26 Amendments of Ernest URTASUN related to 2017/2015(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
– having regard to the Resolution 26/9 of the Human Rights Council on the Elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas trade policy is not gender neutral; whereas women face gender- specific constraints such as limited access to and control over resources and the overburden of carrying out unpaid care work due to traditional gender roles; whereas these constraints are more pronounced in developing countries; whereas the current EU trade policy and its ‘Trade for All’ strategy lack a gender equality perspective, as well as any binding obligations to enforce core women’s rights conventions such as the CEDAW;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas gender tends to be interpreted in a narrow way or be totally absent in the Sustainable Impact Assessments (SIAs); whereas there is significant room for improvement in the quality of ex-ante SIAs; whereas SIAs need to document gender dynamics associated with changes in the provision of public services including any alteration to the quality and equity in access and standard regulations;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas until now the EU has concluded trade agreements such as CETA without undertaking an assessment on its impact on women and gender equality;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas there is an urgent need to develop instruments that measure the impact of trade on men and women to make sure that both benefit from trade agreements and are protected from its negative effects; whereas there is an urgent need to move towards a trade policy that promotes the change of traditional gender roles instead of reinforcing them;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and GSP+ systems aim to ensure the ratification and implementation of environmental, human and labour rights conventions in developing countries;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas trade in services and public procurement liberalisation affect women disproportionally
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas public procurement remains a tool for governments to positively impact disadvantaged groups of people, especially women;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas special attention must be given to the negative consequences of trade liberalisation as regards basic public services and goods, such as water and sanitation, education and healthcare; whereas trade liberalisation limits the regulatory power of governments, which could undermine the equitable provision of public services and therefore affect women disproportionally, particularly in the cases of unpaid care work;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas many existing gender inequalities have been used in global value chains to produce more economically competitive products;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the urgent need to adopt gender-sensitive binding human rights regulations on an international level to regulate transnational companies (TNCs) and other companies; welcomes the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; welcomes the initiative to create a UN legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and human rights;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need to recognise the risks inherent in trade agreement mechanisms such as ISDS and ICS, which undermine the capacity of individual governments to change their laws to include measures to promote gender equality, stronger labour and consumer rights and advancement in environmental policies; underlines that any dispute settlement mechanism must serve public policy objectives, including the promotion of gender equality and the protection of social and environmental rights;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that trade policies when impacting the provision of essential public health services can influence the access and advancement of reproductive and sexual health and rights objectives, policies, programs and services;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for binding and enforceable measures to combat exploitation and improve working conditions for women in the export- oriented industries, in particular the garment and textile manufacturing and agriculture sectors where trade liberalisation has contributed to precarious labour rights and gender wage gaps;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that binding and enforceable instruments are needed in EU trade policy to ensure that decent work standards, women’s rights, human rights principles and environmental protection are at the core of all types of EU trade agreements and that EU trade policy is coherent with the Union’s overarching aims of sustainable development, poverty reduction and gender equality;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for all EU trade agreements to include binding and enforceable clauses, in the form of a stand-alone article, that promote and protect women’s rights, gender equality and gender mainstreaming, based on the Beijing Platform for Action and the SDGs, with an appropriate body appointed or an explicit mechanism in place to monitor compliance;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure that binding and enforceable clauses on labour rights, based on the ILO Conventions, including Conventions No 189 on Domestic Workers and No 156 on Workers with Family Responsibilities, and environmental rights and responsibilities, are included in trade agreements, and that social clauses in trade agreements also apply to informal work;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that European companies benefiting from trade agreements between the EU and other partners do not contribute to the spread of practices such as the inhuman exploitation of employees, particularly women;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Acknowledges that the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and GSP+ systems need to be improved by linking economic incentives to the effective adoption and constant monitoring of core environmental, human, gender and labour rights conventions;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for EU legislation similar to UN bindintroducing due diligence obligations based on the UN Guiding principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines to ensure respect for human rights, including women’s rights, and adequate social and environmental standards;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for the inclusion in the Sustainable Impact Assessment of country-specific and sector-specific gender assessments before committing to any trade agreement;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls for all trade agreements to have a meaningful gender chapter;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Calls for the use of gender- disaggregated data to monitor the effect that trade agreements have on gender equality and women;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Calls for the appointment of a gender focal point within the structure of DG Trade, who will ensure gender mainstreaming in EU´s trade policy; asks the Commission to provide gender training to government officials and trade negotiators;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 e (new)
Paragraph 17 e (new)
17e. Calls on Member States to do their utmost to recruit women for their trade ministries at all levels, including ministerial level, in order to ensure that a gender perspective is taken into account in trade negotiations; calls on international organisations such as WTO, World Bank, IMF and ILO to promote the equal presence of women in their internal structure, particularly in leading positions
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure inclusive participation in trade consultations, both at EU and WTO level, including women’s rights organisations, trade unions and civil society;