35 Amendments of Ana GOMES related to 2010/2202(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
- having regard to its resolutions of 1 February 20075 and 26 April 20076 on the initiative for a universal moratorium on the death penalty and to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 62/149 of 18 December 2007 on a moratorium on the use of death penalty, as well as to its resolution of 7 October 2010 on the World day against the death penalty;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital La (new)
Recital La (new)
La (new). whereas, according to the UN, the old human rights problem of decolonisation is still not resolved in all cases, in the immediate EU neighbourhood notably in the case of Western Sahara,
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the HR/VP to keep to her commitments on mainstreaming all human rights, namely civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights, throughout the EU’s external action, so that they will be reflected in the structure of, and the resources made available within, the EEAS; in this respect, urges the HR/VP to ensure that the EEAS human rights unit will be properly staffed and that a sufficient number of human rights experts will be placed in the geographical units of the EEAS and in the EU Delegations; calls on the HR/VP to make human rights training compulsory for EEAS staff at all levels (including Directors and Heads of Delegation) and to ensure that performance reviews with regards to human rights are an integral part of annual evaluations of EEAS staff;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the HR/VP’s readiness to undertake a fundamental review of the effectiveness of all the EU instruments in this field, from human rights dialogues to EU guidelines, from the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) to the EU’s bilateral assistance and actions in multilateral fora, and to launch a consultation process on the development of a new human rights strategy, which also includes economic, social and cultural rights; stresses the EP’s determination to participate fully in this consultation;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the creation of a Special Representative for Human Rights, with a mandate encompassing civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights as well as the rights of women and children, International Humanitarian Law and international justice; considers it essential that, given the importance of human rights issues in conflict and post- conflict situations, all European Union special representatives should have a mandate which specifically mentions promoting and ensuring respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the EU Member States to sign up to, and ratify, all core UN and Council of Europe human rights conventions and the optional protocols thereto, in particular to ratify the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; insists that the Optional Protocol to the Convention should be regarded as an integral part thereof, and calls for simultaneous accession to the latter (Convention and Protocol);
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Council and the Commission to continue their efforts to promote universal ratification of the Rome Statute and national implementing legislation, in accordance with Council Common Position 2003/444/CFSP of 16 June 2003 on the International Criminal Court and the 2004 Action Plan to follow up on the Common Position; welcomes the fact that the ratifications of the Rome Statute by the Czech Republic and Chile in the reporting period brought the total number of States Parties to 110 by December 2009; calls on the EU institutions and Members States to appeal to the USA to ratify the Rome Statute;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17a (new)
Paragraph 17a (new)
17a (new). Invites the Council and the Commission to continue to encourage and assist the government of Senegal in preparing for the prompt and fair trial of Hissène Habré, in order to answer accusations of mass violations of human rights;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the EU’s achievementendeavours at the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee (on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs) on a large number of resolutions, in particular on the call for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, which received more supporting countries, on the rights of the child, on religious intolerance and on the human rights situations in Burma/Myanmar and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK);
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. WelcomStresses the workrole of the UNHRC and stresses its crucial role within the overall UN architecture and its potential to develop a valuable framework for the European Union’s multilateral human rights efforts; notes that this new body has to keep working in order to gain more credibility;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31a (new)
Paragraph 31a (new)
31a (new). reiterates its call for effective accountability in cases of violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and regrets that, despite the recommendations of the UN's Fact- Finding mission report and its recommendations supported by the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, neither Israel nor Hamas brought the people responsible to the justice; expresses, furthermore, its grave concern for the fact that the international humanitarian law continues to be violated in and around Gaza and recalls the commitments undertaken by the EU members states under the Hague Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land, the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, and the EU Guidelines on promoting compliance with international humanitarian law; regrets the Israeli decision not to extend the moratorium on settlements in the West Bank, a practise illegal under international law and contrary to the peace efforts in the Middle East;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31a (new)
