Activities of Enrique GUERRERO SALOM related to 2014/2216(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2013 and the European Union’s policy on the matter
Amendments (7)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that respect for human rights, including economic, cultural and soci, social and environmental rights, good governance, peace and, security and food, is a prerequisite for the reduction of poverty and inequality and the achievement of the MDGs;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EU to redouble its efforts to ensure in the upcoming intergovernmental negotiations that the human rights-based approach (HRBA) and the reduction of inequalities become underpinning concepts of post-2015 global development and are also included in concrete fashion in the goals and targets themselves; stresses the need to ensure that the post-2015 agenda includes, inter alia, women’s rights, children’s rights, good governance, democracy, freedom of association and expression, and sexual and reproductive health and rights, as being key elements for development;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the need to address human rights in a holistic and indivisible fashion by emphasising and stronglymaking a strong and binding committingment to economic, social and cultural rights, since without these rights there can be no development; stresses the need to tackle the root causes of poverty; highlights the obligation to respect international labour standards, in line with the fulfilment of the ILO Decent Work Agenda, and calls for the setting-up of a universal social protection floor; takes the view that social issues should have a more central place in the EU’s external relations; urges the EU to incorporate a chapter on development and a social clause reflecting ILO core labour standards into all its external trade agreements;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the need for the EU and its delegations to implement the human rights- based approach in developmentits programmes, policyies and technical assistance in development aid, especially the new toolbox; also encourages the Member States to adopt a human rights-based approach in their development policies and aid, for example by emphasising the importance of transparency, human rights, good governance and, democracy and political participation in budget and sector support dialogues; at the same time, calls on the EU itself to respect democratic ownership, participation of civil society and transparency of development aid (the last- named under the EU Transparency Guarantee);
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the European Union to help strengthen national, regional and international accountability mechanisms such as the International Criminal Court, national judicial authorities, parliaments, and national human rights and civil society institutions in foreign policy activities;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to act more forcefully and coherently in combating discrimination against the most disadvantaged groups, and those who are most frequently discriminated against and excluded on grounds such as race, disability, migrant or indigenous status, age, sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes with deep concern that vulnerable groups are particularly affected by human rights violations related to environmental degradation, since the expansion of monoculture plantations, logging, infrastructure, and support for gas and oil development, biofuels, mining or large scale hydropower are all driving deforestation and forest degradation; calls on the Commission to implement the 7 EAP and to put in place a comprehensive plan to tackle deforestation and forest degradation and its environmental, social and human rights impacts;