3 Amendments of Catherine GRÈZE related to 2013/2169(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the importance of EP delegations visiting prisons and other places of detention where there is reason to believe that defendants may have been subjected to torture or ill-treatment and ask for information on and the independent investigation of individual cases;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to systematically raise the issue of torture and ill-treatment in their dialogues with third countries and supports in this respect regional torture prevention mechanisms, including the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa, and also supports the role of the African Union Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention and the Rapporteur on Persons Deprived of their Liberty in the Americas;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS in their political dialogue with third countries, including ACP countries, to encourage them to ratify the Optional Protocol Against Torture and to put in place National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs);