2022/2049(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to ~~continue~~align its efforts in its new EU action plan on human rights and democracy 2020- 20242 to ~~protect and empower women and girls by going beyond stereotypes~~create equality conditions for men and women, to guarantee full, effective and meaningful participation; stresses that these efforts must, to the extent possible, be made while fully respecting the right of peoples to self-determination, as enshrined in Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.;

Amendment 102 #

Annika BRUNA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts in its new EU action plan on human rights and democracy 2020- 2024 to protect and empower women and girls ~~by going beyond stereotypes~~; stresses that these efforts must, to the extent possible, be made while fully respecting the right of peoples to self- determination, as enshrined in Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Amendment 103 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Highlights the devastating floods that have recently ravaged Pakistan, leaving nearly 8million people displaced, and more than a thousand people dead; highlights the increased impact of the floods on women due to existing gender disparities; Notes with concern that women are 14 times more likely to die when there is a natural disaster1a; calls for gender-sensitive responses to be introduced in order to combat increased maternal mortality rates, gender based violence and sexual assault in camp settings, period poverty, restricted mobility and access to healthcare including SRHR. _________________ 1a UNDP, Women are hit hardest in disasters, so why are responses too often gender-blind? https://www.undp.org/blog/women-are- hit-hardest-disasters-so-why-are- responses-too-often-gender-blind

Amendment 104 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Highlights the importance of social dialogue in the interest of people from different socio-cultural and socio- economic backgrounds; draws the Commission's attention to the situation of marginalised minorities, including Roma people, especially girls, women and children, who are subject of multiple discrimination in education, health care, employment and housing, especially in deprived and disadvantaged regions and segregates;

Amendment 105 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Is concerned that EU’s anti- gender movements are heavily financed byforeign actors, who are seeking to curb, among others, sexual and reproductivehealth and rights, against LGBTIQ rights and equality in general. Calls for a careful analysis of this issue and ensuring that European money, as well as foreign donations, do not finance organisations that are actively targeting equality and trying to restrict the rights of others.

Amendment 106 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Stresses the importance of making European policies coherent with the defence of human rights, in this regard European policy makers should be committed to the defence of the right to life;

Amendment 107 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Deplores that human rights defenders continue to face scaling-up attacks, including judicial harassment, smear campaigns, and hate crimes. Calls for adoption and implementation of anti- slapp laws as well as effective prosecution of discriminatory behaviour and zero tolerance for hate speech and hate crimes. Highlights that women rights activists face harassment and violent threats for their actions, especially on social media without effective protection.

Amendment 108 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Draws the Commission's attention to the need for independent monitoring of tenders launched by the EU institutions to promote the social inclusion and development of disadvantaged groups, in particular women, girls, especially Roma women and girls, in various fields such as education, employment, health and housing, and to ensure that the various abuses are fully prevented;

Amendment 109 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Expresses concern about the practice of forced abortions, a practice that must be publicly condemned and prosecuted as a clear violation of fundamental rights and that attacks women’s dignity; condemns the selective abortions of girls, an unacceptable practice that constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex and must be completely rejected;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Citation 11 (new)

- having regard to the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, and the outcomes of their review conferences;

Amendment 110 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Underlines that the after effects of the Covid-19 pandemic continue to exacerbate existing inequalities disproportionately affecting the lives of marginalised groups, preventing access to essential services including SRHR services and gender based violence support;

Amendment 111 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls on the Council and the Commission to ensure the full integration of the convention into the future EU directive on combatting gender-based violence;

Amendment 112 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Calls on the Commission to create a concrete action plan in response to discriminatory and segregationist practices within the European Union, particularly against refugees displaced by the Russian-Ukrainian war conflict, with a particular focus on the multiple discrimination faced by disadvantaged and Roma women, girls and children, in the areas of border crossing, registration, housing, social security, education and employment;

Amendment 113 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Deplores the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, the hostile regime of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the continued oppression of women and girls throughout many countries in the world; Highlights the gender aspects of these conflicts and the disproportionate negative effects of war on already marginalised communities;

Amendment 114 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Calls on the EU leaders to promote and ensure the respect of the rights of human rights defenders, particularly women’s and LGBTIQ rights defenders, and to protect them from attacks and threats from state and non-state actors.

Amendment 115 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Condemns all forms of female genital mutilation, forced and underage marriage, trafficking, “honour” violence and “honour” killings; calls for the EU and global actors to specifically target these issues;

Amendment 116 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6 d. Condemns all kinds of targeted violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict; reiterates UN Security Council Resolution 1820 (2008) stating that rape and other forms of sexual violence constitute crimes against humanity or war crimes;

Amendment 117 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6 d. Stands in solidarity with protesters in Iran; reaffirms the right of women throughout the world to bodily autonomy and freedom of expression, including the right to choose their dress, free from state interference, coercion and fear of violence;

Amendment 118 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6 d. Stresses and calls on the Commission to promote policy cooperation with NGOs and institutions, the need to develop cooperation with local communities and the application of the subsidiarity principle;

Amendment 119 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6 e. Condemns targeted violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict; calls for decisive action to put an end to sexual violence as a weapon of war and end the impunity of those guilty of these actions and to raise awareness about the specific situation and discriminations experienced by war children; Calls on the EU to ensure that humanitarian assistance is based on genderresponsive needs assessments that regularly consult civil society organisations and survey women, including those who are internally displaced;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Citation 12 (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2020 on Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy,

Amendment 120 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6 e. Draws the Commission's attention to the dangers of the energy crisis and the increase in food prices as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian war conflict, which have a negative impact on those living on the margins of society, thereby increasing the number of social groups at risk of poverty and jeopardising the feasibility of the Commission's 2030 target for reducing the proportion of people living below the poverty line;

Amendment 121 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6 e. Calls on Member States and the European Commission to facilitate better cross-border communication and training to ensure a more efficient targeting of human traffickers who use borders as loopholes to further exploit their victims, the overwhelming majority of whom are women; notes that this has become even more relevant in the aftermath of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine;

Amendment 122 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6 f. Calls on the EU to ensure the integration of a gender perspective in Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, increasing the role of women in humanitarian aid and post-conflict reconstruction operations, transitional justice and the promotion of human rights; also calls for the EU to address trafficking and sexual and gender-based violence, and ensure sustained access to essential and life- saving health services in Ukraine;

Amendment 123 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6 f. Draws the Commission's attention to the key role of equal opportunities and diversity strategies in enabling excluded and marginalised groups, including Roma, to play an active role in the economic, cultural and political life of the Member States; therefore recommends that the Commission study best practices in Member States to promote Roma inclusion and propose their application to other Member States;

Amendment 124 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6 f. Condemns all forms of gender based violence including violence against LGBTIQ+, gender non-conforming and gender diverse people, including stigmatisation, arbitrary detention, torture, persecution and killings, so-called conversion therapy, genital mutilation and forced sterilisation and the incitement to violence against them;

Amendment 125 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)

6 g. Recalls that access to sexual and reproductive health services is a human right; Is appalled by the decision of the US Supreme Court reversing Roe v Wade and the subsequent removal of access to safe abortion across multiple states in the USA; further condemns the October 2020 decision of the Polish constitutional tribunal and the draconian decision of the Hungarian government to force those seeking abortion to listen to a foetal heartbeat; strongly condemns these decisions and calls for their immediate reversal; further condemns other continued attempts to stigmatise and reduce access to sexual and reproductive healthcare; 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;

Amendment 126 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)

6 g. Calls on the Commission to reject all forms of discrimination and segregation in the areas of education, health, housing and employment; stressing that the number of segregations affecting Roma in Europe is high and that a drastic reduction in discrimination is recommended both national and EU institutional levels;

Amendment 127 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)

6 g. Calls for Russia to be held accountable for all breaches of human rights against women and girls, including but not limited to, all accounts of sexual violence and rape; calls for decisive action to put an end to sexual violence as a weapon of war, to protect and help victims and increase their access to justice;

Amendment 128 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

6 h. Urges the Commission and Member States to promote unimpeded access to sexual and reproductive health services both inside and outside of the European Union including age appropriate, evidence-based comprehensive sexuality education, access to comprehensive family planning care including contraception and unbiased information, antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care, fertility services, safe and legal abortion and treatment for all sexual health related issues including HIV;

Amendment 129 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)

6 h. Calls on all remaining Member States to fully ratify the Istanbul convention which represents a key means of forging a Europe which confronts and tackles all forms of gender-based violence and offers prevention mechanisms to reduce the number of future victims; calls on the Council to conclude the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention without delay;

Amendment 13 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 13 (new)

- having regard to the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2021

Amendment 130 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)

6 h. Draws attention to communities living in disadvantaged areas, in segregates and poverty, whose access to clean water and their right to decent housing are being undermined by the denial of infrastructure services and by the continuing discrimination due to the lack of infrastructure;

Amendment 131 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)

6 i. Urges the High Representative, the Commission and the Council to strongly reject all attempts to restrict women’s rights, gender equality and LGBTQ+ rights, both in the EU and the world; Calls for the EU and the Member States to promote gender equality and SRHR in all their external actions, including in multilateral and bilateral forums;

Amendment 132 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)

6 i. Draws attention to the segregation and various types of discrimination in the health sector, which affects minorities especially Roma minority and other disadvantaged communities across the EU;

Amendment 133 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)

6 i. Encourages non-EU states to ratify the Istanbul Convention, improve women’s rights and strongly fight against all forms of gender-based violence;

Amendment 134 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)

6 j. Calls on the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention and for its immediate ratification by all individual Member States; Highlights that the Istanbul Convention is the most comprehensive instrument in Europe to combat specific forms of gender based violence; Calls for its use as a minimum standard with regards to the eradication of gender based violence throughout the world;

Amendment 135 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)

6 j. Draws the Commission's attention to border discrimination against groups fleeing the Russian-Ukrainian war, whereby the crossing of borders by certain minority groups, including Roma, has been obstructed, delayed or denied on both national and ethnic grounds, and to the situation of non-Ukrainian refugees arriving at border crossing points in host countries across Ukraine;

Amendment 136 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)

6 k. Appreciates the recognition of the need to protect the rights of LGBTIQ+ people in the Gender Action Plan III; 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; calls for the development of concrete targets to support the promotion of these rights

Amendment 137 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)

6 k. Draws attention to the importance of the Child Guarantee, in particular for children who are refugees from war-torn countries and to ensure the social security of children with multiple disadvantages, religious, ethnic or other nationalities;

Amendment 138 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)

6 k. Stresses that gender equality is a core value of the EU and one of its common and fundamental principles;

Amendment 139 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)

6 l. Calls on Member States to encourage greater participation of women in their respective democratic systems to tackle the discrepancy in the representation of women in democratic decision-making, with Sweden performing the best with over 46% elected women and Hungary the worst with just 14%; regrets in particular the lack of gender equality at a leadership level; therefore calls on the EU and other countries to strengthen its commitment to facilitate better participation of women in decision making in politics, business and civil society;

Amendment 14 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 14 (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 7April 2022 on the EU’s protection of children and young people fleeing the war in Ukraine,

Amendment 140 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)

6 l. Reiterates its calls on the EU institutions and Member states to commit to advance towards a feminist foreign and security policy that entails a gender transformative vision and to ensure that all goals and commitments of the Gender Action Plan III are fully implemented by Member States, EU delegations and all EU institutions;

Amendment 141 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)

6 l. Draws the Commission's attention to cases of discrimination against disadvantaged and severely disadvantaged people and people with disabilities in employment and in the health sector, where their opportunities are reduced and they are denied full participation in the economy and their health services are obstructed;

Amendment 142 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)

6 m. Regrets the backsliding in the rights for LGBTI women in some Member States, such as Poland, who face increasing barriers and hostility to living a life free from discrimination; Recall’s Ursula Von Der Leyen’s 2020 State of the Union speech where she declares that "LGBTI-free zones are humanity free zones. And they have no place in our Union.";

Amendment 143 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)

6 m. Calls on the Commission to reduce the practice of digital exclusion and upcoming social gaps and inequalities in terms of opportunities, particularly in employment, education, housing and health, and its impact on members of disadvantaged and severely disadvantaged groups living in poverty who are subject to further discrimination;

Amendment 144 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)

6 m. Underlines its calls for the EU to take into account the gender-specific threats, needs and challenges faced by Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD) and urges EU institutions to guarantee their access to specific protection mechanisms, as well as to provide political and increased direct financial support.

Amendment 145 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 n (new)

6 n. Condemns all forms of violence against LGBTI+ people across the EU and wider world; Calls on the EU and the Member States to up its efforts to combat violence, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGBTI+ citizens;

Amendment 146 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 p (new)

6 p. Calls for the EU and the Member States to promote gender equality and SRHR in all their external actions, including in multilateral and bilateral forums;

Amendment 147 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 r (new)

6 r. Calls on the EU to promote equal opportunities to access education around the world; Strongly urges the EU, including European External Action Service (EEAS), to counteract the appalling denial of girls’ education which represents a contravening of children’s human rights; recalls the particular significance of girls’ education in the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan;

Amendment 148 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

6 s. Calls on Member States to promote and encourage STEM learning from an early age to ensure that girls and women are not at an unfair disadvantage when later seeking employment in the scientific and technical sectors; recalls that equal opportunity to access the fields of science and technology are a prerequisite to ensure that women and girls can fully enjoy their human rights;

Amendment 15 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 15 (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 5 May2022 on the impact of the war against Ukraine on women,

Amendment 16 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 16 (new)

- having regard the joint communication of the Commission and the High representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy entitled ‘EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) III – An ambitious agenda for gender equality and women’s empowerment in EU external action’ (JOIN(2020)0017), having regard to the Resolution on the impact of the war against Ukraine on women of 5 May 2022,

Amendment 17 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

- having regard to its report of 22 June 2022 on intersectional discrimination in the European Union: the socio-economic situation of women of African, Middle-Eastern, Latin-American and Asian descent,

Amendment 18 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital A (new)

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 the right to the integrity of the person is paramount under Article 3 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; whereas gender mainstreaming and intersCectional approach should therefore be implemented and integrated as a horizontal principle in all EU activities and policies;

Amendment 19 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

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Recital B (new)

B. whereas gender equality is paramount to the development of free and equal societies; whereas the human rights of women, girls &non-binary people are still not guaranteed throughout the world and the space for civil society organisations, especially women’s rights, feminist and grassroots organisations is shrinking in many countries;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Citation 2 (new)

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

Amendment 20 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

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Recital C (new)

C. whereas theCOVID-19 crisis and its consequences have clear gender perspectives as they affect women and men differently all over the world; whereas the pandemic has exacerbated existing structural gender inequalities; whereas its consequences disproportionately affect lives of vulnerable groups including women, people of colour, LGBTQIA+ persons, people with disabilities, older people and others, for example preventing them from access to essential health and care services including SRHR services and gender based violence support;

Amendment 21 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital D (new)

D. whereas since the pandemic violence against women has increased; whereas more than 45% of women reported that they or a woman they know has experienced a form of violence since 2019 and 65% of women reported experiencing it in their lifetime; whereas globally, 245 million of women and girls aged 15 years or over have been subjected to sexual and/or physical violence perpetrated by an intimate partner in the previous 12 months; whereas more than 4 in 10 women feel more unsafe in public spaces than before and 1 in 2 women feel unsafe walking alone at night, whereas 6 in 10 women say they think sexual harassment in public has worsened;

Amendment 22 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital E (new)

E. whereas there is an ongoing oppressive backlash against women’s and LGBTIQ peoples rights throughout the world;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Recital F (new)

F. whereas countries all around the world are facing a backlash against gender equality, women’s and LGBTQIA+ rights, especially in the sphere of access to sexual and reproductive rights; whereas the Supreme Court of the US decided on 24 June 2022 to overturn the Roe v Wade ruling, putting an end to the federal constitutional right to abortion in US, allowing states to ban abortion at any point during pregnancy and opening up the possibility of complete bans on abortion; whereas since then, there had been a growing number of states in US and worldwide, who decided to ban abortions or limit the right to abortion;

Amendment 24 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital G (new)

G. whereas racialised women, women from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, women from minorities, women with disabilities, migrant women and LGBTIQ+ people faceadditional and multiple violations of their human rights; whereas they are often restricted from participating fully and effectively in economic, social and political life; whereas women subjected to intersecting types of discrimination all around the world face multiple obstacles in accessing the formal labour market, leaving them vulnerable to discrimination, poverty, economic exploitation, social exclusion and gender-based violence, including sexual harassment and mistreatment; whereas they face racism and discrimination in access to health care, support services in the case of violence and other services, denying their human rights; whereas afrophobia, antigypsism, antisemitism and islamophobia are widespread forms of racism all around the world;

Amendment 25 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital H (new)

H. whereas all around the world religion and ideology are used against women' and girls' rights and against gender equality in general; whereas women, girls and LGBTQIA+ persons experience gender-based violence and discrimination that impedes their ability to fully enjoy their human rights by state and non-state actors relying on religious ‘justifications’ for their actions; whereas women expressing their religion and beliefs by their clothing or physical appearance are more often victims of violence and discrimination;

Amendment 26 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital I (new)

I. whereas between2021-2022 1a, a total of fourteen female journalists were killed worldwide, marking an increase from the number given for 2020; whereas whilst more male journalists are killed each year, women generally experience more online and sexual harassment and are targeted more frequently in this regard; whereas women are engaging in politics in record numbers around the world, by seeking office and by voting, whereas in many countries this increased participation of women in politics is accompanied by a violent backlash; whereas physical, moral and cyber violence targeting women in politics is creating dangerous obstacles to women’s participation in political processes; whereas women activists, human rights defenders, and social leaders face worsening violence all around the world, _________________ 1a https://en.unesco.org/themes/safety- journalists/observatory

Amendment 27 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital J (new)

J. whereas significant number of women serve in the Ukrainian armed forces in combat and non-combat roles; whereas more than 22.8% of Ukraine's military are female; whereas at least 12 million people have fled their homes since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, most of them women and children, whereas wars and armed conflicts impact women, including those facing intersectional discrimination, in specific ways and exacerbate pre-existing inequalities; whereas women and girls are particularly at risk during humanitarian and displacement crises as they continue disproportionately to be victims of discrimination based on gender norms, of gender-based violence and deprived of access to health care and other services; whereas rape and sexual violence are used as a war weapon; whereas massive displacement and refugee flow due to wars and armed conflicts lead to a spike in human trafficking; whereas women and unaccompanied children are main victims of traffickers, often abusing their vulnerable situation;

Amendment 28 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

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Recital K (new)

K. whereas environmental problems – caused and exacerbated by climate change – are currently responsible for the growth of forced migration and subsequent erosion of human rights, and whereas there is therefore an increasing link between asylum-seekers and areas of environmental decline; whereas there is a need for better protection and resettlement of ‘climate refugees’, and for special attention to be given to women who are most vulnerable;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Recital L (new)

L. whereas climate change is undermining the enjoyment of human rights and increasing existing gender inequalities; whereas women and girls are more affected by climate change due to their unequal access to resources, education, political power, job opportunities and to land rights than man and due to the existing social and cultural norms such as their role as primary caregivers and often providers of water, food and fuel;

Amendment 3 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 3 (new)

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

Amendment 30 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Recital M (new)

M. whereas the lack of women involved in the development and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) represents an untapped catalyst for technological advancement; whereas scientific education such as STEM subjects is important for obtaining skills, decent work and the jobs of the future, as well as for breaking down gender stereotypes and biases that unjustly regard these as typically masculine fields;

Amendment 31 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital N (new)

N. whereas protecting women and girls and other vulnerable persons 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, abuse and mistreatment of women and girls seeking sexual and reproductive health information, goods and services, female genital mutilations, gynaecologic and obstetrical violence are forms of gender- based violence that, depending on the circumstances, may amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment;

Amendment 32 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital O (new)

O. whereas SRHR, including safe and legal abortion care, constitute a fundamental right; whereas criminalising, delaying and denying access to SRHR constitutes a form of gender based; whereas these restrictions and bans do not reduce the number of abortions, but only force people to travel long distances or to resort to unsafe abortions, also making them vulnerable to criminal investigation and prosecution, and affect persons who lack resources and information; whereas almost all deaths stemming from unsafe abortions occur in countries where abortion is severely restricted;

Amendment 33 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Recital P (new)

P. whereas there has been a regrettable backsliding for women’s access to safe and legal abortions in some Member States; whereas access to SRHR, including safe and legal abortion, is a human right;

Amendment 34 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Recital Q (new)

Q. whereas even though it is illegal, it is estimated that because of sex-selective abortions in India an estimated 6.8 million fewer female births will be recorded across India by 2030; whereas the same practice in China is resulting in 834 girls being born for every 1000 boy;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Recital R (new)

R. whereas gender-based violence constitutes a serious breach of human rights, undermining 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 36 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Recital S (new)

S. whereas 1 in 3 women have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime;

Amendment 37 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Recital T (new)

T. whereas women’s and girls’ rights are still not adequately safeguarded in many parts of the world and the role for civil society, in particular women’s rights organisations, is becoming increasingly under threat in many countries;

Amendment 38 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the importance of advancing women’s rights and equality of opportunity between men and women worldwide, which are crucial to the realisation of human rights; emphasises that, in spite of progress, women and girls continue to suffer from discrimination and violence, especially in countries under strict Islamic regimes, and that such societies fail to provide them with equal rights under the law and equal access to education, healthcare, decent work and political and economic representation;deleted

Amendment 39 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Citation 4 (new)

- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) of 18 December1979

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the importance of advancing women’s rights and equality of opportunity between men and women worldwide, which are crucial to the realisation of human rights; emphasises that, in spite of progress, women and girls continue to suffer from discrimination and violence, especially in countries under strict Islamic regimes, where male guardianship, the imposition of rules regarding women's dress, and forced marriages, among others, are normalised and that such societies fail to provide them with equal rights under the law and equal access to education, healthcare, decent work and political and economic representation;

Amendment 42 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the importance of ~~advancing~~promoting gender equality and women’'s rights ~~and equality of opportunity between men and~~, in particular the rights of disadvantaged, excluded, refugee and other minority groups, especially Roma women, worldwide, ~~which are cruci~~as they are fundamental to the realisation of human rights; ~~emphasi~~stresses that, in despite ~~of progress, women and girl~~the goals achieved, women and girls belonging to the above-mentioned groups continue to suffer ~~from~~ discrimination and violence, ~~especially in countries under strict Islamic regimes, and that such societies fail to provide them with~~and that many societies continue to struggle to ensure that women and girls have equal rights under the law and equal access to education, health care, decent work and political and economic representation;

Amendment 43 #

Annika BRUNA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the importance of advancing women’s rights and equality of opportunity between men and women worldwide, which are crucial to the realisation of human rights; emphasises that, in spite of progress, women and girls continue to suffer from discrimination and violence, especially in countries under strict Islamic regimes, which does not recognize the equal dignity of men and women, and that such societies fail to provide them with equal rights under the law and equal access to education, healthcare, decent work and political and economic representation;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses th~~e importance of advancing women’s rights and equality of opportunity between men and women worldwide, which are crucial to~~at mental health is an integral part of the right to health and well-being and that the realisation of human rights; emphasises that, in spite of progress, women and girls continue to suffer from discrimination and violence, especially in countries under strict Islamic regimes, and that such societies fail to provide them with equal rights under the law and equal access to education, healthcare, decent work and political and economic representation; are discrepancies in how mental health issues affect men and women. Highlights the significance of adopting a gender- sensitive approach to research and treatment of mental health illnesses as well as of mainstreaming mental health in general and for effective communication strategies to target stereotypes regarding mental health.

Amendment 45 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Expresses concern about the existence of communities within the European Union where the Sharia law is de facto applied constituting an attack on human rights;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 47 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 49 #

Simona BALDASSARRE, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Annika BRUNA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Condemns all violence against women and children and notes the alarming increase in such violence worldwide, in particular during the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the EU’s efforts, alongside those of its international partners, aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and children; condemns the practice of surrogacy, which compromises human dignity, exploiting the woman's body and its reproductive functions, as well as considering the unborn child as an object; believes that the practice of surrogacy involving reproductive exploitation and the use of the human body for economic or other returns, particularly in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries, should be prohibited and treated as serious violation of human rights;

Amendment 5 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 5 (new)

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

Amendment 50 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Condemns all violence against women and children and notes the ~~alarming~~ increase in such violence worldwide~~, in particular during the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the EU’s efforts, alongside those of its international partners, aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and children~~;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. C~~ondemns all violence against w~~alls for sexual and reproductivehealth and rights to becomen an~~d children and notes the alarming increase in such violence worldwide, in particular during the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the EU’~~ integral part of the EU’s promotion of humanrights in the world. Access to contraception, comprehensive sexuality andrelationships education, universal access to SHRH services, as well as eaffor~~ts, alongside those of its international partners, aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and children;~~dabilityand accessibility of SRHR health centres in particular, should all be promoted,as should coordinated support of civic organisations which fight for SRHR and providingsupport to those in need.

Amendment 52 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Emphasizes the importance of setting a leading example by enshrining SRHR in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Amendment 54 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 55 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on global actors to take all necessary legislative and administrative steps and measures to promote a culture of acceptance, mutual respect and human dignity for men and women at all stages of development and agingIs deeply concerned about the increase of gender inequalities resulting from the successive crises all around the world; notes with concerns the alarming growth of violence against women worldwide during crises; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world resulting from the COVID-19pandemic, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR and in particular accesso abortion and contraception, fertility treatment, HIV and STI testing, reproductive cancer screenings, sexuality and relationship education and maternal healthcare;

Amendment 57 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on global actors to take all necessary legislative and administrative steps and measures to promote a culture of acceptance, mutual respect and human dignity for men and women at all stages of development and aging;Deplores the large increase in the number of people caught in modern slavery. Calls for a victim-centric and human-rights-centric approach to combatting this crime. Highlights the gender dimension of human trafficking with 65 % of total victims being women and girls and 92 % of them being trafficked for sexual exploitation. Calls for coordinated action focusing on recognition of victims and their effective reintegration into society, as economic and gender inequality are one of the major drivers of victimization.

Amendment 58 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Highlights that the displacement and refugee flow from wars is always largely gendered; strongly condemns the use of sexual and gender-based violence as a weapon of war and stresses that this constitutes a war crime; expresses its deep concerns about the growing number of reports of human trafficking, sexual violence, exploitation, rape and abuse faced by women and children fleeing Ukraine; call son all host and transit countries receiving refugees to address the specific needs of women and girls and to ensure that gender based violence services and referral pathways and complaints mechanisms are immediately available within communities in languages and formats accessible to all groups; calls on guarantee access to sexual and reproductive health and rights services, particularly emergency contraception, abortion care, including for survivors of rape; encourages the fast inclusion of women and children fleeing the war or armed conflicts in host countries;

Amendment 59 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Highlights that any conflict, such as the war in Ukraine, creates an opportunity for human traffickers who are misusing people’s vulnerability. Calls for the establishment of safe and legal migration routes and legal guarantees, as well as transparent information campaigns, so that people who are fleeing conflict and/or distress are not susceptible to falling into trafficking chains.

Amendment 6 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 6 (new)

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

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses the importance of ensuring true gender equality, for all people, throughout the world; emphasizes the role of gender equality in ensuring equal enjoyment of fundamental rights and subsequent access to services such as healthcare, education, decent work, housing, and care;

Amendment 61 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Condemns excessive use of force by police against women protesting in Canada and Germany; calls on all Governments to ensure that their law enforcement authorities do not prosecute legitimate protests or discriminate against those exercising their right to free speech;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Recognizes the courage and the strength of Ukrainian female soldiers, who defend their country in large numbers, and all Ukrainian women who provide support and assistance on the ground, as well as those who have decided to flee the country to protect their families;

Amendment 63 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Stresses that human trafficking for sexual exploitation and other purposes remains one of the biggest risks for women and children fleeing wars and armed conflicts who are in a particularly vulnerable situation; urges the EU and all global actors to identify and prosecute the trafficking networks profiting from the sexual exploitation of refugee women and girls;

Amendment 64 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3 d. Underlines that women and girls need continued access to sexual and reproductive health services throughout conflict and displacement, including access to safe delivery, family planning services, legal and safe abortion or clinical management of rape; calls for funds to be made available for the provision of essential and lifesaving SRHS in line with the UN Minimum Initial Service Package;

Amendment 65 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3 e. Recalls the difficult situation of and obstacles to transgender persons including transwomen or transgender and intersex women with the male gender marker fleeing wars and armed conflicts; stresses that transgender people whose identity documents do not correspond with their identity should be allowed to pass borders and through internal checkpoints and may not be excluded from civil protection measures; stresses that transgender refugee persons have difficulties to access hormonal treatments; underlines that such treatments another specific medicines for transgender and intersex people are classified as essential by the WHO and thus should be included in humanitarian aid packages;

Amendment 66 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 68 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on global actors and the Member States to forcefully tackle the plight of women and girls throughout the world who are subjected to human trafficking and sexual exploitation; supports efforts to rescue and rehabilitate victims and to rigorously prosecuteDeplores that around the world, more than 35 % of women have been victims of sexual violence. Calls for ratification and effective implementation of international instruments aimed at targeting this terrible crime, such as the Istanbul convention and the UN General Assembly Resolution on International cooperation on access to justice for survivors of sexual violence. Highlights, the need of providing victims with effective reparations and refor~~m male and female offenders, including by dismantling criminal gangs who prey on those duped into taking deadly journeys to enter the EU illegally;~~ legal provisions which count with a difficult and often long investigation as well as with instances that happened a long time ago.

