5 Amendments of Carlo FIDANZA related to 2024/2081(INI)
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 39 a (new)
Citation 39 a (new)
– having regard to the report on Christians oppressed for their faith 2022- 2024, entitled ‘Persecuted and Forgotten?’, published by Aid to the Church in Need, and to the 2024 World Watch List, the annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution, published by Open Doors
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas according to the latest report by Aid to the Church in Need, during the period between summer 2022 and summer 2024 in 18 states in Asia, Africa and Central America, where believers are at particular risk, there has been an increase in human rights violations against Christians, with a shift in jihadist violence from the Middle East to Africa, and in particular the Sahel; whereas churches are burnt, Christian women are abducted and raped, and the faithful are killed for their beliefs1a; _________________ 1a Aid to the Church in Need, ‘Persecuted and Forgotten? A Report on Christians oppressed for their Faith 2022-2024’.
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is seriously concerned about the worsening position of Christians across the world, as they are exposed to an ever increasing risk of harassment, arrest and violence;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights, including the most marginalised and those in the most vulnerable situations, through all of the EU’s external policies; calls for more concerted efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of children’s rights in crisis or emergency situations; condemns the decline in respect for the rights of the child and the increasing violations and abuses of these rights, including through violence, early and forced marriage, sexual abuse including genital mutilation, trafficking, practices such as surrogacy, child labour, recruitment of child soldiers, lack of access to education and healthcare, malnutrition and extreme poverty; further condemns the increase in death of children in situations of armed conflict and stresses the need for effective protection of children’s rights in active warfare; calls for new EU initiatives to promote and protect children’s rights, with a view to rehabilitating and reintegrating children affected by conflict, providing them with a protected environment based on the family and on the community as the natural context for their lives, in which care and education are key elements; reiterates its call for a systematic and consistent approach to promoting and defending children’s rights through all EU external policies;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Condemns surrogacy because it undermines the human dignity of the woman, reducing her body and its reproductive functions to commodities; believes that surrogacy, which involves exploiting a woman’s body for reproduction, should be banned, including in relation to vulnerable women in developing countries;