2020/2208(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Strongly denounces the many cases of discrimination and persecution linked to ethnicity, nationality, social class, caste, religion, belief, language, age, sex, sexual~~ity and~~ orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics that continue to occur in many countries and societies; deplores the targeting of individuals or communities with intolerant and hate-filled declarations and actions; considers the prevalence of racism and xenophobia in many countries to be unacceptable;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Strongly denounces the many cases of discrimination and persecution linked to ethnicity, nationality, social class, caste, religion, belief, language, age, sex, sexual~~ity and~~ orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics that continue to occur in many countries and societies; deplores the targeting of individuals or communities with intolerant and hate-filled declarations and actions; considers the prevalence of racism and xenophobia in many countries to be unacceptable;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Strongly denounces the many cases of discrimination and persecution linked to race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, caste, religion, belief, language, age, sex, sexuality and gender identity that continue to occur in many countries and societies; deplores the targeting of individuals or communities with intolerant and hate-filled declarations and actions; considers the prevalence of racism and xenophobia in many countries to be unacceptable;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Strongly denounces the many cases of discrimination and persecution linked to ethnicity, nationality, social class, caste, religion, belief, language, age, sex, sexuality and gender identity that continue to occur in many countries and societies; deplores the targeting of individuals or communities with intolerant and hate-filled declarations and actions; considers the prevalence of racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia in many countries to be unacceptable;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Strongly denounces the many cases of discrimination and persecution linked to ethnicity, nationality, social class, caste, religion, belief, language, age, sex, sexuality and gender identity that continue to occur in many countries and societies; deplores the targeting of individuals or communities with intolerant and hate-filled declarations and actions; considers the prevalence of racism and xenophobia in many countries to be unacceptable; finds it unacceptable, moreover, that heads of state and government have given their silent consent to, or have failed to clearly condemn, discrimination and racism;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
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4. Underlines the tremendous and increasing threat to human rights that climate change, environmental destruction and loss of biodiversity entail by depriving people of the fundamental right to life, due in particular to a higher level of global hunger, restrictions on access to water and additional deaths from malnutrition and the increased spread of diseases; draws attention, furthermore, to the risks posed by climate change to peace and security, as food insecurity and water scarcity can lead to competition over natural resources and then to instability and conflicts within and between fragile states; highlights that least developed countries are the most vulnerable to climate change, as they find it hardest to withstand its devastating impacts;deleted

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines the tremendous and increasing threat to certain human rights ~~that~~driven by climate change, environmental destruction and loss of biodiversity entail by depriving people of the fundamental right to life, due in particular to a higher level of global hunger, restrictions on access to water and additional deaths from malnutrition and the increased spread of diseases; draws attention, furthermore, to the risks posed by climate change to peace and security, as food insecurity and water scarcity can lead to competition over natural resources and then to instability and conflicts within and between fragile states; highlights that certain least developed countries are the most vulnerable to climate change, as they find it hardest to withstand its devastating impacts;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines the tremendous and increasing threat to human rights that climate change, environmental destruction and loss of biodiversity entail by depriving people of the fundamental right to life, due in particular to a higher level of economic and social inequalities and also of global hunger, restrictions on access to water and additional deaths from malnutrition and the increased spread of diseases; whereas climate change also undermines the enjoyment of other human rights, including the right to food security, safe drinking water and sanitation, health, adequate housing, self-determination, work and development; draws attention, furthermore, to the risks posed by climate change to peace and security, as food insecurity and water scarcity can lead to competition over natural resources and then to instability and conflicts within and between fragile states; highlights that least developed countries are the most vulnerable to climate change, as they find it hardest to withstand its devastating impacts;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines the tremendous and increasing threat to human rights that climate change, environmental destruction and loss of biodiversity entail by depriving people of the fundamental right to life, due in particular to a higher level of global hunger, restrictions on access to water and additional deaths from malnutrition and the increased spread of diseases; draws attention, furthermore, to the risks posed by climate change to peace and security, as food insecurity and water scarcity can lead to competition over natural resources and then to instability and conflicts within and between ~~fragile~~ states; highlights that least developed countries are the most vulnerable to climate change, as they find it hardest to withstand its devastating impacts;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

- having regard to the UN Human Rights Council resolution regarding the Human Rights Situation in Yemen,

Amendment 11 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Citation 1 d (new)

- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) of 18December 1979;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines the tremendous and increasing threat to human rights that climate change, environmental destruction and loss of biodiversity entail by depriving people of the fundamental right to life, due in particular to a higher level of global hunger, restrictions on access to water, and additional deaths from malnutrition and the increased spread of diseases; draws attention, furthermore, to the risks posed by climate change to peace and security, as food insecurity and water scarcity can lead to competition over natural resources and then to instability and conflicts within and between fragile states; highlights that least developed countries are the most vulnerable to climate change, as they find it hardest to withstand its devastating impacts, despite producing fewer greenhouse gases than richer countries which are less likely to be as impacted by climate change;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, because, in particular, human rights international law provides access to remedies and legal means to redress the damage caused by climate change, to implement measures to combat climate change and to hold states and businesses accountable for their responses to climate change; underlines the need to pay particular attention to aid to environmentally and climate-displaced persons;deleted

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, because, in particular, human rights international law provides access to remedies and legal means to redress the damage caused by climate change, to implement measures to combat climate change and to hold states and businesses accountable for their responses to climate change; underlines the need to pay particular attention to aid to environmentally and climate-displaced persons;deleted

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, because, in particular, human rights international law provides access to remedies and legal means to redress the damage caused by climate change, and to implement measures to combat climate ~~change and to hold states and businesses accountable for their responses to climate~~ change; underlines the need to pay particular attention to aid to environmentally and climate-displaced persons;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, because, in particular, human rights international law provides access to remedies and legal means to redress the damage caused by climate change, to implement measures to combat climate change and to hold ~~states and businesses ac~~accountable those who count~~able for~~ ribute to furtheir ~~responses to climate change~~unlawful degradation of the environment; underlines the need to pay particular attention to aid to environmentally and climate-displaced persons;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, because, in particular, human rights international law provides access to remedies and legal means to redress the damage caused by climate change, to implement measures to combat climate change and to hold states ~~and~~, businesses and individuals accountable for their responses to climate change; underlines the need to pay particular attention to aid to environmentally and climate-displaced persons;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, because, in particular, human rights international law provides access to remedies and legal means to redress the damage caused by climate change, to implement measures to combat climate change and to hold states and businesses accountable for their responses to climate change; stresses that biodiversity and human rights are interlinked and interdependent and recalls the human rights obligations of States to protect the biodiversity on which those rights depend, including by providing for the participation of citizens in biodiversity- related decisions and providing access to effective remedies in cases of biodiversity loss and degradation; expresses its support to the nascent normative efforts at international level in relation to environmental crimes; in this regard, encourages the EU and the Member States to promote the recognition of ecocide as an international crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; underlines the need to pay particular attention to aid to environmentally and climate-displaced persons;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, because, in particular, human rights international law provides access to remedies and legal means to redress the damage caused by climate change, to implement measures to combat climate change and to hold states and businesses accountable for their responses to climate change; underlines the need to pay particular attention to aid to environmentally and climate-displaced persons; considers important to work at the international level to define the concept of "environmentally displaced persons" within the United Nations with a view to establishing an international legal framework and adopting a common approach to the protection of those obliged to leave their place of residence;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the essential obligations and responsibilities of States and other decision-makers, including businesses, to mitigate the effects of climate change, prevent their negative impact on human rights and promote appropriate policies in compliance with human rights obligations; stresses that environmental changes undermine the most basic human rights, such as access to water, natural resources and food; considers that the fight against the exploitation and hoarding of resources must be a priority for the European Union and its Member States; draws particular attention to the link between this exploitation of resources and the financing of conflicts, wars and violence, directly or indirectly included by multinational corporations; recognizes that the environmental consequences of climate change may exacerbate forced migration and displacement, and therefore stresses the need to rapidly implement policies to reduce the effects of climate change in line with the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Expresses major concern over deforestation, in particular in the Amazon in 2019, given that forests contribute to mitigating climate change by absorbing and storing carbon dioxide; stresses that indigenous peoples have often been the first victims of deforestation, which endangers their rights to land and access to vital resources;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

- having regard to the UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen third report entitled ‘Yemen: A Pandemic of Impunity in a Tortured Land’ on the situation of human rights in Yemen, covering the period from July 2019 to June 2020,

Amendment 12 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Citation 1 e (new)

- having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995;

Amendment 120 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Expresses major concern over deforestation, illegal mining, production of illicit drugs in particular in the Amazon in 2019, given that forests contribute to mitigating climate change by absorbing and storing carbon dioxide; stresses that indigenous peoples have often been the first victims of deforestation, which endangers their rights to land and access to vital resources;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Expresses major concern over deforestation, in particular in the Amazon in 2019, given that forests contribute to mitigating climate change by absorbing and storing carbon dioxide; stresses that indigenous peoples have often been the first victims of deforestation, which endangers their rights to land and access to vital resources;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Expresses major concern over deforestation, in particular in the Amazon in 2019, given that forests contribute to mitigating climate change by absorbing and storing carbon dioxide; stresses that indigenous peoples have often been the first victims of deforestation, which endangers their rights to land, among other rights, and access to vital resources; stresses that impunity for these and other violations is a driving force in deforestation and therefore deems accountability for these violations to be essential;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Expresses major concern over deforestation, in particular in the Amazon in 2019, given that forests contribute to mitigating climate change by absorbing and storing carbon dioxide; stresses that indigenous peoples have often been the first victims of deforestation, which endangers their rights to land and access to vital resources; underlines the right to determine and establish priorities and strategies for their self-development and for the use of their lands, territories, and other resources;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes that some corporations unlawfully exploit natural resources, which not only constitutes a major sustainability and environmental challenge but also results in severe adverse impacts on the social, economic, cultural, civil and political rights of local communities; notes that such business practices violate the fundamental right of peoples to self-determination and the principle of permanent sovereignty, access and control over their natural resources, enshrined in UN General Assembly resolution 1803 (XVII);

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the growing aspirations and mobilisations of citizens, in particular the youngest citizens, for political and societal changes favourable to respect for human rights, democratic governance, equality and social justice, more ambitious climate action and better protection of the environment; highlights the emergence in 2019 of massive protest movements in every region in the world reflecting these aspirations, calling into question institutional and economic orders of societies and supporting the development of a more equitable global society;deleted

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Welcomes~~Is aware of the growing aspirations and mobilisations of citizens, in particular the youngest citizens, for political and societal changes favourable to respect for human rights, democratic governance, equality and social justice, more ambitious climate action and better protection of the environment; highlights the emergence in 2019 of massive protest movements in every region in the world reflecting these aspirations, ~~calling into questio~~demanding change in institutional and economic orders of societies and supporting the development of a more equitable global society;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the growing ~~aspirations and mobilisations of citizens, in particular the youngest~~interest of citizens, for political and societal changes favourable to respect for human rights, democratic governance, equality and social justice, more ambitious climate action and better protection of the environment; highlights the emergence in 2019 of massive protest movements in every region in the world reflecting these aspirations, calling into question institutional and economic orders of societies and supporting the development of a more equitable global society;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the growing aspirations and mobilisations of citizens~~, in particular the youngest citizens,~~ for political and societal changes favourable to respect for human rights, democratic governance, equality and social justice, more ambitious climate action and better protection of the environment; highlights the emergence in 2019 of massive protest movements in every region in the world reflecting these aspirations, calling into question institutional and economic orders of societies and supporting the development of a more equitable global society;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the growing aspirations and mobilisations of citizens, in particular the younge~~st citize~~r generations, for political and societal changes favourable to respect for human rights, democratic governance, equality and social justice, more ambitious climate action and better protection of the environment; highlights the emergence in 2019 of massive protest movements in every region in the world reflecting these aspirations, calling into question institutional and economic orders of societies and supporting the development of a more equitable global society;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

- having regard to the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, adopted on 5 November 1992,

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 e (new)

- having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995,

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the growing aspirations and mobilisations of citizens, in particular the youngest citizens, for political and societal changes favourable to respect for human rights, democratic governance, equality and social justice, more ambitious climate action and better protection of the environment; highlights the emergence in 2019 of massive protest movements in every region in the world reflecting these aspirations, calling into question institutional and economic orders of societies and supporting the development of a more equitable global society and better protection of the environment;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the growing aspirations and mobilisations of citizens, in particular the youngest citizens, for political and societal changes favourable to respect for human rights, democratic governance, equality and social justice, more ambitious climate action and better protection of the environment; highlights the emergence in 2019 of massive protest movements in every region in the world reflecting these aspirations, calling into question institutional and economic orders of societies and supporting the development of a more equitable global society;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the growing aspirations and mobilisations of citizens, in particular the youngest citizens, for political and societal changes favourable to respect for human rights, democratic governance, equality and social justice, more ambitious climate action and better protection of the environment; highlights the emergence in 2019 of massive protest movements in every region in the world reflecting these aspirations, calling into question institutional and economic orders of societies and supporting the development of a more equitable global society;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the growing aspirations and mobilisations of citizens, in particular the youngest citizens, for political and societal changes favourable to respect for human rights, democratic governance, equality and social justice, more ambitious climate action and better protection of the environment; highlights the emergence in 2019 of massive protest movements in every region in the world reflecting these aspirations, ~~calling into question institutional and economic orders of societies~~demanding awareness of climate change and action to combat it, and supporting the development of a more equitable global society;

Amendment 134 #

Gheorghe-Vlad NISTOR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the growing aspirations and mobilisations of citizens, in particular the youngest citizens, for political and societal changes favourable to respect for human rights, democratic governance, equality and social justice, more ambitious climate action and better protection of the environment; highlights the emergence in 2019 of massive protest movements in every region in the world reflecting these aspirations, calling into question institutional and economic orders of societies and supporting the development of a more equitable global society; stresses the importance of maintaining the peaceful nature of these protest actions; insists that positive change must only take place through dialogue and all solutions must be reached through inclusive negotiations;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Deems essential the political responses to the legitimate demands of societies and individuals that are based on inclusive dialogue; condemns, on the other hand, the repression of peaceful movements, in particular through the excessive use of force by security agents, which certain governments have inflicted on their populations with a view to stifling democratic voiceCondemns the violent repression of peaceful movements;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Deems essential the political responses to the legitimate demands of societies and individuals that are based on inclusive dialogue; c~~Condemns, on the other hand, the repression of peaceful movements, in particular through the excessive use of force by security agents, which certain governments have inflicted on their populations with a view to stifling democratic voices;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Deems ~~essential~~important the political responses to the legitimate demands of societies and individuals that are based on inclusive dialogue; condemns, on the other hand, the repression of peaceful movements, in particular through the excessive use of force by security agents, which certain governments have inflicted on their populations with a view to stifling democratic voiceinvolvement of NGOs in national affairs;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Deems essential the political responses to the legitimate demands of societies, families and individuals that are based on inclusive dialogue; condemns, on the other hand, the repression of peaceful movements, in particular through the ~~excessiv~~disproportionate use of force by security agents, which certain governments have inflicted on their populations with a view to stifling democratic voices; at the same time, shows its concern about radicalised groups that take the opportunity of demonstrations and expressions of social movements to hijack their legitimate goals, through violence and disruption of daily life of citizens and public services, intimidating individuals and attacking private and public buildings;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Deems essential the political responses to the legitimate demands of societies and individuals, both within and outside the EU, that are based on inclusive dialogue; condemns, on the other hand, the repression of peaceful movements, in particular through the excessive use of force by security agents, which certain governments have inflicted on their populations with a view to stifling ~~democratic voices~~dissenting or critical voices; welcomes the fact that the excessive use of force by law enforcement officers, both in and outside the EU, is increasingly being denounced and identified as a major human rights issue, and calls on governments concerned to take urgent corrective action to prevent such occurrences and to hold the perpetrators to account;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

- having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (hereinafter ‘the Istanbul Convention’) of 11 May 2011, which not all Member States have ratified,

Amendment 14 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Citation 1 f (new)

- having regard the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Rejects the fact that in many countries people are denied the right to demonstrate peacefully, with legal, administrative and other measures such as the suppression of demonstrations through the use of force, harassment and arbitrary detention; stresses that in 2019 hundreds of peaceful demonstrators were arrested, many of whom were subjected to ill-treatment and arbitrary detentions and have had 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 UN treaties and calls on governments not to use force against peaceful protesters;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Condemns all violent political protest movements and supports the work of the state security forces in the fight against crime and organized crime,

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people and migrants;deleted

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people and migrantsare unacceptable;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists and journalists; ~~underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to~~strongly condemns acts of violence and intolerance, in ~~particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people and migrants~~any form;

Amendment 145 #

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people and migran, people belonging to religious communities and associations and Church-engaged benevolent individuals doing development and humanitarian work and journalists;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people and migrants;

Amendment 147 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people and migrants;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) ~~and~~, religious and belief minorities, civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, religious and belief minorities, women, LGBTI people and migrants;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs), religious and belief minorities and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people, religious and belief minorities and migrants;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

- having regard to the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024, Annex to the Joint Communication of 25 March 2020;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 f (new)

- having regard the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs), religious and belief minorities and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people and migrants;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists, local communities, indigenous groups, whistle-blowers, and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people and migrants;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) local communities, indigenous groups and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people and migrants;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism ~~and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to~~, protectionism and intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people and migrants;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, ~~women, LGBTI people~~climate activists, women, LGBTI people, religious minorities, persons with disabilities and migrants;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people, sex workers, people who use drugs, people in prison, people who live with HIV and migrants;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people, religious and belief minorities and migrants;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people, religious and belief minorities and migrants;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists and journalists; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people ~~and migrants~~, migrants, minorities and Roma people;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that physical attacks, imprisonments, death threats, harassment, intimidation and restrictions on freedom of expression remain tools systematically used around the world against human rights defenders (HRDs), non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society activists and journalists; notes that women human rights defenders (WHRDs) face gender-specific threats and suffer from a lack of access to adequate resources and protection mechanisms; underlines the existence of political trends towards deeper nationalism and the misuse of religion for political gain, which are conducive to intolerance, in particular towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people and migrants;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

- having regard to the Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, adopted on 24 June 20131a; _________________ 1a https://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/c ms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/13758 4.pdf

Amendment 16 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Citation 1 g (new)

- having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘Istanbul Convention’);

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to develop a strategic high-level vision to counter the mounting global attacks against human rights defenders including through the adoption of strong Foreign Affairs Council conclusions in which Foreign Ministers should call for ambitious EU global action in defence of human rights defenders;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that it is ~~the duty~~neither the duty nor the mandate of EU institutions to actively support self-appointed, undemocratic and subjective organisations and individuals engaged in defending democracy and human rights; ~~underlines in this regard the importance of Parliament’s action in making their voice heard and in obtaining the release of HRDs detained as a result of their activism;~~

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Stresses that it is the duty of~~Notes the importance that EU institutions ~~to actively~~ support organisations and individuals engaged peacefully in defending democracy and human rights; underlines in this regard the importance of Parliament’s action in making their voice heard and in obtaining the release of HRDs detained as a result of their peaceful activism;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that it is the duty of EU institutions to actively support organisations and individuals engaged in defending democracy and human rights; underlines in this regard the importance of Parliament’s action in making their voice heard and ~~in obtaining the~~pressuring in third countries’ authorities to immediately and unconditionally release of HRDs detained as a result of their activism;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that it is the duty of EU institutions to actively support organisations, local communities, indigenous groups and individuals engaged in defending democracy and human rights; underlines in this regard the importance of Parliament’s action in making their voice heard and in obtaining the release of HRDs detained as a result of their activism;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that it is the duty of EU institutions to actively support organisations and individuals engaged in defending democracy and human rights; calls on the EU to support and protect HRDs in all their diversity, including WHRDs and their organisations; underlines in this regard the importance of Parliament’s action in making their voice heard and in obtaining the release of HRDs detained as a result of their activism;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that it is the duty of EU institutions to actively support organisations and individuals engaged in defending democracy and human rights; underlines in this regard the importance of Parliament’s action in making their voice heard and in obtaining the release of HRDs detained as a result of their activism; supports the work of European political foundations in strengthening democratic processes and fostering a new generation of political leaders around the world;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that it is the duty of EU institutions to actively support organisations and individuals engaged in defending democracy and human rights; underlines in this regard the importance of Parliament’s action in making their voices heard and in obtaining the release of HRDs detained as a result of their activism;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Expresses deep concern that the EU and certain Member States continue to pursue business, military, antiterrorism and migration interests over human rights and democracy concern; is deeply concerned about the use of repressive cybersecurity and counter-terrorism legislation to crackdown on human rights defenders;

Amendment 169 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Is seriously concerned at the persistence of the scourge of wars and military conflicts, amounting even to genocides against religious minorities, which give way to grave violations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular mass killings and forced displacements of civilian populations; strongly condemns the engagement of authoritarian powers in proxy wars and stresses that political solutions are a prerequisite for sustainable peace; expresses deep concerns at heightened international political tensions, and in certain regions of the world, at the increased activity of non-state armed groups and terrorist organisations and the development of communal violence;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

- having regard to the EU Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, adopted on 24 June 2013,

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 g (new)

- having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘Istanbul Convention’),

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Is seriously concerned at the persistence of the scourge of wars ~~and~~, military conflicts and of protracted occupation or annexation of territories which give way to grave violations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular mass killings and forced displacements of civilian populations; strongly condemns the engagement of authoritarian powers in proxy wars and stresses that political solutions are a prerequisite for sustainable peace; expresses deep concerns at heightened international political tensions, and in certain regions of the world, at the increased activity of non-state armed groups and terrorist organisations and the development of communal violence;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Is seriously concerned at the persistence of the scourge of wars and military conflicts which give way to grave violations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular mass killings ~~and~~, forced displacements of civilian populations, and the use of sexual violence against civilians, in particular women and children; strongly condemns the engagement of authoritarian powers in proxy wars and stresses that political solutions are a prerequisite for sustainable peace; expresses deep concerns at heightened international political tensions, and in certain regions of the world, at the increased activity of non-state armed groups and terrorist organisations and the development of communal violence;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Is seriously concerned at the persistence of the scourge of wars and military conflicts which give way to grave violations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular mass killings and forced displacements of civilian populations; strongly condemns the engagement of totalitarian, dictatorial or authoritarian powers in proxy wars and stresses that political solutions are a prerequisite for sustainable peace; expresses deep concerns at heightened international political tensions, and in certain regions of the world, at the increased activity of non-state armed groups and terrorist organisations, mostly jihadist groups, and the development of communal violence;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Is seriously concerned at the persistence of the scourge of wars and military conflicts which give way to grave violations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular mass killings and forced displacements of civilian populations; strongly condemns the engagement of authoritarian powers, particularly Turkey, in proxy wars and stresses that political solutions are a prerequisite for sustainable peace; expresses deep concerns at heightened international political tensions, and in certain regions of the world, at the increased activity of non-state armed groups and terrorist organisations, such as Islamist groups, and the development of communal violence;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Is seriously concerned at the persistence of the scourge of wars and military conflicts which give way to grave violations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular mass killings and forced displacements of civilian populations; strongly condemns the engagement of authoritarian powers in proxy wars and stresses that political solutions within agreed negotiating formats and principles are a prerequisite for sustainable peace; expresses deep concerns at heightened international political tensions, and in certain regions of the world, at the increased activity of non- state armed groups and terrorist organisations and the development of communal violence;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Deplores the fact that while the UN marked its seventy-fifth anniversary in 2020, a number of governments ~~inspired by inward-looking attitudes~~ have taken action to counter international cooperation efforts in favour of peace, conflict resolution and the protection of human rights based on the purposes and principles of the UNDHR, international law, the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act; criticises the lack of joint international leadership from democratic countries to respond consistently to serious violations of international human rights law and to join forces to advance human rights, democracy and ~~worldwid~~sustain the rules-based international systems;

Amendment 176 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Deplores the fact that while the UN marked its seventy-fifth anniversary in 2020, a number of governments inspired by inward-looking attitudes have taken action to counter multilateralism and international cooperation efforts in favour of peace, conflict resolution and the protection of human rights based on the purposes and principles of the UNDHR, international law, the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act; criticises the lack of joint international leadership from democratic countries to respond consistently to serious violations of international human rights law and to join forces to advance human rights, democracy and worldwide rules-based systems and urges the EU and member states to fill this leadership void; stresses that human rights are universal and indivisible and condemns any attempt to relativise them;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Deplores the plight of migrants and refugees around the world, particularly displaced women, children and persons with disabilities, who are among of the most vulnerable; notes that the number of international migrants in 2019 is estimated to be almost 272 million3, which equates to 3.5 % of the global population, and that large-scale displacement and migration events occurred over the last two years; denounces political measures eroding the human rights of migrants and refugees and putting at risk their safety; points in this regard to the negative tendency towards the harassment and the criminalisation of the work of those who stand in defence of the human rights of migrants and refugees and provide them with assistance; _________________ 3 World Migration Report 2020 – International Organisation for Migration (https://publications.iom.int/system/files/p df/wmr_2020.pdf).deleted

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Deplores the plight of ~~migrants and refugees around the world, particularly displaced women, children and~~ persons with disabilities, who are among of the most vulnerable; notes that the number of international migrants in 2019 is estimated to be almost 272 million3 , which equates to 3,5 % of the global population, and that large-scale displacement and migration events occurred over the last two years; denounces political measures eroding the human rights of migrants and refugees and putting at risk their safety; points in this regard to the negative tendency towards the harassment and the criminalisation of the work of those who stand in defence of the human rights of migrants and refugees and provide them with assistance; _________________ 3 World Migration Report 2020 – International Organisation for Migration (https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pd f/wmr_2020.pdf).

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Deplores the plight of migrants and refugees~~Expresses concern arboundt the ~~world, particularly displaced women, children and persons with disabilities, who are among of the most vulnerable~~number of refugees around the world; notes that the number of international migrants in 2019 is estimated to be almost 272 million3 , which equates to 3.5 % of the global population~~, and that large-scale displacement and migration events occurred over the last two years; denounces political measures eroding the human rights of migrants and refugees and putting~~ ; notes, however, that NGOs have played a major role in facilitating human smuggling and that prisk their safety; points in this regard to the negative tendency towards the harassment and the criminalisation of the work of those who stand in defence of the human rights of migrants and refugees and provide them with assistance; _________________ 3 World Migration Report 2020 – International Organisation for Migration (https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pd f/wmr_2020.pdf).vate entities should not be actively involved in carrying out search and rescue missions; emphasises the need for safe havens in the region of the conflict, as originally envisaged by the 1951 Geneva Convention;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

- having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion and belief, adopted on 24 June 2013,

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2

— having regard to the ~~Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2015~~Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the fact that human rights are universal, inalienable, interdependent and interrelated,

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Deplores the plight of migrants and refugees around the world, particularly displaced women, children ~~and~~, persons with disabilities, and persecuted religious minorities who are among of the most vulnerable; notes that the number of international migrants in 2019 is estimated to be almost 272 million3 , which equates to 3.5 % of the global population, and that large-scale displacement and migration events occurred over the last two years; denounces political measures eroding the human rights of migrants and refugees and putting at risk their safety; points in this regard to the negative tendency towards the harassment and the criminalisation of the work of those who stand in defence of the human rights of migrants and refugees and provide them with assistance; _________________ 3 World Migration Report 2020 – International Organisation for Migration (https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pd f/wmr_2020.pdf).

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Deplores the plight of migrants and refugees around the world, particularly displaced women, children, ethnic, religious and belief minorities and persons with disabilities, who are among of the most vulnerable; notes that the number of international migrants in 2019 is estimated to be almost 272 million3 , which equates to 3.5 % of the global population, and that large-scale displacement and migration events occurred over the last two years; denounces political measures eroding the human rights of migrants and refugees and putting at risk their safety; points in this regard to the negative tendency towards the harassment and the criminalisation of the work of those who stand in defence of the human rights of migrants and refugees and provide them with assistance; _________________ 3 World Migration Report 2020 – International Organisation for Migration (https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pd f/wmr_2020.pdf).

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Deplores the plight of migrants and refugees around the world, particularly displaced women, children, ethnic, religious and belief minorities and persons with disabilities, who are among of the most vulnerable; notes that the number of international migrants in 2019 is estimated to be almost 272 million3 , which equates to 3.5 % of the global population, and that large-scale displacement and migration events occurred over the last two years; denounces political measures eroding the human rights of migrants and refugees and putting at risk their safety; points in this regard to the negative tendency towards the harassment and the criminalisation of the work of those who stand in defence of the human rights of migrants and refugees and provide them with assistance; _________________ 3 World Migration Report 2020 – International Organisation for Migration (https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pd f/wmr_2020.pdf).

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Deplores the plight of migrants and refugees around the world, particularly displaced women, children, ethnic, religious and belief minorities and persons with disabilities, who are among of the most vulnerable; notes that the number of international migrants in 2019 is estimated to be almost 272 million3 , which equates to 3.5 % of the global population, and that large-scale displacement and migration events occurred over the last two years; denounces political measures eroding the human rights of migrants and refugees and putting at risk their safety; points in this regard to the negative tendency towards the harassment and the criminalisation of the work of those who stand in defence of the human rights of migrants and refugees and provide them with assistance; _________________ 3 World Migration Report 2020 – International Organisation for Migration (https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pd f/wmr_2020.pdf).

