Activities of Isabel SANTOS related to 2019/2125(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report 2018 on the human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter (debate)
Amendments (28)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the outcome document of 25 September 2014 of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
– having regard to the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples to the UN Human Rights Council of 8 August 20171a, __________________ 1a https://undocs.org/A/HRC/36/46/Add.2
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to the 2016 European Economic and Social Committee's Communication 'Lives in Dignity: From Aid-dependence to Self- reliance' and subsequent 2016 Council Conclusions on the EU approach to forced displacement and development,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
Citation 23 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of July 2018 on violation of the rights of indigenous peoples in the world, including land grabbing (2017/2206(INI)),
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas promoting international peace and security is part of the EU’s raison d’être, recognised by the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, and is central to the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the EU is committed to acting on the international scene in the name of the principles that inspired its creation, including democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights, and in favour of the principles of the UN Charter and international law;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas there is an urgent need for the international community and in particular the EU to actively address the fight against impunity and to step up its efforts to monitor and respond to persistent and emerging conflicts throughout the globe that might lead to human rights abuses;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas many indigenous peoples continue to be victims of murder, extrajudicial executions, mutilation, torture, rape, arbitrary detentions, physical assault, harassment and intimidation for defending the right to their ancestral territories and natural resources, including their access to water and food, and to their spiritual sites and sacred burial grounds;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the number of persons forcibly displaced in 2018 exceededs 70 million, of whom 26 million were refugees3 ; takes the view that wars, conflicts, political oppression, poverty and food insecurity,; 41 million internally displaced and 3.5 million were asylum seekers; in addition 12 million people globally are stateless; takes the view that the drivers of displacement - wars, conflicts, political oppression, persecution and violence – will intensify through uneven economic development conditions and the adverse effects of climate change on the world’s poorest countries in particular, fuel the risks of triggering new conflicts and the further displacement of populations; __________________ 3UNHCR – Global Trends 2018 report (19 June 2019).
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls the EU’s commitment to placing human rights and democracy at the centre of its relations with non-EU countries; stresses, therefore, that the objective of advancing human rights and democracy around the world requires it to be mainstreamed in all EU policies which have an external dimension; stresses that the EU should, therefore, put in place measures to ensure EU engagement does not inadvertently reinforce authoritarian regimes;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Underscores the importance of human rights to be promoted and mainstreamed across all external policy of the EU; takes note of the works on such important issues being currently carried out under the status of a subcommittee in Parliament; reiterates its call to upgrade this into a full committee;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Strongly recommends that the Commission enhances its engagement with Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights to enable it to contribute actively to the upcoming EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to inform, consult and work closely with Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights, when revising and/or adopting EU policy documents for the conduct and monitoring of EU human rights foreign policy;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly supports the work and efforts of the EU Special Representative for Human Rights (EUSR) in protecting and promoting human rights in the world; underlines the important objective within the mandate of the EUSR to enhance the Union’s effectiveness in this area; calls on the EUSR to act upon its mandate to contribute to enhancing the EU’s contribution to strengthening democracy;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the link between the increase in human rights violations and widespread impunity and the lack of accountability in regions and countries devastated by conflicts or marked by politically motivated intimidation, discrimination, harassment and assault, abduction, violent policing, arbitrary arrests and cases of torturerbitrary arrests, cases of torture and killings; calls to support actions aimed at combating impunity and promote accountability especially in those regions where the dynamics of impunity reward those who bear the greatest responsibility and disempower victims;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the link between the increase in human rights violations and widespread impunity and the lack of accountability in regions and countries devastated by conflicts or marked by politically motivated intimidation, discrimination, harassment and assault, abduction, violent policing, arbitrary arrests and cases of torture; stresses also that in conflicts, minorities and marginalised groups are often particularly severely impacted;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Strongly believes that the impunity challenge has clearly emerged as a central issue and calls therefore on the EEAS and the Commission to include an ambitious strategy on that respect within the 3rd EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy; in that spirit, highly recommends the setting up of an European Observatory on Prevention, accountability, and combating impunity that would serve the purpose of connecting existing accountability mechanisms (e.g. EU early warning systems, preventing genocide, implementing the Responsibility to Protect, accountability processes and post- conflict transitional justices), following- up of the resolutions of Parliament on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (known as urgency resolutions, in accordance with Rule 144, formerly Rule 135, of its Rules of Procedure), raising awareness about unreported situations and human rights violations, including the most sensitive issues (e.g. extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances), bridging the gap between mechanisms and victims, and contributing to implement Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions