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REPORT on EU Guidelines and the mandate of the EU Special Envoy on the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU PDF (363 KB) DOC (59 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2018/2155(INI)
Documents: PDF(363 KB) DOC(59 KB)

Amendments (18)

Amendment 55 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that religion or belief is an important undeniable pillar of human identity, greatly impacting individuals and societies, and is therefore a reality that must not be neglected or denied in policies but requires proper recognition and addressing; affirms that freedom of religion and conscience includes the fundamental role of parents in the education of their children, a role that must be protected from state interference;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Affirms that the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, commonly referred as freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), as a fundamental human right and a founding value of the EU, has to be duly protected, promoted and safeguarded by all actors; underscores the duty of states to guarantee FoRB in order to preserve peaceful, democratic and pluralistic societies that are respectful of diversity and beliefs; points out that conscientious objection is, legally speaking, encompassed by freedom of conscience;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Council and the Commission to strengthemaintain the Special Envoy’s institutional mandate and capacity, by earmarking funding and human resources adequate to the Envoy’s duties, developing a systemic institutionalisation of working networks established by the Special Envoy within all relevant EU institutions or establishing the position of the EU Special Representative for FoRB;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Council and the Commission to reflect on creating the EU Special Representative for FoRB; considers that the competences and mandate of this Special Representative should include: (a) effectiveness, coherence and accountability of the EU’s FoRB policy outside the EU; (b) Parliament, the Council, the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Commission with an annual progress report and a comprehensideleted enhancing the visibility, providing the European being a high-level implementation report on the mandate at the end thereof; (c) working in close cooperation with the Council Working Group on Human Rights (COHOM); (d) his or her counterparts in third countries and at international organisations, also able to engage with the UN (UNGA, UNHRC, etc.) as well as relevant regional organisations; (e) FoRB and interreligious and intercultural issues and leading consultations with third countries on FoRB issues;nterlocutor for chairing high-level dialogues on
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 140 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the term of office of the Special Envoy to be extended to a multi- year term, corresponding to the term of the Commission;deleted
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 144 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recommends that the title and mandate of the Special Envoy visibly include the promotion of interreligious dialogue and interfaith cooperation;deleted
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recommends the setting up of a regular advisory working group of Member States’ FoRB institutions and European Parliament representativesEuropean Parliament and national parliament representatives and Member States’ FoRB institutions, together with experts, scholars, and representatives of civil society, including churches and other faith-based organisations, providing advice on FoRB issues to assist the Special Envoy;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends that the Special Envoy further develop cooperation with counterparts outside the EU, in particular byMember States working in close cooperation with the UN Special Rapporteur on FoRB, as well as exploring the possibility of EU-UN joint annual reporting on discrimination against religious minorities, also formulating common proposals on how to put an end to such acts;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or beliefdeleted
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 164 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that the EU Guidelines present a clear set of political lines, principles, norms and themes for priority actions, as well as a toolkit for monitoring, assessing, reporting and demarches by any EU representatives in third countries, that constitute a solid strategic approach for the EU and its Member States to exert an efficient role in promoting FoRB outside the EU;deleted
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 166 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Urgently calls for the implementation of the EU Guidelines on FoRB to be increased in intensity and effectiveness; notes that further dedicated efforts need to be made by the EU and its Member States to implement more effectively the EU Guidelines and make the EU more influential in advancing FoRB worldwide; stresses that understanding how societies may be shaped and influenced by religions and other beliefs is instrumental to better comprehending the promotion of FoRB in EU foreign policy and international cooperation;deleted
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 172 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Commends, in this respect, the efforts made to date by the EEAS and the Commission to provide training on religious literacy to EU officials and national diplomats; stresses, however, the need for broader and more systematic training programmes which would raise awareness of and increase the use of the EU Guidelines among the EU’s and Member States’ officials and diplomats and strengthen cooperation with the Special Envoy; asks for churches and religious communities and associations to be involved in this training process; calls on the Commission and the Council to earmark resources for establishing such training programmes;deleted
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 180 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and the EEASuncil and Member States to produce EU Annual Reports on FoRB in the world, to be communicated to the European Parliament and the Council; notes that the EU Guidelines provide for an evaluation of their implementation by COHOM after a period of three years, and that no such evaluation has been communicated or made public; calls for the evaluation to be made public without delay; considers that the evaluation should highlight best practices, identify areas for improvement, and provide concrete recommendations on implementation in accordance with a specified timeline and milestones subject to regular annual evaluation; calls for the evaluation to be included in the EU Annual Reports on FoRB in the world;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 185 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Underlines the responsibilities fulfilled by human rights focal points within all EU Delegations and CSDP Missions; calls for the designating of FoRB-specific focal points in every EU Delegation and CSDP Mission; calls for more resources to be allocated to EU Delegations and CSDP Missions so as to allow them to carry out their work of promoting FoRB;deleted
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls the importance of human rights country and democracy strategies (HRDCSs), which tailor EU action to each country’s specific situation and needs; calls for adequate attention to be paid to FoRB-related issues, with lines for EU action being drawn up so that they can be tackled under the HRDCSs wherever respect for FoRB is endangered; reiterates its call for Members of the European Parliament to be given access to the content of HRDCSs;deleted
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 197 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the EU commitment of the Member States to promoting FoRB in multilateral fora, in particular within the UN, the Council of Europe and the OSCE and with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC); supports, in this respect, EU cooperation with the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; recommends that the Member States continuinge the EU practice of taking the lead on resolutions at the UNGA and UNHRC on FoRB and seeking to build alliances and defend common positions with third countries and international organisations; calls on the EEAS and the OIC to consider preparing a joint resolution on FoRB within the UN framework;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 205 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Expresses its satisfaction that FoRB is identified as a priority of the European Instrument of Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR); welcomes the significant increase of EIDHR funding allocated to FoRB-related projects since the adoption of the EU Guidelines; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to ensure that EU diplomatic work for the promotion of FoRB and EIDHR-funded projects is mutually reinforcing; stresses that FoRB can also be supported by other instruments than human rights- oriented funds, among others those dedicated to the conflict prevention dimension or to education and culture; calls on the Commission and the Council to maintain sufficient funding for FoRB-related projects under the EU external financial instruments, within the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021- 2027;deleted
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 213 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
25. Stresses that the EU’s policies in the fields of peace, security and conflict prevention and development and cooperation face challenges, for which solutions can be devised with the participation of churches, religious leaders, academics, religious communities and associations or faith-based organisations that are a critical part of civil society; acknowledges the importance of being mindful of the diversity of churches, religious communities and associations and faith-based organisations which perform actual development and humanitarian work for and with communities; calls on the Council and the Commission to incorporatestresses the inconsistency between, on the one hand, wthere relevant, objectives and activities relating to the promotion and protection of FoRB into the programming of funding instruments linked to those policies, namely the EDF, the DCI, the ENI, the IcSP and the IPA lip service paid by the Union and certain Member States to religious freedom and, on the other, foreign policy actions conducted in alliance with extremist Islamist groups perpetrating massacres of Christian populations in Syria and Iraq;
2018/09/13
Committee: AFET
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