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Deplores the plight of migrants and refugees around the world, particularly displaced women, children and persons with disabilities, chronic illnesses and diverse sexual orientation, who are among of the most vulnerable; notes that the number of international migrants in 2019 is estimated to be almost 272 million3 , which equates to 3.5 % of the global population, and that large-scale displacement and migration events occurred over the last two years; denounces political measures eroding the human rights of migrants and refugees and putting at risk their safety; points in this regard to the negative tendency towards the harassment and the criminalisation of the work of those who stand in defence of the human rights of migrants and refugees and provide them with assistance; _________________ 3 World Migration Report 2020 – International Organisation for Migration (https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pd f/wmr_2020.pdf).

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Deplores the plight of migrants and refugees around the world, particularly displaced women, children and persons with disabilities, who are among of the most vulnerable; notes that the number of international migrants in 2019 is estimated to be almost 272 million3 , which equates to 3.5 % of the global population, and that large-scale displacement and migration events occurred over the last two years; denounces political measures eroding the human rights of migrants and refugees and putting at risk their safety~~; points in this regard to the negative tendency toward~~ and lives; strongly rejects the harassment and the criminalisation of the work of those who stand in defence of the human rights of migrants and refugees and provide them with assistance; _________________ 3 World Migration Report 2020 – International Organisation for Migration (https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pd f/wmr_2020.pdf).

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Deplores the plight of migrants and refugees around the world, particularly displaced women, children and persons with disabilities, who are among of the most vulnerable; notes that the number of international migrants in 2019 is estimated to be almost 272 million3, which equates to 3,5 % of the global population, regrets the increase in the number of asylum seekers in 2019 seeking international protection in the Member States of the EU-27 4 a, as a consequence of repressive practices and human rights abuses on the part of dictatorships which are holding political power illegally in their home countries; and that large-scale displacement and migration events occurred over the last two years; denounces political measures eroding the human rights of migrants and refugees and putting at risk their safety; points in this regard to the negative tendency towards the harassment and the criminalisation of the work of those who stand in defence of the human rights of migrants and refugees and provide them with assistance; _________________ 3 World Migration Report 2020 – International Organisation for Migration (https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pd f/wmr_2020.pdf). 4a Asylum statistics - Eurostat (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Asylum_statisti cs)

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Deplores the plight of migrants and refugees around the world, particularly displaced women, children and persons with disabilities, who are among of the most vulnerable; notes that the number of international migrants in 2019 is estimated to be almost 272 million3, which equates to 3,5 % of the global population, over 20 million of whom were refugees 3 a and that large-scale displacement and migration events occurred over the last two years; denounces political measures eroding the human rights of migrants and refugees and putting at risk their safety; points in this regard to the negative tendency towards the harassment and the criminalisation of the work of those who stand in defence of the human rights of migrants and refugees and provide them with assistance; _________________ 3 World Migration Report 2020 – International Organisation for Migration (https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pd f/wmr_2020.pdf). 3a According to data published by UNHCR (https://www.unhcr.org/refugee- statistics/download/?url=fd4J)

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Expresses its deep concern to the increase in the number of murders of, both physical and defamatory attacks and the use of death penalty, persecution, imprisonment, harassment and intimidation against people standing up for human rights throughout the world, in particular journalists, activists, politicians, including women’s rights activists, environmental and land defenders and defenders of religious minorities, mainly in countries with high levels of corruption and a poor record of upholding the rule of law and judicial oversight;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Demands justice and accountability at the highest level of decision-making for those attacks and refuse any scenario which might see impunity as solution;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

- having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief, adopted on 24 June 2013,

Amendment 19 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Citation 2

— having regard to the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 20158,

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in ~~every~~certain regions of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repress; in this regard, urges those States that have not yet done so to ratify the Istanbul Convention;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; ~~stresses, however,~~notes however that no country in the world has achieved gender equality yet; condemns the ongoing backlash on gender equality and women’s rights, including all attempts to roll back existing entitlements and protections in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), as well as legislation, policies and practices that continue to deny or restrict these rights in many countries in the world; stresses the persistence of widespread gender-~~specific~~based violence and intersecting discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from ~~cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems~~patriarchal cultural norms, societal structures and discriminatory legal systems that legitimate and normalize power relations between genders as well as structural exclusion of women; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, disability, ethnicity, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns ~~authoritarian regimes~~governments and authorities worldwide, that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal hetero-patriarchal repression;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, ~~which often arises from~~including within the European Union, which arises from gender inequality, unequal gender norms and power dynamics, cultural habits or long- established discriminatory legal systems, policies and practices, but also re- emerging patriarchal and reactionary movements; condemns the ongoing backlash on gender equality and women’s rights, including all attempts to roll back existing entitlements and protections in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as legislation, policies and practices that continue to deny or restrict these rights in many countries in the world; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of them being women or because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; c~~ondemns authoritarian regime~~alls for concerted action to put an end to the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; condemns governments that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which ~~often arises from cultural habits~~arises from gender inequalities, unequal gender norms and power dynamics, cultural practices such as caste- based discrimination or long-established discriminatory legal systems, policies and practices; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses~~, however,~~ the persistence of widespread gender-~~specific~~based violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long- established discriminatory legal systems; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression;

Amendment 195 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence, including femicide, and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long- established discriminatory legal systems; expresses concern over the widespread ongoing attacks on women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression; and war;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; recalls that the Istanbul Convention, as the first universally binding treaty combating violence against women and girls and domestic violence, sets the benchmark for international standards that need to be further ratified and implemented; reiterates that EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention has been recognised as a key priority of the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems, as well as from propaganda and disinformation actions that undermine women’s rights; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; condemns the ongoing backlash on gender equality and women’s rights, including all attempts to roll back existing entitlements and protections in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), as well as legislation, policies and practices that continue to deny or restrict these rights in many countries in the world; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; notes however that no country in the world has achieved gender equality yet; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, ~~faith~~religion, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression; highlights the need to protect mothers in vulnerable situation, in particular single mothers and those who have a large family, to avoid poverty and social exclusion; points out the need to create a social and economic environment and conditions that allows mothers to continue their professional development;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5

— having regard to Article 17 and Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1

~~— having regard to the Oviedo Convention, and Articles 3 and 4 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR),~~deleted

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

- having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief, adopted on 24 June 2013,

Amendment 20 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 2

— having regard to the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 20158,

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation, sexual orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; recalls that violence against lesbian and bisexual women in the form of “corrective rape” remains a systemic problem in some countries owing to social stigma and discriminatory legal systems; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; points out, inter alia, female genital mutilations and child marriage among the most widespread and systematic violations of human rights; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression;

Amendment 202 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; ~~highlights, furthermore,~~denounces the exploitation of women through the practice of surrogacy, human trafficking and the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression;

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; underlines that women and girls from ethnic, religious and belief minorities are doubly vulnerable to gender-specific violence and discrimination; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; underlines that females from ethnic, religious and belief minorities are doubly vulnerable to gender-specific violence and discrimination; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression; underlines that females from ethnic, religious and belief minorities are doubly vulnerable to gender-specific violence and discrimination;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression as well as sexual exploitation during armed conflicts;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression; encourages to go beyond just tackling the root causes of structural gender inequalities by guaranteeing equal opportunities and strengthening women’s participation;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14.~~ Welcomes the fact that efforts to ~~14.~~ advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression; condemns in these matters the human trafficking to oppress women and young girls;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expresses deep concern at the continuation of serious human rights abuses against children around the world in 2019, the year of the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, namely trafficking and exploitation of children, use of child soldiers in armed conflicts and family separation and detention of children for ~~immigration~~displacement- related reasons, child pornography and paedophilia;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

- having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief, adopted on 24 June 2013,

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2 a (new)

- having regard to the completion of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2015-2019,

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expresses deep concern at the continuation of serious human rights abuses against children around the world in 2019, the year of the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, namely child labour, early and forced marriages, trafficking and exploitation of children, use of child soldiers in armed conflicts and family separation and detention of children for immigration- related reasons;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expresses deep concern at the continuation of serious human rights abuses against children around the world in 2019, the year of the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, namely child labour, trafficking and exploitation of children, use of child soldiers in armed conflicts and family separation and detention of children for immigration- related reasons;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expresses deep concern at the continuation of serious human rights abuses against children around the world in 2019, the year of the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, namely trafficking and exploitation of children through child prostitution, child pornography and the practice of surrogacy, use of child soldiers in armed conflicts and family separation and detention of children for immigration- related reasons;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expresses deep concern at the continuation of serious human rights abuses against children around the world in 2019, the year of the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, namely trafficking and exploitation of children in child prostitution, child pornography and the practice of surrogacy, use of child soldiers in armed conflicts and family separation and detention of children for immigration- related reasons;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expresses deep concern at the continuation of serious human rights abuses against children, around the world in 2019, the year of the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, namely trafficking and exploitation of children, conscription or enlistment of children into armed forces and groups, use of child soldiers in armed conflicts and family separation and detention of children for immigration- related reasons;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expresses deep concern at the continuation of serious human rights abuses against children around the world in 2019, the year of the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, namely trafficking and exploitation of children, forced child labour, use of child soldiers in armed conflicts and family separation and detention of children for immigration- related reasons;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expresses deep concern at the continuation of serious human rights abuses against children around the world in 2019, the year of the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, namely trafficking and exploitation of children, use of child soldiers in armed conflicts and family separation and detention of children for immigration- related reasons; as well as the challenges faced by the girls in terms of sexual and gender based violence, untimely pregnancy, HIV infection, school drop- out and child marriage;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Express its deep sorrow at and condemnation of the terrorist attacks and bombings perpetrated in the first half of 2019 that targeted believers in particular in places of worship; is alarmed that these horrific acts coincided with hate campaigns ramped up by some political leaders and terror groupCondemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks and bombings that targeted Christian communities, in particular in West-Africa, perpetrated by Islamic fundamentalists; recognises that expressions of sorrow are inadequate in protecting these vulnerable communities from further violence; emphasises the role EU Member States tha~~t aim to deny the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief~~ve to play in condemning and confronting these attacks against communities that share their Christian heritage;

Amendment 218 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Express its deep sorrow at and condemnation of the terrorist attacks and bombings perpetrated in the first half of 2019 that targeted believers ~~in particular in~~and their places of worship; is alarmed that these horrific acts coincided with hate campaigns ramped up by some political leaders and terror groups that aim to deny and limit the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Express its deep sorrow at and condemnation of the terrorist attacks and bombings perpetrated in the first half of 2019 that targeted believers in particular in places of worship; is alarmed that these horrific acts coincided with hate campaigns ramped up by some political leaders and terror groups that aim to deny and limit the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief; urges states to promote the freedom to religion or belief and protect vulnerable religion and belief minorities, taking swift action against perpetrators of violence or incitement to hatred;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

- having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief, adopted on 24 June 2013,

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2 b (new)

- having regard to the new EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024,

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Expresses its deep sorrow at and condemnation of the terrorist attacks and bombings perpetrated in the first half of 2019 that targeted believers in particular in places of worship; is alarmed that these horrific acts coincided with hate campaigns ramped up by ~~some~~certain political leaders and terror groups that aim to deny the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief;

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Express its deep sorrow at and condemnation of the terrorist attacks and bombings perpetrated in the first half of 2019 that targeted believers in particular in places of worship, that especially affected the Christian communities; is alarmed that these horrific acts coincided with hate campaigns ramped up by some political leaders and terror groups that aim to deny the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Express its deep sorrow at and condemnation of the terrorist attacks and bombings perpetrated in the first half of 2019 that targeted believers in particular in places of worship; is alarmed that these horrific acts coincided with hate campaigns ramped up by some political leaders and terror groups that aim to deny the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief; urges states to promote the freedom to religion or belief and protect vulnerable religion and belief minorities, taking swift action against perpetrators of violence or incitement to hatred;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Express its deep sorrow at and condemnation of the terrorist attacks and bombings perpetrated in the first half of 2019 that targeted believers in particular in places of worship; is alarmed that these horrific acts coincided with hate campaigns ramped up by some political leaders and terror groups that aim to deny the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief; urges states to promote the freedom to religion and belief and protect vulnerable religion and belief minorities, taking action against perpetrators of violence or incitement to hatred;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Express its deep sorrow at and condemnation of the terrorist attacks and bombings perpetrated in the first half of 2019 that targeted believers in particular in places of worship; is alarmed that these horrific acts coincided with hate campaigns ramped up by some political leaders and terror groups that aim to deny the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief; highlights the need to preserve and protect religious and cultural sites and in case of destruction, the importance of support to rebuild them for the well-being of the community attacked;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Expresses its concern that extrajudicial killings, torture and other human rights violations occur in the name of the so-called "war on drugs”; reiterates that the fight against crime does not justify any violations of human rights and calls for the collection of best practices towards a harm minimisation approach based on the rule of law;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Supports the reforms of the judiciary to ensure the impartiality and independence of the judiciary, including the handling of issues associated with the recruitment and appointment of judges, corruption and gender bias within the judiciary;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls that the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as set out in Article 2 of the TEU; stresses that promoting these values externally, advancing democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights is at the core of the EU’s common foreign and security policy, in accordance with the Article 21 of the TEU and the Union’s strategic interest, and should be reflected, in an effective and coherent way, in all areas of the Union’s relations with non-EU countries;

Amendment 228 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls that the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, solidarity, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as set out in Article 2 of the TEU; stresses that promoting these values externally, advancing democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights is at the core of the EU’s common foreign and security policy, in accordance with the Article 21 of the TEU and the Union’s strategic interest, and should be reflected, in an effective and coherent way, in all areas of the Union’s relations with non-EU countries;

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls that the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, solidarity, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as set out in Article 2 of the TEU; stresses that promoting these values externally, advancing democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights is at the core of the EU’s common foreign and security policy, in accordance with the Article 21 of the TEU and the Union’s strategic interest, and should be reflected, in an effective and coherent way, in all areas of the Union’s relations with non-EU countries;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)

- having regard to the EU Guidelines on the death penalty, on freedom of expression online and offline, and on human rights defenders,

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2 c (new)

- having regard to the Gender Action Plan 2016-2020 ‘Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020’ (GAP II),

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls that the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as set out in Article 2 of the TEU; stresses that promoting these values externally, advancing democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law, is at the core of the EU’s common foreign and security policy, in accordance with the Article 21 of the TEU and the Union’s strategic interest, and should be reflected, in an effective and coherent way, in all areas of the Union’s relations with non-EU countries;

Amendment 231 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls that the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as set out in Article 2 of the TEU; stresses that promoting these values externally, advancing democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights is at the core of the EU’s common foreign and security policy, in accordance with the Article 21 of the TEU and the Union’s strategic interest, and should be reflected, in an effective and coherent way, in all areas of the Union’s relations with non-EU countries; underlines however that the EU should only promote these values which lie within its competences in line with the Lisbon Treaty and avoid being vocal on subjects which remain within the sole remit of the Member States, including the matters of conscience;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the EU to support partner countries in realizing everyone’s right to health, as a foundation of the COVID-19 response;

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of the efforts of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission to continuously strengthen the awareness and knowledge of officials of the EU and its Member States with regard to human rights; calls on all EU delegations and their respective focal points on human rights to consistently abide by their obligation to meet with HRDs, visit detained activists, monitor their trials and advocate for their protection on the ground;deleted

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance ~~of the efforts of~~for the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission to respond in a robust and vocal manner to human rights violations wherever they occur, including in close partner countries, and to continuously strengthen the awareness and knowledge of officials of the EU and its Member States with regard to human rights; calls on all EU delegations and their respective focal points on human rights to consistently abide by their obligation to meet with HRDs, visit detained activists, monitor their trials and advocate for their protection on the ground; stresses the importance of addressing not only the consequences but also the root causes of violations;

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of the efforts of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission to continuously strengthen the awareness and knowledge of officials of the EU and its Member States with regard to human rights; calls on all EU delegations and their respective focal points on human rights to consistently abide by their obligation to meet with HRDs, visit detained activists, monitor their trials and advocate for their protection on the ground;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of the efforts of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission to continuously stand against human rights abuses and strengthen the awareness and knowledge of officials of the EU and its Member States with regard to human rights; calls on all EU delegations and their respective focal points on human rights to consistently abide by their obligation to meet with HRDs, visit detained activists, monitor their trials and advocate for their protection on the ground;

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of the efforts of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission to continuously strengthen the awareness and knowledge of officials of the EU and its Member States with regard to human rights and gender equality; calls on all EU delegations and their respective focal points on human rights to consistently abide by their obligation to meet with HRDs, visit detained activists, monitor their trials and advocate for their protection on the ground;

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of the efforts of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission to continuously strengthen the awareness and knowledge of officials of the EU and its Member States with regard to human rights; recalls that effective engagement and meaningful dialogue with civil society is a cornerstone of a successful human rights policy; calls on all EU delegations and their respective focal points on human rights to consistently abide by their obligation to meet with HRDs, visit detained activists, monitor their trials and advocate for their protection on the ground;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of the efforts of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission to continuously strengthen the awareness and knowledge of officials of the EU and its Member States with regard to human rights; calls on all EU delegations and their respective focal points on human rights to consistently abide by their obligation to meet with HRDs~~, visit detained activist~~ and members of civil society, visit detained activists, pro- democracy dissidents and HRDs, monitor their trials and advocate for their protection on the ground;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)

- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: 2020 Communication on EU enlargement policy, and the geopolitical agenda of the 2019-2024 EU legislative term,

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2 d (new)

- having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (hereinafter ‘the Istanbul Convention’) of 11 May 2011,

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of the efforts of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission to continuously strengthen the awareness and knowledge of officials of the EU and its Member States with regard to human rights; calls on all EU delegations and their respective focal points on human rights to consistently abide by their obligation to meet with HRDs, including WHRDs and those subject to human rights violations, including stigma and discrimination, such as LGBTI people, people living with HIV and others, visit detained activists, monitor their trials and advocate for their protection on the ground;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of the efforts of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission to continuously strengthen the awareness and knowledge of officials of the EU and its Member States with regard to human rights; calls on all EU delegations and their respective focal points on human rights to consistently abide by their obligation to meet with HRDs, visit detained activists, monitor their trials and advocate for their protection on the ground and to facilitate such actions when attempted by MEPs visiting in the framework of the official European Parliament missions;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of the efforts of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission to continuously strengthen the awareness and knowledge of officials of the EU and its Member States with regard to human rights; calls on all EU delegations and their respective focal points on human rights to consistently abide by their obligation to meet with HRDs, visit detained activists, monitor their trials and advocate for their protection on the ground; asks for the creation of an urgency contact point where HRDs can notify the European institutions when violations of basic rights take place;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Is worried at the difficulties for international observers to access certain parts of the world to assess the human rights situation there; calls on every government to grant unfettered access to all their territories for international observers, including the EU Special Representative for Human Rights, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN Special Procedures;

Amendment 244 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the commitment by the Council to promote responses to the effects of the COIVD-19 pandemic by developing a global system of cooperation and dialogue and advancing rules- and rights-based multilateralism; stresses its view that international human rights law and the promise of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 should remain the cornerstones of all responses to the pandemic; recommends that the EU continue its efforts by engaging with countries and stakeholders which may or may not share the same values as the EU, in order to preserve or develop international standards in the field of human rights;deleted

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the ~~commitment by the Council to promote responses to the effects of the COIVD-19 pandemic by developing a global system of coop~~global response to the COVID-19 pandemic of the European Union based on the Team Europe approach, which focuses on expressing solidarity and offering tangible assistance to partners, in particular the most vulnerable and affected countries; urges the EU and Member States to develop an explicit strategy to counter increasing state withdrawal and pushback against the internation ~~and dialogue and advancing rules- and rights-based multilat~~al human rights framework, in line with stated commitments to multilateralism in the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, as well as attempts on the international level to undermine the concept of human rights as established in the UN Universal~~ism~~ Declaration of Human Rights; stresses its view that international human rights law and the promise of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 should remain the cornerstones of all responses to the pandemic; recommends that the EU continue its efforts by engaging with countries and stakeholders which may or may not share the same values as the EU, in order to preserve or develop international standards in the field of human rights; welcomes the statement of the Commission that the vaccine - against COVID-19 - should be made globally available and that the EU will make every effort to this end;

Amendment 246 #

19. Welcomes the commitment by the Council to promote responses to the effects of the COIVD-19 pandemic by developing a global system of cooperation and dialogue and advancing rules- and rights- based multilateralism; urges the EU and Member States to develop an explicit strategy to counter increasing state withdrawal and pushback against the international human rights framework, in line with stated commitments to multilateralism in the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy; stresses its view that international human rights law and the promise of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 should remain the cornerstones of all responses to the pandemic; recommends that the EU continue its efforts by engaging with countries and stakeholders which may or may not share the same values as the EU, in order to preserve or develop international standards in the field of human rights;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the commitment by the Council to promote responses to the effects of the COIVD-19 pandemic by developing a global system of cooperation and dialogue and advancing rules- and rights- based multilateralism; urges the EU and Member States to develop an explicit strategy to counter increasing state withdrawal and pushback against the international human rights framework, in line with stated commitments to multilateralism in the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy; stresses its view that international human rights law and the promise of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 should remain the cornerstones of all responses to the pandemic; recommends that the EU continue its efforts by engaging with countries and stakeholders which may or may not share the same values as the EU, in order to preserve or develop international standards in the field of human rights;

Amendment 248 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the commitment by the Council to promote responses to the effects of the COIVD-19 pandemic by developing a global system of cooperation and dialogue and advancing rules- and rights- based multilateralism; stresses its view that international human rights law and the promise of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 should remain the cornerstones of all responses to the pandemic; recommends that the EU continue its efforts by engaging with countries and stakeholders which may or may not share the same values as the EU, in order to preserve or develop international standards in the field of human rights, but in line with the Union's values as defined in Article 21 of the Treaties (TEU);

Amendment 249 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Condemns the fact that seats on the UNHRC are often occupied by countries with proven track records of grave human rights violations, and calls on the EU Member States to be extremely cautious on their voting patterns and to avoid supporting countries that clearly violate human rights;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission’s report on Legal Gender Recognition in the EU, of June 2020,

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2 e (new)

- having regard to the Women Peace and Security Agenda(1325) and to the EU Strategic Approach and Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2019-2024,

Amendment 250 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective by using the rule of qualified majority voting in the Council; calls on the Member States to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights and environment and climate related challenges;deleted

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective by using the rule of qualified majority voting in the Council; calls on the Member States to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights and environment and climate related challenges;deleted

Amendment 252 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective by using the rule of qualified majority voting in the Council; calls on the Member States to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights and environment and climate related challengesremain fully committed to the unanimity rule in the Council;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective by using the rule of qualified majority voting in the Council; calls on the Member States to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights and environment and climate related challengBelieves that the end of the unanimity rule on foreign and security policy issues would irreparably weaken the sovereignty of Member States;

Amendment 254 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective by using the rule of qualified majority voting in the Council; c~~Calls on the Member States to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges ~~including~~, primarily, the promotion and protection of democracy and human rights, ands well as environmental and climate related challenges;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective by using the rule of qualified majority voting in the Council; c~~Calls on the Member States to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights and environment and climate related challenges;

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective by using the rule of qualified majority voting in the Council; c~~Calls on the Member States to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights and environment and climate related challenges;

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective ~~by using the rule of qualified majority voting in the Council~~; calls on the Member States to speak with a ~~single,~~ strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights and environment and climate related challenges;

Amendment 258 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective by ~~using the rule of qualified majority voting in the Council; call~~coordinating closely positions onf the Member States and calls on them to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play ~~a leading~~more prominent role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights ~~and environment and climate related challenges~~;

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective by using the rule of qualified majority voting in the Council for certain procedures, and in particular on issues falling under the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy; calls on the Member States to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights and environment and climate related challenges;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)

- having regard to the EU Gender Action Plan III (GAP III),

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2 f (new)

- having regard to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) number 5,

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Member States to ~~make~~render the EU’s foreign ~~and security policy~~policy pertaining to human rights issues more effective by using the rule of qualified majority voting in this field in the Council; calls on the Member States to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights and environment and climate related challenges;

Amendment 261 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective by using the rule of qualified majority voting in human rights issues in the Council; calls on the Member States to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights and environment and climate related challenges;

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Asks~~Calls on the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective by utilising the ruprinciple of qualified majority voting in the Council in selected areas of CFSP; calls on the Member States to speak with a single~~, strong EU~~ voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and ~~bet~~more coordinaterd responses to global challenges ~~including the~~, such as promotion and protection of human rights ~~and~~, environment and climate ~~related challe~~changes;

Amendment 263 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective by using the rule of qualified majority voting in the Council, notably in relation to human rights-related matters and to the adoption of sanctions; calls on the Member States to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights and environment and climate related challenges;

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy and in regard to human rights sanctions more effective by using the rule of qualified majority voting in the Council; calls on the Member States to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights and environment and climate related challenges;

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Member States to make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective by using the rule of qualified majority voting in the Council; calls on the Member States to speak with a single, strong EU voice in multilateral forums, and act in unison when faced with crises that challenge the European Union’s core values and interests, as this is the only way that the Union can play a leading role on the international scene and use its influence to bring about positive changes and better responses to global challenges including the promotion and protection of human rights and environment and climate related challenges;

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates that the EU will only be recognised on the global scene if its core values, in particular those of respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law are credible externally, and this will only be possible if the EU ensures the internal and external coherence of its policies on these matters;deleted

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates that the EU will only be cre~~cognised~~dible and effective on the global scene if it~~s core values, in particular those~~ stays true to its core values, that of fre~~spect for~~edom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law ~~are credible externally, and this will only be possible if the EU ensures the internal and external coherence of its policies on these matters~~;

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates that the EU will only be recognised on the global scene if its core values, in particular those of respect for democracy, human rights ~~and~~, the rule of law and gender equality are credible externally, and this will only be possible if the EU ensures the internal and external coherence of its policies on these matters;

Amendment 269 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates that the EU will only be recognised on the global scene if its core values, in particular those of respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law are credible externally, and this will only be possible if the EU ensures the internal and external coherence of its policies, and consistency in adhering to its values, on these matters;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 b (new)

- having regard to the Fundamental Rights Agency’s EU LGBTI Survey II, of May 2020,

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2 g (new)

- having regard the Council conclusions of 18 March 2019, approving the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Non-Discrimination in External Action,

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates that the EU will only be recognised on the global scene if its core values, in particular those of respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law are credible externally, and this will only be possible if the EU ensures the internal and external coherence of its policies on these matters, including by refraining from externally promoting issues that lie outside of the EU competences, including matters of conscience;

Amendment 271 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates that the EU will only be recognised on the global scene if its core values, in particular those of respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law are credible externally, and this will only be possible if the EU ensures the internal and external coherence of its policies on these matters and if the Member States start to be guided by the common good, particularly when it comes to defending the rights and values that underpin the EU;

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates that the EU will only be recognised on the global scene if its core values, in particular those of respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law are credible externally, and this will only be possible if the EU ensures the internal and external coherence of its policies on these matters; in this regard, is deeply concerned about the links between authoritarian regimes abroad and the extreme right and populist nationalist parties and governments in the EU, such as in Hungary, that pose a threat to the fundamental values of the Union, which are enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and reflected in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, including respect for democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights; believes that such links undermine the credibility of the EU external human rights policy; calls on the EU and its Member States to lead by example and strictly uphold human rights, ensure an enabling environment for their civil society and to address any negative trends in this field;

Amendment 273 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Considers that human rights dialogues with non-EU countries may constitute a useful tool for bilateral engagement in the promotion and protection of human rights provided they are carried out in a result-oriented manner and are regularly reviewed; recalls that the EU guidelines on human rights dialogues outline a number of criteria for opening a dialogue, including "the extent to which the government is willing to improve the situation, the degree of commitment shown by the government in respect of international human rights conventions, the government's readiness to cooperate with United Nations human rights procedures and mechanisms as well as the government's attitude towards civil society"; believes that in a number of cases, the impact of such dialogues is hardly worth the substantial resources that are dedicated by the EEAS and the EU delegation concerned; calls for the EEAS to carry out a regular assessment of each dialogue, as foreseen by the EU Guidelines, and to ensure that if in the absence of tangible progress, the EU should either adjust its aims, or suspend the human rights dialogue with the country concerned; insists on the importance of raising individual cases in the context of human rights dialogues and of ensuring adequate follow-up and transparency over these cases;

Amendment 274 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Deplores the fact that Russia, China and other authoritarian regimes have abused multilateral institutions, seeking to neutralise multilateral human rights institutions and mechanisms in their ability to hold states accountable for human rights violations; calls on the Union and its Member States to work with like-minded democratic allies to support a reform of multilateral institutions so that they become more resilient against the malign influence of authoritarian regimes;

Amendment 275 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the appointment on 28 February 2019 of Mr Eamon Gilmore as EU Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR); encourages the EUSR to pursue diplomatic efforts to enhance the effectiveness of EU human rights policy, to consolidate international alliances for promoting the human rights agenda and to convince interlocutors across the world to adopt policies that conform to high standards of democracy, human rights, rule of law and good governance, and international law and norms, in particular international humanitarian law and international criminal justice; recommends, furthermore, that the EUSR to redouble efforts to ensure the EU’s internal coherence in defining and implementing EU human rights foreign policy; calls on the EU to reinforce the visibility of the EUSR, to make it a permanent position endowed with own- initiative powers, adequate resources and the ability to speak publicly in order to report on the achievements of visits to non-EU countries and communicate the EU’s positions on human rights-related topics;

