6 Amendments of Ernest URTASUN related to 2020/2208(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the UN General Assembly Political Declaration of 8 June 2016, on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 20301a; _________________ 1a https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/ media_asset/2016-political-declaration- HIV-AIDS_en.pdf
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly denounces the many cases of discrimination and persecution linked to ethnicity, nationality, social class, caste, religion, belief, language, age, sex, sexuality and orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics that continue to occur in many countries and societies; deplores the targeting of individuals or communities with intolerant and hate-filled declarations and actions; considers the prevalence of racism and xenophobia in many countries to be unacceptable;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long-established discriminatory legal systems; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation, sexual orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; recalls that violence against lesbian and bisexual women in the form of “corrective rape” remains a systemic problem in some countries owing to social stigma and discriminatory legal systems; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Recalls that sexual and reproductive health and rights, including access to HIV services and age- appropriate sexuality education, are human rights, and that their realisation is affected by a global backlash against gender equality, further exacerbated by the global COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the EU and EU Member States to use bilateral and multilateral channels to promote and protect SRHR/HIV response, with a special attention to marginalised groups, such as LGBTI persons, and attain universal health coverage through linked sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV interventions;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Considers regrettable the growing divergent developments between countries which are moving towards a better protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, notably by de-criminalising homosexuality, and those which undermine them and leave the field free for persecution, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGTBI persons; believes that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientationreal or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics should not go unpunished and must be eradicated; calls for the EU to play a leading role in defending the human rights of LGBTI persons and to set an example in tackling violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and develop a new and ambitious LGBTI+ equality strategy;, including the use of all diplomatic tools at its disposal to advocate towards de-criminalisation of sexual relations between consenting same-sex partners, to set an example in tackling violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics, and to develop a new and ambitious LGBTI+ equality strategy; calls on the EU and Member States to thoroughly and consistently apply the EU Guidelines on protection of human rights of LGBTI persons across its external policy1a; _________________ 1aEU Human Rights Guidelines on Non- Discrimination in External Action, https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-6337-2019-INIT/en/pdf; Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/c ms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/13758 4.pdf