6 Amendments of Raimon OBIOLS related to 2009/2199(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15a (new)
Citation 15a (new)
– having regard to the programmes for protecting and sheltering threatened human rights defenders which are being implemented in some EU Member States,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. Wwhereas women human rights defenders are particularly at risk and other groups and categories of defenders, who are particularly exposed to attacks and human rights violations as a result of the work they carry out, include defenders working to promote economic, social and cultural rights and those working with minorities’ rights, children, indigenous peoples and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the annual meetings between human rights defenders and diplomats requested in the EU guidelines can clearly contribute to the setting-up of such process; calls for efforts to ensure participation in such meetings by the various profiles of human rights defenders active in the country and participation by defenders from the regions;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the need for a gender perspective in the implementation of perspective in the implementation of the guidelines, with targeted actions in the guidelines, with targeted actions in favour of women human rights favour of women human rights defenders and other particularly defenders and other particularly vulnerable groups, such as defenders vulnerable groups, such as defenders working to promote economic, social working to promote economic, social and cultural rights and those working and cultural rights and those working with minorities’ rights, indigenous with minorities’ rights, children, peoples and lesbian, gay, bisexual and indigenous peoples and lesbian, gay, transgender people; bisexual and transgender people;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the importance of independent civil society being fully involved in the preparations of all human rights dialogues, either through civil society seminars or other means; considers that the link between the civil society seminars and the formal dialogue needs to be strengthened, through publications of the recommendations issued and a better follow- up and feed-back to civil society once a dialogue has taken place; stresses the importance tof continueing to raise individual cases during the dialogues and considers that making the list of names public, provided that this does not involve the human rights defenders in greater risks, would enhance the impact of EU actions and increase public attention forto these cases;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Emphasises the need to accompany these emergency visas with possibilities of temporary protection and shelter in Europe for human rights defenders; welcomes the Shelter Cities initiative promoted by the Czech Presidency or the Protection and Shelter Programme implemented by the Spanish Government since 2008, and requests it to be further advanced; calls for further support to other existing initiatives in this regard;