Activities of Nirj DEVA related to 2015/2229(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union’s policy on the matter
Amendments (3)
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for corporate accountability and for a clear and quick implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; calls on the Commission to take all necessary initiatives to present a legaemphasises that, in the same way the private sector was involved in the design of the SDGs, it needs to be fully binding international instrument on business and human rightvolved in the implementation of the SDGs, in partnership with the EU and all other stakeholders;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the role development policy can play in establishing a policy mechanism to tackle human rights injustices arising from tax avoidance, illicit financial flows and illegal trade transactions, including human trafficking, considering that developing countries lose annually approximately $ 1 trillion due to tax evasion and corruption;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines the importance of property rights and land tenure security in protecting small farmers and local communities from inconsequential land acquisitions by state and non-state actors, including corporations or unwarranted claims to land by national governments;