63 Amendments of Soraya POST related to 2015/2229(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
- having regard to the Guidelines for EP Interparliamentary Delegations on promoting human rights and democracy in their visits outside the European Union,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
Citation 5 d (new)
- having regard to the EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World in 2014, adopted by the Council on 22 June 2015,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
- having regard to the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 of 31 October 2000 on women and peace and security,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 10 October 2013 on caste-based discrimination,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 8 September 2015 on human rights and technology: the impact of intrusion and surveillance systems on human rights in third countries,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24
Citation 24
- having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on Development and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (A8- 000023/2015),
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas there are numerous attempts worldwide to shrink the space of civil society, including in the UN Human Rights Council;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the VP/HR, in coordination with all the other Commissioners, to draft a programme that mainstreams human rights in various EU activities, particularly in the areas of development, migration, environment, employment, internet data protection, trade, investment, technology and business;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Mandate of the EU Special Representative for Human Rights
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Human rights country strategies and the role of the EU Delegations
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Human rights dialogues and consultations
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
EU Human Rights Guidelines
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Enlargement and neighbourhood policy
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Reiterates its support for the introduction of human rights clauses in international agreements concluded and to be concluded between the EU and third countries; calls on the Commission to effectively and systematically monitor the implementation of the human rights clauses and to report regularly to Parliament on partner countries’ respect for human rights;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 f (new)
Paragraph 44 f (new)
44f. Requests that the European Union consider both the European social dialogue model and the respect of the ILO standards on employment as a reference point in these agreements;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Business and human rights
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Welcomes the initiative relating to a regulation setting up a system of supply chain due diligence for responsible sourcing of minerals from conflict- affected areas; calls on all stakeholders to take an active role in the 12th session of the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, and to support efforts to align their policies with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Calls for the EU and its Member States to engage in the debate on a legally binding international instrument on business and human rights within the UN system;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Paragraph 48 b (new)
48b. Calls for concerted EU action to address the problem of land-grabbing through the promotion of adequate safeguards, to prevent land-grabbing in the countries concerned and among EU and other European companies present in those countries;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Human Rights and Development
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Rights of indigenous people
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51a. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the Member States to support the review of the mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in line with the Outcome Document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (UN General Assembly Resolution 69/2), with a view to monitoring, evaluating and improving the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; urges the EU Member States to request that all Special Procedure mandate holders give special attention to issues affecting indigenous women and girls, and systematically report such issues to the UNHRC; urges the EEAS and the Member States to actively support the development of the system-wide action plan on indigenous peoples, as requested by the UN General Assembly in its September 2014 resolution, especially as regards the organisation of regular consultation of indigenous peoples as part of that process;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
EU action on migration and refugees
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52a. Requests the EU to participate actively in the debate on the term "climate refugee", including its possible legal definition in international law or in any legally binding international agreements;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 c (new)
Paragraph 53 c (new)
53c. 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; calls on the EU and the MS to guarantee humanitarian corridors and to deliver humanitarian visas; invites the VP/HR, the Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs and the EEAS to promote legal migration in a true spirit of cooperation and equitable burden sharing among Member States in order to tackle the multiple challenges that persist in this regard and calls for a revision of the Dublin Regulation;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 k (new)
Paragraph 53 k (new)
53k. Reiterates its call for an EU common position on the use of armed drones, giving utmost importance to respect for human rights and international humanitarian law and addressing issues such as the legal framework, proportionality, accountability, the protection of civilians and transparency; urges the EU, once again, to ban the development, production and use of fully autonomous weapons which enable strikes to be carried out without human intervention;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
International cultural and sports events and human rights
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 p (new)
Paragraph 53 p (new)