Amendment 69 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on global actors and the Member States to forcefully tackle the plight of women and girls throughout the world who are subjected to human trafficking and sexual exploitation; supports efforts to rescue and rehabilitate victims and to rigorously prosecute and reform male and female offenders, including by dismantling criminal gangs who prey on those duped into taking deadly journeys to enter the EU illegallyDenounces the fact that gender- based violence is one of the most widespread forms of violence in the world; points out that gender-based violence is a form of discrimination and a violation of fundamental rights, as well as the result of genderstereotypes, structural and institutional inequalities, underlines the importance of applying a gendered, intersectional and victim-centred approach to all policies and measures to address gender-based violence; calls on the Commission to advance their efforts through the EU foreign policy in that direction;

Amendment 7 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 7 (new)

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

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based, physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence including domestic violence, sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, stalking, mobbing, human trafficking, child and forced marriage, forced sterilisation, forced abortions, femicide, female genital mutilation, rape as a weapon of domination and of war, as well as cyber violence;underlines that all these forms of violence constitute a serious violations of human rights and dignity, is deeply concerned about the growing phenomenon of femicide in Europe and all around the world;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Highlights that LGBTIQ+ women, migrant and racialized women, women with disabilities and older women among others face intersectional discrimination; Calls for EU internal and external action to take into account intersecting identities and discriminations and to recognise that women and girls in all their diversity as well as non-binary people, are affected differently by gender inequalities as they are compounded by other forms of oppression;

Amendment 72 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Expresses grave concerns over loss of privacy and protection for women in locker rooms and jail facilities where biological males identifying as women are given access; notes that a level playing field can only exist in women's sports when only biological females are permitted to compete;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls for the identification of gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in the Article 82(1) TFEU.

Amendment 74 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

4 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; welcomes Commission's proposal for a directive on combatting violence; is concerned by the Turkish withdrawal from the convention; condemns the attempts in some States to revoke measures already taken in implementing the Istanbul Convention and in combating violence against women; calls on EU and Council of Europe to continue to encourage states to join the Convention in order to combat and eliminate gender based violence together;

Amendment 75 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Highlights the need to tackle discrimination against women and harmful stereotypes from early childhood, as those are one of the major driving factors of GBV. Highlighting that many women are facing intersectional and multiple discrimination. Calls for better protection of women from vulnerable groups, such as LGBTIQ, women with disabilities, with a migrant background, older women and women from rural areas.

Amendment 76 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Calls on global actors to protect and prevent gender based violence and protect vulnerable groups, children, minority groups, LGBTQIA+ and refugee and migrant women, and to investigate and punish acts of violence and hate crimes; welcomes and encourages the efforts and investments of the EU together with its international partners aimed at eliminating all forms of gender based violence;

Amendment 77 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Highlights the use of threats and violence targeting female journalists or politicians, as well as women engaged in defence of human rights; reminds the state’s primary responsibility to ensure an enabling a safe environment for these publicly exposed women and a protection from threats and attacks; calls for prompt investigations of intimidation, threats, violence and other abuses against these women;

Amendment 78 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4 e. Stresses that women and girls from ethnic, religious and belief minorities are even more vulnerable to gender-based violence and discrimination; strongly condemns the discrimination and violence against women from minorities in the world, such as Romani women ; considers that right to education, social rights, the right to the healthcare should in no case be diminished or taken away; is deeply concerned about the situation of Uyghurs minority and condemns all violations of human rights such as arbitrary detentions, torture, ill treatment, including forced medical treatment, sexual and gender-based violence which may constitute international crimes;

Amendment 79 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Calls on the Member States to promote healthcare practices that benefit women and girls at all stages of development and aging;~~deleted

Amendment 8 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 8 (new)

- having regard to its Resolution of 7 July 2022 on the US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and women’s heath in the EU

Amendment 80 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Calls on the Member States to promote healthcare practices that benefit women and girls at all stages of development and aging;~~deleted

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Calls on the Member States to promote healthcare practices that benefit women and girls at all stages of development and aging~~Urges the EU and global actors 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 international society 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 82 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls ~~on the Member States to promote healthcare prac~~for collection and deep analysis of gender-disaggregated data and gender mainstreaming in healthcare sector in order to bridge the disparitices ~~that benefit women and girls at all stages of development and aging;~~in the quality of treatment of men and women. Later diagnosis, inadequate treatment, and lack of women in studies are all prevalent issues for access to quality healthcare for women.

Amendment 83 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Member States to promote healthcare practices that benefit women and girls at all stages of development and aging; notes that no international legal right to abortion exists, and that the Dobbs decision in the United States allows individual states to decide on their maternal healthcare policies;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Stresses the need for universal access to quality and affordable comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care including the access to safe and legal abortion, both within and beyond the European Union; reaffirms that the denial of quality and affordable comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights services is a form of gender based violence; reiterates that the need to universal accesso quality and affordable sexual and reproductive health care embraces the right to information, including comprehensive sexuality education,

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Stresses that the harmful effects of climate change and ecosystem degradation are being borne disproportionately by the poor, notably women and young people, as well as by indigenous peoples and other natural resource-dependent communities and calls the EU to commit towards gender transformative climate actions in both internal and external actions;

Amendment 86 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Expresses grave concerns over the loss of women's rights in countries like Afghanistan, following the American withdrawal and the take-over by the Taliban; condemns any country or culture which treats women as property, prevents women and girls from enjoying choices in education, family life, and careers;

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Condemns all threats, attacks and punishments of activists helping women to access to abortion or contraception; stresses the need to support civil society organisations engaged in the promotion of gender equality and especially reproductive justice;

Amendment 88 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Condemns the practise of sex- selective abortion, which disproportionately kills young girls and harms their mothers, leading to a dangerous imbalance in the male to female ratio in some countries;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Condemns the actions of anti- gender and anti-feminist movements, regimes and religions that systematically attack women’s and LGBTQIA+ rights; urges Commission to ensure that governments, civil society organisations supported and funded by the Union do not promote policies against women and LGBTQIA+ individuals, gender discrimination, gender inequality, hate crimes and violence against women and LGBTQIA+ people;

Amendment 9 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Citation 9 (new)

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

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5 d. Stresses that over the past 12 months, human rights violations against women and girls have increased disproportionately in Afghanistan despite initial promises to guarantee the right to work and to education for women and girls; condemns that the Taliban is systematically excluding women and girls from public life and political participation; Welcomes that the EU has re-established minimal presence in Kabul ensuring the delivery of assistance and prioritises direct engagement with the Afghan people, including through the Afghan Women Leaders’ Forum which aims to ensure that Afghan women have a voice in international fora;

Amendment 91 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5 e. Is deeply concerned and saddened by the death of Mahsa Amini, died on September 16th after morality police beat her, apparently for wearing a loose hijab; calls for a prompt, impartial and effective investigation by an independent competent authority; is concerned by the repressive answer and use of power by Iranian government against people who manifest for women’s rights and equality; calls all national authorities to stop targeting, harassing, and detaining women who do not abide by the hijab rules;

Amendment 92 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)

5 f. Condemns all forms of violence against LGBTIQIA+ and gender non conforming people; calls on global actors to take into account the increased risk and specific challenges of LGBTQIA+ people, who are particularly vulnerable and often victims of discrimination and violence, and to prevent, investigate and punish acts of violence and hate crimes against them; furthermore calls global actors to take all necessary steps to ensure that gender identity or sexual orientation may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties; calls on respect for the bodily autonomy of all people, in particular by banning intersexgenital mutilation, so-called ‘conversion therapy’ practices, and the forced sterilisation of trans people as a precondition for being granted legal gender recognition; reiterates that gender recognition laws should be adopted in accordance with international human rights standards, thereby making gender recognition accessible, affordable, administrative, quick and based on self-determination;

Amendment 93 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)

5 g. Calls on the EU and all global actors to adopt a gender-sensitive response including an intersectionality perspective to all crisis, especially the incoming energetic and climate crises; calls to systematically integrate a gender mainstreaming and intersectionality perspective in the EU’s foreign and security, migration, enlargement, trade and development policy; calls for specific gender chapters in all future EU trade and investment agreements; deeply regrets, in this regard, the lack of an intersectional dimension in the EU's New Pact on Migration and Asylum;

Amendment 94 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)

5 h. Recalls that women in all their diversity, in particular those facing intersecting forms of discrimination, in marginalised situations and in conflict settings, are disproportionally affected by climate change and its consequences; calls on the EU and global actors to ensure that all climate action includes an intersectional perspective and that targeted funds and measures are implemented to that end and to guarantee the equal participation of women in all their diversity in decision-making bodies at international, national and local level;

Amendment 95 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

5 i. Stresses that the presence and contribution of women is particularly important in the time of crisis; recalls the EU commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment and the necessity of equal representation of women and men in leadership and in the decision- making;

Amendment 96 #

Michal ŠIMEČKA, Hilde VAUTMANS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Sylvie BRUNET, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 j (new)

5 j. 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; Regrets that fact that the overall progress in women's rights is far below the UN countries’ commitments included in the 1995 Beijing Convention;

Amendment 97 #

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 98 #

Radka MAXOVÁ, Maria NOICHL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Heléne FRITZON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 99 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts in its new EU action plan on human rights and democracy 2020-2024 to protect and empower women and girls by going beyond stereotypes; stresses that these efforts must, to the extent possible, be made while fully respecting the right of peoples to self- determinDeplores that trans and gender- diverse persons continue to face discrimination and difficulties with legal gender recognition.Calls to abolish the still prevalent harmful practice of sterilization, as ~~enshrined in Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights~~a condition for legal gender recognition.

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2022/10/11 AFET 533 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6

— having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

— having regard to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted on 13 September 2007 and the International Labour Organization (ILO) Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, of 1989 (No. 169),

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises the importance that the EU and its Member States consistently act together and in unity, particularly in multilateral forums, to address global challenges to human rights and democracy;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises the importance that the EU and its Member States consistently act together and in unity to address global challenges to human rights and democracy, while ensuring that human rights do not become a tool of radical political ideologies in the Union's external and internal relations;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises the importance that the EU and its Member States consistently act together and in unity to address global challenges to human rights and democracy, while respecting international law;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Urges~~Expresses deep concern that the EU and ~~its~~certain Member States to intensify their efforts all over the world to support democracy and human rights; calls on the EU and its Member States, in this regard, both individually and in cooperation with like-minded international partners, to thwart unacceptable attempts to weaken democratic institutions and universal human rights, especially those that present authoritarian regimes as superior tocontinue to pursue business, military, antiterrorism and migration interests over human rights and democracy concern; urges the EU and its Member States to intensify their genuine efforts all over the world to support democrac~~ies~~y and ~~diminish the space for~~ humand r~~ole of civil society~~ights;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 107 #

Jaak MADISON, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Susanna CECCARDI, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the EU and its Member States to intensify their efforts all over the world to support democracy and human rights; calls on the EU and its Member States, in this regard, both individually and in cooperation with like-minded international partners, to thwart unacceptable attempts to weaken democratic institutions and universal human rights, especially those that present authoritarian regimes as superior to democracies and diminish the space for and role of civil society; calls on the EU institutions, including the European External Action Service, to ensure EU and Member States human rights obligations are consistently implemented in the EU’s foreign policy; in this regard, encourages the EU to make use of all diplomatic tools, both privately and publicly, and both bilaterally and in multilateral fora, to raise human rights issues with partner country counterparts, including individual human rights defender cases;

Amendment 108 #

7 a. Insists that unanimity voting within the Council on human rights issues must remain in place and that a move towards qualified majority voting in foreign policy matters will cause a slippery slope that will even further erode the sovereignty of Member States; recalls that the ability to enter into relations with other states, and by analogy the ability to determine foreign policy, is one of the foundational elements of statehood and sovereignty;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Recalls that the Treaty of Lisbon attributing legal status to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and the provisions of that Treaty in the area of Freedom, Security and Justice, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, fully respect national competence on matters regarding the right to life, marriage, family, and education;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

— having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted on 25 September 2015, in particular goals 1, 4, 5, 8, 10 and 106 thereof,

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Underscores that the ambitious commitment and rhetoric of the EU's external human rights policy requires it to be consistent and exemplary; regrets therefore that in practice, the EU continues to be regularly denounced by the human rights community as being inconsistent towards comparable human rights situations worldwide and of placing energy, security, migration or trade interests, before its stated commitment to universal human rights; deplores, as well, the deterioration of the human rights and rule of law situation in a number of its own Member States which undermines the credibility of the EU when opposing the global democratic decline; 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 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. 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 may have been violated by EU activities in these countries;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7 c. Stresses the importance of Member States taking ownership of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy and publicly reporting on their action under this strategic document; encourages national and regional parliaments, national human rights institutions and local civil society organizations to engage with their authorities at Member State level on their contribution to the conduct of the EU's external human rights policy;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

Enhancing EU policies, instruments and diplomacy to protect and advance human rights and democracy in the world

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the EU to reflect on how to ~~promote~~best and most appropriately apply a human rights-based approach in ~~all~~ EU instruments and strategies ~~in order to strengthen the EU’s human rights foreign policy~~; underlines that the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI – Global Europe), including its thematic programme on human rights and democracy, is one of the main tools at the EU’s disposal to improve the human rights situation around the world and help foster resilient, inclusive and democratic societies; stresses that the engagement of local civil society actors is vital to protect human rights and democracy in their countries and reiterates its call to fully engage them in all of the EU’s relevant external activities; highlights the importance that NDICI – Global Europe attaches to the promotion of human rights and democracy with strategic international and local partners; underlines Parliament’s role in the instrument’s programming process and calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to share all the relevant information in a timely manner in order to enable Parliament to play its role accordingly, in particular during high-level geopolitical dialogues with the Commission;

Amendment 115 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. CWelcomes the invaluable assistance provided to civil society organizations and activists worldwide under the former European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights and currently under the thematic human rights and democracy programme of the NDICI, and under the European Endowment for Democracy; calls for the EU to reflect on how to promote a human rights-based approach in all EU instruments and strategies in order to strengthen the EU’s human rights foreign policy; underlines that the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI – Global Europe), including its thematic programme on human rights and democracy, is one of the main tools at the EU’s disposal to improve the human rights situation around the world and help foster resilient, inclusive and democratic societies; stresses that the engagement of local civil society actors is vital to protect human rights and democracy in their countries and reiterates its call to fully engage them in all of the EU’s relevant external activities; highlights the importance that NDICI – Global Europe attaches to the promotion of human rights and democracy with strategic international and local partners; underlines Parliament’s role in the instrument’s programming process and ~~calls on~~regrets the degree in which the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) ~~to share all the~~have in the past shared relevant information in a timely manner in order to enable Parliament to ~~play~~fulfil its role, a~~ccordingly~~s enshrined in the treaties, in particular during high-level geopolitical dialogues with the Commission; calls on the Commission and EEAS to engage in a dialogue with the Parliament to ensure improvement in this regard;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the EU to reflect on how to promote a human rights-based approach in all EU instruments and strategies in order to strengthen the EU’s human rights foreign policy and shape the evolving geopolitical situation; underlines that the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI – Global Europe), including its thematic programme on human rights and democracy, is one of the main tools at the EU’s disposal to improve the human rights situation around the world and help foster resilient, inclusive and democratic societies while pushing back against the influence of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes; stresses that the engagement of local civil society actors is vital to protect human rights and democracy in their countries and reiterates its call to fully engage them in all of the EU’s relevant external activities; highlights the importance that NDICI – Global Europe attaches to the promotion of human rights and democracy with strategic international and local partners; underlines Parliament’s role in the instrument’s programming process and calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to share all the relevant information in a timely manner in order to enable Parliament to play its role accordingly, in particular during high-level geopolitical dialogues with the Commission;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the EU to reflect on how to promote a human rights-based approach in all EU instruments and strategies in order to strengthen the EU’s human rights foreign policy; underlines that the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI – Global Europe), including its thematic programme on human rights and democracy, is one of the main tools at the EU’s disposal to improve the human rights situation around the world and help foster resilient, inclusive and democratic societies; stresses that the engagement of local civil society actors, in particular independent civil society organisations, is vital to protect human rights and democracy in their countries and reiterates its call to fully engage them in all of the EU’s relevant external activities, ensuring genuine consultation and participation of such organisations within the framework of official and informal dialogues, as well as exploratory talks; highlights the importance that NDICI – Global Europe attaches to the promotion of human rights and democracy with strategic international and local partners; underlines Parliament’s role in the instrument’s programming process and calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to share all the relevant information in a timely manner in order to enable Parliament to play its role accordingly, in particular during high-level geopolitical dialogues with the Commission;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the EU to reflect on how to promote a human rights-based approach in all EU instruments and strategies in order to strengthen the EU’s human rights foreign policy; underlines that the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI – Global Europe), including its thematic programme on human rights and democracy, is one of the main tools at the EU’s disposal to improve the human rights situation around the world and help foster resilient, inclusive and democratic societies; stresses that the engagement of local civil society, and religious and faith- based actors is vital to protect human rights and democracy in their countries and reiterates its call to fully engage them in all of the EU’s relevant external activities; highlights the importance that NDICI – Global Europe attaches to the promotion of human rights and democracy with strategic international and local partners, particularly through EU Election Observation Missions; underlines Parliament’s role in the instrument’s programming process and calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to share all the relevant information in a timely manner in order to enable Parliament to play its role accordingly, in particular during high-level geopolitical dialogues with the Commission;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the EU to reflect on how to promote a human rights-based approach in all EU instruments and strategies in order to strengthen the EU’s human rights foreign policy; underlines that the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI – Global Europe), including its thematic programme on human rights and democracy, is one of the main tools at the EU’s disposal to improve the human rights situation around the world and help foster resilient, inclusive and democratic societies; stresses that the engagement of local civil society, and religious and faith- based actors is vital to protect human rights and democracy in their countries and reiterates its call to fully engage them in all of the EU’s relevant external activities; highlights the importance that NDICI – Global Europe attaches to the promotion of human rights and democracy with strategic international and local partners, particularly through EU Election Observation Missions; underlines Parliament’s role in the instrument’s programming process and calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to share all the relevant information in a timely manner in order to enable Parliament to play its role accordingly, in particular during high-level geopolitical dialogues with the Commission;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

— having regard to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration of 2016 and the Global Compact on Refugees of 2018,

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the EU to reflect on how to promote a human rights-based approach in all EU instruments and strategies in order to strengthen the EU’s human rights foreign policy; underlines that the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI – Global Europe), including its thematic programme on human rights and democracy, is one of the main tools at the EU’s disposal to improve the human rights situation around the world and help foster resilient, inclusive and democratic societies; stresses that the engagement of local civil society actors is vital to protect human rights and democracy in their countries and reiterates its call to fully engage them in all of the EU’s relevant external activities; highlights the importance that NDICI – Global Europe attaches to the promotion of human rights and democracy with strategic international and local partners; underlines Parliament’s role in the instrument’s programming process and calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to share all the relevant information in a timely manner in order to enable Parliament to play its role accordingly, in particular during high-level geopolitical dialogues with the Commission; notes the importance of the project to create an European Diplomatic Academy that would prepare current and future EU diplomats to converge and be prepared to uphold common EU values including the foreign policies for human rights and democracy;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Reiterates its call for greater transparency regarding human rights- related provisions in financing agreements under the NDICI - Global Europe 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 the rule of law as well as in grave cases of corruption; calls on the Commission to strictly refrain from using budget support to third countries’ governments as an operational modality for aid delivery in countries witnessing widespread violations of human rights and repression of human rights defenders;

Amendment 122 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Dragoş TUDORACHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Highlights the importance of long- term planning and continuation of support for projects and initiatives under the NDICI - Global Europe, particularly when it concerns provision of humanitarian aid in areas affected by conflicts, war and natural disasters;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Calls on the Commission to establish, in cooperation with the EEAS, a framework for annual reporting by the European Financial Institutions (EFIs), notably the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), on their 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 EFIs 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 EFIs; calls on the EFIs to further develop their policy on social standards into a human rights policy in the area of banking; calls for the inclusion of human rights benchmarks in their project evaluations;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Fully supports the work of the EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Human Rights in defending and advancing human rights in the world through engagement with third countries and cooperation with like-minded partners, and his important role in enhancing the effectiveness of the EU’s human rights policies through efforts to increase their coherence; reiterates that the appointment of the EUSR should be subject to a prior hearing in Parliament; underlines the need for close cooperation between the EUSR for Human Rights and other EUSRs on countries and regions in order to further improve this consistency, and calls for greater visibility for the role of the EUSR for Human Rights; encourages the EUSR to pursue diplomatic efforts to enhance the EU support for international humanitarian law and international justice; suggests to keep under review whether a dedicated position for an EU Special Representative on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice may be necessary; believes that making the most of its expanded mandate will require added human and financial resources, as well as political backing from the VP/HR and EU Member States at the highest level; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that adequate resources are provided to the new special representative and his team;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Fully supports the work of the EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Human Rights in defending and advancing human rights in the world through engagement with third countries and cooperation with like-minded partners, and his important role in enhancing the effectiveness of the EU’s human rights policies through efforts to increase their coherence; underlines the need for close cooperation between the EUSR for Human Rights and other EUSRs on countries and regions in order to further improve this consistency, and calls for greater visibility for the role of the EUSR for Human Rights; calls for more public engagement of the VP/HR and the EUSR on individual human rights defenders and to closely cooperate with Brussels and country-based civil society; underlines the importance that EU Special Representatives on country and regional situations engage with national authorities on the protection of human rights and individual cases;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 129 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

— having regard to the UN Human Rights High Commissioner's Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China of 31 August 2022,

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Stresses that, although the European Parliament upholds a degree of informal cooperation with the EEAS enhanced by Council Decision of 26 July 2010 and the “VP/HR's declaration of political accountability of 2010”, is necessary to further strengthen the framework of inter-institutional relations between this Parliament and the EEAS, including its delegations, on human rights issues; calls for a “Framework Agreement on the promotion and defence of human rights and democracy worldwide ”between the European Parliament and the EEAS; highlights the need for the European Parliament and the EEAS to develop together guidance notes for the implementation of EU Human Rights’ instruments, such as the EU Human Rights Guidelines or EU mechanisms on due diligence, fight against corruption, among others, in third countries;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Highlights the importance of addressing the continued segmentation in the conduct of EU external relations in relation to human rights; calls for improved coordination on human rights matters between the Commission DG for International Partnerships (INTPA) and the EEAS with other relevant Directorate Generals, including DG for Trade and DG for Migration and Home Affairs, as well as with the relevant EU agencies, such as FRONTEX and EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA); welcomes the increased coordination between the EU Delegations and the EEAS headquarters and DG INTPA in relation to urgent human rights defenders cases;

Amendment 132 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Javier ZARZALEJOS, David LEGA, Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes ~~with regret~~ that the post of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU has remained vacant for more than a year; re~~iterates its call for the Council and~~grets the failure of the Commission to carry out athe transparent and comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and added value of the position of the Special Envoy as part of renewing and reinforcing its mandate, to provide the Special Envoy with adequate resources, and to adequately support the Special Envoy’s institutional mandate, capacity and duties; recalls that the Special Envoy’s duties should focus on promoting freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to non-belief, apostasy and the espousal of afor Freedom of Religion and Belief prior to the renewal of the mandate, as requested by the Parliament in its resolution of January 2019; reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to carry out theis~~tic views~~ assessment;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes with deep regret that the post of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU has remained vacant for more than a year~~; reiterates its~~ and calls for the Council and the Commission to carry out a transparent and comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and added value of the position of the Special Envoy as part of renewing and reinforcing its mandate,appointment of the new Envoy without further delay; reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to provide the Special Envoy with adequate resources, and to adequately support the Special Envoy’s institutional mandate, capacity and duties; recalls that the Special Envoy’s duties should focus on promoting freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief~~, and the rights to non-belief, apostasy and the espousal of atheistic views~~;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Notes with~~Strongly regrets that the post of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU has remained vacant for more than a year; reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to ~~carry out a transparent and comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and added value of the position of the Special Envoy as part of renewing and reinforcing its mandat~~appoint a new Special Envoy as soon as possible, to provide the Special Envoy with adequate resources, and to adequately support the Special Envoy’s institutional mandate, capacity and duties; recalls that the Special Envoy’s duties should focus on promoting freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to non-belief, apostasy and the espousal of atheistic views; calls for the Special Envoy to work together with national Special Envoys in the Member States in order to coordinate actions and to have regular consultations with the relevant committees of the European Parliament;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes with deep regret that the post of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU has remained vacant for more than a year; reiterates its urgent call for the Council and the Commission to carry out a transparent and comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and added value of the position of the Special Envoy as part of renewing and reinforcing its mandate, to provide the Special Envoy with adequate human and financial resources, and to adequately support the Special Envoy’s institutional mandate, capacity and duties; recalls that the Special Envoy’s duties should focus on promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, ~~and~~including the right~~s to non-belief, apostasy and the espousal of atheistic views~~ not to have a religion and the right to change religion, the fights against forced conversion and misuse of blasphemy legislation, the support to the public and peaceful expression of ones' own faith;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes with deep regret that the post of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU has remained vacant for more than a year; reiterates its urgent call for the Council and the Commission to carry out a transparent and comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and added value of the position of the Special Envoy as part of renewing and reinforcing its mandate, to provide the Special Envoy with adequate human and financial resources, and to adequately support the Special Envoy’s institutional mandate, capacity and duties; recalls that the Special Envoy’s duties should focus on promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, ~~and~~including the right~~s to non-belief, apostasy and the espousal of atheistic views~~ not to have a religion and the right to change religion, the fight against forced conversion and misuse of blasphemy legislation, the support to the public and peaceful expression of ones’ own faith;

Amendment 137 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes with regret that the post of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU has remained vacant for more than a year; reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to carry out a transparent and comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and added value of the position of the Special Envoy ~~as part of renewing and reinforcing its mandate,~~ to provide the Special Envoy with adequate resources, and to adequately support the Special Envoy’s institutional mandate, capacity and duties; reiterates its calls for the Commission to guarantee transparency in the nomination, mandate, activities and reporting obligations of the Special Envoy; recalls that the Special Envoy’s duties should focus on promoting freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to non-belief, apostasy and the espousal of atheistic views while also paying attention to the situation of non- believers at risk; recommends that the Special Envoy work closely and in a complementary manner with the EU Special Representative for Human Rights and the Council Working Group on Human Rights (COHOM);

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes with regret that the post of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU has remained vacant for more than a year; reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to carry out a prompt, transparent and comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and added value of the position of the Special Envoy as part of renewing and reinforcing its mandate, to provide the Special Envoy with adequate resources, and to adequately support the Special Envoy’s institutional mandate, capacity and duties; notes the challenges involved in the positioning of an EU human rights envoy outside the immediate authority of the EEAS, and therefore calls on the EU to consider repositioning the role to fit under the EEAS or, failing that, for an exceptionally close working relationship between the envoy and the EEAS; recalls that the Special Envoy’s duties should focus on promoting freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to non-belief, apostasy and the espousal of atheistic views;

Amendment 139 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Silvia SARDONE, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Thierry MARIANI, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE, Bernhard ZIMNIOK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes with regret that the post of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU has remained vacant for more than a year; reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to carry out a transparent and comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and added value of the position of the Special Envoy as part of renewing and reinforcing its mandate, to provide the Special Envoy with adequate resources, and to adequately support the Special Envoy’s institutional mandate, capacity and duties; recalls that the Special Envoy’s duties should focus on promoting freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to non-belief, apostasy and the espousal of atheistic views, as well as the protection of the Christian communities, which appear to be the most persecuted in the world;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)

— having regard to the report of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to the Human Rights Council of 23 September 2022,

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6

EU human rights dialogues and other bilateral contacts with third countries

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines that human rights dialogues with third countries ~~represent a unique opportunity to focus on human rights challenges and calls for them to be harnessed to their full potential~~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; 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; reiterates its call for the human rights dialogues to be based from the outset on a clear set of benchmarks enabling their effectiveness to be monitored; calls for the EEAS to systematically carry out evaluations of the outcomes of the dialogues and to follow up on them accordingly, and to ensure that in the absence of tangible progress, the EU should either adjust its aims, or suspend the human rights dialogue with the country concerned; stresses that in order to be effective, the dialogues must not be used as a standalone tool, but should instead be integrated within the EU’s comprehensive set of activities, including on trade, migration and energy cooperation, with the third countries concerned, which would streamline the human rights dimension and reinforce the messages conveyed in the dialogues; draws attention to the importance of including civil society in the preparations as well as raising individual cases, in particular those highlighted by Parliament in its resolutions as well as the Sakharov Prize laureates at risk, in the context of human rights dialogues and of ensuring adequate follow- up to and ~~transparency~~reporting to Parliament on action taken ofn these cases; insists that the EEAS and Commission establish civil society segments to complement each inter-governmental human rights dialogue;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines that human rights dialogues with third countries represent a unique opportunity to focus on human rights challenges and calls for them to be harnessed to their full potential; reiterates its call for the human rights dialogues to be based from the outset on a clear set of benchmarks enabling their effectiveness to be monitored; stresses the role of independent civil society organisations and the need to ensure their legitimate participation in the seminars before those dialogues; calls for the EEAS to systematically carry out evaluations of the outcomes of the dialogues and to follow up on them accordingly; stresses that in order to be effective, the dialogues must not be used as a standalone tool, but should instead be integrated within the EU’s comprehensive set of activities with the third countries concerned, which would streamline the human rights dimension and reinforce the messages conveyed in the dialogues; draws attention to the importance of raising individual cases, in particular those highlighted by Parliament in its resolutions, in the context of human rights dialogues and of ensuring adequate follow-up to and transparency of these cases;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines that human rights dialogues with third countries represent a unique opportunity to focus on human rights challenges and calls for them to be harnessed to their full potential; reiterates its call for the human rights dialogues to be based from the outset on a clear set of benchmarks enabling their effectiveness to be monitored; calls for the EEAS to systematically carry out evaluations of the outcomes of the dialogues and to follow up on them accordingly; stresses that in order to be effective, the dialogues must not be used as a standalone tool, but should instead be integrated within the EU’s comprehensive set of activities with the third countries concerned, which would streamline the human rights dimension and reinforce the messages conveyed in the dialogues; is alarmed by reports that open civil society consultations are not always organised ahead of such meetings, or that consultations are held very late in the process, when the EU position is already formed, and without giving proper notice to civil society organisations; draws attention to the importance of raising individual cases, in particular those highlighted by Parliament in its resolutions, in the context of human rights dialogues and of ensuring adequate follow- up to and transparency of these cases;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines that human rights dialogues with third countries represent a unique opportunity to focus on human rights challenges and calls for them to be harnessed to their full potential; reiterates its call for the human rights dialogues to be based from the outset on a clear set of benchmarks enabling their effectiveness to be monitored; calls for the EEAS to systematically carry out evaluations of the outcomes of the dialogues and to follow up on them accordingly; stresses that in order to be effective, the dialogues must not be used as a standalone tool, but should instead be integrated within the EU’s comprehensive set of activities, including trade policy, with the third countries concerned, which would streamline the human rights dimension and reinforce the messages conveyed in the dialogues; draws attention to the importance of raising individual cases, in particular those highlighted by Parliament in its resolutions, in the context of human rights dialogues and of ensuring adequate follow- up to and transparency of these cases;

