Activities of Sabine LÖSING related to 2012/2143(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the UN principle of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (‘R2P’) PDF (192 KB) DOC (127 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas paragraphs 138 and 139 of the UN World Summit Outcome Document establish at the same time the obligation ofrecognises that states toshould protect their citizens against genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity and the obligaresponsibility to use first of all appropriate diplomatic, humanitarian and other peaceful means in accordance with Chapters VI and VIII of the Charter but also collective action of the international community to react should states fail to protect their citizens against these four specified crimes and violations;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the principle of R2P shall be further defined by encompassing the components of the responsibility to prevent (R2prevent), the responsibility to react (R2react) and the responsibility to rebuild (R2rebuild), as introduced in the report on R2P by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS) in 2001;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the emergence of the principle of R2P represents an important step forward towards a more peaceful world, to which effect it is crucially important that early warning and assessment be conducted fairly, prudently and professionally and that the use of force remain the measure of last resortin order to mediate and/or coordinate and if necessary initiate purely civilian and neutral actions of conflict resolution;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the most effective form of prevention lies in the promotion of equal social-economic rights, poverty eradication, fair distribution of economic wealth worldwide, fair trade, good governance, inclusiveness, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, gender equality, and democratic values and practices;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the UN Guidelines for Effective Mediation identify the dilemma that arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), sanctions regimes and national and international counter-terrorism policies also affect the manner in which some conflict parties may be engaged in a mediation process; whereas only an universal and non-discriminatory implementation of the Rome Statute guarantees an efficient ICC regime, provided that all sovereign states have signed and ratified the statute;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the definition in international law of crimes which demand an immediate reaction by the international community has made considerable progress since the creation of the ICC, although independent assessment mechanisms of when these definitions apply are still, crucially, missing and the Rome Statute has regrettably not been signed and ratified by all states of the international community;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to adapt policy planning, operational concepts and capability development within the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) for the Union's ability to fully implement the R2Pin order to provide mediation service and purely peaceful and civilian conflict resolution;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to speedily ratify the amendments to the ICC Statutes defining the crime of aggression, since the Court can play a central role in the prevention of mass atrocity crimes, as well as in efforts to ensure accountability, if all UN member states ratify the Rome Statute and when it is implemented in an universal and non- discriminatory manner;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a
Paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to support the efforts of the UN Secretary-General to fine-tune the principle of R2P and to cooperate with other UN members who wish to improve the civilian capacities of the international community to prevent and respond to mass atrocity crimes;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b
Paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to help strengthen the framework and capacities at UN level for mediation, double-track diplomacy and exchange of best practices on peace and de-escalation, such as those of the Mediation Support Unit of the Department of Political Affairs; to strengthen the Office of the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide and the Special Advisor on the Responsibility to Protect;