53p. Denounces the increasing practice by authoritarian States of hosting mega sports or cultural events in order to boost their international legitimacy while further restricting domestic dissent; calls for the EU and its Member States to actively raise this issue, including at the UNHRC, and to engage with national sports federations, corporate actors and civil society organisations on the modalities of their participation in such events, including with regard to the first European Games in Baku in 2015 and the FIFA World Cup in Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Considers it regrettable that the nowRecalls the importance of keeping institutionalised practice of sending a parliamentary delegation to the UNGA was not respected in 2014; welcomes the renewal of the practice in 2015, at the 28th session of the UNHRC;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 c (new)
Paragraph 58 c (new)
58c. Requests the EU to continue its strong support in strengthening and expanding the relationship between the ICC and the UN, in particular in the UN Security Council;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
EU action against the death penalty
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Welcomes the Joint Declaration of the VP/HR and the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe of October 2014, which reaffirmed their strong and absolute opposition to capital punishment in all cases and under all circumstances; maintains its view that the worldwide abolition of the death penalty should be one of the EU’s central objectives as regards human rights; reiterates its recommendation to the Commission and Member States that the abolition of the death penalty for drug-related offences should be made a precondition for financial assistance, technical assistance, capacity-building and other support for drug enforcement policy;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Paragraph 63
63. Expresses its concern at the growing number of death sentences worldwide; considers itdeeply regrettables that Belarus has resumed executions after a two-year pausesome countries still have capital punishment in their legislations; reiterates therefore its call on Belaruthose countries to implement a moratorium on the death penalty, which should ultimately lead to its abolition;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Discrimination
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
LGBTI rights
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 b (new)
Paragraph 66 b (new)
66b. Welcomes the adoption in 2013 of the EU Guidelines to Promote and Protect the Enjoyment of all Human Rights by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Persons; emphasises the importance of the Commission and the EEAS continuing to raise the issue of LGBTI rights in political and human rights dialogues and in multilateral fora, and of using the EIDHR to support organisations defending LGBTI rights by empowering them to challenge homophobic and transphobic laws and discrimination against LGBTI people, raising awareness among the general public of the discrimination and violence experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 d (new)
Paragraph 66 d (new)
66d. Underlines the importance for the EU to continue to actively promote equality and non-discrimination; welcomes the first-ever UN Security council meeting on LGBTI rights that took place on 24 August 2015 condemning the attacks and killings of LGBTI people in the Middle East by ISIS;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 e (new)
Paragraph 66 e (new)
66e. Welcomes the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in Oliari and others v. Italy in July 2015, affirming that states should offer adequate legal protection and recognition of same-sex couples; considers that the rights of lesbian, gay and bisexual people are more likely to be respected if they have access to legal institutions, such as registered partnership or marriage; welcomes that an increasing number of countries – 20 to date – around the world have opened marriage to same-sex couples; reiterates its call for the Commission to propose an ambitious regulation on the mutual recognition of the legal effects of civil status documents;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 g (new)
Paragraph 66 g (new)
66g. Regrets that 75 countries criminalise homosexuality, including 8 which provide for the death penalty (Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Qatar as well as certain provinces of Nigeria and Somalia); firmly condemns the recent increase in discriminatory laws and believes that practices and acts of violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity should not go unpunished; encourages close monitoring of the situation in Brunei due to activate the death penalty for same-sex sexual acts in 2016, and in Nigeria, Uganda, Malawi and India and, where new laws or recent legal developments seriously threaten the freedom of sexual minorities; reaffirms its support for the continuing work of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights to combat these discriminatory laws and practices and for the UN’s work more generally on this issue;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Caste-based discrimination
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 b (new)
Paragraph 67 b (new)
67b. Condemns the continuing human rights violations committed against people suffering from caste hierarchies and caste-based discrimination, including the denial of equality and of access to the legal system and to employment, continued segregation and caste-induced barriers to the achievement of basic human rights and development;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Rights of persons with disabilities
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 c (new)
Paragraph 67 c (new)
67c. Welcomes the ratifications of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; reiterates the importance of efficient implementation by both the Member States and the EU institutions and stresses, in particular, the need to credibly mainstream the principle of universal accessibility and all the rights of persons with disabilities throughout all relevant EU policies, including in the area of development cooperation, and underlines the prescriptive and horizontal nature of this issue;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 d (new)
Paragraph 67 d (new)
67d. 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 by those countries which have not ratified or implemented it as yet;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Rights of women and girls
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 e (new)
Paragraph 67 e (new)
67e. Welcomes the EU’s support for UN resolutions on gender issues, notably on the elimination of violence against women and girls, on discrimination against women and on the role of freedom of expression and opinion in women’s empowerment, and for the UN’s statements on early and forced marriage and on female genital mutilation;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 a (new)