Amendment 145 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines that human rights dialogues with third countries represent a unique opportunity to focus on human rights challenges and calls for them to be harnessed to their full potential; reiterates its call for the human rights dialogues to be based from the outset on a clear set of benchmarks enabling their effectiveness to be monitored; calls for the EEAS to systematically carry out evaluations of the outcomes of the dialogues and to follow up on them accordingly; stresses that in order to be effective, the dialogues must not be used as a standalone tool, but should instead be integrated within the EU’s comprehensive set of activities with the third countries concerned, which would streamline the human rights dimension and reinforce the messages conveyed in the dialogues; draws attention to the importance of raising individual cases, in particular those highlighted by Parliament in its resolutions, in the context of human rights dialogues and of ensuring adequate follow-up to and transparency of these cases; urges all EU Delegations to ensure proper implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), and systematically raise individual cases with authorities, request visits to detained HRDs, monitor trials, and go out to visit HRDs and their communities when they are based in remote areas outside of the capital city;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines that human rights dialogues with third countries represent a unique opportunity to focus on human rights challenges and calls for them to be harnessed to their full potential; reiterates its call for the human rights dialogues to be based from the outset on a clear set of benchmarks enabling their effectiveness to be monitored; calls for the EEAS to systematically carry out evaluations of the outcomes of the dialogues and to follow up on them accordingly; stresses that in order to be effective, the dialogues must not be used as a standalone tool, but should instead be integrated within the EU’s comprehensive set of activities with the third countries concerned, which would streamline the human rights dimension and reinforce the messages conveyed in the dialogues; draws attention to the importance of raising individual cases, in particular those highlighted by Parliament in its resolutions, in the context of human rights dialogues and of ensuring adequate follow-up to and transparency of these cases; is of the opinion that, in the case of Human Rights Dialogues with regimes such as the People's Republic of China (PRC), failure to achieve concrete results should have consequences for the wider conduct of bilateral relations, including the freezing of negotiations on any future investment or trade agreements;

Amendment 147 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines that human rights dialogues with third countries represent a unique opportunity to focus on human rights challenges and calls for them to be harnessed to their full potential; reiterates its call for the human rights dialogues to be based from the outset on a clear set of benchmarks enabling their effectiveness to be monitored; calls for the EEAS to systematically carry out evaluations of the outcomes of the dialogues and to follow up on them accordingly; stresses that in order to be effective, the dialogues must not be used as a standalone tool, but should instead be integrated within the EU’s comprehensive set of activities with the third countries concerned, which would streamline the human rights dimension and reinforce the messages conveyed in the dialogues; draws attention to the importance of raising individual cases, in particular those highlighted by Parliament in its resolutions, in the context of human rights dialogues and of ensuring adequate follow-up to and transparency of these cases; stresses the importance of systemizing consultations with civil society organisations;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Welcomes the resumption of human rights dialogues with third countries with which such dialogues were previously impossible, and encourages work towards a more comprehensive approach to upholding human rights;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls on the EU to ensure that human rights obligations are consistently implemented in the EU’s foreign policy; in this regard, encourages the EU to make use of all diplomatic tools, both privately and publicly, and both bilaterally and in multilateral fora, to raise human rights issues with partner country counterparts, including individual human rights defender cases; stresses the importance of placing human rights concerns at the heart of the EU parliamentary activity, including by upgrading the Subcommittee on Human Rights to a stand-alone committee;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18

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

Amendment 150 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls on the EU institutions, including the European External Action Service, to ensure that EU and Member States human rights obligations are consistently implemented in the EU’s foreign policy; in this regard, encourages the EU to raise human rights issues with partner country counterparts, including individual human rights defender cases;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Welcomes the initiative of the EEAS to have a regular dialogue and consultation with churches and religious and non-religious actors in the preparation of the EU human rights dialogues and calls other EU institutions to follow this example when designing and implementing their external policies, under the framework of Article 17 of the TFEU;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Welcomes the initiative of the EEAS to have a regular dialogue and consultation with Churches and religious and non-religious actors in the preparation of the EU human rights dialogues and calls other EU institutions to follow this example when designing and implementing their external policies, under the framework of Article 17 of the TFEU;

Amendment 153 #

11 a. Stresses the importance of consulting civil society and human rights at all stages of policy-making; in this regard, calls on EU institutions to systematically and meaningfully consult Brussels- and country-based civil society and human rights defenders ahead of any bilateral contacts with partner countries, including at high-level such as ministerial meetings or summits; is alarmed by reports that open civil society consultations are not always organised ahead of such meetings, or that consultations are held very late in the process, when the EU position is already formed, and without giving proper notice to civil society organisations;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)

EU Delegations’ promotion and defence of human rights worldwide

Amendment 155 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)

EU Delegations

Amendment 156 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 b. Reiterates its call for more involved work of the EU Delegations in support for human rights defenders, particularly in countries where human rights activists, political opposition, civil society organizations, trade unions and journalists, among others, are constantly persecuted, prevented from their activities and exposed to physical danger; urges the EU Delegations to thoroughly address topics and individual cases voiced in Parliament’s monthly resolutions on human rights abuses, as well as the cases of Sakharov Prize laureates and finalists at risk, by raising them to state authorities, engaging on a daily basis and providing support to the above mentioned oppressed and persecuted groups, including visiting those in prison and attending their trial procedures;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on all EU delegations in third countries to have human rights focal points to provide regular support to human rights defenders, in line with the EU guidelines in this area, to visit members of democratic oppositions, activists and members of independent civil society imprisoned in those countries, to monitor their situations, to attend trials and to raise their cases in EU human rights dialogues with the countries in question;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls to update the EU’s Human Rights Guidelines in order to provide them with more concrete requirements for action and detailed and concrete steps to protect human rights in the world, as well as more transparency in their implementation; calls to involve the European Parliament in every step of the update of the EU’s Human Rights Guidelines; considers of utmost importance to take every possible action to raise the profile of the abovementioned EU Guidelines in EU Delegations and missions;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11 b. Regrets the cases of different approaches between EU Member States' embassies and EU Delegations on human rights protection and promotion in third countries, which is a shared commitment among EU Member States; underlines that EU Member States´ embassies should have as a priority to play an increasing role in promoting and protecting human rights, as well as supporting civil society in third countries, which should not be conducted only by EU Delegations in general;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20

— having regard to the resolution adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 16 March 2022 on the cessation of the membership of the Russian Federation to the Council of Europe,deleted

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11 c. Calls for EU Delegations to establish permanent human rights working groups that brings together Member States’ embassies and EU Delegations, incorporating as well representatives from other international and regional human rights actors in the respective third country;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7

EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime ~~(GHRSR-Magnitsky Act)~~

Amendment 162 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7

EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (GHRSR-EU Magnitsky Act)

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the fact that the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime has been increasingly used as an essential tool that strengthens the EU’s role as a global human rights actor through the use of targeted sanctions by the Council; calls for the restrictive measures that have already been adopted to be implemented effectively and in full, and for the adoption of additional measures if necessary; reiterates its request for a legislative proposal to extend the scope of the GHRSR to include acts of corruption or, alternatively, for a proposal for a new thematic sanctions regime against serious acts of corruption in order to effectively target the economic and financial enablers of human rights abusers; reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for the Council’s decisions and implementation of sanctions under the GHRSR; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Council to strive to incorporate Parliament’s recommendations for future targeted sanctions, as stipulated in its resolutions and elsewhereConsiders that all kind of sanctions have a dramatic impact on the population, especially in some sectors such as health and small businesses; calls for sanctions that have a direct effect on the population to be lifted, in particular those aimed at promoting political change in countries or responding to human rights violations, to avoid increasing the suffering of the peoples;

Amendment 164 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the fact that the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) has been increasingly used as an essential tool that strengthens the EU’s role as a global human rights actor through the use of targeted sanctions by the Council; calls for the restrictive measures that have already been adopted to be implemented effectively ~~and in full~~, in full and in a coordinated manner, and for the adoption of additional measures if necessary; reiterates its request for a legislative proposal to extend the scope of the GHRSR to include acts of corruption or, alternatively, for a proposal for a new thematic sanctions regime against serious acts of corruption in order to effectively target the economic and financial enablers of human rights abuserswelcomes the commitment by the President of the European Commission in her 2022 State of the Union Address to present measures to update the EU legislative framework for fighting corruption and to include corruption in the GHRSR (EU Magnitsky Act), which is in line with the Parliament’s position; reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for the Council’s decisions and implementation of sanctions under the GHRSR (EU Magnitsky Act); reiterates its call on the Commission and the Council to strive to incorporate Parliament’s recommendations for future targeted sanctions, as stipulated in its resolutions and elsewhere;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the fact that the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime has been increasingly used as an essential tool that strengthens the EU’s role as a global human rights actor through the use of targeted sanctions by the Council; calls for the restrictive measures that have already been adopted to be implemented effectively and in full, and for the ~~adoption of additional measures if necessary; reiterates its request for a legislative proposal to extend~~EU to make a more dynamic use of this tool, as an integral component of its external and human rights policy; calls for the listing of NSO and other private companies supplying or facilitating the us~~cop~~e of the ~~GHRSR to include acts of corruption or, al~~technology that allows to persecute civil society, journalists, lawyers and social movements worldwide; reiternat~~ively, for a proposal for~~es its request for a legislative proposal to establish a new thematic sanctions regime against serious acts of corruption in order to effectively target the economic and financial enablers of human rights abusers; reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for the Council’s decisions and implementation of sanctions under the GHRSR; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Council to strive to incorporate Parliament’s recommendations for future targeted sanctions, as stipulated in its resolutions and elsewhere;

Amendment 166 #

12. Welcomes the fact that the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (the EU's Magnitsky Act) has been increasingly used as an essential tool that strengthens the EU’s role as a global human rights actor through the use of targeted sanctions by the Council; calls for the restrictive measures that have already been adopted to be implemented effectively and in full, and for the adoption of additional measures if necessary; reiterates its request for a legislative proposal to extend the scope of the GHRSR to include acts of corruption or, alternatively, for a proposal for a new thematic sanctions regime against serious acts of corruption in order to effectively target the economic and financial enablers of human rights abusers; ~~reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for the Council’s decisions and implementation of sanctions under the GHRSR; reiterates its call on the Commission and~~welcomes the Commission President's support to expand the scope of the GHRSR to include acts of corruption and calls on the Council to strive to incorporate Parliament’s recommendations for future targeted sanctions, as stipulated in its resolutions and elsewhere;

Amendment 167 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Silvia SARDONE, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Thierry MARIANI, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE, Bernhard ZIMNIOK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the fact that the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime has been increasingly used as an essential tool that strengthens the EU’s role as a global human rights actor through the use of targeted sanctions by the Council; calls for the restrictive measures that have already been adopted to be implemented effectively and in full, and for the adoption of additional measures if necessary; points out that the consistent and uniform application of restrictive measures in all Member States is a precondition for the credibility and effectiveness of the EU’s external action; reiterates its request for a legislative proposal to extend the scope of the GHRSR to include acts of corruption or, alternatively, for a proposal for a new thematic sanctions regime against serious acts of corruption in order to effectively target the economic and financial enablers of human rights abusers; reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for the Council’s decisions and implementation of sanctions under the GHRSR; urges the Commission, in its role as guardian of the Treaties, and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, as the person responsible for the EU’s external policy, to ensure that national responses to breaches of EU sanctions are effective and dissuasive; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Council to strive to incorporate Parliament’s recommendations for future targeted sanctions, as stipulated in its resolutions and elsewhere;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

— having regard to the European Council conclusions on Ukraine of 30 and 31 May 2022,

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the fact that the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime has been increasingly used as an essential tool that strengthens the EU’s role as a global human rights actor through the use of targeted sanctions by the Council; calls for the restrictive measures that have already been adopted to be implemented effectively and in full, and for the adoption of additional measures if necessary; reiterates its request for a legislative proposal to extend the scope of the GHRSR to include acts of corruption or, alternatively, for a proposal for a new thematic sanctions regime against serious acts of corruption in order to effectively target the economic and financial enablers of human rights abusers; reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for the Council’s decisions and implementation of sanctions under the GHRSR; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Council to strive to incorporate Parliament’s recommendations for future targeted sanctions, as stipulated in its resolutions and elsewhere; welcomes the listings made in 2021 under the new GHRSR; calls on the European External Action Service and Member States to develop a strategy to improve the interplay between the GHRSR and geographical sanction regimes, in particular through prioritising the use of the global regime to tackle violations that cannot directly be linked to a state;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the fact that the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime has been increasingly used as an essential tool that strengthens the EU’s role as a global human rights actor through the use of targeted sanctions by the Council; calls for the restrictive measures that have already been adopted to be implemented effectively and in full, and for the adoption of additional measures if necessary; reiterates its request for a legislative proposal to extend the scope of the GHRSR to include acts of corruption or, alternatively, for a proposal for a new thematic sanctions regime against serious acts of corruption in order to effectively target the economic and financial enablers of human rights abusers; reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for the Council’s decisions and implementation of sanctions under the GHRSR; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Council to strive to incorporate Parliament’s recommendations for future targeted sanctions, as stipulated in its resolutions and elsewhere; calls for the creation of an International Anti- Corruption Court;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the fact that the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime has been increasingly used as an essential tool that strengthens the EU’s role as a global human rights actor through the use of targeted sanctions by the Council; calls for the restrictive measures that have already been adopted to be implemented effectively and in full, and for the adoption of additional measures if necessary; reiterates its request for a legislative proposal to extend the scope of the GHRSR to include acts of corruption or, alternatively, for a proposal for a new thematic sanctions regime against serious acts of corruption in order to effectively target the economic and financial enablers of human rights abusers; reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for the Council’s decisions and implementation of sanctions under the GHRSR; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Council to strive to incorporate Parliament’s recommendations for future targeted sanctions, as stipulated in its resolutions and elsewhere; calls on its member states to rigorously implement sanctions; calls for cooperation with like- minded democracies to be promoted with a view to coordinating the adoption of targeted restrictive measures jointly, in order to maximise their effectiveness;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls for effective and full monitoring of the sanctions adopted in order to prevent their evasion and the exploitation of loopholes with a view to avoidance by the entities on whom they are imposed;

Amendment 174 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls on the European External Action Service and Member States to develop a strategy to improve the interplay between the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) and geographical sanction regimes, in particular through making a better use of the global regime to tackle violations that cannot directly be linked to a state, e.g. in cases of mercenaries committing human rights violations in territories outside of government control or cross-border cases such as human trafficking;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls on the EU to work with like- minded partners to encourage more countries to adopt sanctions regimes and apply sanctions as to increment their effectiveness at a global level;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Expresses deep concern about and condemns some countries’ deliberate policy of arresting, arbitrarily detaining and prosecuting foreigners, in particular EU citizens, on trumped-up charges for propaganda purposes or to use prisoners as an instrument of international negotiation and exchange or as a means of exerting political pressure; stresses that operating such a policy constitutes an act of hostage-taking within the meaning of the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages; calls on the European Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to take measures to prevent such acts and to warn EU citizens in particular, especially dual nationals, about the risk of getting arrested when visiting certain countries; calls on the Council to consider applying restrictive measures under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) to persons or entities responsible for the arbitrary arrest or detention of EU citizens as ‘state hostages’;

Amendment 177 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Miriam LEXMANN, Peter van DALEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Reiterates its call for the Council to introduce targeted sanctions under the GRHSR against the Chief Executive John Lee and all other Hong Kong and PRC officials responsible for the ongoing human rights crackdown in the city;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Stresses that more states should be sanctioned under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, for instance Iran and China, due to the respective authorities’ continuous human rights violations;

Amendment 179 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Reiterates its call on the Council to adopt additional sanctions targeting high- ranking PRC officials, such as Chen Quanguo, Zhao Kezhi, Guo Shengkun and Hu Lianhe, as well as others identified in the Xinjiang police files, and other individuals and entities, who are involved in the systematic human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)

— having regard to Opinion 1/19 of the Court of Justice of the European Union stating that the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention will take place in a limited manner, respecting the national competence and the principle of subsidiarity,

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses that corruption ~~seriously hinders the enjoyment of human rights worldwide~~facilitates, perpetuates and institutionalises violations of human rights and disproportionately affects the most vulnerable and marginalised individuals and groups in society; calls for the fight against corruption to be a part of all of the EU’s efforts and policies to promote human rights and democracy, by formulating a dedicated global anti- corruption strategy, including programmes under the EU’s external financial instruments and enhancing Parliament’s role of scrutiny; ~~underlines~~deplores that EU-based individuals and entities are regularly reported to be directly involved in grave acts of corruption in third countries, including as initiators, enablers or end- receivers; calls on the EU to acknowledge and address the complicity of EU-based actors in the global phenomenon of corruption; underlines therefore the utmost importance for the EU and its Member States to lead by example by applying the highest transparency standards to their external funding and by stepping up their support for civil society organisations, activists and investigative journalists engaged in the fight against corruption, as well as by promoting the establishment of effective anti-corruption institutions and the adoption of robust regulatory frameworks and addressing secrecy jurisdictions and tax havens, notably within their own jurisdictions;

Amendment 181 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses that corruption ~~seriously hinders the enjoyment of~~and the violation of the rule of law and democratic processes are significant obstacles to human rights worldwide; calls for the fight against corruption to be a part of all of the EU’s efforts and policies to promote human rights and democracy, by formulating a dedicated ~~global~~ anti-corruption strategyies, including programmes under the EU’s external financial instruments ~~and enhancing Parliament’s role of scrutiny~~; underlines the utmost importance for the EU and its Member States to lead by example by applying the highest transparency standards to their external funding and by stepping up their support for civil society organisations, activists and investigative journalists engaged in the fight against corruption;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses that corruption seriously weakens democratic governance and hinders the enjoyment of human rights worldwide; calls for the fight against corruption to be a part of all of the EU’s efforts and policies to promote human rights and democracy, by formulating a dedicated global anti-corruption strategy, including programmes under the EU’s external financial instruments and enhancing Parliament’s role of scrutiny; underlines the utmost importance for the EU and its Member States to lead by example by applying the highest transparency standards to their external funding and by stepping up their support for civil society organisations, activists and investigative journalists engaged in the fight against corruption;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses that corruption seriously hinders the enjoyment of human rights worldwide; calls for the fight against corruption to be a part of all of the EU’s efforts and policies to promote human rights and democracy, by formulating a dedicated global anti-corruption strategy, including programmes under the EU’s external financial instruments and enhancing Parliament’s role of scrutiny; underlines the utmost importance for the EU and its Member States to lead by example by applying the highest transparency standards to their external funding and by stepping up their support for civil society organisations, churches and faith-based organisations and leaders, activists and investigative journalists engaged in the fight against corruption;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses that corruption seriously hinders the enjoyment of human rights worldwide; calls for the fight against corruption to be a part of all of the EU’s efforts and policies to promote human rights and democracy, by formulating a dedicated global anti-corruption strategy, including programmes under the EU’s external financial instruments and enhancing Parliament’s role of scrutiny; underlines the utmost importance for the EU and its Member States to lead by example by applying the highest transparency standards to their external funding and by stepping up their support for civil society organisations, activists and investigative journalists engaged in the fight against corruption; encourages the promotion of cooperation between the European Union, its Member States, third countries and international organisations, particularly at judicial, law enforcement and intelligence levels, with a view to exchanging best practices and effective tools in action to tackle and prevent corruption;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses that corruption seriously hinders the enjoyment of human rights worldwide; calls for the fight against corruption to be a part of all of the EU’s efforts and policies to promote human rights and democracy, by formulating a dedicated global anti-corruption strategy, including programmes under the EU’s external financial instruments and enhancing Parliament’s role of scrutiny; underlines the utmost importance for the EU and its Member States to lead by example by applying the highest transparency standards to their external funding and by stepping up their support for civil society organisations, activists and investigative journalists engaged in the fight against corruption; urges the EU to work towards proposing the creation of a set of anti-corruption standards that are uniformly applicable to countries both outside and inside the European Union;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Reiterates ~~its call to include robust~~the importance of clauses on human rights in agreements between the EU and third countries, supported by a clear set of benchmarks and procedures to be followed in the event of violations; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to actively reflect on how to ensure that the human rights clauses in existing international agreements are effectively enforced; stresses that the EU should react swiftly and decisively to persistent breaches of human rights clauses by third countries, including by temporarily and/or permanently suspending the relevant agreements if other options prove ineffective;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. RStresses the failure of the introduction of human rights clauses in free trade agreements with third countries, as such agreements have even led to the violation of basic economic and social rights, including the impoverishment of the populations concerned and the hoarding of resources by transnational companies; reiterates its call to include robust clauses on human rights in agreements between the EU and third countries, supported by a clear set of benchmarks and procedures to be followed in the event of violations, including the suspension; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to actively reflect on how to ensure that the human rights clauses in existing international agreements are effectively enforced; stresses that the EU should react swiftly and decisively to persistent breaches of human rights clauses by third countries, including by suspending the relevant agreements ~~if other options prove ineffective~~;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)

— having regard to the EU Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030,

Amendment 190 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Dragoş TUDORACHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Reiterates its call to include robust clauses on human rights in agreements between the EU and third countries, supported by a clear set of benchmarks and procedures to be followed in the event of violations; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to actively reflect on how to ensure that the human rights clauses in existing international agreements are effectively enforced; stresses that the EU should react swiftly and decisively to persistent breaches of human rights clauses by third countries, including by suspending the relevant agreements if other options prove ineffective; highlights that the ongoing revision of the Regulation on the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and the revaluation of beneficiary countries offers a great opportunity to strengthen the commitment to enforcing the respect for human rights in agreements between the EU and third countries;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Reiterates its call to include robust clauses on human rights in agreements between the EU and third countries, supported by a clear set of benchmarks and procedures to be followed in the event of violations; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to actively reflect on how to ensure that the human rights clauses in existing international agreements are effectively enforced; stresses that the EU should react swiftly and decisively to persistent breaches of human rights clauses by third countries, including by suspending the relevant agreements if other options prove ineffective; stresses the importance of quality ex-ante and ex-post sustainability impacts assessments (SIA);

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Calls for the requirement to ratify the main human, labour rights and environmental conventions, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)) before concluding Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) negotiations, for the respect of these conventions to be elevated to essential elements of FTAs and for dedicated clauses to be agreed; further calls for the substantive clauses of the FTAs to recognize that States Parties must respect, protect and realise human rights as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, customary law and the international conventions to which they are part; those should also expressly state that investors and companies have to respect international human rights law and domestic law that is not in contradiction to international standards; explicit reference should be made to due diligence in the supply chain;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14 b. Calls for the substantial enhancement of the quality of ex-ante and ex-post sustainability impacts assessments (SIA), when deploying impact assessments on human rights, the objective should be to ensure that the agreement being negotiated, in its detailed worded clauses, provides sufficient tools to avoid negative impacts on human rights; civil society organisations should be part of the Steering Committees; assessments should be conducted by human and labour rights experts, with a proven track record, and inputs from civil society should be taken into account;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15.~~ Highlights that 2022 marks the 10th ~~15.~~ anniversary of Parliament’s decision to exert political leadership in committing to a major advancement in its democracy support activities, which it has implemented through a Comprehensive Democracy Support Approach since 2014; welcomes, in particular, its support for capacity-building for partner parliaments, mediation and fostering a culture of dialogue, including intercultural and interreligious dialogue and compromise, including among young political leaders, as well as for empowering women parliamentarians, human rights defenders and relevant representatives from civil society organisations, churches and faith- based organisations, and the free media; calls on the Commission to continue to pursue and step up its activities in these areas and to bolster funding and assistance for EU bodies and agencies, as well as other grant-based organisations, respecting the principle of non-discrimination; underlines that in the current context of heightened global tensions and repression in an increasing number of countries, direct support for civil society, religious and faith-based organisations’ leaders and people who express critical and dissenting opinions is of the utmost importance; stresses the importance of EU election observation missions and Parliament’s contribution to developing and enhancing their methodology; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to consider updating the election observation methodology to reflect the developments of the last two decades;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Highlights that 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of Parliament’s decision to exert political leadership in committing to a major advancement in its democracy support activities, which it has implemented through a Comprehensive Democracy Support Approach since 2014; welcomes, in particular, its support for capacity-building for partner parliaments, mediation and fostering a culture of dialogue, including intercultural and interreligious dialogue and compromise, including among young political leaders, as well as for empowering women parliamentarians, human rights defenders and relevant representatives from civil society organisations, churches and faith- based organisations, and the free media; calls on the Commission to continue to pursue and step up its activities in these areas and to bolster funding and assistance for EU bodies and agencies, as well as other grant-based organisations, respecting the principle of non-discrimination; underlines that in the current context of heightened global tensions and repression in an increasing number of countries, direct support for civil society, religious and faith-based organisations’ leaders and people who express critical and dissenting opinions is of the utmost importance; stresses the importance of EU election observation missions and Parliament’s contribution to developing and enhancing their methodology; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to consider updating the election observation methodology to reflect the developments of the last two decades;

Amendment 196 #

15. Highlights that 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of Parliament’s decision to exert political leadership in committing to a major advancement in its democracy support activities, which it has implemented through a Comprehensive Democracy Support Approach since 2014; welcomes, in particular, its support for capacity-building for partner parliaments, mediation and fostering a culture of dialogue and compromise, including among young political leaders, as well as for empowering women parliamentarians, human rights defenders and representatives from civil society organisations and the free media; calls on the Commission to continue to pursue and step up its activities in these areas and to bolster funding and assistance for EU bodies and agencies, as well as other grant-based organisations; underlines that in the current context of heightened global tensions and repression in an increasing number of countries, direct support for ~~civil society~~the work of the free press, civil society, human rights defenders and people who express critical and dissenting opinions is of the utmost importance; stresses the importance of EU election observation missions and Parliament’s contribution to developing and enhancing their methodology; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to consider updating the election observation methodology to reflect the developments of the last two decades; urges the states to put into practice the recommendations made by the EU's election observation missions with a view to improving the organisation and environment of electoral processes and thus boost their transparency and legality with a view to improving the democratic standards of the state in question;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Highlights that 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of Parliament’s decision to exert political leadership in committing to a major advancement in its democracy support activities, which it has implemented through a Comprehensive Democracy Support Approach since 2014; welcomes, in particular, its support for capacity-building for partner parliaments, mediation and fostering a culture of dialogue and compromise, including among young political leaders, as well as for empowering women parliamentarians, human rights defenders and representatives from civil society organisations and the free media; calls on the Commission to continue to pursue and step up its activities in these areas and to bolster funding and assistance for EU bodies and agencies, as well as other grant-based organisations; underlines that in the current context of heightened global tensions and repression in an increasing number of countries, direct support for civil society and people who express critical and dissenting opinions is of the utmost importance and calls upon the European Commission and European External Action Service to integrate democracy support as a cross-cutting priority in all thematic and geographic NDICI programmes; stresses the importance of EU election observation missions and Parliament’s contribution to developing and enhancing their methodology; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to consider updating the election observation methodology to reflect the developments of the last two decades;

Amendment 198 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Highlights that 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of Parliament’s decision to exert political leadership in committing to a major advancement in its democracy support activities, which it has implemented through a Comprehensive Democracy Support Approach since 2014; welcomes, in particular, its support for capacity-building for partner parliaments, mediation and fostering a culture of dialogue and compromise, including among young political leaders, as well as for empowering women parliamentarians, human rights defenders and representatives from civil society organisations and the free media; calls on the Commission to continue to pursue and step up its activities in these areas and to bolster funding and assistance for EU bodies and agencies, as well as other grant-based organisations; underlines that in the current context of heightened global tensions and repression in an increasing number of countries, direct support for civil society and people who express critical and dissenting opinions is of the utmost importance; stresses the importance of EU election observation missions and Parliament’s contribution to developing and enhancing their methodology; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to consider updating the election observation methodology to reflect the developments of the last two decades; stresses the importance of providing the highest level of protection for local electoral observers and calls for enquiring about possible EU action in this respect; reiterates its call for the EU to closely collaborate with domestic and international organizations such as the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the endorsing organizations of the Declaration of Principles for international election observations;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Reaffirms that the effective protection of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance the efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN, both politically and financially; underlines the need for the EU and its Member States to strive to speak with one voice both at the UN and in other multilateral forums and to promote the highest human rights standards; deplores the fact that two permanent members of the UN Security Council are responsible for gross human rights violations amounting to war crime and genocide; recalls the obligations of all UN member states to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, as enshrined in the Founding Charter of the United Nations and UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251; stresses the responsibility of the UN Human Rights Council to address all the grave violations of human rights around the world;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

— having regard to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,

Amendment 20 #

— having regard to the EU Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030,

