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2018/2098(INI) Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter
Next event: Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading 2018/11/05
Lead committee dossier: AFET/8/13357
Legal Basis RoP 52
Next event: Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading 2018/11/05
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | AFET | AUŠTREVIČIUS Petras (ALDE) | PREDA Cristian Dan (EPP), RODRIGUES Liliana (S&D), BASHIR Amjad (ECR), VERGIAT Marie-Christine (GUE/NGL), LOCHBIHLER Barbara (Verts/ALE), CORRAO Ignazio (EFD) |
Legal Basis RoP 52
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2018/11/05
Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2018/06/14
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
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2018/2098(INI)
2018/09/06
AFET
391 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 — having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other UN human rights treaties and instruments, and notably the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), both adopted on 16 December 1966 by the United Nations General Assembly in New York,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 b (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2017 and notes that it was adopted much earlier this year, in line with Parliament’s expectations expressed in the previous reports; asks that the Council continues its efforts to finalise these annual reports earlier in the year; encourages the Council to ensure that the adoption of the next annual report is based on an adequate consultation process; considers the annual report to be an indispensable tool for scrutiny, communication and debate on the EU’s policy on human rights and democracy in the world;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Reiterates the importance of human rights as a key consideration regarding EU external relations and of an overview of key positive and negative trends in order to evaluate the efficiency of the EU’s actions; considers, in this sense, that more thorough public reporting, based in particular on the priorities and indicators identified in the EU’s human rights country strategies,
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Reiterates the importance of an overview of key positive and negative trends in order to evaluate the efficiency of the EU’s actions; considers, in this sense, that more thorough public reporting, based in particular on the priorities and indicators identified in the EU’s human rights country strategies, inter alia, would encourage greater consistency in implementing human rights conditionality and assessing and adjusting the human rights impact of EU policies; emphasizes the need to monitor and fully implement the existing EU Guidelines;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Reiterates the importance of an overview of key positive and negative trends in order to evaluate the efficiency of the EU’s actions; considers, in this sense, that more thorough public reporting, where appropriate, based in particular on the priorities and indicators identified in the EU’s human rights country strategies, inter alia, would encourage greater consistency in implementing human rights conditionality clauses and assessing and adjusting the human rights impact of EU policies;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Acknowledges that the EU Human Rights Dialogues (HRDs) constitute a valuable mixed diplomacy tool for the promotion of human rights and democracy in bilateral relations with third countries; notes, however, the enduring obstacles to the achievement of concrete results via HRDs, such as the prevalence of double standards, a lack of a unified stance and divergent interests among the Member State; calls on the Commission to seek ways to make human rights dialogues more effective and meaningful and to react swiftly when they are not constructive, by utilising political dialogue or public diplomacy, in order to keep human rights concerns high on the political agenda; calls therefore on the Commission to maintain a firm stance on the issue of the protection of human rights, not to be swayed by political considerations and, above all, to avoid forging and maintaining trade relations with countries which violate these rights; encourages the Commission to use clear benchmarks for the purposes of evaluating the success of each dialogue; advises the EU institutions, moreover, to provide adequate training on human rights for EU delegation officials and staff;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Acknowledges that the EU Human Rights Dialogues (HRDs) constitute a valuable mixed diplomacy tool for the promotion of human rights and democracy in bilateral relations with third countries; notes, however, the enduring obstacles to the achievement of concrete results via HRDs, such as the prevalence of double standards, a lack of a unified stance and divergent interests among the Member State; calls on the Commission to seek ways to make human rights dialogues more effective and meaningful and to react swiftly when they are not constructive, by utilising political dialogue or public diplomacy, in order to keep human rights concerns high on the political agenda; encourages the Commission to increase transparency in dialogues, also through the enhanced participation of civil society actors, and to use clear benchmarks for the purposes of evaluating the success of each dialogue; advises the EU institutions, moreover, to provide adequate training on human rights for EU delegation officials and staff;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Acknowledges that the EU Human Rights Dialogues
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 c (new) - having regard to the UN Security Council Resolution of 19 June 2008 on sexual violence as war crimes,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Acknowledges that the EU Human Rights Dialogues (HRDs) constitute a valuable mixed diplomacy tool for the promotion of human rights and democracy in bilateral relations with third countries; notes, however, the enduring obstacles to the achievement of concrete results via HRDs, such as the prevalence of double standards
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Emphasises the importance of the EU raising at the human rights dialogues the cases of individual human rights defenders at risk, pressing for the release of imprisoned defenders, and protection for those under threat;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Underlines the need for strong EU coordination on engagement with third country authorities regarding human rights defenders and civil society, but nevertheless strongly urges individual Member States to continue taking decisive action in cases where EU agreement cannot be reached and in addition to EU action;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Reiterates that the 2015-2019 Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy and its mid-term review of 2017 must be the guiding instruments for human rights action and underlines, in this connection, the need to plan for sufficient resources and expertise in order to properly implement the EU’s key priorities; calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to ensure the efficient and coherent implementation of the current Action Plan, including through genuine collaboration with civil society organisations; urges the EU institutions and the Member States to consider drawing up an action plan upholding children's rights as part of their foreign policy to ensure the consistency of EU child protection policies and to monitor their investments;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls, in this regard, the crucial support provided by EIDHR in the implementation of the EU’s Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy and its Human Rights Guidelines and country strategies, which has enabled the EU to act more strategically in this area and has ensured
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls, in this regard, the crucial support provided by EIDHR in the implementation of the EU’s Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy and its Human Rights Guidelines and country strategies, which has enabled the EU to act more strategically in this area and has ensured, accountability, visibility and effectiveness; therefore, calls for the EIDHR to remain a separate and independent instrument;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Underlines the need for the EU to maintain the commitment it has made to its partners, especially in its neighbourhood, to support economic, social and political reform, to protect human rights and to help establish the rule of law, as the best means of strengthening the international order and ensuring the stability of its neighbourhood;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Calls for the EU to take particular care to assess and prevent any violation linked to the Union's own programmes, projects, and funding in third countries, including by creating a complaints mechanism for individuals or groups whose rights would have been violated by EU activities in those countries;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) - having regard to the Council Conclusions on Indigenous Peoples of 15 May 2017,
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Highlights the work of its Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), which maintains close working relations with other EU institutions, the EUSR, the European External Action Service (EEAS), civil society - including NGOs - and multilateral human rights institutions; notes that in 2017 DROI drafted three reports which were adopted as resolutions by plenary on statelessness in South and South East Asia
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Proposes to launch, within the first trimester of 2019, an internal task force to carry out a review of the promotion and mainstreaming of human rights by its committees with an external mandate and by its delegations for relations with third countries during the 2014-2019 term; intends to draw recommendations from this review for enhanced parliamentary action in the field of human rights in the next parliamentary term, including in terms of scrutiny of the activity of the EEAS and Commission, internal institutional set-up and mainstreaming of human rights within its bodies;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Proposes to launch, within the first trimester of 2019, an internal task force to carry out a review of the promotion and mainstreaming of human rights by its committees with an external mandate and by its delegations for relations with third countries during the 2014-2019 term; intends to draw recommendations from this review for enhanced parliamentary action in the field of human rights in the next parliamentary term, including in terms of scrutiny of the activity of the EEAS and Commission, internal institutional set-up and mainstreaming of human rights within its bodies;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Highlights the need to further inter-parliamentary relations between the EU and its partner countries, in a framework of honest dialogue underpinned by mutual understanding and trust, with the aim of promoting human rights effectively;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11 b. Believes that the role of the urgency resolutions, based on the Rule 135 of the Rules of Procedure, can be further developed to strengthen human rights and democracy through increased timely reflection, targeting and efficiency;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Expresses its grave concern at the gradual shrinking of civil society space in 2017 and deplores the fact that human rights defenders and NGOs are too often the target of violence, harassment and intimidation; condemns the fact that some governments have adopted legislation that restricts the activities of the social movement, inter alia, closing NGOs or freezing their assets; is concerned about the continued imposition of travel bans on human rights activists who wish to attend sessions of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and other international institutions and calls for the governments involved to lift these bans; emphasises that it is unacceptable that representatives of civil society and the media are prevented from participating in the work of international bodies, and insists that the fundamental human and political rights of civil society representatives be respected; calls for effective deployment of adequate resources to further promote human rights and democracy in third countries by providing support to civil society and human rights defenders in particular; regrets that some of them may have been arrested on returning to their country after having been heard in those bodies, including the European Parliament;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Expresses its grave concern at the gradual shrinking of civil society space in 2017, including when, under the pretext of combating 'false information', certain Member States or neighbouring countries prohibit the broadcasting of alternative radio or television stations such as Russia Today or Radio Sputnik, and deplores the fact that human rights defenders and NGOs are too often the target of violence, harassment and intimidation; is concerned about the continued imposition of travel bans on human rights activists who wish to attend sessions of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and other international institutions and calls for the governments involved to lift these bans; emphasises that it is unacceptable that representatives of civil society and the media are prevented from participating in the work of international bodies, and insists that the fundamental human and political rights of civil society representatives be respected;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Expresses its grave concern at the gradual shrinking of civil society space in 2017 and deplores the fact that human rights defenders and NGOs are too often the target of violence, harassment and intimidation; condemns the diffusion of public narratives that increasingly undermine the role of civil society organisations and their contribution to the protection of human rights and democracy; is concerned about the continued imposition of travel bans on human rights activists who wish to attend sessions of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and other international institutions and calls for the governments involved to lift these bans; emphasises that it is unacceptable that representatives of civil society and the media are prevented from participating in the work of international bodies, and insists that the fundamental human and political rights of civil society representatives be respected;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Expresses its grave concern at the gradual shrinking of civil society space in 2017 and deplores the fact that human rights defenders and NGOs are too often the target of violence, harassment and intimidation; is concerned about the continued imposition of travel bans on human rights activists who wish to attend sessions of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and other international institutions and
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Expresses its grave concern at the gradual shrinking of civil society space in 2017 and deplores the fact that human rights defenders, journalists, and NGOs are too often the target of violence, harassment and intimidation; is concerned about the continued imposition of travel bans on human rights activists who wish to attend sessions of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and other international institutions and calls for the governments involved to lift these bans; emphasises that it is unacceptable that representatives of civil society and the media are prevented from participating in the work of international bodies, and insists that the fundamental human and political rights of civil society representatives be respected;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) - having regard to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Outcome document of 25 September 2014 of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Strongly condemns all heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by state and non-state actors; urges the EU and its Member States to fight crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice; calls for the EU to provide support for organisations that collect, keep and protect evidence – digital or otherwise – of the crimes committed by any parties to these conflicts, in order to facilitate their prosecution at an international level; supports the key role played by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases where the states concerned are unable or unwilling to exercise their jurisdiction; calls on all the signatories of the Rome Statute to coordinate and cooperate with the ICC; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Deplores that the phenomenon of shrinking civil society space is, in an increasing manner, also occurring in established democracies and middle and high-income countries, including in European Union Member States and some of its closest allies; calls on the European Union and its Member States to lead by example and strictly uphold universal human rights, ensure an enabling environment for their civil society and to address any negative trends in this field;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12 b. Underlines that the EU and Member States should step up their public condemnation of the killings of human rights defenders in individual cases, and to proactively work with third countries to ensure that these killings stop, that safety of human rights defenders is ensured, and that perpetrators are brought to justice; calls on the High Representative and external Commissioners to prioritise meeting with HRDs at risk during visits to third countries;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12 c. Calls for particular attention to be dedicated to the situation of environmental, indigenous and land rights defenders at risk, and of the killings of activists and community leaders in that field, particularly in relation to land grabbing and large scale agro- investments; emphasises the need for the EU to develop strategies to fight land grabbing and to work with third countries to ensure the protection of these defenders and that any crimes are investigated and accounted for;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 d (new) 12 d. Calls on the EU and its Member States to constantly monitor and raise cases of violations of freedom of assembly and association, including the various forms of bans and limitations on civil society organisations (CSOs) and their activities, such as laws whose aim is to shrink civil society space or the promotion of fake NGOs sponsored by authoritarian governments;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Denounces the fact that media freedom had never been so threatened as it was in 2017; that, according to the annual index by Reporters Without Borders, attacks against the press attained unprecedented levels in 2017 and are no longer the exclusive prerogative of authoritarian states1 a; reiterates the importance of freedom of expression, both online and offline, as it fosters a culture of pluralism; strongly condemns the threats, intimidation and attacks against journalists, independent media, bloggers and whistle- blowers, as well as hate speech, defamation laws and incitements to violence, as they constitute a threat to the rule of law and the values embodied by human rights;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Denounces the fact that media freedom had never been so threatened as it was in 2017; reiterates the importance of freedom of expression, both online and offline, as
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Denounces the fact that media freedom had never been so threatened as it was in 2017; reiterates the importance of freedom of expression, both online and offline, as it fosters a culture of pluralism; strongly condemns the threats, intimidation and attacks against journalists, independent media, bloggers and whistle-blowers, as well as hate speech, defamation laws and incitements to violence, as they constitute a threat to the rule of law and the values embodied by human rights; believes that the free expression of legitimate and peaceful grievances must be allowed; condemns any restriction to the online or offline exercise of this freedom, such as the removal of online content; emphasizes the importance of ensuring effective and systematic implementation of the EU Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline and of regularly monitoring their impact;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Denounces the fact that media freedom had never been so threatened as it was in 2017; reiterates the importance of freedom of expression, both online and offline, as it fosters a culture of pluralism; strongly condemns the threats, intimidation and attacks against journalists, independent media, bloggers and whistle-blowers, as well as hate speech, defamation laws and incitements to violence, as they constitute a threat to the rule of law and the values embodied by human rights; believes that the free expression of legitimate and peaceful grievances must be allowed; calls on the EU and its Member States to uphold the principles of freedom of opinion and expression, as outlined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and to emphasise the importance of a free press in a healthy society and the role of every citizen therein;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Denounces the fact that media freedom had never been so threatened as it was in 2017, including in the EU where two investigative journalists (Maltese Daphne Caruana Galizia and Slovak Ján Kuciak) were assassinated within a few months, with those responsible for the assassinations not yet identified nor brought to trial; reiterates the importance of freedom of expression, both online and offline, as it fosters a culture of pluralism; strongly condemns the threats, intimidation and attacks against journalists, independent media, bloggers and whistle-blowers, as well as hate speech, defamation laws, the propagation of "fake news", and incitements to violence, as they constitute a threat to the rule of law and the values embodied by human rights; believes that the free expression of legitimate and peaceful grievances must be allowed;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 — having regard to
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Denounces the attacks on the freedom of the media, and deplores the fact that media freedom had never been so threatened as it was in 2017; reiterates the importance of freedom of expression, both online and offline, as it fosters a culture of pluralism, and is key to the proper functioning of democratic communities; strongly condemns the threats, intimidation and attacks against journalists, independent media, bloggers and whistle-blowers, as well as hate speech, defamation laws and incitements to violence, as they constitute a threat to the rule of law and the values embodied by human rights; believes that the free expression of legitimate and peaceful grievances must be allowed;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Denounces the fact that media freedom had never been so threatened as it was in 2017, especially when, in the name of the fight against hate speech, the defence of human rights is instrumentalised to prohibit the debate on certain subjects, such as immigration and, in the name of the fight against 'fake news', to prohibit non-conformist but factual information; reiterates the importance of freedom of expression, both online and offline, as it fosters a culture of pluralism; strongly condemns the threats, intimidation and attacks against journalists, independent media, bloggers and whistle- blower
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Denounces the fact that media freedom had never been so threatened as it was in 2017; reiterates the importance of freedom of expression, both online and offline, as it fosters a culture of pluralism; strongly condemns the actions of many States that maintain this unacceptable situation with threats, intimidation and attacks against journalists, independent media, bloggers and whistle-blowers, as well as hate speech, defamation laws and incitements to violence, as they constitute a threat to the rule of law and the values embodied by human rights defenders; believes that the free expression of legitimate and peaceful grievances must be allowed;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Denounces the fact that media freedom ha
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Denounces the fact that media freedom had never been so threatened as it was in 2017; reiterates the importance of freedom of expression, both online and offline, as it fosters a culture of pluralism; strongly condemns the threats, intimidation and attacks against journalists, independent media, bloggers and whistle-blowers, as well as hate speech, defamation laws and incitements to violence, as they constitute a threat to the rule of law and the values embodied by human rights;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Emphasizes the core importance of academic freedom, as a human right protected by international treaties; strongly condemns any attack on academic freedom such as killings, forced disappearances, violence, imprisonment, loss of employment, attacks to the reputation and wrongful prosecutions; condemns any attack on academic freedom as a grave act, since academic freedom is essential in the creation of a pluralistic and democratic society;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Considers that a truly independent, diversified, pluralistic and dynamic civil society is crucial for the development and stability of each country, for ensuring democratic consolidation, social justice and respect for human rights and for the creation of inclusive societies; recalls, furthermore, that civil society is a key factor in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Stresses the crucial importance of civil society worldwide in supporting democracy, ensuring separation of powers, and promoting transparency, accountability and good governance, including measures to combat corruption and extremism, as well as its direct impact on the human and economic development in various countries countries and on environmental sustainability;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Stresses that the restriction of civil society is a global phenomenon that is not limited to developing countries but also occurs in established democracies and developed countries, including the European Union and some of its traditional allies; calls on the EU and its Member States to lead by example, respecting the fundamental rights of civil society and agreeing on strategies regarding countries that fail to do so.
