4 Amendments of Georgios EPITIDEIOS related to 2018/2107(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the acknowledgement of the need to enhance transparency and accountability by the, as well as the conditional participation of civil society in monitoring the effective implementation of human rights commitments set out in international conventions; calls on the Commission to consider establishing joint oversight commissions or domestic advisory groups with the participation of local civil society and trade union representatives; the other commissions will have an advisory role;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the full potential of the GSP+ scheme to improve the situation with regard to workers’ rights, promotion of gender equality and abolition of child labour and forced labour can only be fulfilled if monitoring of effective implementation of obligations under the 27 conventions is improved, if sound recommendations are submitted by the commissions and if the incentive of trade preferences is accompanied by other support measures;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to address shrinking spacemonitor and verify the scope of action for civil society, and respond to threats to independent trade unions and obstacles to EU funding to NGOs in scorecards and GSP+ dialogues, as these issues are directly related to legal obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and relevant provisions of the International Labour Organisation core conventions;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports more engagement with least developed countries under the Everything But Arms scheme with regard to preventing and addressing cases of serious and systematic violation of human rights; notes that the threat of withdrawal of trade preferences may in itself not be a sufficient measure to promote real compliance with international human rights principles but that it is a 'necessary evil' when it comes to making clear the position of the EU regarding such violations and preventing them from occurring; this policy will not deny the rights of of the states concerned to lawful defence and self-protection.