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11 Amendments of Laurence TROCHU related to 2024/2081(INI)

Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the rise in authoritarianism, illiberalism and populism regimes, the expansion of Islamism and the demographic and migratory upheavals threatens the global rules-based order, the protection and promotion of human rights in the world, as well as the values and principles on which the EU is founded;
2024/11/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas over the past decade the position of Christians (Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox Christians) across the world has worsened significantly, making Christianity the most persecuted religion;
2024/11/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the legitimacy of the international rules-based order is dependent on compliance with the orders of international bodies, such as the United Nations Security Council resolutions and orders and decisions of the International Court of Justice; whereas there are increasing global threats to compliance with such orders and decisions, as well as, generally, with provisions of international law, human rights law and international humanitarian law in emerging and ongoing conflict situations; whereas, according to Article 2(7) of the United Nations Charter, the principle of non-interference or non-intervention in the domestic affairs of a state is a fundamental principle governing relations between sovereign states;
2024/11/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas human rights defenders (HRDs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) are crucial partners in the EU’s efforts to safeguard and advance human rights, democracy and the rule of law, as well as to prevent conflicts globally; whereas some governments around the world are increasingly censoring, silencing and harassing HRDs and CSOs in their work; whereas this behaviour includes measures encompassing strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), restrictive government policies, defamation campaigns, discrimination, intimidation and violence, including extrajudicial killings, abductions, and arbitrary arrests and detention; whereas attacks on HRDs are increasingly extending to their families and communities;
2024/11/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas Directive (EU) 2024/1712 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 includes the exploitation of surrogacy, forced marriage and illegal adoption within the scope of practices constituting trafficking in human beings;
2024/11/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns the increasing trend of violations and abuses of human rights and democratic principles and values across the world, such as arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture, clampdowns on civil society and political opponents, excessive use of violence by public authorities, censorship and threats to independent media, political attacks against international institutions, and increasing use of unlawful methods of war in grave breach of international humanitarian law and human rights law, among others; deplores the weakening of the protection of democratic institutions and processes, and the shrinking space for civil societies around the world; reiterates its opposition to the various forms of trafficking in human beings, including the exploitation of surrogacy, forced marriage and illegal adoption;
2024/11/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the increasing use of the EU GHRSR as a key political tool in the EU’s defence of human rights and democracy across the world; notes, however, the challenges that the requirement of unanimity poses in the adoption of sanctions and reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for decisions on the GHRSR; fully supports the possibility of imposing targeted anti-corruption sanctions within the EU framework in this regard, which has been a long- standing priority of Parliament, whether through its inclusion in the GHRSR or under a different regime; highlights the need for the complete enforcement of sanctions and calls for circumventions to be tackled;deleted
2024/11/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all of the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations; condemns the decline in respect for the rights of the child and the increasing violations and abuses of these rights, including through violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, trafficking, child labour, recruitment of child soldiers, lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; further condemns the increase in death of children in situations of armed conflict and stresses the need for effective protection of children’s rights in active warfare; reiterates its call for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all EU external policies; deplores the promotion of gender ideology by school curriculums, under the pretext of sex education; warns of gender transition surgery that sometimes has irreversible consequences for children and young adults;
2024/11/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that women’s rights and gender equality are indispensable and indivisible human rights, as well as a basis for the rule of law and inclusive resilient democracies; deplores the fact that millions of women and girls continue to experience discrimination and violence, especially in the context of conflicts, and are denied their dignity, autonomy and even life; calls for the EU, its Member States and like- minded partners to step up their efforts to ensure the full enjoyment and protection of women’s and girls’ human rights; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world, as well as gender-based violence; welcomes the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Conventionhealth, as well as gender-based violence; strongly condemns instances of female genital mutilation, honour killings, child marriages and forced marriages, which are particularly widespread practices in some areas of the world; calls for the EU and its international partners to strengthen their efforts to ensure that women fully enjoy human rights and are treated equally to men; stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation; encourages Member States to combat the practice of surrogacy, which constitutes a form of exploitation of women’s bodies;
2024/11/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Deplores the human rights violations, including discrimination, persecution, violence and killings, against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) persons around the world; is extremely concerned by the spreading of hatred and anti- LGBTIQ+ narratives and legislationRecalls that it is not for the EU to relay the demands of LGBTIQ+ associations calling for the recognition of individual rights that target LGBTIQ+ persons and HRDs; reiterates its calls for e in contradiction withe full implementation of the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 as the EU’s tool for improving the situation of LGBTIQ+ people around the worldndamental biological and genetic realities constituting sexual differences between men and women;
2024/11/07
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Reiterates its concern regarding violations of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief; remains concerned by the situation of Christians globally, since Christian religious communities are still the most persecuted, and by the destruction, profanation and vandalism of Christian religious heritage, including in Europe; deplores the instrumentalisation of religious or belief identities for political purposes and the exclusion of persons belonging to religious and belief minorities and religious communities in certain non- EU countries; recommends that the Special Envoy for the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU be granted more resources so that he can comfortably carry out his mandate; highlights the necessity for the Special Envoy to continue to work closely and in a complementary manner with the EUSR for Human Rights and the Council Working Party on Human Rights; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to protect the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, to raise these issues at UN human rights forums and to continue working with the relevant UN mechanisms and committees; encourages the EU and Member States to produce and implement a plan to protect historical Christian heritage in all the locations where it is at threat of destruction or abandonment;
2024/11/07
Committee: FEMM