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 d (new) 13d. Stresses that measures to counter the restriction of civil society require a coherent approach in EU relations with third countries; urges the EU and its Member States, in their relations with countries cooperating with the EU on migration policy, to oppose any solutions allowing the restriction of civil society and human rights;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) - having regard to the UN General Assembly Resolution 67/139 of 20 December 2012, which creates the Open- Ended Working Group on Ageing with a mandate to consider proposals for an international legal instrument to promote and protect the rights and dignity of older persons,
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 e (new) 13e. Calls on the EU to strengthen its instruments and policies regarding institutional development and the rule of law and to include benchmarks for ensuring accountability and seeking to prevent impunity for arbitrary detention, police excesses, torture and other forms of ill-treatment , bearing in mind that these situations are experienced differently by people of different genders, ages, abilities, migratory status, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or belonging to different racial or ethnic groups and other marginalised communities;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 f (new) 13f. Expresses its deep concern at the increase in attacks against human rights defenders worldwide; calls on the EU, and in particular the VP / HR, to adopt a policy of systematic and unequivocal denunciation of the killing of human rights defenders and attempts to subject them to any form of violence, persecution, threat, harassment, forced disappearance, imprisonment or arbitrary detention; calls on the EU to promptly and publicly condemn those who commit or tolerate such atrocities and to intensify public diplomacy by openly and clearly supporting human rights defenders; encourages the EU delegations and the Member State diplomatic representations to continue to actively support human rights defenders by systematically monitoring trials, visiting detained activists and issuing statements regarding individual cases, where appropriate;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 g (new) 13g. Strongly encourages cooperation between the EU's external funding instruments in support of civil society and calls for a complete country-by-country review of EU funding for civil society to avoid duplication and overlap and help identify possible gaps and funding needs;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 h (new) 13h. Recalls that independent media are essential in guaranteeing free and fair elections complying with international standards and that public access to communications and technology and e increased use of social networks can contribute to more effective access to information and diversity of opinions and help individuals from all sectors of society to organise and respond to social and political developments affecting their lives and interests;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 i (new) 13i. Calls for the repeal of legislation hampering freedom of expression and association, including provisions restricting foreign funding, imposing arbitrary or intrusive requirements on the operation of non-governmental organisations or limiting the types of lawful activities that such organisations may carry out;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Strongly condemns the fact that so many human rights defenders faced digital threats in 2017, including compromised data through the confiscation of equipment, remote surveillance and data leakages; condemns the practice of online surveillance and hacking, for the purposes of gathering information, which can be used in legal cases or defamation campaigns; expresses its concern at the ever-increasing use of certain cyber surveillance dual-use technologies against politicians, activists and journalists; welcomes, in this regard, the EU institutions’ ongoing efforts to update the dual-use export control regulation; is, however, concerned by the proliferation of agreements on judicial and police cooperation with countries which do not respect human rights;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Strongly condemns the fact that so many human rights defenders faced digital threats in 2017, including compromised data through the confiscation of equipment, remote surveillance and data leakages; condemns the practice of online surveillance and hacking
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Strongly condemns the fact that so many human rights defenders faced digital threats in 2017, including compromised data through the confiscation of equipment, remote surveillance and data leakages; condemns the practice of online surveillance and hacking, for the purposes of gathering information, which can be used in legal cases or defamation campaigns; expresses its deep concern at the ever-increasing use of certain cyber surveillance dual-use technologies against politicians, activists, bloggers and journalists;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Reasserts that the independence of the judiciary and the absolute transparency of a system for administration of justice in which all the operators are required to carry out their roles in an upright and independent manner are prerequisite conditions for the development of a democratic state and legal protection for human rights ; condemns roundly all attempts to place restrictions on the freedom of judges, public prosecutors and lawyers, and all forms of direct and indirect violence employed against them; calls on the EU to pay the utmost attention to this point in the context of its diplomatic relations with non-EU countries;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Warns against any utterances that seek to restrict the right to freedom of movement, freedom of assembly and freedom of expression and the right to privacy;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 b (new) - having regard to the Report of the Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of All Human Rights by Older Persons to the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council of 8 July 2016,1a _________________ 1a A/HRC/33/44
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that the open internet and technological advances have enabled human rights abuses to be reported more swiftly; criticises the attempts by some governments to control mass communication tools; is concerned at the prevalence of fake news and disinformation generated by state and non- state actors
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that the open internet and technological advances have enabled human rights abuses to be reported more swiftly; criticises the attempts by some governments to control mass communication tools; is concerned at the prevalence of fake news and disinformation generated by state and non- state actors in 2017, which may have contributed to the spreading of anti-human rights narratives, limited access to free, accurate and impartial information, incited violence, hatred or discrimination against certain groups or individuals, and affected the outcomes of elections; stresses in this view the importance for the EU to develop a stronger positive narrative on human rights, to stand firm in the face of governments sponsoring disinformation or challenging human rights universality and indivisibility, and to increase its efforts to support free and independent media worldwide;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that the open internet and technological advances have enabled human rights abuses to be reported more swiftly; criticises the attempts by some governments to control mass communication tools, including internet; is concerned at the prevalence of fake news and disinformation generated by state and non-
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that the open internet and technological advances have enabled human rights abuses to be reported more swiftly; criticises the attempts by some governments to control mass communication tools; is concerned at the prevalence of fake news and disinformation generated by state and non- state actors in 2017, which may have contributed to the spreading of anti-human rights narratives, limited access to free, accurate and impartial information, incited violence, hatred or discrimination against certain groups or individuals, and affected the outcomes of elections, undermining democracies;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that the open internet and technological advances have enabled human rights abuses to be reported more swiftly; criticises the attempts by some governments to control mass communication tools; is concerned at the prevalence of fake news and disinformation generated by state and non- state actors in 2017, which may have contributed to the spreading of anti-human rights narratives, limited access to
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Acknowledges that the open internet and technological advances have enabled human rights abuses to be reported more swiftly; criticises the attempts by some governments to control mass communication tools; is concerned at the prevalence of fake news and disinformation generated by state and non- state actors in 2017, which
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Denounces the fact that, in a number of countries, the population is denied the right to peaceful protest, by means of legal, administrative and other measures such as the suppression of protests through the use of force, harassment and arbitrary detention; underlines that in 2017 hundreds of peaceful protesters and journalists were arrested, many of whom were mistreated, detained arbitrarily and forced to pay heavy fines in trials where minimum procedural standards were not guaranteed; demands respect for the rights to freedom of assembly, association and expression guaranteed by international standards and the treaties of the United Nations, and calls on governments not to use force against peaceful demonstrators;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Considers that interference in other countries’ elections through cyber operations undermines or violates the right of people to take part in the government of their country, directly or through freely chosen representatives, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and when done by other states it constitutes a violation of international law also when there is no use of military force, threat to territorial integrity, or threat to political independence;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15 b. Calls for the VP/HR to appoint an EU cyber envoy who should coordinate the EU’s diplomatic efforts to advance an open, interoperable, secure and reliable Internet in external policies where human rights are respected and norms for responsible state behaviour online are promoted;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to apostasy and to espouse atheistic views, must be enhanced unconditionally through interreligious and intercultural dialogue; condemns the persecution of and attacks against ethnic and religious groups in 2017; deplores the attempts by state and non-state actors to limit freedom of religion and belief and freedom of expression by adopting and implementing blasphemy laws, among other means; requests that further action be taken to protect religious minorities, non-believers and atheists, including the victims of blasphemy laws, and calls for the EU and its Member States to increase their engagement in political discussions to repeal such laws;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 c (new) - having regard to the Report of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing on its eighth working session of 28 July 2017,1a _________________ 1a A/AC.278/2017/2
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to apostasy and to espouse atheistic views, must be enhanced unconditionally through interreligious and intercultural dialogue; condemns the persecution of and attacks against ethnic and religious groups in 2017; deplores the attempts by state actors to limit freedom of religion and belief and freedom of expression by adopting and implementing blasphemy laws, among other means; requests that further action be taken to protect religious minorities, non-believers and atheists, including the victims of blasphemy laws, and calls for the EU and its Member States to increase their engagement in political discussions to repeal such laws
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to apostasy and to espouse atheistic views, must be enhanced unconditionally through interreligious and intercultural dialogue; condemns the persecution of and attacks against ethnic and religious groups in 2017; deplores the attempts by state actors to limit freedom of religion and belief and freedom of expression by adopting and implementing blasphemy laws, among other means; requests that further action be taken to protect religious minorities, including Christians, and non- believers and atheists, including the victims of blasphemy laws, and calls for the EU and its Member States to increase their engagement in political discussions to repeal such laws; supports the EU’s efforts to implement the Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief; calls on the European Commission and the European External Action Service to play an active role in helping return to their country people belonging to religious minorities who were forced to flee their homes in Iraq and Syria because of ISIS pressure;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief,
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief,
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to apostasy and to espouse atheistic views, must be enhanced unconditionally through interreligious and intercultural dialogue; condemns the persecution of and attacks against ethnic and religious groups in 2017; deplores the attempts by state actors to limit freedom of religion and belief and freedom of expression by adopting and implementing blasphemy laws, among other means; requests that further action be taken to protect religious minorities, non-believers and atheists, including the victims of blasphemy laws, and calls for the EU and its Member States to increase their engagement in political discussions to repeal such laws
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to apostasy and to espouse atheistic views, must be enhanced unconditionally through interreligious and intercultural dialogue; condemns the persecution of and attacks against ethnic and religious groups in 2017; deplores the attempts by state actors to limit freedom of religion and belief and freedom of expression by adopting and implementing blasphemy laws, among other means; condemns the interference of political power in religious affairs, particularly in Ukraine, Montenegro and Macedonia, where the State puts pressure on the Orthodox Church to renounce its spiritual patriarchate; requests that further action be taken to protect religious minorities, non-believers and atheists, including the victims of blasphemy laws, and calls for the EU and its Member States to increase their engagement in political discussions to repeal such laws; supports the EU’s efforts to implement the Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to apostasy and to espouse atheistic views, must be enhanced unconditionally through interreligious and intercultural dialogue; condemns the persecution of and attacks against ethnic and religious groups in 2017; deplores the attempts by state actors to limit freedom of religion and belief and freedom of expression by adopting and implementing blasphemy laws, among other means; requests that further action be taken to protect religious minorities, non-believers and atheists, including the victims of blasphemy laws, and calls for the EU and its Member States to increase their engagement in political discussions to repeal such laws; supports the EU’s efforts to implement the Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief and the mandate of Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU established in 2016;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to apostasy and to espouse atheistic views, must be enhanced unconditionally through interreligious and intercultural dialogue; condemns the persecution of and attacks against
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to apostasy, to change one's religion or belief and to espouse atheistic views, must be enhanced unconditionally through interreligious and intercultural dialogue; condemns the discrimination based on religion or belief, the persecution of and attacks against ethnic and religious groups in 2017; deplores the attempts by state actors to limit freedom of religion and belief and freedom of expression by adopting and implementing blasphemy laws, among other means; requests that further action be taken to protect religious minorities, non-believers and atheists, including the victims of blasphemy laws, and calls for the EU and its Member States to increase their engagement in political discussions to repeal such laws; supports the EU’s efforts to implement the Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to apostasy and to espouse atheistic views, must be enhanced unconditionally through interreligious and intercultural dialogue; condemns the persecution of and attacks against ethnic and religious groups in 2017 with special regard to the persecution of Christians in the Middle East; deplores the attempts by state actors to limit freedom of religion and belief and freedom of expression by adopting and implementing blasphemy laws, among other means; requests that further action be taken to protect religious minorities, non- believers and atheists, including the victims of blasphemy laws, and calls for the EU and its Member States to increase their engagement in political discussions to repeal such laws; supports the EU’s efforts to implement the Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 d (new) - having regard to the 2017 Lisbon Ministerial Declaration entitled "A Sustainable Society for All Ages: Realizing the potential of living longer", adopted at the 4th UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing on 22 September 2017,
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to apostasy and to espouse atheistic views, must be enhanced
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to apostasy and to espouse atheistic views,
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Condems the continuing human rights violations committed against people suffering from caste hierarchies and caste-based discrimination, segregation and caste-induced barriers, including the denial of access to employment, to the legal system and to other basic human rights; is deeply concerned by the ensuing institutionalised discrimination and by the alarming rate of caste-based violent attacks; calls on the EU and Member States to intensify efforts and support initiatives at the UN and delegation levels to eliminate caste discrimination;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Con
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers it deeply regrettable that torture, inhuman or degrading treatment and the death penalty continue to be applied in many countries all over the world, and calls for the
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers it deeply regrettable that torture, inhuman or degrading treatment and the death penalty continue to be applied in many countries all over the world, and calls for the EU to intensify its efforts to eradicate these practices; welcomes the formal launch of the Alliance for Torture-Free Trade on 18 September 2017 and the establishment of the EU Anti-Torture Coordination Group, which is tasked with following its implementation; welcomes, in this regard, updates to EU legislation on trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment; notes that in 2017, the number of executions carried out worldwide fell by 4 % compared with the previous year; calls on countries that have not already done so to establish an immediate moratorium on the death penalty as a step towards its abolition, and calls for compensation to be paid for the moral damage caused to victims as a result of inhuman treatment;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Strongly condemns