Paragraph 69 a (new)
69a. Requests the EU to support the strengthening of the coherence, synergies and complementarities between the reviews of peace operations, of the UN peacebuilding architecture and of UNSC Resolution 1325 and 1820 on Women and Peace and Security; stresses the importance of women's equal and full participation as active agents in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peace-building, peacekeeping, humanitarian response and in post-conflict reconstruction; in this context welcomes that the Commission has reviewed its humanitarian aid policy which now states that international humanitarian law and/or human rights law may justify providing safe abortions to female war rape victims;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 b (new)
Paragraph 69 b (new)
69b. Reaffirms its condemnation of all forms of abuse and violence against women and girls, especially the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and domestic violence; calls on all Council of Europe member states, accordingly, to sign and ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence; calls for the EU, as such, to take steps to accede to that convention in order to ensure coherence between EU internal and external action on violence against women and girls;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 d (new)
Paragraph 69 d (new)
69d. Reiterates, in this respect, its call for the EU and its Member States to support, in the process of building sustainable reconciliation, the systematic participation of women as a vital component of peace processes, and to recognise the need to mainstream gender perspectives in conflict prevention, peacekeeping operations, humanitarian assistance and post-conflict reconstruction and democratic transition process;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 b (new)
Paragraph 70 b (new)
70b. Stresses that the empowerment and human rights of women and girls must be at the core of the post-2015 agenda, as these are essential elements for progress on poverty eradication and sustainable development; recalls the importance of the Global Women's Summit which aimed to enhance the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, promoted new political commitments in achieving post-2015 agenda in women development; the promotion, protection and fulfilment of all human rights and to the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the ICPD and the outcomes of their review conferences and remain committed to sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Children’s rights
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Reaffirms the urgent need for universal ratification and effective implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Child and its Optional Protocols; calls on all States to commit themselves to eliminating the worst forms of child labour as defined by Article 3 of ILO Convention No 182, which include child slavery, trafficking, prostitution and hazardous work affecting a child’s physical and mental health;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)
Paragraph 73 a (new)
73a. 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 recently; calls for particular focus on the issues of forced child labour, child poverty and child malnutrition, and, in this connection, on the goals of universal primary education, a reduction in child mortality, child marriage and harmful practices, the disarmament, rehabilitation and subsequent reintegration of children enlisted in armed groups, and the placing of 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, so as 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; emphasises that children and adolescents should participate only in work that does not affect their health and personal development or interfere with their schooling; stresses the importance of prioritising children's rights within EU external policy;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 c (new)
Paragraph 73 c (new)
73c. Welcomes the EU's cooperation with UNICEF, which has resulted in a toolkit for the mainstreaming of children's rights in development cooperation and in support to key MDGs and Child Protection programmes for realizing children rights specially in fragile contexts as well as with UNRWA;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Reiterates its request for the EU and its Member States to enhance their monitoring of all types of restrictions on freedom of expression and the media in third countries and to rapidly and systematically condemn such limitations even when used with legitimate aims such as counter-terrorism, state security and law enforcement; emphasises the importance of ensuring effective implementation of the EU Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline and of regularly monitoring their impact;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
EU support for human rights defenders
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
Enhancing the European Parliament’s action on human rights
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82 a (new)
Paragraph 82 a (new)
82a. Welcomes the review of the Guidelines for the European Parliament's Interparliamentary Delegations on promoting human rights and democracy, conducted by the Conference of Delegation Chairs, in cooperation with the Subcommittee on Human Rights; recommends, in this context, a more systematic and transparent practice of raising human rights issues, especially the individual cases referred to in Parliament's resolutions, during delegation visits to third countries, and of reporting in writing to the Subcommittee on Human Rights on actions taken and, where politically warranted, through a specific debriefing session;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82 b (new)
Paragraph 82 b (new)
82b. Emphasises the need for continued reflection regarding the most appropriate ways to maximise the credibility, visibility and effectiveness of Parliament's Resolutions on breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82 c (new)
Paragraph 82 c (new)
82c. Encourages discussion on the inclusion of the different tools available to Parliament regarding support for and promotion of human rights in a single strategy document, to be adopted by Parliament in plenary;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 a (new)
Paragraph 88 a (new)
88a. Calls on the Commission to develop innovative financial mechanisms for implementing fiscal reforms and strengthening 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 help for developing countries to better mobilise their domestic resources; notes a call 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 domestic financial transaction tax and undertaken to set aside a share of the funds raised to finance global public assets, including development;