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Welcomes the appointment on 28 February 2019 of Mr Eamon Gilmore as EU Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR); regrets however that the appointment of the EUSR was not subject to a prior hearing in Parliament; reiterates its call for greater transparency on the activities and missions of the EUSR, including on a dedicated segment of the EEAS website, and insists that his regular reports to Council are also shared with the Parliament; encourages the EUSR to pursue diplomatic efforts to enhance the effectiveness of EU human rights policy, to consolidate international alliances for promoting the human rights agenda and to convince interlocutors across the world to adopt policies that conform to high standards of democracy, human rights, rule of law and good governance, and international law and norms, in particular international humanitarian law and international criminal justice; recommends, furthermore, that the EUSR to redouble efforts to ensure the EU’s internal coherence in defining and implementing EU human rights foreign policy; calls on the EU to reinforce the visibility of the EUSR, to make it a permanent position endowed with own-initiative powers, adequate resources and the ability to speak publicly in order to report on the achievements of visits to non-EU countries and communicate the EU’s positions on human rights-related topics;

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Welcomes the appointment on 28 February 2019 of Mr Eamon Gilmore as EU Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR); encourages the EUSR to pursue diplomatic efforts to enhance the effectiveness of EU human rights policy, to consolidate international alliances for promoting the human rights agenda and to convince interlocutors acrossund the world to adopt policies that conform to the highest standards of democracy, human rights, rule of law and good governance, and international law and norms, in particular international humanitarian law and international criminal justice; recommends, furthermore, that the EUSR to redouble efforts to ensure the EU’s internal coherence in defining and implementing EU human rights foreign policy; calls on the EU to reinforce the visibility of the EUSR, to make it a permanent position ~~endowed with own-initiative powers~~, adequate resources and the ability to speak publicly in order to report on the achievements of visits to non-EU countries and communicate the EU’s positions on human rights-related topics, as part of an overall reform of the EUSR’s position;

Amendment 278 #

22. Welcomes the appointment on 28 February 2019 of Mr Eamon Gilmore as EU Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR); encourages the EUSR to pursue diplomatic efforts to enhance the effectiveness of EU human rights policy, to consolidate international alliances for promoting the human rights agenda and to convince interlocutors across the world to adopt and implement policies that conform to high standards of democracy, human rights, rule of law and good governance, and international law and norms, in particular international humanitarian law and international criminal justice; recommends, furthermore, that the EUSR to redouble efforts to ensure the EU’s internal coherence in defining and implementing EU human rights foreign policy; calls on the EU to reinforce the visibility of the EUSR, to make it a permanent position endowed with own- initiative powers, adequate resources and the ability to speak publicly in order to report on the achievements of visits to non- EU countries and communicate the EU’s positions on human rights-related topics;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Reiterates its call for human rights clauses to be systematically included in all international agreements between the EU and non-EU countries and for them to be duly enforced and monitored, including through measurable benchmarks, with the involvement of Parliament and civil society; stresses that these clauses should provide for mechanisms to ensure their effective enforcement and for procedures setting out clear and credible consequences that follow from breaches of agreement, including suspension or, as a last resort, the withdrawal of the EU from the agreement; recommends that independent monitoring mechanisms on human rights be set up in relation to trade and foreign investment agreements, as well as an independent complaints mechanism, to provide affected citizens and local stakeholders with effective recourse to remedyQuestions the effectiveness of systematically including human rights clauses in all international agreements between the EU and non-EU countries; stresses that trade agreements concluded by the EU with third countries or regional organisations contradict the objectives of sustainable development, environmental protection, carbon energy reduction and energy transition;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 c (new)

- having regard to the Decision of the EU Ombudsman of 30 July 2020 on the role of the EU’s Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside of the EU;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2 h (new)

- having regard the 25th anniversary of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development in 2019,

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Reiterates its call for human rights clauses to be systematically included in all international agreements between the EU and non-EU countries and for them to be duly enforced and monitored, including through measurable benchmarks~~, with the involvement of Parliament and civil society; stresses that these clauses should provide for mechanisms to ensure their effective enforcement and for procedures sett~~; urges the EU and its Member States to make aid granted to developing cout clear and credible consequences that follow from breaches of agreement, including suspension or, as a last resort, the withdrawal of the EU from the agreement; recommends that independent monitoring mechanisms on human rights be set up in relation to trade and foreign investment agreements, as well as an independent complaints mechanism, to provide affected citizens and local stakeholders with effective recourse to remedyntries conditional upon agreements on the effective readmission of illegal migrants present in the EU;

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Reiterates its call on the Commission for human rights clauses to be ~~systematically~~ included in all ~~intern~~trade and associational agreements between the EU and non-EU countries and for them to be duly enforced and monitored, ~~including through measurable benchmarks,~~ with the involvement of Parliament and civil society; stresses that these clauses should provide for mechanisms to ensure their effective enforcement and for procedures setting out clear and credible consequences that follow from breaches of agreement, including suspension or, as a last resort, the withdrawal of the EU from the agreement; recommends that independent monitoring mechanisms on human rights be set up in relation to trade and foreign investment agreements, as well as an independent complaints mechanism, to provide affected citizens and local stakeholders with effective recourse to remedy;

Amendment 282 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Reiterates its call for human rights clauses to be systematically included in all international agreements between the EU and non-EU countries and for them to be duly enforced and monitored, including through measurable benchmarks and regular impact assessments, with the involvement of Parliament and civil society; stresses that these clauses should provide for mechanisms to ensure their effective enforcement and for procedures setting out clear and credible consequences that follow from breaches of agreement, including suspension or, as a last resort, the withdrawal of the EU from the agreement; calls for better coordination and communication between specialised actors responsible for relevant policy areas like trade and human rights, to more efficiently integrate human rights aspects of trade and investment policy; recommends that independent monitoring mechanisms on human rights be set up in relation to trade and foreign investment agreements, as well as an independent complaints mechanism, to provide affected citizens and local stakeholders with effective recourse to remedy;

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Reiterates its call for human rights clauses to be systematically included in all international agreements between the EU and non-EU countries and for them to be duly enforced and monitored, including through measurable benchmarks, with the involvement of Parliament and civil society; stresses that these clauses should provide for mechanisms to ensure their effective enforcement and for procedures setting out clear and credible consequences that follow from breaches of agreement, including suspension or, as a last resort, the withdrawal of the EU from the agreement; ~~recommend~~urges that independent monitoring mechanisms on human rights be set up in relation to trade and foreign investment agreements, as well as an independent complaints mechanism, to provide affected citizens and local stakeholders with effective recourse to remedy;

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Stresses that the promotion and protection of democracy and human rights in third countries is effective only through the use of conditionality in EU’s economic and political incentives such as the access to EU funding, the granting of generalised system of preferences (GSP) and of further tariff facilitations and the concession of EU Schengen visa waiver; recalls in this regard that according to Regulation (EU) 2018/1806, the Commission should monitor and report regularly to the European Parliament regarding the human rights situation in the third countries beneficiary of the visa waiver and should suspend the visa exemption in case of violations in the country concerned;

Amendment 285 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Acknowledges the actions of EU neighbouring countries to address human rights concerns, and for instance those of candidate countries, in line with the accession criteria enshrined in Art. 49 TEU; regrets backslidings in the areas of democracy, rule of law, fundamental rights and the independence of the judiciary; recognizes that urgent efforts are necessary to ensure human rights and freedoms, including strengthening democratic institutions and ensuring inclusive democratic processes as key priorities for enlargement countries, as well as to improve the environment for elections and protect the integrity of election processes and political pluralism;

Amendment 286 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Calls for the fully adoption and implementation of human rights action plans in our partner countries to reverse current concerning trends, and to converge with EU standards, values, principles and policies in all areas, notably for enlargement countries; calls for solidarity and more EU support coordinated with Member States and EU agencies, in order to strengthen partners’ capacities in addressing human rights concerns;

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Urges to create new types of cooperation with third countries on the basis of mutual development and mutually advantageous relations that respond in first hand to the interest of the peoples; considers that trade and investment protection agreements contribute to unequal distribution of global wealth, often undermine social and economic justice as well as deepen existing inequalities, bringing a heavy toll to marginalized states and communities;

Amendment 288 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Calls on the authorities of the global south countries to demand the audit of their debts and the cancellation of all illegitimate debts to foreign creditors with a view to the total elimination of the debt and in order to meet the basic human needs of their populations;

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the implementation of and budget for activities and support to promote and protect democracy and human rights under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) to match the level of the Union’s commitment and ambition;deleted

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)

- having regard to the reports from the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU and on reports from the EP- Intergroup FoRB & Tolerance,

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2 i (new)

- having regard the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women(CEDAW) in 2019,

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the implementation of and budget for activities and support to promote and protect democracy and human rights, combat religious extremism, address poverty, unemployment, climate change and lack of security as root causes of migration, under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) to match the level of the Union’s commitment and ambition;

Amendment 291 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the implementation of and adequate budget for activities and support to promote and protect democracy and human rights under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) to match the level of the Union’s commitment and ambition;

Amendment 292 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to monitor and include as part of its annual report on the achievement of the objectives of the NDICI a chapter on respect for human rights and compliance with Article 8 – General principles of the Instrument by the partner countries that benefit from its funding; calls on the Commission to propose appropriate measures, including the suspension of EU funding, in the event of a violation of human rights or of the principles of the NDICI by its beneficiaries;deleted

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to monitor and include as part of its annual report on the achievement of the objectives of the NDICI a chapter on respect for human rights and compliance with Article 8 – General principles of the Instrument by the partner countries that benefit from its funding; calls on the Commission to propose appropriate measures, including the suspension of EU funding, in the event of a violation of human rights or of the principles of the NDICI by its beneficiaries;

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to monitor and include as part of its annual report on the achievement of the objectives of the NDICI a chapter on respect for human rights and compliance with Article 8 – General principles of the Instrument by the partner countries that benefit from its funding; calls on the Commission to propose appropriate measures, including the suspension of EU funding to State actors and the redirection of aid towards civil society, in the event of a serious violation of human rights or of the principles of the NDICI by its beneficiaries; calls for greater transparency regarding human rights related provisions in financing agreements and a clarification of the mechanism and criteria for the suspension of such agreements in the event of a breach of human rights, democratic principles and rule of law and in serious cases of corruption; calls on the Commission to strictly refrain from using budget support as an operational modality in countries witnessing widespread violations of human rights and repression of human rights defenders;

Amendment 295 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to monitor and include as part of its annual report on the achievement of the objectives of the NDICI a chapter on respect for human rights and compliance with Article 8 – General principles of the Instrument by the partner countries that benefit from its funding; calls on the Commission to propose appropriate measures, including the suspension of EU ~~funding~~budget aid, in the event of a serious violation of human rights or of the principles of the NDICI by its beneficiaries;

Amendment 296 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to monitor and include as part of its annual report on the achievement of the objectives of the NDICI a chapter on respect for human rights and compliance with Article 8 – General principles of the Instrument by the partner countries that benefit from its funding; calls on the Commission to propose appropriate measures, including the suspension of EU funding, in the event of a grave violation of human rights or of the principles of the NDICI by its beneficiaries;

Amendment 297 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls for the EU to take particular care to assess and prevent any violation linked to the Union's own policies, 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 these countries;

Amendment 298 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Welcomes the invaluable assistance provided to civil society organizations worldwide under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights, which constituted the flagship instrument of the European Union in implementing its external human rights policy; calls for funding to civil society and human rights under the successor global instrument to be further enhanced;

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)

25c. Calls on the Commission to establish, in cooperation with the EEAS, a framework for annual reporting by the European Investment Bank (EIB) on its operations outside of the EU with regard to compliance with the general principles guiding the Union's external action as referred to in Article 21 TEU and the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan for Human Rights; urges the Commission to ensure that the projects supported by the EIB are in line with EU policy and commitments on human rights and that there are accountability mechanisms for individuals to raise violations related to the activities of the EIB; calls on the EIB to further develop its policy on social standards into a human rights policy in the area of banking; calls for the inclusion of human rights benchmarks in its project evaluations;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

- having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the General Comments of the Human Rights Committee,

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1

~~— having regard to the Oviedo Convention, and Articles 3 and 4 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR),~~deleted

Amendment 30 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 13 September 2017 on corruption and human rights in third countries (2017/2028(INI)),

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2 j (new)

- having regard to the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative for eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls,

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. ~~Welcom~~Notes the adoption of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024; ~~considers it regrettable that~~understands why the EEAS had not given due attention to the offer of Parliament and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to actively contribute to its preparation, in a spirit of good inter-institutional cooperation; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to engage in a structured and regular dialogue with Parliament’s competent bodies on the implementation of the new Action Plan in order to allow Parliament to play its part in the Action Plan’s activities, in particular through parliamentary diplomacy, and to effectively fulfil its scrutiny role; recommends that a set of benchmarks and progress indicators be established in order to effectively monitor the implementation of the Action Plan; calls on the EEAS to report on the progress made in achieving the objectives of the Action Plan against these benchmarks; requests that the EEAS follow up regularly on Parliament’s resolutions and debates which are relevant for the implementation of the Action Plan;

Amendment 301 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. ~~Welcomes the adoption of the~~Expresses its disappointment at the lack of ambition and operationality of the proposed EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024; considers it regrettable that the EEAS had not given due attention to the offer of Parliament and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to actively contribute to its preparation, in a spirit of good inter- institutional cooperation; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to engage in a structured and regular dialogue with Parliament’s competent bodies on the implementation of the new Action Plan in order to allow Parliament to play its part in the Action Plan’s activities, in particular through parliamentary diplomacy, and to effectively fulfil its scrutiny role; recommends that a set of benchmarks and progress indicators be established in order to effectively monitor the implementation of the Action Plan; calls on the EEAS to report on the progress made in achieving the objectives of the Action Plan against these benchmarks; requests that the EEAS follow up regularly on Parliament’s resolutions and debates which are relevant for the implementation of the Action Plan; insists that Member States take ownership for the Action Plan and contribute to the annual report on its implementation by reporting on their own activities carried out under this strategic document;

Amendment 302 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the adoption of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024; ~~considers it regrettable~~reiterates its demand that the EEAS ~~had not~~ givens due attention to the offer of Parliament and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to actively contribute to its preparation, in a spirit of good inter-institutional cooperation; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to engage in a structured and regular dialogue with Parliament’s competent bodies on the implementation of the new Action Plan in order to allow Parliament to play its part in the Action Plan’s activities, in particular through parliamentary diplomacy, and to effectively fulfil its scrutiny role; recommends that a set of benchmarks and progress indicators be established in order to effectively monitor the implementation of the Action Plan; calls on the EEAS to report on the progress made in achieving the objectives of the Action Plan against these benchmarks; requests that the EEAS follow up regularly on Parliament’s resolutions and debates which are relevant for the implementation of the Action Plan;

Amendment 303 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the adoption of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024; ~~considers it regrettable~~notes that the EEAS hadid not given due attention to the offer of Parliament and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to actively contribute to its preparation, in a spirit of good inter- institutional cooperation; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to engage in a structured and regular dialogue with Parliament’s competent bodies on the implementation of the new Action Plan in order to allow Parliament to play its part in the Action Plan’s activities, in particular through parliamentary diplomacy, and to effectively fulfil its scrutiny role; recommends that a set of benchmarks and progress indicators be established in order to effectively monitor the implementation of the Action Plan; calls on the EEAS to report on the progress made in achieving the objectives of the Action Plan against these benchmarks; requests that the EEAS follow up regularly on Parliament’s resolutions and debates which are relevant for the implementation of the Action Plan;

Amendment 304 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the adoption of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024; considers it regrettable that the EEAS had not given due attention to the offer of Parliament and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to actively contribute to its preparation, in a spirit of good inter-institutional cooperation; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to engage in a structured and regular dialogue with Parliament’s competent bodies on the implementation of the new Action Plan in order to allow Parliament to play its part in the Action Plan’s activities, in particular through parliamentary diplomacy, and to effectively fulfil its scrutiny role; recommends that a set of benchmarks and progress indicators be established in order to effectively monitor the implementation of the Action Plan; also regrets the missing voices of civil society, affected communities and marginalized populations; calls on the EEAS to report on the progress made in achieving the objectives of the Action Plan against these benchmarks; requests that the EEAS follow up regularly on Parliament’s resolutions and debates which are relevant for the implementation of the Action Plan;

Amendment 305 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Takes the view that democratic governance and the rule of law are globally under attack due to a combination of factors including the rise of authoritarianism, increased inequalities and poverty, the shrinking of space for civil society, loss of credibility of public power and the weakening of collective organisations defending public interest; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the building up of democratic institutions and transparent and credible electoral processes, while going beyond this by providing further support to actions that encourage and unleash democratic debate, combat inequalities, empower civil society organisations, fight corruption and strengthen judiciaries;deleted

Amendment 306 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Takes the view that democratic governance and the rule of law are globally under attack due to a combination of factors including the rise of authoritarianism, proliferating of fake news and disinformation, increased inequalities and poverty, ~~the shrinking of space for~~pressure on civil society, loss of credibility of public ~~power and the weakening of collective organisations defending public interest~~authorities and the ineffectiveness of collective international organisations; calls ~~for~~on the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the ~~build~~strengthening up of democratic institutions ~~and~~, transparent and credible electoral processes, w~~hile going beyond this by providing further support to actions that~~orldwide, encourage and unleash democratic debate, combat inequalities, empower civil society organisations, fight corruption and strengthen the independence of judiciaries;

Amendment 307 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Takes the view that democratic governance and the rule of law are globally under attack due to a combination of factors including the rise of authoritarianism and populism, increased inequalities and poverty, the shrinking of space for civil society, loss of credibility of public power and the weakening of collective organisations defending public interest; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the building up of democratic institutions and transparent and credible electoral processes throughout the world, while going beyond this by providing further support to actions that encourage and unleash democratic debate, combat inequalities, e~~mpower~~nsure the work of civil society organisations, fight corruption and strengthen judiciaries;

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Takes the view that democratic governance and the rule of law are globally under attack due to a combination of factors including the rise of authoritarianism, increased inequalities and poverty, the shrinking of space for civil society~~, loss of credibility of public power~~ and faith based organizations, loss of credibility of states, polarization in societies and the weakening of collective organisations defending public interest; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the building up of democratic institutions and transparent and credible electoral processes, while going beyond this by providing further support to actions that encourage and unleash democratic debate, combat unjust inequalities, empower civil society organisations working for common good, fight corruption and strengthen independent and impartial judiciaries;

Amendment 309 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Takes the view that democratic governance and the rule of law are globally under attack due to a combination of factors including the rise of authoritarianism, increased inequalities and poverty, polarisation, the shrinking of space for civil society, disinformation campaigns and other hybrid threats conducted by internal and external actors, loss of credibility of public ~~power~~institutions and the weakening of collective organisations defending public interest; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the building up of democratic institutions and transparent and credible electoral processes, while going beyond this by providing further support to actions that encourage and unleash democratic debate, combat inequalities, empower civil society organisations, support dialogue between different segments of society, fight corruption and strengthen judiciaries;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2019 on EU Guidelines and the mandate of the EU Special Envoy on the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU,

Amendment 31 #

~~A. whereas the right to life is paramount under Article 2 of the CFR;~~deleted

Amendment 310 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Takes the view that democratic governance and the rule of law are globally under attack due to a combination of factors including the rise of authoritarianism, hybrid warfare and disinformation against the West, increased inequalities and poverty, the shrinking of space for civil society, loss of credibility of public power and the weakening of collective organisations defending public interest; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the building up of democratic institutions and transparent and credible electoral processes, while going beyond this by providing further support to actions that encourage and unleash democratic debate, combat inequalities, empower civil society organisations, fight corruption and strengthen judiciaries;

Amendment 311 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Takes the view that democratic governance and the rule of law are globally under attack due to a combination of factors including the rise of authoritarianism, increased inequalities and poverty, the shrinking of space for civil society, loss of credibility of public power ~~and~~, the weakening of collective organisations defending public interest, while attacks on media freedom, attempts to manipulate the public discourse through spreading fake news in social media have never been so frequent and strong; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the building up of democratic institutions and transparent and credible electoral processes, while going beyond this by providing further support to actions that encourage and unleash democratic debate, combat inequalities, empower civil society organisations, fight corruption and strengthen judiciaries;

Amendment 312 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Takes the view that democratic governance and the rule of law are globally under attack due to a combination of factors including the rise of authoritarianism, increased inequalities and poverty, the shrinking of space for civil society, loss of credibility of public power ~~and~~, the weakening of collective organisations defending public interest, as well as the proliferation of disinformation through various social media networks; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the building up of democratic institutions and transparent and credible electoral processes, while going beyond this by providing further support to actions that encourage and unleash democratic debate, combat inequalities, empower civil society organisations, fight corruption and strengthen judiciaries;

Amendment 313 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Takes the view that democratic governance and the rule of law are globally under attack due to a combination of factors including the rise of authoritarianism, increased inequalities and poverty, the shrinking of space for civil society, loss of credibility of public power and the weakening of collective organisations defending public interest; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the building up of democra~~tic institutions~~cy and transparent and credible electoral processes, while going beyond this by providing further support to actions that encourage and unleash democratic debate, combat inequalities, empower civil society organisations, fight corruption and strengthen judiciaries; insists on the need to respect the principle of sovereignty and territorial integrity and roundly condemns any political interference by foreign powers in the life of local populations;

Amendment 314 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Takes the view that democratic governance and the rule of law are globally under attack due to a combination of factors including the rise of authoritarianism, increased inequalities and poverty, the shrinking of space for civil society, loss of credibility of public power and the weakening of collective organisations defending public interest; expresses concern that authoritarian practices such as the stigmatising of civil society actors as ‘foreign agents’ are being copied and spread globally; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the building up of democratic institutions and transparent and credible electoral processes, while going beyond this by providing further support to actions that encourage and unleash democratic debate, combat inequalities, empower civil society organisations, fight corruption and strengthen judiciaries;

Amendment 315 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Takes the view that democratic governance and the rule of law are globally under attack due to a combination of factors including the rise of authoritarianism, increased inequalities and poverty, the shrinking of space for civil society, loss of credibility of public power and the weakening of collective organisations defending public interest; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the building up of democratic institutions and transparent and credible electoral processes, while going beyond this by providing further support to actions that encourage and unleash democratic debate, combat inequalities, empower civil society organisations, fight corruption and impunity, strengthen judiciaries and the accountability mechanism;

Amendment 316 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Condemns the holding of fake and undemocratic elections by illiberal regimes, using unfair electoral processes and a false electoral legitimacy; strongly reaffirms the importance of the role of the EU and other pertinent international organizations, namely the OSCE, in their capacity for electoral observation and for guaranteeing the correct and legitimate democratic processes all over the world, as well as for the fight against fake electoral observation; calls for the EU to strengthen even more its efforts on electoral observation and for closer cooperation with international organizations to ensure democratic, free, clean and fair holding of elections;

Amendment 317 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Stresses that corruption and human rights abuses are intrinsically linked; calls on the EU to integrate the fight against corruption in its human rights agenda; reiterates the EU’s duty to protect anti-corruption associations, investigative journalists and whistle- blowers who work to expose corruption and fraud;

Amendment 318 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, because, in particular, international human rights law provides for access to remedies and legal means to redress the damage caused by climate change, to implement measures to combat climate change and to hold states and businesses accountable for their responses to climate change;deleted

Amendment 319 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, ~~because, in particular,~~and international human rights law provides for access to certain remedies and legal means to redress the damage caused by climate change, to implement measures to combat climate change and to hold states and businesses accountable for their responses to climate change;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2019 on EU Guidelines and the mandate of the EU Special Envoy on the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU,

Amendment 32 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the right to ~~life~~the integrity of the person is paramount under Article 23 of the CFRharter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;

Amendment 320 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, because, in particular, international human rights law provides for ~~acc~~measuress to ~~remedies and~~provide for a legal ~~means~~venue to redress the damage caused by climate change, to implement measures to combat climate change and to hold states and businesses accountable for their responses to climate change;

Amendment 321 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, because, in particular, international human rights law provides for access to remedies and legal means to redress the damage caused by climate change, and to implement measures to combat climate ~~change and to hold states and businesses accountable for their responses to climate~~ change;

Amendment 322 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Condemns the continuing human rights violations committed against environmental activists; Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, because, in particular, international human rights law provides for access to remedies and legal means to redress the damage caused by climate change, to implement measures to combat climate change and to hold states and businesses accountable for their responses to climate change;

Amendment 323 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, because, in particular, international human rights law provides for access to remedies and legal means to redress the damage caused by climate change, to implement measures to combat climate change and to hold the most polluting states and businesses accountable for their responses to climate change;

Amendment 324 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Affirms that the promotion and protection of human rights and climate and environmental action are interlinked, because, in particular, international human rights law provides for access to remedies and legal means to redress the damage caused by climate change, to implement measures to combat climate change and to hold states ~~and~~, businesses and individuals accountable for their responses to climate change;

Amendment 325 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Supports a rights-based approach to boost climate action that ensures public participation and access to justice in the making, implementation and review of political decisions related to climate change;deleted

Amendment 326 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Supports a rights-based approach to boost climate action that ensures public participation and access to justice in the making, implementation and review of political decisions related to climate change;deleted

Amendment 327 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. ~~Supports a~~Underlines the need for an inclusive and rights- based approach to ~~boost climate action that ensures public participation and access to justice in the making, implementation and review of political decisions related to climate change~~deal with climate change and related consequences;

Amendment 328 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Affirms that the fight against climate change starts by supporting and protecting those who care for forests, water and the planet, the defenders of land and territory and indigenous communities and native peoples;

Amendment 329 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underlines the complexity of modern conflicts, which often develop ~~domestically~~ at national or regional level, involve many parties, including terror organisations and non-state agents, and have disastrous humanitarian consequences; calls for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts, addressing their root causes, investing in conflict prevention and mediation efforts, seeking and maintaining space for political solutions, creating partnerships and alliances with like-minded countries and regional organisations to build bridges between belligerents and draw up peace plans, getting more women involved in peace work, and providing further support to civilian or military missions aimed at keeping peaceconsequences;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2019 on EU Guidelines and the mandate of the EU Special Envoy on the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU,

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the right to ~~life~~the integrity of the person is paramount under Article 23 of the CFRharter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;

Amendment 330 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underlines the complexity of modern conflicts, which often ~~develop domestically at national or regional level,~~cannot be ascribed either to a classical Non International Armed Conflict, or to an International Armed Conflict, which involves many parties, including ~~terror organisations and non-state agent~~non-state armed groups and foreign powers, and have disastrous humanitarian consequences, particularly because of the difficulties in distinguishing between combatants and non-combatants; calls for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts, addressing their root causes, investing in conflict prevention and mediation efforts, seeking and maintaining space for political solutions, creating partnerships and alliances with like-minded countries and regional organisations to build bridges between belligerents and draw up peace plans, getting more women involved in peace work, and providing further support to civilian or military missions aimed at keeping peace;

Amendment 331 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underlines the complexity of modern conflicts, which often develop domestically at national or regional level, involve many parties, including terrorist organisations and non-state a~~gent~~ctors, and have disastrous humanitarian consequences; calls for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts, addressing their root causes, investing in conflict prevention and mediation efforts, seeking and maintaining space for political solutions, creating ~~partnerships and~~ alliances with like- minded countries and regional organisations ~~to build bridges between belligerents and draw up peace plans, getting more~~supporting peace and promoting trust building initiatives between belligerents, increasing the share of women involved in peace work, and providing further support to, financial, technical and personnel, to peacekeeping civilian missions or military ~~missions aimed at keeping peace~~operations missions;

Amendment 332 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underlines the complexity of modern conflicts, which often develop domestically at national or regional level, involve many parties, including terror organisations and non-state agents, and have disastrous humanitarian consequences; calls for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts, addressing their root causes, investing in conflict prevention and mediation efforts, seeking and maintaining space for political solutions, creating partnerships and alliances with like-minded countries and regional organisations to build bridges between belligerents and draw up peace plans, ~~getting more women involved in peace work,~~ and providing further support to civilian or military missions aimed at keeping peace; emphasises the need for an increased role of women in conflict prevention and resolution, in peacekeeping, humanitarian aid and post- conflict reconstruction operations and in the promotion of human rights and democratic reforms;

Amendment 333 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underlines the complexity of modern conflicts, which often develop domestically at national or regional level, sometimes in form of hybrid or cyber- attacks, involve many parties, including terror organisations and non-state agents, and have disastrous humanitarian consequences; calls for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts, addressing their root causes, investing in conflict prevention and mediation efforts, seeking and maintaining space for political solutions, creating partnerships and alliances with like-minded countries and regional organisations to build bridges between belligerents and draw up peace plans, getting more women involved in peace work, and providing further support to civilian or military missions aimed at keeping peace;

Amendment 334 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underlines the complexity of modern conflicts, which often develop domestically at national or regional level, involve many parties, including terror organisations and non-state agents, and have disastrous humanitarian consequences; calls for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts, addressing their root causes, investing in conflict prevention and mediation efforts, seeking and maintaining space for political solutions, creating partnerships and alliances with like-minded countries and regional organisations to build bridges between belligerents and draw up peace plans, ensuring the integration of a gender perspective throughout these efforts, getting more women involved in peace work, and providing further support to civilian or military missions aimed at keeping peace;

