9 Amendments of Bert-Jan RUISSEN related to 2022/2049(INI)
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls that the Treaty of Lisbon attributing legal status to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and the provisions of that Treaty in the area of Freedom, Security and Justice, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, fully respect national competence on matters regarding the right to life, marriage, family, and education;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure full enjoyment of human rights by women and their equal treatment with men; underlines that women continue to be the main victims in violent crises and that sexual and gender-based violence has continued in many places around the world, notably being used in armed conflicts as a weapon of war; calls for more concerted efforts to eliminate the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and fight impunity of the perpetrators of such violence; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; stresses that women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and lawyers have been particularly targeted, with online harassment and intimidation increasing rapidly; highlights the increase in domestic violence and setbacks to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in both developing and developed countries and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully support the right of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines its opposition to and condemnation of intolerance, xenophobia and discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sexual orientation or gender identity, which in many of the world’s regions leads to killings and persecution; stresses that racism, antisemitism, discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance continue to be a major problem worldwide and have been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic; calls for the EU and its Member States to lead the global fight against antisemitism and welcomes the adoption of the EU strategy to this end;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Is concerned about the hate speech and violence still taught in Palestinian school materials and used in schools by UNRWA; reiterates its position that all schoolbooks and school materials supported by Union funds must be in line with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, coexistence, and non-violence; demands that all school material, which is not in compliance with these standards will be removed immediately;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Is critical of the use of the vague notion of ‘hate speech’; calls upon the Commission to provide clarification of the term and adequate safeguards, in particular to ensure that any interference with freedom of expression, as a basic condition of democratic societies, is limited to what is necessary and proportionate as described in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Condemns the consistent violation of human rights in Turkey, including the right to freedom of religion or belief as also expressly denounced in the 2021 Commission Report on Turkey;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35 b. Deplores the violence, harassment and killing of persons due to the existence and enforcement of anti-conversion and blasphemy laws in several countries, such as, for example, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Iran; denounces the fact that such laws limit and even deprive religious minorities and atheists of their right to freedom of religion or belief;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)
Paragraph 35 c (new)
35 c. Calls on the Council and the Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) to evaluate the implementation of the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief as stipulated in paragraph 70 of the Guidelines;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 d (new)
Paragraph 35 d (new)
35 d. Calls on the Council to adopt conclusions on the situation of religious minorities persecuted for their faith worldwide, and the EU’s response to it;