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Reaffirms that the effective protection of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance the efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN, both politically and financially; highlights in this regard the need for adequate funding for all UN human rights bodies, notably the treaty bodies and special procedures; calls on the UN Secretary- General, to this end, to provide appropriate resources from the UN budget and urges the EU Member States to increase their voluntary contributions; underlines the need for the EU and its Member States to strive to speak with one voice both at the UN and in other multilateral forums; recalls the obligations of all UN member states to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, as enshrined in the Founding Charter of the United Nations and UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251; stresses the responsibility of the UN Human Rights Council to address all the grave violations of human rights around the world;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Reaffirms that the effective protection of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance the efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN, both politically and financially; underlines the need for the EU and its Member States to strive to speak with one voice both at the UN and in other multilateral forums; recalls the obligations of all UN member states to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, as enshrined in the Founding Charter of the United Nations and UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251; stresses the responsibility of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to address all the grave violations of human rights around the world; deplores, once again, the that countries with totalitarian regimes that have repeatedly violated human rights are members of the UN HRC; reiterates its deep concern that, for the period 2020- 2022, Venezuela will participate as a full member of the HRC when the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, a mechanism established by the HRC itself, has recently submitted a report stating that the country's civilian and military intelligence commits crimes against humanity to repress political dissent, in the form of abuse triggered by orders from the highest level;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Reaffirms that the effective protection of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance the efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN, both politically and financially; underlines the need for the EU and its Member States to strive to speak with one voice both at the UN and in other multilateral forums; recalls the obligations of all UN member states to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, as enshrined in the Founding Charter of the United Nations and UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251; stresses the responsibility of the UN Human Rights Council to address all the grave violations of human rights around the world; highlights the work of UN commissions of inquiry and fact-finding missions, which are increasingly used to respond to situations involving serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law and to combat impunity; welcomes, in particular, the work carried out by the independent international fact-finding mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and calls strongly for its mandate to be renewed;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Reaffirms that the effective protection of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance the efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN, both politically and financially; underlines the need for the EU and its Member States to strive to speak with one voice both at the UN and in other multilateral forums; recalls the obligations of all UN member states to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, as enshrined in the Founding Charter of the United Nations and UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251; stresses the responsibility of the UN Human Rights Council to address all the grave violations of human rights around the world; considers that several human rights actors are not properly accounted in nowadays’ architecture of international organizations and multilateral fora; calls to move forward towards an own and permanent seat for the Union in every multilateral fora, including in the UNSC, which would strengthen EU’s actorness, coherence and credibility in the world;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Reaffirms that the effective protection of human rights around the world requires strong international cooperation at a multilateral level; underlines the particularly important role of the UN and its bodies as the main forum which must be able to effectively advance the efforts for peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the work of the UN, both politically and financially; underlines the need for the EU and its Member States to strive to speak with one voice both at the UN and in other multilateral forums; recalls the obligations of all UN member states to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, as enshrined in the Founding Charter of the United Nations and UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251; stresses the responsibility of the UN Human Rights Council to address all the grave violations of human rights around the world; encourages the continuing efforts of the UN General Assembly to abolish the death penalty including abolishing capital sentences for non-violent crimes;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to lead efforts in multilateral fora to promote the adoption of a universally- recognised definition of terrorism; further calls them to lead efforts in the context of the 8th UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review in 2023 to insert strong language recognising the negative impact counter-terrorism laws and policies have had on civic space and urging all states to take the necessary steps to reform or repeal their counter-terrorist legislation to ensure it does not negatively impact civil society and human rights defenders; urges the EU and its Member States to lead efforts within UN fora to establish a constructive dialogue with civil society and human rights defenders, and ensure they are meaningfully involved at all stages of the development and implementation of counter-terrorist policies;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Calls on the EU and Member States to support the strengthening of regional human rights systems, including through financial assistance and cross- regional experience sharing; highlights in particular the critical role of monitoring bodies and judicial mechanisms established under these regional systems and their complementarity with the UN human rights system; calls on Morocco to ratify the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights in order to ensure the full ratification of this foundational instrument at the level of the African continent;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Stresses that the UNHRC should address situations of violations of human rights in a balanced manner, and cease attempts to disproportionately target the State of Israel; calls in this regard for a fundamental reform of the Human Rights Council including the setting of clear criteria for members of the Council;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)

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

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Urges the EU and its Member States to promote efforts in the UN to combat terrorism by implementing and updating the four pillars of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy approved by the General Assembly in September 2006;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. Recalls that the right to self- determination is a human right, enshrined inter alia in the UN Charter and the International Convenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as well as an erga omnes obligation, as recalled by the International Court of Justice in its advisory opinion on the Chagos Archipelago of 2019 and the recent rulings of the EU Court of Justice on Western Sahara; calls on the EU and Member States to uphold this human right in their dealings with the relevant territories;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Is deeply concerned by growing attacks against the ~~rules-based global order by~~world order based on international law by totalitarian, dictatorial and authoritarian regimes, including undermining the functioning of UN bodies when they exercise their due competences under their mandates; underlines that the diminished effectiveness of these bodies brings with it real costs in terms of conflicts, lives lost and human suffering, and seriously weakens the general ability of countries to deal with global challenges; calls on the EU Member States and like-minded partners to intensify their efforts to reverse this trend; shows concern also about activities of certain UN bodies and representatives that trespass the boundaries of their respective policy mandates through non-consensual and ultra vires interpretations;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Is deeply concerned by growing attacks against the rules-based global order by authoritarian regimes, including undermining the functioning of UN bodies; deplores the fact that countries such as Cuba and Venezuela, among other authoritarian regimes accused of violating their citizens' human rights, are part of the UN Human Rights Council; underlines that the diminished effectiveness of these bodies brings with it real costs in terms of conflicts, lives lost and human suffering, and seriously weakens the general ability of countries to deal with global challenges; calls on the EU Member States and like-minded partners to intensify their efforts to reverse this trend;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Is deeply concerned by growing attacks against the rules-based global order by authoritarian regimes, including undermining the functioning of UN bodies; underlines that the diminished effectiveness of these bodies brings with it real costs in terms of conflicts, lives lost and human suffering, and seriously weakens the general ability of countries to deal with global challenges; calls on the EU Member States and like-minded partners to intensify their efforts to reverse this trend; underlines the need to carry out an impartial, fair and transparent review of the applications for consultative status on the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) by non-governmental organisations (NGOs); urges the EU and Member States to participate in the General Debate and urge the ECOSOC members to continue to address the unjustified obstacles for NGOs to obtain their ECOSOC accreditation, in particular those whose applications have been pending for a very long time; Or.

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Calls on all members of the UN General Assembly Committee on Non- Governmental Organizations that reviews applications by NGOs for Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) consultative status to be guided by the sole consideration of the general interest rather than politicised objectives of restricting access by reputable organizations; urges the EU and Member States to participate in the General Debate and urge the ECOSOC members to continue to address the unjustified obstacles for NGOs to obtain their ECOSOC accreditation, in particular those whose applications have been pending for an extended period;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Underlines the need to carry out an impartial, fair and transparent review of the applications for consultative status on the UN Economic and Social Council by non-governmental organisations (NGOs);

Amendment 217 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA, Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Deplores the abuses of multilateral institutions by the PRC, Russia and other authoritarian regimes, seeking to neutralise human rights mechanisms' their ability to hold states accountable for human rights violations, as well as to undermine and/or rewrite international norms to suit their authoritarian agenda; calls on the Council and the Member States to work with like-minded democratic allies to support a reform of multilateral institutions so that they become more resilient in the face of malign influence of authoritarian regimes;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17 b. Deplores the abuse of the UN Human Rights Council by authoritarian and totalitarian regimes which continue to abuse it for their own ends, in particular, to undermine its functioning, and erode the human rights norms regime; calls for the EU and its Member States to support a comprehensive reform of the HRC;

Amendment 219 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17 b. Deplores that a number of members of the UN Human Rights Council display a blatant disregard for their human rights obligations and a deplorable track record in cooperating with the United Nations human rights mechanisms; calls on the EEAS to initiate and spearhead an effort towards a coordinated EU and Member States position on UN HRC membership, which would promote: - greater transparency in the election process, notably by making EU Member States' votes public as well as provide the rationale for that vote, - a genuinely competitive process by ensuring that the three regional blocks in which the EU Member States are present, do present more candidates than seats and - accountability of candidates by scrutinizing their voluntary pledges and track record in cooperating with the UN HRC, UN treaty bodies and Special procedures;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)

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

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Strongly condemns authoritarian and illiberal regimes attempts to challenge the universality of human rights; highlights that these regimes seek to undermine human rights by relativize them and claiming them to be a weapon of cultural hegemony deployed by Western countries; stresses that the EU must uphold the defence of the universality of human rights as a main priority, and work in alliance with like- minded partners and human rights defenders worldwide;

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)

17 c. Strongly condemns all attacks against UN Special Procedure mandate holders and against the independence of their mandates; calls on the EU Member States and the EU’s democratic partners to decisively counter these attempts and to take all possible measures to help provide safe and open spaces for interaction by individuals and civil society organizations with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms; reiterates its call on the EU and Member States to step up their financial support to these Special procedures and treaty bodies;

Amendment 222 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Dragoş TUDORACHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Calls on the EU to lead a pact with other democracies to strengthen multilateral organisations to defend the rules-based multilateral order against rising authoritarian powers;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Notes with concern the increasing disregard for international humanitarian law and international human rights law, particularly in the ongoing conflicts around the world; underlines the utmost importance for humanitarian aid agencies, as well as humanitarian charitable organisations, including religious and faith-based ones, to be able to provide full, timely and unhindered assistance to all vulnerable populations and calls on all parties to armed conflicts to protect civilian populations and humanitarian, health and medicucational workers, as well as religious actors carrying out humanitarian or pastoral activities; calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape the conflict, and strongly condemns any attacks on them;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Notes with concern the increasing disregard for international humanitarian law and international human rights law, particularly in the ongoing conflicts around the world; underlines the utmost importance for humanitarian aid agencies, as well as humanitarian charitable organisations, including religious and faith-based ones, to be able to provide full, timely and unhindered assistance to all vulnerable populations and calls on all parties to armed conflicts to protect civilian populations and humanitarian, health and mediucational workers, as well as religious actors carrying out humanitarian or pastoral activities; calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape the conflict, and strongly condemns any attacks on them;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Notes with concern the increasing disregard for international humanitarian law and international human rights law, particularly in the ongoing conflicts around the world; underlines the utmost importance for humanitarian aid agencies to be able to provide full, timely and unhindered assistance to all vulnerable populations and calls on all parties to armed conflicts to protect civilian populations, including media workers and humanitarian and medical workers; calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape the conflict, and strongly condemns any attacks on them;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Notes with concern the increasing disregard for international humanitarian law and international human rights law, particularly in the ongoing conflicts around the world; underlines the utmost importance for humanitarian aid agencies to be able to provide full, timely and unhindered assistance to all vulnerable populations and calls on all parties to armed conflicts to protect civilian populations and humanitarian and medical workers; calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape the conflict, and strongly condemns any attacks on them; calls on the EU to update and integrate the Council Decision of 21 March 2011 on the International Criminal Court, with a strong EU position on the crime of aggression as called for by Parliament's resolution of 17 July 2014 on the crime of aggression;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Insists on the importance of ensuring the coherence of EU policy in relation to situations of occupation or annexation of territory, including in cases of protracted occupation such as Palestine, Western Sahara, Northern Cyprus and the multiple frozen conflicts in the Eastern Partnership countries; recalls that international humanitarian law should guide EU policy in relation to all such situations, including in cases of protracted occupation; highlights the responsibility of EU-based corporations to apply the most stringent due diligence policy towards any economic or financial activity in or with these territories, and to ensure strict compliance to international law as well as to EU sanctions policy when applicable towards these situations;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to admit the important role of churches and the faith based organizations in responding to humanitarian crises; recognizing that religious actors can contribute to promoting peace in different ways, address non-violence in their communities and stress universal respect for justice and human rights; highlights that religious communities have indispensable potential in conflict- management in developing countries towards political transitions as being key mediator in negotiations;

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to admit the important role of churches and the faith based organizations in responding to humanitarian crises, recognizing that religious actors can contribute to promoting peace in different ways, address non-violence in their communities and stress universal respect for justice and human rights; highlights that religious communities have indispensable potential in conflict- management in developing countries towards political transitions as being key mediator in negotiations;

Amendment 23 #

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

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Strongly condemns and is deeply concerned by the serious violations of international humanitarian law by Russian armed forces in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;~~deleted

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Strongly condemns and is deeply concerned by the serious violations of international humanitarian law ~~by Russian armed forc~~in Ukraine, Yemen, Pales tin ~~Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine~~e and Western Sahara among other conflicts;

Amendment 232 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Dragoş TUDORACHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Strongly condemns and is deeply concerned by the war crimes and serious violations of international humanitarian law including sexual violence, torture and killings of civilians and prisoners of war committed by Russian armed forces and its proxies in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Strongly condemns and is deeply concerned by the serious violations of international humanitarian law by Russian armed forces and their proxies in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Strongly condemns and is deeply concerned by the serious violations of international humanitarian law by Russian armed forces in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; calls for assistance to be provided to the Ukrainian side in gathering evidence of violations of international humanitarian law, passing on the evidence to the competent authorities and initiating proceedings against those entities and individuals who have committed violations of international humanitarian law;

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Strongly welcomes the continuous contribution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the fight against impunity; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide the ICC with sufficient support to enable it to carry out its work; reiterates its condemnation of continuous efforts to undermine the legitimacy and work of the ICC ~~by authoritarian and illiberal regimes~~ and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue their efforts to counter them; welcomes the ~~fact that the EU has provided support for the very first time to the ICC’s investigation capacities~~EU and EU Member States unprecedented support for the role of the ICC and calls on EU Member States to match this commitment to the~~lp it scale up its investigations into war crimes committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine~~ sustainable funding needed to deliver justice in all situations that come before the Court;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Strongly welcomes the continuous contribution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the fight against impunity; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide the ICC with sufficient support to enable it to carry out its work; reiterates its condemnation of continuous efforts to undermine the legitimacy and work of the ICC ~~by authoritarian and illiberal regimes~~ and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue their efforts to counter them, including when these attacks come from close partner countries; calls upon the USA to ratify the Rome Statute and recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC; welcomes the fact that the EU has provided support for the very first time to the ICC’s investigation capacities to help it scale up its investigations into war crimes committed by Russian armed forces and their proxies in Ukraine;

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Strongly welcomes the continuous contribution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the fight against impunity; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide the ICC with sufficient support to enable it to carry out its work; reiterates its condemnation of continuous efforts to undermine the legitimacy and work of the ICC by ~~author~~totalitarian ~~and illiberal~~, dictatorial and authoritarian regimes and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue their efforts to counter them; welcomes the fact that the EU has provided support for the very first time to the ICC’s investigation capacities to help it scale up its investigations into war crimes committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine, and encourages the EU and its Member States to support the collection of evidence in other third countries where crimes against humanity or genocide occur, based on credible reports;

Amendment 238 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Dragoş TUDORACHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Strongly welcomes the continuous contribution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the fight against impunity; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide the ICC with sufficient support to enable it to carry out its work; reiterates its condemnation of continuous efforts to undermine the legitimacy and work of the ICC by authoritarian and illiberal regimes and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue their efforts to counter them; welcomes the fact that the EU has provided support for the very first time to the ICC’s investigation capacities to help it scale up its investigations into war crimes committed by Russian armed forces in Ukrainecalls on the EU to support the ICC Prosecutor in investigating and prosecuting suspected perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and, possibly, genocide, by providing political support, making available any evidence in their possession, including open source intelligence, information and data, satellite imagery and intercepts of communications, and providing adequate human and financial resources to the general budget of the Court in order to fully protect its independence and impartiality;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Strongly welcomes the continuous contribution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the fight against impunity; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide the ICC with sufficient support to enable it to carry out its work; reiterates its condemnation of continuous efforts to undermine the legitimacy and work of the ICC by authoritarian and illiberal regimes and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue their efforts to counter them; welcomes the ~~fact that the EU has provided support for the very first time to the ICC’s investigation capacities~~EU and EU Member States unprecedented support for the role of the ICC and calls on EU member states to match this commitment to the~~lp it scale up its investigations into war crimes committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine~~ sustainable funding needed to deliver justice in all situations that come before the Court;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 a (new)

— having regard to the European Parliamentary Research Service European Implementation Assessment of 24 August 2022 of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders,

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Strongly welcomes the continuous contribution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the fight against impunity; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide the ICC with sufficient support to enable it to carry out its work; reiterates its condemnation of continuous efforts to undermine the legitimacy and work of the ICC by authoritarian and illiberal regimes and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue their efforts to counter them; welcomes the fact that the EU has provided support for the very first time to the ICC’s investigation capacities to help it scale up its investigations into war crimes committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine, and respond to threats and sanctions against human rights defenders cooperating with the Court; welcomes the EU and EU Member States unprecedented support for the role of the ICC;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses the link between human rights violations and widespread impunity and the lack of accountability in regions and countries affected by conflicts; strongly welcomes the continuous contribution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the fight against impunity; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide the ICC with sufficient support to enable it to carry out its work; reiterates its condemnation of continuous efforts to undermine the legitimacy and work of the ICC by authoritarian and illiberal regimes and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue their efforts to counter them; welcomes the fact that the EU has provided support for the very first time to the ICC’s investigation capacities to help it scale up its investigations into war crimes committed ~~by Russian armed forces in Ukraine~~in the context of the Russia's war of agression against Ukraine; calls on the European Union to promote a reform of the Rome Statute through amendments to the Rome Statute aimed at aligning the ICC's jurisdiction on the crime of aggression with that already in place on genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Strongly welcomes the continuous contribution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the fight against impunity; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide the ICC with sufficient support to enable it to carry out its work; calls on the EU and its Member States to encourage their partners to ratify the Treaty of Rome and thus expand the Court's jurisdiction; reiterates its condemnation of continuous efforts to undermine the legitimacy and work of the ICC by authoritarian and illiberal regimes and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue their efforts to counter them; welcomes the fact that the EU has provided support for the very first time to the ICC’s investigation capacities to help it scale up its investigations into war crimes committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 244 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Stresses the vital role of ICC in carrying out investigations into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by non-state, regional or ethnic-based armed forces against ethnic, religious or belief minorities; calls on the EU and its Member States to continue cooperation with ICC in combatting and preventing such crimes; reiterates the importance of scaling up efforts to support ICC in initiating and conducting formal investigations in a timely manner and in full conformity with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court;

Amendment 246 #

David LEGA, Miriam LEXMANN, Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL, Peter van DALEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Stresses the vital role of the ICC in carrying out investigations into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by non-state, regional or ethnic-based armed forces against ethnic, religious or belief minorities; calls on the EU and its Member States to continue cooperation with the ICC in combatting and preventing such crimes; reiterates the importance of scaling up efforts to support ICC in initiating and conducting formal investigations in a timely manner and in full conformity with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Reaffirms that the credible evidence about birth prevention measures and the separation of Uyghur children from their families amount to crimes against humanity and represent a serious risk of genocide; calls on the Chinese authorities to cease all government- sponsored programmes of forced labour and mass forced sterilisation and to put an immediate end to any measures aimed at preventing births in the Uyghur population;

Amendment 248 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates its call on the Commission to develop a comprehensive EU action plan on fighting impunity, which, among others, should include a chapter on ~~Ukraine~~the important role of civil society organisations in the struggle against impunity and the need for their protection, on all situations that require it and on measures to fight impunity for gender-based and sexual and reproductive rights violations in conflict settings; calls for the EU and its international partners to make full use of all relevant instruments to fight impunity, including support for universal jurisdiction at national level, special tribunals at a national and international level including for the crime of aggression, as well as establishing flexible cooperation and funding mechanisms to swiftly collect and analyse evidence of crimes; calls on the Commission to ensure that these instruments are applied in a coordinated and complementary manner with other relevant EU and Member State instruments; reiterates its commitment to providing all possible assistance to ensure accountability for atrocities committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine and provide effective remedies for the damages suffered by Ukrainian civilians;

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates its call on the Commission to develop a comprehensive EU action plan on fighting impunity, which should include a chapter on ~~Ukraine~~important role of civil society organisations in struggle against impunity and need for their protection, on all situations that require it and on measures to fight impunity for gender-based and sexual and reproductive rights violations in conflict settings; calls for the EU and its international partners to make full use of all relevant instruments to fight impunity, including support for universal jurisdiction at national level, special tribunals at a national and international level including for the crime of aggression, as well as establishing flexible cooperation and funding mechanisms to swiftly collect and analyse evidence of crimes; calls on the Commission to ensure that these instruments are applied in a coordinated and complementary manner with other relevant EU and Member State instruments; reiterates its commitment to providing all possible assistance to ensure accountability for atrocities committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine and provide effective remedies for the damages suffered by Ukrainian civilians;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 39 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission proposal of 14 September 2022 for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market,

Amendment 250 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates its call on the Commission and the EEAS to develop a comprehensive EU action plan on fighting impunity, which should include a chapter on Ukraine, and to explore ways and present new tools to contribute to the fight against international crimes and end impunity, 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 Member States and non-EU countries to apply the principle of universal jurisdiction in their domestic legal systems; calls for the EU and its international partners to make full use of all relevant instruments to fight impunity, including support for universal jurisdiction at national level, special tribunals at a national and international level including for the crime of aggression, as well as establishing flexible cooperation and funding mechanisms to swiftly collect and analyse evidence of crimes; calls on the Commission to ensure that these instruments are applied in a coordinated and complementary manner with other relevant EU and Member State instruments; reiterates its commitment to providing all possible assistance to ensure accountability for atrocities committed ~~by Russian armed forces in~~in and against Ukraine and provide effective remedies for the damages suffered by Ukrainian civilians;

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates its call on the Commission to develop a comprehensive EU action plan on fighting impunity, which should include a chapter on Ukraine; calls for the EU and its international partners to make full use of all relevant instruments to fight impunity, including support for ~~universal jurisdiction at national level,~~ special tribunals at a national and international level including for the crime of aggression, as well as establishing flexible cooperation and funding mechanisms to swiftly collect and analyse evidence of these crimes; calls on the Commission to ensure that these instruments are applied in a coordinated and complementary manner with other relevant EU and Member State instruments; reiterates its commitment to providing all possible assistance to ensure accountability for atrocities committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine and provide effective remedies for the damages suffered by Ukrainian civilians;

Amendment 252 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

~~21.~~ Reiterates its call on the ~~21.~~ Commission to develop a comprehensive EU action plan on fighting impunity, which should include a chapter on Ukraine; calls for the EU and its international partners to make full use of all relevant instruments to fight impunity, including support for ~~universal jurisdiction at national level,~~ special tribunals at a national and international level including for the crime of aggression, as well as establishing flexible cooperation and funding mechanisms to swiftly collect and analyse evidence of these crimes; calls on the Commission to ensure that these instruments are applied in a coordinated and complementary manner with other relevant EU and Member State instruments; reiterates its commitment to providing all possible assistance to ensure accountability for atrocities committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine and provide effective remedies for the damages suffered by Ukrainian civilians;

Amendment 253 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Dragoş TUDORACHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates its call on the Commission to develop a comprehensive EU action plan on fighting impunity, which should include a chapter on Ukraine including measures to fight impunity for gender-based and sexual and reproductive rights violations in conflict settings; calls for the EU and its international partners to make full use of all relevant instruments to fight impunity, including support for universal jurisdiction at national level, special tribunals at a national and international level including for the crime of aggression, as well as establishing flexible cooperation and funding mechanisms to swiftly collect and analyse evidence of crimes; calls on the Commission to ensure that these instruments are applied in a coordinated and complementary manner with other relevant EU and Member State instruments; reiterates its commitment to providing all possible assistance to ensure accountability for atrocities committed by Russian armed forces and its proxies in Ukraine and provide effective remedies for the damages suffered by Ukrainian civilians;

Amendment 254 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates its call on the Commission to develop a comprehensive EU action plan on fighting impunity, which should include a chapter on Ukraine; notes in this regard the adoption by Parliament and the Council of the pilot project on the European Observatory on the Fight against Impunity; calls for the EU and its international partners to make full use of all relevant instruments to fight impunity, including support for universal jurisdiction at national level, special tribunals at a national and international level including for the crime of aggression, as well as establishing flexible cooperation and funding mechanisms to swiftly collect and analyse evidence of crimes; calls on the Commission to ensure that these instruments are applied in a coordinated and complementary manner with other relevant EU and Member State instruments; reiterates its commitment to providing all possible assistance to ensure accountability for atrocities committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine and provide effective remedies for the damages suffered by Ukrainian civilians;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates its call on the Commission to develop a comprehensive EU action plan on fighting impunity, which should include a chapter on Ukraine; calls for the EU and its international partners to make full use of all relevant instruments to fight impunity, including support for universal jurisdiction at national level, special tribunals at a national and international level including for the crime of aggression, as well as establishing flexible cooperation and funding mechanisms to swiftly collect and analyse evidence of crimes; in particular, urges the Commission to develop 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; calls on the Commission to ensure that these instruments are applied in a coordinated and complementary manner with other relevant EU and Member State instruments; reiterates its commitment to providing all possible assistance to ensure accountability for atrocities committed by Russian armed forces and their proxies in Ukraine and provide effective remedies for the damages suffered by Ukrainian civilians;

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Strongly supports the creation of a special tribunal for dealing with the human rights violations carried out by Russia in Ukraine and encourages the Commission and VP/HR, as well as the Union's member states to actively cooperate with international actors and partners in order to set up this mechanism;

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and is irreversible; especially condemns retention of the death penalty for non- violent crimes such as blasphemy and apostasy and recalls that the mere existence of the death penalty already has a chilling effect on the freedom of conscience, expression, religion or belief; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; calls on all countries that have not yet done so to abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium, starting with abolishing capital sentences for non- violent crimes, such as blasphemy and apostasy, as a first step towards its abolition; condemns any incidents of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and deplores the fact that they continue to be common in many countries; notes with great concern the trend of increasing instances of torture worldwide and widespread impunity of its perpetrators;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and is irreversible; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; calls on all countries that have not yet done so to abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards its abolition; condemns in strong terms, enforcement of blasphemy laws across the globe that carry the possibility of death penalty to the convicted; reiterates that the freedom to choose one’s religion, to believe or not to believe at all remains a fundamental human right that cannot be punished by death or any degrading treatment; condemns any incidents of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and deplores the fact that they continue to be common in many countries; notes with great concern the trend of increasing instances of torture worldwide and widespread impunity of its perpetrators;

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and is irreversible; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; calls on all countries that have not yet done so to abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards its abolition; condemns in strong terms enforcement of blasphemy laws across the globe that carry the possibility of death penalty to the convicted; reiterates that the freedom to choose one’s religion, to believe or not to believe at all remains a fundamental human right that cannot be punished by death or any degrading treatment; condemns any incidents of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and deplores the fact that they continue to be common in many countries; notes with great concern the trend of increasing instances of torture worldwide and widespread impunity of its perpetrators;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 40 a (new)

— having regard to the EU Ombudsman Strategic Initiative of 7 July 2021 on how the European Commission ensures respect for human rights in the context of international trade agreements,

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and is irreversible; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; calls on all countries that have not yet done so to abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards its abolition; urges the EU and its Member States to defend abolition in all international forums and advocate for the widest possible support for this position; condemns any incidents of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and deplores the fact that they continue to be common in many countries; notes with great concern the trend of increasing instances of torture worldwide and widespread impunity of its perpetrators;

Amendment 261 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Dragoş TUDORACHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and is irreversible; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; calls on all countries that have not yet done so to abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards its abolition; meanwhile calls on countries that apply the death penalty to reduce the list of crimes subjected to this inhumane punishment; condemns any incidents of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and deplores the fact that they continue to be common in many countries; notes with great concern the trend of increasing instances of torture worldwide and widespread impunity of its perpetrators;

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and is irreversible; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; calls on all countries that have not yet done so to abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards its abolition; calls for transparency around death sentences and executions in countries which do not disclose these statistics; condemns any incidents of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and deplores the fact that they continue to be common in many countries; notes with great concern the trend of increasing instances of torture worldwide and widespread impunity of its perpetrators;

Amendment 263 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and is irreversible; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; calls on all countries that have not yet done so to abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards its abolition; condemns any incidents of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and deplores the fact that they continue to be common in many countries; notes with great concern the trend of increasing instances of torture worldwide and widespread impunity of its perpetrators; recognises the importance of civil society organisations and human rights defenders in the fight against torture and other forms of ill-treatment;

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and is irreversible; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; calls on all countries that have not yet done so to abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards its abolition; condemns any incidents of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and unlawful killings and deplores the fact that they continue to be common in many countries; notes with great concern the trend of increasing instances of torture worldwide and widespread impunity of its perpetrators;

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and is irreversible; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; calls on all countries that have not yet done so to abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards its abolition; condemns any incidents of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and deplores the fact that they continue to be common in many countries, including democratic and allied countries; notes with great concern the trend of increasing instances of torture worldwide and widespread impunity of its perpetrators;

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Is deeply concerned about the long- term negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on both the general state of democracy and human rights worldwide; highlights the disproportionate adverse impact on groups in most vulnerable situations, including women, children, persons with disabilities, elderly, LGBTIQ persons, impoverished people, persons belonging to ethnic, belief and religious minorities, refugees and migrants and persons in prison or detention; praises the role that human rights defenders and journalists have played, sometimes even risking their lives, in reporting or attempting to prevent human rights violations during the pandemic;

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Is deeply concerned about the long- term negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on both the general state of democracy and human rights worldwide; highlights the disproportionate adverse impact on families and groups in most vulnerable situations, including women, children, persons with disabilities, persons with certain chronic diseases, elderly, LGBTIQ persons, impoverished people, persons belonging to ethnic, ~~belief and~~ religious minorities, refugees and migrants and persons in prison or detention; praises the role that human rights defenders and journalists have played, sometimes even risking their lives, in reporting or attempting to prevent human rights violations during the pandemic;

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Is deeply concerned about the long- term negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on both the general state of democracy and human rights worldwide; highlights the disproportionate adverse impact on groups in most vulnerable situations, including women, children, persons with disabilities, elderly, LGBTIQ persons, impoverished people, persons belonging to ethnic, belief and religious minorities, refugees and migrants and persons in prison or detention; is further concerned about delays and barriers in access to health services, among them, sexual and reproductive health services and the consequent increase in unintended pregnancies, sexual and gender-based violence, unsafe abortions, and maternal and neonatal deaths; praises the role that human rights defenders and journalists have played, sometimes even risking their lives, in reporting or attempting to prevent human rights violations during the pandemic;