Paragraph 31a (new)
31a (new). Calls on the EU institutions to provide additional financial support to OHCHR’s special procedures system as a whole, so as to make sure that all special procedures’ mandate holders have enough resources to perform their functions adequately;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32a (new) (after the title 'EU human rights guidelines' and before the title 'Death penalty')
Paragraph 32a (new) (after the title 'EU human rights guidelines' and before the title 'Death penalty')
32a (new). Recalls the indivisibility, interrelatedness and interdependence of all human rights, and also the fact that all human rights shall be given the same emphasis and be treated on equal footing and, in this context, underlines the need for the adoption of a set of EU Guidelines on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Recalls the resolution calling for a global moratorium on the use of the death penalty (Resolution 63/168) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 2008; stresses that the resolution now has 106 countries voting in favour, confirming a gradual consolidation of global opinion against the death penalty; urges the US to abolish the death penalty;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Welcomes the decisions to abolish the death penalty in 2009 by Burundi and Togo and by the US State of New Mexico; regrets, however, the fact that the death penalty is still implemented in 35 out of 50 states of the US;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Underlines the importance of comprehensive implementation of the twofold agenda set out in UN Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security, and calls on the Council to reinforce its actions in this area; , 1820, 888 and 1889 that call for the participation of women in all phases and at all levels of conflict resolution and the protection of women and girls from sexual violence and discrimination; reiterates that women’s rights include reproductive rights and calls on the EU to reinforce its actions in this area; strongly condemns rape used as an instrument of war and the recurrent mass rapes occurring in DR Congo; requests full disclosure on the incapacity of MONUSCO peacekeeping force to put a stop to mass rapes; and urges the EUHR, through EUSEC and EUPOL in DRC, to conduct an enquiry and report to the EP on all Congolese and international companies or entities involved in the extractive industries in DRC which pay any armed groups and security personnel involved in such mass rapes and other systematic crimes against civilians;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Underlines the importance of comprehensive implementation of the twofold agenda set out in UN Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security, and calls on the Council to reinforce its actions in this area; calls on Member States that do not yet have a National Action Plan for the implementation of the UNSCR 1325 to urgently adopt one;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the HR/VP to increase the number of staff working on gender issues in external action and to create dedicated structures; recognises the progress made in CSDP in both missions and staff training; stresses that all CSDP missions should have at least one gender advisor;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42a (new subheading)
Paragraph 42a (new subheading)
Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42b (new)
Paragraph 42b (new)
42b (new). Expresses deep concern at the occurrence of violations of human rights in the world against persons on the grounds of their sexual orientation and condemns any act of violence against them; strongly regrets that in many countries homosexuality is still considered a crime punishable by imprisonment and in some cases even by death; welcomes, in this regard, the decision of the Delhi High Court of 2 July 2009 that decriminalised homosexuality in India and calls on other countries to follow its example;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Deeply deplores the fact that some 215 million children are estimated to be victims of child labour, of whom three quarters perform the worst forms of child labour (ILO figures, 2009); welcomes the EU Council conclusions of 14 June 2010 on child labour and the related study of the Commission (SEC(2010) 37 final) calling for a comprehensive EU policy approach that focuses on development and poverty eradication; calls on the Commission to ensure effective monitoring of progress in this field and to encourage along with the EU member states implementation in dialogues with third countries;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48a (new)
Paragraph 48a (new)
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Expresses deep concern about children affected by armed conflicts, namely those recruited as child soldiers and sexual slaves; urges the Commission and the Council to strengthen the implementation of the EU Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflicts; welcomes the new UNSC resolution 1882 (2009), which further strengthens the protection of children affected by armed conflict;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Remains vigilant vis-à-vis non-EU governments which use the adoption of controversial laws governing NGOs as a subtle attempt to silence the human rights movement, such as the so-called 'Charities and Societies Proclamation', passed by the Ethiopian Parliament in January 2009, which virtually forbids all human rights activities;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Expresses its deep regret at the assassinations of, among others, Stanislav Markelov, Anastasia Baburova and Natalya Estemirova in Russia, the arbitrary detention of Roxana Saberi and Abdolfattah Soltani in Iran, the continued detention and the lack of adequate access to healthcare to which Hu Jia was submitted and the trial of Liu Xiaobo in China, all of which took place during the reporting period;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57a (new)
