8 Amendments of Maria HEUBUCH related to 2015/2229(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to ensure that the post- 2015 d2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development agenda and all its future implementation and monitoring measures are underpinned by the human-rights-based approach (HRBA) and the eradication of poverty, reduction of inequalities and social exclusion and include, inter alia, women’s and girls' rights, minority rights, children’s rights, good governance, the fight against corruption and democracy, the right to health, and sexual and reproductive health and rights, including access to family planning, as key elements for sustainable development;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes with great concern that according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) around 21 million men, women and children around the world are in a form of slavery; highlights the need to address human rights in a holistic and indivisible fashion by emphasising and strongly committing to economic, social and cultural rights, since without these rights there can be no development; stresses the need to tackle the root causes of poverty; highlights the obligation to respect international labour standards, in line with the fulfilment of the ILO Decent Work Agenda, and calls for the setting-up of a universal social protection floor; takes the view that social issues should have a more central place in the EU's external relations; regrets, in this context, that the EU does not have a homogenous formula for a "social clause" to be inserted in all external trade agreements;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the EU to maintain and honour its role as a leading defender of human rights in the world, by the effective, consistent and considered use of all available instruments for the promotion and protection of human rights and its defenders and the effectiveness of our development aid policy; recalls the commitment made in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development to deliver social protection and essential public services for all, including health and education;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the importance of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) in achieving respect for human rights; calls on the EU to ensure that the necessary guidelines, impact assessments and monitoring and reporting mechanisms make PCD a reality in EU policies and in those of its Member States, especially in trade and agriculture;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. SRegrets that a holistic approach regarding the way corporations abide by human rights is globally still lacking, which allows certain states and companies to circumvent them; stresses the need for corporate accountability and for a clear and quick implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; calls on the Commission to take all necessary initiatives to present a legally binding international instrument on business and human rights; in particular, insists upon the need to set up effective remedies to sanction corporations guilty of human rights violations and to provide redress for the victims of such violations;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that repeated infringements of core labour standards have been reported in several countries with GSP Plus status, but that this has not led to suspension of preferences, which contradicts the principle of Policy Coherence for Development; henceforth, urges the genuine enforcement of GSP Plus to be implemented alongside a suitable transparent reporting mechanism and funding for civil society monitoring; regrets equally that the EU preferential trade agreements do not provide for genuine enforcement mechanisms; accordingly, emphasises the importance of systematically including human rights clauses in trade agreements and the need to include a complaint mechanism in those clauses;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes with deep concern that indigenous peoples are particularly affected by human rights violations related to resource extraction; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to support rigorous legal frameworks and initiatives aiming at transparency and good governance of mining and other resource sectors which respect local people's free, prior and informed consent and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU and its delegations to increase their political dialogue with governments in breach of human rights, democracy and the rule of the law, and insists that the political dialogue on human rights between the EU and third countries must cover a more inclusive and comprehensive definition of non- discrimination, inter alia on the basis of religion or belief, sex, racial or ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity; reiterates that the involvement of civil society in this dialogue is crucial to promote the effective enjoyment of human rights and stresses the key role the EU can have in strengthening the role of civil society in this regard;