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Strongly condemns all heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by state and non-state actors, such as Boko Haram in Nigeria and ISIS/Daesh in Syria and Iraq; is horrified at the vast range of crimes committed, including murder, torture, rape, enslavement and sexual slavery, the recruitment of child soldiers, forced religious conversions and the systematic killing of religious minorities, including Christians, Yazidis and others; urges the EU and its Member States to fight crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice; calls for the EU to provide support for organisations that collect, keep and protect evidence – digital or otherwise – of the crimes committed by any parties to these conflicts, in order to facilitate their prosecution at an international level; supports the key role played by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases where the states concerned are unable or unwilling to exercise their jurisdiction; calls on all the signatories of the Rome Statute to coordinate and cooperate with the ICC; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Strongly condemns all heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by state and non-state actors such as Boko Haram in Nigeria and ISIS/Daesh inSyria and Iraq; is horrified at the vast range of crimes committed, including murder, torture, rape, enslavementand sexual slavery, the recruitment of child soldiers, forced religious conversions and the systematic killing of religious minorities, including Christians, Yazidis and others; urges the EU and its Member States to fight crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice; calls for the EU to provide support for organisations that collect, keep and protect evidence – digital or otherwise – of the crimes committed by any parties to these conflicts, in order to facilitate their prosecution at an international level; supports the key role played by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases where the states concerned are unable or unwilling to exercise their jurisdiction; calls on all the signatories of the Rome Statute to coordinate and cooperate with the ICC; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Strongly condemns all heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by state and non-state actors; urges the EU and its Member States to fight crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice; calls for the EU to provide support for organisations that collect, keep and protect evidence – digital or otherwise – of the crimes committed by any parties to these conflicts, in order to facilitate their prosecution at an international level; supports the key role played by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases where the states concerned are unable or unwilling to exercise their jurisdiction; calls on all the signatories of the Rome Statute to coordinate and cooperate with the ICC; calls on the EU and its Member States not to engage in cooperation in any area with countries whose leaders are subject to an ICC arrest warrant and to cease diplomatic relations with them; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Strongly condemns all heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by state and non-state actors; urges the EU and its Member States to fight crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice; calls for the EU to provide support for organisations that collect, keep and protect evidence – digital or otherwise – of the crimes committed by any parties to these conflicts, in order to facilitate their prosecution at an international level; in order to maintain the credibility of the aforementioned, but also to further the above purposes, it is necessary to avoid creating and displaying false or disputed evidence in this connection; supports the key role played by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases where the states concerned are unable or unwilling to exercise their jurisdiction; calls on all the signatories of the Rome Statute to coordinate and cooperate with the ICC; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Strongly condemns all heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by state and non-state actors; urges the EU and its Member States to fight crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice; calls for the EU to provide support for organisations that collect, keep and protect evidence – digital or otherwise – of the crimes committed by any parties to these conflicts, in order to facilitate their prosecution at an international level; calls on the Members States and the EU Genocide Network to support the UN Investigative Team in collecting, preserving, and storing evidence of crimes committed by ISIS in Iraq; supports the key role played by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases where the states concerned are unable or unwilling to exercise their jurisdiction; calls on all the signatories of the Rome Statute to coordinate and cooperate with the ICC; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Strongly condemns all heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by state and non-state actors; urges the EU and its Member States to fight crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice; calls for the EU to provide support for organisations that collect, keep and protect evidence – digital or otherwise – of the crimes committed by any parties to these conflicts, in order to facilitate their prosecution at an international level; expresses concern over platforms including YouTube deleting video evidence relating to potential war crimes as part of its work to remove terrorist content and propaganda; supports the key role played by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases where the states concerned are unable or unwilling to exercise their jurisdiction; calls on all the signatories of the Rome Statute to coordinate and cooperate with the ICC; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Strongly condemns all heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by state and non-state actors; urges the EU and its Member States to fight crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice; calls for the EU to provide support for organisations that collect, keep and protect evidence – digital or otherwise – of the crimes committed by any parties to these conflicts, in order to facilitate their prosecution at an international level; supports the key role played by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases where the states concerned are unable or unwilling to exercise their jurisdiction; calls on the Union and the Member States to encourage all UN member states to ratify and implement the Rome Statute of the ICC; calls also on all the signatories of the Rome Statute to coordinate and cooperate with the ICC; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Strongly condemns all heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by state and non-state actors; urges the EU and its Member States to fight crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice, including the perpetrators of the illegal bombing of civilian installations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999; calls for the EU to provide support for organisations that collect, keep and protect evidence – digital or otherwise – of the crimes committed by any parties to these conflicts, in order to facilitate their prosecution at an international level
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Strongly condemns all heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by state a
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Strongly condemns all heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by state and non-state actors; urges the EU and its Member States to fight crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice; calls for the EU to provide support for organisations that collect, keep and protect evidence – digital or otherwise – of the crimes committed by any parties to these conflicts, in order to facilitate their prosecution at an international level; supports the key role played by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases where the states concerned are unable or unwilling to exercise their jurisdiction; calls on all the signatories of the Rome Statute to coordinate and cooperate with the ICC; calls on all States that are not part of the ICC to sign and ratify the Rome Statute; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Strongly condemns all heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by state and non-state actors; urges the EU and its Member States to fight crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice; calls for the EU to provide support for any organisations that collect, keep and protect evidence – digital or otherwise – of the crimes committed by any parties to these conflicts, as well as to support the UN Investigative Teams in order to facilitate their prosecution at an international level; supports the key role played by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases where the states concerned are unable or unwilling to exercise their jurisdiction; calls on all the signatories of the Rome Statute to coordinate and cooperate with the ICC; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Views with concern all those declarations in which some states parties to the Rome Statute have threatened to withdraw from the Rome Statute; is extremely concerned by the fact that one state party has already withdrawn during 2017 and notes with great concern that another has already followed in its steps in 2018; urges the EU to address this issue as a priority in diplomatic relations with the countries that have withdrawn, are threatening to do so or may be tempted to go down this route in the near future;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 a (new) - having regard to the set of EU thematic guidelines on human rights, including on Human Rights Defenders,
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18 a. Welcomes the EU’s efforts to support the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) set up by the UN to assist in the investigation of serious crimes; emphasises the need to set up a similar independent mechanism in other countries; calls on the EU and on EU Member States that have not already done so to contribute financially to the IIIM;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18 b. Believes that exports to Saudi Arabia are non-compliant with at least criterion 2 regarding the country's involvement in grave breaches of humanitarian law as established by competent UN authorities; re-iterates its call from 26 February 2016 and on the urgent need to impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18 c. Reiterates that under the principle of universal jurisdiction, a national court may prosecute individuals for any serious crimes in violation of international law; welcomes the steps taken by a number of Member States under this principle and encourages all other Member States to do the same;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 d (new) 18 d. Reiterates that States can bring other States before the International Court of Justice for violations of international treaties, such as the Torture Convention, in order to establish state liability as an indirect means for judicial determination of individual criminal responsibility at a later stage;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Deeply regrets the lack of respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) and expresses its strong condemnation of the deadly attacks that were carried out with such alarming frequency against hospitals, schools and other civilian targets in armed conflicts around the world in 2017; believes that the international condemnation of attacks must be backed up by independent investigations and genuine accountability; commends the work done by aid workers when delivering humanitarian aid; calls on the EU and its Member States to increase their financial contribution to humanitarian and development aid; condemns in this regard the 2.4 % cut in official development aid compared with 2016, a level that is less than the 0.7 % of GNI target, as established in the Programme by 20301 a; calls for development aid to be in the form of grants rather than loans in order not to further increase the debt burden; calls on the Member States, the EU institutions and the VP/HR to ensure that EU policies and actions relating to IHL are developed coherently and effectively and to use all the instruments at their disposal to address this matter; concludes that more detailed reporting by the EU and its Member States on the implementation of the Guidelines on Promoting Compliance with International Humanitarian Law in specific conflict situations should have been made available, not least the EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy; calls on the EU and its Member States not to include in their development aid any monies spent on receiving refugees or migrants or on controlling or returning migrants, and not to make aid in this area conditional; _________________ 1a http://europa.eu/rapid/press- release_MEMO-18-3081_en.htm
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Deeply regrets the lack of respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) and expresses its strong condemnation of the deadly attacks that were carried out with such alarming frequency against hospitals, schools and other civilian targets in armed conflicts around the world in 2017; believes that the international condemnation of attacks must be backed up by independent investigations and genuine accountability; commends the work done by aid workers when delivering humanitarian aid; calls on the Member States, the EU institutions and the VP/HR to ensure that EU policies and actions relating to IHL are developed coherently and effectively and to use all the instruments at their disposal to address this matter; concludes that more detailed reporting by the EU and its Member States on the implementation of the Guidelines on Promoting Compliance with International Humanitarian Law in specific conflict situations should have been made available, not least the EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy; calls on the international community to set up instruments to minimise the warning- response gap in order to prevent the emergence, re-emergence and escalation of violent conflict, such as the EU’s early warning system;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19 a. Recalls its resolution of 27 February 2014 on the use of armed drones; expresses its grave concern over the use of armed drones outside the international legal framework; calls, once again, on the EU to urgently develop a legally binding framework for the use of armed drones to ensure that the Member States, in conformity with their legal obligations, do not perpetrate unlawful targeted killings or facilitate such killings by other states; calls further on the Commission to keep Parliament properly informed about the use of EU funds for all research and development projects associated with the construction of drones; calls for human rights impact assessments in respect of further drone development projects;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19 a. Calls on the HR/VP and the EU member states to expand the EU's regime for restrictive measures to include an EU human rights sanctions regime to allow for CFSP sanctions decisions to be based on grave human rights violations, similar to the Magnitsky Act;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19 b. Urges the HR/VP and the Member States to work towards an international ban of weapon systems that lack human control over the use of force as requested by the Parliament on various occasions and, in preparation of relevant meetings at UN level, to urgently develop and adopt a common position on autonomous weapon systems and to speak at relevant fora with one voice and act accordingly;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19 b. Reiterates its condemnation, in the harshest terms, of the crimes perpetrated by the Syrian regime against its population and the Saudi-led coalition against the population in Yemen; calls for more EU leadership towards a negotiated end to violence, and in ensuring perpetrators are brought to justice;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) - having regard to the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders,
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses that corruption
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses that corruption undermines the rule of law, democracy and the competitiveness of economies, and puts human rights at risk; calls for improvements to anti-corruption mechanisms and practices, such as the imposition of sanctions on those individuals and countries that commit serious corruption offences; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to devise joint programming on human rights and the fight against corruption, in particular initiatives for improving transparency, fighting impunity and strengthening anti- corruption agencies; calls on the EU to pledge, in line with the European anti- corruption acquis, to promote anti- corruption measures and push for these to be further integrated in United Nations programmes; also calls on the Commission to negotiate provisions on combating corruption in all future trade agreements;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses that corruption undermines the rule of law, democracy and the competitiveness of economies, and puts human rights at risk; calls for improvements to anti-corruption mechanisms and practices, such as the imposition of sanctions on those individuals and countries that commit serious corruption offences; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to devise joint programming on human rights and the fight against corruption, in particular initiatives for improving transparency, fighting impunity and strengthening anti- corruption agencies; recalls the recommendations on corruption and human rights issued in the European Parliament resolution of 13 September 2017 on corruption and human rights in third countries and calls on follow-up from EU institutions and Member States;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses that corruption undermines the rule of law, democracy and the competitiveness of economies, and puts human rights at risk; calls for improvements to anti-corruption mechanisms and practices, such as the imposition of sanctions on those individuals and countries that commit serious corruption offences; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to devise joint programming on human rights and the fight against corruption, in particular initiatives for improving transparency, fighting impunity and strengthening anti- corruption agencies; calls on Member States to enhance their national legislation, in accordance with EU ruling, in order to tackle with effective criminal sanction all the cases of international corruption that can be covered by their jurisdiction;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses that corruption undermines the rule of law, democracy and the competitiveness of economies, and puts human rights at risk; calls for improvements to anti-corruption mechanisms and practices, such as the imposition of sanctions on those individuals and countries that commit serious corruption offences; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to devise joint programming on human rights and the fight against corruption, in particular initiatives for improving transparency, fighting impunity and strengthening anti- corruption agencies; emphasises the need for support for human rights defenders fighting corruption who are at risk due to their work;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses that corruption undermines the rule of law, democracy and the competitiveness of economies, and puts human rights at risk; calls for improvements to anti-corruption mechanisms and practices, such as the imposition of sanctions on those individuals and countries that commit serious corruption offences; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to devise joint programming on human rights and the fight against corruption, in particular initiatives for improving transparency, fighting impunity, supporting anti- corruption human rights defenders and whistle-blowers, and strengthening anti- corruption agencies;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses that corruption undermines the rule of law, democracy and the competitiveness of economies, and puts human rights at risk; calls for improvements to anti-corruption mechanisms and practices, such as the imposition of sanctions on those individuals and countries that continue to commit serious corruption offences, despite the EU's constant appeals not to do so; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to devise joint programming on human rights and the fight against corruption, in particular initiatives for improving transparency, fighting impunity and strengthening anti-
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses that corruption undermines the rule of law, democracy and the competitiveness of economies, and puts human rights at risk; calls for improvements to anti-corruption mechanisms and practices, such as the imposition of sanctions on those individuals and countries that commit serious corruption offences; calls on the
