30 Amendments of Filip KACZMAREK related to 2013/2040(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. States that every child, regardless of sex, has the right to appropriate legal protection before as well as after birth1, survival and development, and reaffirms that female children have equal status under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; calls on EU delegations in developing countries to work with the governments of those countries to ensure that girl children enjoy their rights without discrimination found on their sex, inter alia by ending the unethical and discriminatory practices of prenatal sex selection, abortion of female foetuses, female infanticide, early forced marriage, female genital mutilation; __________________ 1 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, Adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution 1386 (XIV) of 10 December 1959.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Prenatal sex selection on 16 September 2011
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Reminds that the European Court of Justice held in judgment C-34/10 that any human ovum after fertilization constitutes a human embryo, and that an human embryo constitutes a precise stadium in the development of the human body;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. UrgInvites the Commission, in this context, to maintain in its development priorities the removal of all barriers to allow access to quality, affordable, acceptable and accessible sexuprenatal and reproductivematernal health care services (SRHSs) and education, including voluntary family planning, safe abortion, and youth-friendly service, relational, affective and sexual education for boys and girls under the prior responsibility of their parents1, voluntary family planning including natural family planning methods, while combating gendersex based discrimination leading to sex-selective and involuntary abortions, forced sterilization and sexual violence, as well as ensuring the provision of SRH supplies,prenatal and maternal health care supplies, including HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, without discrimination; __________________ 1 "Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children." Art 26.3 of UNGASS Resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948 (Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 c (new)
Citation 18 c (new)
- having regard to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) motion for resolution of 11 May 2010 on 'Sex-selective abortion – 'Gendercide'', inviting its Member States to 'condemn sex-selective abortion, wherever and whenever it occurs',
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to Art. 168 (7) of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union stating that Union action shall respect the responsibilities of the Member States for the definition of their health policy and for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission, in this context, to maintain in its development priorities the removal of all barriers to allow access to quality, affordable, acceptable and accessible sexual and reproductive health services (SRHSs) and education, including voluntary family planning, safe abortion, and youth- friendly services, while combating gender discrimination leading to sex-selective and involuntary abortions and sexual violence, as well as ensuring the provision of SRH supplies, HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, without discrimination;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26
Citation 26
– having regard to its resolutions of 29 September 19944 on the outcome of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, and 4 July 19965 on the follow-up to that Conference, and the numerous reservations expressed by States especially on the issue of SRHR and abortion,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)
Citation 32 a (new)
- having regard to its recommendation to the Council of 13 June 2013 on the draft EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief (P7_TA(2013)027);
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas sexual and reproductive rights are human rights, the violations of which constitute breaches of women's and girls' rights to equalitywomen and girls are entitled to enjoy equal opportunities, non- discrimination based on sex, dignity and health, and freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the Preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world," and UDHR Article 3 states, "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.";
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission and the EEAS, and in particular EU Delegations on the ground, to be fully aware of SRHRSs, as important factors for inclusive and sustainable development, in the context of human development, governance and human rights, economic empowerment of young people and women at country-level, as well as important factors for the current EU programming process for the period 2014-2020;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission and the EEAS to support the ownership and leadership of national governments, local authorities and civil society on the provision and promotion of SRHRs, which are universal and must be based on shared responsibilitieSs;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission and the EEAS to fully respect the reservations on SHRH expressed by national governments in the concerned international treaties, conventions and programs;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Further reaffirms the sovereign right of each country to implement the recommendations of the Cairo ICPD Programme of Action or other proposals in the present resolution, consistent with national laws and development priorities, with full respect for the various religious and ethical values and cultural backgrounds of its people, and in conformity with universally recognized international human rights;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas UN Treaty monitoring bodies have no competency to interpret these treaties in ways that create new State obligations or that alter the substance of the treaties; accordingly, any UN treaty monitoring body that interprets a treaty to include a right to abortion acts beyond its authority and contrary to its mandate ; whereas such ultra vires acts do not create any legal obligations for states parties to the treaty, nor should states accept them as contributing to the formation of new customary international law;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that ‘health is a fundamental human right indispensable for the exercise of other human rights’ and that the EU cannot reach the highest attainable standard of health unless the SRHR of all are fully acknowledged and promoted;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that even though it is a competence of Member States to formulate and implement policies on SRHR, the EU can exercise policy-making competence in the area of public health and of non- discrimination, and support better implementation of sexual and reproductive rights;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. recalls that there exists no "human right to abortion" under international law, either by way of treaty obligation or under customary international law, and recalls that no international legally binding United Nations treaty can accurately be cited as establishing or recognizing a right to abortion;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. recalls that abortion is not mentioned in any internationally binding UN human rights treaty;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the specific SRHRneeds for prenatal and maternal health of people living with HIV/AIDS, with a focus on the needs of women, notably by integrating access to testing and treatment and reversing the underlying socioeconomic factors contributing to the risk to women of HIV/AIDS, such as gender inequality and discrimination;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Condemns any violation of the bodily integrity of women, as well as harmful practices intended to control women's sexuality and reproductive self- determination; underlines that these are serious human rights violations that the Member States have a responsibility to urgently address;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reminds the Member States that investments in reproductiveprenatal and maternal health and natural family planning are among the most cost- effective, in terms of development, and the most effective ways to promote the sustainable development of a country;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Urges the Commission to ensure that European development cooperation adopts a human rights-based approach and that it has a strong and explicit focus, and concrete targets on SRHRprenatal and maternal health;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. calls on EU delegations in developing countries to work with the governments of those countries to ensure that girl children enjoy their rights without discrimination based on their sex, inter alia by ending the unethical and discriminatory practices of prenatal sex selection, abortion of female foetuses, female infanticide, early forced marriage, female genital mutilation;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23 d. Further reaffirms the sovereign right of each State to implement the proposals of the present resolution in conformity with its own national laws and with full respect for the various religious and ethical values and cultural backgrounds of its people (Public Policy Doctrine) and in conformity with universally recognized international human rights;