7 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2011/2185(INI)
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recommends that, to move beyond general ideas of mainstreaming, a set of practical measures be drawn up which must be binding on all EU officials working externally, as well as experts working on behalf of the EU and financed with EU funding, and that the latter group should comply with international norms and standards; stresses that training on human rights must be compulsory across the EEAS and relevant parts of the Commission; recommends that tasks pertaining to mainstreaming be incorporated into officials’ job descriptions as part of the yearly staff evaluation;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the mainstreaming of international justice must include systematically taking account of the fight against impunity in the broader context of trade, development and rule-of-law assistance; stresses that victims must be the central concern; recommends that the Rome Statute of the ICC be added to the package of international treaties on good governance and the rule of law to be ratified by third countries admitted to the System of Generalised Preferences Plus (GSP+); recommends the consistent inclusion of ICC clauses in EU agreements with third countries with the focus on strategic partnerships and the countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Reiterates in principle the precedence of the jurisdiction of national criminal courts when pursuing crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes as set down in the Rome Statute; in this context, unreservedly calls on all States party to the Rome Statute to strengthen their powers and political will to prosecute the most serious breaches of international law in their own countries; calls on the VP/HR and the European Commission to take this requirement into account when drawing up the various policy areas and instruments;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the adoption at the Kampala Review Conference of amendments to the Rome Statute related to the crime of aggression and certain war crimes, and calls on all EU Member States to promptly ratify these substantive amendments and to implement them as part of their domestic penal systems; in this context, calls on the Council, Commission and European Parliament to use its international authority in the interests of securing and strengthening the universality of the Rome Statute for an internationally agreed definition of acts of aggression in breach of international law; welcomes the EU’s pledges in particular on the fight against impunity as a core value to be shared with our partners when entering into agreements, and calls for their consistent implementation;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Expects a comprehensive social and environmental chapter in all future Free Trade Agreements and, in the context of negotiations currently underway, regrets the objections to this principle expressed by some of the partners, such as India and Canada; calls for the chapter on sustainable development in agreements to be strengthened through the inclusion of a complaints procedure open to the social partners and civil society, the establishment of an independent body to settle pertinent disputes and the possibility of recourse to a dispute settlement mechanism with provision for fines and the suspension of trade benefits in the event of an aggravated breach of the environmental and labour standards concerned, equivalent to mechanisms for market access provisions; demands that the objectives of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) should be binding on European companies operating in countries with institutional weaknesses;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Notes that the Internet has become one of the most important vehicles through which individuals exercise their right to freedom of opinion and expression, and that it has played a crucial role in promoting human rights, democratic participation, accountability, transparency and economic development, economic development and the development of new forms of public access; supports specific EU regulations and agreements with third countries that restrict access to communication and information through censorship, the shutting down of networks or the subordination of freedom of information to commercial interests;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
75. Welcomes the EU commitment to work with enterprises and stakeholders in 2012 to develop human rights guidance for industrial sectors and SMEs, based on the UN Guiding Principles; calls on the Commission to bring forward its commitment to publish, by the end of 2012, a report on EU priorities in the implementation of the Principles, and thereafter to issue periodic progress reports; insists that all European enterprises should meet the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, as defined in the UN Guiding Principles should be legally binding on all European enterprises; calls on EU Member States to develop, by the end of 2012, national plans for their implementation;