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20 a. Recalls the EU’s commitment to placing human rights and democracy at the centre of its relations with third countries; stresses, therefore, that the advancement of human rights and democratic principles, including human rights conditionality clauses in international agreements, needs to be supported through all EU policies with an external dimension, such as enlargement and neighbourhood policy, the CSDP, and environment, development, security, counter-terrorism, trade, migration, justice and home affairs policies;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20 a. Expresses concern over the destruction, illicit looting and vandalism aimed against cultural heritage sites and strongly supports fact-finding, heritage protection and rescue initiatives;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 b (new) - having regard to the International Convention of 18 December 1990 on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Considers that the support the EU provides for electoral processes and democracy around the world – its electoral missions and subsequent follow-up, its electoral assistance and, in particular, the active role played by Parliament in this regard – is of the utmost importance; stresses the importance of electoral observation in the context of peaceful democratic transitions, of strengthening the rule of law, of political pluralism and increasing the participation of women in electoral processes, and of transparency and respect for human rights; recalls that involving civil society organisations in the implementation of the election missions' recommendations is essential for their adoption at local level;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Considers that the support the EU provides for electoral processes and democracy around the world – its electoral missions and subsequent follow-up, its electoral assistance and, in particular, the active role played by Parliament in this regard – is of the utmost importance; stresses the importance of electoral observation in the context of peaceful democratic transitions, of strengthening the rule of law, of political pluralism and
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21 a. Condemns the use of sexual violence against women and girls, including mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, gender-based forms of persecution, trafficking, sex tourism and all other forms of physical, sexual and psychological violence as a weapon of war; draws attention to the fact that gender-related crimes and crimes of sexual violence are classified in the Rome Statute as war crimes, crimes against humanity or constitutive acts with respect to genocide or torture; points out that education is the best tool for combating discrimination and violence against women and children;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21 a. Stresses that the EU should continue to actively support democratic and effective human rights institutions and civil society in their efforts to promote democratisation; welcomes, in this context, the European Endowment for Democracy’s consistent efforts to promote democracy and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms in the eastern and southern neighbourhoods of the EU;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21 a. Stresses that the EU should continue to actively support democratic and effective human rights institutions and civil society in their efforts to promote democratisation; welcomes, in this context, the European Endowment for Democracy’s consistent efforts to promote democracy and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods of the EU;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21 b. Recalls that the experience gained and lessons learned from transitions to democracy within the framework of enlargement and neighbourhood policy could contribute positively to the identification of best practices that could be used to support and consolidate other democratisation processes worldwide; expresses its conviction that the revised European neighbourhood policy should continue to have the promotion of human rights and democratic principles at its core; reiterates the fact that the promotion of human rights and democracy are in the interest of both partner countries and the EU;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 c (new) 21 c. Considers that development cooperation and the promotion of human rights and democratic principles should go hand in hand;recalls, in this context, that the UN has stated that without a human rights-based approach, development goals cannot be fully achieved; recalls, in addition, that the EU has committed to supporting partner countries, taking into account their development situation and their progress as regards human rights and democracy;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the EU’s signature of the Istanbul Convention and stresses the need to combat by all means violence against women, including domestic violence; calls on those Member States that have not yet done so, to ratify and implement this Convention as soon as possible; supports, in this connection, the joint EU-
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 20 a (new) - having regard to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the EU’s signature of the Istanbul Convention and urges all Member States to enforce and implement it without a delay; stresses the need to combat by all means violence against women, including domestic violence; supports, in this connection, the joint EU-
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the EU’s signature of the Istanbul Convention and stresses the need to combat by all means violence against women, including domestic violence; supports, in this connection, the joint EU- UN Spotlight Initiative; urges countries to step up their legislation in order to tackle, at the earliest possible stage, gender-based violence, female genital mutilation and sexual violence, while promoting gender equality; condemns the frequent violation of women’s sexual and reproductive rights and takes the view that all women should be able to make free and responsible decisions about their health, their body and their sexual and reproductive life, without fear, coercion or discrimination by the state, medical professionals or close family members; in this connection, women should also have the right to seek and obtain information on sexuality and reproduction, and should have access to comprehensible education on these fields and related fields; emphasises that proper, affordable healthcare and universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive rights and education should be guaranteed for all women;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the EU’s signature of the Istanbul Convention and urges the EU, as well as Member States who didn`t do so yet, to ratify it without delay; stresses the need to combat by all means all forms of violence against women and girls, including domestic violence; supports, in this connection, the joint EU-
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the EU’s signature of the Istanbul Convention and stresses the need to combat by all means violence against women, including domestic violence; supports, in this connection, the joint EU- UN Spotlight Initiative; urges countries to step up their legislation in order to tackle, at the earliest possible stage, gender-based violence, female genital mutilation and sexual violence, while promoting gender equality; condemns the frequent violation of women’s sexual and reproductive rights; condemns any utterances seeking to limit the right of women to self-determination; emphasises that proper, affordable healthcare and universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive rights and education should be guaranteed for all women;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the EU’s signature of the Istanbul Convention and stresses the need to combat by all means violence against women, including domestic violence; supports, in this connection, the joint EU- UN Spotlight Initiative; urges countries to step up their legislation in order to tackle, at the earliest possible stage, gender-based violence, female genital mutilation and sexual violence, while promoting gender equality; condemns the frequent
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the EU’s signature of the Istanbul Convention and stresses the need to combat by all means violence against women, including domestic violence; supports, in this connection, the joint EU- UN Spotlight Initiative; urges countries to step up their legislation in order to tackle, at the earliest possible stage, gender-based violence, female genital mutilation and sexual violence, while promoting gender equality; condemns the frequent violation of women’s sexual and reproductive
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22 a. Condemns violations of bodily integrity against women as well as minority groups which are in breach of the fundamental right to bodily integrity and identity, such as female genital mutilation (FGM), intersex genital mutilations, forced sterilisation of people belonging to ethnic minority (including Roma) or indigenous groups and people with disabilities; calls on states to outlaw these practices, address perpetrators and support victims; highlights that transgender people are psychopathologisedand subjected to forced sterilisation in order to obtain legal recognition of their gender identity; calls on states to establish fast, accessible and transparent procedures for legal gender recognition, based on self-determination only and to depathologise trans identities; calls on states to adopt the ICD-11;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Recalls that according to the UN report on ‘financial globalisation’, the liberalisation of trade, the ongoing privatisation of public services and the ever-increasing role of corporate interests in development have shifted the balance of power to such an extent that fundamental rights and the establishment of a sustainable means of subsistence have been compromised; stresses that the economic crisis has further accentuated inequalities and that women are the greatest victims of this, and stresses furthermore that the aim of ‘empowering’ women can only be achieved by providing stable, well-paid employment instead of precarious and part-time posts that are too often occupied by women, and by the creation of genuine wage equality;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22 a. Recalls the release in August 2017 of the first annual implementation report for the year 2016 of the Gender Action Plan II 2016-2020 (GAP II), which notes a number of positive trends in transforming the lives of girls and women through ensuring girls' and women's physical and psychological integrity, promoting the economic and social rights and strengthening girls' and women's voice and participation; underlines however that one year on from the adoption of GAP II it is too early to deliver a full assessment of its impact; emphasises the need to ensure coherence and complementarity among all existing EU external instruments and policies with respect to gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22 a. Believes that the EU should continue mainstreaming support for women within common security and defence policy (CSDP) operations, conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction; reiterates the importance of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security; stresses the importance of women’s systematic, equal, full and active participation in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, in the promotion of human rights and democratic reforms, and in peacekeeping operations, humanitarian assistance, post- conflict reconstruction and democratic transition processes leading to lasting and stable political solutions;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22 a. Urges the Commission to lead in tackling sexual exploitation and abuse in the humanitarian and development aid sectors, as the sectors should have the highest standards of responsibility and accountability for their work; calls upon the Commission to work with EU humanitarian actors, governments, international donors, and in dialogue with civil society, to review and reinforce safeguarding procedures and rules of engagement, focusing on prevention, reporting, whistleblowing, complaint mechanisms and sanctions;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22 a. Reiterates its condemnation of the practice of surrogacy, which undermines the human dignity of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity; emphasises that the practice of gestational surrogacy which involves reproductive exploitation and use of the human body for financial or other gain, in particular in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries, shall be prohibited and treated as a matter of urgency in human rights instruments;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Notes that the principal factors behind discrimination and marginalisation include sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls, such as child marriages and FGM, lack of access to basic social services and sectors such as health, education, water, sanitation and nutrition, in particular sexual and reproductive health services, as well as unequal participation in public and private institutions, political decision- making and peace processes;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22 a. Recognises that women human rights defenders around the world face specific risks and threats due to their gender, including intimidation, harassment, and sexual violence; calls on the EEAS and Member States to adopt an annex to the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders specifically addressing support for women human rights defenders at risk, as well as intersectional threats;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22 a. Emphasizes that abortion shall not be promoted as a form of family planning in external policies of the EU;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Condemns the re-establishment and expansion of the Mexico City policy (or 'Global Gag Rule') by the United States in January 2017, and its impact on general health care and the rights of women and girls ; reiterates the call for the EU and its Member States to proactively champion the rights of women and girls around the world and to significantly increase national and European funding to uphold the right to sexual and reproductive health, access to family planning services and voluntary termination of pregnancy in a legal and safe manner and without discrimination;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) - having regard to the Yogyakarta Principles (‘Principles and State Obligations on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics’) adopted in November 2006, and the 10 complementary principles (‘plus 10’) adopted on 10 November 2017,
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 21b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to increase the funding for and the provision of basic public services; stresses in this connection the importance of social protection and the need to support the initiatives of the United Nations to introduce “universal health protection”;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22 b. Calls for clear principles and legal instruments addressing human rights abuses related to surrogacy, such as exploitation of women and human trafficking, and sale of children;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Calls on the EU to cooperate regarding the inclusion of the following recommendations to end early, child and forced marriages: making 18 the legal minimum age for marriage and ensuring compliance with this rule; requiring verification of the age of both spouses and of full and free consent by them; introducing compulsory marriage records and ensuring compliance with this rule; providing law enforcement officers with sufficient training in gender discrimination, violence against women and forced early marriage; recognising conjugal violence as a crime; improving access to education for girls, including married girls, and access to reproductive and obstetric health care for all women;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 d (new) 22d. Recognises the importance of more effective policies and measures to promote girls' education, as well as the effects of education on their health and economic emancipation; stresses that girls are particularly vulnerable and that special attention is needed to ensure their access to all levels of education;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 e (new) 22e. Emphasises that greater involvement of the public and private sectors is essential in upholding the rights of women and their economic, social and political emancipation; stresses that the business sector has an important role to play in strengthening women's rights; recommends greater support for SMEs and local authorities in this connection;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 f (new) 22f. Calls for a collection of data broken down by gender in the key sectors most affected by trade agreements, providing a useful means of predicting their effect on women's lives as much as possible, counteract any negative impacts; calls for the introduction of an instrument specifically designed to monitor and strengthen gender policy in trade agreements;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 g (new) 22g. Stresses the importance of pursuing equality policies that enable all national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, as well as indigenous peoples, to enjoy their fundamental rights; considers that the rights in question are all those that anyone can exercise individually or collectively;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes with appreciation the adoption of the revised EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child; underlines the fact that children are often exposed to specific abuses, such as child marriage, genital mutilation and child labour, especially in humanitarian crises and armed conflicts, and therefore require enhanced protection; notes that according to UNICEF, in 2016 some 28 million children, or 1 child in 80 across the world, had been displaced - including 12 million child refugees and asylum seekers and 16 million children displaced by conflict and violence1 a; stresses in this regard the vulnerability of migrant children to a rising tide of violence as revealed in many reports and testimonies; stresses the need to step up the EU’s engagement when it comes to addressing the protection of children,
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes with appreciation the adoption of the revised EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child; underlines the fact that children are often exposed to specific abuses, such as child marriage, genital mutilation and child labour, especially in humanitarian crises and armed conflicts, and therefore require enhanced protection; stresses the need to step up
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes with appreciation the adoption of the revised EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child; underlines the fact that children are often exposed to specific abuses, such as child marriage, genital mutilation
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes with appreciation the adoption of the revised EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child and highlights the need of ensuring that all children are reached, including the most marginalised and those in vulnerable situations; underlines the fact that children are often exposed to specific abuses, such as child marriage, genital mutilation and child labour, especially in humanitarian crises and armed conflicts, and therefore require enhanced protection; stresses the need to step up the EU’s engagement when it comes to addressing the protection of children, including unaccompanied minors, and to devote particular attention to education and psycho-social support;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes with appreciation the adoption of the revised EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child; underlines the fact that children are often exposed deliberately to specific abuses of their rights, such as child marriage, genital mutilation and child labour, especially in humanitarian crises and armed conflicts, and the
