5 Amendments of Jérôme RIVIÈRE related to 2021/2187(INI)
Amendment 119 #
3. Recalls the responsibility of states to promote and safeguard all human rights; reiterates, therefore, that states must ensure universal access to safe drinking water in sufficient quantity and quality; considers that the supply of water and control over sanitation processes must remain a matter for states, since water is an essential resource for the life of human communities; does not wish governments to make use of this prerogative, which is by nature a sovereign one, in order to use the supply of water or any other vital raw material as a diplomatic weapon that could be detrimental to populations; challenges, in addition, and in general, any sanction or blockade on such products;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that states that ratify a human rights treaty undertake to protect, respect and fulfil the commitments adopted in the international, regional and national framework for the protection of these rights; takes the view in this regard that the international community’s recognition of the right to water and sanitation must encompass protection and enforceability arrangements and, therefore, calls on the EU to promote protection mechanisms at international, regional and national level to ensure that upholding the right to water and sanitation is not optional for states but rather an enforceable right; calls for better international agreements on the issue of sharing the waters of major rivers; cautions Ethiopia which, with its Renaissance Dam project, is threatening the flow of the Nile towards Sudan and Egypt;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to discourageonsiders that the practices of water- grabbing and hydraulic fracturing and make them subject to environmental and human-rights impact assessmentsremains a matter for states, because of their sovereign control over their subsoil;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores that, as several UN experts have stated, the commodification of water and speculation in futures markets is in breach of basic human rights and contributes to increasing environmental degradation and exacerbating the vulnerability of the poorest and most marginalised in society, flying in the face of the Sustainable Development Goals; considers that exercising strategic control over water supply and over water treatment must remain a matter for states, as it is the best way to prevent water from becoming a speculative and expensive product;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that inequalities in access to water and sanitation are often attributable to systemic inequalities or exclusion; calls on governments to guarantee the absence of discrimination in access to water and sanitation services, as a public good, ensuring the provision thereof for all, in particular by affording priority to access for marginalised groups with a view to remedying systemic discriminationamong nationals and residents on their territories;