12 Amendments of Tunne KELAM related to 2010/2202(INI)
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41a (new)
Paragraph 41a (new)
41a (new). Strongly supports the full integration into the discourse on violence on women of grave forms of violence like genital mutilation, forced sterilisation, forced abortion and sex-selective abortion, forced marriages, or any other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Notes that 2009 marked the 20th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child; notes with satisfaction that accession to the Convention is now almost universal, and urges countries which have not joined the Convention to so without delay; remains deeply concerned that full realisation of the rights entailed is still widely violated; calls for an increase in the attention devoted to the child's needs for special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after the birth, as foreseen by both the Convention on the Rights of the Child and by the Declaration of the Rights of the Child; welcomes the appointment of the Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children and underlines the importance of the mandate;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Calls, in the context of the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon, for the EU institutions to establish an interinstitutional cooperation mechanism on human rights defenders; understands that the creation of such a mechanism could be eased by the setting up of focal points for human rights defenders in all the EU institutions and organs, with such focal points working in close cooperation with those responsible for human rights and democracy in EU missions and delegations, calls on the Commission to establish a mechanism to evaluate the effectiveness of the guidelines and to report back to the EP on the results of these evaluations;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Acknowledges conclusions in many human rights reports that human rights defenders have been suffering from increasingly strong attacks in various forms, such as attacks in various forms, such as attacks on freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, freedom of expression or freedom of association, arbitrary arrests, unfair trials and closure of the offices of civil society organisations;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Expresses its deep indignation and 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, and the trial of Liu Xiaobo in China, all of which took place during the reporting period;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66a (new)
Paragraph 66a (new)
66a (new). Underlines that freedom of religion and belief constitutes, amongst all human rights, an essential and basic right which must be respected, and that conditionality's related to respect for human rights which feature in the bilateral agreements with third-countries need to be enforced stronger and more effectively;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67a (new)
Paragraph 67a (new)
67a (new). calls to give a thorough evaluation of the situation of religious freedom in the Annual Report on Human Rights;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67b (new)
Paragraph 67b (new)
67b (new). calls on the High Representative/Vice-President of the Commission to mainstream religious freedom to the EU Human Rights Policy;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67c (new)
Paragraph 67c (new)
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67d (new)
Paragraph 67d (new)
67d (new). calls on the Council and Commission to take into account the aspect of religion and the dialogue with religious authorities and bodies engaged in interfaith dialogue in the conflict prevention, conflict resolution and reconciliation;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
Paragraph 80
80. Welcomes the establishment of human rights dialogues with each of the Central Asian states – Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan –in 2008; welcomes the first EU-Uzbek civil society seminar on human rights dialogue in October 2008; regrets that the EU-China human rights dialogues have consistently failed to deliver any improvements as regards specific human rights abuses in China; is deeply concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation of the Uighur minority in China; expresses its disappointment that EU-Russia human rights consultations have not yielded any substantial results; welcomes the launch in 2009 of human rights dialogues with Indonesia, and the holding of the first dialogue meetings with Georgia and Armenia;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 98a (new)
Paragraph 98a (new)
98a (new ). Reiterates the need to give greater visibility to the Sakharov Prize of Freedom of Thought annually given out by the EP; regrets that a proper follow-up is not being done on the well-being of the candidates and laureates, nor on the situations in their countries; calls also on the Council and the Commission to give visibility to this prize, among others including it in the annual report on Human Rights; furthermore calls on the Council and the Commission to stay in touch with the candidates and laureates of the Sakharov Prize to ensure continuous dialogue and monitoring of the situation of the human rights in respective countries and to offer protection to those acutely persecuted;