Activities of Marek SIWIEC related to 2012/2094(INI)
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REPORT on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy PDF (232 KB) DOC (171 KB)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas internet access is a key enabler of access to information, freedom of expression, press freedom of press, freedom of assembly, and economic, social, political and cultural developments;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas ICTs, while they have been key instruments in organising social movements and protests in various countries with special regard to the Arab Spring, are also used as tools of repression through (mass) censorship, surveillance, and tracing and tracking of information and individuals;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the internet has flourished and developed organically as a platform of huge public value; whereas, however, the misuse of new opportunities and instruments made available by the internet also creates new risks and dangers;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union underlines that "The Union shall ensure consistency between the different areas of its external action and between these and its other policies. The Council and the Commission, assisted by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, shall ensure that consistency and shall cooperate to that effect;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the vast enabling, creating and catalysing potential of the internet and ICTs for global economic, social, scientific, cultural and political development, contributing as such to the progress of humankind as a whole; is aware, nevertheless, of new risks and dangers arising from the misuse of new opportunities and instruments made available by the internet;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the repression and control of citizens and business in some countries involves a growing technological component, through the blocking of content and the monitoring and identification of human rights defenders, journalists, activists and dissidents, as well as through the criminalisation of legitimate expression online and the adoption of restrictive legislation to justify such measures;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that effective EU development policies require mainstreaming ICTs and bridging the digital divide, by providing basic technological infrastructures and, facilitating access to knowledge and information, and promoting digital literacy all over the world;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers ICTs to be enablers of transparency and good governance, literacy, education, sexual and reproductive healthcare, effective election monitoring and disaster relief, especially in remote areas or ruraland developing societies;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that EU development and aid programmes should include digital freedoms, above all in societies going through post-conflict or political transitions; believes that EU regulatory experts are essential interlocutors for purposes ofcan considerably contribute to the training of counterparts and the embedding of basic rights and principles in new (media) regulation and legislation in third countries;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the digital collection of evidence and dissemination of imagesevidence of human rights violations can contribute to the global fight against impunity; considers that assistance is needed in making materialsthese materials should be admissible under international (criminal) law as evidence in court proceedings;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the need to monitor EU sanctions on technologies at Union level so as to ensure that Member States comply equally and the level playing field is preserved;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes companies shouldCalls for the creation of a EU legal framework that would oblige companies in Member States to perform human rights impact assessments on ICTs, starting at the R&D phase, and ensure non- complicity in possible human rights violations in third countries;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses the importance of protection of consumers' rights in the international agreements concerning ICTs;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the EU to strive to ensure that regulation of the internet and ICTs is kept to the minimumat a justified and adequate level;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers transparent and collaborative decision-making to be essential to ensure respect for the open and participatory nature of the internet; considers that any debate on regulations concerning the internet should be maximally open and involve all stakeholders, especially those specialised in fundamental rights protection as well as everyday internet users; believes the EU should play a leading role in the development of digital freedom ground- rules, including dispute settlement mechanisms, also taking account of conflicting jurisdictions;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Considers that the cooperation between governments and private actors on ICT issues should not be based on placing direct and indirect obligations on ISP to adopt devolved law enforcement roles by policing and regulating the internet;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Is concerned atTakes note of the proposals by coalitions of governments and business seeking to introduce regulatory oversight and increased governmental and private control over the internet and telecom operations;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission to propose a new regulatory framework for e- commerce, as well as an updatend to take into consideration these aspects in the ongoing revision of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED), which would balance the need for copyright reform and protection with the need to protect fundamental rights online and preserve the open internet and would serve as a basis for IPR provisions and commitments in future FTAs;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Recognises that human rights must also be protected online, and believes ICTs should be mainstreamed in all EU programmes, especially in the European Neighbourhood Policy and strategic partnerships, to advance this effort;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls onfor the Commission and Council to unequivocally recogniserecognition by the EU of digital freedoms as fundamental rights and as indispensable prerequisites for enjoying universal human rights such as freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and access to information and ensuring transparency and accountability in public life;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission and Council to support, train and empower human rights defenders, civil society activists and independent journalists and ensure their security and freedom onlinejournalists using TCTs in their activities, and to assert the relating fundamental rights of freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of association online;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Asks Member States not to use the exception of public order as a restrictive measure to limit civil society organisations' fundamental rights of assembly and demonstration and recalls that such an exception ought to be motivated and proportional.
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Considers that governments whichthe restriction of digital freedoms should become ineligible for EU aid taken into full consideration in the EU's relations with third countries, while those receiving EU assistance and aid should be required to use ICTs in order to increase transparency and accountability;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Urges the Council and Commission to include, in accession negotiations, human rights dialogues, trade negotiations and all forms of contact relating to human rights, conditionality clauses stipulating the need to respect and preserve unrestricted access to the internet, and digital freedoms and human rights online;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission, and the EEAS.