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 41 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 3 July 2018 on violation of the rights of indigenous peoples in the world, including land grabbing,

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Reiterates that personal liberty and freedom of assembly are cornerstones of democracy; is deeply concerned by the growing use of mass surveillance technologies ~~by authoritarian regimes~~ to curtail these freedoms, which increased further under the guise of COVID-19 prevention measures; calls for a strict and effective ban on sales of mass surveillance technologies ~~to authoritarian regimes~~; calls for a greater response to the mass infiltration of disinformation and conspiracy theories within the digital sphere, perpetuated largely but not exclusively by authoritarian regimes;

Amendment 271 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Reiterates that personal liberty and freedom of assembly, as well as freedom of religion and freedom of expression are cornerstones of democracy; is deeply concerned by the growing use of mass surveillance technologies by totalitarian, dictatorial and authoritarian regimes to curtail these freedoms, which increased further under the guise of COVID-19 prevention measures; calls for a strict and effective ban on sales of mass surveillance technologies to totalitarian, dictatorial and authoritarian regimes; calls for a greater response to the mass infiltration of disinformation ~~and conspiracy theories~~ within the digital sphere, perpetuated largely but not exclusively by ~~authoritarian regime~~totalitarian, dictatorial and authoritarian regimes, as well as non-state actors;

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

Amendment 273 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Reiterates that personal liberty and freedom of assembly are cornerstones of democracy; is deeply concerned by the growing use of mass surveillance technologies by both authoritarian regimes and democracies to curtail these freedoms, which increased further under the guise of COVID-19 prevention measures; calls for a strict and effective ban on sales of mass surveillance technologies to authoritarian regimes; calls for a greater response to the mass infiltration of disinformation and conspiracy theories within the digital sphere, perpetuated largely but not exclusively by authoritarian regimes;

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Reiterates that the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition; calls on the EU and its Member States to support the defence of this right, especially in countries and regions where health services are most scarce;

Amendment 275 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24 b. Urges for continuous EU funding to development and global supply of the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as to educate about the benefits of vaccination, and to increase the availability, accessibility and affordability of vaccination in order to avoid vaccine-preventable diseases;

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 17

Women’s rights including sexual and reproductive health and rights, women’s empowerment and gender equality

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women ~~and their equal treatment with men~~, girls and vulnerable groups and ensure equal opportunities for all; deplores in particular the ongoing rollback and regression on sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls and rights of LGBTI persons, notably under the guise of religious principles or doctrine; underlines that women and girls continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual ~~and~~, gender-based and reproductive violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly; highlights the increase in domestic violence and setbacks to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in both developing and developed countries and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the rights of women and girls to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making; and to effectively fight gender-based and domestic violence; reiterates its call for the EU to adopt a feminist foreign policy and for resolute action to ensure the full implementation of GAP III;

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and ~~thei~~gender equal ~~treatment with men~~ity; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual ~~and~~, gender-based and reproductive violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly and ongoing threats and attacks; highlights the increase in ~~domestic~~gender-based violence and setbacks to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in both developing and developed countries and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making; reiterates the need for robust action to ensure the full implementation of GAP III and recalls that GAP III specify that 85 % of official development assistance (ODA) should go to programmes that have gender equality as a significant or principal objective and calls, for a substantial amount of ODA to be allocated to programmes with gender equality, including SRHR, as a principal objective;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and their equal treatment with men; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual and ~~gender~~sex-based violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly; highlights the increase in domestic violence and setbacks ~~to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in both developing and developed~~on access to maternal health care in developing countries ; and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making; calls for a stronger EU commitment and support to the protection of motherhood in third countries, in particular of mothers who suffer hostility, discrimination or stigmatization due to their condition of being mothers, in pregnancy or with born children, or are in a situation of unemployment or poverty;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 43 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 10 March 2021 with recommendations to the Commission on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability,

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and their equal treatment with men, including, the right to education, movement and freedom of expression, thought and religion; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual and gender-based violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly; highlights with deep concern the increase in domestic violence and setbacks to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in both developing and developed countries and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making;

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and their equal treatment with men; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual and gender-based violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly; highlights the increase in domestic violence ~~and setbacks to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)~~ in both developing and developed countries and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making;

Amendment 282 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and their equal treatment with men; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual and gender-based violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly; highlights the increase in domestic violence and setbacks to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in both developing and developed countries ~~and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making~~;

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and their equal treatment with men; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual and gender-based violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly; highlights the increase in domestic violence and setbacks to sexual and reproductive health ~~and rights (SRHR)~~ in both developing and developed countries and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making;

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and their equal treatment with men; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual and gender-based violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly; highlights the increase in domestic violence and setbacks to ~~sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)~~health in both developing and developed countries and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision- making;

Amendment 285 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and their equal treatment with men, including the right to education, movement and freedom of expression, thought and religion; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual ~~and~~, gender-based and reproductive violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly jointly with ongoing threats and attacks; highlights the increase in domestic violence and setbacks to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in both developing and developed countries and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making;

Amendment 286 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and their equal treatment with men; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual and gender-based violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; calls for the EU to ensure the integration of a gender perspective throughout its efforts in conflict prevention and resolution, as well as in peacekeeping, humanitarian aid and post- conflict reconstruction operations, transitional justice and the promotion of human rights and democratic reforms; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly; highlights the increase in domestic violence and setbacks to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in both developing and developed countries and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making and to firmly condemn any attempt to step back on these rights;

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and their equal treatment with men; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual and gender-based violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly; highlights the increase in domestic violence and setbacks to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in both developing and developed countries and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making; reiterates the need for robust action to ensure the full implementation of GAP III and recalls that GAP III specify that 85% of official development assistance (ODA) should go to programmes that have gender equality as a significant or principal objective;

Amendment 288 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and their equal treatment with men; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual and gender-based violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly; highlights the increase in domestic violence and setbacks to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in both developing and developed countries and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making; reiterates the need for robust action to ensure full implementation of GAP III;

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Notes 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 as well as legislation, policies and practices that continue to deny or restrict these rights in many countries including in the U.S. and in some EU Member States; highlights, 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 governments and authorities worldwide, that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 47 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 3 May 2022 on the persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion9a, _________________ 9a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2022)0137

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Notes with concern the rollback of sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls and rights of LGBTI persons in some EU Member States, harming the credibility of the EU position towards third countries in this regard; calls upon the Commission and EEAS not to take the middle ground between the positions of Member States and always fiercely defend these fundamental rights when engaging in dialogue or negotiations with third countries;

Amendment 291 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25 b. Stresses the persistence of widespread gender-based violence and intersecting discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from patriarchal cultural norms, societal structures and discriminatory legal systems that legitimate and normalize power relations between genders as well as structural exclusion of women; condemns all forms of gender-based, physical, sexual and psychological violence and exploitation, including sexual exploitation and reproductive exploitation; calls on the EU and all its Member States which 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; 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 292 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Calls for a world-wide eradication of laws and practices preventing women from exercising their rights, notably right to education, work, participation in political and public decision-making; deplores situations where women and female-headed households, particularly in humanitarian crisis areas, are denied access to humanitarian aid and essential services because national and local authorities insist that these services be provided by female workers, while at the same time limiting women's access to employment;

Amendment 293 #

Loucas FOURLAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Calls the Member States which have not yet done so, to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention;

Amendment 294 #

Loucas FOURLAS

25 b. Calls on the Commission to help in eliminating the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) worldwide;

Amendment 295 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Javier ZARZALEJOS, Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Reiterates that it 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 296 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Javier ZARZALEJOS, Peter van DALEN, Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25 b. Condemns sex-selective abortion, as well as the discrimination resulting from this practice, in particular where women and girls are targeted;

Amendment 297 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Javier ZARZALEJOS, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA, Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)

25 c. Calls on the Commission and the EU Special Representative for Human Rights to address the issue of forced marriage, including the phenomenon of underaged girls being forced to marry older men from outside their religion or belief, as a means of (re-)conversion from one religion or belief to another; condemns in strong terms any such use of forced marriage, house arrest, rape and other degrading treatment against women;

Amendment 298 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Calls on the EU, as set in out in the Gender Action Plan III, to strongly address intersectionality by developing a policy to fight the multiple discriminations faced by the 130 million Dalit women and girls who are victims of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights violations, including sexual abuse and violence, displacement, forced and/or bonded labour, prostitution and trafficking;

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Draws attention to the fact that, despite the efforts of the EU, women are still a minority in leadership positions and earn less for the same responsibilities and positions as men, and their competences and skills are underestimated or undermined because of their gender;

Amendment 3 #

David LEGA, Miriam LEXMANN, Peter van DALEN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

— having regard to the UN International Convention against the Taking of Hostages of 17 December 1979,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 48 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2022 on the human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 17 a (new)

Sexual and reproductive health and rights

Amendment 301 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)

25 c. Strongly condemns once again the backsliding in women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) taking place globally, including in the US and in some EU Member States; recalls that SRHR are fundamental human rights which should be protected and enhanced and cannot in any way be watered down or withdrawn; calls on the Governments of those States that passed laws and other measures concerning bans and restrictions on abortion to repeal them and to ensure that their legislation is in line with internationally protected women’s human rights and international human rights standards; calls for further strengthening of legal rights and protections and removal of barriers to access SRHR globally; 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;

Amendment 302 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25 b. Recalls States on their obligation to guarantee access to comprehensive SRHR services, including modern contraceptive methods, safe and legal abortion, maternal, prenatal and postnatal healthcare, assisted reproduction, and access to SRHR information and education, including comprehensive sexuality education, without any form of discrimination; strongly condemns roll backs of existing SRHR entitlements in both developing and developed countries, which are contrary to human rights obligations under the principle of non-retrogression; welcomes the publication of the updated World Health Organization guidelines providing key recommendations to health systems for provision of abortion care;

Amendment 303 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Regrets that the realisation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and compliance with international human rights obligations and commitments under the UN Sustainable Development Goals remains lacking; recalls the need for States to guarantee access to comprehensive SRHR services, including modern contraceptive methods, safe and legal abortion, maternal, prenatal and postnatal healthcare, assisted reproduction, and access to SRHR information and education, including comprehensive sexuality education, without any form of discrimination; acknowledges important progress on SRHR including legislation of access to abortion, victories defeating attempts to pass retrogressive legislation, and praises the important work of civil society and human rights defenders in that regard; strongly condemns roll backs of existing SRHR entitlements in both developing and developed countries, which are contrary to human rights obligations under the principle of non- retrogression; expresses concern regarding laws, policies and practices that continue to deny or restrict SRHR in many countries worldwide; calls for further strengthening of legal rights and protections and removal of barriers to access SRHR globally and in the EU and its Member States and reiterates its call to include the right to safe and legal abortion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights; stresses the European Parliamentary Research Service European Implementation Assessment of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders which affirms that women human rights defenders working on SRHR represent one of the most dramatically repressed strands of global activism, and as such calls on the EU and its Member States to publicly and privately condemn attacks and threats against human rights defenders working in this area, proactively ensure adequate representation of SRHR defenders in consultations, and financially support their work; calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support and promote SRHR, including access to abortion, in multilateral and bilateral relations in accordance with international human rights law and standards;

Amendment 304 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25 b. Recalls that States are required to guarantee access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services, including modern contraceptive methods, safe and legal abortion, maternal, prenatal and postnatal healthcare, assisted reproduction, and access to SRHR information and education, including comprehensive sexuality education, without any form of discrimination; praises the important work of civil society and human rights defenders in that regard; strongly condemns roll backs of existing SRHR entitlements in both developing and developed countries; expresses concern regarding laws, policies and practices that continue to deny or restrict SRHR in many countries worldwide; calls for further strengthening of legal rights and protections and removal of barriers to access SRHR globally and in the EU and its Member States, and reiterates its call to include the right to safe and legal abortion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights; welcomes the publication of the updated World Health Organization guideline providing key recommendations to health systems for provision of abortion care; deplores that women human rights defenders working on SRHR are particularly targeted worldwide, and calls on the EU and its Member States to publicly and privately condemn attacks and threats against human rights defenders working in this area, proactively ensure adequate representation of SRHR defenders in consultations, and financially support their work; calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support and promote SRHR, including access to abortion, in multilateral and bilateral relations in accordance with international human rights law and standards;

Amendment 305 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)

25 d. 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; is further concerned about delays and barriers in access to sexual and reproductive health services and the increase in unintended pregnancies, sexual and gender-based violence, unsafe abortions, and maternal and neonatal deaths;

Amendment 306 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 e (new)

25 e. Stresses the European Parliamentary Research Service European Implementation Assessment of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders which affirms that women human rights defenders working on SRHR represent one of the most dramatically repressed strands of global activism, and as such calls on the EU and its Member States to publicly and privately condemn attacks and threats against human rights defenders working in this area, proactively ensure adequate representation of SRHR defenders in consultations, and financially support their work; calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support and promote SRHR, including access to abortion, in multilateral and bilateral relations in accordance with international human rights law and standards;

Amendment 307 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights throughout the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to protect children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations and welcomes the Council conclusions on this subject; expresses concern that the growing number of such crisis situations around the world, coupled with the long-lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to increasing violations of child rights around the world, including violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, trafficking, child labour, child forced labour, recruitment as child soldiers, a lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; highlights the need to create paths of reintegration and reparation to children that have been victims of violations of their rights and that the UN Agenda on Children and Armed Conflict must be streamlined into all of the EU’s external policies; stresses the disproportionate and long-term effects of food insecurity on children, which directly affects not only their health and development but also their education, as well as increasing the outrageous practice of child marriage; stresses that 2021 was the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour and recalls the EU’s zero tolerance policy on this practice;

Amendment 308 #

Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights throughout the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to protect children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations and welcomes the Council conclusions on this subject; expresses concern that the growing number of such crisis situations around the world, coupled with the long-lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to increasing violations of child rights around the world, including violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, trafficking, including the forced separation of children from their parents and vice versa in the cases of modern slavery, child labour, recruitment as child soldiers, a lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; stresses the disproportionate and long-term effects of food insecurity on children, which directly affects not only their health and development but also their education, as well as increasing the outrageous practice of child marriage; stresses that 2021 was the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour and recalls the EU’s zero tolerance policy on this practice;

Amendment 309 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights throughout the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to protect children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations and welcomes the Council conclusions on this subject; expresses concern that the growing number of such crisis situations around the world, coupled with the long-lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to increasing violations of child rights around the world, including violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, paedophilia trafficking, child labour, recruitment as child soldiers, a lack of access to education, including the right to education in the mother tongue and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; stresses the disproportionate and long-term effects of food insecurity on children, which directly affects not only their health and development but also their education, as well as increasing the outrageous practice of child marriage; stresses that 2021 was the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour and recalls the EU’s zero tolerance policy on this practice;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 48 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2022 on a new trade instrument to ban products made by forced labour,

Amendment 310 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights throughout the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to protect children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations and welcomes the Council conclusions on this subject; expresses concern that the growing number of such crisis situations around the world, coupled with the long-lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to increasing violations of child rights around the world, including violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, trafficking, child labour, child forced labour, recruitment as child soldiers, a lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; stresses the disproportionate and long-term effects of food insecurity on children, which directly affects not only their health and development but also their education, as well as increasing the outrageous practice of child marriage; stresses that 2021 was the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour and recalls the EU’s zero tolerance policy on this practice;

Amendment 311 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights throughout the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to protect children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations and welcomes the Council conclusions on this subject; expresses concern that the growing number of such crisis situations around the world, coupled with the long-lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to increasing violations of child rights around the world, including violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, trafficking, child labour, recruitment as child soldiers, a lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; stresses the disproportionate and long-term effects of food insecurity on children, which directly affects not only their health and development but also their education, as well as increasing the outrageous practice of child marriage; stresses that 2021 was the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour and recalls the EU’s zero tolerance policy on this practice; calls on the USA, as the only remaining country not to have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to do so as a matter of urgency;

Amendment 312 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26 a. Deplores the continuous targeting of children as a tool of war through sexual violence, killings, forced recruitment, forced labour and civilian shields, most notably in areas of conflict; reiterates that because of their vulnerability, boys and girls are often the first to suffer violence in war ridden territories, especially with regards to ethnic reprisals by warring tribes, groups and ethnicities; condemns the forced recruitment and the targeting of sexual violence of underage children in areas of war and their instrumentalisation; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to combat impunity for war crimes against children, to strengthen its cooperation with child-focused humanitarian organizations, NGOs and government facilities and to safeguard the rights of children in their cooperation and partnership with third countries;

Amendment 313 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26 a. Notes the still large number of children around the world forced to work, usually in hazardous conditions, in hard- to-reach places such as mine shafts, in the extraction of raw materials, including rare minerals, in industry and in agriculture;

Amendment 314 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26 a. Condemns legislation, policies and practices, enabling child selection on the grounds of sex, race, disability or any other ground;

Amendment 315 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Stresses that the right to education has suffered particular setbacks, with unparalleled disruptions to education due to COVID-19 but also to ~~religious extremism and gender discrimination against girls~~political instrumentalisation of religion and discrimination against girls and serious weakening of the fundamental right and freedom of parents to educate their children in accordance with their ethical, pedagogical or religious views, as recognised in international human rights law; calls for the EU to step up its work to provide access to quality education, including innovative ways to circumvent the obstacles imposed by national authorities; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to step up their support for third countries to help them adapt to the challenges they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of education; stresses that support could take the form of an increased funding allocation through NDICI – Global Europe, but could also include providing capacity-building and best practices based on the lessons learned through the EU delegations worldwide; highlights that the changed international environment and emerged sudden major crisis situation may require a financial solution enabling multi donor response to cover the growing gap of funding to achieve SDG4;

Amendment 316 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

Amendment 317 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Stresses that the right to education has suffered particular setbacks, with unparalleled disruptions to education due to COVID-19 but also to religious extremism and gender discrimination against girls, and expresses concern regarding the expulsion of pregnant teenagers from schools; recalls that every child has the right to comprehensive sexuality education that is non- discriminatory, evidence-based, scientifically accurate age-appropriate and tackles harmful gender norms; calls for the EU to step up its work to provide access to education, including innovative ways to circumvent the obstacles imposed by national authorities; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to step up their support for third countries to help them adapt to the challenges they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of education; stresses that support could take the form of an increased funding allocation through NDICI – Global Europe, but could also include providing capacity- building and best practices based on the lessons learned through the EU delegations worldwide;

Amendment 318 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Stresses that the right to education has suffered particular setbacks, with unparalleled disruptions to education due to COVID-19 but also to religious extremism and gender discrimination against girls; recalls that every child has the right to comprehensive sexuality education that is non-discriminatory, evidence-based, scientifically accurate and age-appropriate; calls for the EU to step up its work to provide access to education, including innovative ways to circumvent the obstacles imposed by national authorities; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to step up their support for third countries to help them adapt to the challenges they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of education; stresses that support could take the form of an increased funding allocation through NDICI – Global Europe, but could also include providing capacity- building and best practices based on the lessons learned through the EU delegations worldwide;

Amendment 319 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Stresses that the right to education has suffered particular setbacks, with unparalleled disruptions to education due to COVID-19 but also to religious extremism and gender discrimination against girls being Afghanistan a dramatic example; calls for the EU to step up its work to provide access to education, including innovative ways to circumvent the obstacles imposed by national authorities; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to step up their support for third countries to help them adapt to the challenges they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of education; stresses that support could take the form of an increased funding allocation through NDICI – Global Europe, but could also include providing capacity-building and best practices based on the lessons learned through the EU delegations worldwide;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 50 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 19 May 2022 on the fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine,

Amendment 320 #

Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27 a. Stresses the need to ensure the protection of European children imprisoned or detained in third countries, guaranteeing them the right to the citizenship of their country and repatriating them so that they can return to a normal life;

Amendment 321 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS, Dragoş TUDORACHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27 a. Deplores forced relocation and deportation of Ukrainian children, including those from institutions, to the Russian Federation and the Russian- occupied territories and their forced adoption by Russian families; calls for the EU and Member States support in locating these children and reuniting them with their families or legal guardians;

Amendment 322 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Recalls that parents are the first educators of their children and expresses concern about the restrictions recently introduced in Europe on the freedom of education, and home-schooling in particular;

Amendment 323 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27 a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to maintain robust funding for education through all EU financial instruments available, in line with the 10 % benchmark on education in the NDICI- Global Europe;

Amendment 324 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27 b. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to support the governments of third countries in building and further developing stronger gender-responsive and inclusive education systems accompanied by the eradication of all forms of gender-based violence against women and girls; recalls that women’s access to education has been established as a fundamental right by the UN; believes that increasing girls’ education and supporting women’s participation in education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as a matter of priority should be a central policy target for the EU; insists, in this regard, on the need for girls to be able to complete their education and have access to age-appropriate information and services, free from discrimination and gender bias and with equal opportunities to fulfil their potential; stresses the urgent need to address gender-related barriers to education, such as laws, policies and harmful socio-cultural norms that prevent girls from continuing education in the event of pregnancy, marriage or motherhood; encourages the tackling of gender stereotypes and harmful socio- cultural norms through education, and the prevention of violence through gender-sensitive education programming;

Amendment 325 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Calls for the EU and its Member States to develop new avenues to strengthen the rights of elderly people; underlines the challenges to the full enjoyment of all human rights by the elderly, including age-based discrimination, poverty, violence, a lack of social protection, healthcare and other essential services as well as barriers to employment; reminds that the gender pay gap and its causes have exponentially damaging consequences for women throughout the lifecycle; calls to implement specific measures to combat the risk of poverty for older women, by the increase of pensions but also by social support; underlines the work of the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing on a legally binding instrument to strengthen the protection of the human rights of older people and calls for the EU and its Member States to consider providing active support to that work;

Amendment 326 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. ~~Welcomes the adop~~Calls for a systematic implementation of the EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021- 2030 ~~as a tool~~ to improve the ~~situation~~rights of persons with disabilities worldwide, particularly poverty and discrimination, but also problems with access to education, healthcare and employment and participation in political life; underlines th~~at the duty of caring for p~~e need for a structured dialogue with Organisations of Persons with dDisabilities ~~is commonly borne by their families and calls for the EU to assist third countries in the development of policies in support of carers for persons with disabilities;~~ (OPDs) in partner countries to ensure a meaningful participation and successful involvement in planning, implementation and monitoring of EU programmes; calls for investment, training, and capacity building of EU delegations to implement the articles 11 (humanitarian action) and 32 (international cooperation) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) which the EU ratified in 2011; calls on the Member States to implement legislative measures that safeguard physical integrity, freedom of choice and self-determination with regard to the sexual and reproductive life of persons with disabilities, as directed by the European Parliament in its resolution of 24 June 2021 on the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU, in the frame of women’s health;

Amendment 327 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Dragoş TUDORACHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. ~~Welcomes the adop~~Calls for systematic implementation of the EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021- 2030 as a tool to improve the situation of persons with disabilities, particularly poverty and discrimination, but also problems with access to education, healthcare and employment and participation in political life; underlines that the duty of caring for persons with disabilities is commonly borne by their families and calls for the EU to assist third countries in the development of policies in support of carers for persons with disabilities;

Amendment 328 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Miriam LEXMANN, Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL, Peter van DALEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Welcomes the adoption of the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030 as a tool to improve the situation of persons with disabilities, particularly poverty and discrimination, but also problems with access to education, healthcare and employment and participation in political life; underlines that the duty of caring for persons with disabilities is commonly borne by their families, in particular by women, and calls for the EU to assist third countries in the development of policies in support of carers for persons with disabilities;

Amendment 329 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their efforts in promoting equal rights for persons with disabilities through external action; emphasises the need to increase pressure on candidate countries to implement reforms to improve the situation of persons with disabilities and to increase their efforts in terms of deinstitutionalisation; calls on the Commission to assist candidate countries to develop a structured process for consulting persons with disabilities and their representative organisations;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 50 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2022 on global threats to abortion rights: the possible overturning of abortion rights in the US by the Supreme Court and its resolution of 7 July 2022 on the US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and women’s heath in the EU,

Amendment 330 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29 a. Calls on the Member States and the European Commission to take action to ensure that a person's disability status that has been granted in one EU country is recognised in other Member States;

Amendment 331 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

Amendment 332 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

Amendment 333 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

Amendment 334 #

30. Underlines its opposition to and condemnation of intolerance, xenophobia and discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sexual orientation or gender identity, which in many of the world’s regions leads to killings and persecution; stresses that racism, discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance continue to be a major problem worldwide ~~and have been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic~~, leading to rights violations in all spheres of life including access to education, healthcare, work, access to justice, and that these issues have been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic; in particular reiterates its call on Member States to adopt and implement strategies, policies and programmes to advance the rights of marginalised groups of women and to eradicate the systemic, financial, legal, practical and social barriers they face and to ensure their rights are protected and respected in all Member States; calls for the EU and its Member States to lead the global fight against antisemitism and welcomes the adoption of the EU strategy to this end;

Amendment 335 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

Amendment 336 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

Amendment 337 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underlines its opposition to and condemnation of intolerance, xenophobia and discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sexual orientation or gender identity, which in many of the world’s regions leads to killings and persecution; stresses that racism, discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance continue to be a major problem worldwide and have been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic; in particular reiterates its call on Member States to adopt and implement strategies, policies and programmes to advance the sexual and reproductive health and rights of marginalised groups of women and to eradicate the systemic, financial, legal, practical and social barriers they face and to ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights are protected and respected in all Member States; calls for the EU and its Member States to lead the global fight against antisemitism and welcomes the adoption of the EU strategy to this end;

Amendment 338 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Miriam LEXMANN, Bert-Jan RUISSEN, Peter van DALEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Underlines its opposition to and condemnation of intolerance, xenophobia and discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sexual orientation or gender identity, which in many of the world’s regions leads to killings and persecution; stresses that racism, discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance continue to be a major problem worldwide and have been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic; calls for the EU and its Member States to lead the global fight against antisemitism and welcomes the adoption of the EU strategy to this end; calls on the EEAS to develop, in collaboration with Member States, specific local strategies to help fight caste-based discrimination in the countries most affected by it, in dialogue with local representatives and civil society organisations, and to invite these to consultations deriving from EU agreements or instruments;

Amendment 339 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

Amendment 34 #

Jaak MADISON, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 50 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2022 on global threats to abortion rights: the possible overturning of abortion rights in the US by the Supreme Court,

Amendment 340 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. Expresses 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 in 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 341 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Miriam LEXMANN, Bert-Jan RUISSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. Is concerned about the hate speech and violence still taught in Palestinian school materials and used in schools by UNRWA; reiterates its position that all schoolbooks and school materials supported by Union funds must be in line with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, coexistence, and non-violence; demands that all school material, which is not in compliance with these standards will be removed immediately;

Amendment 342 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. Notes with great concern the scale and consequences of caste-based hierarchies, discrimination and 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 human development, and regrets the lack of determined action on the part of the Commission and European External Action Service to help eradicate these practices and act on previous Parliament's recommendations, such as developing an EU policy on caste- based discrimination; calls on the EEAS to develop, in collaboration with Member States, specific local strategies to help fight caste-based discrimination in the countries most affected by it, in dialogue with civil society organisations, and to invite these to consultations deriving from EU agreements or instruments:

Amendment 343 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

Amendment 344 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30 b. Recommends that the European Parliament address caste-based discrimination in all its relevant Committees (AFET/DROI/DEVE/INTA) and delegations, appoint a focal point on caste-based discrimination, and when visiting Asian countries concerned by the issue (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka), consult with Dalit organisations and raise caste-based discrimination with Parliament's counterparts and with the authorities and hold a hearing to review EU actions and progress on the occasion of the International Day on Racial Discrimination;

Amendment 345 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)

30 c. Calls on EU Delegations and Member States' missions to develop specific local strategies to help fight caste- based discrimination in the countries most affected by it (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka), in dialogue with local Dalit representatives and civil society organisations, and to invite these to consultations deriving from EU agreements or instruments, including GSP+ or human rights dialogues;

Amendment 346 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. Calls on the EEAS to develop, in collaboration with Member States, specific local strategies to help fight caste- based discrimination in the countries most affected by it;

Amendment 347 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 21 a (new)

National, ethnic and linguistic minorities

Amendment 348 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. 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; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide active support for EU partner countries to respect the fundamental human rights of national, ethnic and linguistic minorities, including their culture, language, religion, traditions and history in order to preserve diversity, linguistic and cultural identity, where these minorities can freely enjoy their individual and community rights, in all areas of education and public life; reiterates the need to fulfil the obligations and commitments based on international treaties and agreements;

Amendment 349 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. 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; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide active support for EU partnercountries to respect the fundamental human rights of national, ethnic and linguistic minorities, including their culture, language, religion, traditions and history in order to preserve diversity, linguistic and cultural identity, where these minorities can freely enjoy their individual and community rights, in all areas of education and public life; reiterates the need to fulfil the obligations and commitments based on international treaties and agreements;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 50 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2022 on global threats to abortion rights: the possible overturning of abortion rights in the US by the Supreme Court,

Amendment 350 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. Recalls the obligations of states to protect the rights of their national, ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic minorities within their respective territories; calls on the Commission to support the protection of the rights of persons belonging to minorities worldwide, including within its human rights and democracy thematic programme; calls on the 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, in order to preserve their cultures and diversity; reiterates the need for those governments to fulfil the obligations and commitments they have assumed under international treaties and agreements; deplores any attempts to disregard the fundamental and human rights of ethnic and linguistic minorities through their forced assimilation;

Amendment 351 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)

30 d. Recalls the obligations of States to protect the rights of their national, ethnic, cultural, religious or linguistic minorities within their respective territories; calls on the Commission to support the protection of the rights of persons belonging to minorities worldwide, including as a priority under the human rights and democracy thematic programme of the NDICI - Global Europe;