and further raise the profile and visibility of the EU engagement on this matter;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Strongly believes that the impunity challenge has clearly emerged as a central issue and calls therefore on the EEAS and the Commission to include an ambitious strategy on that respect within the 3rd EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy; in that spirit, highly recommends the setting up of an European Observatory on Prevention, accountability, and combating impunity that would serve the purpose of connecting existing accountability mechanisms like the EU early warning systems, preventing genocide, implementing the Responsibility to Protect, accountability processes and post- conflict transitional justices; this could also serve to raise awareness about unreported situations and human rights violations, including the most sensitive issues as extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, bridging the gap between mechanisms and victims, and contributing to implement the Sustainable Development Goal number 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions. The European Observatory on Prevention, accountability, and combating impunity could further raise the profile and visibility of the EU engagement on this matter;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the initial discussions within the Council regarding the establishment of an EU human rights sanctions mechanism, the so-called ‘Magnitsky List’, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals complicit in serious human rights violations;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the invaluable and essential role that HRDs play at the risk of their lives, in particular women’s human rights defenders; recommends strengthening cooperation between the EU institutions and the Member States, enabling them to provide continuous support to HRDs; values the ‘ProtectDefenders.eu’ mechanism established to protect HRDs at grave risk; calls on the Council and the Commission to establish a specific coordinated procedure for awarding visas to HRDs; calls on the Commission to make full use of the financial capacand Member States to ensure sufficient funding for the protection of HRDs in the relevant Thematic Programmes of the next NDICI and to ensure its accessibility ofby the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) to support HRDsose most in need who are the most marginalised; calls on the Commission to make full use of this instrument in the future;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Urges the EU and its Member States to continue working to ensure physical integrity and legal assistance for indigenous, environmental, intellectual property and land rights defenders, namely through reinforcement of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and various existing instruments and mechanisms such as protectdefendeurs.eu, in order to protect human rights and environmental activists, with a dedicated emphasis on women human rights defenders and increased involvement in the initiatives proposed by international organisations such as the UN;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 e (new)
Paragraph 20 e (new)
20e. Highlights that 2018 marked the 20th anniversary of the UN declaration on Human Rights Defenders; welcomes the first ever European Parliament Human Rights Week, which offered a platform for an exchange with HRDs; encourages the EU institutions to retain this practice on a regular basis;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Urges the EU and its Member States to actively seek full recognition, protection and promotion of the rights of Indigenous Peoples; calls on countries to ratify the provisions of ILO Convention 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls on all states, particularly the EU and the Member States, to include Indigenous Peoples and rural communities in the decision-making process with regard to strategies for tackling climate change, which should also cover the case of irreparable damage resulting from climate change that can force them to migrate and lead to their double discrimination as environmentally displaced and indigenous people;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the urgent need to tackle the root causes of migration flows such as wars, conflicts, persecution, networks of illegal migration, trafficking, smuggling and climate change; calls for the external dimension of the refugee crisis to be addressed, including by finding sustainable solutions to conflicts through building cooperation and partnerships with the third countries concerned; insists that the implementation of the Global Compacts on migration and refugees must therefore go hand in hke genuine steps, in line with the Global Compact on Refugees; (a) to ease the pressures on host countries and communities; (b) to enhance refugee self-reliance; (c) to expand access to third-country solutions; (d) to support conditions in countries of origin for return in safety and dignity; (e) calls for the EU and its Member States to increase humanitarian assistance for forcibly displaced; (f) calls for the EU and with the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda as set out in the Strategic Development Goals, as well as with increased ins Member States to provide support to refugee hosting communities over and above stment inandard developing countriesment programming;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that the EU should continue to actively support democratic and effective human rights institutions, political parties, independent media, parliaments and civil society in their efforts to promote democratisation; positively notes, in this context, the European Endowment for Democracy’s consistent engagement in the eastern and southern neighbourhoods of the EU to promote democracy and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms; recalls that the experience gained and the lessons learned from transitions to democracy in the framework of the enlargement and neighbourhood policies could make a positive contribution to the identification of best practices that could be used to support and consolidate other democratisation processes worldwide; welcomes the Council’s discussions on conclusions on democracy as the start of updating and strengthening the EU’s approach to strengthen democracy;
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Reiterates its positive view of the EU’s continued support for electoral processes and its provision of electoral assistance and support to domestic observers; welcomes and fully supports, in this context, the work of the European Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group; recalls the importance of proper follow-up to the reports and recommendations of the election observation missions as a way of enhancing their impact and strengthening the EU’s support for democratic standards in the countries concerned; stresses the need to support democracy throughout the electoral cycle through long-term and flexible programmes that reflect the nature of democratic change;