Activities of Maurice PONGA related to 2011/2109(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on EU support for the ICC: facing challenges and overcoming difficulties
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly encourages the European Union, including the EEAS, and the diplomatic services of the EU Member StatMember States and their diplomatic services systematically to ensure that the tools of diplomacy they use in cultivating the EU’s relations with third countries, in particular developing countries, have a positive impact on those countries’ perceptions of the ICC and of the need for them to support it and to sign and ratify its constituent act (the Rome Statute) if they have not yet done so; notes that this applies to all existing tools of diplomacy, including, and to include in agreements with third countries binding clauses that require them to cooperate with the ICC, or, indeed, to impose restrictions on persons against whom proceedings have been initiated in the ICC; notes that this also applies to the EU’s political and human rights dialogues with third countries, in particular developing countries and, among them, the ACP countries, especially within the political forum of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises the key role that the EU must play in strengthening the rule of law, promoting its universal application and maintaining the integrity of the Rome Statute – Europe itself having experienced violations of international humanitarian law, including crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide; asks the EU, therefore, to pursue its awareness-raising and information work at local level and to educate young people about international criminal law and the role of the ICC;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the crucial role of the ICC in the context of EU foreign policy, in terms of the very development of that policy as well as of the adequate funding and staffing of both the EEAS headquarters and the delegations, but emphasises that, in implementing policies which may affect developing counand stries, the EU has an obligation under the Treses thaty to take account of development cooperation objectives, the primary one being the reduction and eventual eradication of poverty (Article 208(1) TFEU, second indent); firmly reminds the Member States and the EEAS, therefore, that, should they initiate discussions among themselves concerning funding instruments for external action, they must comply rigorously with this Treaty requirement; places equal emphasis on the fact that, in the context of aid programmes for developing countries, policy coherence means, first and foremost, the coherence of policies designed to further the development of those countries and thus to reduce their level of povertyhe ICI must get the funding it needs to perform its increasingly numerous tasks;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that, in implementing policies which may affect developing countries, the EU has an obligation under the Treaty to take account of development cooperation objectives, the primary one being the reduction and eventual eradication of poverty (Article 208(1) TFEU, second indent); firmly reminds the Member States and the EEAS, therefore, that, should they initiate discussions among themselves concerning funding instruments for external action, they must comply rigorously with this Treaty requirement; places equal emphasis on the fact that, in the context of aid programmes for developing countries, policy coherence means, first and foremost, the coherence of policies designed to further the development of those countries and thus to reduce their level of poverty;