Amendment 352 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls for the EU to step up its efforts to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer persons (LGBTIQ); stresses that LGBTIQ persons around the world continue to face human rights violaStrongly condemns the human rights violations, including discrimination, stigmatisation, arbitrary detention, torture, persecution and killings that lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) persons around the world continue to face; believes that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their 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 step up its efforts to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by LGBTIQ persons and play a leading role in defending their human rights in its external actions, including ~~discrimination, persecution, violence and killing~~the use of all diplomatic tools at its disposal to advocate towards de- criminalisation of sexual relations between consenting same-sex partners; calls for the full implementation of the LGBTIQ equality strategy 2020- 2025 as the EU’s tool for improving the situation of LGBTIQ people around the world and calls on the EU and Member States to thoroughly and consistently apply the EU guidelines on protection of human rights of LGBTIQ persons across its external policy;

Amendment 353 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls for the EU to step up its efforts to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer persons (LGBTIQ); stresses that LGBTIQ persons around the world continue to face ~~human rights~~ violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings; calls for the ~~full~~ implementation of the LGBTIQ equality strategy 2020- 2025 ~~as the EU’s tool for improving the situation of LGBTIQ people around the world~~, while respecting the competencies of the Member States;

Amendment 354 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

Amendment 355 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls for the EU to step up its efforts to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer persons (LGBTIQ); stresses that LGBTIQ persons and their defenders around the world continue to face human rights violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings and calls on the Member States and all institutions to lead by example by proactively defending their rights and protect them from discrimination at home, and across the globe; calls for the full implementation of the LGBTIQ equality strategy 2020- 2025 as the EU’s tool for improving the situation of LGBTIQ people around the world;

Amendment 356 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

Amendment 357 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines the utmost importance of freedom of expression both online and offline and access to reliable information for democracy and flourishing civic space; expresses deep concern about the growing limitations to freedom of expression in many countries around the world, particularly for journalists, through censorship or the need for self-censorship and the abuse of counter-terrorism ~~laws~~, anti- money laundering, defamation or anti- corruption laws to silence journalists and civil society organisations; expresses deep concern, moreover, about the physical safety of journalists and the~~ir being targeted in conflicts~~ attacks against them and the fact that more than 50 journalists and media workers have been killed in 2022, most of which in Mexico and Ukraine;

Amendment 358 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines the utmost importance of freedom of expression and access to reliable information for democracy and flourishing civic space; expresses deep concern about the growing limitations to freedom of expression in many countries around the world, particularly for journalists, through censorship or the need for self-censorship and the abuse of counter-terrorism ~~laws~~, anti-money laundering, defamation or anti-corruption laws to silence journalists ~~and civil society organisations~~, civil society organisations and human rights defenders, including numerous violations of the rights to privacy, freedom of expression, freedom of information and freedom of association and assembly; expresses concern, moreover, about the physical safety of journalists and their being targeted in conflicts;

Amendment 359 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines the utmost importance of freedom of expression and access to reliable information for democracy and flourishing civic space; expresses deep concern about the growing limitations to freedom of expression in many countries around the world by state and non-state actors, particularly for journalists, through censorship or the need for self-censorship and the abuse of counter-terrorism laws or anti-corruption laws to silence journalists and civil society organisations as well as members of religious communities and churches; expresses concern, moreover, about the physical safety of journalists and their being targeted in conflicts; as well as religious leaders who are under threat for their commitment to human dignity and fundamental rights;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 50 b (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 7 July 2022 on the US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and Women’s health in the EU,

Amendment 360 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines the utmost importance of freedom of expression and access to reliable information for democracy and flourishing civic space; expresses deep concern about the growing limitations to freedom of expression in many countries around the world by state and non-state actors, particularly for journalists, through censorship or the need for self-censorship and the abuse of counter-terrorism laws or anti-corruption laws to silence journalists and civil society organisations as well as members of religious communities and churches; expresses concern, moreover, about the physical safety of journalists and their being targeted in conflicts; as well as religious leaders who are under threat for their commitment to human dignity and fundamental rights;

Amendment 361 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines the utmost importance of freedom of expression and access to reliable information for democracy and flourishing civic space; expresses deep concern about the growing limitations to freedom of expression in many countries around the world, particularly for journalists, through censorship or the need for self-censorship and the abuse of counter-terrorism, anti-money laundering, defamation laws or anti-corruption laws to silence journalists and civil society organisations; expresses concern, moreover, about the physical safety of journalists and the~~ir being targeted~~ attacks against them in conflicts;

Amendment 362 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines the utmost importance of freedom of expression and access to reliable information for democracy and flourishing civic space; expresses deep concern about the growing limitations to freedom of expression in many countries around the world, particularly for journalists, through censorship or the need for self-censorship and the abuse of counter-terrorism laws or anti-corruption laws to silence journalists and civil society organisations; denounces the use of overly-broad terminology allowing authorities to outlaw countless acts and criminalise legitimate human rights work, and the lack of sufficient human rights safeguards in many of these legislations, in particular regarding the right to a fair trial; expresses concern, moreover, about the physical safety of journalists and their being targeted in conflicts;

Amendment 363 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines the utmost importance of freedom of expression and access to reliable information for democracy and flourishing civic space; expresses deep concern about the growing limitations to freedom of expression in many countries around the world, particularly for journalists, through censorship or the need for self-censorship and the abuse of counter-terrorism laws or anti-corruption laws to silence journalists and civil society organisations, as well as the use of technologies such as spyware to hinder or control their work; expresses concern, moreover, about the physical safety of journalists and their being targeted in conflicts;

Amendment 364 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines the utmost importance of freedom of expression and access to reliable information for democracy and flourishing civic space; expresses deep concern about the growing limitations to freedom of expression in many countries around the world, particularly for journalists, through censorship or the need for self-censorship and the abuse of counter-terrorism laws or anti-corruption laws to silence journalists and civil society organisations; expresses concern, moreover, about the physical safety of journalists and their being targeted in conflicts, extrajudicial killings and arbitrary detention; calls on the Commission to work closely with partner countries in ensuring the physical safety and protection of journalists, especially in its partnership agreements with developing countries;

Amendment 365 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32 a. Is critical of the use of the vague notion of ‘hate speech’; calls upon the Commission to provide clarification of the term and adequate safeguards, in particular to ensure that any interference with freedom of expression, as a basic condition of democratic societies, is limited to what is necessary and proportionate as described in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights;

Amendment 366 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Calls for the EU to support credible media and information sources which contribute to accountability of the authorities and to democratic transitions; expresses concern over the widespread use of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) to silence journalists, activists, ~~tra~~and human rights defenders worldwide; un~~ionists and human rights defenders worldwide~~derlines that this practice further restricts space for civil society and human rights defenders across the globe, in a context where civic space has been continuously shrinking for several years, with increasing attacks against the rights to freedom of expression, freedom of expression, and freedom of association and assembly perpetrated by public authorities as well as by private actors; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s proposal for a directive aimed at protecting journalists and ~~human~~ rights defenders from abusive court proceedings and SLAPPs; urges the EEAS, in coordination with EU Member States and the European Commission, to develop a strategy to address the widespread use of SLAPPs against human rights defenders, journalists, activists, and workers worldwide; further calls the EEAS to include guidance on ways to provide effective protection for victims of SLAPPs, including through financial assistance to cover legal fees, in such strategy; encourages legislators from third countries to draft laws with the same objective, as part of general initiatives aimed at supporting and safeguarding freedom of expression including media freedom and pluralism;

Amendment 367 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

Amendment 368 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

Amendment 369 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 50 c (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2022 on a new trade instrument to ban products made by forced labour,

Amendment 370 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

Amendment 371 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33 a. Expresses concern over the widespread use of SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) to silence human rights defenders, journalists, activists, trade unionists and workers worldwide; underlines this practice further restricts space for civil society and human rights defenders across the globe, in a context where civic space has been continuously shrinking for several years, with increasing attacks against the rights to freedom of expression, freedom of expression, and freedom of association and assembly perpetrated by public authorities as well as by private actors;

Amendment 372 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to fund projects to assist journalists on legal and practical issues, including outside the EU, through the European democracy action plan; calls for the EU to intensify its efforts to assist targeted journalists worldwide, to ensure their safety, including by providing safe haven and means to continue their work in case they have to leave their place of residency; welcomes the role played by programmes such as Media4Democracy and the EU-funded activities of the European Endowment for Democracy to this end;

Amendment 373 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34 a. Expresses its serious concern about the restrictions on academic freedom and the increase in the censorship and imprisonment of scholars worldwide, which has important consequences for the right to education; urges the EU and the 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; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to revisit existing support and protection mechanisms for HRDs, in order 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 Global Campus of Human Rights, as a flagship of the EU’s support to human rights education worldwide;

Amendment 374 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34 a. Rejects that the right to demonstrate peacefully has been denied in many countries, with legal, administrative and other measures such as the suppression of demonstrations through the use of force, harassment and arbitrary detention; stresses that hundreds of peaceful demonstrators have been arrested, many of whom have been 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 375 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Miriam LEXMANN, Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL, Peter van DALEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34 a. Is deeply concerned about the growing restrictions of fundamental freedoms in Algeria and reiterates its call to the Algerian authorities to take immediate measures to guarantee the rights of its population to freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly, as already expressed in its resolution of 26 November 2020 on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Algeria;

Amendment 376 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34 a. Strongly condemns the Iranian authorities’ brutal crackdown on protests throughout the country following the death of Mahsa Amini, who was killed after being arrested for allegedly wearing an improper hijab; urges the EU and Member States to call on the Iranian authorities and President Raisi to immediately stop using violence against the protesters and cease shutting off access to the internet inside the country;

Amendment 377 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

Amendment 378 #

Amendment 379 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Notes that 2021 marked the 40th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief; notes with grave concern that the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, to hold a belief, or not to believe ~~is still violated in many countries around the world~~and the right to manifest and to change or leave one’s religion or belief without fear of violence, persecution or discrimination is increasingly being violated in many countries around the world; is of the opinion that this right serves as a litmus test for many other fundamental rights and must therefore be fully supported through all EU external policies, including trade policies; stresses the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as some governments still use it as a pretext for further discriminatory practices including violence against and scapegoating religious minorities; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to protect the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, to raise these issues at UN human rights forums and to work with the relevant UN mechanisms and committees; underlines the importance of a quick reappointment of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU in this regard; calls on the European External Action Service and the EU delegations to also include religious organisations in their dialogues with civil society in order to tailor human rights policies to country-specific religious and cultural contexts; calls for an evaluation of the 2013 EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief, as foreseen in Article 70 of these guidelines, and to share the results with the Parliament;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 50 d (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 6 July 2022 on intersectional discrimination in the European Union: the socio- economic situation of women of African, Middle-Eastern, Latin-American and Asian descent,

Amendment 380 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

Amendment 381 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Notes that 2021 marked the 40th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief; ~~notes with grave concern that the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, to hold a belief, or not to believ~~recalls that freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief is a fundamental right of every human being and applies to all persons equally; notes with grave concern that the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, to hold a belief, or not to believe, to identify as a humanist or atheist, and to manifest non-religious convictions through expression, teaching and practice is still violated in many countries around the world; stresses the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as some governments still use it as a pretext for further discriminatory practices including violence against and scapegoating religious minorities; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to protect the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, to raise these issues at UN human rights forums and to work with the relevant UN mechanisms and committees;

Amendment 382 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

Amendment 383 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

Amendment 384 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

Amendment 385 #

Jaak MADISON, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Susanna CECCARDI, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Notes, with concern, that some Member States seriously undermined the religious freedom of their citizens by prohibiting the holding of religious services during the COVID-19 crisis;

Amendment 386 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35 a. Notes with concern that Christians remain the most persecuted religious community in the world; condemns in the strongest terms the attacks 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 have to play in condemning and confronting these attacks against communities that share their Christian heritage;

Amendment 387 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Miriam LEXMANN, Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL, Peter van DALEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35 a. Is deeply concerned about the violence against people belonging to minorities on the grounds of their belief or religion as a global phenomenon; deplores that it affects many religious communities, namely Christians (including Copts, Syriacs, Assyrians), Jews, Muslims (including Uyghurs, Ahmadis and Alevis), Buddhists, Hindus and smaller religious groups, such as Baha’is, Sikhs and Zoroastrians, as well as groups of people who are atheists, humanists, agnostics or do not identify with any religion;

Amendment 388 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35 a. Expresses its concern about the increasing persecution by the Algerian regime of the Christian community, through the closure or threats of closure of a dozen churches across the country;

Amendment 389 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35 a. Condemns the consistent violation of human rights in Turkey, including the right to freedom of religion or belief as also expressly denounced in the 2021 Commission Report on Turkey;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas 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 TEU; whereas article 21 TEU stipulates that the Union's actions on the international scene shall be guided by the principles which have inspired its own creation, development and enlargement;

Amendment 390 #

Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL, Javier ZARZALEJOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Condemns Nicaragua's systematic and recurrent state policy of undermining the Catholic religion and its Church; expresses concern at the attacks against and arrests of priests, preventing them from taking mass or holding religious processions, the expulsion of congregations of nuns, the closure of eleven religious media outlets and the imprisonment of religious authorities;

Amendment 391 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)

35 b. Deplores the violence, harassment and killing of persons due to the existence and enforcement of anti-conversion and blasphemy laws in several countries, such as, for example, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Iran; denounces the fact that such laws limit and even deprive religious minorities and atheists of their right to freedom of religion or belief;

Amendment 392 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35 a. Deplores that 22 countries still criminalize apostasy, including 13 where it is punishable by death; deplores as well that blasphemy is criminalized in 79 countries and is punishable by death in 7 countries; recalls with concern that at least 14 EU Member States maintain criminal blasphemy or religious insult laws; denounces the recourse to blasphemy, apostasy or other accusations based on religious grounds, in order to crack-down on human rights defenders in relation to their legitimate activities, including on the Internet and social media, and more broadly to restrict civil society space; in this context, calls on the Saudi authorities to unconditionally lift all restrictions against Sakharov Prize laureate Raif Badawi and to allow him to travel and carry out his legitimate activities;

Amendment 393 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35 a. Further expresses concern about the misuse and instrumentalization of religion to foment intolerance or undermine human rights, such as the rights of LGBTQI+ persons and women´s rights, namely SRHR, as well as children´s rights to freedom of thought, conscience and religion;

Amendment 394 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)

35 b. Observes with deep concern that non-religious, and secular and humanist organizations are facing growing persecution, including unprecedented waves of incitement and hatred and killings, in a number of countries; denounces the attacks against countless individuals and civil society organisations for peacefully questioning, criticizing or satirizing religious beliefs and that this ongoing violation of their freedom of thought and of expression occurs across geographic and cultural borders, including within EU Member States;

Amendment 395 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)

35 b. Fully supports the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion without fear of violence, persecution or discrimination; stresses the importance of addressing persecution on the grounds of religion or belief and condemns the persecution suffered by minorities on these grounds in many places around the world; calls on the Member States and the EEAS to take note of these cases and to respond to them accordingly;

Amendment 396 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA, Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)

35 c. Recalls that the right to express critical or satirical opinions on religions and religious authorities is a legitimate expression of freedom of thought or artistic creation;

Amendment 397 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)

35 c. Calls on the Commission and the Council to implement ambitious programmes to defend freedom of religion or belief worldwide, including encouraging and supporting international efforts to collect evidence of crimes of atrocity, bringing the perpetrators to court, rendering criminal sentences effective, and compensating the victims; calls on the Council, the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to work with third countries to adopt measures to prevent and fight hate crime;

Amendment 398 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35 a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to implement ambitious programmes to defend freedom of religion or belief worldwide, including encouraging and supporting international efforts to collect evidence of crimes of atrocity, bringing the perpetrators to court, rendering criminal sentences effective, and compensating the victims; calls on the Council, the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to work with third countries to adopt measures to prevent and fight hate crime;

Amendment 399 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)

35 c. Calls on the Council and the Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) to evaluate the implementation of the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief as stipulated in paragraph 70 of the Guidelines;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

— having regard to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 10 December 1984,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the Union’s action on the international scene shall be guided by the principles which have inspired its own creation and which it seeks to advance in the wider world, as enshrined in Article 21 TEU;

Amendment 400 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 d (new)

35 d. Calls on the Council to adopt conclusions on the situation of religious minorities persecuted for their faith worldwide, and the EU’s response to it;

Amendment 401 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 25

Human rights defenders and civil society organisations (CSOs)

Amendment 402 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Strongly supports the work of human rights defenders and highlights the risks they face in their endeavours to protect human rights, including threats against them and their families, harassment and violence; condemns the fact that hundreds of human rights defenders have been killed for their work, the majority of whom were environmental defenders; welcomes the EU’s efforts to support human rights defenders in their work, including the ProtectDefenders.eu mechanism; calls for such efforts to be intensified in order to mitigate the growing risks faced by human rights defenders around the world~~; calls for the EU and its Member States~~, including arbitrary detention and imprisonment, verbal and physical attacks, legal harassment and restrictions; more specifically, calls for the EU and its Member States to actively support the development and implementation of appropriate and effective protection systems for HRDs at risk or in vulnerable situations, including through meaningful consultation with them and based on comprehensive, qualitative risk analyses, ensuring that such mechanisms are holistic, appropriately resourced, assess and manage the risks from a preventive approach and build protection plans which truly respond to the protection needs of individuals, collectives and communities; calls for the EU and its Member States to address actively legislative or administrative attempts to close down the space for the defence of human rights; calls for the EU and its Member States to actively promote and support, in particular the EUSR for Human Rights and EU ambassadors, to be more active in the publication of public statements and other forms of public and private political engagement in support of human rights ~~activist~~defenders at risk and those imprisoned for long periods, as well as helping to conduct prison visits for the latter and facilitating external visits to their families;

Amendment 403 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

Amendment 404 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Strongly supports the work of human rights defenders and highlights the risks they face in their endeavours to protect human rights, including threats against them and their families, harassment and violence; condemns the fact that hundreds of human rights defenders have been killed for their work, the majority of whom were environmental defenders; welcomes the EU’s efforts to support human rights defenders in their work, including the ProtectDefenders.eu mechanism; calls for such efforts to be intensified in order to mitigate the growing risks faced by human rights defenders around the world; calls for the EU and its Member States, to actively support the development and implementation of appropriate and effective protection systems for HRDs at risk or in vulnerable situations, including through meaningful consultation with them and based on comprehensive, qualitative risk analyses, ensuring that such mechanisms are holistic, appropriately resourced, assess and manage the risks from a preventive approach and build protection plans which truly respond to the protection needs of individuals, collectives and communities; calls for the EU and its Member States to address actively legislative or administrative attempts to close down the space for the defence of human rights; calls for the EU and its Member States to actively promote and support, in particular the EUSR for Human Rights and EU ambassadors, to be more active in the publication of public statements in support of human rights activists and defenders at risk and those imprisoned for long periods, as well as helping to conduct prison visits for the latter and facilitating external visits to their families; calls on the EU and its Member States to raise the ambition level to secure the release of jailed human rights defenders;

Amendment 405 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

Amendment 406 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36 a. Deplores the widespread adoption of so-called “foreign agents” laws, which include provisions contrary to international law that force individuals and entities receiving funding from abroad to register them selves as foreign agents, in many countries; expresses particular concern over the use of these laws to stigmatise and restrict the work of civil society and human rights defenders (HRDs), including through restrictions of the right to access funding; calls on the EU institutions, in particular the European External Action Service in coordination with the Commission, to develop a coordinated strategy to challenge restrictive legislations such as foreign agents laws in all their bilateral contacts with partner countries;

Amendment 407 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

Amendment 408 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)

36 b. Expresses grave concern over the widespread use of counter-terrorism laws and policies to harm civil society and human rights defenders (HRDs), including numerous violations of the rights to privacy, freedom of expression, freedom of information and freedom of association and assembly;

Amendment 409 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36 a. Is concerned by the growing body of evidence on transnational repression emanating from the People's Republic of China, aimed at silencing dissent across the globe and forcing the return of overseas nationals through extra-legal means, including the existence of physical ‘overseas police service stations’ in countries around the world, including Europe, by the PRC Public Security forces in cooperation with Chinese Overseas associations linked to United Front Work; stresses that such extraterritorial practices by a totalitarian regime are not only illegal, but represent a grave human rights risk; calls on the Council and the Member States to urgently investigate and close these stations and other mechanisms of transnational repression, and to provide for adequate monitoring, reporting and protection mechanisms for the communities at risk; further reiterates its urgent call for the remaining Member States which have not done so to suspend all active extradition treaties with the PRC and Hong Kong as the human rights situation in these territories is incompatible with Member States' international obligation of non- refoulement, and their maintenance is an essential part of the PRC's transnational repressive framework, and gravely infringes on the enjoyment of fundamental freedoms within the EU and around the world;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas an effective protection and defence of human rights m~~eans putting them~~ust be at the core of all of the EU’s external policies including development, trade, security and defence, migration and enlargement;

Amendment 410 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36 a. 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 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 411 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36 a. Draws particular attention to climate defenders and their importance in the context of protecting human rights, as well as the wide range of difficulties they face on a daily basis;

Amendment 412 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 c (new)

36 c. 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 (HRDs) including through the adoption of strong EU Foreign Affairs Council conclusions that would lay down a collective high-level strategy for EU global action on human rights defenders;

Amendment 413 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)

36 b. Calls on the EU and its Member States, to fully implement their political commitments on the protection of at-risk HRDs, such as those included in the EU Action Plan for Democracy and Human Rights 2020-2024 and in the EU Guidelines on HRDs, and develop a more predictable, coordinated and consistent policy on visas for HRDs, allowing for flexible and reactive protocols in critical situations; specifically urges the EU and its Member States to i) propose a specific facilitated procedure for HRDs within the EU visa code, setting common criteria and defining elements of a facilitated procedure, ii) include instructions in the EU Visa Handbook on granting facilitations to HRDs and their family members, iii) work towards amending the legal instruments on visas, particularly the Visa Code, and iv)introduce amendments to the Temporary Protection Directive that allow temporary protection status in the EU to be granted to defenders at risk;

Amendment 414 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36 a. Calls on the EU and its Member States, to fully implement their political commitments on the protection of at-risk HRDs, such as those included in the EU Action Plan for Democracy and Human Rights 2020-2024 and in the EU Guidelines on HRDs , 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 develop a more predictable, coordinated and consistent policy on visas for HRDs, allowing for flexible and reactive protocols in critical situations; specifically urges the EU and its Member States to i) propose a specific facilitated procedure for HRDs within the EU visa code, setting common criteria and defining elements of a facilitated procedure, ii) include instructions in the EU Visa Handbook on granting facilitations to HRDs and their family members, iii) work towards amending the legal instruments on visas, particularly the Visa Code; deplores the little progress on this issue over the past years and emphasises the need for a more coordinated EU policy regarding the issuing by Member States of emergency visas and shelter programmes for human rights defenders and their families;

Amendment 415 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 d (new)

36 d. Urgently calls for an EU-wide scheme for issuing short-term visas for the temporary relocation of human rights defenders at risk as well as a more coordinated EU policy regarding the issuing by Member States of emergency visas for human rights defenders;

Amendment 416 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 c (new)

36 c. Expresses concern over the obstacles encountered by human rights defenders (HRDs) worldwide to access EU visas; recalls the importance of this essential security and protection tool, that allows HRDs to access safe haven when necessary, as well as engaging in existing opportunities for rest and respite and temporary relocation programmes, or carrying out essential international advocacy, mobilisation or networking activities in the EU territory; calls for the harmonisation, coordination and effort- sharing among both the Member States and the EU in this regard;

Amendment 417 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)

36 b. Insists that the EEAS and EU delegations pay particular attention to the situation of the Sakharov Prize laureates and finalists at risk and take resolute action, in coordination with Member States and Parliament, to ensure their well-being, safety or liberation; in particular, highlights the situation of Sakharov Prize laureates Alexei Navalny, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Maryia Kalesnikava, Mikola Statkevich and Alex Bialiatski, Ilham Tohti, Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi who are detained in Russia, Belarus, China and Iran; Sakharov Prize laureate Razan Zaitouneh kidnappped in 2013 and whose whereabouts in Syria remain unknown; Sakharov Prize finalist Dawit Isaak who is reportedly detained incommunicado in Eritrea; Sakharov Prize laureate Raif Badawi who in spite of his liberation remains under travel ban in Saudi Arabia; welcomes the release of Sakharov Prize finalists Porfirio Sorto Cedillo, José Avelino Cedillo, Orbin Naún Hernández, Kevin Alejandro Romero, Arnold Javier Aleman, Ever Alexander Cedillo, Daniel Marquez and Jeremías Martínez Díaz in Honduras; calls for the release of Sakharov Prize finalist Nasser Zefzafi in Morocco; calls on the EEAS to report back annually on action taken on each of these cases;

Amendment 418 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 e (new)

36 e. Calls for the EU and its Member States to constantly monitor and raise cases of violations of freedom of assembly and association, including the various forms of bans and limitations on CSOs and their activities, such as laws whose aim is to shrink civil society space or the promotion of NGOs sponsored by authoritarian governments (government- organised non-governmental organisations (GONGOs);

Amendment 419 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 f (new)

36 f. Calls the EU to work with counterparts in order to obtain the repeal or the revision of legislative provisions which are used to silence and threaten civil society, and to bring them in line with international standards;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas an effective protection and defence of human rights means putting them as well as human dignity at the core of all of the EU’s external policies including development, trade, security and defence, migration, neighbourhood and enlargement;

Amendment 420 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be ~~reflected~~the core in the EU’s migration policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; denounces the deaths in 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; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of ~~irregular~~ migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to ~~continue and where possible step up their~~ support ~~for~~ countries hosting most refugees, as well as transit countries; ~~reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard,~~stresses that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13 , including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; _________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure that migration-related European funding, training or other forms of support to third countries do not directly or indirectly facilitate the perpetration of human rights violations, nor reinforce and perpetuate impunity for such violations; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and the granting of humanitarian visas;

Amendment 421 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be reflected in the EU’s migration policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of ~~irregular~~ migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them ~~offer their members the possibility to~~to improve the life opportunities of their members and their families locally and enjoy a decent and safe life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and where possible step up their support for countries hosting most refugees, as well as transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling and human trafficking; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of ~~developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU~~safe and legal pathways, while respecting the principles of subsidiarity and responsibility of each EU Member State; and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13 , including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; _________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

Amendment 422 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be ~~reflecte~~fully upheld in the EU’s migration policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; reiterates its call on the Commission to integrate pre-assessment as well as monitoring mechanisms to evaluate the human rights impact of cooperation on migration with third countries; urges for the abolishment of the practice of concluding informal arrangements with third countries in relation to migration cooperation, in order to ensure transparency and allow for parliamentary scrutiny and democratic oversight over its activity in this area; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life ~~in their home country~~; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and ~~where possible~~ step up their support for countries hosting ~~most~~ refugees, as well as transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial, as well as by taking on their fair share of responsibility by hosting refugees; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries on migrant smuggling must strictly conform to international law standards; reiterates its call on the EU to ensure that all migration cooperation and readmission agreements with non-EU states strictly comply with international human rights, refugee and maritime law, particularly with the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees; emphasises as well the need to delink development cooperation from cooperation on readmission or migration management; insists that human rights need to be mainstreamed and monitored in all the activities carried out by Frontex and the European Union Agency of Asylum (EUAA); stresses that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling do not in themselves suffice to discourage migrants from taking life- threatening journeys in order to escape their hardships at home; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and other vulnerable groups and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13 , including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; _________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

Amendment 423 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Silvia SARDONE, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Thierry MARIANI, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE, Bernhard ZIMNIOK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be reflected in the EU’s migration policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and where possible step up their support for countries hosting most refugees, as well as transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13 , including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; _________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

Amendment 424 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be reflected in the EU’s migration and asylum policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, particularly focusing on displaced women, children, ethnic, religious and belief minorities and persons with disabilities, who are among the most vulnerable, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and where possible step up their support for countries hosting most refugees, as well as transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13 , including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; _________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

Amendment 425 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be reflected in the EU’s migration policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; stresses the need to manage migration in a manner governed by the principles of solidarity, balance and the sharing of responsibility between countries; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and where possible step up their support for countries hosting most refugees, as well as transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling and underscores the importance of implementing readmission and cooperation agreements with third countries on border management; stresses in particular the need to increase the fight against organised crime groups that engage in human trafficking; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13, including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; ~~_________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).~~

Amendment 426 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be reflected in the EU’s migration policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and where possible step up their support for countries hosting most refugees, as well as transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; recalls that the EU and its Member States, in their external and extraterritorial actions, agreements and cooperation in the areas of migration, borders and asylum, shall respect and protect human rights, notably those enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including the right to life, liberty, and the right to asylum, notably the individual assessment of asylum applications and the principle of non-refoulement; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13 , including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; _________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

Amendment 427 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be reflected in the EU’s migration policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and where possible step up their support for countries hosting most refugees, as well as transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13 , including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; reiterates its call on the Commission to ensure transparent ex-ante risk assessments performed by independent EU bodies and experts on the impact of any formal, informal or financial EU cooperation with third countries on the rights of migrants, refugees, and forcibly displaced persons; _________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

Amendment 428 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be reflected in the EU’s migration policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and where possible step up their support for countries hosting most refugees, as well as transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; deplores the illegal pushbacks and the number of deaths occurring along migration routes as its consequence, which are in violation of international and EU law; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13 , including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; _________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

Amendment 429 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be reflected in the EU’s migration policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, particularly focusing on displaced women, children, ethnic, religious and belief minorities and persons with disabilities, who are among the most vulnerable, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and where possible step up their support for countries hosting most refugees, as well as transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13 , including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; _________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas consistency between the EU’s internal and external policies is an indispensable part of an credible and effective EU human rights policy;

Amendment 430 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be reflected in the EU’s migration policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and where possible step up their support for countries hosting most refugees, as well as transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of prioritising the crisis-management locally, respecting the national competences, strengthening the external borders of the Union and developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13 , including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; _________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).

