21 Amendments of Branislav ŠKRIPEK related to 2018/2103(INI)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas human dignity is the primary foundation of all fundamental rights and shall not be subject to instrumentalisation; whereas human dignity must be protected and promoted in all EU initiatives;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas this year we are marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; whereas human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and non-hierarchical;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages EU Member States to take effective steps to respect and protect women’s sexual and reproductive rights, including a range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the rights to life, to health, to be free from torture and ill-treatment, to privacy, equality and non-discrimination; recalls that Member States have the obligation, under international human rights law, to provide all women with accessible, affordable, good quality sexual and reproductive healthcare and services; notes that this should include the elimination of laws, policies and practices that infringe upon these rights as well as the prevention of the erosion of existing protections;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Condemns any form of sexual violence against women, including female genital mutilation, forced abortion, sterilisation or surrogacy;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that in defining policies to counter “fake news” the main criteria should be respect for fundamental human rights, the principle of the rule of law and the hierarchy of norms; emphasises that relevant policy or legislative initiatives must not jeopardise the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, or the right of parents to educate their children in conformity with their religious convictions;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Cautions against the risks of empowering private actors to decide what can or cannot be posted online, and recalls the prominent role the judiciary should play in this regard; underlines the importance of education in the use of media, especially, although not exclusively, for children and their parents, and more generally of education to raise awareness of diversity, so as to build a critical spirit in each human being;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Highlights that in the context of policies to counter “fake news”, criteria to display in prominent position information representing different viewpoints should be clear and transparent, and that authenticity of the author and trustworthiness are key;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Stresses that the principles and mechanisms of the rule of law should be strictly complied with by policies to counter “fake news” and that human intervention, in the form of balanced review panels, is necessary in case of recourse to robots/artificial intelligence;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10e. Encourages news media organisations to allow users to clearly establish and identify the original source of news, showcase and promote diversity of expression and allow debate and encourage dialogue between a variety of opinions; and promote the training of users in fact-checking;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 f (new)
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10f. Calls on the EU to promote reflections and research on devising “virtuous algorithms” to counter automatic promotion of only like-minded and sensational information;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Highlights the importance of ensuring the justifiability of fundamental rights and in particular of the one to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, in order to ensure social inclusion of believers;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Invites the Union and its Member States to fully protect and promote the fundamental right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion in all its aspects (individual and collective, private and public, institutional); invites the Member States to enable the freedom to change one’s religion or belief without any coercion; recalls that any limitation to the exercise of freedom of religion should be based on legal criteria and access to judicial review;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Supports an effective protection on the part of the Member States of the right to conscientious objection, both at the individual and institutional level, especially in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, educational and economical fields, as a fundamental right placed at the basis of democracy and the rule of law; invites them to put an end to discrimination, including harassment, towards conscientious objectors;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 f (new)
Paragraph 11 f (new)
11f. Underlines that EU non- discrimination policies should not only focus on discrimination between one religion and another one, but on cases where a person is targeted because of having a religion, of belonging to a religion, being discriminated because he/she is a believer or because he/she wants to practice his/her religion, including at the workplace;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 b (new)
Subheading 2 b (new)
Non-discrimination
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 b (new)–Paragraph 11 f (new)
Subheading 2 b (new)–Paragraph 11 f (new)
11f. Recalls the obligation for the EU institutions and agencies to fully apply with regard to all citizens, whether belonging to majority or minority religious denominations, the right to freedom of religion and the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, especially at the workplace, in public life and in public expression;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 g (new)
Paragraph 11 g (new)
11g. Recalls that the principle of non- discrimination entails that discriminating means not only to treat differently similar situations, but also to treat in the same way different situations;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 h (new)
Paragraph 11 h (new)
11h. Underlines that under no circumstance can reasonable accommodation on grounds of religion be considered as a substitute for legal instruments like the fundamental human right to freedom of religion or the prohibition of discrimination and that options concerning reasonable accommodation should remain under the competence of the Member States;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls Parliament’s resolution with recommendations to the Commission on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights5 , adopted on 10 October 2016; reiterates its call on the Commission to submit, on the basis of Article 295 of the TFEU, a proposal for the conclusion of a Union Pact for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (EU Pact for DRF) in the form of an interinstitutional agreement laying down arrangements facilitating the cooperation between the Union institutions and the Member States in the framework of Article 7 of the TEU; __________________ 5underlines that any EU initiative or mechanism on the respect for the rule of law in the Member States should have a clear and explicit legal basis and shall be founded on compliance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, as well as on respect for fundamental rights, the hierarchy of norms and national traditions and identities; __________________ 5 OJ C 215, 19.6.2018, p. 162. OJ C 215, 19.6.2018, p. 162.
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Underlines that EU institutions should lead by example in terms of respect for the principle of the rule of law, by complying with it in all policies and internal practices;