15 Amendments of Baroness Sarah LUDFORD related to 2007/2145(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Title between paragraph 21 and 22
Title between paragraph 21 and 22
Human rights and security, freedom, security and justice
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Emphasises the need to assess and fully respect fundamental rights and individual freedoms as the Union’s powers develop; takes the view, on that basis, that the two objectives of respecting fundamental rights and safeguarding collective security are not only compatible but interdependent, and that appropriate policies can ensure that individual freedoms are not threatened by a repressive approach;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
(24a) Is concerned about the fact that international cooperation in the fight against terrorism is notably leading to an erosion of the fundamental right to privacy, data protection and non- discrimination, such as EU-US PNR agreements or inadequate data protection principles, and that the risk for the EU is to introduce measures of generalized surveillance and profiling of citizens, which are not in line with EU human rights standards and lack of appropriate evaluation on their effectiveness; consequently urges the Council to adopt the Framework Decision of Data Protection in the third pillar in line with European Parliament recommendations for higher standards;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Asks EU institutions and Member States to take a strong diplomatic initiative towards US authorities to ensure that Guantanamo is closed down, that inmates are tried according to US law and that nobody is sent back to countries where there is a risk they could be tortured or subjected to ill-treatment;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls onWelcomes the Commission to continue its work with a view to submitting a proposal for a legislative package including the proposal, deferred to date, toproposal for a Directive implementing the principle of equality outside of employment, hereby extending the scope of Directive 2000/43/EC to all other forms of discrimination, thus implementing Article 21 of the Charter, which provides greater leeway than Article 13 of the Treaty establishing the European Community in that it makes reference to further forms of discrimination: colour, social origin, genetic features, language, political or other opinions, membership of a minority, property and birth; stresses once more that the effect of granting preferential treatment in legislation to particular forms of discrimination is to introduce a kind of hierarchy between them, which should not be the case;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Regrets that the proposed directive leaves substantial gaps in legal protection against discrimination, notably through a wide range of exceptions relating to public order, public security and public health, economic activities, marital and family status and reproductive rights, education and religion; is concerned that, rather than banning discrimination, these 'escape clauses' may actually serve to codify existing discriminatory practices, notably against women and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people; reminds the Commission that the directive must be in line with existing case law in the area of LGBT rights, notably the Maruko ruling;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
(38a) Underlines in this context that more and more EU citizens move from one Member State to another and that they shall fully enjoy the rights provided by the Treaties in relation to their status of EU citizens, notably those to participation in local and European elections and to free movement; calls Member States to fully comply with Directive 2004/38/EC on free movement and to EU institutions to take further action to ensure protection of European citizens' rights all over the EU;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Calls on the Member States to disallow invoking custom, tradition or any other religious consideration to justify any form of discrimination, oppression or violence against women or the adoption of policies which might put their lives in danger;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Welcomes the publication of the first thematic report by the Agency, drawn up at Parliament’s request, on ‘homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the EU Member States’ and asks to Member States and EU institutions to urgently follow the Agency's recommendations;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Reminds all Member States that, in line with European Court of Human Rights case law, freedom of assembly may be exercised even if the opinions of those making use of that right go against the majority, and that, accordingly, a discriminatory ban on marches and any failure to meet the requirement to give appropriate protection to those taking part breach the principles guaranteed by the European Court of Human Rights, by art. 6 TEU on common EU values and principles, and by the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)
Paragraph 58 a (new)
58a. Calls those Member States who have not yet done so, and in application of the principle of equality, to take legislative action to overcome discrimination experienced by same-sex couples by recognising such relationships;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Calls on the Commission to make sure that Member States grant asylum to persons fleeing from persecution on the basis of their sexual orientation in their country of origin, to take initiatives at the bilateral and multilateral level to stop persecutions of persons on the basis of sexual orientation, and to launch a study on the situation of transsexual people in the Member States and candidate countries, with regard inter alia to the risk of harassment and violence;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92
Paragraph 92
92. Champions freedom of expression as a fundamental value of the European Union; considers that it must be exercised within the constraints of legislation, co-exist with personal responsibility and be based on respect for others’ rights and sensibilities; acknowledges that balancing those demands must be democratically debated on a permanent basis;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 94
Paragraph 94
94. Calls on the Member States which over the last few years have used their judicial institutions, or are planning to change their legislation in this sense, to violate the right of reporters to confidentiality of sources as well as of journalists and of editors to publish information, to improve their legislation and their practices in keeping with the European Court of Human Rights judgment of 27 March 1996 and the Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the right of journalists not to disclose their sources of information1, since violation of that right is nowadays the greatest threat to reporters’ freedom of expression in the EU and there has been no significant 1 Recommendation R (2000)7. improvement in this situation over the last few years;