Amendment 431 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be reflected in the EU’s migration policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and where possible step up their support for countries hosting most refugees, as well as transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13, including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; ~~_________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).~~urges for solidarity and responsibility at European level to alleviate the burden that front-line Member States bear owing to their geographical location;

Amendment 432 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37 a. 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 433 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37 a. Strongly opposes and condemns the placement of children in different detention centres from their parents or legal guardians, which is a serious violation of the rights of minors and exposes them to the additional stress and trauma of separation;

Amendment 434 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)

37 b. Strongly condemns the placement of migrants in closed detention centres without the possibility of free movement, thus treating them in the same way as prison inmates;

Amendment 435 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Recalls its commitment to the rights of refugees, as provided by international human rights and refugee laws, in particular the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto; recalls the obligations of states to protect refugees and respect their rights in accordance with the relevant international law; calls to respect the principle of non-refoulement to countries where the life and liberty of people would be threatened; notes with concern that the number of people forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order reached an unprecedented 89 million by the end of 2021, 36.5 million of whom are children; recalls that refugees and migrants, especially undocumented migrants, face barriers in access to healthcare, including sexual and reproductive healthcare around the world, that sexual and gender-based violence is a frequent occurrence during displacements, and that in many settings survivors of sexual and gender-based violence do not receive the essential SRH care they need; stresses, in this context, that international action and cooperation is more essential than ever to ensure protection for refugees;

Amendment 436 #

Susanna CECCARDI, Silvia SARDONE, Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Thierry MARIANI, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE, Bernhard ZIMNIOK

Amendment 437 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Recalls its commitment to the rights of refugees, as provided by international human rights and refugee laws, in particular the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto; recalls the obligations of states to protect refugees and respect their rights in accordance with the relevant international law; notes with concern that the number of people forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order reached an unprecedented 89 million by the end of 2021, 36.5 million of whom are children; recalls that refugees and migrants, especially undocumented migrants, face barriers in access to healthcare around the world, that sexual and gender-based violence is a frequent occurrence during displacements, and that in many settings survivors of sexual and gender-based violence do not receive the essential sexual and reproductive healthcare they need; stresses, in this context, that international action and cooperation is more essential than ever to ensure protection for refugees;

Amendment 438 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Recalls its commitment to the rights of refugees, as provided by international human rights and refugee laws, in particular the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto; recalls the obligations of states to protect refugees and respect their rights in accordance with the relevant international law; notes with concern that the number of people forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order reached an unprecedented 89 million by the end of 2021, 36.5 million of whom are children; recalls that refugees and migrants, especially undocumented migrants, face barriers in access to healthcare, including sexual and reproductive healthcare around the world; stresses, in this context, that international action and cooperation is more essential than ever to ensure protection for refugees;

Amendment 439 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Recalls its commitment to the rights of refugees, as provided by international human rights and refugee laws, in particular the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto; recalls the obligations of states to protect refugees and respect their rights in accordance with the relevant international law; notes with concern that the number of people forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order reached an unprecedented 89 million by the end of 2021, 36.5 million of whom are children; stresses, in this context, that international action and cooperation is more essential than ever to ensure protection for refugees; highlights the importance of the EU Member States leading by example and strictly upholding their obligations under international refugee law including by putting an immediate end to violent and illegal pushbacks at its external borders and substantially increasing their hosting capacity as well as resettlement pledges;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas consistency between the EU’s internal and external policies is an indispensable part of an effective EU human rights policy, while respecting the principles of the UN Charter of 26 June 1945;

Amendment 440 #

Jaak MADISON, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Susanna CECCARDI, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38 a. Notes that some EU Member States are not complying with the Geneva Convention and its provisions through their use of push-backs or their failure to provide assistance to those fleeing repression or war, thereby condemning migrants, including children, to living in undignified conditions without access to water or the ability to meet their basic needs;

Amendment 441 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38 a. Notes with concern that NGOs have played a major role in facilitating human smuggling and that private entities should not be actively involved in carrying out search and rescue missions;

Amendment 442 #

Jaak MADISON, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Susanna CECCARDI, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)

38 b. Calls for the EU Member States to adopt and maintain a policy of regional placement of refugees and to make funding to third countries conditional on the adoption and effective implementation of return agreements;

Amendment 443 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Notes that 5.3 million Ukrainians have entered the EU since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; underlines the importance of a proper and realistic assessment of the time that UkrainiansUnderlines that people who have fled ~~the~~a war will probably need to stay outside their country, as long-term stays require different kinds of responses and funding from the host countries, including a greater focus on access to education, economic opportunities, housing, healthcare and integration in the host societies;

Amendment 444 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. ~~Notes that 5.3 million Ukrainians have entered the EU since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; underlines the importance of~~Underlines the importance of a shift from temporary to long term protection for refugees from frozen or prolonged conflicts, accompanied by a proper and realistic assessment of the time that ~~Ukrainians~~people who have fled ~~the~~ wars will probably need to stay outside their country, as long-term stays require different kinds of responses and funding from the host countries, including a greater focus on access to education, economic opportunities, housing, healthcare and integration in the host societies;

Amendment 445 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Notes that ~~5.3~~8.8 million Ukrainians have entered the EU since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; underlines the importance of ~~a proper and realistic assessment of the time that Ukrainians who have fled the war will probably need to stay outside their country, as long-term stays require different kinds of responses an~~enhanced funding from the host countries, including a greater focus on access to education, economic opportunities, housing, healthcare and integration in the host societies; underlines the need to support, among others, those victims of sexual, gender-based and reproductive violence;

Amendment 446 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39 a. Welcomes the triggering of the Temporary Protection Directive in order to provide for immediate protection and rights for displaced Ukrainians arriving into the EU; stresses that all refugees should have equal rights and calls upon the Commission and Member States to harmonise rights between refugees from other countries compared to Ukrainian refugees, including by facilitating access to the job market, education and adequate housing;

Amendment 447 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39(a) Deplores the fact that, according to UNHCR/OAS data, in 2022 Venezuela and Ukraine (with 6.8 million displaced people per country) were hardest hit by the migrant/refugee crisis, followed by Syria (6.6 million), Afghanistan (2.7 million) and South Sudan (2.3 million); stresses that Venezuela is top of the list despite being the only country on it that is not involved in any armed conflict;

Amendment 448 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39 a. Welcomes all the expressions of solidarity and assistance shown to the Ukrainian people by EU citizens, in particular Poles, including their involvement in humanitarian aid and the welcoming of migrants fleeing war into their homes, thus averting a humanitarian crisis;

Amendment 449 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 26 a (new)

Indigenous People

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. 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;

Amendment 450 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39 a. 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 multinational companies be held to account in the event of a breach of their obligations; reiterates the call for the EU, its Member States and their partners in the international community to adopt all necessary measures for the 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 multinational businesses; recalls its decision to appoint 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; 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 UNSDGs;

Amendment 451 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39 a. Recalls that indigenous people play an important role for the sustainable management of natural resources and the conservation of biodiversity; asks the EU and its Member States to recognise and protect indigenous people’s rights to customary ownership and control of their lands and natural resources as set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and ILO Convention No 169, and to comply with the principle of free, prior and informed consent; requests that the Member States which have not yet done so ratify ILO Convention No 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples;

Amendment 452 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. ~~Stresses the multitude of threats to human rights caused by modern warfare and conflict~~Is seriously concerned at the persistence of the scourge of wars, military conflicts and of protracted occupation or annexation of territories; stresses the multitude of threats to human rights caused by modern warfare, military conflicts and of protracted occupation or annexation of territories around the world today; underlines that in addition to the states parties themselves, such conflicts often involve non-state agents including private military and security companies as well as terrorist organisations; stresses the disastrous humanitarian consequences of these conflicts and their devastating impact on civilians, who are directly targeted, have to endure grave human rights violations, and often have no or limited access to justice or legal remedies; calls for the EU to continue developing and implementing tools to enable it to respond swiftly and efficiently to such conflicts, to help put an end to the perpetration of human rights violations, and to provide assistance to the victims; reiterates that humanitarian crises intensify SRHR- related challenges and recalls that in crisis zones, particularly among vulnerable groups such as refugees and migrants, women and girls are particularly exposed to sexual violence, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual exploitation, rape as a weapon of war and unwanted pregnancies; calls on the Commission and Member States to give high priority to gender equality and SRHR in their humanitarian aid response, as well as accountability and access to justice and redress for sexual and reproductive rights violations and gender-based violence, including in terms of training for humanitarian actors and existing and future funding;

Amendment 453 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

Amendment 454 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Stresses the multitude of threats to human rights caused by modern warfare and conflicts around the world today which are often exacerbated by the use of new and destructive technologies; underlines that in addition to the states parties themselves, such conflicts often involve non-state agents including private military and security companies as well as terrorist organisations; stresses the disastrous humanitarian consequences of these conflicts and their devastating impact on civilians, who are directly targeted, have to endure grave human rights violations, and often have no or limited access to justice or legal remedies; calls for the EU to continue developing and implementing tools to enable it to respond swiftly and efficiently to such conflicts, to help put an end to the perpetration of human rights violations, and to provide assistance to the victims;

Amendment 455 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Stresses the multitude of threats to human rights caused by modern warfare and conflicts around the world today; underlines that in addition to the states parties themselves, such conflicts often involve non-state agents including private military and security companies as well as terrorist organisations; stresses the disastrous humanitarian consequences of these conflicts and their devastating impact on civilians, who are directly targeted, have to endure grave human rights violations, and often have no or limited access to justice or legal remedies; calls for the EU to continue developing and implementing tools to enable it to respond swiftly and efficiently to such conflicts, to help put an end to the perpetration of human rights violations, and to provide assistance to the victims; reiterates that humanitarian crises intensify healthcare- related challenges and recalls that in crisis zones, particularly among vulnerable groups such as refugees and migrants, women and girls are particularly exposed to sexual violence, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual exploitation, rape as a weapon of war and unwanted pregnancies; calls on the Commission and Member States to give high priority to gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights in their humanitarian aid response, as well as accountability and access to justice and redress for sexual and reproductive rights violations and gender- based violence, including in terms of training for humanitarian actors and future funding;

Amendment 456 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

Amendment 457 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Stresses the multitude of threats to human rights caused by modern warfare and conflicts around the world today; underlines that in addition to the states parties themselves, such conflicts often involve non-state agents including private military and security companies as well as terrorist organisations; stresses the disastrous humanitarian consequences of these conflicts and their devastating impact on civilians, who are directly targeted, have to endure grave human rights violations, and often have no or limited access to justice or legal remedies; calls for the EU to continue developing and implementing tools to enable it to respond swiftly and efficiently to such conflicts, addressing their root causes, investing in conflict prevention and mediation efforts, seeking and maintaining space for political solutions, creating alliances with like-minded countries and regional organisations, providing further financial and technical support and personnel to peacekeeping civilian missions and military operations missions, and promoting trust-building initiatives between belligerents, to help put an end to the perpetration of human rights violations, and to provide assistance to the victims;

Amendment 458 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

Amendment 459 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)

40 a. Expresses concern over frequent violations of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment; is particularly alarmed by reports of Member States issuing licenses for exports towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, two countries involved in serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law in the context of the war in Yemen; calls on all the Member States to strictly observe the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, and in particular to halt all transfers of weapons, surveillance and intelligence equipment and materials that could be used by governments, terrorist groups or mercenaries to crack down on human rights and a fortiori for the purposes of armed conflict; 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 company from participating directly or indirectly in an escalation of violence or in the financing of armies or groups involved in abuses; calls for these companies to commit to their moral, social and legal responsibilities; is firmly opposed to any reorientation of the CFSP towards greater militarisation focused solely on strengthening NATO and considers that European policies should be solely focused on peace and conflict resolution;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the Union strongly ~~believes in and fully~~ supports multilateralism, a rules-based global order and the set of universal values, principles and norms that guide the UN member states and their relations;

Amendment 460 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)

Amendment 461 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)

40 a. Reiterates its call on the Member States to help contain armed conflicts and serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law by strictly abiding by the provisions of Article 7 of the UN Arms Trade Treaty on Export and Export Assessment and of the EU Common Position on Arms Exports, including by refusing any transfer of arms and surveillance equipment which would result in the risk that the importing state or non-state actors may commit or facilitate violations of human rights or international humanitarian law; reiterates its calls for stricter EU-wide controls on EU arms exports, better end-use control of exported arms, more coordination of national decisions on arms exports, a publicly accessible database on national arms exports and, for arms subsidised through the European Defence Fund, an EU monitoring and sanctions mechanism for breaches of the eight EU export criteria;

Amendment 462 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 b (new)

40 b. 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 for the EU to urgently develop a legally binding framework for the use of armed drones to ensure that the Member States, in keeping 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 weapon systems and urges the VP/HR and the Member States to ban the development, production and use of autonomous weapons which lack meaningful human control over the critical functions of selecting and attacking targets; insists on the launch 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 463 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)

40 a. Condemns the increase in violations of democratic constitutions in the world; reiterates its concern for the threat caused by military takeovers at the cost of civilian lives, security and peace, especially in sub-Sahara Africa; stresses the need to strengthen accountability and combat impunity of human rights violations and war crimes that have been committed as a cause of violent regime- changes;

Amendment 464 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. ~~Strongly condemns the grave violations of human rights committed by the Russian armed forces; u~~Underlines the utmost importance of ensuring accountability for thes grave violations of human rights and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to offer their full support for the actors, measures and mechanisms to this end, including ~~the Ukrainian prosecutors, investigators and judiciary,~~ the ICC, the Commission of Inquiry of the UN Human Rights Council, and national investigations under the principle of universal jurisdiction; stresses the importance of swiftly gathering and preserving evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity and welcomes the efforts of independent civil society to this end; calls on the Commission to provide all the necessary assistance in this process, including additional funding from the NDICI – Global Europe, and urges the Member States to engage in this process themselves whenever they are in a position to do so; welcomes the amended mandate of the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine and the Commission’s proposal to extend the mandate of Eurojust to support the fight against impunity; calls for an informed decision to be made about the most appropriate solution to hold to account the individuals and entities responsible for enabling Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the war crimes committed on Ukrainian territory, which could include the creation of a special international court or enabling the ICC to deliberate on these crimes;

Amendment 465 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Strongly condemns ~~the grave violations of human rights committed by the Russian armed forces~~and is deeply concerned by the serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by Russian armed forces in the war of aggression against Ukraine; underlines the utmost importance of ensuring accountability for these violations and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to offer their full support for the actors, measures and mechanisms to this end, including the Ukrainian prosecutors, investigators and judiciary, the ICC, the Commission of Inquiry of the UN Human Rights Council, and national investigations under the principle of universal jurisdiction; stresses the importance of swiftly gathering and preserving evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity and welcomes the efforts of independent civil society to this end; calls on the Commission to provide all the necessary assistance in this process, including additional funding from the NDICI – Global Europe, and urges the Member States to engage in this process themselves whenever they are in a position to do so; welcomes the amended mandate of the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine and the Commission’s proposal to extend the mandate of Eurojust to support the fight against impunity in all situations; calls for an informed decision to be made about the most appropriate solution to hold to account the individuals and entities responsible for enabling Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the war crimes committed on ~~Ukrainian~~its territory, which could include the creation of a special international court or enabling the ICC to deliberate on these crimes; notes that 7.3 million Ukrainians have entered the EU since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, out of which 4 million are registered for Temporary Protection or similar national protection schemes in Europe;

Amendment 466 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Dragoş TUDORACHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Strongly condemns the war crimes and grave violations of human rights committed by the Russian armed forces; underlines the utmost importance of ensuring accountability for these violations and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to offer their full support for the actors, measures and mechanisms to this end, including the Ukrainian prosecutors, investigators and judiciary, the ICC, the Commission of Inquiry of the UN Human Rights Council, and national investigations under the principle of universal jurisdiction; stresses the importance of swiftly gathering and preserving evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity and welcomes the efforts of independent civil society to this end; calls on the Commission to provide all the necessary assistance in this process, including additional funding from the NDICI – Global Europe, and urges the Member States to engage in this process themselves whenever they are in a position to do so; welcomes the amended mandate of the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine and the Commission’s proposal to extend the mandate of Eurojust to support the fight against impunity; calls for an informed decision to be made about the most appropriate solution to hold to account the individuals and entities responsible for enabling Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the war crimes committed on Ukrainian territory, which cshould include ~~the cre~~activation of ~~a special international court or enabling the ICC to deliberate on these crimes~~crime of aggression in specially created international court or under jurisdiction of ICC;

Amendment 467 #

41. Strongly condemns the grave violations of human rights committed by the Russian armed forces in the context of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, as well as those perpetrated by the Kremlin-backed private security company Wagner Group most notably in the African continent; underlines the utmost importance of ensuring accountability for these violations and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to offer their full support for the actors, measures and mechanisms to this end, including the Ukrainian prosecutors, investigators and judiciary, the ICC, the Commission of Inquiry of the UN Human Rights Council, and national investigations under the principle of universal jurisdiction; stresses the importance of swiftly gathering and preserving evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity and welcomes the efforts of independent civil society to this end; calls on the Commission to provide all the necessary assistance in this process, including additional funding from the NDICI – Global Europe, and urges the Member States to engage in this process themselves whenever they are in a position to do so; welcomes the amended mandate of the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine and the Commission’s proposal to extend the mandate of Eurojust to support the fight against impunity; calls for an informed decision to be made about the most appropriate solution to hold to account the individuals and entities responsible for enabling Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the war crimes committed on Ukrainian territory, which could include the creation of a special international court or enabling the ICC to deliberate on these crimes;

Amendment 468 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Strongly condemns the grave violations of human rights committed by the Russian armed forces and their proxies; underlines the utmost importance of ensuring accountability for these violations and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to offer their full support for the actors, measures and mechanisms to this end, including the Ukrainian prosecutors, investigators and judiciary, the ICC, the Commission of Inquiry of the UN Human Rights Council, and national investigations under the principle of universal jurisdiction; stresses the importance of swiftly gathering and preserving evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity and welcomes the efforts of independent civil society to this end; calls on the Commission to provide all the necessary assistance in this process, including additional funding from the NDICI – Global Europe, and urges the Member States to engage in this process themselves whenever they are in a position to do so; welcomes the amended mandate of the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine and the Commission’s proposal to extend the mandate of Eurojust to support the fight against impunity; calls for an informed decision to be made about the most appropriate solution to hold to account the individuals and entities responsible for enabling Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the war crimes committed on Ukrainian territory, which could include the creation of a special international court or enabling the ICC to deliberate on these crimes;

Amendment 469 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Strongly condemns the grave violations of human rights committed by the Russian armed forces; underlines the utmost importance of ensuring accountability for these violations and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to offer their full support for the actors, measures and mechanisms to this end, including the Ukrainian prosecutors, investigators and judiciary, the ICC, the Commission of Inquiry of the UN Human Rights Council, and national investigations under the principle of universal jurisdiction; stresses the importance of swiftly gathering and preserving evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity and welcomes the efforts of independent civil society to this end; calls on the Commission to provide all the necessary assistance in this process, including ~~additional~~ funding from the NDICI – Global Europe, and urges the Member States to engage in this process themselves whenever they are in a position to do so; welcomes the amended mandate of the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine and the Commission’s proposal to extend the mandate of Eurojust to support the fight against impunity; calls for an informed decision to be made about the most appropriate solution to hold to account the individuals and entities responsible for enabling Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the war crimes committed on Ukrainian territory, which could include the creation of a special international court or enabling the ICC to deliberate on these crimes;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the Union strongly believes in and fully supports multilateralism, a ~~rules-based~~ global order based on the observance of international law and the set of universal values, principles and norms that guide the UN member states, as well as the rule of law;

Amendment 470 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)

41 a. Deeply deplores the wholesale takeover of Afghanistan by the Talibans, with all this entails for the human rights situation, in particular for women; underlines the disastrous legacy of this illegal twenty year occupation and condemns the NATO interference that has led Afghanistan to its present circumstances; underscores that a sustainable end to the conflicts in Afghanistan can only be achieved through an inclusive, just, durable Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process, with the full and meaningful participation of all Afghans, in particular women, persons belonging to ethnic and religious communities, the whole range of civil society and all parties to the conflict; recognizes the role and efforts of the UN and regional partners in facilitating an inclusive peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan;

Amendment 471 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 b (new)

41 b. Strongly condemns the violence in Yemen and all attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and water systems, which have lead the country into its current humanitarian crisis; recalls that these attacks are a grave violation of International Humanitarian Law amounting to war crimes, requiring that perpetrators be held accountable and reparations to victims provided; expresses solidarity with the victims’ families and close ones and with all the people of Yemen;

Amendment 472 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 c (new)

41 c. Calls to pay special attention to the human rights situation in the illegally occupied territories including in cases of protracted occupation such as in Palestine and Western Sahara, and the multiple frozen conflicts, and take effective measures with the aim to prevent grave human rights abuses on the ground, including the violation of right to life, restriction of freedom of movement, and discrimination;

Amendment 473 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 d (new)

41 d. Strongly condemns Israel’s colonial-settlement and its continued expansion, which violates international law and fuels Palestinian resentment; calls to fully end the 55 year-long Israeli occupation of Palestine, including East Jerusalem, thereby to pave the way for peace; notes that according to national and international NGOs, the system of oppression and domination that the Israeli government imposes on the Palestinian population in all areas under its control and on Palestinian refugees, constitutes apartheid and is prohibited by international law;

Amendment 474 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 e (new)

41 e. Deplores the flagrant human rights violations committed in Western Sahara, from the violation of freedom of expression and assembly, the torture and ill-treatment reported by political prisoners, the unfair trials, the repression during demonstrations (including cases of torture and killings), and the prohibition of free entry to the occupied territories for observers and the international press; stresses that Western Sahara is a separate and distinct territory in relation to any State, including Morocco; urges on the EU and the Member States to support the self-determination and decolonization efforts of Sahrawi people by ensuring an urgent, just and lasting solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, based on the right to self-determination of the Saharawi people and in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions;

Amendment 475 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)

41 a. Expresses deep concern regarding safety of nuclear installations in Ukraine and Belarus, which are in constant danger of military shelling; calls upon the EU, Member States and the international community to establish safety zones around these nuclear installations;

Amendment 476 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)

41 a. Condemns human rights violations in the Tindouf camps, in particular the military recruitment of children by the Polisario, sponsored by Algeria;

Amendment 477 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Reiterates that the right to be free from hunger is a human right; underlines its grave concerns about the challenges to the right to food and food security and the affordability of food in many countries around the world; calls for the EU, the Member States and the international community to immediately step up their efforts to halt the trend of emerging serious food shortages; underlines that while the parlous food security situation has several causes, it has been aggravated by ~~Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the fifth-largest grain exporter in the world~~the many conflicts occurring around the globe; strongly condemns the use of food insecurity as a political instrument of war;

Amendment 478 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Reiterates that the right to be free from hunger is a human right; underlines its grave concerns about the challenges to the right to food and food security and the affordability of food in many countries around the world; calls for the EU, the Member States and the international community to immediately step up their efforts to halt the trend of emerging serious food shortages; underlines that while the parlous food security situation has several causes, it has been aggravated by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the fifth-largest grain exporter in the world, with tremendous consequences in several areas of the world, particularly in the African continent; strongly condemns the use of food insecurity as a political instrument of war;

Amendment 479 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Reiterates that the right to be free from hunger is a human right; underlines its grave concerns about the challenges to the right to food and food security and the affordability of food in many countries around the world; calls for the EU, the Member States and the international community to immediately step up their efforts to halt the trend of emerging serious food shortages; underlines that while the parlous food security situation has several causes, it has been aggravated by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the fifth-largest grain exporter in the world; strongly condemns the use or the threat of food insecurity as a political instrument of war;

Amendment 48 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the Union strongly believes in and fully supports multilateralism, a ~~rules-based global order~~world order based on international law and the set of universal values, principles and norms that guide the UN member states;

Amendment 480 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42 a. Highlights with concern the fact that religious, belief or ethnic background can be used as a discriminating factor in the distribution of food and humanitarian aid in the context of food insecurity and humanitarian crises; encourages the EU, its Member States and the Commission to bring this issue to the attention of the foreign governments concerned;

Amendment 481 #

Jaak MADISON, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Susanna CECCARDI, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Underlines that human rights~~, a healthy environment and combating climate change are dependent on one another; calls for progress towards the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable~~ and a healthy environment, as laid out in Resolution 48/13 of the UN Human Rights Council, and stresses its appreciation for the peaceful work undertaken by environmental human rights defenders including land defenders and their lawyers, as well as indigenous activists, to preserve and safeguard such an environment despite the threat of violence and the risk to their lives; recognises, moreover, the important role of civil society organisations, including environmental faith-based organisations, as well as indigenous peoples for their invaluable work in the preservation of the environmentre dependent on one another;

Amendment 482 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Underlines th~~at human rights,~~e importance of a healthy environment and ~~combating climate change are dependent on one another~~the consequential positive effects thereof on the promotion of human rights and democracy; calls for progress towards the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, as laid out in Resolution 48/13 of the UN Human Rights Council, and stresses its appreciation for the peaceful work undertaken by environmental human rights defenders including land defenders and their lawyers, as well as indigenous activists, to preserve and safeguard such an environment despite the threat of violence and the risk to their lives; recognises, moreover, the important role of civil society organisations, including environmental faith-based organisations, as well as indigenous peoples for their invaluable work in the preservation of the environment;

Amendment 483 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Underlines that human rights, a healthy environment and combating climate ~~change~~emergency are dependent on one another; ~~calls for progress toward~~welcomes the recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, as laid out in Resolution ~~48/13~~A/76/L.75 of the UN ~~Human Rights Council, and~~General Assembly; stresses its appreciation for ~~the peacefu~~and protection of the critical work undertaken by environmental human rights defenders including land defenders and their lawyers, as well as indigenous activists, to preserve and safeguard ~~such an~~the environment despite ~~the~~ threats of violence against them and the risk to their lives; recognises, moreover, the important role of civil society organisations, including environmental ~~faith-based~~ organisations, as well as indigenous peoples for their invaluable work in the preservation and protection of the environment;

Amendment 484 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Underlines that human rights, a healthy environment and combating the climate c~~hange~~risis are dependent on one another; calls for progress towards the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, as laid out in Resolution 48/13 of the UN Human Rights Council, and stresses its appreciation for the ~~peacefu~~essential work undertaken by environmental human rights defenders including land defenders and their lawyers, as well as indigenous activists, to preserve and safeguard ~~such an~~the environment despite the threat of violence against them and the risk to their lives; recognises, moreover, the important role of civil society organisations~~, including environmental faith-based organisations, as well as indigenous peoples for their invaluable work in the preservation of the environment~~ as well as indigenous peoples for their invaluable work in the preservation and protection of the environment; 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;

Amendment 485 #

43. ~~Underlines that~~Is aware of the correlation between human rights, a healthy environment and combating climate change ~~are dependent on one another~~; calls for progress towards the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, as laid out in Resolution 48/13 of the UN Human Rights Council, and stresses its appreciation for the peaceful work undertaken by environmental human rights defenders including land defenders and their lawyers, as well as indigenous activists, to preserve and safeguard such an environment despite the threat of violence and the risk to their lives; recognises, moreover, the important role of civil society organisations, including environmental faith-based organisations, as well as indigenous peoples for their invaluable work in the preservation of the environment;

Amendment 486 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

Amendment 487 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

Amendment 488 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

Amendment 489 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Underlines that human rights, a healthy environment and combating climate change are dependent on one another; calls for progress towards the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, as laid out in Resolution 48/13 of the UN Human Rights Council, and stresses its appreciation for the peaceful work undertaken by environmental human rights defenders including land defenders and their lawyers, as well as indigenous activists, to preserve and safeguard such an environment despite the threat of violence and the risk to their lives; recognises, moreover, the important role of civil society organisations, including environmental faith-based organisations, as well as indigenous peoples for their invaluable work in the preservation of the environment; stresses that 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 states;

Amendment 49 #

Jaak MADISON, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Susanna CECCARDI, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 490 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)

43 a. Notes that, according to a recent study published by the European Union Institute for Security Studies, the argument that environmental changes exacerbate violence, conflict and terrorism cannot be proven or confirmed; further notes that the study has found that environmental protection programmes in the Sahel have contributed to exacerbating terrorism and that one-size- fits-all approaches to environmental challenges and climate change mitigation are “recipes for disaster”, creating a “fertile ground for terrorist groups” in, for example, Burkina Faso;

Amendment 491 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)

43 a. Rejects 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 492 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Urges the EU to seek to counter the effects of the global climate crisis inter alia by introducing effective and sustainable policy actions and to comply with the goals of the Paris Agreement; Calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their contribution to the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss globally, in particular by ensuring that goods imported by the EU are produced in accordance with human rights protected under international law, including the rights of indigenous people, and do not contribute to deforestation or damage to natural ecosystems;

Amendment 493 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their contribution to the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss globally, in particular by ensuring that goods imported by the EU are produced in accordance with human rights protected under international law, including the rights of indigenous people, ~~and do not contribute to deforestation or damage to natural ecosystems~~ethnic minorities and environmental rights defenders, and do not contribute to the destruction or damage of natural ecosystems with actions such as deforestation, pollution or waste spillages; 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 494 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

Amendment 495 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

Amendment 496 #

Amendment 497 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)

44 a. 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; 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 498 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Underlines that trade agreements often offer the possibility for the EU to work with third countries to address their domestic situation by providing some conditions that would serve to enhance living standards, arges to create new types of cooperation with third countries on the basis of mutual development and mutually advantageous wrel~~l as allow for some conditionality to improve the human rights situation in those countries; notes, howev~~ations that respond in first hand to the interest of the peoples; consider,s that ~~in some cases there has been little to no improvement in the countries concerned; notes that excessive and exploitative business activities often~~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 heav~~e detrimental effects on human rights in third countr~~y toll to marginalized states and communities;;

