Activities of Rui TAVARES related to 2012/2062(INI)
Plenary speeches (4)
EU's human rights strategy (A7-0378/2012 - Rui Tavares) (vote)
EU's human rights strategy (A7-0378/2012 - Rui Tavares) (vote)
EU's human rights strategy (A7-0378/2012 - Rui Tavares) (vote)
EU's human rights strategy (A7-0378/2012 - Rui Tavares) (vote)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the review of the EU’s human rights strategy PDF (228 KB) DOC (138 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the EU to move from words to action and implement the pledges made in a swift and transparent manner; stresses that the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy represent a floor, not a ceiling, for EU human rights policy and insists that EU institutions and EU Member States will now have to exercise a firm, coherent, and uniform approach to human rights abuses worldwide, in a transparent and accountable manner;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that all Commission Directorates- General and the EEAS carry out detailed assessments of the legal implications of the Charter of Fundamental Rights for the external aspects of their policy and of their compliance with the provisions of the Charter as it applies to all action taken by the EU institutions; commits itself to the same exercise; welcomescalls for the setting-up of an inter-service group composed of Commission and EEAS officials and tasked with identifying a clear and effective methodology for internal and external EU action on the basis of the internationally agreed principle that states should protect, respect and promote human rights; encourages its parliamentary committees to make use of the relevant provision under Rule 36 of its Rules of Procedure, allowing them to verify the conformity of a proposal for a legislative act with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including proposals relating to external financial instruments;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recommends that the human rights strategies be made public or at least, an overview of key priorities contained in these strategies; stresses that public strategies would serve to demonstrate the EU's commitment to human rights in third countries and would provide critical support to those struggling to exercise and protect their human rights;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the EU Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy and the accompanying action plan, which have ais three-year timeframe, document will rationalise country priority objectives, inter alia by covering thematic EU guidelines and related local strategies so as to provide a coherent framework for all EU action; calls for prompt finalisation of all human rights country strategies, their rapid implementation and an assessment of best practices; is convinced that these strategies will allow accurate annual assessments of the implementation of the human rights clauses set out in framework agreements;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Welcomes the commitment made in the Strategic Framework to place human rights at the centre of EU relations with third countries, including with strategic partners; in this light, calls on the EU to adopt annual Foreign Affairs Council conclusions on the EU's strategic partners to establish a common bar for EU Member states and EU officials in terms of human rights concerns that they, as a minimum, have to raise with their relevant counterparts;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that human rights and democracy objectives necessarily require specific, measurable, achievable, time- bound public criteria aimed at assessing the level of respect for fundamental freedoms, human rights and rule of law; considers, in this connection, that the EU should make full use of the relevant instruments and expertise of the UN and of the Council of Europe and should clearly differentiate its political conclusions from a legal and technical evaluation;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recommends that the EEAS develop a set of qualitative and quantitative indicators and country-specific public benchmarks that could serve as a coherent and consistent basis for the annual assessment of EU policies in the framework of the human rights country strategies and the human rights dialogues with third countries;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Commits itself to ensuring more systematic follow-up of its resolutions relating to human rights and of individual human rights cases, through developing a follow-up mechanism with the support of the recently established Human Rights Action Unit, and recommends increased cooperation between the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on Budgetary Control, and with the Court of Auditors, in order to ensure that the objectives of the strategic review will be matched by adequate financial support from the Union;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Recommends that Parliament improve its own procedures in relation to human rights issues and step up efforts to mainstream human rights effectively into its own structures and processes in order to ensure that human rights and democracy are at the core of all parliament actions and policies, including through the revision of its Guidelines for EP Interparliamentary Delegations on promoting human rights and democracy; is of the opinion that each standing delegation and committee of Parliament should have a Member, selected among its Chair and Vice-Chairs, specifically tasked with monitoring the human rights portfolio on the region or country concerned, and that the persons designated should report regularly to Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights; calls for improved cooperation on human rights issues with the EU's national parliaments; stresses the need for a revision of the model for the plenary debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in order to allow for more frequent debates with broader participation by Members, structured consultations with civil society during the drafting process, a greater degree of responsiveness to human rights violations and other unforeseen events on the ground, and greater potential for follow-up to past debates and resolutions;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Recommends that Parliament, in cooperation with EU national parliaments, organize an annual event on human rights defenders, with the participation of human rights defenders from around the world, which would provide Parliament with an annual opportunity to demonstrate its support for human rights defenders worldwide and help advance their rights to speak up and pursue their rights in their own respective countries;