Amendment 335 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underlines the complexity of modern conflicts, which often develop domestically at national or regional level, involve many parties, including terror organisations and non-state agents, and have disastrous humanitarian consequences; calls for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts, addressing their root causes, investing in conflict prevention and mediation efforts, seeking and maintaining space for political solutions, creating partnerships and alliances with like-minded countries and regional organisations to build bridges between belligerents and draw up peace plans, getting more women and young people involved in peace work, and providing further support to civilian or military missions aimed at keeping peace;

Amendment 336 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underlines the complexity of modern conflicts, which often develop domestically at national or regional level, involve many parties, including terror organisations and non-state agents, and have disastrous humanitarian consequences; calls for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts, addressing their root causes, investing in conflict prevention and mediation efforts, seeking and maintaining space for political solutions, creating partnerships and alliances with like-minded countries and regional organisations to build bridges between belligerents and draw up peace plans, getting more women involved in transitional justice and peace work, and providing further support to civilian or military missions aimed at keeping peace;

Amendment 337 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underlines the complexity of modern conflicts, which often develop domestically at national or regional level, involve many parties, including terror organisations and non-state agents, and have disastrous humanitarian consequences; calls for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts, addressing their root causes, investing in conflict prevention and mediation efforts, seeking and maintaining space for political solutions, creating partnerships and alliances with like-minded countries and regional organisations to build bridges between belligerents and draw up peace plans, getting more women involved in peace work, and providing further support to civilian or military missions aimed at keeping peace as well as address trafficking and sexual and gender-based violence, and ensure sustained access to essential and life-saving health services, such as for people living with HIV;

Amendment 338 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underlines the complexity of modern conflicts, which often develop domestically at national or regional level, involve many parties, including terror organisations and non-state agents, and have disastrous humanitarian consequences; calls for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts, addressing their root causes, investing in conflict prevention and mediation efforts, seeking and maintaining space for political solutions, creating partnerships and alliances with like-minded countries and regional organisations to build bridges between belligerents and draw up peace plans, getting more women involved in peace work, and providing further support to civilian or military missions aimed at keeping peace; insists on the importance of ensuring coherence of EU policy towards situations of occupation or annexation of territory; recalls that international humanitarian law should guide EU policy towards all such situations, including in cases of protracted occupation such as in Palestine, Western Sahara, Northern Cyprus and the multiple frozen conflicts in the Eastern Partnership countries;

Amendment 339 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Underlines Turkey’s role in creating new and escalating existing conflicts in various vulnerable regions, including but not limited to Syria, Libya, Somalia, and Nagorno-Karabakh; in this regard, calls on the EU to permanently terminate accession negotiations with Turkey as it does not share European values, nor is it a European country;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2019 on EU Guidelines and the mandate of the EU Special Envoy on the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU,

Amendment 34 #

Christine ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the right to life is paramount under Article 2 of the CFR, as all other human rights stem from it;

Amendment 340 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Deplores the violence and systemic corruption and consequent complex conflicts that can be directly linked to the development of energy resources in Mozambique; expresses its deep concern regarding the general human rights situation in Mozambique, specifically in the northern region and the province of Cabo Delgado; stresses the need for clarity regarding the fog of war that is created by various players involved in the exploitation of natural resources, including the Mozambican military and police forces, government departments, PMCs, and agents of oil and gas companies; further questions the role of foreign interests, including but not limited to Russia, China, the United Kingdom, as well as public and private entities from neighbouring South Africa; strongly condemns all instances of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing; further condemns the acts of violence carried out by radical Islamist groups, in particular the Al Shabab group, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State;

Amendment 341 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)

30c. Deplores the continuing violence in Yemen and the disproportionate number of civilians that have been killed; expresses concern about the fact that the resolution of the conflict has been outsourced to the Saudi Arabia - UAE alliance; condemns Iranian support for the Houthi coup that has led to continued instability in Yemen; expresses concern that the world has turned its back on Yemen despite this being by far the greatest humanitarian crisis in the world;

Amendment 342 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Expresses its deep concern about the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has had on health facilities in Yemen, which are not equipped to deal with the disease and which have been added to a crisis situation including malnutrition, other outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as cholera and dengue, and the particular vulnerability of specific groups, such as internally displaced persons, migrants and refugees, due to displacement and poor access to sanitation;

Amendment 343 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Stresses that Yemen remains a tortured land, with its people ravaged in ways that should shock the conscience of humanity; also stresses that the international community has a responsibility to put an end to impunity, and should not turn a blind eye to the gross violations that have been committed in Yemen;

Amendment 344 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)

30c. Expresses the need to ensure justice for all victims of violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, and in light of the ongoing armed conflict, calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities;

Amendment 345 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Underscores the importance of having unimpeded access for the key international humanitarian organizations such as International Committee of the Red Cross and others to the areas affected by ongoing conflicts and military aggression, such an access becomes critical under the circumstances of continued global COVID-19 outbreak;

Amendment 346 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls on the Member States to strictly abide by the provisions of the Article 7 of the UN Arms Trade Treaty ~~on Export and Export Assessment and of the EU Code of Conduct~~and of the EU criteria on Aarms Eexports, by refusing any transfer of arms which would result in the risk that the importing state may commit or facilitate ~~serious~~ violations of human rights or international humanitarian law; recalls that criterion two of Common Position 944/2008/CFSP obliges Member States to examine each arms export licence against the country of destination's respect for human rights; deplores the numerous cases of non- respect by Member States of this criterion during the period under reference; calls for a reform of the assessment process of arms exports projects, notably by the introduction of a risk assessment based on the overall situation in the country, therefore introducing the precautionary principle; also recommends to initiate discussions on the extension of criterion two to include democratic governance indicators, that could help establish further safeguards against unintended negative consequences of arms exports; insists on the need for full transparency and regular reporting by Member States on their arms transfers; calls in this respect for the eight criteria of the Common Position to be transformed into enforceable EU law via a new regulation, similar to the existing Dual-Use Regulation;

Amendment 347 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls on the Member States to strictly abide by the provisions of the Article 7 of the UN Arms Trade Treaty on Export and Export Assessment and of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports~~, by refusing any transfer of arms which would result in the risk that the importing state may commit or facilitate serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law~~;

Amendment 348 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls on the Member States to strictly abide by the provisions of the Article 7 of the UN Arms Trade Treaty on Export and Export Assessment and of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, by refusing any transfer of arms, surveillance and intelligence equipment, which would result in the risk that the importing state may commit or facilitate serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law; stresses that some EU Member States are among the largest arms exporters in the world and considers it essential to apply and strengthen international standards on arms sales to prevent any EU Member State or European companies from participating directly or indirectly in an escalation of violence and in the financing of armies or groups involved in human rights abuses; strongly opposes any reorientation of the CFSP in the direction of further militarization of NATO's exclusive reinforcement and considers that European policies should focus solely on peace and conflict resolution;

Amendment 349 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls on the Member States to strictly abide by the provisions of the Article 7 of the UN Arms Trade Treaty on Export and Export Assessment and of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, by refusing any transfer of arms which would result in the risk that the importing state or non-state actors may commit or facilitate serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2019 on EU Guidelines and the mandate of the EU Special Envoy on the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU,

Amendment 35 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU; whereas the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and should be fully respected; whereas gender mainstreaming should therefore be implemented and integrated as a horizontal principle in all EU activities and policies;

Amendment 350 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls on the Member States to strictly abide by the provisions of the Article 7 of the UN Arms Trade Treaty on Export and Export Assessment and of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, by refusing any transfer of arms which would result in the risk that the importing state may commit or facilitate serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law, including in the context of the European Peace Facility;

Amendment 351 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Calls on EU Member States to set up a human rights pillar within the European Peace Facility (EPF) aiming at empowering civil society by ensuring sustainable funding and support including through programmes with robust human rights, democracy and rule of law component, with funds specifically allocated to the support of human rights defenders’ as key contributors to peace building; is concerned over the fact that the EPF, as currently proposed, does not include appropriate safeguards to ensure that the Facility’s activities are conducted in accordance with the human rights obligations of both the EU and its Member States; expresses particular concern at the ‘train and equip’ activities that foresee the transfer of weapons to partner countries without the necessary safeguards ensuring that they comply with international human rights law; calls on EU Member States to include human rights safeguards in the future European Peace Facility, including mandatory compliance with a robust human rights due diligence (HRDD) policy framework on defence and security matters, inspired by the UN HRDD policy, as well as the conduction of a mandatory human rights impact assessment in close cooperation with local and international civil society, and the set-up of an independent complaint mechanism providing affected citizens and local stakeholders with effective recourse to remedy for violations committed with equipment transferred to the EPF;

Amendment 352 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Reaffirms its ~~unwavering~~ support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and calls on the States Parties to the Rome Statute to provide the ICC with proper financial resources in order to enable it to fulfil its tasks within its mandate; considers the attacks against the ICC to be deeply regrettable and lastly condemns the individual sanctions imposed by the US on its staff, notably those against the ICC chief prosecutor, which are unacceptable; stresses that the ICC is the only international institution that has the ability to prosecute some of the world’s most horrific crimes and to defend victims that have no other recourse; asks the EU to continue to protect the ICC’s independence and impartiality against attacks that aim at obstructing the functioning of international criminal justice; reiterates its recommendation to establish a European observatory on prevention, accountability, and combating impunity;

Amendment 353 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Reaffirms its ~~unwavering~~ support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and calls on the States Parties to the Rome Statute to continue to provide the ICC with ~~proper~~adequate financial resources in order to enable it to fulfil its tasks within its mandate; considers the attacks against the ICC to be deeply regrettable and lastly condemns the individual sanctions imposed by the US on its staff, notably those against the ICC chief prosecutor, which are unacceptable; stresses that the ICC is the only international institution that has the ability to prosecute some of the world’s most horrific crimes and to defend victims that have no other recourse and its current capabilities; expresses its concern at the current imbalance between high expenses of the court and the low success rates of cases; stresses that the ICC is the only international institution that has the ability to prosecute some of the world’s most horrific crimes and to defend victims that have no other recourse, but recommends that the ICC in its selection process should focus on cases in which it can actually make a difference instead of chasing fully-functional democracies with a strong legal system; stresses that the ICC should avoid taking cases with a highly questionable legal and factual basis, where the likelihood of starting actual lawsuits is minimal, as this may jeopardize efforts to achieve universal justice and jeopardize the credibility and future of the criminal court itself; asks the EU to continue to protect the ICC’s independence and impartiality against attacks that aim at obstructing the functioning of international criminal justice; reiterates its recommendation to establish a European observatory on prevention, accountability, and combating impunity;

Amendment 354 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and calls on the States Parties to the Rome Statute to provide the ICC with proper financial resources in order to enable it to fulfil its tasks within its mandate; considers the attacks against the ICC to be deeply regrettable ~~and lastly condemns~~ ; calls for the ICC to continue its work withe i~~ndividual sanctions imposed by the US on its staff, notably those against the ICC chief prosecutor, which are unacceptabl~~mpartiality and independence, and protect also religious minorities which are victims of atrocity crimes foreseen in its Statute; stresses that the ICC is the only international institution that has the ability to prosecute some of the world’s most horrific crimes and to defend victims that have no other recourse; asks the EU to continue to protect the ICC’s independence and impartiality against attacks that aim at obstructing the functioning of international criminal justice; reiterates its recommendation to establish a European observatory on prevention, accountability, and combating impunity;

Amendment 355 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and calls on the States Parties to the Rome Statute to provide the ICC with proper financial resources in order to enable it to fulfil its tasks within its mandate; considers the attacks against the ICC to be deeply regrettable ~~and lastly condemns the individual sanctions imposed by the US on its staff, notably those against the ICC chief prosecutor, which are unacceptable~~; stresses that the ICC is the only international institution that has the ability to prosecute some of the world’s most horrific crimes and to defend victims that have no other recourse; asks the EU to continue to protect the ICC’s independence and impartiality against attacks that aim at obstructing the functioning of international criminal justice; reiterates its recommendation to establish a European observatory on prevention, accountability, and combating impunity;

Amendment 356 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and calls on the States Parties to the Rome Statute to provide the ICC with proper financial resources in order to enable it to fulfil its tasks within its mandate; considers the attacks against the ICC to be deeply regrettable and lastly condemns the individual sanctions imposed ~~by the US on its staff~~, notably those against the ICC chief prosecutor, which are unacceptable; stresses that the ICC is the only international institution that has the ability to prosecute some of the world’s most horrific crimes and to defend victims that have no other recourse; asks the EU to continue to protect the ICC’s independence and impartiality against attacks that aim at obstructing the functioning of international criminal justice; ~~reiterates its recommendation to establish a European observatory on prevention, accountability, and combating impunity;~~

Amendment 357 #

Gheorghe-Vlad NISTOR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and calls on the States Parties to the Rome Statute to provide the ICC with proper financial resources in order to enable it to fulfil its tasks within its mandate; considers the attacks against the ICC to be ~~deeply~~ regrettable and ~~lastly~~ condemns the individual sanctions imposed by the US on its staff, notably those against the ICC chief prosecutor~~, which are unacceptable~~; stresses that the ICC is the only international institution that has the ability to prosecute some of the world’s most horrific crimes and to defend victims that have no other recourse; asks the EU to continue to protect the ICC’s independence and impartiality against attacks that aim at obstructing the functioning of international criminal justice; reiterates its recommendation to establish a European observatory on prevention, accountability, and combating impunity;

Amendment 358 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and calls on the States Parties to the Rome Statute to provide the ICC with proper financial resources in order to enable it to fulfil its tasks within its mandate; considers the attacks against the ICC to be deeply regrettable and lastly condemns the individual sanctions imposed by the US on its staff, notably those against the ICC chief prosecutor, which are unacceptable; stresses that the ICC is the only international institution that has the ability to prosecute some of the world’s most horrific crimes and to defend victims that have no other recourse; asks the EU and all its Member States, to continue to protect the ICC’s independence and impartiality against attacks that aim at obstructing the functioning of international criminal justice; ~~reiterates its recommendation to establish a European observatory on prevention, accountability, and combating impunity~~urges the Commission to contribute to the fight against international crimes by developing an ambitious programme to build the capacity of Member States but also of third countries to apply the principle of universal jurisdiction in their domestic legal systems;

Amendment 359 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and calls on the States Parties to the Rome Statute to provide the ICC with proper financial resources in order to enable it to fulfil its tasks within its mandate; considers the attacks against the ICC to be deeply regrettable and lastly condemns the individual sanctions imposed by the US on its staff, notably those against the ICC ~~chief p~~Prosecutor, which are unacceptable and calls on States Parties to take concrete action to seek the removal of those sanctions and support those affected by them; stresses that the ICC is the only international institution that has the ability to prosecute some of the world’s most horrific crimes and to defend victims that have no other recourse; recognises the work of the Independent Expert Review, tasked to identify areas for reform, and calls upon the ICC to take all necessary measures to improve its performance, effectiveness and positive impact, particularly on communities and victims affected by its work; asks the EU to continue to protect the ICC’s independence and impartiality against attacks that aim at obstructing the functioning of international criminal justice; reiterates its recommendation to establish a European observatory on prevention, accountability, and combating impunity;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the proposal for a Council decision on the determination of a clear risk of a serious breach by the Republic of Poland of the rule of law,

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas equality between men and women is paramount under the Article 23 of the Charter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union;

Amendment 360 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and calls on the States Parties to the Rome Statute to provide the ICC with proper financial resources in order to enable it to fulfil its tasks within its mandate; considers the attacks against the ICC to be deeply regrettable and lastly condemns the individual sanctions imposed by the US on its staff, notably those against the ICC chief prosecutor, which are unacceptable; stresses that the ICC is the only international institution that has the ability to prosecute some of the world’s most horrific crimes and to defend victims that have no other recourse; asks the EU to continue to protect the ICC’s independence and impartiality against attacks that aim at obstructing the functioning of international criminal justice; reiterates its recommendation to establish a European observatory on prevention, accountability, and combating impunity; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to explore ways and present new tools to help the victims of violations of international human rights law and of international humanitarian law to access international justice and obtain remedy and reparation, including through building the capacity of non-EU countries to apply the principle of universal jurisdiction in their domestic legal systems;

Amendment 361 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and calls on the States Parties to the Rome Statute to provide the ICC with proper financial resources in order to enable it to fulfil its tasks within its mandate; considers the attacks against the ICC to be deeply regrettable and lastly condemns the individual sanctions imposed by the US on its staff, notably those against the ICC chief prosecutor, which are unacceptable; stresses that the ICC is the only international institution that has the ability to prosecute some of the world’s most horrific crimes and to defend victims that have no other recourse; asks the EU to continue to protect the ICC’s independence and impartiality against attacks that aim at obstructing the functioning of international criminal justice; reiterates its recommendation to establish a European observatory on prevention, accountability, and combating impunity; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EU Special Representative 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 362 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and calls on the States Parties to the Rome Statute to provide the ICC with proper financial resources in order to enable it to fulfil its tasks within its mandate; considers the attacks against the ICC to be deeply regrettable and lastly condemns the individual sanctions imposed by the US on its staff, notably those against the ICC chief prosecutor, which are unacceptable; stresses that the ICC is the only international institution that has the ability to prosecute some of the world’s most horrific crimes and to defend victims that have no other recourse; asks the EU to continue to protect the ICC’s independence and impartiality against attacks that aim at obstructing the functioning of international criminal justice; reiterates its recommendation to establish a European observatory on prevention, accountability, and combating impunity; calls on the EU Member States and the EU Genocide Network to support the UN investigative team in collecting, preserving and storing evidence of crimes currently being committed or very recently perpetrated so that they are not lost;

Amendment 363 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Calls for the EU and its Member States to encourage all UN members to ratify and implement the Rome Statute; calls on the signatories of the Rome Statute to cooperate with the ICC;

Amendment 364 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)

32b. Emphasises the role of women in conflict prevention and resolution, in peacekeeping, humanitarian aid and post- conflict reconstruction operations and in the promotion of human rights and democratic reforms;

Amendment 365 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Welcomes UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution 2467 on conflict-related sexual violence and all related UNSC resolutions beginning with UNSC 1325 on women, peace and security, which affirms the commitment of the UNSC to preventing the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war and terrorism through the use of all means at its disposal, including sanctions and other targeted measures against per~~sistent perpetrators~~petrators; stresses the need to ensure that all necessary safe medical and psychological assistance and services are provided to female war rape victims, including safe abortion, as foreseen under IHL; welcomes, furthermore, the creation on 30 October 2019 by the UN of a Global Fund for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, with a view to helping them accede to reparations;

Amendment 366 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Welcomes UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution 2467 on conflict-related sexual violence and all related UNSC resolutions beginning with UNSC 1325 on women, peace and security, which affirms the commitment of the UNSC to preventing the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war and terrorism through the use of all means at its disposal, including sanctions and other targeted measures against persistent perpetrators and calls on the EU to combat impunity for sexual and reproductive rights violations in conflict settings and supports the rights of women and girls to truth, effective remedies and reparations for violations of these rights and support access to essential sexual and reproductive health services for all women and girls affected by conflict; welcomes, furthermore, the creation on 30 October 2019 by the UN of a Global Fund for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, with a view to helping them accede to reparations;

Amendment 367 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Welcomes UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution 2467 on conflict-related sexual violence and all related UNSC resolutions beginning with UNSC 1325 on women, peace and security, which affirms the commitment of the UNSC to preventing the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war and terrorism through the use of all means at its disposal, including sanctions and other targeted measures against persistent perpetrators and calls on the EU to combat impunity for sexual and reproductive rights violations in conflict settings and support the rights of women and girls to truth, effective remedies and reparations for violations of these rights and support access to essential sexual and reproductive health services for all women and girls affected by conflict; welcomes, furthermore, the creation on 30 October 2019 by the UN of a Global Fund for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, with a view to helping them accede to reparations;

Amendment 368 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Stresses the link between human rights violations and widespread impunity and the lack of accountability in those regions and countries devastated by conflicts or characterised by politically motivated intimidation, discrimination, harassment and assault, abduction, violent policing, arbitrary arrests, cases of torture, and killings; calls on the international community to support actions aimed at combating impunity and promoting accountability;

Amendment 369 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Stresses the link between the increase in human rights violations and widespread impunity and the lack of accountability; calls on the EU to support actions aimed at combating impunity and promote accountability especially in those regions where the dynamics of impunity reward those who bear the greatest responsibility and disempower the victims;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the celebration in 2019 of the 10th anniversary of the EU Charter of the Fundamental Rights has ~~stimulated the Un~~reminded the Union of its stated commitment and Treaty-based obligation to resolutely pursue actions to protect, promote and fulfil human rights, both inside and outside its borders; whereas on this occasion, the EU reaffirmed its commitment to remain an influential player on the world stage and to keep playing a leading role as a global defender of democracy and human rights;

Amendment 37 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas ~~Member States must adhere to all rule of law standards for justice, truth and democracy to flourish in all societi~~the EU continued to provide support to non-EU countries, civil society, social actors for the implementation of democracy, Rules of Law and Human Rights principles;

Amendment 370 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Emphasises the link between the increase in human rights violations and impunity and lack of accountability in regions affected by conflict or characterized by intimidation, discrimination and political aggression, arbitrary arrests, cases of torture; calls on the international community to support actions to combat impunity and promote accountability;

Amendment 371 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls for the adoption and implementation of a global EU human rights sanctions mechanism as an essential part of the EU existing human rights and foreign policy toolbox which would strengthen the EU’s role as a global human rights actor, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for or complicit in serious human rights violations; stresses the importance of allocating sufficient resources to enable its effective implementation; calls for the establishment of an EU-level advisory committee with Parliament’s participation;deleted

Amendment 372 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls for the adoption and implementation of a global EU human rights sanctions mechanism as an essential part of the EU existing human rights and foreign policy toolbox which would strengthen the EU’s role as a global human rights actor, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for or complicit in serious human rights violations; stresses the importance of allocating sufficient resources to enable its effective implementation; calls for the establishment of an EU-level advisory committee with Parliament’s participation;deleted

Amendment 373 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls for the adoption and implementation of a global EU human rights sanctions mechanism as an essential part of the EU existing human rights and foreign policy toolbox which would strengthen the EU’s role as a global human rights actor, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for or complicit in serious human rights violations; stresses the importance of allocating sufficient resources to enable its effective implementation; calls for the establishment of an EU-level advisory committee with Parliament’s participationonsiders that all kind of sanctions have a dramatic impact on the people in several sectors;

Amendment 374 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls for the adoption and implementation of a global EU human rights sanctions mechanism as an essential part of the EU existing human rights and foreign policy toolbox which would strengthen the EU’s role as a global human rights actor, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for or complicit in serious human rights violations; ~~stresses the importance of allocating sufficient resources to enable its effective implementation; calls for the establishment of an EU-level advisory committee with Parliament’s participation~~calls for the establishment of an EU-level advisory committee with Parliament’s participation; stresses the importance of a structural dialogue based approach in the protection and enforcement of human rights;

Amendment 375 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls for the adoption and implementation of a global EU human rights sanctions mechanism, the European Magnitsky Act, as an essential part of the EU existing human rights and foreign policy toolbox which would strengthen the EU’s role as a global human rights actor, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for or complicit in serious human rights violations, including corruption crimes; stresses the importance of allocating sufficient resources to enable its effective implementation; calls for the establishment of an EU-level advisory committee with Parliament’s participation;

Amendment 376 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls for the adoption and implementation of a global EU human rights sanctions mechanism or EU Magnitsky Act as an essential part of the EU existing human rights and foreign policy toolbox which would strengthen the EU’s role as a global human rights actor, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for or complicit in serious human rights violations; stresses the importance of allocating sufficient resources to enable its effective and swift implementation; calls for the establishment of an EU-level advisory committee with Parliament’s participation;

Amendment 377 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls for the adoption and implementation of a global EU human rights sanctions mechanism - the so called EU Magnitsky Act - as an essential part of the EU existing human rights and foreign policy toolbox which would strengthen the EU’s role as a global human rights actor, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for or complicit in serious human rights violations; stresses the importance of allocating sufficient resources to enable its effective implementation; calls for the establishment of an EU-level advisory committee with Parliament’s participation;

Amendment 378 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls for the adoption and implementation of a global EU human rights sanctions mechanism (so-called Magnitsky Act) as an essential part of the EU existing human rights and foreign policy toolbox which would strengthen the EU’s role as a global human rights actor, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for or complicit in serious human rights violations; stresses the importance of allocating sufficient resources to enable its effective implementation; calls for the establishment of an EU-level advisory committee with Parliament’s participation;

Amendment 379 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls for the adoption and implementation of a global EU human rights sanctions mechanism as an essential part of the EU existing human rights and foreign policy toolbox which would strengthen the EU’s role as a global human rights actor, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for or complicit in serious human rights violations; stresses the importance for this system to comply with EU mechanism of judicial review; underlines the necessity of allocating sufficient resources to enable its effective implementation; calls for the establishment of an EU-level advisory committee with Parliament’s participation;

Amendment 38 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the celebration in 2019 of the 10th anniversary of the EU Charter of the Fundamental Rights has stimulated the Union to resolutely pursue actions to protect, promote and fulfil human rights~~, both inside and~~ outside its borders; whereas on this occasion, the EU reaffirmed its commitment to remain an influential player on the world stage and to keep playing a leading role as a global defender of democracy and human rights;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas ~~Member States must adhere to all rule of law standards for justice, truth and democracy to flourish in all societi~~the EU continued to provide support to non-EU countries, civil society, social actors for the implementation of Democracy, Rules of Law and Human Rights principles;

Amendment 380 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls for the adoption and implementation of a global EU human rights sanctions mechanism as an essential part of the EU existing human rights and foreign policy toolbox which would strengthen the EU’s role as a global human rights actor, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for or complicit in serious human rights violations; stresses the importance of allocating sufficient resources to enable its effective implementation; calls for the establishment of an EU-level advisory committee with Parliament’s participation; stresses that such a mechanism will contribute in combating human rights violations, fighting impunity and protecting human rights activists and defenders around the world, as well as the importance of the European Union acting on human rights sanctions in an efficient way, therefore using qualified majority voting;

Amendment 381 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Strongly condemns all breaches of human rights across the globe; calls on the Council to swiftly establish an autonomous, flexible and reactive EU- wide sanctions regime that would allow the targeting of any individual, state and non-state actors, and other entities responsible for or involved in grave human rights violations and acts of systemic corruption; firmly believes that such a regime is an essential part of the EU’s existing human rights and foreign policy toolbox, and would strengthen the EU’s role as a global human rights actor, notably in its fight against impunity and its support to victims of abuse and to human rights defenders worldwide;

Amendment 382 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)

34b. Takes note of the Global Magnitsky Act passed by the US congress in 2016 following on from the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 which intended to sanction the individuals responsible for the death of anti-corruption advocate and lawyer Sergei Magnitsky during pre-trial detention in a Russian prison after enduring inhumane conditions, deliberate neglect and torture; welcomes the adoption of similar acts in an increasing number of countries;

Amendment 383 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Welcomes the adoption of Council decision on targeted restrictive measures to deter and respond to cyber-attacks which constitute an external threat to the EU or its Member States, including cyber- attacks against third States or international organisations where restricted measures are considered necessary to achieve the objectives of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP);

Amendment 384 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Commends the work and contribution to the fight against impunity of Ms Agnès Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, in conducting investigations into suspected cases of extrajudicial murders in 2019, for instance, on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, while being subjected of intimidations and threats;

Amendment 385 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Recalls the UN Evaluation Reports on Enforcement and Remedial Assistance Efforts for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by the United Nations and Related Personnel in Peacekeeping Operations; underlines the need for the UN, EU Member States and the EU's CSDP bodies to investigate, prosecute and sentence any UN, national and EU personnel who committed acts of sexual violence without delay and with the firmest resolve; recalls the need to reform relevant structures in a way to end impunity of UN and EU personnel and by establishing functioning and transparent oversight and accountability mechanisms; finds it unacceptable that currently legal actions regarding alleged abuses remain purely voluntary and dependent of the troop- contributing country; is convinced that also via training and education such grave crimes could be reduced and prevented; reminds of the urgency to prevent such crimes in the future also in order to reinstate trust of the local population in international peacekeeping;

Amendment 386 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Condemns the killings, arbitrary detention, torture, persecution, harassment, remote digital surveillance of and smear campaigns against HRDs; notes with great concern the high number of land and environmental HRDs that were murdered or violently attacked in 2019 for standing up to protect natural resources and the rights of individuals to live in a safe and healthy environment; condemns, in particular, Turkey, the country with the highest number of imprisoned journalists in the world, which nevertheless remains involved in an EU accession procedure, which should be ended immediately;

Amendment 387 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Condemns the killings, arbitrary detention, torture, persecution, harassment, ~~remote digit~~intimidation, blackmail, remote digital and physical surveillance of and smear campaigns against HRDs; notes with great concern the high number of land and environmental HRDs that were murdered or violently attacked in 2019 for standing up to protect natural resources and the rights of individuals to live in a safe and healthy environment; urges EU delegations and Member States’ representations to continue using public diplomacy and demarches to raise individual cases of human rights defenders, and, where appropriate, to facilitate the issuing of emergency visas, and provide temporary shelter in the EU Member States;

Amendment 388 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Condemns the killings, arbitrary detention, torture, persecution, harassment, remote digital surveillance of and smear campaigns against HRDs; notes with great concern the high number of land and environmental HRDs that were murdered or violently attacked in 2019 for standing up to protect natural resources and the rights of individuals to live in a safe and healthy environment; calls for the end of all attacks, the release of all those arbitrarily detained and to make those responsible accountable;

