Activities of Ana GOMES related to 2016/2219(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015 (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EU to denounce, systematically and unequivocally, the harassment, persecution, imprisonment and killings of human rights defenders, and to step up its public diplomacy in open and clear support of human rights defenders, also when it comes to their testimony in multilateral fora;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the importance of the mandate of the EUSR in enhancing the EU’s effectiveness in advancing human rights and democratic principles around the world; reiterates its call for this mandate to become a permanent one and to ensure greater visibility for the role of the EUSR for Human Rights, who, while supported by the different services within the EU institutions in the interests of good coordination, needs to have own-initiative powers and the right to speak publicly;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Condemns the dramatic number of deaths at sea in the Mediterranean; is extremely concerned about the growing numbers of human rights abuses against migrants and asylum seekers on their route to Europe and on European soil; highlights the weaknesses and systematic incoherence of the policies of the EU and the Member States in this area and stresses the need for a holistic approach to find long-term solutions;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Member States to respect and fully implement the adopted EU common asylum package and the common migration legislation; calls on the Member States to participate in resettlement programmes, giving access to family reunification and granting humanitarian visas; stresses the importance of addressing administrative and political obstacles to a speedy implementation of relocation commitments;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Recalls that criminal networks are taking advantage of the lack of safe migration channels, and of the vulnerability of women, girls and children, in order to subject them to trafficking and sexual exploitation; expresses its profound concern over the astounding numbers of missing unaccompanied migrant children; urges the Member States to make it an absolute priority to swiftly reunite unaccompanied minors with family members in the EU;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Reiterates its call on the EU to ensure that all migration cooperation and readmission agreements with non-EU states comply with international human rights, refugee law and international maritime law, as well as EU principles and values;
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 f (new)
Paragraph 36 f (new)
36f. Highlights the importance of investing in preventive measures, namely through the development of strategies of integration and social inclusion; stresses the need to implement specific de- radicalisation and re-integration programmes targeting returnees;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 b (new)
Paragraph 40 b (new)
40b. Condemns the use of development funds to finance repressive regimes, such as Ethiopia and Sudan, in order to curb migration to Europe; stresses that development aid should aim at eradicating poverty, and not controlling migration; takes the view that this flawed policy undermines the EU's human rights principles, and is counter-productive in the long term, leading to a vicious circle of abuse and repression which will reinforce the causes that make people flee those countries in the first place;
Amendment 645 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 g (new)
Paragraph 72 g (new)
72g. Calls on the EU and the Member States to work for the urgent establishment of a dedicated UN mechanism that would monitor and publicly report on attacks on hospitals, medical workers and ambulances; takes the view that such a mechanism could build on such experience of the existing mechanism for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC);
Amendment 648 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 j (new)
Paragraph 72 j (new)
72j. Reiterates its call on the Member States to join international efforts to prevent attacks against, and the military use of schools by armed actors through endorsing the Safe Schools Declaration, which is designed to help end widespread military attacks on schools during armed conflict; calls on the Member States to take concrete measures to deter such use of schools by armed forces and armed groups;
Amendment 650 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 l (new)
Paragraph 72 l (new)
72l. Requests the VP/HR on an annual basis to present a public list of alleged perpetrators with regards to attacks on schools and hospitals for the purpose of defining appropriate EU action to halt such attacks;
Amendment 729 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. Calls on the VP/HR and the EU foreign ministers to place on the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council, on a regular basis, a discussion of EU efforts to pursue the release of human rights defenders, journalists, political activists and others, and to arrange a public annual Foreign Affairs Council, with an agenda that includes the shrinking space for civil society and the jailing of human rights defenders, paying special attention to the cases raised in Parliament’s resolutions concerning debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law; furthermore calls on EU Foreign Ministers to adopt Council conclusions highlighting symbolic cases of jailed rights advocates from around the world and calling for their immediate and unconditional release; commits to holding an annual stocktaking meeting with the participation of EU national parliaments, Member States and the VP/HR, for the purpose of evaluating EU success in getting jailed rights advocates out of jail; supports the establishment of a European Parliament internal working group that would work throughout the year to secure the release of jailed human rights activists worldwide;
Amendment 757 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88
Paragraph 88
88. Is concerned about the growth of illegal hate speech, meaning speech that attacks a person or a group on the basis of national origin, colour, religion, gender or sexual orientation, especially on social media platforms; calls on the Commissionwelcomes initiatives such as the Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online and calls on the Commission to further strengthen cooperation with IT Companies in this area and to involve representatives of civil society organisations to ensure that their views are taken into account in the negotiations on codes of conduct;
Amendment 772 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90
Paragraph 90
90. Recalls that the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy underlines the need to ensure that respect for freedom of opinion and expression are integrated into the development policies and programmes relating to terrorism, including the use of digital surveillance technologies; stresses the need to develop effective communication strategies for countering terrorist and extremist propaganda, and recruitment methods, notably onlineat Member States should make full use of the existing instruments to address radicalisation of European citizens and develop effective programmes for countering terrorist and extremist propaganda, and recruitment methods, notably online; stresses that concerted European action is required as a matter of urgency and insists on the Member States to cooperate in sensitive areas, namely information and intelligence sharing;