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12 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2012/2033(INI)

Amendment 10 #
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN
Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas EU-US relations are based on a strong partnership and cooperation in many fields, on the basis of common shared values of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights; whereas the EU and the United States have strengthened their engagement in the fight against terrorism since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, notably with the Joint Declaration on Counter Terrorism of 3 June 2010, but whereas it has became apparent that there is a divergence between declared commitments and practices, and between EU and US policies in the fight against terrorism;
2012/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 19 #
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN
Draft opinion
Recital E
E. whereas the European Parliament has repeatedly and strongly condemned the illegal practices that came to be known collectively as ‘extraordinary rendition’, including kidnapping, abduction, detention without trial (such as in Guantanamo), disappearance, secret prisons and torture, and has demanded a full investigations into the apparent active or passivelleged involvement of some Member States in collaboration with United States authorities, notably the CIA, and involving EU territory;
2012/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that counter-terrorism strategies can only be fully effective if they are conducted in compliance with human rights obligations and duedue legal process;
2012/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 29 #
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Regards it as essential that the EU ensures accountability for any abusive practices in the fight against terrorism, not only so that the EU can live up to its values but also so that it can establish an international lead in this matter;deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its call, required by international law and notably Article 12 of the CAT, for all states faced with credible allegations to end impunity and conduct thorough investigations and inquiries into all alleged acts of extraordinary rendition, secret prisons, torture and other serious human rights violations, so to determine responsibility and ensure accountability, including bringing individuals to justice where there is evidence of criminal li and torture, so as to determine responsibility and ensure accountability;
2012/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Urges NATO and the United States authorities to consider conducting their own investigations, collaborate fully with EU and-operate with Member State parliamentary or judicial inquiries on these issues1, disclose appropriate information on extraordinary rendition programmes (without in any way compromising on-going counter-terror operations), and clarify that all NATO agreements and NATO-EU and other transatlantic arrangements comply with fundamental rights; ______________ 1 See inter alia European Parliament resolution of 9 June 2011 on Guantánamo: imminent death penalty decision (P7_TA(2011)0271).
2012/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the relevant authorities to end the habit of routinely invoking state secrecy in relation to international intelligence cooperation to block accountability and redress, and insists that only genuine national security reasons can justify secrecy, which is in any case overridden by non-derogable fundamental rights obligations such as the absolute prohibition on torture;deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU to ensure that its own international obligations are fully observed and that EU policies and foreign policy instruments, such as the torture guidelines and human rights dialogues, are fully implemented, so that it is in a stronger position to call for the rigorous implementation of human rights clauses in association agreements and to urge its major allies, such as the United States, to respect their own domestic and international law;deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Reaffirms that the international fight against terrorism and bilateral or multilateral international cooperation, including in the framework of NATO or between intelligence and security services, must only be carried out with full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and with appropriate democratic and judicial oversight; calls on EU Member States, the Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Council to ensure that these principles are applied in their foreign relations, and insists that they should make a thorough assessment of their counterparts‘ records on human rights before entering into any agreement, notably on intelligence cooperation and information-sharingthe rule of law;
2012/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the United States, given the cardinvital role of the transatlantic partnership and the United States‘ leadership in this area, to fully investigate and secure accountability for any abuses that it has practiced, end the war paradigm which has in practice led to legal black holes, end military trials, fully apply criminal law to terrorist suspects and restore review of detention and habeas corpus, due process, freedom from torture and non-discrimination between foreign and United States citizenensure that due process is followed throughout the detention and trial process of suspected Islamist terrorists;
2012/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on President Obama to honour his pledge made in January 2009 to close Guantanamo, to allow any detainee who is not to be charged to return to his home country or another safe country as quickly as possible, and to try Guantanamo detainees against whom sufficient admissible evidence exists without delay in a fair and public hearing by an independent, impartial tribunal and, if convicted, to be imprisoned in the United States;deleted
2012/05/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 76 #
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for any detainees who are not to be charged but cannot be repatriated owing to a real risk of torture or persecution in their home country to be given the opportunity of resettlement in the United States under humanitarian protection and afforded redress2 , and urges EU Member States also to be willing to host such former Guantanamo detainees; 1deleted Or. en UN General Assembly; A/HRC/13/42; 19 February 2010.
2012/05/30
Committee: AFET
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