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes with appreciation the adoption of the revised EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child; underlines the fact that children are often exposed to specific abuses, such as child marriage, genital mutilation and child labour, especially in humanitarian crises and armed conflicts, and therefore require enhanced protection; stresses the need to step up the EU’s engagement when it comes to addressing the protection of children, including unaccompanied minors, and to devote particular attention to education and psycho-social support, especially in response to humanitarian crises;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes with appreciation the adoption of the revised EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child; underlines the fact that children are often exposed to specific abuses, such as child marriage, genital mutilation and child labour, especially in humanitarian crises and armed conflicts, and therefore require enhanced protection; stresses the need to step up the EU’s engagement when it comes to addressing the protection of children,
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23 a. Deplores all attacks on schools, universities and educational establishments; Denounces that attacks on education and the military use of schools and universities, kill or injure thousands of students and educators and damage or destroy hundreds of schools; notes that these attacks often prevent students from accessing education, diminish the quality of education, and obstruct social progress and development; regrets that school enrolment rates plummeted where prolonged heavy fighting has taken place and that this causes a real prospect of a lost generation of uneducated, persecuted or displaced children, facing a future of limited opportunity; calls for a proper implementation of the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23 a. Welcomes the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; reiterates the importance of its efficient implementation by both the Member States and the EU institutions; stresses, in particular, the need to mainstream credibly the principle of universal accessibility and the rights of persons with disabilities in all relevant EU policies, including in the area of development cooperation, and underlines the prescriptive and horizontal nature of this issue; calls for the EU to incorporate the fight against discrimination on grounds of disability in its external action and development aid policies;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23 a. Welcomes the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; reiterates the importance of its efficient implementation by both the Member States and the EU institutions; stresses, in particular, the need to mainstream credibly the principle of universal accessibility and the rights of persons with disabilities in all relevant EU policies, including in the area of development cooperation, and underlines the prescriptive and horizontal nature of this issue; calls for the EU to in corporate the fight against discrimination on grounds of disability in its external action and development aid policies;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Notes that UNHCR estimates that at the end of 2017 some 68.5 million people were displaced, of which 16.2 million had been newly displaced in 2017 alone: 11.8 million displaced within their own country and 4.4 million refugees and asylum seekers1 a; notes also that UNHCR reports an increase of 2.9 million refugees who have fled their countries to escape conflict and persecution compared with 2016, the highest increase ever recorded by UNHCR for a single year; _________________ 1a http://www.unhcr.org/global-trends- 2017-media
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23 a. Deplores that at least 218 million children are exploited as child labour, mainly with the aim of reducing costs; calls on the EU to ensure that goods circulated in the EU under ethical certification schemes are free from forced and child labour, to guarantee the reliable use of the labels fair and ethical, as well as the informed choice of the consumer;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23 a. Recognises that indigenous people and indigenous human rights defenders, including Sami people, face particular threats and human rights violations; calls on all countries to ratify the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169);
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 a (new) - having regard to its report of 4 July 2018 entitled 'Towards an EU external strategy against early and forced marriages - next steps'
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Calls on the governments of third countries to review all legislation with a view to harmonisation in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD); calls for all countries to ratify the CRPD;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23 a. Stresses that the sale of children is a serious harm and human rights violation in and of itself, without having to prove any other rights violation such as sexual or labour exploitation;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23 a. Calls for an urgent solution to the issue of stateless children, in and outside the EU, in particular those born outside their parents' country of origin, and migrant children;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b. Notes that in its international migration report the United Nations recorded some 258 million people living in a country other than their country of birth in 2017; also notes that 3.4 % of the world’s population are international migrants, which represents a slight increase on the 2.8 % recorded in 2000, in particular in view of the increase in international travel (over 1.3 billion); recalls that more than 60 % of international migrants live in Asia (80 million) and Europe (78 million), followed by North America, (58 million), then Africa (25 million), Latin America and the Caribbean (10 million) and Oceania (8 million)1 a; _________________ 1a http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/p opulation/migration/publications/migratio nreport/docs/MigrationReport2017_Highl ights.pdf
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23 b. Stresses that sale of children in the context of surrogacy shall be prosecuted with a focus primarily on intermediaries, and, should not, unless special circumstances, include surrogate mothers, who may often be regarded as exploited victims;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23 b. Denounces recruitment, harbouring, transportation, patronizing, or soliciting of a minor for the purpose of a commercial sex act; stresses the need for international assistance for children who remain trapped in child prostitution work;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 c (new) 23 c. Stresses that there is no “right to a child” under international law and therefore the State cannot guarantee or provide it as a good or service; considers that “right to a child” approach constitutes a fundamental denial of the equal human rights of the child and undermines the fundamental premise of children as persons with human rights;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 c (new) 23 c. Expresses deep concern for the persisting phenomenon of child soldiers; is deeply worried over the recruitment of children remained in the captivity of ISIS and the other terrorist group, and expresses the need of promoting special programmes for treatment within the EU of children former captives;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 d (new) 23 d. Calls for establishment of efficient legal and policy framework strengthening the protection of rights of children before birth, especially in order to prevent sex- selective abortions, forced abortions as a part of family planning policies and similar practices incompatible with right to life and human dignity;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Condemns the dramatic increase in the number of deaths at sea in the Mediterranean; rejects abuses and violations of the human rights of refugees and migrants; regrets that some of these people have even been returned to the border or deported to places where their lives were at risk, in breach of international law and in particular the right to asylum; condemns attacks on NGOs that provide relief to these people but which have been subjected to campaigns seeking to discredit them and which are increasingly seeing their work challenged; calls on the EU and its Member States to establish full transparency as regards the funds allocated to third countries for cooperation on migration and to ensure that such cooperation should not benefit, either directly or indirectly, security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations; calls on the EU and its Member States not to count in their public development aid any monies spent on receiving refugees or migrants or on controlling or returning migrants; warns against the instrumentalisation of EU foreign policy as ‘migration management’ and emphasises that all attempts to work with third countries on migration must go hand in hand with improving human rights conditions within these countries; condemns, in particular, the conditions placed on aid to certain countries via readmission agreements and the increase in negotiations to that end; calls for the suspension of all readmission agreements and any associated negotiations with countries that do not respect human rights; calls on Member States to respect the principle of non-refoulement to countries where the lives and liberty of the persons concerned would be at risk; calls on the Commission to continue to treat the protection and promotion of the rights of migrants and refugees as a priority in its policies, based on a solidarity principle and a comprehensive strategy; insists on the need to develop and better implement protection frameworks for migrants
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 a (new) - having regard to the European Commission's Communication on the follow-up to the EU Strategy on Trafficking in Human Beings of December 2017,
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the EU and its Member States to establish full transparency as regards the funds allocated to third countries for cooperation on migration and to ensure that such cooperation should not benefit, either directly or indirectly, security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the EU and its Member States to establish full transparency as regards the funds allocated to third countries for cooperation on migration and to ensure that such cooperation should not benefit, either directly or indirectly, security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations; warns against the instrumentalisation of EU foreign policy as ‘migration management’ and emphasises that all attempts to work with third countries on migration must go hand in hand with improving human rights conditions within these countries; calls on the Commission to continue to treat the protection and promotion of the rights of migrants and refugees as a priority in its policies; underlines that in the EU there is an over-estimation on the proportion of immigrants and that the number of people residing in an EU Member State with citizenship of a non-member country on 1 January2017 was 21.6 million, representing 4.2 % of the EU-28 population; calls on Member States to engage in a serious dialogue to set out a common understanding, shared responsibilities and a unity of purpose regarding migration, making it work for all; insists on the need to develop and better implement protection frameworks for migrants; calls for the European Parliament to have oversight of migration agreements;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the EU and its Member States to establish full transparency as regards the funds allocated to third countries for cooperation on migration and to ensure that such cooperation should not benefit, either directly or indirectly, security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations; warns against the instrumentalisation of EU foreign policy as ‘migration management’ and emphasises that all attempts to work with third countries on migration must go hand in hand with improving human rights conditions within these countries; calls on the Commission to
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the EU and its Member States to establish full transparency as regards the funds allocated to third countries for cooperation on migration and to ensure that such cooperation should not benefit, either directly or indirectly, security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations; warns against the instrumentalisation of EU foreign policy as ‘migration management’ and emphasises that all attempts to work with third countries on migration must go hand in hand with improving human rights conditions within these countries; calls on the Commission to continue to treat the protection and promotion of the rights of migrants and refugees as a priority in its policies; insists on the need to develop and better implement protection frameworks for migrants; calls for the European Parliament to have oversight of migration agreements; welcomes the UN initiative on the Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular Migration and the UNHCR Global Compact on Refugees and the pivotal role assigned to Human Rights; recommends that the EU takes part to negotiations both as a regional entity and as a figure of coordination of its Member States;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the EU and its Member States to establish full transparency as regards the funds allocated to third countries for cooperation on migration and to ensure that such cooperation should not benefit, either directly or indirectly, security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations; warns against the instrumentalisation of EU foreign policy as ‘migration management’ and emphasises that all attempts to work with third countries on migration must go hand in hand with capacitation of civil society and improving human rights conditions within these countries; calls on the Commission to
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the EU and its Member States to establish full transparency and monitoring as regards the funds allocated to third countries for cooperation on migration and to ensure that such cooperation should not benefit, either directly or indirectly, security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations; warns against the instrumentalisation of EU foreign policy as ‘migration management’ and emphasises that all attempts to work with third countries on migration must go hand in hand with improving human rights conditions within these countries; calls on the Commission to continue to treat the protection and promotion of the rights of migrants and refugees, especially children, as a priority in its policies both inside and outside EU territory; insists on the need to develop and better implement protection frameworks for migrants; calls for the European Parliament to have oversight of migration agreements;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the EU and its Member States to establish full transparency as regards the funds allocated to third countries for cooperation on migration and to ensure that such cooperation should not benefit, either directly or indirectly, security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the EU and its Member States to establish full transparency as regards the funds allocated to third countries for cooperation on migration and to ensure that such cooperation should not benefit, either directly or indirectly, security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations; warns against the instrumentalisation of EU foreign policy as ‘migration management’ and emphasises that all attempts to work with third countries on migration must go hand in hand with improving human rights conditions within these countries; calls
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 b (new) - having regard to its resolution of 3 May 2018 on the protection of migrant children,
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the EU and its Member States to establish full transparency as regards the funds allocated to third countries for cooperation on migration and to ensure that such cooperation should not benefit, either directly or indirectly, security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations; strongly warns against the instrumentalisation of EU foreign policy as ‘migration management’ and emphasises that all attempts to work with third countries on migration must go hand in hand with improving human rights conditions within these countries; calls on the Commission to continue to treat the protection and promotion of the rights of migrants and refugees as a priority in its policies; insists on the need to develop and better implement protection frameworks for migrants; calls for the European Parliament to have oversight of migration agreements;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the EU and its Member States to establish full transparency as regards the funds allocated to third countries for cooperation on migration and to ensure that such cooperation should not benefit, either directly or indirectly, security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations; warns against the instrumentalisation of EU foreign policy as ‘migration management’ and emphasises that all attempts to work with third countries on migration must aim to address the root causes of migration and go hand in hand with improving human rights conditions within these countries; calls on the Commission to continue to treat the protection and promotion of the rights of
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Welcomes the UN initiative on the Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular Migration and the UNHCR Global Compact on Refugees and the pivotal role assigned to human rights, recommends that the EU takes an active part to the negotiations ; reminds that the New York Declaration of 19 September 2016 attributes a role of privileged stakeholders to Civil Society Organisations and representatives of migrant communities and diasporas, wishing that the EU and its members cooperate fully with civil society and account for its inputs;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Urges the EU and its Member States to develop an action plan to put a stop to children being detained as a result of their migratory status, as set out in the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, which sets out time frames and specific alternatives to detention being used with unaccompanied children and families;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Underscores that since 2008, an average of 21.7 million people have been displaced each year for climate change- related issues; calls on the international community to develop a legislative framework for the protection of environmentally induced migrants who cross international borders and displaced persons as a result of climate change and natural disasters;
Amendment 296 #
24b. Urges the EU and its Member States to stop externalising their borders and criminalising humanitarian aid and to properly fulfil their obligations, enabling people to seek protection in Europe and developing a sustainable, long-term, human rights-based strategy in partnership with civil society organisations and experts;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 c (new) 24c. Stresses that a migration policy should take account of the rights and needs of both host communities and migrants, and that no inclusion or integration process can be successful if it does not; understands that a migration policy will remain incomplete as long as it does not include proposals which bring about positive changes in people's socio- economic situations;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Denounces and explicitly rejects
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Denounces and explicitly rejects trafficking in human beings; underlines the fact that trafficking in human beings is a modern kind of slavery, and a serious crime which constitutes one of the worst forms of human rights violations; emphasises, in this respect, the importance of a consistent approach to the internal and external dimensions of the EU’s policies for combating trafficking in human beings; calls for the EU and the Member States to increase cooperation with third countries in order to investigate all stages of trafficking in human beings; calls for an in-depth investigation into the crimes reported in Report 12462 of 7 January 2011 of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on 'Inhuman treatment of persons and illicit trafficking in human organs in Kosovo' drawn up by Swiss Senator Dick Marty;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 c (new) - having regard to the United Nations Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognised Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (Human Rights Defenders) of December 1998.
