6 Amendments of Janina OCHOJSKA related to 2020/2129(INL)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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3. Regrets that many businesses’ decisions are primarily guided by lower costs and higher profits with inadequate consideration of adverse impacts on human rights and the environment down their global value chains, while severe human rights violations often occur at primary production level, in particular when sourcing raw material and manufacturing products in wide range of industries, especially in textile industry;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
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4. Is gravely concerned by the persistent exploitation and degradation of human beings through forced labour systems affecting 25 million people and from which the private economy extracted profits of 150 billion dollars globally in 2019; Notes with concern that there are currently an estimated 152 million children in child labour, 72 million of whom work in hazardous conditions and many of them are forced to work through violence, psychological violence, blackmail and other unlawful means used against them;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
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23. Notes that some corporations unlawfully exploit natural resources, which not only constitutes a major sustainability andchallenge and causes environmental challengedegradation but also results in severe adverse impacts on the social, economic, cultural, civil and political rights of local communities especially impacting indigenous people and minorities; such business practices violate the fundamental right of peoples to self-determination and the principle of permanent sovereignty, access and control over their natural resources, enshrined in UN General Assembly resolution 1803 (XVII); recommends that the legislation requires Member States to regulate businesses’ activity in compliance with their commitment to the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, including the fundamental principles of equality, non-discrimination and self- determination of peoples;
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion
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28. Stresses that human rights impacts can be specific to certain rights holders and vulnerable groups due to intersecting factors such as gender, ethnicity, social and employment status, migrant or refugee status, disability, exposure to conflict or violence or other factors; this must be reflected in the due diligence processes, including the human rights impact assessment phase and remedy procedures;
Amendment 198 #
Draft opinion
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39. Deplores that an increasing number of attacks are documented on human rights and environmental defenders and that 572 attacks occurred in 2019 alone and some of them caused life or serious health damage of environmental activists; stresses that Article 12 of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders imposes a duty on states to ensure the protection of everyone against violence, threats, retaliation, discrimination or any other arbitrary action as a consequence of his or her legitimate right to promote human rights;