Amendment 389 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Condemns the killings, arbitrary detention, torture, persecution, harassment, remote digital surveillance of and smear campaigns against HRDs; notes with great concern the high number of land and environmental HRDs that were murdered or violently attacked in 2019 for standing up to protect natural resources and the rights of individuals to live in a safe and healthy environment; notes that WHRDs face gender-specific threats and violence and calls on the EU to guarantee their access to protection mechanisms, resources and to support them politically;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas throughout the celebration of the 30th anniversary of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in November 2019, the EU stressed its commitment to developing a comprehensive strategy on children’s rights and parental rights and placing them at the heart of EU policies; whereas Parliament hosted a dedicated conference on 20 November 2019, which addressed a range of issues including challenges to the protection of the rights of the child in an ever-changing digital world, especially in regards to banning access to child pornography, harassment and violence, overcoming barriers to the full enjoyment of children’s rights and tackling the changing nature of armed conflicts and their impact on children’s futures;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the Beijing declaration and platform for action 1995 through its 25th anniversary insists on the importance of the equal rights and opportunities for women as well as their equal participation indecision making and in the democratic process for the consolidation of democracy;

Amendment 390 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Condemns all forms of violence, intimidation and blackmail meted out against the families of human rights defenders and their lawyers, as well as those who support and sympathise with them;

Amendment 391 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to develop a strategic high-level vision to counter the mounting global attacks against human rights defenders including through the adoption of strong EU Foreign Affairs Council conclusions where EU Foreign Ministers should lay down a collective high level strategy for EU global action on human rights defenders, including a particular focus on emblematic cases of jailed human rights defenders;

Amendment 392 #

36a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to develop a strategic high-level vision to counter the mounting global attacks against human rights defenders including through the adoption of strong EU Foreign Affairs Council conclusions where EU Foreign Ministers should lay down a collective high level strategy for EU global action on human rights defenders;

Amendment 393 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Is particularly concerned about the increasing number of sentences imposed without guarantees of the minimum fair trial standards required by international law; calls on the EU to continue to use cooperation and diplomacy to seek that the right to a fair trial is fully respected for each and every person;

Amendment 394 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Notes that women human rights defenders (WHRDs) face gender-based violence and suffer from a lack of access to adequate resources and protection mechanisms; rejects that women human rights defenders and women’s rights activists continue to be sexually assaulted, threatened, intimidated, criminalized and even killed; affirms, according to UN Annual report on Human rights defenders, that the rise in misogynistic, sexist and homophobic speech by political leaders in recent years has normalised violence against women human rights defenders; stresses the need for the EU to politically support, increasingly protect and raise financial allocations for independent civil society organisations that promote the rights of women and girls in all areas;

Amendment 395 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)

36b. Notes with great concern the ever increasing attacks towards environmental land defenders that in some parts of the world have attained levels normally to be found in war zones; highlights in this context their particular vulnerability and the need for adequate protection to conduct their vital work free of harassment and persecution;

Amendment 396 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)

36b. Stresses the important role of climate defenders and their particularly difficult situation in relation to the many threats that they face, including expressions of aggression and violence;

Amendment 397 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 c (new)

36c. Draws attention to the frequent arrests, intimidation, violence and torture to which climate defenders are subjected, with particular emphasis on climate defenders and indigenous peoples in Latin America, where the number of people who have been detained or have lost their lives as a result of their climate activities is constantly increasing:

Amendment 398 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Calls on the EU institutions to strengthen their support for HRDs as a key and integral part of the Union’s external policy on human rights; stresses that political dialogue with authorities of non-EU countries, trial observation, visits to detained HRDs, relocation support and public statements are essential implementing instruments of this policy; calls on the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts by acting in a more united way and using these instruments in a coherent and uniform manner, regardless of the country concerned, in cases where the rights of HRDs have been violated; highlights the continuous action in 2019 of Parliament and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to support and draw attention to the situation of HRDs, including Sakharov Prize laureates and nominees, in particular when they are in danger or face violations of their rights;deleted

Amendment 399 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Calls on the EU institutions to strengthen their support for HRDs as a key and integral part of the Union’s external policy on human rights; stresses that political dialogue with authorities of non- EU countries, trial observation, visits to detained HRDs, relocation support and public statements are essential elements of implementing ~~instruments of~~ this policy; calls on the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts by acting in a more united way and using these instruments in a coherent and uniform manner~~, regardless of the country concerned~~ without exception, in cases where the rights of HRDs have been violated; highlights the continuous action in 2019 of Parliament and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to support and draw attention to the situation of HRDs, including Sakharov Prize laureates and nominees, in particular when they are in danger or face violations of their rights;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)

- having regard to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the General Comments of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to Articles 2 and 3(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and Articles 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),

Amendment 40 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas throughout the celebration of the 30th anniversary of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in November 2019, the EU stressed its commitment to developing a comprehensive strategy on children’s rights and parental rights and placing them at the heart of EU policies; whereas Parliament hosted a dedicated conference on 20 November 2019, which addressed a range of issues including challenges to the protection of the rights of the child in an ever-changing digital world, especially in regards to banning access to child pornography, harassment and violence, overcoming barriers to the full enjoyment of children’s rights and tackling the changing nature of armed conflicts and their impact on children’s futures;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

B b. whereas the current COVID-19 crisis has had clear gender perspectives and greatly impacted women, highlighting existing inequalities with regards to gender equality and women’s rights;

Amendment 400 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Calls on the EU institutions to strengthen their support for HRDs as a key and integral part of the Union’s external policy on human rights; stresses that political dialogue and engagement with authorities of non- EU countries, trial observation, visits to detained HRDs, relocation support and public statements are essential implementing instruments of this policy; calls on the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts by acting in a more united way and using these instruments in a coherent and uniform manner, regardless of the country concerned, in cases where the rights of HRDs have been violated; highlights the continuous action in 2019 of Parliament and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to support and draw attention to the situation of HRDs, including Sakharov Prize laureates and nominees, in particular when they are in danger or face violations of their rights; regrets the need, but welcomes the decision to suspend Sakharov Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from the Sakharov Prize Community as a response to her failure to act and her acceptance of the ongoing crimes against the Rohingya community in Myanmar;

Amendment 401 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Calls on the EU institutions to strengthen their support for HRDs as a key and integral part of the Union’s external policy on human rights; stresses that political dialogue with authorities of non- EU countries, trial observation, meeting with human rights defenders in country visits, visits to detained HRDs, relocation support and public statements are essential implementing instruments of this policy; calls on the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts by acting in a more united way and using these instruments in a coherent and uniform manner, regardless of the country concerned, in cases where the rights of HRDs have been violated; highlights the continuous action in 2019 of Parliament and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to support and draw attention to the situation of HRDs, including Sakharov Prize laureates and nominees, in particular when they are in danger or face violations of their rights;

Amendment 402 #

37. Calls on the EU institutions to strengthen their support for HRDs as a key and integral part of the Union’s external policy on human rights; stresses that political dialogue with authorities of non- EU countries, trial observation, visits to detained HRDs, relocation support and public statements are essential implementing instruments of this policy; calls on the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts by acting in a more united way and using these instruments in a coherent and uniform manner, regardless of the country concerned, in cases where the rights of HRDs have been violated; calls on the EU and its Member States in this spirit to issue annual Council Conclusions on HRDs taking stock of their action on HRDs and setting out strategic commitments for HRDs at highest level; highlights the continuous action in 2019 of Parliament and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to support and draw attention to the situation of HRDs, including Sakharov Prize laureates and nominees, in particular when they are in danger or face violations of their rights;

Amendment 403 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to raise the ambition level to secure the release of jailed human rights defenders, including emblematic cases of jailed human rights defenders that are illustrative of the way in which repressive governments around the world consistently use the law in an attempt to smear and silence human rights defenders; stresses that such cases include European Parliament Sakarov Laurerates Nasrin Soutoudeh (Iran) and Illham Tohti, (China), Abdulhadi Al Kawaja (Baharin), Germain Rukuki (Burundi), Dawit Issak (Eritrea), Mohamed al- Roken (UAE) and Atena Daemi (Iran);

Amendment 404 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to 1) improve the access to EU visas for the short term relocation of human rights defenders, notably the inclusion of instructions in the EU Visa Handbook on granting facilitations to human rights defenders and their family members, 2)strongly endorse at the political level the importance of human rights defenders mobility and access to the EU in the context of the Union’s support for human rights defenders and 3)work towards the introduction of amendments to the legal instruments on visas, particularly the Visa Code.;

Amendment 405 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to 1) improve the access to EU visas for the short term relocation of human rights defenders, notably the inclusion of instructions in the EU Visa Handbook on granting facilitations to human rights defenders and their family members, 2) strongly endorse at the political level the importance of human rights defenders mobility and access to the EU in the context of the Union’s support for human rights defenders and 3) work towards the introduction of amendments to the legal instruments on visas, particularly the Visa Code;

Amendment 406 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)

37b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to 1) improve the access to EU visas for the short term relocation of human rights defenders, notably the inclusion of instructions in the EU Visa Handbook on granting facilitations to human rights defenders and their family members, 2) strongly endorse at the political level the importance of human rights defenders mobility and access to the EU in the context of the Union’s support for human rights defenders and 3) work towards the introduction of amendments to the legal instruments on visas, particularly the Visa Code;

Amendment 407 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Calls on the EU institutions to admit the importance of the faith based organizations as HRDs, as religious communities play an important role in responding to humanitarian crises. Religions can contribute to promoting peace in different ways, address non- violence in their communities and stress universal respect for justice and human rights; religious communities have indispensable potential in conflict- management in developing countries towards political transitions as being key mediator in negotiations;

Amendment 408 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 c (new)

37c. Calls on the EU and its Member States to adopt as an annex to the EU Guidelines on human rights defenders, a Toolkit on women human rights defenders that would provide practical steps for the EU to better meet the needs of women human rights defenders worldwide;

Amendment 409 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)

37b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to adopt as an annex to the EU Guidelines on human rights defenders, a Toolkit on women human rights defenders that would provide practical steps for the EU to better meet the needs of women human rights defenders worldwide;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas throughout the celebration of the 30th anniversary of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in November 2019, the EU stressed its commitment to developing a comprehensive strategy on children’s rights and placing them at the heart of EU policies; whereas Parliament hosted a dedicated conference on 20 November 2019, which addressed a range of issues including challenges to the protection of the rights of the child in an ever-changing digital world, overcoming barriers to the full enjoyment of children’s rights and tackling the changing nature of armed conflicts and their impact on children’s futures; , including the impact of these conflicts on their development, education and later life, while taking into account the statements made by children in the discussion;

Amendment 41 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)

B c. whereas the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) emphasises the need for concrete commitments and actions, as well as the need to engage, protect and support women and girls to achieve lasting peace and security as intrinsic components of human rights and sustainable development;

Amendment 410 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. ~~Welcom~~Notes the renewal in November 2019 for another three years of the EU HRDs mechanism ProtectDefenders.eu; recalls the importance of this mechanism vis-a-vis the growing needs and diversity of problems facing HRDs; calls for the reinforcement of this mechanism and its constant re-assessment in accordance with its needs;

Amendment 411 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non- EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, to providing young people with science- based and comprehensive sexual education and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilatioondemns in the strongest terms all instances of female genital mutilation, honour killings, child marriages and forced marriages; supports the work of those individuals combatting this every day on the front line, such as Edna Adnan;

Amendment 412 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’'s ~~sexual and reproductive health and rights, to providing young people with science- based and comprehensive sexual educ~~and young people's health and access to education, the labour market, information, and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation;

Amendment 413 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs~~, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, to providing young people with science- based and comprehensive sexual education~~ and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation;

Amendment 414 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health ~~and rights, to~~, to defending maternity, providing young people with science-based and ~~comprehensiv~~age-appropriate sexual education and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation;

Amendment 415 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’s ~~sexual and reproductive health and rights~~health, to providing young people with science-based and ~~comprehensiv~~adequate sexual education and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation;

Amendment 416 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, ~~to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights,~~ to providing young people with science-based and comprehensive sexual education and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation;

Amendment 417 #

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, ~~to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights,~~ to providing young people with science-based and comprehensive sexual education and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation;

Amendment 418 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and r~~ights, to providing young people with science-based and comprehensive sexual education and~~eproductive rights, to preventing sexual and gender- based violence and female genital mutilation;

Amendment 419 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries, especially for enlargement and neighbouring countries, that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to preventing and combating violence against women and girls, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, to providing young people with science-based and comprehensive sexual education and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the crisis triggered by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the outbreak of which was first identified in December 2019, ~~the ways in which states hav~~and the respon~~ded~~se to it~~, the~~ caused hardship ~~it has caused~~ and ~~its~~ impacted on international relations and ~~conflicts have long-term implications on all matters involving respect for~~the observance of human rights;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

~~C. whereas surrogacy is condemned in the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2015;~~deleted

Amendment 420 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls on the Commission and Member States to implement the Gender Equality Strategy both within and outside the EU in a coherent manner, and to take effective and concrete actions to counter the backlash against women’s rights, gender equality and SRHR; calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, to providing young people with science-based and comprehensive sexual education and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation;

Amendment 421 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III) with strong commitments and actions on SRHR; calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, to providing young people with science-based and comprehensive sexual education and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation;

Amendment 422 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs and LGBTQI+ HRDs, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, to providing young people with science- based and comprehensive sexual education and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female and intersex genital mutilation;

Amendment 423 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, to providing young people with science-based and comprehensive sexual education and to preventing and putting an end to sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation;

Amendment 424 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, to providing young people with science-based and comprehensive sexual education, enabling girls and young women to make safe transformation towards adulthood and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation;

Amendment 425 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, to providing young people with science-based and comprehensive sexual education and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence ~~and~~, female genital mutilation and other so-called harmful traditional practices, including early and forced marriage;

Amendment 426 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, to providing young people with science-based and comprehensive sexual education and to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation; further calls on the EU and Member States to give high priority to promoting gender equality and SRHR in all their external actions including in multilateral and bilateral fora;

Amendment 427 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Regrets the increase of violence against women and girls; condemns all forms of gender-based, physical, sexual and psychological violence; expresses grave concerns over the escalated use of torture in the form of sexual and gender- based violence as a weapon of war; stresses that sexual crimes and gender- based violence are considered by the Rome Statute as war crimes, crimes against humanity or constitutive elements of genocide or torture; urges countries to step up their legislation in order to tackle these issues; calls for further action to eradicate all forms of gender-based violence and harmful practices targeting women and girls, such as forced or early marriage, female genital mutilation, sexual violence as well as forced religious conversion;

Amendment 428 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Deplores that gender-based violence remains one of the most widespread human rights violations in the world; condemns all forms of gender- based violence, including sexual, physical and psychological violence, harmful practices such as female genital mutilation, child, early and forced marriage, and violations of women’s SRHR including forced sterilisation, forced abortion and denial of abortion care; recalls that violence against women is deeply rooted in gender inequality and therefore needs to be addressed comprehensively;

Amendment 429 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Strongly rejects the attacks on women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), as well as over legislation in many parts of the world that restricts these rights, including in the EU; emphasises that access to sexual and reproductive health and rights should be guaranteed for all, including comprehensive sexuality and relationships, education and information, family planning, modern contraceptive methods, safe and legal abortion, and maternal, antenatal and post-natal healthcare; calls on the EU and Member States to reaffirm the inalienable rights of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making, and to uphold the universality and indivisibility of all human rights in all contexts, and defend and promote particularly those that are most under threat, such as SRHR;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the crisis triggered by the global COVID-19 pandemic, ~~the outbreak of which was first identified in December 2019,~~ the ways in which states have responded to it, the hardship it has caused and its impact on international relations and conflicts have long-term implications on all matters involving respect for human rights;

Amendment 43 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Recital C

~~C. whereas surrogacy is condemned in the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2015;~~deleted

Amendment 430 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)

39b. Condemns the frequent violations of women’s sexual and reproductive rights, including the denial of access to affordable, high quality comprehensive sexuality education, family planning services, modern contraceptives, safe and legal abortion care and maternal healthcare and abuses and mistreatment of women in maternal health care settings as well as coercive sexual and reproductive health practices that fail to respect women’s free and informed consent;

Amendment 431 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 c (new)

39c. Condemns the global backlash against gender equality, women’s rights and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and calls on the EU and Member States to take effective action to stop and prevent further backlash and to strongly support SRHR in their bilateral and multilateral engagement;

Amendment 432 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 d (new)

39d. Expresses deep concern about persistent efforts to roll back and undermine women’s and girls’ SRHR, including in multilateral settings; calls on the EU and Member States to reaffirm the inalienable rights of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making, and to uphold the universality and indivisibility of all human rights in all contexts, and defend and promote particularly those that are most under threat, such as SRHR;

Amendment 433 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Recalls that sexual and reproductive health and rights, including access to HIV services and age- appropriate sexuality education, are human rights, and that their realisation is affected by a global backlash against gender equality, further exacerbated by the global COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the EU and EU Member States to use bilateral and multilateral channels to promote and protect SRHR/HIV response, with a special attention to marginalised groups, such as LGBTI persons, and attain universal health coverage through linked sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV interventions;

Amendment 434 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 e (new)

39e. Recalls that sexual and reproductive health and rights, including access to HIV services and age- appropriate sexuality education, are human rights, and that their realization is affected by a global backlash against gender equality, further exacerbated by the global COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the EU and EU Member States to use bilateral and multilateral channels to promote and protect SRHR, with a special attention to marginalized groups;

Amendment 435 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 f (new)

39f. Notes that COVID-19 had a disproportionate impact on women, exacerbating social and economic inequalities, dramatically increasing cases of gender-based violence, undermining access to essential SRHR services; calls on the EU to adopt a strong gender perspective in its COVID-19 response, and support third countries in doing the same;

Amendment 436 #

39g. Reiterates that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexualities; calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive and affordable sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning, and the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including modern contraceptive methods and safe and legal abortion;

Amendment 437 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)

39b. Asks the States to address the gender-based violence and discrimination faced by millions of women and girls; condemns all forms of gender-based, physical, sexual and psychological violence and exploitation, including sexual exploitation and reproductive exploitation in so-called “surrogate” motherhood, mass rape, trafficking, female genital mutilation; calls on the EU and all its Member States who have not yet done so to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible; urges countries to step up their legislation in order to tackle these issues; recalls that violence against women is deeply rooted in gender inequality and therefore needs to be addressed comprehensively; calls on the EU to work with other countries to step up their actions in the fields of education, healthcare and social services, data collection, funding and programming, to better prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence worldwide;

Amendment 438 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Reaffirms the importance of collecting data on the prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and other harmful practices against women and girls; calls on Member States to adopt a common approach and to cooperate with international institutions to obtain new, comparable and disaggregated data, as well as to develop focused policy and legislative interventions to combat those human rights violations and calls on the European Commission to include commitments and benchmarks to eradicate Female Genital Mutilations (FGM) in its cooperation negotiations and agreements with the countries concerned;

Amendment 439 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)

39b. Troubled by the fact that migrant and refugee women and girls are too often considered as objects in need of protection, rather than rights holders, and that violence and subjugation continue to be perpetrated by family members and communities as “protective measures”, calls for the active involvement of affected communities and victims in the elaboration of inclusive policies and practices for development and emergency response agencies at the national, European and multilateral level;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the crisis triggered by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the outbreak of which was first identified in December 2019, has shown the weakness and reinforced the fractures of the rules-based international order; whereas the ways in which states have responded to it, the hardship it has caused and its impact on international relations and conflicts have long-term implications on all matters involving respect for human rights;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

~~C. whereas surrogacy is condemned in the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2015;~~deleted

Amendment 440 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Reiterates its call on the EU and its Member States to step up their cooperation and dialogue with non-EU countries, especially for enlargement and neighbouring countries, to explicitly include child rights and protection as a priority in all joint international agreements, with the aim of advocating for children’s rights to be respected everywhere in the world and for no child to be left behind; urges in this regard the EU and its Member States to work with partner countries and to pledge further financial resources, in particular within the framework of official development assistance, in order to meet global challenges regarding health and education of children, the eradication of child labour, the fight against violence, sexual abuse and early and forced marriage, trafficking and exploitation, and recruitment and use in armed conflicts, of which millions of children are victims; welcomes the attention given to the EU actions on protecting and promoting the rights of the child on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UNCRC and reiterates its call on the Commission to explore how the EU as a body can accede to the UNCRC;

Amendment 441 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Reiterates its call on the EU and its Member States to step up their cooperation and dialogue with non-EU countries, with the aim of advocating for children’s rights to be respected everywhere in the world; urges in this regard the EU and its Member States to work with partner countries and to pledge further financial resources, in particular within the framework of official development assistance, in order to meet global challenges regarding health and education of children, including the right to education in the mother tongue the eradication of child labour, the fight against violence, sexual abuse and early and forced marriage, trafficking and exploitation, and recruitment and use in armed conflicts, of which millions of children are victims; welcomes the attention given to the EU actions on protecting and promoting the rights of the child on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UNCRC and reiterates its call on the Commission to explore how the EU as a body can accede to the UNCRC; reminds that the primary interest of the child is the protection by his or her own family in an environment where they are able to grow up with the support and protection they need, and with their primary needs covered;

Amendment 442 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Reiterates its call on the EU and its Member States to step up their cooperation and dialogue with non-EU countries, with the aim ~~of advocating~~ for children’s rights to be respected everywhere in the world; urges in this regard the EU and its Member States to work with partner countries and to pledge further financial resources, in particular within the framework of official development assistance, in order to meet global challenges regarding health and education of children, the eradication of child labour, the fight against violence, sexual abuse and early and forced marriage, trafficking and exploitation, and recruitment and use in armed conflicts, of which millions of children are victims; welcomes the attention given to the EU actions on protecting and promoting the rights of the child on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UNCRC and reiterates its call on the Commission to explore how the EU as a body can accede to the UNCRC;

Amendment 443 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Reiterates its call on the EU and its Member States to step up their cooperation and dialogue with non-EU countries, with the aim of advocating for children’s rights to be respected everywhere in the world; urges in this regard the EU and its Member States to work with partner countries and to pledge further financial resources, in particular within the framework of official development assistance, in order to meet global challenges regarding health and education of children, the eradication of child labour, the fight against violence, sexual abuse and early and forced marriage, trafficking and exploitation, and recruitment ~~and~~or use in armed conflicts, of which millions of children are victims; welcomes the attention given to the EU actions on protecting and promoting the rights of the child on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UNCRC and reiterates its call on the Commission to explore how the EU as a body can accede to the UNCRC;

Amendment 444 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)

40a. Stresses that education is an essential tool for combating discrimination and violence against women and children; calls for measures to facilitate the access of children to education;

Amendment 445 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Welcomes the ratifications in 2019 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and of its Optional Protocol; stresses the importance of fully considering the specific needs of persons with disabilities; calls for the EU to incorporate the fight against disability discrimination into its external action and development aid policies, along with the fight for equal access to the labour market and access to education and training, as well as to promote solutions that make it easier for persons with disabilities to operate within society; reiterates the importance of effective implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ~~by both the EU Member States and its institutions~~, especially with regard to EU obligations on humanitarian aid and international cooperation throughout all relevant EU policies; stresses the importance of non- discrimination and the need to credibly mainstream the principle of universal accessibility, and to ensure respect for all the rights of persons with disabilities;

Amendment 446 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Considers regrettable the growing divergent developments between countries which are moving towards a better protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, notably by de- criminalising homosexuality, and those which undermine them and leave the field free for persecution, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGTBI persons; believes that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation should not go unpunished and must be eradicated; calls for the EU to play a leading role in defending the human rights of LGBTI persons and to set an example in tackling violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and develop a new and ambitious LGBTI+ equality strategy;deleted

Amendment 447 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Considers regrettable the growing divergent developments between countries which are moving towards a better protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, notably by de- criminalising homosexuality, and those which undermine them and leave the field free for persecution, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGTBI persons; believes that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation should not go unpunished and must be eradicated; calls for the EU to play a leading role in defending the human rights of LGBTI persons and to set an example in tackling violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and develop a new and ambitious LGBTI+ equality strategy;deleted

Amendment 448 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Considers regrettable the growing divergent developments between countries which are moving towards a better protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, notably by de- criminalising homosexuality, and those which undermine them and leave the field free for persecution, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGTBI persons; bBelieves that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation should not go unpunished and must be eradicated; calls for the EU to play a leading role in defending the human rights of LGBTI persons and to set an example in tackling violence and discrimination ~~based on sexual orientation and develop a new and ambitious LGBTI+ equality strategy~~;

Amendment 449 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Considers regrettable the growing divergent developments between countries which are moving towards a better protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender queer and intersex (LGBTIQI+) persons, notably by de- criminalising and de-pathologizing trans, intersex, gender-non binary people and homosexuality, and those which undermine them and leave the field free for persecution, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGTBIQI+ persons; believes that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or sex characteristics, including so-called “conversion therapy”, genital mutilation, and forced sterilisation of transgender people should not go unpunished and must be eradicated; calls for the EU to play a leading role in defending the human rights of LGBTIQI+ persons and to set an example in tackling violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and develop a new and ambitious LGBTQI+ equality strategy;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the crisis triggered by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the outbreak of which was first identified in December 2019, the ways in which states have responded to it, the hardship it has caused, notably for the most vulnerable and marginalized groups, and its impact on international relations and conflicts have long-term implications on all matters involving respect for human rights;

Amendment 45 #

Christine ANDERSON

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas surrogacy is condemned in ~~the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2015~~paragraph 115of the European Parliament’s 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 : “’Parliament’ condemns the practice of surrogacy, which undermines the human dignity of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity; considers 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 450 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Considers regrettable the growing divergent developments between countries which are moving towards a better protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, notably by de-criminalising homosexuality, and those which undermine them and leave the field free for persecution, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGTBI persons; believes that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their ~~sexual orientation~~real or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics should not go unpunished and must be eradicated; calls for the EU to play a leading role in defending the human rights of LGBTI persons ~~and to set an example in tackling violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and develop a new and ambitious LGBTI+ equality strategy;~~, including the use of all diplomatic tools at its disposal to advocate towards de-criminalisation of sexual relations between consenting same-sex partners, to set an example in tackling violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics, and to develop a new and ambitious LGBTI+ equality strategy; calls on the EU and Member States to thoroughly and consistently apply the EU Guidelines on protection of human rights of LGBTI persons across its external policy1a; _________________ 1aEU Human Rights Guidelines on Non- Discrimination in External Action, https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-6337-2019-INIT/en/pdf; Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/c ms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/13758 4.pdf

Amendment 451 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Considers regrettable the growing divergent developments between countries which are moving towards a better protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, notably by de-criminalising homosexuality, and those which undermine them and leave the field free for persecution, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGTBTI persons; believes that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or sex characteristics, including so-called “conversion therapy”, intersex genital mutilation (IGM), and forced sterilisation of transgender people should not go unpunished and must be eradicated; calls for the EU to play a leading role in defending the human rights of LGBTI persons and to set an example in tackling violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and develop a new and ambitious LGBTI+ equality strategy;

Amendment 452 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Considers regrettable the growing divergent developments between countries which are moving towards a better protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, notably by de-criminalising homosexuality, and those which undermine them and leave the field free for persecution, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGTBI persons; believes that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation should not go unpunished and must be eradicated; calls for the EU to play a leading role in ~~defending the human rights of~~combating discrimination and stigmatisation against LGBTI persons and to set an example in tackling violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation ~~and develop a new and ambitious LGBTI+ equality strategy~~;

Amendment 453 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Considers regrettable the growing divergent developments between countries which are moving towards a better protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, notably by de-criminalising homosexuality, and those which undermine them and leave the field free for persecution, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGTBI persons; believes that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation should not go unpunished and must be eradicated; calls for the EU to play a leading role in defending the human rights of LGBTI persons and to set an example in tackling violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation ~~and develop a new and ambitious LGBTI+ equality strategy~~;

Amendment 454 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Condemns the arbitrary detention, torture, persecution and killings of LGBTI persons; considers regrettable the growing divergent developments between countries which are moving towards a better protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, notably by de- criminalising homosexuality, and those which undermine them and leave the field free for persecution, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGTBI persons; ~~believ~~underlines that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation should not go unpunished and must be eradicated; calls for the EU to play a leading role in defending the human rights of LGBTI persons and to set an example in tackling violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and develop a new and ambitious LGBTI+ equality strategy;

Amendment 455 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42a. Highlights that the Covid-19 pandemic has hit LGBTQI+ communities disproportionately hard, leading to a spike in gender-based violence against LGBTQI+ people who were forced to quarantine or return to discriminatory families and households, increased unemployment and homelessness, inability to access life-saving medical treatment such as HIV services and transition-related medical care, and leading to increased scapegoating by political and religious leaders; calls for the inclusion of LGBTQI+ people in Covid-19 relief programmes;

Amendment 456 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42a. Highlights that the Covid-19 pandemic has hit LGBTI communities disproportionately hard, leading to a spike in domestic violence against LGBTI people who were forced to quarantine or return to discriminatory families and households, increased unemployment and homelessness, inability to access life- saving medical treatment such as HIV services and transition-related medical care, and leading to increased scapegoating by political and religious leaders; calls for the inclusion of LGBTI people in Covid-19 relief programmes;

Amendment 457 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42a. Strongly condemns the stigmatisation of LGBTI people, their persecution and incitement to violence against them, as well as the creation of ‘LGBT-free zones’ as a manifestation of extreme discrimination and disregard for their rights and freedoms;

