Activities of Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN related to 2016/2219(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015 (A8-0355/2016 - Josef Weidenholzer) ES
Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015 (debate) ES
Amendments (12)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Rejects any kind of instrumentalisation of human rights by using cooperation agreements to impose migration, trade or economic policies in third countries or to interfere in their domestic affairs;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the EC and Member States to put an end to any kind of agreement with countries in which governments consistently go against human rights and, in particular, urges the EC and the Member States to immediately suspend all readmission agreements with those countries;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Reminds that migration is a human right enshrined in Article 13 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Right; Warns that human rights of migrants are systematically violated in the EU - particularly in detention centres -, at its borders and in its partner countries; Stresses that the existence of FRONTEX and a militarised border policy is putting at risk the human rights of migrants;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses that continuing to demand the payment of impoverished countries' external debt makes it to a large degree impossible for their governments to develop the public policies needed to guarantee that human rights are fulfilled;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers it regrettable that a regulatory framework on the way corporations comply with human rights and obligations with respect to social and environmental standards is still lacking, which allow certain States and companies to circumvent them with impunity; calls the EU to set-up of a mandatory and enforceable regulatory framework to govern the way corporations comply with human rights and obligations with respect to social and environmental standards; reiterates its call for the European Commission to be more committed to promoting binding and non-negotiable human rights and social and environmental clauses in the negotiation of international agreements;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the paramount importance of SDG 16; stresses that respect for human rights, consolidation of the rule of law, good governance and stability should be key objectives of all EU external policie, stability and social and democratic control of the economic resources should be key objectives of all EU external policies always by respecting the principle of non- intervention in domestic affairs;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the link between EU Member States' military interventions in third countries and the increase of human rights violations; calls on the Commission to present and implement a legally binding regulation that forbids any arms trade with countries in conflict or where human rights are violated;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Denounces the violations of human rights related to the exploitation of human and natural resources by EU multinationals in developing countries; calls on the Commission to investigate the activities of corporations acting with European capital by strengthening the control and monitoring of the activities of those multinational corporations;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls for the EU and Member States to engage actively in the work of the UN's Human Rights Council and of the UNEP on an international treaty to hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights abuses and violations of environmental standards;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Highlights the importance of respecting and promoting the states' sovereignty to regulate and plan their economy in order to effectively guarantee human rights; rejects any kind of investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) since it undermines this capacity;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to include human rights systematically in political dialogues conducted with developing countries, stopping all association treaties and agreements currently in force with governments in breach of human rights;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of the principle of universal justice to fight against human rights' violations; rejects the limitations that the Governments of Member States have imposed on it, seriously severing the capacity of judges to investigate crimes committed outside the territory of their Member State;