12 Amendments of Maria NOICHL related to 2017/2206(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the high relevance of the Sustainable Development Goals with regard to indigenous peoples, notably SDG 2 (zero hunger), 4.5 (access to education) and 5 (gender equality);
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges partner countries to recognise and protect indigenous peoples’ rights to customary ownership and control of their lands and natural resources as set out in the UNDRIP and ILO Convention 169; stresses, in particular, the need to respect and promote the ancestral rights of indigenous peoples, derived from their political, economic and social structures and their culture, spiritual traditions, history and ways of thinking, in particular their rights to their land; notes, in particular, that it is the role of the governments concerned to work with indigenous peoples to develop coordinated and well-designed measures to protect the rights of these peoples and to ensure respect for their integrity; calls for the EU to support partner countries in this and in applying the principle of free, prior and informed consent to large-scale land acquisitions;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Deplores the lack of opportunities for indigenous peoples to participate in decision-making; calls on the EU to actively support an enhanced participatory process in its partner countries;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that bilateral investment agreements fail to recognise indigenous peoples’ land rights; recalls that international investment law has to respect international human rights law; calls on development finance institutions to strengthen their human rights safeguards, since investment and trade agreements must under no circumstances have a negative impact on indigenous peoples;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines in this regard that an increase in land concentration often leads to an increase in human rights violations, including through displacement; underlines also that the appropriation of land leads to the appropriation of resources, such as water use rights, and thus poses a twofold threat to indigenous peoples;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU to take legally binding measures to hold corporations accountable for breaches of human rights in third countries and to provide effective remedy, complaint and sanction mechanisms.; these complaint and compensation mechanisms must also apply to European investment projects;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Criticises the fact that unsustainable imports from third countries, such as soya and palm oil, which usually come from monocultures, often result in the clearing of forests, thereby destroying habitats and displacing indigenous peoples living there; calls in this connection for the introduction of sustainability criteria for the import of vegetable protein;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Highlights the structural multiple discrimination faced by indigenous women, who are particularly affected by the lack of access to education and jobs and to medical and social services; indigenous women are therefore more likely to be victims of trafficking and violence; the EU must therefore as a matter of urgency promote their right to a non-violent and equal life, especially with regard to land ownership rights and entitlements;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses that our consumption patterns tie down substantial resources from third countries; emphasises that European resource use worldwide is affecting indigenous peoples and underlines the responsibility that results from this situation;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Notes that grazing rights and common pastures, for example, are traditional land-use rights based on common law and not on vested ownership rights; emphasises nonetheless the essential importance of protecting these customary rights for indigenous peoples;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Points out that we in the EU still have much to learn about the sustainable use, for example of forests, from the indigenous peoples, who, moreover, scarcely contribute to climate change because of their way of life, but are particularly affected by it, because of drought or desertification, for example; an impact that affects women in particular;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)