Amendment 458 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 b (new)

42b. Calls for the EU to play a leading role in defending the human rights of LGBTI persons and to set an example in tackling violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics, through effective implementation of the new LGBTI+ equality strategy, both within the EU and externally;

Amendment 459 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Is seriously concerned at the suffering and vulnerability of indigenous communities that results from the consequences of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which are worsened by the loss of their lands and livelihoods due to corporate activities and related damages; regrets the fact that indigenous peoples continue to face widespread and systematic discrimination and persecution worldwide, including forced displacements, arbitrary arrests and the killing of human rights defenders; recommends that the EU and its Member States include references to indigenous peoples and the rights contained in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the relevant and emerging frameworks for due diligence, and ensure that EU-based companies be held to account in the event of a breach of their obligations;deleted

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the crisis triggered by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the outbreak of which was first identified in December 2019, the ways in which states have responded to it, the hardship it has caused and its impact on international relations and conflicts have long-term implications on all matters involving respect for human rights and have deepened existing inequalities and inequities and have had disproportionate impacts on women and marginalised groups;

Amendment 46 #

C a. whereas the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences have affected women and men differently all over the world and the pandemic has exacerbated existing structural inequalities, especially those of a gendered nature; whereas they disproportionately affected the lives of marginalised groups including women, people of colour, LGBTI people, people with disabilities, older people and others, preventing access to essential services including SRHR services and gender based violence support;

Amendment 460 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Is ~~seriously~~ concerned at the ~~suffering and~~ vulnerability of indigenous communities that results from the ~~consequences of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which are worsened by the loss of their lands and livelihoods due to corporate activities and related damages~~loss of their lands and livelihoods which was amplified by climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic; regrets the fact that indigenous peoples continue to face widespread ~~and systematic discrimination and persecu~~discrimination worldwide, including forced displacements, arbitrary arrests and the killing of human rights defenders; recommends that the EU and its Member States include references to indigenous peoples and the rights contained in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the relevant and emerging frameworks for due diligence, and ensure that ~~EU-based~~ companies be held to account in the event of a breach of their obligations;

Amendment 461 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Is seriously concerned at the suffering and vulnerability of indigenous communities and individuals that results from the consequences of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which are worsened by the loss of their lands and livelihoods due to corporate activities and related damages; regrets the fact that indigenous peoples continue to face widespread and systematic discrimination and persecution worldwide, including forced displacements, arbitrary arrests and the killing of human rights and land defenders; recommends that the EU and its Member States include references to indigenous peoples and the rights contained in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the relevant and emerging frameworks for due diligence, and ensure that EU-based companies be held to account in the event of a breach of their obligations;

Amendment 462 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Is seriously concerned at the suffering and vulnerability of indigenous communities that results, among others, from the consequences of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which are worsened by the loss of their lands and livelihoods due to corporate activities and related damages; regrets the fact that indigenous peoples continue to face widespread and systematic discrimination and persecution worldwide, including forced displacements, arbitrary arrests and the killing of human rights defenders; recommends that the EU and its Member States include references to indigenous peoples and the rights contained in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the relevant and emerging frameworks for due diligence, and ensure that EU-based companies be held to account in the event of a breach of their obligations;

Amendment 463 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Is seriously concerned at the suffering and vulnerability of indigenous communities that results from the consequences of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which are worsened by the loss of their lands and livelihoods, sometimes due to corporate activities and related damages; regrets the fact that indigenous peoples continue to face widespread and systematic discrimination and persecution worldwide, including forced displacements, arbitrary arrests and the killing of human rights defenders; recommends that the EU and its Member States include references to indigenous peoples and the rights contained in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the relevant and emerging frameworks for due diligence, and ensure that EU-based companies be held to account in the event of a breach of their obligations;

Amendment 464 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Is seriously concerned at the suffering and vulnerability of indigenous communities that results from the consequences of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which are worsened by the loss of their lands and livelihoods due to corporate activities and related damages; regrets the fact that indigenous peoples continue to face widespread and systematic discrimination and persecution worldwide, including forced displacements, arbitrary arrests and the killing of human rights defenders; recommends that the EU and its Member States include references to indigenous peoples and the rights contained in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the relevant and emerging frameworks for due diligence, and ensure that ~~EU-based companies be held to account in the event of a breach of their obligations~~the obligations are clearly set and defined, and that EU-based companies understand and apply their corporate responsibility accordingly;

Amendment 465 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Reiterates the call for the EU, its Member States and their partners in the international community to adopt all necessary measures for the full recognition, protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples, including to their lands, territories and resources; welcomes the work that civil society and NGOs are doing on these issues; reaffirms the need to create a grievance mechanism to lodge complaints regarding violations and abuses of indigenous peoples’ rights resulting from the activities of EU-based businesses; is considering appointing a standing rapporteur on indigenous peoples within Parliament, with the objective of monitoring the human rights-related situation of indigenous peoples; calls on countries to ratify the provisions of ILO Convention 169 of 27 June 1989 on Indigenous and Tribal PSupports the call for the relevant institutions to protect the interests of indigenous peoples;

Amendment 466 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Reiterates the call for the EU, its Member States and their partners in the international community to ~~adopt all necessary measures for the full recognition, protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples, including to their lands, territories and reso~~examine any measurces; welcomes the work that civil society and NGOs are doing on these issues; reaffirms the need to create a grievance mechanism to lodge complaints regarding violations and abuses of indigenous peoples’ rights resulting from the activities of EU-based businesses; is considering appointing a standing rapporteur on indigenous peoples within Parliament, with the objective of monitoring the human rights-related situation of indigenous peoples; calls on countries to ratify the provisions of ILO Convention 169 of 27 June 1989 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoplhich may be needed to guarantee the right to identity of indigenous peoples, including to their lands, territories and resources;

Amendment 467 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Reiterates the call for the EU, its Member States and their partners in the international community to adopt all necessary measures for the ~~full~~ recognition, protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples, including to their lands, territories and resources; welcomes the work that civil society and NGOs are doing on these issues; reaffirms the need to create a grievance mechanism to lodge complaints regarding violations and abuses of indigenous peoples’ rights resulting from ~~the~~illegal activities ~~of EU-based businesses~~; is considering appointing a standing rapporteur on indigenous peoples within Parliament, with the objective of monitoring the human rights-related situation of indigenous peoples; calls on countries to ratify the provisions of ILO Convention 169 of 27 June 1989 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples;

Amendment 468 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Reiterates the call for the EU, its Member States and their partners in the international community to adopt all necessary measures for the full recognition, protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples, including to their lands, territories and resources; welcomes the work that civil society and NGOs are doing on these issues; reaffirms the need to create a grievance mechanism to lodge complaints regarding violations and abuses of indigenous peoples’ rights resulting from the activities of ~~EU-based~~multinational businesses; is considering appointing a standing rapporteur on indigenous peoples within Parliament, with the objective of monitoring the human rights-related situation of indigenous peoples; calls on countries to ratify the provisions of ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples;

Amendment 469 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Reiterates the call for the EU, its Member States and their partners in the international community to adopt all necessary measures for the full recognition, protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples, including to their lands, territories and resources; welcomes the work that civil society and NGOs are doing on these issues; reaffirms the need to create a grievance mechanism to lodge complaints regarding systematic violations and abuses of indigenous peoples’ rights resulting from the activities of EU-based businesses; is considering appointing a standing rapporteur on indigenous peoples within Parliament, with the objective of monitoring the human rights-related situation of indigenous peoples; calls on countries to ratify the provisions of ILO Convention 169 of 27 June 1989 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and to respect their rights to a free, prior and informed consent by indigenous communities;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas, by way of illustration, the crisis caused by the pandemic has led most countries to adopt emergency measures, curtailing freedoms to enjoy many human rights, foremost among which are the freedoms of movement and of assembly, or to establish new means of surveillance in order to prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus; whereas those measures have legitimately raised questions as to their necessity, legality, proportionality, non- discriminatory nature and duration, in the spirit of safeguarding fundamental freedoms in the short and longer terms;deleted

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences have clear gender perspectives as they affect women and men differently all over the world, and the pandemic has exacerbated existing structural gender inequalities;

Amendment 470 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Reiterates the call for the EU, its Member States and their partners in the international community to adopt all necessary measures for the full recognition, protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples, including to their language, lands, territories and resources; welcomes the work that civil society and NGOs are doing on these issues; reaffirms the need to create a grievance mechanism to lodge complaints regarding violations and abuses of indigenous peoples’ rights resulting from the activities of EU-based businesses; is considering appointing a standing rapporteur on indigenous peoples within Parliament, with the objective of monitoring the human rights-related situation of indigenous peoples; calls on countries to ratify the provisions of ILO Convention 169 of 27 June 1989 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples;

Amendment 471 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)

44a. Urges governments to pursue development and environmental policies that respect economic, social and cultural rights and are inclusive of indigenous people and local populations, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Amendment 472 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 17 a (new)

National, ethnic and linguistic minorities (NEW) Deplores that many countries despite their international obligations and commitments to protect minorities are pursuing a policy of forced assimilation of national, ethnic and linguistic minorities by disregarding their fundamental and human rights; (NEW) Calls for governments of the EU’s partner countries to respect the fundamental human rights of national, ethnic and linguistic minorities, including their culture, language, religion, traditions and history to preserve cultures and diversity; reiterates the need to fulfil the obligations and commitments they have assumed under international treaties and agreements, so as the Council of Europe’s recommendations;

Amendment 473 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Welcomes the adoption in 2019 by the Council of the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Non-discrimination in External Action; calls on the EU and its Member States to use all the tools at their disposal to ensure that those responsible for violations of rightExpresses its deep concern regarding policies of reverse racial discrimination in South Africa; notes that South Africa is the only country in the world where a majority of 80% is protected through affirmative action policies against a minority of no more than 8%, more than 25 years after the end of apartheid; further condemns the brutal and torturous murders of white South Africans, and farmers in particular; urges the South African government to prioritise the prevention, investigation and prosecution of these attacks and murders as a matter of extreme urgency, to prevent a potential genocide from occurring and to ensure that those responsible are held accountable; further confirms the right of peoples oin ~~the grounds of racism, discrimination or xenophobia are held accountable;~~ South Africa to pursue self- determination in all its forms and urges the South African government to ensure that the right to self-determination is given meaningful effect for all peoples in South Africa, and in particular for minorities; further condemns the fact that these attacks are widely ignored or rationalised by the international community in its perpetual pursuit of political correctness; urges EU Member States to condemn all such acts of violence against minority groups in South Africa;

Amendment 474 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Welcomes the adoption in 2019 by the Council of the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Non-discrimination in External Action; calls on the EU and its Member States to use all the tools at their disposal to ensure that those responsible for violations of rights on the grounds of ~~racism,~~ discrimination ~~or xenophobia~~based on race, caste (work and descent), religion, ethnic or national origin are held accountable;

Amendment 475 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Welcomes the adoption in 2019 by the Council of the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Non-discrimination in External Action; calls on the EU and its Member States to use all the tools at their disposal to ensure that those responsible for violations of rights on the grounds of racism, anti-Semitism, discrimination or xenophobia are held accountable;

Amendment 476 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Welcomes the adoption in 2019 by the Council of the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Non-discrimination in External Action; calls on the EU and its Member States to use all the tools at their disposal to ensure that those responsible for violations of rights on the grounds of racism, discrimination or xenophobia are held accountable; calls on all EU delegations and their respective focal points on human rights to consistently abide by their obligation to assess and analyse the state of non-discrimination and to present it in their EU Human Rights and Democracy Country Strategies (HRDCS) under the chapter pertaining to Non-discrimination and Exclusion as well as its relevant sections on the specific grounds for discrimination and/ or for discriminated groups; stresses that the updates to the state of non-discrimination in the Annual Implementation Reports of the HRDCS and HoMs’ reports are vital for the preparations of and informing of the Human Rights dialogues and the guidelines also state that the EU must encourage and support active participation of civil society in multilateral fora and mechanisms in relation to discrimination based on caste (work and descent);

Amendment 477 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Welcomes the adoption in 2019 by the Council of the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Non-discrimination in External Action; calls on the EU and its Member States to use all the tools at their disposal to ensure that those responsible for violations of rights on the grounds of racism, discrimination or xenophobia are held accountable; recalls the importance of actively supporting inclusive and anti- racist initiatives, especially given the rise of xenophobic and racist attacks worldwide, in the context of increased calls for social justice which inspired a wave of worldwide protests and calls for action following the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor;

Amendment 478 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Welcomes the adoption in 2019 by the Council of the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Non-discrimination in External Action; calls on the EU and its Member States to use all the tools at their disposal to ensure that those responsible for violations of rights on the grounds of racism, discrimination or xenophobia are held accountable; rejects any application of travel restrictions for people living with HIV, within the EU Member States and in partner countries;

Amendment 479 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)

45a. Notes with great concern the scale and consequences of caste hierarchies, caste-based discrimination and the perpetuation of caste-based human rights violations, including the denial of access to the legal system or employment, continued segregation, poverty and stigmatisation, and caste-related barriers to the exercise of basic human rights and facilitation of human development; reiterates its call for the development of an EU policy on caste discrimination, and calls for the EU to act on its own grave concerns over caste discrimination; reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to intensify efforts and support initiatives at the UN and delegation levels to eliminate caste discrimination;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the pandemic has seen the furthering of the global negative trend of democratic backsliding and shrinking of the space for civil society; whereas, by way of illustration, the crisis caused by the pandemic has led most countries, both within and outside the EU, to adopt emergency measures, curtailing freedoms to enjoy many human rights, foremost among which are the freedoms of movement and of assembly, or to establish new means of surveillance in order to prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus; whereas those measures have legitimately raised questions as to their necessity, legality, proportionality, non- discriminatory nature and duration, in the spirit of safeguarding fundamental freedoms in the short and longer terms;

Amendment 48 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)

C b. whereas, as defined by the Istanbul Convention, ‘violence against women’ is ‘understood as a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women and shall mean all acts of gender-based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life’;

Amendment 480 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)

45a. Notes with great concern the scale and consequences of caste hierarchies, caste-based discrimination and the perpetuation of caste-based human rights violations, including the denial of access to the legal system or employment, continued segregation, poverty and stigmatisation, and caste-related barriers to the exercise of basic human rights and facilitation of human development; reiterates its call for the development of an EU policy on caste discrimination; reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to intensify efforts and support initiatives at the UN and in third countries to eliminate caste discrimination;

Amendment 481 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)

45a. Notes with great concern the scale and consequences of caste hierarchies, caste-based discrimination and the perpetuation of caste-based human rights violations, including the denial of access to the legal system or employment, continued segregation, poverty and stigmatisation and caste-related barriers to the exercise of basic human rights and facilitation of human development; reiterates its call for the development of an EU policy on caste discrimination and call for the EU to act on its own grave concerns over caste discrimination; reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to intensify efforts and support initiatives at the UN and delegation level to eliminate caste discrimination;

Amendment 482 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 b (new)

45b. Reiterates the crucial role of education in deconstructing prejudices and stereotypes, promoting tolerance, understanding and diversity, and highlights that education is a key tool to end structural discrimination and racism in our societies; calls on the Member States to promote anti-discrimination policies in all areas; considers that the fight against racism is a horizontal issue and that it should be taken into account in all areas of Union policy;

Amendment 483 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 19

Freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief or not belief

Amendment 484 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Is appalled by the number of killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion including their rights to belief or not tor belief; reaffirms its support for victims of violence based on religion or belief and its commitment to eradicating such violence; further expresses concern about the misuse and instrumentalisation of religion to foment intolerance undermine or other human rights, including the rights of LGBTQI+ persons and women´s rights, namely SRHR, as well as children´s rights to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra- religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls furthermore for the objectives of promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights;

Amendment 485 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Is appalled by the number of killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion or belief; reaffirms its support for victims of violence based on religion or belief and its commitment to eradicating such violence; further expresses concern about the misuse and instrumentalisation of religion to foment intolerance undermine or other human rights, including SRHR and the rights of LGBTI persons; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra-religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls furthermore for the objectives of promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights;

Amendment 486 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Is appalled by the number of killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion or, belief, atheism or agnosticism; reaffirms its support for victims of violence based on religion or belief and its commitment to eradicating such violence; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra- religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls furthermore for the objectives of promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights;

Amendment 487 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Is appalled by the number of killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion or belief; reaffirms its support for victims of ~~violence based on religion or~~religious radicalism and fanatical beliefs and its commitment to eradicating such violence; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra-religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls furthermore for the objectives of promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights;

Amendment 488 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Is appalled by the number of killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion or belief; reaffirms its support for victims of violence based on religion or belief and its commitment to eradicating such violence; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra-religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls f~~urthermore for the objective~~or a strong focus ofn promotecting ~~and protecting~~the human right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief ~~to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights~~;

Amendment 489 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Is appalled by the number of killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion or belief; reaffirms its support for victims of violence based on religion or belief and its commitment to eradicating such violence; strongly supports the mandate of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU; laments the ten-month delay in appointing someone to this position; urges an appointment as soon as possible, especially given that three months have elapsed since an imminent re- appointment was announced; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra- religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls furthermore for the objectives of promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas, by way of illustration, the crisis caused by the pandemic has led most countries to adopt emergency measures, curtailing freedoms to enjoy many human rights, foremost among which are the freedoms of movement and of assembly, or to establish new means of surveillance in order to prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus; whereas in some cases, those measures have legitimately raised questions as to their necessity, legality, proportionality, non-discriminatory nature and duration, inas they undermined the spirit of safeguarding fundamental freedoms in the short and longer terms;

Amendment 49 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)

C c. whereas gender-based violence undermines human rights, social stability and security, public health, women’s educational and employment opportunities, as well as the well-being and development prospects of children and communities;

Amendment 490 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Is appalled by the number of killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion or belief; reaffirms its support for victims of violence based on religion or belief and its commitment to eradicating such violence; strongly supports the mandate of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU; laments the ten-month delay in appointing someone to this position; urges an appointment as soon as possible, especially given that three months have elapsed since an imminent re- appointment was announced; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra- religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls furthermore for the objectives of promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights;

Amendment 491 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Is appalled by the number of killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion or belief; reaffirms its support for victims of violence based on religion or belief and its commitment to eradicating such violence; strongly supports the mandate of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, laments the ten-month delay in appointing someone to this position and urges an appointment as soon as possible; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra-religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls furthermore for the objectives of promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights;

Amendment 492 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

~~46.~~ Is appalled by the number of ~~46.~~ killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion or belief; reaffirms its support for victims of violence based on religion or belief and its commitment to eradicating such violence; strongly supports the mandate of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU; regrets the ten-month delay in appointing someone to this position; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra-religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls furthermore for the objectives of promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights;

Amendment 493 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Is appalled by the number of killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion or belief; reaffirms its support for victims of violence based on religion or belief and its commitment to eradicating such violence; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra-religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls furthermore for the objectives of promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights; calls on the Commission to renew as soon as possible the post of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU;

Amendment 494 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Is appalled by the number of killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion or belief; reaffirms its support for victims of violence based on religion or belief and its commitment to eradicating such violence; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra-religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls furthermore for the objectives of promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights; calls on the European Commission to guarantee transparency in the nomination, mandate and activities of the next EU Special Envoy for the promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief and to ensure her/his commitment to the universality, indivisibility and interdependence of all human rights;

Amendment 495 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Is appalled by the number of killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion or belief; reaffirms its support for victims of violence based on religion or belief and its commitment to eradicating such violence; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra-religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls furthermore for the objectives of promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights; underlines the need to pay special attention to the situation of the persecuted Christians around the world, who make up the vast majority of the religious groups facing discrimination, violence and death;

Amendment 496 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Is appalled by the number of killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion or belief; reaffirms its support for victims of violence based on religion or belief and its commitment to eradicating such violence; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra-religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls furthermore for the objectives of promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights; deplores the fact that some countries have, enforce or seek to introduce penal laws providing for the punishment of blasphemy, conversion or apostasy; stresses that the freedom of religion and belief includes the rights not to believe, to espouse theistic, non-theistic, agnostic or atheistic views and the right to apostasy;

Amendment 497 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Stresses the importance of protecting the largest persecuted religious minority in the world, namely Christians; warns that the persecution of Christians is reaching near genocidal levels; expresses its grave concern about the continued attacks against Christians by Islamic terrorist groups in Africa and around the world; condemns in the strongest terms the Christmas Eve 2019 attack and Christmas Day 2019 execution of 11 people in Nigeria;

Amendment 498 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Notes with concern that Christians represent the largest persecuted religious minority in the world, with growing number of violence, threats, enslavement, rape, executions, blasphemy laws, anti- conversion laws, church demolitions, forced disappearances and genocide, and that some of the oldest Christian communities are in danger of disappearing, especially in North Africa and the Middle East;

Amendment 499 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Is especially appalled by the structural and constant oppression of religious minorities in China (Uyghurs), Pakistan (Ahmadi’s and Christians) and Nigeria (Christians);

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)

- having regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the General Recommendations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women,

Amendment 5 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to Articles 2 and 3(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and Articles 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas, by way of illustration, the crisis caused by the pandemic has led most countries to adopt emergency measures, curtailing freedoms to enjoy many human rights, foremost among which are the freedoms of movement and of assembly, or to establish new means of surveillance in order to prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus; whereas those measures have legitimately raised questions as to their necessity, legality, proportionality, non-discriminatory nature ~~and dur~~, duration and implications, in the spirit of safeguarding fundamental freedoms in the short and longer terms;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)

C d. whereas there has been a backlash against women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights, inside and outside the European Union;

Amendment 500 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 b (new)

46b. Is deeply concerned about the increase in desecration and vandalism of sacred and religious sites; calls on the EU and its Member States to condemn all such actions and stand in defence of the Christian heritage;

Amendment 501 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Recognises that the installation or selection of religious leaders, are exclusively spiritual matters that should be made by the specific faith or religious community without interference by any government or political leader;

Amendment 502 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Reiterates the importance it attaches to academic freedom and urges the EU and Member States to step up their diplomatic efforts through bilateral and multilateral engagement in relation to threats or attacks on academic freedom by State and non-State actors, in particular violent attacks on institutions and members of the higher education community, as well as discriminatory policies or practices, undue restrictions or pressure on research or expression, wrongful prosecution or detention; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to revisit existing support and protection mechanisms for human rights defenders to develop the capacity to identify and provide assistance, including emergency protection and support, in cases involving attacks on academic freedom; calls on the Commission to ensure continued, high- level support to the European Inter- University Centre and the Global Campus on Human Rights and Democracy, as a flagship of the EU’s support to human rights education worldwide;

Amendment 503 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 b (new)

46b. Urges the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to step up advocacy in relation to freedom of religion or belief, and to fully implement the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief;

Amendment 504 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 c (new)

46c. Welcomes the reappointment of a Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, calls on the European Commission to provide the mechanism with a large mandate, and sufficient resources to carry out its functions;

Amendment 505 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 b (new)

46b. Welcomes the renewal in July 2020 by the European Commission of the mandate for the Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU;

Amendment 506 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Supports the work and efforts of the Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU; reiterates its calls on the Council and Commission to carry out a transparent and comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and added value of the position of the Special Envoy in the process of the renewal and reinforcement of their mandate and position by the Commission; insists that their work be adequately resourced to enhance the EU’s effectiveness in this area; reminds the Council and Commission of the need to adequately support, in permanent consultation with religious and philosophical organisations, the institutional mandate, capacity and duties of the Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, by exploring the possibility of a multi-year term subject to annual review, and by developing working networks within all relevant EU institutions;

Amendment 507 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 b (new)

46b. Regrets the failure of the Commission to carry out the transparent and comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and added value of the position of the Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief in the process of the renewal of the mandate, as requested by the Parliament in its resolution of January 2019; insists on the need to carry out this assessment and to provide clarity and transparency in the process of the appointment of the future mandate holder, if continued, and in his/her activities and reporting obligations; urges the Commission to appoint as Special Envoy a candidate who can show a strong record in promoting all fundamental rights and European values;

Amendment 508 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Denounces the attempts to~~f some regimes and authorities to annihilate or~~ restrict the rights to freedom of expression or media freedom, which they illegitimately justify as being necessary for the purposes of strengthening security or public health, or fighting terrorism, defamation, insult or blasphemy; recalls that any limits on freedom of expression or media freedom must serve a legitimate aim in line with the international obligations enshrined in; recalls Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Amendment 509 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Denounces the attempts of some regimes and authorities to ~~annihil~~eliminate or restrict the rights to freedom of expression or media freedom, which they illegitimately justify as being necessary for the purposes of strengthening security or public health, or fighting terrorism, defamation, insult or blasphemy; underlines cases of media concentration within the hands of individuals close to authorities as well as lack of transparency in media ownership, which limit pluralism which is essential for access to non-biased information; recalls that any limits on freedom of expression or media freedom must serve a legitimate aim in line with the international obligations enshrined in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas, by way of illustration, the crisis caused by the pandemic has led most countries to adopt emergency measures, curtailing freedoms to enjoy many human rights, foremost among which are the freedoms of movement and of assembly, or to establish new means of surveillance in order to prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus; whereas those measures have legitimately raised questions as to their necessity, legality, proportionality, non-discriminatory nature and duration, in the spirit of safeguarding fundamental freedoms in the short and longer terms, and in many cases these measures were not removed once the COVID-19 situation was brought under control;

Amendment 51 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)

C e. whereas protecting girls and women from violence and discrimination, in particular with regard to education, information and health services, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, is especially important for ensuring the full enjoyment of their human rights; whereas violations of SRHR, such as forced sterilization, forced abortion, forced pregnancy,criminalization of abortion, denial or delay of safe abortion and/or post-abortion care, forced continuation of pregnancy, and abuse and mistreatment of women and girls seeking sexual and reproductive health information, goods and services, are forms of gender-based violence that, depending on the circumstances, may amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment;

Amendment 510 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Denounces the attempts of some regimes and authorities to annihilate or restrict the rights to freedom of expression or media freedom, which they illegitimately justify as being necessary for the purposes of strengthening security or public health, or fighting terrorism, defamation, insult or blasphemy; recalls that any limits on freedom of expression or media freedom must serve a legitimate aim in line with the international obligations enshrined in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rightshighlights the new wave of censorship on the part of some governments, which are using the fight against fake news during the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse;

Amendment 511 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. DStrongly denounces and condemns the killing, kidnapping, imprisonment and intimidation of and attacks against, including by physical and judicial means, many journalists, bloggers and whistle- blowers; recalls that freedom of expression and freedom of the media are essential components of the foundations of a democratic society; denounces the attempts of some regimes and authorities to annihilate or restrict the rights to freedom of expression or media freedom, which they illegitimately justify as being necessary for the purposes of strengthening security or public health, or fighting terrorism, defamation, insult or blasphemy; recalls that any limits on freedom of expression or media freedom must serve a legitimate aim in line with the international obligations enshrined in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Amendment 512 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Denounces the attempts of some regimes and authorities to annihilate or restrict the rights to freedom of expression or media freedom, which they illegitimately justify as being necessary for the purposes of strengthening security or public health, or fighting terrorism, defamation, insult or blasphemy; notes with great concern that the killings, kidnappings, imprisonments and intimidations against journalists, bloggers and whistle-blowers, continued to happen in 2019; recalls that any limits on freedom of expression or media freedom must serve a legitimate aim in line with the international obligations enshrined in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Amendment 513 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Denounces the attempts of some regimes and authorities to annihilate or restrict the rights to freedom of expression or media freedom, which they illegitimately justify as being necessary for the purposes of strengthening security or public health, or fighting terrorism, defamation, insult or blasphemy; condemns the disinformation and propaganda attacks targeted at delegitimising the values that the EU stands for worldwide; recalls that any limits on freedom of expression or media freedom must serve a legitimate aim in line with the international obligations enshrined in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Amendment 514 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Denounces the attempts of some regimes and authorities to annihilate or restrict the rights to freedom of expression or media freedom, which they illegitimately justify as being necessary for the purposes of strengthening security or public health, or fighting terrorism, defamation, insult or blasphemy; recalls that any limits on freedom of expression or media freedom must serve a legitimate aim in line with the international obligations enshrined in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; calls on the EU to make every effort to protect freedom of expression, media freedom and those who try to advocate for it;

Amendment 515 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47a. Strongly condemns authorities' control of the internet, media and academia, and the increased intimidation, harassment and arbitrary arrests faced by human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists;

Amendment 516 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47a. Strongly denounces and condemns the killing, kidnapping, imprisonment, intimidation of and attacks also by physical and judicial means, against many journalists, bloggers and whistle- blowers, and the threats that they are facing; recalls that freedom of expression and freedom of the media foster a culture of pluralism, and are essential components of the foundations of a democratic society;

Amendment 517 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47a. Recognises the importance of the right to information in modern societies and the role all forms of communication play in the development of a culture of pluralism and the foundations of a democratic society; is therefore preoccupied with the growth of hate speech and incitement to violence in online and offline communication as it is a direct threat to the rule of law and the values embodied in human rights; continues to support initiatives that help draw a distinction between fake news or propagandistic misinformation and information gathered as a part of genuine and independent journalism work;

