\nfactor for long-term peace, stability and development in the\nregion. Against this background, the KSA is called upon\nto:
\nLastly, the EU institutions are urged to increase\ntheir presence in the region and to strengthen working\nrelations with KSA, by increasing resources to the Delegation in\nRiyadh and by planning regular visits to the Kingdom, namely by the\nHigh Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security\nPolicy;
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 546 votes to 32,\nwith 17 abstentions, a resolution on Saudi Arabia, its relations\nwith the EU and its role in the Middle East and North\nAfrica.
\nParliament recalled that Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)\nis an influential political, economic and religious actor in the\nMiddle East and the Islamic world, the world´s leading oil\nproducer, and a founder and leading member of the Gulf Cooperation\nCouncil (GCC) and of the G-20 group. It is an important trading\npartner for the EU. However, the changing political and strategic\ncontext in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region\nnecessitates a reassessment of EU-KSA relations.
\nParliament stated that KSA needs to ensure the real\nfreedom of religion, particularly regarding public practice and\nreligious minorities, in line with an important role that KSA plays\nas custodian of the Two Holy Mosques of Islam in Mecca and\nMedina.
\nRecognising the interdependence between the EU and KSA\nin terms of regional stability, relations with the Islamic world,\nthe fate of the transitions in the Arab Spring countries, the\nIsrael-Palestine peace process, the war in Syria, as well as a\nnumber of other areas, Parliament underlined that the\ngeopolitical environment makes KSA and other GCC member\nstates a focus of security challenges that have regional and global\nimplications. Parliament underlined the European interest in a\npeaceful and orderly evolution and political reform process in KSA,\nas a key factor for long-term peace, stability and development in\nthe region.
\nParliament called on the KSA to:
\nMoreover, the EU institutions are urged to increase\ntheir presence in the region and to strengthen working\nrelations with KSA, by increasing resources to the Delegation in\nRiyadh and by planning regular visits to the Kingdom, namely by the\nHigh Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security\nPolicy;
\nFinancing and supporting terrorism: Parliament is concerned that some of the KSAs\ncitizens and organisations provide financial and political support\nfor some religious and political groups notably in North Africa,\nthe Middle East, Asia, and in particular in South Asia (namely\nPakistan and Afghanistan), Chechnya and Dagestan, which may result\nin reinforcing fundamentalist and obscurantist forces that\nundermine efforts to nurture democratic governance and oppose the\nparticipation of women in public life.
\nIt called on the KSA authorities to work with the EU\nand internationally to stop Salafi movements supporting the\nanti-state activities of the military rebels in Mali, which are\nleading to the destabilisation of the entire region.
\nSyrian issue: Parliament\nstressed that KSA is a key member of the Friends of Syria\nGroup and called KSA to contribute to a peaceful, inclusive\nsolution to the Syrian conflict notably through support for the\nGeneva II talks, without preconditions.
\nIt also called for:
\nAlthough Parliament shared some of the concerns\nexpressed by KSA on the Syria issue, it urged urges the government\nto actively and constructively engage with the international\ncommunity. It welcomed in this context notably the agreement\nbetween the United States and Russia on ridding Syria of chemical\nweapons while avoiding a military confrontation.
\nThe Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted the\nown-initiative report by Ana GOMES (S&D, PT) on Saudi Arabia,\nits relations with the EU and its role in the Middle East and North\nAfrica.
\nThe report recalled that Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)\nis an influential political, economic and religious actor in the\nMiddle East and the Islamic world, the world´s leading oil\nproducer, and a founder and leading member of the Gulf Cooperation\nCouncil (GCC) and of the G-20 group. It is an important trading\npartner for the EU. However, the changing political and strategic\ncontext in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region\nnecessitates a reassessment of EU-KSA relations.
\nMembers stressed the European interest in a peaceful\nand orderly evolution and political reform process in KSA, as a key\nfactor for long-term peace, stability and development in the\nregion. Against this background, the KSA is called upon\nto:
\nLastly, the EU institutions are urged to increase\ntheir presence in the region and to strengthen working\nrelations with KSA, by increasing resources to the Delegation in\nRiyadh and by planning regular visits to the Kingdom, namely by the\nHigh Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security\nPolicy;
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 546 votes to 32,\nwith 17 abstentions, a resolution on Saudi Arabia, its relations\nwith the EU and its role in the Middle East and North\nAfrica.
\nParliament recalled that Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)\nis an influential political, economic and religious actor in the\nMiddle East and the Islamic world, the world´s leading oil\nproducer, and a founder and leading member of the Gulf Cooperation\nCouncil (GCC) and of the G-20 group. It is an important trading\npartner for the EU. However, the changing political and strategic\ncontext in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region\nnecessitates a reassessment of EU-KSA relations.
\nParliament stated that KSA needs to ensure the real\nfreedom of religion, particularly regarding public practice and\nreligious minorities, in line with an important role that KSA plays\nas custodian of the Two Holy Mosques of Islam in Mecca and\nMedina.
\nRecognising the interdependence between the EU and KSA\nin terms of regional stability, relations with the Islamic world,\nthe fate of the transitions in the Arab Spring countries, the\nIsrael-Palestine peace process, the war in Syria, as well as a\nnumber of other areas, Parliament underlined that the\ngeopolitical environment makes KSA and other GCC member\nstates a focus of security challenges that have regional and global\nimplications. Parliament underlined the European interest in a\npeaceful and orderly evolution and political reform process in KSA,\nas a key factor for long-term peace, stability and development in\nthe region.
\nParliament called on the KSA to:
\nMoreover, the EU institutions are urged to increase\ntheir presence in the region and to strengthen working\nrelations with KSA, by increasing resources to the Delegation in\nRiyadh and by planning regular visits to the Kingdom, namely by the\nHigh Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security\nPolicy;
\nFinancing and supporting terrorism: Parliament is concerned that some of the KSAs\ncitizens and organisations provide financial and political support\nfor some religious and political groups notably in North Africa,\nthe Middle East, Asia, and in particular in South Asia (namely\nPakistan and Afghanistan), Chechnya and Dagestan, which may result\nin reinforcing fundamentalist and obscurantist forces that\nundermine efforts to nurture democratic governance and oppose the\nparticipation of women in public life.
\nIt called on the KSA authorities to work with the EU\nand internationally to stop Salafi movements supporting the\nanti-state activities of the military rebels in Mali, which are\nleading to the destabilisation of the entire region.
\nSyrian issue: Parliament\nstressed that KSA is a key member of the Friends of Syria\nGroup and called KSA to contribute to a peaceful, inclusive\nsolution to the Syrian conflict notably through support for the\nGeneva II talks, without preconditions.
\nIt also called for:
\nAlthough Parliament shared some of the concerns\nexpressed by KSA on the Syria issue, it urged urges the government\nto actively and constructively engage with the international\ncommunity. It welcomed in this context notably the agreement\nbetween the United States and Russia on ridding Syria of chemical\nweapons while avoiding a military confrontation.
\n