Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2016/2219(INI)
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Amendments (8)
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the paramount importance of SDG 16; stresses that respect for human rights, consolidation of the rule of law, good governance, participatory and representative decision- making and stability should be key objectives of all EU external policies;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the crucial importance of the principle of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), as enshrined in Article 208 TFEU in achieving respect for human rights; calls on the EU to ensure that the necessary guidelines, impact assessments and monitoring and reporting mechanisms make PCD a reality in EU policies and in those of its Member States, especially in trade and agriculture; insists on strengthening coherence and coordination among all EU external policies and instruments while implementing the HRBA;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes with great concern that according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) around 21 million men, women and children around the world are in a form of slavery; highlights the obligation to respect international labour standards, in line with the fulfilment of the ILO Decent Work Agenda, and calls for the setting-up of a universal social protection floor;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Takes the view that social issues should have a more central place in the EU's external relations; regrets that the EU preferential trade agreements do not provide for genuine enforcement mechanisms; accordingly, emphasises the importance of systematically including human rights and social clauses in trade agreements and the need to include a complaint mechanism in those clauses;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Stresses that repeated infringements of core labour standards have been reported in several countries with GSP Plus status, but that this has not led to suspension of preferences, which contradicts the principle of Policy Coherence for Development; henceforth, urges the genuine enforcement of GSP Plus to be implemented alongside a suitable transparent reporting mechanism and funding for civil society monitoring;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on the EIB to pay greater attention to the impact its operations have on human rights and labour rights, and to further develop its policy on social standards into a human rights policy in the area of banking; suggests, for this purpose, the inclusion of human rights benchmarks in its project evaluations;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Notes with deep concern that indigenous peoples are particularly affected by human rights violations related to resource extraction; calls on the European Commission and the EEAS to support rigorous legal frameworks and initiatives aiming at transparency and good governance of mining and other resource sectors which respect local people's free, prior and informed consent and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Calls on EU institutions to recognise and address caste discrimination on par with other grounds of discrimination such as ethnicity, race, religion, gender and sexuality; to include the issue in EU legislation and human rights policies; and to raise it at the highest level with governments of caste- affected countries;