Activities of Therese COMODINI CACHIA related to 2014/2216(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2013 and the EU policy on the matter (debate)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and the European Parliament resolution on the 25th anniversary of the Right of the Child adopted on the 27th November 2014;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance for the EU Member States of speaking with one voice in support of the indivisibility and universality of human rights and, in particular, of ratifying all the international human rights instruments established by the UN; calls on the EU to uphold the indivisibility of human rights, including those enshrined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in conformity with Article 21 TEU; calls for the EU to further promote universal human rights standards as the basis for its engagement with third countries and regional organisations, in both political and human rights dialogues and trade negotiations.;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Calls upon the Commission and Council to ensure that companies owned by third country nationals or third country States set up in the Member States do not support perpetrators of conflicts or grave human rights violations including modern forms of slavery such as trafficking of persons and their employment under abhorrent conditions.
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to enhance their monitoring of, and clearly and rapidly condemn, all restrictions on freedom of expression, including aggressive use of criminal defamation laws and other restrictive laws, restrictive criteria or burdensome procedures in accessing registration as a journalist or any one of the professions related to media, as well as establishing a media house, and to take strong initiatives to support better access to information which is of public interest.
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Expresses its concern at the spread of monitoring and filtering technologies, which represent a growing threat to human rights and democracy activists in autocratic countries and also pose troubling questions regarding privacy rights in democratic countries, even when used with the pretext of legitimate aims such as counter- terrorism, state security or law enforcement;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
Paragraph 64
64. Calls on the Commission to develop innovative financial mechanisms to implement fiscal reforms and strengthen the fight against corruption, illicit financial flows and tax evasion; encourages, in this context, consideration of public-private partnerships, the blending of grants and loans, and helping developing countries to better mobilise their domestic resources; calls for an international tax on financial transactions that could act as an additional source of funding for development, and reminds the Member States that they have already agreed to introduce a financial transaction tax domestically and undertaken to set aside a share of the funds raised to finance global public assets, including development;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 a (new)
Paragraph 70 a (new)
70a. Encourages the VP/HR to continue to support the process of ratification and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by those countries which have not as yet ratified or implemented it;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 b (new)
Paragraph 70 b (new)
70b. Encourages the EEAS to pay detailed attention to the country observations and recommendations published by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as well as to the State Reports, and to raise these concerns systematically in political dialogues with the countries concerned as well as in public statements; calls on the European Commission to prepare and draft EU Guiding Principles to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by persons with disabilities so as to ensure a systematic and coherent policy in this regard even in its dialogues and negotiations with third countries;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 c (new)
Paragraph 70 c (new)
70c. Requests the Commission and the EEAS to encourage EU Delegations around the world to engage with civil society in order to promote the effective enjoyment of human rights by persons with disabilities;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 a (new)
Paragraph 70 a (new)
70a. Reiterates its call on the Commission to propose an ambitious and comprehensive Child Rights Strategy and Action Plan for the next five years, as requested in its resolution on the 25th Anniversary of the Right of the Child of 27 November 2014;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
Paragraph 72
72. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to continue to take action regarding the rights of the child, with a specific focus on violence against children, including torture, as cases of torture and detention of children have been reported by organisations such as UNICEF and Amnesty International; calls for particular focus on the issues of forced child labour, child marriage, enlistment of children in armed groups and their disarmament, rehabilitation and subsequent reintegration, as well as placing the issue of child witchcraft on the agenda of human rights dialogues with the countries concerned; stresses the importance of prioritising children’s rights within EU external policy, development cooperation and humanitarian aid ,in order to ensure adequate funding and increase the level of protection for children in emergency situations; calls on the VP/HR to report annually to Parliament on the results achieved with regard to child-focused EU external action;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Reiterates the need to step up efforts to implement the Revised Implementation Strategy of the EU Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflict; encourages the EU to further deepen its cooperation with the UN Special Representative for Children affected by Armed Conflicts; calls for the universal ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and notably the third Optional Protocol which will allow children to submit their complaints to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child; Calls on the Commission and the High representative/Vice President of the Commission to explore ways for the EU to accede unilaterally to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Stresses the urgent need to develop stronger policies at Union level to address the pressing issues related to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in a manner consistent with international human rights law and fundamental human dignity, and calls on the EU to guarantee effective common standards for reception procedures throughout the Union in order to protect the most vulnerable; invites the VP/HR, the Commissioner for Migration and, Home Affairs and Citizenship and the EEAS to promote a true spirit of cooperation and equitable burden-sharing among Member States in order to tackle the multiple challenges that persist in this regard; recalls the commitment of the Commission to developing adequate legal migration channels, and, to this end, calls for a revision of the Dublin Regulation, which places disproportionate responsibility on Member States for the Union’s external borders and hinders migrants’ ability to seek and obtain asylum;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 a (new)
Paragraph 74 a (new)
74a. Calls upon the VP/HR and Member States to further strengthen the Union external dimension responding to illegal and unlawful causes of migration predominantly to strengthen its action against trafficking in human beings and action against human smuggling;
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 a (new)
Paragraph 74 a (new)
74a. Considers that migrant children are particularly vulnerable, especially when they are unaccompanied; recalls that unaccompanied children are above all children and that child protection, rather than immigration policies, must be the leading principle when dealing with them, thus respecting the core principle of the best interests of the child.
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 b (new)
Paragraph 74 b (new)
74b. Encourages the VP/HR and the EEAS to continue to support the process of ratification of the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially women and children, Protocol against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air and the Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 c (new)
Paragraph 74 c (new)
74c. Encourages the EEAS and Member States to pay detailed attention to countries in which human trafficking or smuggling originates, countries of passage and countries of destination and to raise these concerns systematically in political dialogues with the countries concerned as well as in public statements;