Amendment 499 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

— having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its entry into force in the EU on 21 January 2011 in accordance with Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009 concerning the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the Union strongly believes in and fully supports multilateralism, a rules-based global order, democratic processes and the set of universal values, principles and norms that guide the UN member states;

Amendment 500 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Underlines that trade agreements often offer the possibility for the EU to work with third countries to address their domestic situation by providing some conditions that would serve to enhance living standards, as well as allow for some conditionality to improve the human rights situation in those countries; notes, however, that in some cases there has been little to no improvement in the countries concerned; notes that excessive and exploitative business activities often have detrimental effects on human rights in third countries; calls for the substantive clauses of the trade agreements to recognize that States Parties must respect, protect and realise human rights as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, customary law and the international conventions to which they are part; condemns in the strongest terms the arbitrary arrest and detention of human rights and environmental defenders in countries with which the EU has concluded Free Trade Agreements (FTAs); highlights that these crackdowns are illustrations of the way these countries’ authorities maintain civil society under threat, in blatant violation of both their human rights international obligations and essential elements of the FTAs and Partnership and Cooperation Agreements (PCAs) concluded with the EU;

Amendment 501 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

Amendment 502 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Calls for the EU to make more and coherent use of clauses in trade agreements that protect human rights, including closer monitoring and adequate enforcement of human rights commitments, and to use the full potential of conditionality on human rights to grant preferential access to its market to third countries; calls, in particular, for a closer link between preferential treatment and progress on human rights in the updated Regulation on the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP+) and for greater transparency throughout all steps of the procedure for granting GSP+ status, including following up on any possible violations; calls on the Commission to keep the European Parliament adequately informed in this regard; calls for a standing invitation for the EU to observe national elections in third countries to be established as a condition for granting those countries GSP+ status; reiterates its calls for the Commission to systematically carry out human rights impact assessments focused on the risks of human rights violations prior to granting any preferential regime to a country and to swiftly respond to any violations, including the revocation of GSP+ status if warranted;

Amendment 503 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Calls for the EU to use ~~the full potential~~ of conditionality on human rights to grant preferential access to its market to third countries; calls, in particular, for a closer link between preferential treatment and progress on human rights in the updated Regulation on the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP+) and for greater transparency throughout all steps of the procedure for granting GSP+ status, including following up on any possible violations; calls for a standing invitation for the EU to observe national elections in third countries to be established as a condition for granting those countries GSP+ status; reiterates its calls for the Commission to systematically carry out human rights impact assessments focused on the risks of human rights violations prior to granting any preferential regime to a country and to swiftly respond to any violations, including the consideration of revocation of GSP+ status if warranted;

Amendment 504 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

Amendment 505 #

Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Calls for the EU to use the full potential of conditionality on human rights to grant preferential access to its market to third countries; calls, in particular, for a closer link between preferential treatment and progress on human rights in the updated Regulation on the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP+) and for greater transparency throughout all steps of the procedure for granting GSP+ status, including following up on any possible violations; proposes in this regard, the creation of a procedure allowing GSP+ beneficiary countries to be granted from 2024 the same conditions of preferential trade access to the EU market as up to 2023, but the enjoyment of these trade preferences would be conditional to the implementation of the specific commitments by the States in favour of human rights, including labour rights, and subject to the activation of a withdrawal mechanism providing for total or partial withdrawal of the preferential access, should evidence be brought forward by stakeholders on human rights and labour rights violations in the beneficiary country; calls for a standing invitation for the EU to observe national elections in third countries to be established as a condition for granting those countries GSP+ status; reiterates its calls for the Commission to systematically carry out human rights impact assessments focused on the risks of human rights violations prior to granting any preferential regime to a country and to swiftly respond to any violations, including the revocation of GSP+ status if warranted; calls for an increase in the human resources of the EU Delegations concerned to contribute to these assessments and the EU monitoring of preferential trade access to the EU market under the GSP+ scheme;

Amendment 506 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Calls for the EU to use the full potential of conditionality on human rights to grant preferential access to its market to third countries; calls, in particular, for a closer link between preferential treatment and progress on human rights in the updated Regulation on the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP+) and for greater transparency throughout all steps of the procedure for granting GSP+ status, including following up on any possible violations~~; calls for a standing invitation for the EU~~ and improved engagement with civil society; calls for a standing invitation for UN Special Procedures to visit, and for the EU and other international organizations to observe national elections in third countries to be established as a condition for granting those countries GSP+ status; reiterates its calls for the Commission to systematically carry out human rights impact assessments focused on the risks of human rights violations prior to granting any preferential regime to a country and to swiftly investigate and respond to any violations, including the revocation of GSP+ status if warranted; calls on the Commission to examine caste-based discrimination in its reviews of the implementation of GSP+ commitments in relevant Asian countries;

Amendment 507 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

Amendment 508 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Calls for the EU to use the full potential of conditionality on human rights to grant preferential access to its market to third countries; calls, in particular, for a closer link between preferential treatment and progress on human rights in the updated Regulation on the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP+) and for greater transparency throughout all steps of the procedure for granting GSP+ status, including following up on any possible violations; calls for a standing invitation for the EU to observe national elections in third countries to be established as a condition for granting those countries GSP+ status; reiterates its calls for the Commission to systematically carry out human rights impact assessments focused on the risks of human rights violations prior to granting any preferential regime to a country and to swiftly respond to any violations, including the revocation of GSP+ status if warranted; stresses the importance of all countries fully implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and calls on the EU Member States that have not yet adopted national action plans on business rights to do so as soon as possible; 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;

Amendment 509 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the rise inof authoritarianism, ~~illiberalism and populism around the world threatens the global rules-based order~~totalitarianism and dictatorship around the world threatens the world order based on international law and the values and principles on which the Union is founded;

Amendment 510 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46 a. Calls on the EU and Member States to condemn in the strongest terms crackdowns against civil society in particular when they happen in countries with which the EU has concluded Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), and engage effectively with the national authorities in those countries, including at the highest level, to ensure civil society may act freely, participate in public affairs, and monitor and document the implementation of the FTAs; urges the EU to raise concerns pointing expressly to the violation of the FTA commitments, including those laid out in the Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters and in the essential elements clauses of Partnerships and Cooperation Agreements (PCAs) read in conjunction with the FTAs; in cases of serious or widespread violations, urges the EU to trigger the human rights clauses, envisaging dedicated conditionality and adequate measures on this basis, including the setting up of a dedicated human rights monitoring body to assess the respect of human rights commitments under FTAs and to provide recommendation to the parties, as previously requested by this Parliament in its non-legislative resolution of 12 February 2020 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam; requests that the EU keeps civil society, including the Domestic Advisory Group (DAG), regularly informed and updated of the demarches undertaken and the progress made;

Amendment 511 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46 a. Calls for the parties involved in the negotiations of EU agreements, establishing or strengthening EU relations with a third country, as well as in the Generalised Scheme of Preferences, to examine the inclusion of a conditionality in these agreements concerning the possibility of a bilateral standing invitation to observe their respective elections; stresses that this electoral observation conditionality should be addressed as well in already existing agreements, including the Generalised Scheme of Preferences, in case of their revision by means of a possible Protocol;

Amendment 512 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence as a step towards fostering responsible corporate behaviour with regard to human, labour and environmental rights with a balance approach that does not harm the development of the communities and their population in third countries; emphasises that the directive’s requirements as regards reporting on the sustainability and due diligence strategies should apply to all publicly listed undertakings ~~and to small and medium-sized undertakings~~ operating in high-risk economic sectors; calls on the Commission to draw up a strong and coherent strategy on forced labour as an accompaniment to its proposal, notably with a view to implementing a complete ban on EU imports of goods produced through forced labour;

Amendment 513 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence as a step towards fostering responsible corporate behaviour and corporate accountability with regard to human, labour and environmental rights; emphasises that the directive’s requirements as regards reporting on the sustainability and due diligence strategies should apply to all publicly listed undertakings and to small and medium-sized undertakings operating in high-risk economic sectors; stresses the need to establish and enforce sanctions to make the legislation effective; calls for the inclusion of a specific article on consultation of stakeholders in the Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence directive, in particular affected persons and communities, trade unions, workers’ representatives, and human rights defenders; calls on the Commission to draw up a strong and coherent strategy on forced labour as an accompaniment to its proposal, notably with a view to implementing a complete ban on EU imports of goods produced through forced labour; calls on the Commission to insure that caste-based forced, bonded and child labour are included in the categories used in the upcoming EU Forced Labour Instrument;.

Amendment 514 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence as a step towards fostering responsible corporate behaviour with regard to human, labour and environmental rights; emphasises that the directive’s requirements as regards reporting on the sustainability and due diligence strategies should apply to all publicly listed undertakings and to small and medium-sized undertakings operating in high-risk economic sectors; calls on the Commission to draw up a strong and coherent strategy on forced labour as an accompaniment to its proposal, notably with a view to implementing a complete ban on EU imports of goods produced through forced labour; highlights the importance of holding companies accountable through judicial mechanisms including civil liability; calls for companies’ due diligence strategies to be defined and implemented through meaningful and regular consultation with stakeholders, including workers, workers representatives, trade unions, human rights defenders, local communities including vulnerable ones such as Dalits, indigenous groups, migrant workers, informal workers and home workers; calls on the Commission to draw up a strong and coherent strategy on forced labour as an accompaniment to its proposal, notably with a view to implementing a complete ban on EU imports of goods produced through forced labour; calls on the EU to include caste-based forced, bonded and child labour in the categories used in the upcoming EU Forced Labour Instrument, using a positive, resolution-based approach that avoids further damage to victims in fighting these problems;

Amendment 515 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

Amendment 516 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence as a step towards fostering responsible corporate behaviour and accountability with regard to human, labour and environmental rights; emphasises that the directive’s requirements as regards reporting on the sustainability and due diligence strategies should apply to all ~~publicly listed~~large undertakings and to small and medium-sized undertakings publicly listed or operating in high-risk economic sectors;; calls on the Commission to draw up a strong and coherent strategy on forced labour as an accompaniment to its proposal, notably with a view to implementing a complete ban on EU imports of goods produced through forced labour;

Amendment 517 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

Amendment 518 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47 a. Highlights that according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, forced labour has increased by 2.7 million in the number of people in forced labour between 2016 and 2021, up to 17.3 million; also highlights that the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic were accompanied by widespread reports of forced labour linked to the crisis, that disruptions to income because of the pandemic led to greater indebtedness among workers and with it, reports of a rise in debt bondage among some workers lacking access to formal credit channels; stresses that the crisis also resulted in a deterioration of working conditions for many workers, in some cases leading to forced labour;

Amendment 519 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47 a. Highlights that according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, forced labour has increased by 2.7 million in the number of people in forced labour between 2016 and 2021, up to 17.3 million in the private sector only; welcomes the European Commission Proposal for a regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the rise in authoritarianism, illiberalism and ~~populism~~violations of human rights around the world threatens the global rules- based order and the core values and principles on which the Union is founded;

Amendment 520 #

Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47 a. Condemns all forms of human trafficking, forced labour and modern slavery of diverse groups including women, children, immigrants workers and professionals, among others; urges the EU and its Member States to lead actions in multinational forums to eradicate them; reminds Member States of the need to prosecute and condemn these activities carried out in both the countries of origin and in groups with international mobility; insists on the need for comprehensive monitoring and auditing the respect for human and labour rights in those contributions made to cover necessary services in third countries that require them, to prevent them from being provided in precarious conditions and in violation of human rights;

Amendment 521 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47 a. Highlights that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the severe power imbalances that exist in global value chains as certain undertakings in the EU shifted negative impacts of the crisis down the value chain onto their suppliers, sub- suppliers and finally to the workers and farmers; points out that in the garment sector alone, research has shown than millions of workers faced declines in earnings and delays in wage payments, with women being disproportionately affected; stresses that these income and livelihoods losses for workers have been coupled by attacks on freedom of association and collective bargaining and in a deterioration of working conditions for many workers, in some cases leading to forced labour; condemns that according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, forced labour has increased by 2.7 million between 2016 and 2021, up to 17.3 million in the private sector only;

Amendment 522 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 b (new)

47 b. 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 523 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47 a. Denounces the increasing practice by authoritarian states of hosting mega sports or cultural events in order to boost their international legitimacy whilst further restricting domestic dissent; calls on the EU and Member States to engage with national sports federations, corporate actors and civil society organizations on the modalities of their participation in such events; calls for the development of an EU policy framework on sports and human rights;

Amendment 524 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 b (new)

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

Amendment 525 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Stresses that human rights must fully encompass the digital sphere and must be protected from the ~~improper~~unethical use of technology; ~~underlines the risks posed by digital technologies to personal liberty and democracy at large and condemns the role of digital technologies in human rights violation~~recognises that digital technologies can pose a risk to human rights and dignity when used unethically, and condemns the role of digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, in human rights violations, though surveillance, monitoring, harassment and limitations to freedom of expression for religious minorities; calls for more intensive efforts to establish a comprehensive legal framework on digital technologies and human-centric artificial intelligence, which should balance the need to protect human rights with taking advantage of the possible gains such technologies can offer for human well- being; calls on the swift adoption of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act as an effective tool to safeguard that AI is used to this aim, with special focus on high risk AI; calls on the attention economy used by, among others, social media platforms to be included within the scope of high risk AI in order to protect vulnerable groups from being targeted by disinformation and manipulation of the public opinion;

Amendment 526 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Stresses that human rights must fully encompass the digital sphere and must be protected from the improper use of technology; ~~underlines~~cautions about the risks posed by digital technologies to personal liberty and democracy at large and condemns the role of digital technologies in human rights violations; ~~calls for more intensive efforts to establish a comprehensiv~~reiterates in particular the threat that disinformation campaigns in combination with digital tools pose; calls for more intensive efforts to effectively and appropriately adapt the legal frameworks on digital technologies, which should balance the need to protect human rights with taking advantage of the possible gains such technologies can offer for human well-being;

Amendment 527 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Stresses that human rights must fully encompass the digital sphere and must be protected from the improper use of technology; underlines the risks posed by digital technologies to personal liberty and democracy at large and condemns the role of digital technologies in human rights violations; calls for more intensive efforts to establish a comprehensive legal framework on digital technologies, which should balance the need to protect human rights with taking advantage of the possible gains such technologies can offer for human well-being; in particular, stresses the specific threat that the new digital technologies pose for human rights defenders, opposition figures, journalists and others in controlling, restricting and undermining their activities, including within EU Member States, as illustrated recently by the NSO/Pegasus revelations; calls on the EU to take an initiative to promote an immediate, global moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of spyware technology and the adoption of a robust regulatory framework in this field; calls on the EU and Member States to ensure full due human rights diligence and proper vetting of exports of European surveillance technology and technical assistance; calls on the EU and Member States to engage with third country governments to end repressive cybersecurity and counter-terrorism legislation practices and legislation;

Amendment 528 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Stresses that human rights must fully encompass the digital sphere and individuals must be protected from the improper use or abuse of technology, either by state or non-state actors, including business companies providing or benefitting from these technologies; underlines the risks posed by digital technologies to personal liberty and democracy at large and condemns the role of misuse or abuse digital technologies inthat lead or imply human rights violations, in particular privacy and data protection; calls for more intensive efforts to establish a comprehensive legal framework on digital technologies, which should balance the need to protect human rights with taking advantage of the possible gains such technologies can offer for human well- being;

Amendment 529 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the rise in authoritarianism, illiberalism and far-right populism around the world threatens the global rules- based order and the values and principles on which the Union is founded;

Amendment 530 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

Amendment 531 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

Amendment 532 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)

48 a. Deplores practices by authoritarian regimes to limit citizens’ access to Internet, including Internet black-outs during public assemblies and protests; calls upon the EU and Member States in cooperation with other democracies to invest into research and technology allowing undisturbed and affordable global access to the Internet;

Amendment 533 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)

48 a. Calls for the EU to fund research on finding effective digital ways to automatically filter and counter digitally spread fake news, disinformation and malicious propaganda;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the rise in authoritarianism, illiberalism and populism within the European Union and around the world threatens the global rules- based order and the values and principles on which the Union is founded;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the rise in authoritarianism, illiberalism and populism around the world threatens the global rules- based order and the values and principles on which the Union is founded; whereas, according to the Democracy Index 2021, less than half of the world's population (45.7%) now live in a democracy 'of some sort' and more than 37% live under authoritarian rule;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic led to human rights setbacks around the world as a consequence of the instruments and policies used to slow the spread of the virus, and in many cases those instruments and policies are linked to democratic backsliding in states;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas in recent years there has been a concerning increase in murders, assaults and other forms of violence against people who defend human rights, the environment and access for peoples to their land and natural resources;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas environmental emergencies, including climate change and deforestation give rise to human rights violations not only against the people directly affected, but also against humanity as a whole; whereas it is important to recognise the link between human rights and environmental protection;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas climate change and environmental degradation are two urgent and interlinked challenges underpinning sustainable development as well as the enjoyment of human rights globally;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

Amendment 60 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas the energy crisis, coupled with the production crisis facing Europe, may increase poverty and vulnerability in Europe, to the consequent detriment of human rights;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas violations of the rights to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including the right to believe or not to believe, give rise to situations of oppression, conflict and war around the world;deleted

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas violations of the rights to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including the right to believe or not to believe, to espouse theistic, non- theistic, agnostic or atheistic views, and the right to apostasy, give rise to situations of oppression, conflict and war around the world;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas violations of the rights to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including the right to believe or not to believe, to change religion, and to express publicly one’s own faith, give rise to situations of oppression, conflict and war around the world;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas violations of the rights to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including the right to believe or not to believe, to change religion, and to express publicly one's own faith, give rise to situations of oppression, conflict and war around the world;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas violations of the rights to freedom of thought and expression, conscience and religion, including the right to believe or not to believe, give rise to situations of oppression, conflict and war around the world;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas globally, violence against Christians has risen drastically over recent years; whereas countries such as Russia, China, Iran and Belarus, as well as non-state and terrorist organisations are systematically violating human rights by using religious beliefs as grounds for justification;

Amendment 67 #

David LEGA, Miriam LEXMANN, Peter van DALEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas terrorism continues to be one of the biggest threats to international peace and security and is a clear breach of human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas the Xinjiang police files document in detail – and, for the first time, with numerous photographs – the dimensions of the systematic, brutal and arbitrary repression in the Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang; whereas this material demonstrates the informed role, active support and direct involvement of the Central Government in Beijing, including Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, and of leading Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region officials in directing the mass internment policy in Xinjiang; whereas the documents also point to President Xi Jinping’s informed and active support for Xinjiang’s ‘re- education’ campaigns, as well as for continued spending on additional detention facilities and staff to manage the influx of detainees;

Amendment 69 #

David LEGA, Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU, Miriam LEXMANN, Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL, Peter van DALEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

F b. whereas the Iranian authorities is committing human rights violations and crackdown on protests throughout the country following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was killed after being arrested for allegedly wearing an improper hijab;

Amendment 7 #

Jaak MADISON, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

— having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), adopted on 13 December 2006,

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reaffirms the universality and indivisibility of human rights and the inherent dignity of every human being; ~~stresses, in this regard, its strong commitment to addressing first and foremost the challenges to human rights worldwide and reiterates the dut~~recalls, however, that the EU does not have the mandate to impose its vision of human rights and democracy ofn the ~~EU and its Member States to act as a global leader in the promotion and protection of human rights and democracy in line with the founding values of the Union~~world; emphasises that the EU is not the world’s human rights watchdog, nor should it be;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reaffirms the universality ~~and indivisibility~~ of human rights and the inherent dignity of every human being; stresses, in this regard, its strong commitment to addressing first and foremost the challenges to human rights worldwide and reiterates the ~~duty of the EU and~~responsibility of the EU, with the support of its Member States to act as a global leader in the promotion and protection of human rights and democracy in line with the founding values of the Union, while respecting international law;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 73 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA, Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reaffirms the universality and indivisibility of human rights and the inherent dignity of every human being; stresses, in this regard, its strong commitment to addressing first and foremost the challenges to human rights within the EU and worldwide and reiterates the duty of the EU and its Member States to ensure the respect of human rights within their territories and to act as a global leader in the promotion and protection of human rights and democracy in line with the founding values of the Union;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reaffirms the universality and indivisibility of human rights and the inherent dignity of every human being; stresses, in this regard, its strong commitment to addressing first and foremost the challenges to human rights worldwide and reiterates the duty of the EU and its Member States to act as a global leader in the promotion and protection of human rights, freedom and democracy in line with the founding values of the Union;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Insists that the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms must be the cornerstone of the Union’s external policy; s~~Strongly encourages the Union~~, to that end,~~ to strive for a continued ambitious commitment to make the protection of human rights a central part of all EU policies in a streamlined manner and to enhance the consistency between the EU’s internal and external policies in this field;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that the protection of the human dignity of every human being as well as human rights and fundamental freedoms must be the cornerstone of the Union’s external policy; strongly encourages the Union, to that end, to strive for a continued ambitious commitment to make the protection of human rights a central part of all EU policies in a streamlined manner and to enhance the consistency between the EU’s internal and external policies in this field, while respecting international law;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms must be the cornerstone of the Union’s external policy; recalls that the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024 should be used as a roadmap of the EU’s priorities concerning human rights and therefore be at the centre of all EU external policies; strongly encourages the Union, to that end, to strive for a continued ambitious commitment to make the protection of human rights a central part of all EU policies in a streamlined manner and to enhance the consistency between the EU’s internal and external policies in this field;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Expresses deep concerns at the grave threats to human rights and democracy worldwide, noting that the number of democracies has continued to decline, while the number of ~~authoritarian~~totalitarian, authoritarian and dictatorial regimes hasve grown and nearly 75 % of the world’s population have experienced a deterioration in the situation of human rights in their country in the past year; underlines with concern the serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in an increasing number of places around the world;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

— having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), adopted on 13 December 2006,

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Expresses deep concerns at the grave threats to human rights and democracy worldwide, noting that the number of democracies has continued to decline, while the number of authoritarian regimes has grown and nearly 75 % of the world’s population have experienced a deterioration in the situation of human in their country in the past year; underlines with concern the serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in an increasing number of places around the world, as well as widespread impunity for such violations;

Amendment 81 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Expresses deep concerns at the grave threats to human rights and democracy worldwide, noting that the number of democracies has continued to decline, while the number of authoritarian regimes has grown and nearly 75 % of the world’s population have experienced a deterioration in the situation of human rights in their country in the past year; underlines with concern the serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in an increasing number of places around the world;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Deplores the fact that despite ~~the need to concentrate on responses to the threats posed by climate change and the recovery from~~global efforts against the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic ~~through global solidarity~~, some authoritarian leaders have in addition to mismanagement of the pandemic and global resources, intensified repression, fuelled and expanded existing conflicts, and sparked new ones ~~with devastating effects on human rights~~;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Deplores the fact that despite the need to concentrate on responses to the threats posed by climate change and the recovery from the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic ~~through global solidarity~~, some authoritarian leaders have intensified repression, fuelled and expanded existing conflicts, and sparked new ones with devastating effects on human rights;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Deplores the fact that despite the need to concentrate on responses to the threats posed by climate change and the recovery from the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through global solidarity, some ~~authoritarian~~totalitarian, authoritarian and dictatorial leaders have intensified their repression, fuelled and expanded existing conflicts, and sparked new ones with devastating effects on human rights;

Amendment 85 #

4. Deplores the fact that despite the need to concentrate on responses to the threats posed by climate change and the recovery from the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through global solidarity, ~~some~~ authoritarian leaders have intensified repression of political opposition, members of independent civil society, NGOs, human rights defenders and the media, fuelled and expanded existing internal and international conflicts, and sparked new ones with devastating effects on human rights;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Deplores the fact that despite the need to concentrate on responses to the threats posed by climate change and the recovery from the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through global solidarity, some authoritarian leaders have intensified repression, fuelled and expanded existing conflicts, and sparked new ones with devastating effects on human rights, in several cases misusing the effects of the pandemic as an argument to tighten their repressive policies;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine; expresses, in this regard, its deep grief at the human suffering and serious human rights violations caused by the Russian armed forces at the EU’s borders; welcomes the joint efforts of the EU and its Member States in response to the war; welcomes, moreover, the solidarity shown by a great number of countries towards Ukraine, as highlighted by their stance during the sessions and votes of the UN General Assembly on the crisis in Ukraine; calls for the EU and its Member States to give the Ukrainian people the support they need to defend democracy, human rights and international law; welcomes the unprecedented ambition of the sanctions imposed in the context of the war and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to use all of the instruments at their disposal to support the Ukrainian people in their fight to free Ukraine from its occupiers;

Amendment 88 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Javier NART, Urmas PAET, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Dragoş TUDORACHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s illegal, unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, as well as the involvement of Belarus by enabling Russia to launch deadly attacks against Ukraine from its territory; urges to take all necessary measures to make sure that those who committed violations against human rights and war crimes in Ukraine are held accountable; expresses, in this regard, its deep grief at the human suffering and serious human rights violations, including sexual and gender based violence caused by the Russian armed forces a~~t the EU’s borders~~nd its proxies in Ukraine; welcomes the joint efforts of the EU and its Member States in response to the war; welcomes, moreover, the solidarity shown by a great number of countries towards Ukraine, as highlighted by their stance during the sessions and votes of the UN General Assembly on the ~~crisis~~illegal war in Ukraine; calls for the EU and its Member States to give the Ukrainian people the support they need to defend democracy, human rights and international law; welcomes the unprecedented ~~ambition of the~~ sanctions imposed in the context of the war and calls for their coordinated implementation; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to use all of the instruments at their disposal to support the Ukrainian people in their fight to free Ukraine from its occupiers and people fleeing Ukraine seeking support in the EU Member States;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine; expresses, in this regard, its deep grief at the human suffering and serious human rights violations caused by th~~e Russian armed forces at the EU’s borders~~is conflict; welcomes the joint efforts of the EU and its Member States in response to the war; welcomes, moreover, the solidarity shown by a great number of countries ~~towards Ukraine~~, as highlighted by their stance during the sessions and votes of the UN General Assembly ~~on the crisis in Ukraine~~; calls for the EU and its Member States to give the Ukrainian people the support they need to defend democracy, human rights and international law; welcomes the unprecedented ambition of the sanctions imposed in the context of the war and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to use all of the instruments at their disposal to support the ~~Ukrainian people in their~~ fight to free Ukraine from its occupiers;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)

— having regard to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, adopted on 20 December 2006,

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine; expresses, in this regard, its deep grief at the human suffering and serious human rights violations, including sexual and gender based violence, caused by the Russian armed forces at the EU’s borders; welcomes the joint efforts of the EU ~~and~~, its Member States and civil society in response to the war; welcomes, moreover, the solidarity shown by a great number of countries towards Ukraine, as highlighted by their stance during the sessions and votes of the UN General Assembly on the crisis in Ukraine; calls for the EU and its Member States to give the Ukrainian people the support they need to defend democracy, human rights and international law; welcomes the unprecedented ambition of the sanctions imposed in the context of the war and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to use all of the instruments at their disposal to support the Ukrainian people in their fight to free Ukraine from its occupiers;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine; expresses, in this regard, its deep grief at the human suffering and serious human rights violations caused by the Russian armed forces at the EU’s borders; welcomes the joint efforts of the EU and its Member States in response to the war; welcomes, moreover, the solidarity shown by a great number of countries towards Ukraine, as highlighted by their stance during the sessions and votes of the UN General Assembly on the crisis in Ukraine; reiterates the need to mount a diplomatic offensive in all the states that abstained or voted against the UN General Assembly resolutions with a view to explaining the seriousness of the Russian aggression and the need for a unanimous response from the international community in the face of this gross violation of international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to give the Ukrainian people the support they need to defend democracy, human rights and international law; welcomes the unprecedented ambition of the sanctions imposed in the context of the war and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to use all of the instruments at their disposal to support the Ukrainian people in their fight to free Ukraine from its occupiers;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine; expresses, in this regard, its deep grief at the human suffering and serious human rights violations caused by the Russian armed forces at the EU’s borders; welcomes the joint efforts of the EU and its Member States in response to the war; welcomes, moreover, the solidarity shown by a great number of countries towards Ukraine, as highlighted by their stance during the sessions and votes of the UN General Assembly on the crisis in Ukraine and calls for those countries that have remained on the sidelines to speak out and condemn the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territory; calls for the EU and its Member States to give the Ukrainian people the support they need to defend freedom, democracy, human rights and international law; welcomes the unprecedented ambition of the sanctions imposed in the context of the war and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to use all of the instruments at their disposal to support the Ukrainian people in their fight to free Ukraine from its occupiers;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine; expresses, in this regard, its deep grief at the human suffering and serious human rights violations caused by the Russian armed forces at the EU’s borders; welcomes the joint efforts of the EU ~~and~~, its Member States and civil society in response to the war; welcomes, moreover, the solidarity shown by a great number of countries towards Ukraine, as highlighted by their stance during the sessions and votes of the UN General Assembly on the crisis in Ukraine; calls for the EU and its Member States to give the Ukrainian people the support they need to defend democracy, human rights and international law; welcomes the unprecedented ambition of the sanctions imposed in the context of the war and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to use all of the instruments at their disposal to support the Ukrainian people in their fight to free Ukraine from its occupiers, and the people seeking support in EU Member States;

Amendment 94 #

Miriam LEXMANN, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Peter van DALEN, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine; expresses, in this regard, its deep grief at the human suffering and serious human rights violations caused by the Russian armed forces at the EU’s borders; welcomes the joint efforts of the EU and its Member States in response to the war; welcomes, moreover, the solidarity shown by a great number of countries towards Ukraine, as highlighted by their stance during the sessions and votes of the UN General Assembly on the crisis in Ukraine; calls for the EU and its Member States to give the Ukrainian people and Russian civil society the support they need to defend democracy, human rights and international law; welcomes the unprecedented ambition of the sanctions imposed in the context of the war and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to use all of the instruments at their disposal to support the Ukrainian people in their fight to free Ukraine from its occupiers;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 98 #