4 Amendments of Dennis de JONG related to 2017/2089(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Expresses its concern about the lack of systematic human rights impact assessments preceding the adoption by the Commission of its legislative proposals and calls on the Commission to provide for systematic forms of consultation of bodies and institutions with expertise on human rights in general and on the European Charter of Fundamental Rights in particular; refers in this respect to the Fundamental Rights Agency, but also to the relevant bodies of the Council of Europe and of the United Nations:
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that Article 51, paragraph 1 of the Charter calls for the promotion of the rights and principles of the Charter and regrets that so far the EU does not have at its disposal a mechanism that would allow to systematically screen developments within the EU institutions and bodies as well as within Member States that would call for action to protect and fulfil the rights, freedoms and principles of the Charter; calls on the Commission to submit its ideas in this respect to Parliament and Council through a specific Communication;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the Charter’s application also extends to the EU agencies; e. States that, whenever regulations or decisions setting up Agencies are drafted or revised, a reference should be included to the need for Agencies to respect, within their respective mandates, the Charter as well as international human rights law. Calls upon all Agencies to adopt a fundamental rights strategy, including a code of conduct for their staff and a mechanism for dealing with the detection and reporting of any violation of fundamental rights. Encourages in particular Frontex and the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) to work on a culture of fundamental rights, not only for application in their general policies but also in the daily activities of the border and coast guards, as well as the asylum officers, assigned to these agencies;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to systematically carry out human rights impact assessments before concluding external agreements, in particular, trade agreements.