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Denounces and explicitly rejects trafficking in human beings; underlines the fact that trafficking in human beings is a modern kind of slavery, and a serious crime which constitutes one of the worst forms of human rights violations; emphasises, in this respect, the importance of a consistent approach to the internal and external dimensions of the EU’s policies for combating trafficking in human beings; calls for the EU and the Member States to increase cooperation with third countries in order to investigate all stages of trafficking in human beings; expresses its profound concern at the extreme vulnerability of migrants and refugees, especially women and children, to exploitation, smuggling and trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Denounces and explicitly rejects trafficking in human beings; underlines the fact that trafficking in human beings is a modern kind of slavery, and a serious crime which constitutes one of the worst forms of human rights violations; emphasi
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. De
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Denounces and explicitly rejects trafficking in human beings; is alarmed by the rise of human trafficking, especially of women and children, also in Europe, including in migration hotspots; underlines the fact that trafficking in human beings is a modern kind of slavery, and a serious crime which constitutes one of the worst forms of human rights violations; emphasises, in this respect, the importance of a consistent approach to the internal and external dimensions of the EU’s policies for combating trafficking in human beings; calls for the EU and the Member States to increase cooperation with third countries in order to investigate all stages of trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Denounces and explicitly rejects trafficking in human beings; underlines the fact that trafficking in human beings is a modern kind of slavery, and a serious crime which constitutes one of the worst
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Denounces and explicitly rejects trafficking in human beings; underlines the fact that trafficking in human beings is a modern kind of slavery, and a serious crime which constitutes one of the worst forms of human rights violations; emphasises, in this respect, the importance of a consistent approach to the internal and external dimensions of the EU’s policies for combating trafficking in human beings; calls for the EU and the Member States to increase cooperation with third countries in order to investigate all stages of trafficking in human beings and for strict penalties to be introduced for traffickers;
Amendment 306 #
25. Denounces and
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Expresses profound concern and solidarity with the growing number of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, including an ever larger number of women, as the victims of conflicts, violence, persecution, governance failures, poverty, irregular migration, trafficking and smuggling networks; stresses the urgent need to take genuine steps to tackle the root causes of migration flows and find long-term solutions based on respect for human rights and dignity, and therefore to address the external dimension of the refugee crisis, including by finding sustainable solutions to conflicts in our neighbourhood, for example by developing cooperation and partnerships with the third countries concerned that comply with international law and ensure respect for human rights in these countries;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls on the Commission to explore ways and means for the EU to accede unilaterally to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child considering that all EU Member States have ratified the UNCRC and primary and secondary EU law contains substantive provisions regarding the protection of the rights of the child;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 b (new) 25b. Is deeply concerned at the plight and rising number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and calls for their safe return, resettlement or local integration; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide humanitarian assistance in the field of education, housing, health and other humanitarian areas that help the refugees closest to their homeland, and for return policies to be properly implemented;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 d (new) - having regard to the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders,
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26.
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Encourages all countries, including the Member States, and the EU to
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Encourages all countries, including the Member States, and the EU to engage in the negotiations to adopt a legally binding international human rights instrument for transnational corporations and other companies with respect to human rights, through active participation in the UN-established open-ended intergovernmental working group; welcomes the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and calls for their universal application; recognises the major importance of the UN Global Compact and the National Action Plans on Business and
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Encourages all countries, including the Member States, and the EU to engage in the negotiations to adopt a legally binding international human rights instrument for transnational corporations and other companies with respect to human rights, through active participation in the UN-established open-ended intergovernmental working group; welcomes the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Encourages all countries, including the Member States, and the EU to engage in the negotiations to adopt a legally binding international human rights instrument for transnational corporations and other companies with respect to human rights, through active participation in the UN-established open-ended intergovernmental working group; welcomes the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and calls for their universal application; recognises the major importance of the UN Global Compact and the National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights; e
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Encourages all countries, including the Member States, and the EU to engage in the negotiations to adopt a legally binding international human rights instrument for transnational corporations and other companies with respect to human rights, through active participation in the UN-established open-ended intergovernmental working group; welcomes the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and calls for their universal application; recognises the major importance of the UN Global Compact and the National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights; expresses the importance of an EU Action Plan on Business and Human Rights and urges the Commission to speed up its development with the aim of achieving the full implementation of the UNGPs throughout the EU; encourages companies to exercise due diligence; calls on all countries to swiftly implement the UNGPs and guarantee that businesses in their
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26.
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Encourages all countries, including the Member States, and the EU to engage in the negotiations to adopt a legally binding international human rights instrument for transnational corporations and other companies with respect to human rights, through active participation in the UN-established open-ended intergovernmental working group; welcomes the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and calls for their universal application; recognises the major importance of the UN Global Compact and the National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights; encourages companies, including EU-based companies, to exercise due diligence; calls on all countries to swiftly implement the UNGPs and guarantee that businesses in their jurisdictions abide by human rights and
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Considers GSP+ trade schemes to be one of the main EU trade policy instruments for promoting human rights
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 a (new) — having regard to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) adopted by the UN General Assembly on 13 December 2007,
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Considers GSP+ trade schemes to be one of the main EU trade policy instruments for promoting human rights and environmental standards with third countries; calls on the Commission to review and better monitor GSP+ schemes in order to ensure that human rights standards are upheld by beneficiary countries; calls for the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to be included within the list of conventions required for GSP+ status; urges the Commission to continue to fund civil society initiatives that monitor the implementation of this scheme;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Considers GSP+ trade schemes to be one of the main EU trade policy instruments for promoting human rights and environmental standards with third countries;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Considers GSP+ trade schemes to be one of the main EU trade policy instruments for promoting human rights and environmental standards with third countries; calls on the Commission to review and better monitor GSP+ schemes in order to ensure that human rights standards are upheld by beneficiary countries; calls for measures to be taken which bind industry to eradicating child labour and preventing human rights violations;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Considers GSP+ trade schemes to be one of the main EU trade policy instruments for promoting human rights and environmental standards with third countries; calls on the Commission to review and better monitor GSP+ schemes in order to ensure that human rights standards are upheld by beneficiary countries; calls on the European Commission to insist on strengthening the human rights conditionality in Free Trade Agreements;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Considers GSP+ trade schemes to be one of the main EU trade policy instruments for promoting human rights and environmental standards with third countries; calls on the Commission to review and better monitor GSP+ schemes in order to ensure that human rights standards are upheld by beneficiary countries; insists also to strengthen civil society participation in the implementation and monitoring of the GSP schemes;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Considers GSP+ trade schemes to be one of the main EU trade policy instruments for promoting human rights, sustainable development, good governance and environmental standards with third countries; calls on the Commission to review and better monitor GSP+ schemes in order to ensure that human rights standards are upheld by beneficiary countries;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Considers GSP+ trade schemes to be one of the main EU trade policy instruments for promoting democracy, human rights and environmental standards with third countries; calls on the Commission to review and better monitor GSP+ schemes in order to ensure that human rights standards are upheld by beneficiary countries;
Amendment 327 #
27a. Highlights, nevertheless, the failure to introduce human rights clauses in free trade agreements with third countries, in so far as such agreements may even have led to the violation of basic economic and social rights, including the impoverishment of the populations concerned and the monopolisation of resources by transnational companies; sees a need, moreover, for ex ante monitoring mechanisms prior to a framework agreement being concluded, as a fundamental condition for the conclusion of such an agreement, and for ex post monitoring mechanisms that enable tangible action to be taken in response to infringements of these clauses, including possible suspension of the agreement; believes that besides these clauses there is a need to implement new forms of cooperation to facilitate the economic and social development of third countries based on the needs of their peoples;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 21b. Highlights the essential obligations and responsibilities of states and other duty bearers, especially businesses, to mitigate climate change, prevent its negative impacts on human rights and foster coherent, adequate, sufficiently ambitious and non- discriminatory policies that are compliant with human rights obligations; stresses that environmental changes are undermining the most basic human rights such as access to water, natural resources and food; stresses that land grabbing by agri-food multinationals has increased exponentially since 2008 with, according to the FAO, 50-80 million hectares of agricultural land in developing countries being subject to lease or purchase negotiations on the part of international investors, some two-thirds of the land being in sub-Saharan Africa; Considers that the fight against the exploitation and appropriation of resources should be a priority for the EU and its Member States; highlights in particular the link between the exploitation of resources and the direct or indirect funding of conflicts, wars and violence by multinational corporations; recognizes that the environmental consequences of climate change can exacerbate forced migration and displacement and therefore stresses the need to rapidly implement policies to reduce the impacts of climate change in line with the Paris Agreement; therefore considers it important to work at international level to establish a definition of 'environmentally displaced persons' within the United Nations in order to establish an international legal framework and adopt a common approach to the protection of those persons forced to leave their place of residence ('uprooted' in UNHCR parlance); considers that Global Migration Compact negotiations may be a useful tool in this area;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on all the Member States to strictly observe the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, and in particular to halt all transfers of weapons, surveillance and intelligence equipment and material that could be used by governments to crack down on human rights and a fortiori for the purposes of armed conflict; notes that the EU Member States are among the biggest arms exporters at the global level and considers it essential that international standards governing arms sales be enforced and reinforced, so as to prevent all EU Member States and European businesses from participating directly or indirectly in an escalation of violence and the funding of armies or groups involved in acts of violence; calls for these companies to assume their moral, social and legal responsibilities to the full; strongly opposes any CFSP reorientation towards increased militarisation relating only to the reinforcement of NATO and considers that European policies should be oriented solely towards peace and conflict resolution;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 b (new) — having regard to International Labour Organisation Convention No 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, adopted on 27 June 1989,
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28.
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on all the Member States to strictly observe the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, and in particular to halt all transfers of weapons, surveillance and intelligence equipment and material that could be used by governments to crack down on human rights and to attack civilians;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Points out that the production and export of weapons and war materials by EU Member States contributes to their use in numerous conflicts in third countries and that EU arms, security equipment and services are contributing to grave human rights abuses in third countries; calls on Member States to halt all exports of weapons and war materials;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Regrets that EU human rights policy is not limited, or even contradicted, by diplomatic, political or economic considerations and that democracy and human rights clauses are rarely implemented;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 b (new) 28b. Requests the appointment of an EU Special Representative on Roma issues;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Strongly condemns all forms of discrimination, including that carried out on the grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Strongly condemns all forms of discrimination, including that carried out on the grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or any other status; is alarmed by the many manifestations of racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance and a lack of political representation for the most vulnerable groups, such as ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTI community, women and children; calls for the EU to enhance its efforts to eradicate, without distinction, all forms of discrimination and to promote awareness, a culture of tolerance and inclusion, and special protection for the most vulnerable groups by means of human rights and political dialogues, the work of EU delegations and public diplomacy; welcomes in this regard that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution on “Rights of Indigenous Peoples” (Ref.: A/RES/71/178, Para 13, adopted in December 2016) proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages and invites all states, including the EU and its Member States, to contribute to the implementation and realization of this; calls on all countries to ensure that their respective institutions provide effective legal protection within their jurisdictions;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Strongly condemns all forms of discrimination, including that carried out on the grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other status; is alarmed by the many manifestations of racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance and a lack of political representation for the most vulnerable groups, such as ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTI community, women and children; stresses, inter alia, the vulnerability of indigenous peoples who are victims of continued decriminalisation, in their home countries and elsewhere, and regrets impunity in this area; calls for the EU to enhance its efforts to eradicate, without distinction, all forms of discrimination and to promote awareness, a culture of tolerance and inclusion, and special protection for the most vulnerable groups by means of human rights and political dialogues, the work of EU delegations and public diplomacy; calls on all countries to ensure that their respective institutions provide effective legal protection within their jurisdictions;
Amendment 339 #
29. Strongly condemns all forms of discrimination, including that carried out on the grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or any other status; is alarmed by the many manifestations of racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance and a lack of political representation for the most vulnerable groups, such as ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTI community, women and children; calls for the EU to enhance its efforts to eradicate, without distinction, all forms of discrimination and to promote awareness, a culture of tolerance and inclusion, and special protection for the most vulnerable groups by means of human rights and political dialogues, the work of EU delegations and public diplomacy; stresses the importance of developing education strategies in schools in order to raise awareness among children and provide them with the tools they need to identify all forms of discrimination; calls on all countries to ensure that their respective institutions provide effective legal protection within their jurisdictions;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 c (new) — having regard to the UN report of 26 October 2015 on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of states on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights,
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Strongly condemns all forms of discrimination, including that carried out on the grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics, disability or any other status; is
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Strongly condemns all forms of discrimination, including that carried out on the grounds of race, caste and similar systems of inherited status, gender, sexual orientation, disability or any other status; is alarmed by the many manifestations of racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance and a lack of political representation for the most vulnerable groups, such as ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTI community, women and children; calls for the EU to enhance its efforts to eradicate, without distinction, all forms of discrimination and to promote awareness, a culture of tolerance and inclusion, and special
