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2007/2537(RSP) Resolution on Nigeria

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:

RoP 135

Subjects

Events

2007/05/03

EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary

Documents

SP(2007)1901/2

2007/03/15

EP - Results of vote in Parliament

Documents

Results of vote in Parliament

2007/03/15

EP - Debate in Parliament

Documents

Debate in Parliament

2007/03/15

EP - Decision by Parliament

Details

Following the debate with took place in plenary on 13 March 2007, the European Parliament adopted, by 36 votes to 24 with 1 abstention, a resolution on Nigeria, which had been tabled by the EPP-ED group.

Parliament calls on the Nigerian Government to take immediate and effective measures to protect its citizens, to put an end to the violence, widespread corruption and impunity for the perpetrators of human rights violations, and to promote actively respect for human rights. It notes that impunity remains the rule rather than the exception, since very few of the perpetrators of violence and human rights violations are investigated and brought to justice, and such impunity is in itself one of the most important obstacles to tackling and ending human rights abuse and violence. Members also note that Islamic Sharia courts have jurisdiction over criminal cases in 12 of Nigeria's 36 States. These courts continue to hand down death sentences as well as sentences of flogging and amputation. Although executions and amputations are no longer being carried out, trials do not conform to international standards, for instance with regard to the right to a lawyer, and informing the accused of their rights, and they tend to discriminate against women.

Parliament calls on the Nigerian Government:

to abolish the death penalty and to intervene in individual cases of persons tried under Sharia law and sentenced to death, amputation, flogging or other inhuman and degrading treatment; ensure all stakeholders in the forthcoming national elections in April publicly declare their commitment to ending political violence, killings, intimidation and other human rights abuses as well as impunity for such crimes; take all necessary measures to address pre-election concerns regarding restrictions on the independence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), abusive conduct and harassment by security forces, and any other obstacle to freedom of expression and opinion and other basic requirements for free and fair elections.

Parliament goes on to note that the Nigerian Parliament is currently examining a Bill entitled the 'Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act'. It calls on the Nigerian Government not to adopt the proposed 'Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act' in its current form, since it contains infringements of the basic human rights of freedom of expression and opinion, in particular since it envisages the five-year prison sentence for anyone involved publicly or privately in positive representation of, or advocacy for, same sex relationships.

It should be noted that the proposal for joint resolution on the same subject, proposed by the PES, ALDE, Greens/ALE, GUE/NGL, was not adopted in Plenary.

Documents

T6-0086/2007

2007/03/15

EP - End of procedure in Parliament

2007/03/13

EP - Motion for a resolution

Documents

B6-0105/2007

Documents

Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2007)1901/2
Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
Decision by Parliament: T6-0086/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0105/2007
Motion for a resolution: B6-0105/2007
Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2007)1901/2

Activities

Gérard ONESTA
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Nigeria
- 2016/11/22 Nigeria
Marco CAPPATO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Nigeria
Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Nigeria
Marcin LIBICKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Nigeria
Marios MATSAKIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Nigeria
Erik MEIJER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Nigeria
Józef PINIOR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Nigeria
Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Nigeria
Carl SCHLYTER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Nigeria

