Activities of Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE related to 2024/2081(INI)
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Amendments (5)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
Citation 29 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief of 24 June 2013,
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recognises the potential for stronger alignment in approaches to human rights protection and promotion between Member States’ embassies and EU delegations in non-EU countries; emphasises the opportunity for Member States’ embassies to take an increasingly active role in advancing and safeguarding human rights, while also supporting civil society in these countries; highlights the importance of shared responsibility between Member States and EU delegations in these efforts; calls for the EU and its Member States to intensify their collective efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights and to support democracy worldwide; encourages careful monitoring and assessment of the capacity of EU delegations to ensure that every EU delegation has a designated point of contact for cases of human rights violations and that such mandate is allocated sufficient resources to respond in an effective and timely manner; recommends that EU Delegations are regularly trained on the existing EU Guidelines related to specific issues of human rights;
Amendment 578 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Reiterates its concern regarding violations of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief; 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; stresses that the freedom to choose one’s religion, to believe or not to believe at all is a fundamental human right that cannot be punished by death or any degrading treatment; condemns, therefore, the existence and implementation of so-called apostasy laws that criminalize and punish one’s active choice of religion, belief or non-belief 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;
Amendment 602 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Notes with concern the existence of blasphemy laws that carry the possibility of harsh penalties, including death sentence ; acknowledges that such laws are often subject to misuse, false accusations and misinterpretations; calls for abolition of blasphemy laws or, as minimum , revision of such laws to raise the bar of evidence and ensure accountability for perpetrators of false accusations;
Amendment 610 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Recognizes the importance of ensuring political representation of religious belief, ethnic minorities in national, regional and local legislative bodies; acknowledges the existence of systems whereby religious, belief or ethnic minorities are allocated reserved parliamentary seats; deplores the fact that in certain non-EU countries such mechanisms often exist in law but no observed in practice and are used to advance individual political interests rather than effective representation of communities; recommends that Member States and EU Delegations lead efforts in ensuring that religious, belief and ethnic communities are given a true political voice and transparent election process;