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Strongly condemns all forms of discrimination, including that carried out on the grounds of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or any other status; is alarmed by the many manifestations of racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance and a lack of political representation for the most vulnerable groups, such as ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTI community, women and children; calls for the EU to enhance its efforts to eradicate, without distinction, all forms of discrimination and to promote awareness, a culture of tolerance and inclusion, and special protection for the most vulnerable groups by means of human rights and political dialogues, the work of EU delegations and public diplomacy; calls on all countries to ensure that their respective institutions provide effective legal protection within their jurisdictions;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Strongly condemns all forms of discrimination, including that carried out on the grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other status; is alarmed by the many manifestations of racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance and a lack of political representation for the most vulnerable groups, such as ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTI community, women and children; calls for the EU to enhance its efforts to eradicate, without distinction, all forms of discrimination and to promote awareness, a culture of tolerance and inclusion, and special protection for the most vulnerable groups by means of human rights and political dialogues, the work of EU delegations and public diplomacy; calls on all countries to ensure that their respective institutions provide effective legal protection within their jurisdictions;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Stresses that the more intensive exploitation of natural resources often places indigenous communities at the forefront of conflicts; recalls that, according to the special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, there has, in recent years, been a worrying increase in attacks and threats against indigenous peoples and the criminalisation of those defending their lands, territories and resources, and, in particular, those denouncing mining and investment projects; expresses concern at the continued racism and discrimination faced by them and especially at the refusal to grant them access to certain basic services, for example in the areas of health and education; stresses that indigenous women in particular are victims of violence and dual discrimination because of their cultural background and gender; urges the EU and its Member States to actively seek full recognition, protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples; calls on every country to take all necessary measures to effectively implement the provisions of ILO Convention 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and to recognize the importance of prior consultation with indigenous peoples on matters concerning them;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Reiterates its condemnation of the continuing violations committed against people suffering from caste hierarchies and caste-based discrimination; is deeply concerned by the alarming rate of caste- based violent attacks on Dalits and of institutionalised discrimination with impunity; reiterates its call for an EU policy development on caste discrimination, and calls on the EU to use every opportunity in its trade, development and foreign policy to address caste discrimination; reiterates its call on the EU and its Member States to intensify efforts and support initiatives to eliminate caste discrimination, including the promotion of specific indicators, disaggregated data and special measures to tackle caste in the implementation and monitoring of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the observance of the new UN Guidance tool on descent-based discrimination and support to states’ implementation of UN recommendations on the topic of caste discrimination;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Welcomes the EU's and EU Members States' participation to the 8th session of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing, and in particular the submission of common EU inputs and the delivery of common EU statements on equality, non-discrimination, violence, abuse and neglect of older people; remains concerned about the prevalence of 'ageism' and other barriers to the fulfilment of older people's human rights; calls on the EU and Member States to fully support the process of the Open- Ended Working Group, including by allocating and/or supporting the allocation of adequate resources for the functioning of this Group; invites the EU and Member States to respond to upcoming calls for inputs and to consult and involve older persons in preparing them, and to include older persons in their respective delegations;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Urges the governments of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, to stop the discriminatory measures taken since June 2017 against Qatari nationals, in particular those affecting mixed families, students, property owners, and pilgrims banned from travelling to Mecca for Hajj; praises the efforts made by the Qatari National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) in supporting the victims of these violations; calls on the European Union to encourage all diplomatic efforts in resolving the situation;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Urges the governments of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, to stop the discriminatory measures taken since June 2017 against Qatari nationals, in particular those affecting mixed families, students, property owners, and pilgrims banned from travelling to Mecca for Hajj; praises the efforts made by the Qatari National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) in supporting the victims of these violations; calls on the European Union to encourage all diplomatic efforts in resolving the situation;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Urges the governments of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, to stop the discriminatory measures taken since June 2017 against Qatari nationals, in particular those affecting mixed families, students, property owners, and pilgrims banned from travelling to Mecca for Hajj; praises the efforts made by the Qatari National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) in supporting the victims of these violations; calls on the European Union to encourage all diplomatic efforts in resolving the situation;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 28 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 10 October 2013 on caste-based discrimination and to the report of 28 January 2016 on minorities and caste- based discrimination by the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues and the UN Guidance tool on descent-based discrimination,
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Condemns the widespread human rights violations committed against people on the basis of their work or descent, including access to the legal system, employment, and the decision making process;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 b (new) 29b. Highlights the recent UN OHCHR report on human rights in Kashmir; asks the EU to push at the UN Human Rights Council to consider the establishment of a commission of inquiry to conduct a comprehensive independent international investigation into allegations of human rights violations in Kashmir, as recommended in the report; deplores the means used by the Indian security forces, including the use of pellet guns, to control expression of dissent on the part of ordinary citizens, which have resulted in numerous fatalities and permanent injuries; believes that such methods have no place in law enforcement and calls for the EU to pressure India to ensure that these methods are banned immediately;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 b (new) 29b. Welcomes the EU's active participation to the review of the Regional Implementation Strategy for Europe of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) in Lisbon; stresses that MIPAA can substantially contribute to a better realization of the rights of older people;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 b (new) 29b. Supports the implementation of EU and UN human rights mechanisms which address discrimination based on work or descent;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 c (new) 29c. Strongly condemns the Israeli government's disproportionate approach to protests; urges Israel to respect the principle of proportionality, to respect the right to peaceful protest and to act with utmost restraint in all future situations where civilian lives are at risk; calls upon the EU to work for a two-state solution by encouraging the resumption of talks between the two parties;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 c (new) 29c. Calls on the European Union and its Member States to support efforts aimed at removing barriers to opportunity, employment, education, and justice on the basis of work or descent in third countries, and to support of the objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in addressing inequality within and among countries;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Condemns the arbitrary detention, torture, persecution and killings of LGBTI people; acknowledges that sexual orientation, gender identity
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Condemns the arbitrary detention for any reason, torture, persecution and killings of
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Condemns the arbitrary detention, torture, persecution and killings of LGBTI people; acknowledges that sexual
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 29 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2015 on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union’s policy on the matter,
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Condemns the arbitrary detention, torture, persecution and killings of LGBTI people; acknowledges that sexual identity and gender identity can increase the risk of discrimination; notes that in a number of countries around the world, LGBTI people still face persecution and violence on the basis of their sexual orientation; notes that 72 countries still criminalise same-sex relationships and that, in 13 of these countries, they are treated as a capital offence; urges these states to immediately change their legislation; welcomes the EU’s efforts to improve the rights of and legal protection for these people and calls on the Commission to carry out annual reporting on the implementation of Council conclusions to this end;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Reiterates its condemnation of the continuing human rights violations committed against people suffering from caste hierarchies and caste-based discrimination, including the denial of equality and of access to the legal system and to employment, and the continued segregation and caste-induced barriers to the achievement of basic human rights and development; is deeply concerned by the alarming rate of caste-based violent attacks on Dalits and of institutionalised discrimination with impunity; reiterates its call for an EU policy development on caste discrimination, and calls on the EU to use every opportunity in its trade, development and foreign policy to publicly and privately address the EU’s grave concern over caste discrimination and to actively support applications for UN consultative status submitted by NGOs, such as the International Dalit Solidarity Network, focusing on caste-based discrimination and other forms of discrimination based on work and decent;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Reiterates the importance of efficient implementation by both the Member States and the EU institutions of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; stresses, in particular, the need to credibly mainstream the principle of universal accessibility and all rights of persons with disabilities throughout all relevant EU policies, including in the area of development cooperation, and underlines the prescriptive and horizontal nature of this issue; emphasizes that disability does not deprive a person of human dignity, which entails that states have the duty to protect people with disability from premature death; calls on the EU to include the fight against disability discrimination in its external action and development aid policies;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Underlines that the HR/VP, EU and Member States should issue public condemnation of the killings of human rights defenders in individual cases, and to proactively work with third countries to ensure that these killings stop, that safety of human rights defenders is ensured, and that perpetrators are brought to justice;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 b (new) 30b. Reiterates its call on the EU and its Member States to intensify efforts and support initiatives at the UN and delegation levels to eliminate caste discrimination: Initiatives should include promotion of specific indicators, disaggregated data and special measures to tackle caste in the implementation and monitoring of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, observance of the new UN Guidance tool on descent-based discrimination and support to states’ implementation of recommendations by UN human rights mechanisms on the topic of caste discrimination;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Takes notes of the manifold benefits the internet provides; is concerned, however, at large commercial operators’ mass collection, for marketing purposes, of users’ personal data without their full awareness and/or consent, which could then be used in potentially harmful ways, including in affecting electoral outcomes and political decision-making; calls on data companies to undertake human rights assessments; deplores business models that are based on human rights violations and calls for personal data to be collected in accordance with data protection rules and human rights; stresses that policy making in this area is only possible if countries manage their digital sovereignty properly, for example through the promotion and organisation of hardware and software sectors guaranteeing their technological independence on digital value chain nodes;
Amendment 367 #
31. Takes notes of the manifold benefits the internet provides; is concerned, however, at large commercial operators’ mass collection, for marketing purposes, of users’ personal data without their full awareness and/or consent, which could then be used in potentially harmful ways,
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Takes notes of the manifold benefits the internet provides; is strongly concerned, however, at large commercial operators’ mass collection, for marketing purposes, of users’ personal data without their full awareness and/or consent, which could then be used in potentially harmful ways, including in affecting electoral outcomes and political decision-making; calls on data companies to undertake human rights assessments; deplores business models that are based on human rights violations and
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Strongly condemns that more than 1,000 terrorist attacks have taken place globally in 2017, which has resulted in approximately 6,123 deaths;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 30 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 10 October 2013 on caste-based discrimination and to the report of 28 January 2016 on minorities and caste- based discrimination by the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues and the UN Guidance tool on descent-based discrimination,
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 b (new) 31b. Reminds that victims of terrorism across the world have suffered attacks that are intended ultimately to harm society or a larger group they represent and therefore need special attention, support and social recognition due to the particular nature of the crime that has been committed against them;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Recognises that terrorism and radicalisation pose acute threats to democracy and human rights and regrets the fact that the attacks perpetrated in 2017 often targeted the very individuals or groups who embody these values; points out that over 90% of the victims of attacks were in countries in the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and sub- Saharan Africa and that they are predominantly Muslim; supports the EU’s efforts to combat terrorism and radicalisation, including EU-wide initiatives and networks such as the Radicalisation Awareness Network, but reiterates that all efforts must comply with international human rights laws; stresses that most anti-terrorist policies are doomed to failure unless trade agreements and political relations with the countries funding terrorism are at risk of being compromised; denounces arms sales to those countries by certain EU Member States and calls therefore for the suspension of those agreements and for the prosecution of undertakings that directly or indirectly finance terrorism; calls on the Commission to develop a better exchange and coordination of information via its channels and agencies in order to swiftly prevent
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Recognises that terrorism and radicalisation pose acute threats to democracy and human rights and regrets the fact that the attacks perpetrated in 2017 often targeted the very individuals or groups who embody these values; supports the EU’s efforts to prevent and combat terrorism and radicalisation, including EU- wide initiatives and networks such as the Radicalisation Awareness Network, but reiterates that all efforts must comply with international human rights laws;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Recognises that terrorism and radicalisation pose acute threats to democracy and human rights and regrets the fact that the attacks perpetrated in 2017 often targeted the very individuals or groups who embody these values; supports the EU’s efforts to combat terrorism and radicalisation, including EU-wide initiatives and networks such as the Radicalisation Awareness Network, but reiterates that all efforts must comply with international human rights laws; takes the view that efforts to work with third countries on counterterrorism should be accompanied by comprehensive assessments of the risks to fundamental freedoms and to human rights and should include safeguards in case of violations; calls on the Commission to develop a better exchange and coordination of information via its channels and agencies in order to swiftly prevent, identify and bring to justice terrorist threats;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Recognises that terrorism and radicalisation pose acute threats to democracy and human rights and regrets the fact that the attacks perpetrated in 2017 often targeted the very individuals or groups who embody these values; supports the EU’s efforts to combat terrorism and radicalisation, including EU-wide initiatives and networks such as the Radicalisation Awareness Network, but reiterates that all efforts must comply with
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Recognises that terrorism
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Recognises that terrorism and radicalisation pose acute threats to democracy and human rights and regrets the fact that the attacks perpetrated in 2017 often targeted the very individuals or groups who embody these values; supports the EU’s efforts to combat terrorism and radicalisation, including EU-wide initiatives and networks such as the Radicalisation Awareness Network, but reiterates that all efforts must comply with international human rights laws; calls on the Co
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Calls on the EEAS and the Member States to seek accountability in multilateral fora for those responsible for genocide and committing crimes in Myanmar on the Rohingya people; urges that the EU and the EU Member States to take the lead in the UN Security Council and table a dedicated resolution referring the entire situation in Myanmar/Rakhine State to the ICC; urges that the EU Member States take the lead in the UN General Assembly and the UΝ Human Rights Council and ensure the urgent establishment of an international, impartial, and independent mechanism to support investigations into alleged atrocity crimes;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Calls on the EEAS to set up best practices programs for third countries where terrorism is a constant or frequent threat in order to better assist victims of terrorism in the short and long-term aftermath of a terrorist attack, including psychological support, individual assessment of each victim, legal support, access to justice, translation and overall effective victim support services;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Advocates alternative perspectives on countering terrorism that tackle the causes of radicalisation; points out that education is the best instrument for tackling radicalisation; states that countering radicalisation should be a priority for the EU in its programmes for cooperation on security with third countries;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 32 Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 b (new) 32b. Reiterates its full support for the ICC, the Rome Statute, the Office of the Prosecutor, the Prosecutor’s proprio motu powers, and the progress made in initiating new investigations as an essential means to fight impunity for atrocity crimes; calls on all Member States to ratify the Kampala amendments on the crime of aggression and to add the ‘atrocity crimes’ to the list of crimes for which the EU has competence; condemns any attempt to undermine its legitimacy or independence and calls for the EU and its Member States to cooperate consistently in order to support the ICC’s investigations and decisions with the aim of putting an end to impunity for international crimes, including when referring to the arrest of persons wanted by the ICC; urges the EU and its Member States to consistently support ICC examinations, investigations and decisions and to take steps to prevent and respond effectively to instances of non- cooperation with the ICC and provide for adequate funding;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 c (new) 32c. Notes, with profound regret, the announcements of withdrawals from the Rome Statute, which represent a challenge in terms of victims’ access to justice and which should be firmly condemned; considers that the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States should continue to encourage third countries to ratify and apply the Rome Statute; calls for the EU and its Member States to support UN accountability mechanisms and resolutions at UN multilateral fora, including the Human Rights Council;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 d (new) 32d. Recalls that sanctions are an essential tool of the CFSP; urges the Council to adopt the sanctions provided for in EU legislation when they are deemed necessary to achieving the objectives of the CFSP, in particular with a view to protecting human rights and consolidating and supporting democracy, while ensuring that they do not have an impact on the civilian population; asks that these sanctions be focused on officials identified as responsible for human rights violations in order to punish them for their crimes and abuse;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Takes the view that sport can play a positive role in the promotion of human rights; regrets the fact, however, that there is a specific correlation between certain human rights abuses and major sporting events in host or candidate countries, abuses such as evictions, the silencing of civil society and human rights defenders and the exploitation of workers for the construction of large sporting facilities; calls on
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Takes the view that sport can play a positive role in the promotion of human rights; regrets the fact, however, that there is a specific correlation between certain human rights abuses and major sporting events in host or candidate countries, abuses such as evictions, the silencing of civil society and human rights defenders and the exploitation of workers for the construction of large sporting facilities; calls on international and domestic sporting bodies and organisations and the host countries of major events to commit to good governance and
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Takes the view that sport can play a positive role in the promotion of human rights; regrets the fact, however, that there is a specific correlation between certain human rights abuses and major sporting events in host or candidate countries, abuses such as evictions, the silencing of civil society and human rights defenders and the exploitation of workers for the construction of large sporting facilities; calls on international and domestic sporting bodies and organisations and the host countries of major events to commit to good governance and human rights practices, and to better protect the rights of the physical workers used to build sports infrastructure and prevent the illegal employment of people from other countries;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Takes the view that sport
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Highlights that climate change has a direct and indirect impact on migration, propelling increasing numbers of people to move from vulnerable to more viable areas of their countries or abroad to build new lives; notes that the EU foreign policy should develop capacities to monitor climate change-related risks, including crisis prevention and conflict sensitivity; believes that consequential and rapid climate action contributes essentially to the prevention of social, economic, but also security risks, the prevention of conflicts and instabilities and ultimately the prevention of major political, social and economic costs; stresses, therefore, the importance of mainstreaming climate diplomacy in the EU conflict prevention policies, broadening and adapting the scope of EU missions and programmes in third countries and conflict areas; reiterates that moving towards a circular net-zero carbon economy will contribute to prosperity and enhanced equality, peace and human security both within and outside the EU as climate change can often create new instabilities and conflicts or exacerbate existing ones, and deepening existing inequalities or create new ones, due to the scarcity of resources, the lack of economic opportunities, the loss of land as a result of rising sea levels or prolonged droughts, a fragile governance structure, an insufficient supply of water and food and a deterioration in living conditions;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Welcomes the decision taken in November 2017 by the International Labour Organization to close a case against Qatar over its treatment of migrant workers in the framework of the preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup; takes note that thanks to the positive reforms agreed by the emirate, some two million workers now enjoy better protection;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 34 a (new) - having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation),