Paragraph 57a (new)
57a (new). Condemns the unlawful detention and harassment of Saharawi human rights defenders in the, by Morocco controlled, Western Saharan territory and urges the UN to include the monitoring of the human rights situation in the UN mission for the Western Sahara mandate (MINURSO);
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Emphasises the importance of human rights clauses in trade policies, partnerships and trade, including fisheries, agreements, between the EU and third countries; proposes a ‘human rights assessment’ of non-EU countries that engage in trade and fisheries relations with the EU;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61a (new)
Paragraph 61a (new)
61a (new). Deplores the poor follow-up of human rights clauses inserted in the Cotonou Agreement and urges the HR/VP, Commission, Council and Member States to make full use of those clauses to extensively take up human rights problems and promotion of human rights in bilateral and regional dialogues with ACP partner countries;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Recalls the decision of US President Barack Obama to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in January 2009; expresses its regret that this decision has not been fully implemented; urges the US Government to live up fully to its commitments; welcomes the constructive engagement of a number of EU Member States in their efforts to assist with reception of certain former Guantanamo detainees and with finding accommodation for some of the people cleared for release from the detention camp; calls on EU Member States to agree on a coordinated action plan to assist the USA in closing Guantanamo's detention facilities, or any other detention centers operated in violation of international law, by granting refugee status to former detainees who are not charged with crimes and cannot be repatriated or resettled in the USA;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74a (new)
Paragraph 74a (new)
74a (new). Calls on the EU Council to put into practice the recommendations of the final report of the European Parliament Temporary Committee on Alleged Use of European countries by the CIA for the Transportation and Illegal Detention of Prisoners (TDIP) and report back to the European Parliament;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74b (new)
Paragraph 74b (new)
74b (new). Expresses deep concern with the possibility of the USA persisting in violating international human rights law and humanitarian law by keeping suspects of terrorism in indefinite detention; exhorts the HR/VP and Member States to raise forcefully with the US Administration and the Congress the crucial importance of bringing to trial, in credible and transparent courts with all due process guarantees, any suspects of terrorism attacks or attempts, as the only way to efficiently fight terrorism and ensure respect for human rights obligations;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81a (new)
Paragraph 81a (new)
81a (new). Welcomes the efforts of the government of Mexico in the fight against drug trafficking and organized crime; regrets, however, the fact that the bill regarding military jurisdiction has not yet been submitted to Congress, in order to reform the Code of Military Justice that does not ensure accountability of military officials implicated in human rights violations; stresses that the EU – Mexico Strategic Partnership should be seen as an opportunity to reinforce human rights and democracy and expresses deep concern about the infringement of human rights as a consequence of the increased security measures intended to combat threats to peace and prosperity;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84
Paragraph 84
84. Stresses that human rights include, inter alia, the right to food, water and sanitation, education, adequate housing, land, decent work, social security and the right to form a trade union; recognises that it is poverty that is behind most of the situations of non-compliance with such rights; calls for the EU to invest more efforts and money in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), given the evidence that the world is falling far short of the goals set for 2015; in this context, reiterates the importance of ensuring human rights based policies for the realisation of the MDG’s;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89
Paragraph 89
89. Notes with satisfaction that in 2008- 2009 resources for human rights and democracy amounted to over EUR 235 million, making it possible to fund 900 projects in some 100 countries. A particularly high number of projects were funded in countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy, while ACP countries received the highest overall amount; considers that EIDHR funding should be significantly increased, so as to include appropriate funding for a European Endowment for Democracy, to support human rights capacity building and democracy promotion in most needed societies;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95a (new)
Paragraph 95a (new)
95a (new). calls on the HP/VP to monitor the implementation of recommendations made in EU EOMs final reports, ensure follow-up assistance if needed and regularly report back to the EP;