Votes

R B6-0105/2007 - Nigeria - résolution #

2007/03/15 Outcome: +: 36, -: 24, 0: 1

		PL	SK	DE	FR	GB	CZ	LT	EL	BG	IT	RO	CY	PT	BE	SE	NL	AT	ES
	Total	12	4	7	8	8	2	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4
PPE-DE	31	Poland PPE-DE For (5) Bogusław SONIK, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Filip KACZMAREK, Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, Zbigniew ZALESKI 5	Slovakia PPE-DE For (4) Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Edit BAUER, Zita PLEŠTINSKÁ, Árpád DUKA-ZÓLYOMI 4	Germany PPE-DE For (5) Albert DESS, Andreas SCHWAB, Bernd POSSELT, Daniel CASPARY, Michael GAHLER 5	France PPE-DE For (5) Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Jean-Paul GAUZÈS, Jean-Pierre AUDY, Joseph DAUL, Margie SUDRE 5	United Kingdom PPE-DE For (5) Daniel HANNAN, Den DOVER, Giles CHICHESTER, John BOWIS, John PURVIS 5	Czechia PPE-DE For (2) Jan BŘEZINA, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ 2	Lithuania PPE-DE For (1) Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ 1	Greece PPE-DE For (2) Manolis MAVROMMATIS, Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU 2	Bulgaria PPE-DE For (1) Stefan SOFIANSKI 1	Italy PPE-DE For (1) Mario MAURO 1
UEN	4	Poland UEN For (4) Adam BIELAN, Leopold Józef RUTOWICZ, Marcin LIBICKI, Michał Tomasz KAMIŃSKI 4
NI	1	Poland NI For (1) Maciej Marian GIERTYCH 1
ITS	1											Romania ITS Abstain (1) Cristian STĂNESCU 1
GUE/NGL	2			Germany GUE/NGL Against (1) Tobias PFLÜGER 1													Netherlands GUE/NGL Against (1) Erik MEIJER 1
ALDE	4					United Kingdom ALDE Against (1) Sharon BOWLES 1					Italy ALDE Against (1) Marco CAPPATO 1		Cyprus ALDE Against (1) Marios MATSAKIS 1				Netherlands ALDE Against (1) Sophia IN 'T VELD 1
Verts/ALE	4				France Verts/ALE Against (1) Gérard ONESTA 1	United Kingdom Verts/ALE Against (1) Jean LAMBERT 1										Sweden Verts/ALE Against (1) Carl SCHLYTER 1			Spain Verts/ALE Against (1) Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA 1
PSE	14	Poland PSE Against (2) Józef PINIOR, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG 2		Germany PSE Against (1) Evelyne GEBHARDT 1	France PSE Against (2) Bernadette BOURZAI, Martine ROURE 2	United Kingdom PSE Against (1) David MARTIN 1			Greece PSE Against (1) Panagiotis BEGLITIS 1					Portugal PSE Against (1) Paulo CASACA 1	Belgium PSE Against (1) Marc TARABELLA 1			Austria PSE Against (2) Harald ETTL, Karin SCHEELE 2	Spain PSE Against (3) Inés AYALA SENDER, Manuel MEDINA ORTEGA, Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ 3

History

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docs/0/docs/0/url	Old http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-6-2007-0105_EN.html New https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-6-2007-0105_EN.html
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events/1/docs/0/url	Old http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20070315&type=CRE New https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/EN&reference=20070315&type=CRE
events/2	date 2007-03-15T00:00:00 type Decision by Parliament body EP docs url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-6-2007-0086_EN.html title: T6-0086/2007 summary Following the debate with took place in plenary on 13 March 2007, the European Parliament adopted, by 36 votes to 24 with 1 abstention, a resolution on Nigeria, which had been tabled by the EPP-ED group. Parliament calls on the Nigerian Government to take immediate and effective measures to protect its citizens, to put an end to the violence, widespread corruption and impunity for the perpetrators of human rights violations, and to promote actively respect for human rights. It notes that impunity remains the rule rather than the exception, since very few of the perpetrators of violence and human rights violations are investigated and brought to justice, and such impunity is in itself one of the most important obstacles to tackling and ending human rights abuse and violence. Members also note that Islamic Sharia courts have jurisdiction over criminal cases in 12 of Nigeria's 36 States. These courts continue to hand down death sentences as well as sentences of flogging and amputation. Although executions and amputations are no longer being carried out, trials do not conform to international standards, for instance with regard to the right to a lawyer, and informing the accused of their rights, and they tend to discriminate against women. Parliament calls on the Nigerian Government: to abolish the death penalty and to intervene in individual cases of persons tried under Sharia law and sentenced to death, amputation, flogging or other inhuman and degrading treatment; ensure all stakeholders in the forthcoming national elections in April publicly declare their commitment to ending political violence, killings, intimidation and other human rights abuses as well as impunity for such crimes; take all necessary measures to address pre-election concerns regarding restrictions on the independence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), abusive conduct and harassment by security forces, and any other obstacle to freedom of expression and opinion and other basic requirements for free and fair elections. Parliament goes on to note that the Nigerian Parliament is currently examining a Bill entitled the 'Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act'. It calls on the Nigerian Government not to adopt the proposed 'Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act' in its current form, since it contains infringements of the basic human rights of freedom of expression and opinion, in particular since it envisages the five-year prison sentence for anyone involved publicly or privately in positive representation of, or advocacy for, same sex relationships. It should be noted that the proposal for joint resolution on the same subject, proposed by the PES, ALDE, Greens/ALE, GUE/NGL, was not adopted in Plenary.
events/2	date 2007-03-15T00:00:00 type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body EP docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-6-2007-0086_EN.html title: T6-0086/2007 summary Following the debate with took place in plenary on 13 March 2007, the European Parliament adopted, by 36 votes to 24 with 1 abstention, a resolution on Nigeria, which had been tabled by the EPP-ED group. Parliament calls on the Nigerian Government to take immediate and effective measures to protect its citizens, to put an end to the violence, widespread corruption and impunity for the perpetrators of human rights violations, and to promote actively respect for human rights. It notes that impunity remains the rule rather than the exception, since very few of the perpetrators of violence and human rights violations are investigated and brought to justice, and such impunity is in itself one of the most important obstacles to tackling and ending human rights abuse and violence. Members also note that Islamic Sharia courts have jurisdiction over criminal cases in 12 of Nigeria's 36 States. These courts continue to hand down death sentences as well as sentences of flogging and amputation. Although executions and amputations are no longer being carried out, trials do not conform to international standards, for instance with regard to the right to a lawyer, and informing the accused of their rights, and they tend to discriminate against women. Parliament calls on the Nigerian Government: to abolish the death penalty and to intervene in individual cases of persons tried under Sharia law and sentenced to death, amputation, flogging or other inhuman and degrading treatment; ensure all stakeholders in the forthcoming national elections in April publicly declare their commitment to ending political violence, killings, intimidation and other human rights abuses as well as impunity for such crimes; take all necessary measures to address pre-election concerns regarding restrictions on the independence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), abusive conduct and harassment by security forces, and any other obstacle to freedom of expression and opinion and other basic requirements for free and fair elections. Parliament goes on to note that the Nigerian Parliament is currently examining a Bill entitled the 'Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act'. It calls on the Nigerian Government not to adopt the proposed 'Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act' in its current form, since it contains infringements of the basic human rights of freedom of expression and opinion, in particular since it envisages the five-year prison sentence for anyone involved publicly or privately in positive representation of, or advocacy for, same sex relationships. It should be noted that the proposal for joint resolution on the same subject, proposed by the PES, ALDE, Greens/ALE, GUE/NGL, was not adopted in Plenary.