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Urges the EU to introduce effective and sustainable policies to counter global climate change; stresses that climate change is one of the main causes of internal displacement and will increasingly be one of the main causes of forced migration;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 b (new) 3b. Understands that economic underdevelopment is one of the main causes of forced migration and that this needs to be addressed in the reforms to economic relations between countries, ensuring that profits are taxed where they are generated;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) — having regard to the UN report of 26 October 2015, and the associated annual reports of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of states on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 34 a (new) - having regard to the UN Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognised Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 34 b (new) - having regard to Directive 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on combating terrorism and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA and amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA, and having regard to the work of the Special Committee on Terrorism (TERR), which the European Parliament decided to establish on 6 July 2017, and which was appointed on 14 September 2017,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 34 b (new) - having regard to the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas respect for and the promotion, indivisibility and safeguarding of the universality of human rights are the cornerstones of the EU’s ethical and legal acquis and its common security and defence policy (CFSP), as well as of all its external action; whereas the EU should continue to strive to be a leading player in the universal promotion and protection of human rights, including at a multilateral level, in particular through an active and constructive role in diverse UN bodies; whereas even though the powers conferred on it in this field by the Member States are limited, the EU should strive to implement the most effective and firm actions possible, for instance by employing the lever of trade agreements to the utmost;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas respect for and the promotion, indivisibility and safeguarding of the universality of human rights, democracy, the rule of law, respect for human dignity, the principle of equality and solidarity are the cornerstones of the EU’s ethical and legal acquis and its common security and defence policy (CFSP); whereas the EU should continue to strive to be a leading player in the universal promotion and protection of human rights, including at a multilateral level, in particular through an active and constructive role in diverse UN bodies and in compliance with the UN Charter, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and international law;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas respect for and the promotion, indivisibility and safeguarding of the universality of human rights, as well as the promotion of democratic principles and values are the cornerstones of the EU’s ethical and legal acquis and its common
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas respect
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas respect for and the promotion, indivisibility and safeguarding of the universality of human rights are the cornerstones of the EU’s ethical and legal acquis and its common
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas certain ‘structural’ economic reforms, and in particular the budgetary cuts accompanying them at the request of international institutions, have a negative impact on human rights, in particular on economic and social rights and on the living conditions of people, and can lead to increased unemployment, poverty, inequalities and precarious work, and a reduction in the quality of basic public services and restricted access to these services; whereas without an adequate system of social protection, there is a risk that these measures will entail a violation of governments' obligations in the area of human rights and of the commitments made under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Objectives;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) - having regard to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas ProtectDefenders.eu, the support mechanism for EU human rights defenders, has provided effective assistance to hundreds of activists but is facing growing needs; whereas the European Union and its Member States should devote more resources to greater participation by civil society and invest in the protection and support of human rights defenders;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas human rights and democracy support policies should be mainstreamed across all other EU policies with an external dimension, such as development, migration, security, counter- terrorism, women's rights and gender equality, enlargement and trade in particular through the implementation of human rights conditionality;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas many countries in the world are facing impunity and injustice, and poor effective treatment, victim support services and financial assistance for victims of terrorism, particularly in those countries where a large proportion of citizens have been confronted by terrorism;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas civil society plays a central role in building and strengthening democracy, scrutinising state power and promoting good governance, transparency and accountability whereas civil society organisations play a crucial role as a vital force in society; whereas there is a relationship between weakened civil society, restricted political and civic space, increased corruption, social and gender inequality, low levels of human, social and economic development and social conflicts;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas there has been a worrying increase in killings and assaults and other forms of violence against people defending environmental, land and territorial rights in recent years; whereas, according to the NGO Global Witness, in 2017 at least 207 land and environmental activists were murdered in 22 countries, making it the worst year on record;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) A b. whereas appropriate resources must be made available and deployed in the most efficient manner in order to enhance the promotion of human rights and democracy in third countries;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) A c. whereas illegal occupation of a territory or a part of it, is an ongoing violation of international law, which triggers the responsibility of the occupying power towards the civilian population under the international humanitarian law;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas civil society is being hampered by restrictive laws, funding caps, restrictive licensing procedures and prohibitive taxes;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) A d. whereas in 2017, civil society and human rights defenders, including environmental activists, around the world have faced shrinking civil society space and have under increasing attacks; whereas ProtectDefenders.eu, the EU human rights defenders mechanism, has effectively assisted hundreds of activists but faces ever increasing needs; whereas the European Union and its Member States must dedicate greater attention and resources to countering shrinking space, and investing in greater protection and support to human rights defenders at risk;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Dd. whereas, in a number of third countries, there has been a worrying increase in reports of persecution, harassment, arbitrary arrest or detention of activists, members of civil society organisations, human rights defenders, lawyers, intellectuals, journalists and religious leaders, as well as the number of victims of abuse and violence; whereas, in certain countries, this is going unpunished and is sometimes occurring with the complicity of the authorities;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) - having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD),
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A e (new) Ae. whereas forced migrants are entitled to a safe and legal route to a place where they can live in dignity; whereas the European Union and its Member States have a duty to comply fully with the European Convention on Human Rights, the Geneva Convention and Article 18 of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A f (new) Af. whereas Article 207 TFEU stipulates that the common commercial policy shall be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A g (new) Ag. whereas support for human rights and democracy should be mainstreamed across all other EU policies with an external dimension, such as development, migration, security, counter-terrorism, women’s rights and gender equality, enlargement and trade, especially through the implementation of human rights conditionality;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A h (new) Ah. whereas children, women and members of minority groups ere facing increasing threats, especially in war zones and authoritarian regimes;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A i (new) Ai. whereas trade and human rights reinforce each other; whereas the business community has an important role to play in providing incentives for the promotion of human rights, democracy and corporate responsibility;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A j (new) Aj. whereas increased coherence between the EU’s internal and external policies, as well as among the external policies themselves, is a fundamental requirement for a successful and effective EU human rights policy;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Expresses profound concern about the pushback against democracy, human rights and the rule of law worldwide in 2017 and reiterates that the EU and its Member States must more actively pursue the principle of mainstreaming human rights and democracy in all EU policies, including those with an external dimension, such as in the fields of development, migration, security, counter- terrorism, enlargement and trade, and ensure increased coherence between the EU’s internal and external human rights policies and greater coordination between the external policies of the Member States, as the EU’s influence as a credible and legitimate international actor is greatly shaped by its ability to advance respect for human rights and democracy both internally and externally;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Expresses profound concern about the pushback against democracy, human rights and the rule of law worldwide in 2017 and reiterates that the EU and its Member States must more actively pursue the principle of mainstreaming respect for human
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Expresses profound concern about the pushback against democracy, human rights and the rule of law worldwide in 2017 and
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) - having regard to the impact on human rights, both at domestic and regional level, of the sanctions put in place by Saudi Arabia and other countries against Qatar in June 2017 and the report on the impact of the Gulf Crisis on human rights published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in December 2017,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Expresses profound concern about the pushback against democracy, human rights and the rule of law worldwide in 2017 and
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that certain growth strategies resulting in prosperity for EU countries have adversely affected the development of third countries, with implications for their level of impoverishment and consequent migration flows towards the EU; stresses the role that trade relations can play regarding growth in developing countries and the preservation of their local markets; notes that support for democratic systems and aspirations for freedom of peoples should be the guiding principles regarding EU economic interests; recalls that policy coherence is essential for development and stresses the importance of mainstreaming human rights into trade and development policies; calls on the Commission to ensure that ex-ante human rights impact assessments accompany the launch of trade negotiations;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Reaffirms that states have the ultimate responsibility to safeguard all human rights of people through enacting and implementing international human rights treaties and conventions, monitoring human rights violations and ensuring effective remedy for victims;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Stresses that efforts of the whole international community are needed to fight against worldwide abuses of human rights and fundamental freedoms and to stop crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out that respect for human rights, peace, security and development are all closely linked and mutually reinforcing;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the vital and central role played by human rights defenders and NGOs in promoting and supporting the application of the fundamental rights enshrined in the core international human rights treaties; underlines, in this respect, the importance of the EU’s capacity to maintain support, through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), for human rights defenders and NGOs in situations where they are most at risk, while devoting special attention to the ProtectDefenders.eu mechanism, ensuring it has the necessary resource to be able to provide the required emergency support to human rights defenders; highlights the importance of stepping up preventive and early action in order to protect more effectively human rights defenders and NGOs through an increased role for EU delegations, the targeted use of public statements, the regular monitoring and documentation of human rights violations and the development of assessment mechanisms;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the vital and central role played by human rights defenders and NGOs in promoting and supporting the application and ensuring the respect of the fundamental rights enshrined in the core international human rights treaties; underlines, in this respect, the importance of the EU’s capacity to maintain support, through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), for human rights defenders and NGOs in situations where they are most at risk,
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the vital and central role played by human rights defenders and NGOs in promoting and supporting the application of the fundamental rights enshrined in the core international human rights treaties;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the vital and central role played by human rights defenders and NGOs in promoting and supporting the application of the fundamental rights enshrined in the core international human rights treaties, including by carrying out educational programmes on human rights protection and raising awareness of the activities of international organisations that work to tackle human rights violations; underlines, in this respect, the importance of the EU’s capacity to maintain support, through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), for human rights defenders and NGOs in situations where they are most at risk, while devoting special attention to the ProtectDefenders.eu mechanism;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the vital and central role played by human rights defenders and NGOs in promoting and supporting the application of the
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) - having regard to the Yogyakarta Principles (‘Principles and State Obligations on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics’) adopted in November 2006, and the 10 complementary principles (‘plus 10’) adopted on 10 November 2017,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the vital and central role played by human rights defenders and NGOs in promoting and supporting the application of the fundamental rights enshrined in the core international human rights treaties; underlines
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the vital and central role played by human rights defenders and NGOs in promoting and supporting the application of the
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the vital and central role played by human rights defenders and NGOs in promoting and supporting the application of the fundamental rights enshrined in the core international human rights treaties; underlines, in this respect, the importance of the EU’s capacity to maintain support, through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, for human rights defenders and NGOs in situations where they are most at risk
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the vital and central role played by human rights defenders and NGOs in promoting and supporting the application of the fundamental rights enshrined in the core international human rights treaties; underlines, in this respect, the importance of the EU’s capacity to maintain support, through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses the vital and central role played by human rights defenders and
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the need for systematic monitoring and evaluation of how the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders are taken into account and implemented by EU delegations; reiterates that the EU and the Member States should provide adequate training and resources to diplomats and invest in parliamentary diplomacy to ensure protection and support for human rights defenders at risk; recognises that female human rights defenders around the world face gender- specific risks and threats, including intimidation, harassment and sexual violence, and therefore calls on the EEAS and the Member States to adopt an annex specifically dedicated to women in the EU Guidelines for Human Rights Defenders;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the EU’s active participation in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which has seen it sponsor and co-sponsor resolutions, issue statements, intervene in interactive dialogues and debates, and call for special sessions on the situation regarding human rights; recognises the EU’s commitments to addressing country situations in the UNHRC; stresses the importance of the EU’s engagement in dialogue and cooperation on human rights at a multilateral level, notably with UN and regional human rights mechanisms; fully supports the UNHRC’s activities and engagement when defending human rights worldwide; commends the work of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights under the remarkable leadership of Zeid al-Hussein; looks forward to a close dialogue and active cooperation with the newly appointed High Commissioner, Michelle Bachelet; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their support, including through financial means, to the functioning of the OHCHR and the Special Procedures;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the EU’s active participation in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which has seen it sponsor and co-sponsor resolutions, issue statements, intervene in interactive dialogues and debates, and call for special sessions on the situation regarding human rights; recognises the EU’s commitments to addressing country situations in the UNHRC; stresses not only the importance of the EU’s
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the EU’s active participation in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which has seen it sponsor and co-sponsor resolutions, issue statements, intervene in interactive dialogues and debates
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) - having regard to United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2250 (2015) and 2419 (2018) on Youth, Peace and Security,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Praises the work done by the EU’s Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR), Stavros Lambrinidis, in increasing the effectiveness, cohesion and visibility of human rights in EU foreign policy and recalls its request for this mandate to be made permanent; welcomes the recent approach on the EU’s Good Human Rights Stories initiative, which focuses on the best practices employed by various countries; calls once more for a revision of the mandate, so as to grant the EUSR own-initiative powers, adequate resources and the ability to speak publicly in order to report on achievements of visits to third countries and to communicate the EU's positions on human rights topics;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Praises the work done by the EU’s Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR), Stavros Lambrinidis, in increasing the effectiveness, cohesion and visibility of human rights in EU foreign policy and recalls its request for his mandate to be made permanent; welcomes the recent approach on the EU’s Good Human Rights Stories initiative, which focuses on the best practices employed by various countries; calls for the mandate of the High Representative to be strengthened and expanded with new prerogatives;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Praises the work done by the EU’s Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR), Stavros Lambrinidis, in increasing the effectiveness, cohesion and visibility of human rights in EU foreign policy and recalls its request for his mandate to be made permanent and to be granted to make public statement denouncing human rights violations in the world; welcomes the recent approach on the EU’s Good Human Rights Stories initiative, which focuses on the best practices employed by various countries;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Praises the work done by the EU’s Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR), Stavros Lambrinidis, in increasing the effectiveness, cohesion and visibility of human rights in EU foreign policy and recalls its request for his mandate to be made permanent; welcomes the recent approach on the EU’s Good Human Rights Stories initiative, which focuses on the best practices employed by various countries to counter attacks on the universality of human rights;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Praises the work done by the EU’s Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR), Stavros Lambrinidis, in increasing the effectiveness, cohesion and visibility of human rights in EU foreign policy
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Praises the work done by the EU’s Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR), Stavros Lambrinidis, in increasing the effectiveness, cohesion and visibility of human rights in EU foreign policy and recalls its request for
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2017 and notes that it was adopted much earlier this year, in line with Parliament’s
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