4 Amendments of Julia PITERA related to 2018/2098(INI)
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the vital and central role played by human rights defenders and NGOs in promoting and supporting the application of the fundamental rights enshrined in the core international human rights treaties, including by carrying out educational programmes on human rights protection and raising awareness of the activities of international organisations that work to tackle human rights violations; underlines, in this respect, the importance of the EU’s capacity to maintain support, through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), for human rights defenders and NGOs in situations where they are most at risk, while devoting special attention to the ProtectDefenders.eu mechanism;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 13
13. Denounces the attacks on the freedom of the media, and deplores the fact that media freedom had never been so threatened as it was in 2017; reiterates the importance of freedom of expression, both online and offline, as it fosters a culture of pluralism, and is key to the proper functioning of democratic communities; strongly condemns the threats, intimidation and attacks against journalists, independent media, bloggers and whistle-blowers, as well as hate speech, defamation laws and incitements to violence, as they constitute a threat to the rule of law and the values embodied by human rights; believes that the free expression of legitimate and peaceful grievances must be allowed;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 17
17. Considers it deeply regrettable that torture, inhuman or degrading treatment and the death penalty continue to be applied in many countries all over the world, and calls for the EU to intensify its efforts to eradicate these practices; welcomes the formal launch of the Alliance for Torture-Free Trade on 18 September 2017 and the establishment of the EU Anti-Torture Coordination Group, which is tasked with following its implementation; welcomes, in this regard, updates to EU legislation on trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment; notes that in 2017, the number of executions carried out worldwide fell by 4 % compared with the previous year; calls on countries that have not already done so to establish an immediate moratorium on the death penalty as a step towards its abolition, and calls for compensation to be paid for the moral damage caused to victims as a result of inhuman treatment;
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Takes the view that sport can play a positive role in the promotion of human rights; regrets the fact, however, that there is a specific correlation between certain human rights abuses and major sporting events in host or candidate countries, abuses such as evictions, the silencing of civil society and human rights defenders and the exploitation of workers for the construction of large sporting facilities; calls on international and domestic sporting bodies and organisations and the host countries of major events to commit to good governance and human rights practices, and to better protect the rights of the physical workers used to build sports infrastructure and prevent the illegal employment of people from other countries;