Amendment 518 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47a. Stresses that freedom of speech and expression, as well as media pluralism, are at the heart of resilient democratic societies; urges that the best possible safeguards against ongoing disinformation campaigns and hostile propaganda originating from authoritarian states and non-state actors, such as terrorist groups be put in place by developing a legal framework both at EU and international level for tackling hybrid threats, including cyber and information warfare;

Amendment 519 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 b (new)

47b. Stresses that the freedom of speech and media pluralism are at the heart of resilient, democratic societies; condemns media propaganda and misinformation against minorities; recalls that the media should reflect a plurality of diverse opinions and support and obey the principle of non-discrimination;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas, by way of illustration, the crisis caused by the pandemic has led most countries to adopt emergency measures, curtailing freedoms to enjoy many human rights, foremost among which are the freedoms of movement and of assembly, or to establish new means of surveillance in order to prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus; whereas those measures have legitimately raised questions as to their necessity, legality, proportionality, non-discriminatory nature and duration, in the spirit of safeguarding fundamental freedoms in the short and longer terms; whereas some States have exploited the pandemic to consolidate authoritarian power, to weaken democracy and the rule of law, or to trample on human rights;

Amendment 52 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)

C f. whereas climate change is undermining the enjoyment of human rights and deepening already existing gender disparities that result from numerous socio-economic, institutional, cultural and political determinants; whereas women and girls are more affected by climate change due to their unequal access to resources, education, political power, job opportunities, land rights than man and due to the existing social and cultural norms such as their role as primary caregivers and providers of water, food and fuel;

Amendment 520 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47a. Supports freedom of belief, opinion and expression and the right to information in the native language for all ethnics, counter hate speech and discrimination based on ethnicity or language; stresses the importance to grant equal access of all national, ethnic and linguistic minorities to information as key ingredient of any democracy;

Amendment 521 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47a. Notes that the increased social and political polarisation amplified by social media algorithms playing on mental seduction nourishes radicalism, completely inhibits critical thinking, makes dialogue impossible and paves the way to extremism;

Amendment 522 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 b (new)

47b. Urges the EU Special Representative for Human Rights to give special attention to the protection of the freedom, independence and pluralism of media worldwide; supports initiatives that help dividing fake news and propagandistic misinformation from information gathered as a result of genuine and independent journalistic efforts; calls on the European institutions and EU Member States to condemn any means of physical or judiciary intimidation that is used against journalists in an effort to silence them;

Amendment 523 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47a. Firmly condemns unjustified legal proceedings against journalists with the aim to bankrupt (SLAPP suits) and silence them, particularly in corruption cases of high ranking officials; notes the need to set up platforms providing early warning when journalists are in danger as well as platforms providing protection of their work in order to allow fellow journalists to pursue the ongoing investigations without interruption of fear of legal consequences; this could discourage any attacks on their life as the investigations would continue anyway;

Amendment 524 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Highlights the continuing change in media landscapes and the increasing use of social networks; underlines the challenges and risks that this evolution poses regarding violations of freedom of offline and online expression, censorship, data protection, hate speech and the safety of journalists, among others; calls on the Commission to review social media companies’ policies and practices, in particular their self-regulatory tools, which have implications on the exercise of freedom of expression worldwide, and present proposals for policy or legislation changes where appropriate;deleted

Amendment 525 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Highlights the continuing change in third countries in media landscapes and the increasing use of social networks; underlines the challenges and risks that this evolution poses regarding violations of freedom of offline and online expression, censorship, data protection, hate speech and the safety of journalists, among others; calls on the Commission to review social media companies’ policies and practices, in particular their self-regulatory tools, which have implications on the exercise of freedom of expression worldwide, and present proposals for policy or legislation changes where appropriate;

Amendment 526 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Highlights the continuing change in media landscapes and the increasing use of social networks; underlines the challenges and risks that this evolution poses regarding violations of freedom of offline and online expression, censorship, data protection, hate speech, harassment and the safety of journalists, among others; calls on the Commission to review social media companies’ policies and practices, in particular their self-regulatory tools, which have implications on the exercise of freedom of expression worldwide, and present proposals for policy or legislation changes where appropriate;

Amendment 527 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Highlights the continuing change in media landscapes and the increasing use of social networks; underlines the challenges and risks that this evolution poses regarding violations of freedom of offline and online expression, censorship, data protection, hate speech and the safety of journalists and whistle-blowers, among others; calls on the Commission to ~~review~~monitor social media companies’ policies and practices, in particular their self-regulatory tools, which have implications on the exercise of freedom of expression worldwide, and present proposals for policy or legislation changes where appropriate;

Amendment 528 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Highlights the continuing change in the media landscapes and the increasing use of social networks; underlines the challenges and risks that this evolution poses regarding violations of freedom of offline and online expression, censorship, data protection, hate speech and the safety of journalists, among others; calls on the Commission to review social media companies’ policies and practices, in particular their self-regulatory tools, which have implications on the exercise of freedom of expression worldwide, and present proposals for policy or legislation changes where appropriate; calls for the adoption of an instrument to fight the spread of disinformation and fake news, given its detrimental consequences on issues such as public health, social cohesion and democracy;

Amendment 529 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Highlights the continuing change in media landscapes and the increasing use of social networks; underlines the challenges and risks that this evolution poses regarding violations of freedom of offline and online expression, censorship, data protection, hate speech and the safety of journalists, among others; calls on the Commission to review social media companies’ policies and practices, in particular their self-regulatory tools, which have implications on the exercise of freedom of expression worldwide, and present proposals for policy or legislation changes where appropriate; emphasises 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 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas this pandemic has shown us once again, that the enjoyment of the maximum degree of health that can be achieved is one of the fundamental rights of every human being; whereas universal and free health is a fundamental right that allows access to health for any person without discrimination based on race, sex, age, ethnic group membership, economic level or other condition; whereas 100 million people around the world are pushed every year to live below the poverty line because the cost of healthcare is much higher than they can afford; whereas more than half of the world's population does not have access to health coverage;

Amendment 53 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Recital C g (new)

C g. whereas the lack of women in AI development increases the risk of bias and scientific education is important for obtaining skills, decent work, and jobs of the future, as well as for breaking with gender stereotypes that regard these as stereotypically masculine fields in order to achieve a full enjoyment of their human rights;

Amendment 530 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Welcomes the positive development in 2019 of the weakening of political support for maintaining death penalty in some countries which have not abolished it; deplores however the decisions of some national judicial authorities which led to an increase in executions compared to previous years; calls on the EU to continue to condemn systematically the use of the death penalty and to implement communication campaigns against the death penalty worldwide; urges the EU and its Member States to defend abolition in all international forums and advocate for the widest possible support for this position;deleted

Amendment 531 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. ~~Welcomes the positive development in 2019 of the weakening of political support for maintaining~~Condemns the use of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment and the death penalty ~~in some~~, which count~~ries which have not abolished it; deplores however the decisions of some national judicial authorities which led to an increase in executions compared to previous years~~inue to be applied in many countries all over the world; calls on countries that have not already done so to establish an immediate moratorium on the death penalty as a step towards its abolition; calls on the EU to continue to condemn systematically the use of the death penalty and to implement communication campaigns against the death penalty worldwide; urges the EU and its Member States to defend abolition in all international forums and advocate for the widest possible support for this position;

Amendment 532 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Welcomes the positive development in 2019 of the weakening of political support for maintaining death penalty in some countries which have not abolished it; deplores however the decisions of some national judicial authorities which led to an increase in executions compared to previous years; calls on the EU to continue to condemn systematically the use of the death penalty and to implement communication campaigns against the death penalty worldwide; urges the EU and its Member States to defend abolition in all international forums and advocate for the widest possible support for this position; calls for the reintroduction of the moratorium on the death penalty as a first step towards its abolition;

Amendment 533 #

50. Reaffirms its commitment to prohibiting torture everywhere in the world, standing by victims and holding torturers accountable; welcomes the updating of the EU Guidelines on EU Policy Towards Third Countries on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; urges all Member States and other countries which have not done so to ratify the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its optional Protocol (OPCAT), the 35th anniversary of which was celebrated in 2019; recognises the importance of civil society organisations and human rights defenders in the fight against torture and other forms of ill- treatment;

Amendment 534 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)

50a. Calls for the immediate release of all persons who have been arbitrarily detained and calls for the legality of their detention to be promptly reviewed by a competent judicial authority and for the rights of detainees to be respected, including the right not to be subjected to torture and ill-treatment and the right to a fair trial;

Amendment 535 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Calls for a stronger international response to tackling modern slavery ~~and human trafficking, with the establishment of new obligations for businesses to take preventive actions and cooperate with authorit~~, specifically in Islamic countries, and improvements to penal policies against traffickers and those who exploit or draw benefits from modern slavery; calls on the states which have not done so to ratify the ILO conventions relevant to combating these scourges and child labours well as child prostitution, human trafficking, and human smuggling;

Amendment 536 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Calls for a stronger international response to ~~tackl~~wards eradicating modern slavery and human trafficking including but not limited to human trafficking for sexual exploitation, with the establishment of new due diligence obligations for businesses to ~~take preventive ac~~identify, assess, cease, prevent and mitigate such situations and cooperate with authorities and to improve~~ments~~ to penal policies against traffickers and those who exploit or draw benefits from modern slavery; calls on the states which have not done so to ratify the ILO conventions relevant to combating these scourges and child labour;

Amendment 537 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Calls for a stronger international response to ~~tackl~~wards eradicating modern slavery and human trafficking, with the establishment of new obligations for businesses to take preventive actions and cooperate with authorities and improvements to penal policies against traffickers and those who exploit or draw benefits from modern slavery; calls on the states which have not done so to ratify the ILO conventions relevant to combating these scourges and child labour;

Amendment 538 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Calls for a stronger international response to tackling modern slavery and human trafficking, with the establishment of new due diligence obligations for businesses to take preventive actions and cooperate with authorities and improvements to penal policies against traffickers and those who exploit or draw benefits from modern slavery; calls on the states which have not done so to ratify the ILO conventions relevant to combating these scourges and child labour;

Amendment 539 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Calls for a stronger international response to tackling modern slavery and human trafficking, with the establishment of new obligations for businesses to ~~take preventive ac~~identify, assess, cease, prevent and mitigate such situations and cooperate with authorities ~~and~~to improve~~ments to~~ penal policies against traffickers and those who exploit or draw benefits from modern slavery; calls on the states which have not done so to ratify the ILO conventions relevant to combating these scourges and child labour;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is having a distinct and disproportionate impact on women and girls that is both immediate and that poses the risk of exacerbating pre-existing gender and other intersecting inequalities; whereas this crisis has exposed the structural and systemic discrimination that women and girls have long faced; whereas since the outbreak of COVID-19, all types of violence against women and girls, particularly gender based violence, have intensified; whereas the pandemic has also revealed the essential role of certain highly undervalued sectors, namely cleaning and care sectors, where women are predominantly present, and remain in particularly precarious working conditions, which have worsened during the response to COVID-19, compromising the working, economic and social rights of countless women around the world;

Amendment 54 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

1. Expresses concern at the global population outlook, with under- population forecast to bring economic crises, instability and social upheaval; urges Member States to address this danger with demography-friendly policies encouraging gender complementarity and a positive image of the family;deleted

Amendment 540 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)

51a. Stresses the need to eradicate human-trafficking networks, networks which undermine human dignity and basic human rights, and which generate significant financial gain from smuggling human beings into the territory of the European Union in extremely precarious conditions;

Amendment 541 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)

51a. Recalls that human trafficking has an obvious gender dimension and that trafficking for sexual exploitation, involving mainly women and girls as victims, is the main form of this crime and is massively under reported worldwide; calls on the EU to reinforce a coordinated and consolidated response, both within and outside the EU and to support anti- trafficking objectives and priorities through various EU funding programmes;

Amendment 542 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52

52. Calls for the EU to strengthen its efforts for the promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights through EU foreign policy and external action, in particular by making effective use of the human rights clauses of international agreements, including provisions on labour; welcomes the adoption of the ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment, which contains new and binding international labour standards which are essential to banish these scourges from the field of work and protect victims;deleted

Amendment 543 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52

52. Calls for the EU to strengthen its efforts for the promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights through EU foreign policy and external action, in particular by making effective use of the human rights clauses of international agreements, including provisions on labour, and by investing in culture and education as vectors for durable change; welcomes the adoption of the ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment, which contains new and binding international labour standards which are essential to banish these scourges from the field of work and protect victims;

Amendment 544 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52

52. Calls for the EU to strengthen its efforts for the promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights through EU foreign policy and external action, in particular by making effective use of the human rights clauses of international agreements, including provisions on labour; welcomes the adoption of the ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment, which contains new and binding international labour standards which are essential to banish these scourges from the field of work and protect victims; demands specific protection of mothers at work, during and after their pregnancy, including harassment, bullying or any form of intolerance and discrimination;

Amendment 545 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)

52a. Rejects the fact that the violations of workers’ and trade union rights continue to take place worldwide and that the freedom of association, the right to bargain collectively, the right to information, consultation and participation and to take collective actions as well as the right to fair remuneration, decent working conditions and health and safety in the workplace are at the core of such violations;

Amendment 546 #

52a. Recalls that access to culture and education are fundamental rights; recalls as well the importance of cultural diplomacy as a means for the European Union to promote the values of peace and the respect for human rights outside its borders; calls therefore on the EU to integrate culture and education and the related rights within its EU human rights policy in its external dealings;

Amendment 547 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Calls for the setting up of an EU mandatory human rights due diligence instrument that requires companies to engage actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, setting civil and criminal liability for corporate bodies, business leaders and executives in the event of a breach and providing victims with access to justice and remedy; recommends that a legal duty of care be included as a specific element of this instrument in order to prevent the use of modern slavery and child labour by businesses in their overseas supply chains;deleted

Amendment 548 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Condemns that business enterprises domiciled or based in the EU, or active on the EU market continue to cause, contribute or to be directly linked to human rights abuses (including forced labour, sexual abuses, and child exploitation) and environmental harms through their operations, value chains and business relations; recalls the responsibility of businesses in ensuring that their operations and supply chains are not implicated in human rights abuses, including environmental, indigenous and labour rights as well as threats and attacks on human rights defenders; Calls for the setting up of an EU mandatory human rights due diligence instrument that requires companies to engage actively in the identification, cease, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights~~, setting civil~~ or environment, setting civil, administrative and criminal liability for corporate bodies, business leaders and executives in the event of a breach and providing victims with access to justice and remedy; recommends that a legal duty of care be included as a specific element of this instrument in order to prevent the use of modern slavery and child labour by businesses in their overseas supply chains; in addition stresses the need to establish an international binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other companies;

Amendment 549 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Calls for the setting up of an EU mandatory human rights due diligence instrument that requires companies to engage actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, setting civil and criminal liability for corpoWelcomes the attempts taken by a number of European companies to implement their corporate responsibility policies to respect human rights and various policies and legislation in place to encouratge bodies, business leaders and executives in the event of a breach and providing victims with access to justice and remedy; recommends that a legal duty of care be included as a specific element of this instrument in order toor require due diligence across different Member States; calls for the setting up of an EU mandatory human rights due diligence instrument; recommends that this instrument gives to victims access to justice and remedy and that it prevents the use of modern slavery and child labour by businesses in their overseas supply chains;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the global recession caused by the pandemic creates the temptation for governments to respond by giving priority to stimulating economic activity and attracting investments, while lowering their level of ambition in terms of political objectives and standards for some other areas, such as the protection of human rights and climate action;deleted

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses concern at the global population outlook, with under- population forecast to bring economic crises, instability and social upheaval; urges Member States to address this danger with demography-friendly policies encouraging gender complementarity and a positive image of the family;deleted

Amendment 550 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Calls for the setting up of an EU ~~mandatory~~ human rights due diligence instrument that requires companies to engage actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any ~~adverse impact~~violations of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, setting ~~civil and criminal~~ liability for corporate bodies, business leaders and executives in the event of a breach and providing victims with access to justice and remedy; recommends that a legal duty of care be included as a specific element of this instrument in order to prevent the use of modern slavery and child labour by businesses in their overseas supply chains;

Amendment 551 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Calls for the setting up of an EU mandatory human rights due diligence instrument that ~~requires companies to engag~~provides guidelines to companies, account being taken of their size and sectoral differences, to enable them to participate actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, setting civil and criminal liability in accordance with national law for corporate bodies, business leaders and executives in the event of a breach and providing victims with access to justice and remedy; recommends that a legal duty of care be included as a specific element of this instrument in order to prevent the use of modern slavery and child labour by businesses in their overseas supply chains; considers that, if this instrument is to be successful, it can under no circumstances impose a significant administrative burden on companies or pass on to them the responsibility of enforcing human rights, as this is a responsibility incumbent on states;

Amendment 552 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Calls for the setting up of an EU mandatory human rights due diligence instrument that requires multinational companies to engage actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, setting civil and criminal liability for corporate bodies, business leaders and executives in the event of a breach and providing victims with access to justice and remedy; recommends that a legal duty of care be included as a specific element of this instrument in order to prevent the use of modern slavery and child labour by businesses in their overseas supply chains;

Amendment 553 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Calls for the setting up of an EU mandatory human rights due diligence instrument that requires companies to engage actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, setting civil and criminal liability for corporate bodies, business leaders and executives in the event of a breach and providing victims with access to justice and remedy; recommends that a legal duty of care be included as a specific element of this instrument in order to prevent the use of modern slavery and child labour by businesses in their overseas supply chains; recommends a transparency requirement to be part of the due diligence instrument to facilitate victims’ ability to access grievance redress; calls for effective mechanisms to protect those advancing grievances from retaliation, including legislation to deter so-called ‘SLAPP’ (strategic litigation against public participation) suits;

Amendment 554 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Calls for the setting up of an EU mandatory human rights due diligence instrument that requires companies to engage actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, setting civil and criminal liability for corporate bodies, business leaders and executives in the event of a breach and providing victims with access to justice and remedy; recommends that a legal duty of care be included as a specific element of this instrument in order to prevent the use of modern slavery and child labour by businesses in their overseas supply chains; recalls the manifold violations of human rights that may occur in relation to the exploitation of natural resources; welcomes the establishment of the Independent Canadian Ombudsman for Responsible Enterprise, with a mandate to investigate allegations of human rights abuses linked to Canadian corporate activity abroad; calls for the EU and its Member States to consider emulating this encouraging initiative;

Amendment 555 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Calls for the setting up of an EU mandatory human rights due diligence instrument that requires companies to engage actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, setting civil and criminal liability for corporate bodies, business leaders and executives in the event of a breach and providing victims with access to justice and remedy; recommends that a legal duty of care be included as a specific element of this instrument in order to prevent the use of modern slavery and child labour by businesses in their overseas supply chains; calls on EU-based companies to live up to their corporate responsibility by moving towards the adherence of ethical rules and standards embraced within the EU's Single Market;

Amendment 556 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)

53a. Stresses the need to establish an international binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other companies;

Amendment 557 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 b (new)

53b. Stresses the importance for all countries to fully implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and calls on those EU Member States that have not yet adopted national action plans on business rights to do so as soon as possible;

Amendment 558 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 c (new)

53c. Encourages the EU and its Member States to participate constructively in the work of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with Respect to Human Rights; considers this to be a necessary step forward in the promotion and protection of human rights;

Amendment 559 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 d (new)

53d. Insists therefore on the necessity to adopt an EU mandatory due diligence legislation in line with the UN guiding principles on Business and Human Rights, in order for the EU to protect and promote Human rights and the environment worldwide; this legislation should impose due diligence obligations to EU companies and companies operating in the EU single market and should establish liability regimes to ensure that companies are held responsible for human rights violations that occur in their global value chains; the EU due diligence legislation must create enforcement mechanisms to guarantee the access to justice and effective remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuses;

Amendment 56 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the global recession caused by the pandemic cre~~ates the temptation for governments to respond by giving priority to~~sulted in understandable focus on stimulating economic activity and attracting investments, ~~while lowering their~~it also led to regretful lowering of governments' levels of ambition in terms of political objectives and standards for some other areas, such as the protection of human rights ~~and~~, climate action and the fight against poverty, especially of children and their families;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Exp~~Stresses concern at the global population outlook, with under- population forecast to bring economic crises, instability and social upheaval; urges Member States to address this danger with demography-friendly policies encouraging gender complementarity and a positive image of the familythe need for universal access to quality and affordable comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care and information, including comprehensive sexuality education and adequate health-care services;

Amendment 560 #

54. IsWill be concerned at the use in response to the COVID-19 pandemic of a variety of data-based and new technology- driven tools; underlines the risks they pose in terms of enjoyment of fundamental freedoms, abuse of power and increased vulnerability to cyberattacks when effective technical and legal safeguards are not in place; calls for the EU, as a leader in global standard setting on privacy and data protection, to establish new norms and best practices bo which became apparent in the f~~or intra-EU use and as solutions to be emulated worldwide, in order to prevent potentially harmful effects of new data- based tools~~irst quarter of 2020;

Amendment 561 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Is concerned at the use in response to the COVID-19 pandemic of a variety of data-based and new technology-driven tools; underlines the risks, often difficult to perceive, they pose in terms of enjoyment of fundamental freedoms, abuse of power and increased vulnerability to cyberattacks when effective technical and legal safeguards are not in place; calls for the EU, as a leader in global standard setting on privacy and data protection, to establish new norms and best practices both for intra-EU use and as solutions to be emulated worldwide, in order to prevent potentially harmful effects of new data- based tools;

Amendment 562 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Is concerned at the use in response to the COVID-19 pandemic of a variety of data-based and new technology-driven tools; underlines the risks they pose in terms of enjoyment of fundamental freedoms, abuse of power and increased vulnerability to cyberattacks when effective technical and legal safeguards are not in place; expresses concern over the ongoing use of technology by authoritarian governments to monitor, harass and limit freedom of expression for religious and belief minorities; calls for the EU, as a leader in global standard setting on privacy and data protection, to establish new norms and best practices both for intra-EU use and as solutions to be emulated worldwide, in order to prevent potentially harmful effects of new data- based tools;

Amendment 563 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Is concerned at the use in response to the COVID-19 pandemic of a variety of data-based and new technology-driven tools; underlines the risks they pose in terms of enjoyment of fundamental freedoms, abuse of power and increased vulnerability to cyberattacks when effective technical and legal safeguards are not in place; expresses concern over the ongoing use of technology by authoritarian governments to monitor, harass and limit freedom of expression for religious minorities; calls for the EU, as a leader in global standard setting on privacy and data protection, to establish new norms and best practices both for intra-EU use and as solutions to be emulated worldwide, in order to prevent potentially harmful effects of new data- based tools;

Amendment 564 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Is concerned at the use in response to the COVID-19 pandemic of a variety of data-based and new technology-driven tools; underlines the risks they pose in terms of enjoyment of fundamental freedoms, abuse of power and increased vulnerability to cyberattacks when effective technical and legal safeguards are not in place; expresses concern over the ongoing use of technology by authoritarian governments to monitor, harass and limit freedom of expression for religious minorities; calls for the EU, as a leader in global standard setting on privacy and data protection, to establish new norms and best practices both for intra-EU use and as solutions to be emulated worldwide, in order to prevent potentially harmful effects of new data- based tools;

Amendment 565 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)

54a. Recalling its resolution of 27 February 2014 on the use of armed drones, expresses its continued 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 third 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; recalls its resolution of 12 September 2018 on autonomous weapons; urges the VP/HR and the Member States to ban the development, production and use of fully autonomous weapons which lack meaningful human control over the critical functions of selecting and attacking targets; insists on the start of international negotiations on a legally binding instrument that would prohibit lethal autonomous weapons without meaningful human control; urges the VP/HR and the Member States to adopt a common position for international negotiations in this respect;

Amendment 566 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Is deeply concerned at the disproportionate negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees; urges governments to engage in responses based on respect for human rights and dignity and solutions to address migrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability and their need for protection, in line with the principles of solidarity and partnership and allowing for adequate and accessible legal pathways for migration; stresses the importance of upholding the right to asylum worldwide;deleted

Amendment 567 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Is deeply concerned at the disproportionate negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees; urges governments to engage in responses based on respect for human rights and dignity and solutions to address migrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability and their need for protection, in line with the principles of solidarity and partnership and allowing for adequate and accessible legal pathways for migration; stresses the importance of upholding the right to asylum worldwideStresses that one of the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis must be that the Member States step up their efforts to tackle mass and illegal immigration;

Amendment 568 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Is deeply concerned about the dis~~proportionate negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees; urges governments to engage in responses based on respect for human rights and dignity and solutions to add~~information that was spread by China when the COVID-19 pandemic first broke out in December 2019; also deploress migrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability and their need for protection, in line with the principles of solidarity and partnership and allowing for adequate and accessible legal pathways for migration; stresses the importance of upholding the right to asylum worldwidethe fact that the EEAS contributed to spreading disinformation and confusion that led to the abject failure of the EU institutions during this crisis;

Amendment 569 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. ~~Is deeply concerned at the disproportionate negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees; u~~Urges governments to engage in responses based on respect for human rights and dignity and solutions to address migrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability and their need for protection~~, in line with the principles of solidarity and partnership and allowing for adequate and accessible legal pathways for migration~~; stresses the importance of upholding the right to asylum worldwide;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the global recession caused by the pandemic ~~creates the temptation~~may lead to the need for governments to ~~respond by giving~~ priorit~~y to~~ise stimulating economic activity and attracting investments, ~~while~~consequently lowering their level of ambition in terms of political objectives and standards for some other areas, such as the protection of human rights and climate action;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Stresses the importance of advancing gender equality and women’s rights worldwide as crucial to the realisation of human rights; emphasises that, in spite of progress, women and girls continue to suffer discrimination and violence, and that many societies still struggle to provide women and girls with equal rights under the law and equal access to education, healthcare, decent work and political and economic representation;

Amendment 570 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. ~~Is deeply concerned at the disproportionate negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees; u~~Urges governments to engage in responses based on respect for human rights and dignity and solutions to address migrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability and their need for protection, in line with the principles of solidarity and partnership and allowing for adequate ~~and accessible~~ legal pathways for migration; stresses the importance of upholding the right to asylum worldwide;

Amendment 571 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Is deeply concerned at the disproportionate negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees; urges governments to engage in responses based on respect for human rights and dignity and solutions to address migrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability and their need for protection, in line with the principles of solidarity ~~and partnership and allowing for adequate and accessible legal pathways for migration~~; stresses the importance of upholding the right to asylum worldwide;

Amendment 572 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Is deeply concerned at the disproportionate negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees; urges governments to engage in responses based on respect for human rights and dignity and solutions to address migrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability and their need for protection, in line with the principles of solidarity and partnership ~~and allowing for adequate and accessible legal pathways for migration~~; stresses the importance of upholding the right to asylum worldwide;

Amendment 573 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Is deeply concerned at the disproportionate negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees; urges governments to engage in responses based on respect for human rights and dignity and solutions to address migrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability and their need for protection, in line with the principles of solidarity and partnership and ~~allowing for~~providing clarity with regard to the adequate and accessible legal pathways for migration; reiterates the need to combat mafias engaging in human trafficking; stresses the importance of upholding the right to asylum worldwide;

Amendment 574 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Is deeply concerned at the disproportionate negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees; urges governments to engage in responses based on respect for human rights and dignity and solutions to address migrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability and their need for protection, in line with the principles of solidarity and partnership and allowing for adequate and accessible legal pathways for migration; ~~stresses the importance of upholding the right to asylum worldwide;~~ urges to find non- custodial alternatives to detention for migrants and refugees, and rejects in this sense any inhuman or degrading treatment of migrants; stresses the importance of upholding the right to asylum worldwide and emphasises that all asylum seekers and migrants must be guaranteed access to essential services, including SRHR;

Amendment 575 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Is deeply concerned at the disproportionate negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees, especially women and children; urges governments to engage in responses based on respect for human rights and dignity and solutions to address migrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability and their need for protection, in line with the principles of solidarity and partnership and allowing for adequate and accessible legal pathways for migration; stresses the importance of upholding the right to asylum worldwide;

Amendment 576 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Is deeply concerned at the disproportionate negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees; urges governments to engage in responses based on respect for human rights and dignity and solutions to address migrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability and their need for protection, in line with the principles of solidarity and partnership and allowing for adequate and accessible legal pathways for migration; underlines the importance of respecting human rights regulations when undertaking compulsory health screening, particularly for people living with HIV; stresses the importance of upholding the right to asylum worldwide;

Amendment 577 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Is deeply concerned at the disproportionate negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees; urges governments to engage in responses based on respect for human rights and dignity and solutions to address migrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability and their need for protection, in line with the principles of solidarity and partnership and allowing for adequate and accessible legal pathways for migration; stresses the importance of upholding the right to asylum worldwide; and emphasises that all asylum seekers and migrants must be guaranteed access to essential services, including SRHR;

Amendment 578 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)

55a. Regrets the bleak situation faced by refugees in refugee camps, their lack of prospects, the long waiting times for asylum applications to be processed and the problem of access to basic medical care and, in the case of children, to education;

Amendment 579 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56

56. Calls, in this regard, on the competent authorities of EU Member States to treat with goodwill and diligence and to give the benefit of the doubt to people who have refugee status, and to submit requests for family reunification with a view to ending situations in which refugees are separated from their close relatives, in particular children;deleted

