6 Amendments of David LEGA related to 2022/2154(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 5 c of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination states that States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equally before the law enjoy political rights, in particular the right to participate in elections, to vote and to stand for election;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas autocratic and illiberal regimes have developed new ways and mock-compliance strategies to overcome the costs of fully complying with international election observation standards without overtly denouncing them; whereas they are becoming increasingly well organised in their efforts to provide international legitimacy to each other’s fake elections; whereas EU Election Observation Missions aim to strengthen confidence in elections, deter fraud, and provide an informed and factual assessment of an election process;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) acknowledge the severity of the difficulties that people living under autocratic and illiberal regimes have in accessing unbiased, uncensored election- related information and discerning it from among regime-sponsored propaganda, including reliable information on candidates, voting preferences and the conduct of the election process, which inhibits their ability to understand whether elections are truly competitive and whether citizens’ preferences are reflected in the results and to work to prevent misuse of public resources and vote-buying;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) mainstream information about genuine elections and people’s right to participate in them, including about all minorities’ right to vote, in the context of support for human rights and democratisation in the projects under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe and the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance, including support for election observers as human rights defenders; support the Global Campus of Human Rights to that end;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) address the right to participate in non-EU countries through EU human rights dialogues; pay special attention to religious and ethnic minorities right to participate in elections;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) advance the idea of developing guidelines on the right to participate in elections in the UN Human Rights Council, with the greater involvement of local civil society organisations and religious representatives; assess the feasibility of further developing and systematising General Comment No 25 to Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to evidence the link between the right to participate and human rights and democracy in order to deal with new challenges, including online disinformation and the rise of authoritarianism;