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events	date: 2007-03-15T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=13411&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament date: 2007-03-15T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20070315&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament date: 2007-03-15T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2007-86 title: T6-0086/2007 summary: Following the debate with took place in plenary on 13 March 2007, the European Parliament adopted, by 36 votes to 24 with 1 abstention, a resolution on Nigeria, which had been tabled by the EPP-ED group. Parliament calls on the Nigerian Government to take immediate and effective measures to protect its citizens, to put an end to the violence, widespread corruption and impunity for the perpetrators of human rights violations, and to promote actively respect for human rights. It notes that impunity remains the rule rather than the exception, since very few of the perpetrators of violence and human rights violations are investigated and brought to justice, and such impunity is in itself one of the most important obstacles to tackling and ending human rights abuse and violence. Members also note that Islamic Sharia courts have jurisdiction over criminal cases in 12 of Nigeria's 36 States. These courts continue to hand down death sentences as well as sentences of flogging and amputation. Although executions and amputations are no longer being carried out, trials do not conform to international standards, for instance with regard to the right to a lawyer, and informing the accused of their rights, and they tend to discriminate against women. Parliament calls on the Nigerian Government: to abolish the death penalty and to intervene in individual cases of persons tried under Sharia law and sentenced to death, amputation, flogging or other inhuman and degrading treatment; ensure all stakeholders in the forthcoming national elections in April publicly declare their commitment to ending political violence, killings, intimidation and other human rights abuses as well as impunity for such crimes; take all necessary measures to address pre-election concerns regarding restrictions on the independence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), abusive conduct and harassment by security forces, and any other obstacle to freedom of expression and opinion and other basic requirements for free and fair elections. Parliament goes on to note that the Nigerian Parliament is currently examining a Bill entitled the 'Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act'. It calls on the Nigerian Government not to adopt the proposed 'Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act' in its current form, since it contains infringements of the basic human rights of freedom of expression and opinion, in particular since it envisages the five-year prison sentence for anyone involved publicly or privately in positive representation of, or advocacy for, same sex relationships. It should be noted that the proposal for joint resolution on the same subject, proposed by the PES, ALDE, Greens/ALE, GUE/NGL, was not adopted in Plenary. date: 2007-03-15T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
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Progress: Procedure completed

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Votes

R B6-0105/2007 - Nigeria - résolution #

Poland PPE-DE

For (5)

Slovakia PPE-DE

For (4)

Germany PPE-DE

For (5)

France PPE-DE

For (5)

United Kingdom PPE-DE

For (5)

Czechia PPE-DE

For (2)

Lithuania PPE-DE

For (1)

Greece PPE-DE

For (2)

Bulgaria PPE-DE

For (1)

Italy PPE-DE

For (1)

Poland UEN

For (4)

Poland NI

For (1)

Romania ITS

Abstain (1)

Germany GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Netherlands GUE/NGL

Against (1)

United Kingdom ALDE

Against (1)

Italy ALDE

Against (1)

Cyprus ALDE

Against (1)

Netherlands ALDE

Against (1)

France Verts/ALE

Against (1)

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Sweden Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Spain Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Poland PSE

Against (2)

Germany PSE

Against (1)

France PSE

Against (2)

United Kingdom PSE

Against (1)

Greece PSE

Against (1)

Portugal PSE

Against (1)

Belgium PSE

Against (1)

Austria PSE

Against (2)

Spain PSE

Against (3)

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