3 Amendments of Maurice PONGA related to 2014/2216(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the need for the EU and its delegations to implement the human rights- based approach in development policy and aid, especially the new toolbox; also encourages the Member States to adopt a human rights-based approach in their development policies and aid, for example by emphasising the importance of human rights, good governance and democracy in budget and sector support dialogues; at the same time, calls on the EU itself to respectto promote and defend democratic ownership, participation of civil society and transparency of development aid (the last-named under the EU Transparency Guarantee);
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of supporting the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the need for corporate accountability; stresses the need to adopt a legally binding international instrument on business and human rights;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a concentrated EU effort against land-grabbing, by means of calling forpromoting adequate safeguards to prevent it and highlighting the direct responsibility of the EU and European companies in the matter; calls for an assessmcountries concerned and among EU and European companies present ofin the impact of EU trade policy on land- grabbing,ose countries; calls for the implementation of the global Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, and the adoption of binding guidelines for preventing land- grabbing; calls on the EU to commit, in line with the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, to a fundamental shift towards agro-ecology as a means of guaranteeing the right to food;