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas certain so-called 'structural' economic reforms, and in particular the accompanying budget cuts at the request of international institutions, have a negative impact on human rights, in particular on economic and social rights and on living conditions populations, and can lead to increase unemployment, poverty, inequality and precarious work, the decline in the quality of basic public services and the restriction of access to them; whereas without an adequate social protection system, there is a risk that these measures will involve a violation of the human rights obligations of governments, as well as the commitments adopted in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development objectives;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Recalls that EU continues to be at the forefront of the action to promote and improve human rights situation for women and girls in the world in view to achieve gender equality and hails the continuous engagement as a defender of global commitments, promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment in its international partnerships, political and human rights dialogues with third countries, and asks for taking into account and adjusting its action to the current COVID-19 crisis situation and its severe consequences on women’s rights;

Amendment 580 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56

56. Calls, in this regard, on the competent authorities of EU Member States to treat with goodwill and diligence and to give the benefit of the doubt to people who have refugee status, and to submit requests for family reunification with a view to ending situations in which refugees are separated from their close relatives, in particular children;deleted

Amendment 581 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56

56. Calls, in this regard, ~~on the competent authorities of EU Member States to treat~~to treat people who ask for refugee status with goodwill and diligence and to give them the benefit of the doubt to people who have refugee status, ~~and to submit~~to treat with good will the requests for family reunification with a view to ending situations in which refugees are separated from their close relatives, in particular children;

Amendment 582 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56

56. Calls, in this regard, on the competent authorities of EU Member States to treat people who have refugee status with goodwill and diligence and ~~to give the benefit of the doubt to people who have refugee status, and to submit requests f~~in line with rule of law principles, and to support family reunification with a view to ending situations in which refugees are separated from their close relatives, in particular children;

Amendment 583 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56

56. Calls, in this regard, on the competent authorities of EU Member States to treat with goodwill and diligence ~~and to give the benefit of the doubt to~~ people who have refugee status, and to submit requests for family reunification with a view to ending situations in which refugees are separated from their close relatives, in particular children;

Amendment 584 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)

56a. Calls on the EU and Member States to address the root causes of migration in order to avoid that people, individuals and families feel forced to leave their home country because they are not able to live in a dignified and secured environment; requests that development aid is linked to forced migration, as a way of supporting the resilience of people in their homelands and promote security and stability in third countries, to invest in education and provide direct assistance to improve life opportunities locally, which contributes to a more stable and sustainable society and also eliminates human rights violations;

Amendment 585 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)

56a. Denounces the deaths in the Mediterranean Sea and rejects human rights abuses and violations suffered by refugees and migrants; regrets that some have even been returned to the border or expelled to places where their lives were in danger in defiance of international law, including the right to asylum; denounces the closure of safe ports and attacks against NGOs that help these people such as discredit campaigns and increasingly frequent legal persecution; reminds that the provision of assistance to save lives is a human rights imperative that must be respected at all times and for all people in need; in this regard, pays tribute to individuals and civil society organisations that have been providing migrants with the most basic of rights, such as the rights to water, food, health, adequate shelter and other such assistance;

Amendment 586 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 b (new)

56b. Calls to respect the principle of non-refoulement to countries where the life and liberty of people would be threatened; stresses the need to establish frameworks for the protection of migrants, in particular through the opening of safe and legal routes for migrants and the granting of humanitarian visas;

Amendment 587 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57

57. Calls for EU support and humanitarian assistance to be strengthened and made more flexible in order to ensure adequate protection of refugees fleeing to neighbouring countries because of conflicts, humanitarian crises and human rights violations;deleted

Amendment 588 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57

57. Calls for EU support and humanitarian assistance to be strengthened and made more flexible in order to ensure adequate protection of refugees fleeing to neighbouring countries because of conflicts, humanitarian crises and human rights violations;deleted

Amendment 589 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57

57. Calls for ~~EU support and humanitarian assistance to be strengthened and made more flexible in order to ensure~~ adequate protection of refugees fleeing to neighbouring countries because of conflicts, humanitarian crises and human rights violations;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the global rise in authoritarianism and populism poses a threat to the values and principles on which the Union is founded;

Amendment 59 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes th~~at feminicide, where born and unborn baby girls are discarded, robs the world of their contribution, and create~~e alarming increase of violence against women worldwide during the COVID-19 crisis in particular and welcomes the efforts and investments of the EU together with its international partners aim~~balances between the sexes, which can lead to violence against women, rape and forced prostitution~~ed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, while reiterating that women around the globe remain vulnerable to violence in the form of domestic violence, mobbing, sexual exploitation, human trafficking, child and forced marriage, rape as a weapon of war, feminicide as well as other forms such as harassment and hate-speech online; condemns therefore all forms of gender- based, physical, sexual and psychological violence;

Amendment 590 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57

57. Calls for EU support and humanitarian assistance to be strengthened and made more flexible in order to ensure adequate protection of refugees fleeing to neighbouring countries because of conflicts, humanitarian crises and human rights violations; calls on the EU and its Member States to be fully transparent about the allocation of funds from third countries for cooperation in migration matters, and to ensure that such cooperation does not directly or indirectly benefit the security, police or justice systems involved in human rights violations; calls on the EU and its Member States not to include funds for the reception of refugees or migrants or policies for the control or return of migrants in official development assistance and any conditionality of aid in this area; denounces, in particular, the conditionality of the aid provided to certain countries through readmission agreements and the multiplication of negotiations in this area; calls for the suspension of all agreements and negotiations of readmission agreements with countries that do not respect human rights;

Amendment 591 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58

58. Calls on the EU to increase its support for democratic civic activism, which has grown since 2019 in the context of the rise of populism and authoritarian regimes; highlights, in this regard, democracy support activities implemented by Parliament, including election monitoring, mediation, training and mentoring programmes, that need to be adapted to the evolving situation of partner countries;deleted

Amendment 592 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58

58. ~~Calls on the EU to increase its support for democratic civic activism, which has grown since 2019 in the context of the rise of populism and authoritarian regimes; highlights, in this regard,~~Highlights democracy support activities implemented by Parliament, including election monitoring, mediation, training and mentoring programmes, that need to be adapted to the evolving situation of partner countries;

Amendment 593 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58

58. Calls on the EU to increase its support for democratic civic activism, which has grown since 2019 in the context of the rise of populism, nationalism and authoritarian regimes; highlights, in this regard, democracy support activities implemented by Parliament, including election monitoring, mediation, training and mentoring programmes, that need to be adapted to the evolving situation of partner countries;

Amendment 594 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58

58. Calls on the EU to increase its support for democratic civic activism, which has grown since 2019 in the context of the rise of populism and authoritarian regimes; highlights, in this regard, democracy support activities implemented by Parliament, including election monitoring, mediation, training and mentoring programmes, that need to be adapted to the evolving situation of partner countries, while taking into account the cultural and national backgrounds of the third countries in order to strengthen the dialogue and partnership;

Amendment 595 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58

58. Calls on the EU to increase its support for democratic civic activism, which has grown since 2019 in the context of the rise of populism and authoritarian regimes; highlights, in this regard, democracy support activities implemented by Parliament, including election monitoring, mediation, training and mentoring programmes, that need to be adapted to the evolving situation of partner countries; endorses the call in the Council conclusions of 14 October 2019 on democracy and in the 2020-2024 EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy to promote a more flexible, innovative, long term and conflict- sensitive approach to supporting democracy; welcomes and, in this context, encourages and supports the work of independent organisations which operate on the basis of the European Union’s core values and foster democratic transition in the world;

Amendment 596 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)

58a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to strengthen the Union's democracy support programmes globally, by fostering pro-democratic bottom-up processes, building institutional resilience and supporting rules-based global free market economy,

Amendment 597 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)

58a. Commits itself to promote greater transparency of democratic processes, particularly of the financing of political and issue-based campaigning by different non-state actors;

Amendment 6 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to the UN General Assembly Political Declaration of 8 June 2016, on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 20301a; _________________ 1a https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/ media_asset/2016-political-declaration- HIV-AIDS_en.pdf

Amendment 6 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)

- having regard to Article 22, 23, 24 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. Whereas illiberal regimes are increasingly moving away from the path of mature democracies and Western democratic standards, reassuring themselves in positions that give rise to continuous and consciously violations of human rights; whereas these illiberal regimes restrict fundamental rights and freedoms, thus offering a false appearance of electoral legitimacy, in elections that cannot be considered free, fair or transparent;

Amendment 60 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that feminicide~~, where born and unborn baby girls are discarded, robs the world of their contribution, and creates imbalances between the sexes, which can lead to violence against women, rape and forced prostit~~ robs women of their lives and robs the world of their contribution;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas environmental emergencies, including climate change and deforestation, are the result of human actions and give rise to human rights violations against the people directly affected, but also humanity as a whole; whereas it is important to recognise the link between human rights and environmental protection; whereas ensuring access to water is vital when it comes to preventing tensions in certain regions;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Notes that feminicide, where born and unborn baby girls are discarded, robs the world of their contribution, and creates imbalances between the sexes, which can lead to violence against women, ra~~Stress the need for a guaranteed access to safe and legal abortion, both within and beyond the Europe an~~d forced prostitut~~ Union;

Amendment 62 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the World, constituting 80% of persecuted religious believers in the World; whereas this persecution ranges from routine discrimination in education, employment and social life, through limitations on all forms of expression up to physical attacks against Christian communities, which come close to meeting the international definition of genocide, according to that adopted by the UN;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Condemns all forms of gender- based psychological, physical, sexual and economic violence, including domestic violence, sexual harassment, cyber violence, stalking, rape, early and forced marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), crimes committed in the name of so-called ‘honour’,forced abortion, forced sterilisation, sexual exploitation and human trafficking and other forms of violence which constitute a serious violation of women’s and girls’ human rights and dignity; is deeply concerned about the growing phenomenon of femicide in Europe; Calls on global actors to protect and prevent gender based violence and domestic violence against women, and protect marginalised groups, children, single parents and minority groups, LGBTQI+ and refugee and migrant women, who are victims of discrimination and violence, and to investigate and punish acts of violence and hate crimes. Calls global actors to take all necessary steps, legislative and administrative measures, to ensure that sexual orientation and gender identity may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties; regrets that the Commission’s report does not explicitly mention the backlash against women’s rights; calls upon the Commission to acknowledge this phenomenon and develop a strategy to counter its effects;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas increased coherence between the EU’s internal and external policies, as well as between the EU’s external policies, represents an indispensable requirement for a successful and effective EU human rights policy; whereas policies in support of human rights, democracy, the rule of law and the fight against impunity 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; whereas greater consistency should enable the EU to respond quicker during the early stages of human rights violations and to be a more active and credible human rights actor at a global level;

Amendment 63 #

Alice KUHNKE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Condemns all violence against LGBTI and gender non conforming people; calls for implementation of the EU guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons; stresses the harm caused by adherence to binary norms; calls for the EU to challenge binary approaches to the issue of gender both internally and externally; calls for support and protection of LGBTI rights defenders and civil society organisations whose work is of paramount importance;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas fully respect for Human Rights and European standards in EU’s partners and neighbours, including the managing of the refugee crisis and in addressing migration, are one of the European Union’s key priorities; whereas human rights situation, affected by the pandemic due to the COVID-19, is a matter of concern in neighbouring countries, who must take appropriate measures in this regard and work in line with their respective civil society, among which there are pro-European and democratic people;

Amendment 64 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Notes that as stated in the EU Strategic Approach to WPS it is imperative to integrate gender perspectives into all EU policies, including security, conflict prevention and resolution, and long-term peace building; Women need to be involved in all levels of decision-making, also in security and conflict prevention agenda in line with UNSCR 1325;

Amendment 65 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. Whereas travel bans to prevent human rights defenders from attending international events were used by a growing number of countries, particularly in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Calls for the EU to continue its important role in addressing gender discrimination through its work with other countries; to step up their actions in the fields of education, healthcare and social services, data collection, funding and programming; to better prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence worldwide; points out that an enabling environment is an essential tool for the fulfilment of girls and women’s rights and for combating discrimination and violence against women and girls, thus calls for measures to facilitate the access of women and girls to education and the labour market;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic of those states which have placed the rights to life and health as their first imperatives~~, on the basis of the principle that precautionary measures, including lockdowns, must prevail over economic considerations~~; stresses that precautionary measures must be adopted with due regard for fundamental human rights, such as freedom of movement;

Amendment 66 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Calls on the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention and to advocate its ratification by all the Member States; calls on the Council and the Commission to ensure the full integration of the Convention into the EU legislative and policy framework; Condemns the attempts in some States to revoke measures already taken in implementing the Istanbul Convention and in combating violence against women;

Amendment 67 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic of those states which have ~~placed the rights to life and health as their first imperatives, on the basis of the principle that precautionary measures, including lockdowns, must prevail over economic consideration~~the protection of life as their first imperatives;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2 c. Strongly supports the EU’s strategic engagement for gender equality and its ongoing efforts to improve the human rights situation of women and girls, in line with the 2030 SDGs; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to further contribute to gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment by working closely with international organisations and non-EU countries, to use all existing and available instruments, develop and implement synergies and networks between EU internal and external policies and actions for strengthening women’s rights, as well as for eradicating harmful practices targeted at women and girls;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic of those states which have placed the rights to life and health as their first imperatives, on the basis of the principle that precautionary measures, including lockdowns, must ~~prevail over economic considerations;~~ be balanced with economic considerations; in this regard reminds that it is crucial to ensure that people have livelihoods; finds it regretful that in this context numerous children and youth had to take up jobs in order to meet basic needs and support their households and as a result left school; this undesired development brings us back in time in terms of school education of children, only one third of 6- 17 year olds went back to school;

Amendment 68 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2 d. Reiterates its call on the EU Member States and members of the Council of Europe that have not done so, to ratify and fully implement the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible;

Amendment 69 #

Gheorghe-Vlad NISTOR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic of those states which have placed the rights to life and health as their first imperatives, on the basis of the principle that precautionary measures, including lockdowns, ~~must~~should prevail over economic considerations; at the same time, by showing the same regard for human rights in their totality, we must ensure that our economies will recover rapidly as to offer sufficient funding for the good functioning of the healthcare systems and other essential sectors of activity; also, citizen’s right to work and the right to have a place of employment that offers a sufficient salary must be kept high on our agenda;

Amendment 69 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2 e. Calls on the EU Delegations to improve LGBTI persons human rights situation through the implementation of the EU LGBTI Guidelines;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to the UN General Assembly Political Declaration of 8 June 2016, on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030,

Amendment 7 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)

- having regard to Article 22, 23, 24 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic of those states which have placed the rights to life and health as their first imperatives, on the basis of the principle that precautionary measures, including lockdowns, must prevail over economic considerations; stresses that the Member States have been much more effective than the European Union during this crisis;

Amendment 70 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on global actors and Member States to end the plight of women and girls throughout the world subjected to human trafficking and sexual ~~abuse~~exploitation; supports efforts to rescue and rehabilitate victims, and to prosecute and reform offenders; Calls on global actors to protect and prevent gender based violence and domestic violence against women, and protect marginalised groups, children, single parents and minority groups, LGBTQI+ and refugee and migrant women;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic of those states which have placed the rights to life and health as their first imperatives, on the basis of the principle that precautionary measures, including lockdowns, must prevail over economic considerations; recalls that all measures in response to the pandemic must be grounded in human rights and equity, to safeguard and further progress towards the SDGs;

Amendment 71 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on global actors and Member States to end the plight of women and girls throughout the world subjected to human trafficking and sexual ~~abuse~~exploitation; supports efforts to rescue and rehabilitate victims, and to prosecute and reform offenders;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic of those states which have placed the rights to life and health as their first imperatives, on the basis of the principle that precautionary measures, including lockdowns, must prevail over economic considerations and underscores that all responses must comply with human rights;

Amendment 72 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote healthcare practices that benefit patients; notes that in this context abortion causes injury, infertility and mortality every year; urges Member States and international courts to prosecute medical professionals who fail to clinically demonstrate the benefit of the treatment they are providingwomen and girls; and to ensure the right to safe and accessible access to comprehensive health and sexual and reproductive rights, Stresses the need to acknowledge the rising backlash against women’s rights on a global scale and in Europe, in particular when it comes to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR);

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that universal access to healthcare is a human right which can only be guaranteed through a system which is universal, public and free at the point of use; urges countries to accelerate progress towards universal health coverage as an essential priority for international development;

Amendment 73 #

Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote healthcare practices that benefit patients; notes that in this context abortion causes injury, infertility, depression and mortality every year; urges Member States and international courts to prosecute medical professionals who ~~fail to~~se clinical~~ly demonstrate the benefit of the treatment they are providing~~ practices are not beneficial to patients' health and violate the fundamental right to life;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards ~~that the crisis has caused~~ in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback ~~primarily~~ results from the ~~devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use~~using of the crisis as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental ~~freedom~~human rights for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; affirms that States must refrain from exploiting the pandemic to consolidate authoritarian power, to weaken democracy and the rule of law, or to trample on human rights; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data; reminds that in dealing with the COVID- 19 pandemic, States must ensure that their responses include a gender-sensitive and intersectional approach in order to guarantee the rights of all women and girls to live free of discrimination and violence, and to access the essential sexual and reproductive health services they need;

Amendment 74 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. CRecalls on the ~~Commission and Member States to promote healthca~~EU commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment and the necessity of equal re practices that benefit patients; notes that in this context abortion causes injury, infertility and mortality every year; urges Member States and international courts to prosecute medical professionals who fail to clinically demonstrate the benefit of the treatment they are providingesentation of women and men in leadership and in the decision-making; Calls for the increase the presence and contribution of women in the artificial intelligence, digital and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the world;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards and in the enjoyment of fundamental freedoms that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that ~~this pushback primarily results from~~ the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis ~~and their use~~have served as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, the increase in domestic violence, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data; recalls that the pandemic has also led to a decrease in the visibility and reporting of human rights violations at global level;

Amendment 75 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. CRecalls on the ~~Commission and Member States to promote healthca~~EU commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment and the necessity of equal re practices that benefit patients; notes that in this context abortion causes injury, infertility and mortality every year; urges Member States and international courts to prosecute medical professionals who fail to clinically demonstrate the benefit of the treatment they are providingesentation of women and men in leadership and in the decision-making; Calls for increase the presence and contribution of women inartificial intelligence, digital and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the world;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, an; also stresses in this regard the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data;

Amendment 76 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Strongly affirms that the denial of quality and affordable comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights services including comprehensive sexuality education is a form of gender based violence; stresses the need to support civil society organisations engaged in the promotion of reproductive justice especially within marginalised communities whose work continues to be threatened by the shrinking space for civil society; urges the Commission and the Council to reject any further attempts at rolling back gains for women’s human rights, equality, right to self- determination and full control over their own bodies; calls on the Commission and Member States to renew its support for sexual and reproductive health and rights, including access to safe and legal abortion, age appropriate, evidence-based comprehensive sexuality education, comprehensive family planning care including contraception and unbiased information, antenatal, childbirth and post natal care both within and beyond the European Union;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from rising authoritarianism as well as from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus~~, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data~~;

Amendment 77 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls on the Commission in its new EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy2020-2024 to build on its experience and continue tackling the challenge of the opposition to women’s rights and to gender equality, continuing its efforts to protect and empower women and girls, maximising the use of available instruments in that sense and awaits for the follow-up on the next steps, using the potential of synergies between EU, MS and other actors as well as between internal and external EU policies and measures;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental ~~freedoms~~human rights, including LGBTI rights and sexual and reproductive health and rights(SRHR), for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data;

Amendment 78 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR, accession to contraception, abortion care, fertility treatment, HIV and STI testing, reproductive cancer screenings, sexuality and relationship education and maternal healthcare, vulnerability to violence, including FGM and child marriage, employment status, access to education and extreme poverty and hunger;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, religious and belief minorities defenders, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data; expresses concern over cases of discrimination in distribution of COVID-19 aid on account of citizen's faith;

Amendment 79 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Human Rights are fully respected by EU’s trade partners, including gender equality, as EU trade policy can help promote and uphold human rights and gender equality in third countries, insists that dedicated and enforceable provisions in EU trade agreements are needed to ensure respect for human rights and gender equality;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to the UN Declarations on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, adopted on 18 December 1992,

Amendment 8 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Citation 1 c (new)

- having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, its principles 2, 3, 11 and 17;

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, defenders of religious and belief minorities, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data;

Amendment 80 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Calls for a comprehensive plan to address and challenge the prevailing gender norms and stereotypes and instigate change across sectors in the Member States and on a global level, as prescribed by the CEDAW;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, defenders of religious and belief minorities, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data;

Amendment 81 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Calls on coordinated EU action on providing support and protection on women’s rights and LGBTI defenders who counter continuous harassment and threat of violence in their countries;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, defenders of religious and belief minorities, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data;

Amendment 82 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4 e. Awaits for the new EU Action Plan for gender equality and women’s empowerment in external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the reinforcement of EU support for non-EU countries that are implementing new policies and legislative changes with a view to aligning national legal frameworks to international and SDG commitments concerning women’s rights and gender equality, to protecting women HRDs, to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive health, to preventing sexual and gender-based violence and female genital mutilation, to enforce gender equality as key priority in programmes and projects;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; is worried about the fact that Covid-19-related emergency measures are often not paired with clear obligations to revoke them once the crisis ended; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data;

Amendment 83 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Frances FITZGERALD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Stresses the need to respect women and girls’ reproductive capacity, and hence to condemn surrogacy;~~deleted

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the exacerbation of shrinking space for civil society and gender inequality, the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data;

Amendment 84 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Stresses the need to respect women and girls’ reproductive capacity, and hence to condemn surrogacy~~Calls on the global actors to take into account the increased risk and specific challenges of LGBTI+ people, who are victims of discrimination and violence, and to prevent, investigate and punish acts of violence and hate crimes; Furthermore calls global actors to take all necessary steps, legislative and administrative measures to ensure that sexual orientation and gender identity may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the rise of violence against women, hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data;

Amendment 85 #

Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN

5. Stresses the need to respect women and girls’ reproductive capacity, and hence to condemn surrogacy and limits on the number of children in a family, enforcing contraception and forcing women to have abortions;

Amendment 86 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Pina PICIERNO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech and disinformation, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the need to respect women and girls’ reproductive capacity, and hence to condemn commercial surrogacy;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech, based on race, ethnicity, religion or caste, the targeting of vulnerable groups, such as Dalits, accused of spreading the virus, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data;

Amendment 87 #

Alice KUHNKE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the need to respect women and girls’ reproductive capacity, and ~~hence to condemn surrogac~~bodily integrity;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data; expresses concern over discrimination in distribution of Covid-19 food aid, with religious minorities in many countries being denied aid on account of their faith;

Amendment 88 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

~~6. Calls on the Commission to address the phenomenon of young women in particular from Christian minorities being forced to marry older men from outside their religion in certain parts of the world.~~deleted

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses very serious concerns, however, about the decline in democratic and human rights standards that the crisis has caused in some countries; is of the opinion that this pushback primarily results from the devastating economic and social consequences of the crisis and their use as a pretext to manipulate state institutions and electoral timelines, suppress the activities of human rights defenders, political opponents, media or civil society representatives, and restrict fundamental freedoms for purposes unrelated to the pandemic; also stresses in this regard the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups accused of spreading the virus, and the widespread use, in violation of human rights, of digital technologies aimed at containing the pandemic by tracking citizens and retrieving their private data; condemns persistent attempts to use global outbreak of COVID-19 for undermining sanctions regimes which are imposed against countries who are violating its statutory commitments and obligations within the membership into international organizations such as the United Nations and the Council of Europe;

Amendment 89 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to address the phenomenon of young women ~~in particular from Christian minorities being forced to marry older men from outside their religion in certain parts of the world.~~being forced to marry. Calls on global actors to ensure children have continued access to education, with due attention to vulnerable children or at risk/in poverty, girls who face a greater risk of early and forced marriage;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- having regard to the decision of the UN General Assembly of 28 May 2019 designating 22 August as the UN’s International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief,

Amendment 9 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

- having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, its principles 2, 3, 11 and 17,

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the need to ensure full respect for human rights, and adherence to the principle that human rights are universal and inalienable, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated; stresses that attempts to use the rights of certain groups to justify the marginalisation of others are wholly unacceptable;

Amendment 90 #

Alice KUHNKE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to address the phenomenon of young women ~~in particular from Christian minorities being forced to marry older men from outside their religion in certain parts of the world.~~being subjected to forced marriage;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Expresses its deep concern at the attacks on democracy and the rule of law which reflect the rise of authoritarianism as a political project, embodying disregard for human rights, repression of dissent, politicised justice, predetermined election results, shrinking space for civil society to operate in, and limitations on freedom of assembly, expression and freedom of the press; underlines the importance of civil society allowing for flexible, timely and effective responses to regimes that violate international law, human rights and democratic principles;

Amendment 91 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. CRecalls on the EU Commi~~ssion to address the pheno~~tment for the improvemenont of ~~young women in particular from Christian minorities being forced to marry older men from outside their religion in certain parts of the world.~~the functioning of the EU internal market for certain accessible products and services by removing barriers to facilitate the work and businesses for persons with disabilities;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Supports international efforts to evaluate diverse national responses to the pandemic as regards restrictions of political, social and economic freedoms and to work towards the establishment of a joint human rights based framework that will inform future responses to sanitary crises; welcomes in this context the development of the Global Monitor by the European Commission and International IDEA which assembles data an analysis on developments in 162 countries in the world pertaining to the impact of the pandemic on democracy and human rights;

Amendment 92 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Urges Member States to find a binding tool based on solidarity to manage the migration phenomenon and to create safe and legal migration channels and issuance of humanitarian visas; points out that the situation for refugees is worst for more vulnerable persons like women, who are exposed to violations of their basic rights being often victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation and who, during the sea crossing, are more likely victims of the so- called “dinghy-disease” that provokes serious burns on their bodies because of the fuel that lays on the bottom of dinghy boats where women and children usually sit; Calls to systematically integrate a gender mainstreaming and intersectional perspective in the EU’s foreign and security, migration, enlargement, trade and development policy;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes with concern that the Covid- 19 pandemic has highlighted the shortcomings in many states healthcare system, thus undermining peoples' right to health, both physical and mental, and in terms of preventive actions to avoid contamination and remedy, and actions that allow access to health care; access to water and sanitary measures; access to information; and non-discrimination in access and rights;

Amendment 93 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Stresses the need for global actors to secure continued access to education, with due attention to vulnerable children or at risk/in poverty, and girls who face a greater risk of early and forced marriage;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Expresses concern over discrimination in distribution of Covid-19 food aid, with religious minorities in many countries being denied aid on account of their faith;

Amendment 94 #

Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Women's faith must always be respected and never imposed.

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Strongly denounces the many cases of structural discrimination and systematic persecution and killings linked to race, ethnicity, nationality, social class~~, caste~~ and economic status, disability, religion, belief, language, age, sex, sexual~~ity and gender identity~~ orientation, gender expression and gender identity, and migration or refugee status that continue to occur in many countries and societies; deplores the targeting of individuals or communities with intolerant and hate-filled declarations and actions; considers the prevalence of racism and xenophobia in many countries to be unacceptable; demands governments around the world to take a zero-tolerance approach to the racism and condemns the violence, discrimination, segregation and unlawful detention of persons with disabilities in many countries;

Amendment 95 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to table binding measures on pay transparency by the end of 2020;strongly recommends the inclusion of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value between women and men including a definition of “value” and gender-neutral evaluation tools and classification criteria to better determine its value in order to fight gender inequalities undermining women’s possibility to receive the valuation of their work achieve their deserved career and often their economic independence;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Strongly denounces ~~the many~~all cases of discrimination and persecution linked to ethnicity, nationality, social class, ~~caste,~~ religion, belief, language, age, sex, ~~sexuality and gender identity that continue to occur in many countries and societies; deplores the targeting of individ~~and sexuals or ~~communities with intolerant and hate-filled declarations and actions; considers the prevalence of racism and xenophobia in many countries to be unacceptable~~ientation;

Amendment 96 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls to systematically integrate a gender mainstreaming and intersectional perspective in the EU’s foreign and security, migration, enlargement, trade and development policy;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Strongly denounces the many cases of discrimination, intolerance and persecution linked to ethnicity, nationality, social class, caste, religion, belief, language, age~~, sex, sexuality and gender identity~~ and sex, that continue to occur in many countries and societies; deplores the targeting of individuals or communities with intolerant and hate-filled declarations and actions; considers the prevalence of racism and xenophobia in many countries to be unacceptable;

Amendment 97 #

Alessandra MORETTI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Alice KUHNKE, Rovana PLUMB, Pina PICIERNO, Heléne FRITZON

6 c. Urges the European institutions to integrate gender mainstreaming throughout the 2021 budgetary procedure, crucial procedure being the first of the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework(MFF), through gender budgeting; particularly in light of the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on women’s rights, such as increased gender based violence during the lockdown, a higher risk of drop-out from the labour market linked to a higher burden of care tasks, a higher share of women employed in sectors affected by the lockdown, including in the informal economy and in sectors with more precarious working conditions; Urges European Institution to integrate the gender perspective in all its workings and decision making processes regarding Next generation EU;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Strongly denounces the many cases of discrimination ~~and~~, persecution and killings linked to ethnicity, nationality, social class, caste, religion, belief, language, age, sex, sexuality and gender identity that continue to occur in many countries and societies; deplores the targeting of individuals or communities with intolerant and hate-filled declarations and actions; considers the prevalence of racism and xenophobia in many countries to be unacceptable;

Amendment 98 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irène TOLLERET, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Calls for specific gender chapters in all future EU trade and investment agreements;

Amendment 99 #