Activities of Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL related to 2018/2107(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of the GSP Regulation (EU) No 978/2012
Amendments (6)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WStates that GSP has proved to be an important tool for the promotion and protection of core human rights and principles of sustainable development; welcomes the acknowledgement of the need to enhance transparency and accountability by the participation of civil society in monitoring the effective implementation of human rights commitments set out in international conventions; calls on the Commission to consider establishing joint oversight commissions or domestic advisory groups with the participation of local civil society and trade union representativesmore permanent structures for civil society involvement;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the full potential of the GSP+ scheme to improve the situation with regard to workers’ rights, promotion of gender equality and abolition of child labour and forced labour can only be fulfilled if monitoring of effective implementation of obligations under the 27 conventions is improved and the incentive of trade preferences is accompanied by other support measures;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to lay down specific objectives and benchmarks with regard to the effective implementation of international conventions and, as suitable, to include these systematically in the human rights country strategy papers with a view to ensuring consistency and the mainstreaming of human rights into trade policypolicy coherence;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to addressensure that conditions on labour standards apply in Export Processing Zones by establishing a long-term road map with equally as in other partner countries concerneds of beneficiary country territories;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports more engagement with least developed countries under the Everything But Arms scheme with regard to preventing and addressing cases of serious and systematic violation of human rights; notes that the threat of withdrawal of tradeconsiders that any suspension of preferences may iust be taken witself not be a sufficient measure to promote real compliance with international human rights principles.h full coherence with the overarching objective of poverty alleviation and that if partial suspension is chosen as a method, this should be designed to minimise the negative effects for the local population;