Activities of Michèle STRIFFLER related to 2012/2033(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Alleged transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the 2011 Council of Europe 1 ‘Inside Romania’s secret CIA prison’, The Independent, 9.12.2011. report states that the data obtained from the Polish agencies in 2009 and 2010 ‘provide definite proof’ that seven CIA-associated aircraft landed in Poland; whereas a ‘black site’ was identified in Romania by journalists on the basis of information provided by former CIA employees in the Romanian national registry office for classified information1investigative journalists have sought to demonstrate the existence of a ‘black site’ in Romania; whereas former Libyan dissidents have started legal proceedings against the UK for the direct involvement of MI6 in their own and their family members’ rendition, secret detention and torture;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates that effective counter- terrorism measures and respect for human rights are not contradictory but are complementary and mutually reinforcing aims; points out that respect for fundamental rights is an essential element in successful counter-terrorism policies;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that Member States have so far not properly fulfilledstated their willingness to abide by their positive obligation under international law to investigate serious human rights violations connected with the CIA programme and to afford full redress to victims;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the failure of Member States to assume their responsibility todifficulties encountered by Member States in conducting inquiries that are fully compatible with their international obligations underminesmay damage mutual trust in fundamental rights protection, and thuis becomes the responsibility of the EU as a whole;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need to provide guarantees in order to avoid, in the future, any infringement of fundamental rights when anti-terrorism policies are implemented;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that special procedures ought not to be applied to persons suspected of terrorism; points out that everyone must be able to benefit from all the guarantees included in the principle of a fair trial as laid down by Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Highlights the extremely sensitive nature of anti-terrorism policies in so far as State security is at stake; considers, however, that definitions of classified information and State secrecy should not be overly broad; believes that only genuine national security grounds can justify secrecy, which under no circumstances takes priority over inalienable fundamental rights;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges Romania to meet its legal obligation to launch an independent and effective inquiry into secret CIA detenNotes that the parliamentary inquiry carried out in Romania concluded that no evidence could be found demonstrating the existence of a secret CIA detention site on its territory; calls on the judicial authorities to open an independent inquiry into CIA operations on its territory;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the parliamentary and judicial inquiries that took place in Lithuania between 2009 and 2011;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Notes that these inquiries were not able to demonstrate that detainees were secretly held in Lithuania;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that the US administration has confirmed to the Lithuanian Government that it never violated Lithuanian sovereignty;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expects the Council to finally issue a declaration acknowledging and apologising forthe difficulties encountered by Member States within the context of inquiries into Member States’ involvement in the CIA programme;