Activities of Judith SARGENTINI related to 2018/2107(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of the GSP Regulation (EU) No 978/2012
Amendments (11)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the acknowledgement of the need to enhance transparency and accountability by the meaningful participation of civil society in monitoring the effective implementation of human rights commitments set out in international conventionsunder the GSP+ scheme; calls for the GSP+ monitoring mechanisms to be extended to the EBA scheme; calls on the Commission to consider establishing joint oversight commissions or domestic advisory groups with the participation of local civil society, human rights defenders and trade union representatives;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that GSP+ assessments for eligibility and scorecards should be made public in order to increase transparency and oversight of the scheme;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to address shrinking space for civil society, threats to independent trade unions and obstacles to EU funding to NGOs in scorecards and GSP+ dialogues, as these issues are directly related to legal obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and relevant provisions of the International Labour Organisation core conventions; urges, once again, the Commission to continue to fund civil society initiatives that monitor the implementation of this scheme, including through shadow reporting;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends, within the framework of the review of the Regulation, to extend the conventions currently listed under the GSP+ to EBA and GSP beneficiary countries; reiterates its call for the inclusion of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in the list of conventions required for GSP+ status; recommends also to include ILO Convention No.169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to lay down specific objectives and benchmarks with regard to the effective implementation of international conventions and to include these systematically in the human rights country strategy papers with a view to ensuring consistency and the mainstreaming of human rights into trade policy; calls on the Commission to consider introducing a system of more gradual entry into force of trade preferences based on progress in reaching specific objectives and benchmarks by the beneficiary countries;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to establish an inter-institutional task force on business and human rights and to initiate mandatory due diligence legislation at EU level without further delay;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. EncouragesCalls for the establishment of an independent and formal complaints mechanism related to the effective implementation of obligations under international conventions under GSP+, in order to take into account all available infand body within the GSP scheme that would allow all interested parties to submit complaints related to alleged labour and human rights violations committed by States or corpormation, including from reliable local stakeholderss benefiting from trade preferences under the Regulation;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to address labour standards in Export Processing Zonesviolations of labour rights, including collective bargaining and freedom of association, in Export Processing Zones (EPZ) in current or potential beneficiary countries; insists on the need for the Commission to prioritize the removal of carve-outs from labour right protection in EPZ and by establishing a long-term road map with the partner countries concerned;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Expresses concern about reports that the GSP+ scheme would have contributed to landgrabbing and other human rights violations; calls on the Commission to effectively address such negative impacts and to ensure that adequate mitigation and redress measures are in place;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports more engagement with least developed countries under the Everything But Arms scheme with regard to preventing and addressing cases of serious and systematic violation of human rights; calls in this regard for extending the scorecard system to the EBA scheme; notes that the threat of withdrawal of trade preferences may in itself notneeds to be accompanied bey a sufficient measure to promote realdequate assistance in order to ensure genuine compliance with international human rights principlcommitments by the beneficiary countries.;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the recent Commission decisions to launch the process for the withdrawal of the Everything But Arms preferences to Cambodia and to send an emergency, high-level EU mission to Myanmar in response to the human rights situation in both countries; expects the Commission to keep Parliament closely informed and involved in further steps, including with regards the suspension of preferences;