3 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2018/0356M(NLE)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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3. Acknowledges Viet Nam’s efforts to undertake an ambitious reform agenda, notably on the environmental and labour rights of the sustainable development chapter of the FTA; welcomes the ratification of six out of eight core ILO Conventions, namely No. 29 on forced labour, Nos. 100 and 111 on non- discrimination, Nos. 138 and 182 on child labour and most recently No. 98 on the right to organise and collective bargaining; calls on the Vietnamese Government to quickly ratify the outstanding Conventions, namely the convention No. 105 on abolition of forced labour and No. 87 on freedom of association and protection of the right to organise; believes that the grant by the government of the protections afforded by said conventions to its citizens should constitute a prerequisite for the entry into force of the FTA;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
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4. Remains concerned about human rights violations, including the application of the death penalty in Viet Nam; calls on Viet Nam to introduce a moratorium and move towards abolition; recalls that the Vietnamise government has not implemented any modification to its legislation on national security; on the contrary, it has recently intensified its crackdown on human rights defenders, members of civil society, religious groups and individuals who express opinions deemed critical of the government; calls on the Vietnamese government to amend or repeal articles of the Penal Code that could be abused to repress dissent, such as articles 258 (331), 88 (117) and 79 (109), as well as its Cybersecurity Law; highlights that human rights constitute a cornerstone of the trade and sustainable development chapter of the FTA; calls for periodic evaluation of the impact of the agreement;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
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7. Encourages the Commission to step up technical assistance and available funding to Viet Nam and its independent civil society in order to support Viet Nam’s compliance with its international human rights obligations and the monitoring of the proper implementation of Article 13 of the FTA.; calls, in this regard, for the European Commission to ensure the creation of an effective independent monitoring and complaints mechanism for human rights protection and to guarantee that the Domestic Advisory Group in Vietnam is composed of truly independent and impartial members;