9 Amendments of Michèle ALLIOT-MARIE related to 2014/2216(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU’s credibility in its external relations will be bolstered by increasing consistency between its internal and external policies in relation to human rights and in the international arena;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas a clause on compliance with international conventions on human rights and labour rights is a requirement of the GSP+ system for third countries;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the effects of climate change, such as increasing temperatures, rising sea levels and more extreme weather conditions, will intensify the challenges of global instability and, consequently, the threat of serious human rights violations; whereas the term ‘climate refugee’, intended to describe people who are forced to flee their homes and seek refuge abroad as a consequence of climate change, is not yet recognised in international law or in any legally binding international agreement;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Commends the External Action Service and the Commission for their comprehensive and clear reporting on EU action taken during the reporting period; reiterates, however, its view that the country reports in particular should have a more rigorous framework based on a set of indicators that would allow for the setting of benchmarks to assess both positive and negative trends, evaluate the efficiency of the EU’s actions, and provide grounds for adapting the levels of EU support in line with progress achieved with regard to human rights, democracy, the rule of law and good governance; notes that the use of such public indicators would be in line with several objectives mentioned in the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and would permit greater consistency in implementing human rights conditionality or assessing the human rights impact of EU policies;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Expresses its concern at the reported rise in the number of executions globally from 2012 to 2013, despite the fact that executions are confined to an increasingly small minority of countries; calls on the EU to take due action regarding the continuously high rate of executions in China and Iran, the resumption of executions in 2013 in Indonesia, Kuwait, Nigeria and Vietnam, as well as the marked increase in reported executions in Iraq and in Saudi Arabia;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Condemns all violence and discrimination on the basis of religion or belief; expresses its serious concern over the continued reports of violence and discrimination against religious minorities around the world, in particular Eastern Christians; stresses that the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, is a fundamental human right, interrelated with other human rights and fundamental freedoms, encompassing the right to believe or not to believe, the freedom to practise theistic, non-theistic or atheistic belief alike, and the right to adopt, change and abandon or return to a belief of one’s choice;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75