27 November 2020
FINAL COMPROMISE AMENDMENTS
Draft report - Rapporteur: Isabel Santos
on Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the
matter - annual report 2019
2020/2208(INI))
COMPROMISE 1
on paragraphs 1 and 1 a (new)
Covers: AM 68 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 69 (NISTOR), AM 71 (SANTOS and others), AM
72 (YENBOU), AM 93 (CASTALDO)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 66
(UHRÍK), AM 67 (LEXMANN, MANDL), AM 70 (RIVIÈRE, MARIANI)
Paragraph 1
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
1.
Welcomes the responses to the
1.
Welcomes the responses to the
COVID-19 pandemic of those states which
COVID-19 pandemic of those states which
have placed the rights to life and health as
have placed the rights to life and health as
their first imperatives
, on the basis of the
their first imperatives;
stresses that at the
principle that precautionary measures,
same time, it is crucial to ensure that
including lockdowns, must prevail over
people have adequate standards of living
economic considerations;
(AMs 68 and 69); emphasises that all
measures in response to the pandemic
must be grounded in and comply with
human rights and the principles of non-
discrimination (AM 93), and should
safeguard progress towards the
Sustainable Development Goals (AMs 71
and 72);
COMPROMISE 2
on paragraph 2
Covers: AM 74 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 75 (YENBOU), AM 77 (WISELER-LIMA), AM
78 (SANTOS and others), AM 79 (ZARZALEJOS and others), AM 80 (RUISSEN,
WEIMERS), AM 81 (ZOVKO), AM 82 (VAN DALEN), AM 84 (SANTOS and others), AM
85 (SANTOS and others), AM 86 (LEXMANN, MANDL), AM 87 (SANTOS and others),
AM 88 (VAN DALEN), AM 90 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS, MAJORINO), AM 94
(RUISSEN, WEIMERS), AM 176 (CSEH and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 76
(HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR)
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Paragraph 2
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
2.
Expresses very serious concerns
,
2.
Stresses the need to ensure full
however, about the decline in democratic
respect for human rights, and adherence
and human rights standards that the crisis
to the principle that human rights are
has caused in some countries; is of the
universal and inalienable, indivisible,
opinion that this pushback primarily results
interdependent and interrelated (AM 90)
from the devastating economic and social
and condemns any attempt to relativize
consequences of the crisis and their use as
them (AM 176); expresses very serious
a pretext to manipulate state institutions
concerns about the decline in democratic
and electoral timelines, suppress the
and human rights standards
and in the
activities of human rights defenders,
enjoyment of fundamental freedoms (AM
political opponents, media or civil society
75) that the crisis has caused in some
representatives, and restrict fundamental
countries; is of the opinion that this
freedoms for purposes unrelated to the
pushback primarily results
from rising
pandemic;
also stresses in this regard the
authoritarianism as well as (AMs 77)
rise of hate speech, the targeting of
from the devastating economic and social
vulnerable groups accused of spreading the
consequences of the crisis and their use as
virus,
and the
widespread use, in violation
a pretext to manipulate state institutions
of human rights, of digital technologies
and electoral timelines, suppress the
aimed at containing the pandemic by
activities of human rights defenders,
in
tracking citizens and retrieving their
particular defenders of minorities,
private data;
political opponents, media or civil society
representatives, and restrict fundamental
freedoms
and human rights (AMs 74 and
78), including the rights of persons or
groups exposed to discrimination, such as
religious and belief minorities and LGBTI
people (AMs 78, 79, 80, 81 and 82), for
purposes unrelated to the pandemic;
stresses in this regard the rise of hate
speech,
based on race, ethnicity, religion
or caste (AM 87), disinformation (AM
86), the targeting of vulnerable groups
accused of spreading the virus,
the
increase in domestic and gender-based
violence (AMs 75 and 85) and gender
inequality (AM 84); expresses concern
over cases of discrimination in the
distribution of COVID-19 pandemic
related aid; rejects any denial of aid under
any circumstances including religion
(AMs 79, 88 and 94); also stresses with
concern the use, in violation of human
rights, of digital technologies aimed at
containing the pandemic by tracking
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citizens and retrieving their private data;
COMPROMISE 3
on paragraph 2 a (new)
Covers: AM 51 (OCHOJSKA), AM 52 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 74 (URBÁN CRESPO),
AM 83 (GUETTA), AM 84 (SANTOS and others), AM 91 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS,
MAJORINO)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
2a.
Affirms that States must refrain
from exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic
to consolidate authoritarian power, to
weaken democracy and the rule of law, or
to trample on human rights (AMs 52 and
74); expresses its deep concern at the
exacerbation (AM 84) of measures taken
by authoritarian regimes, aimed at
repressing dissent and reducing the space
for action of civil society; underlines the
importance of civil society allowing for
flexible, timely and effective responses to
regimes that violate international law
human rights and democratic principles
(AM 91); is worried about the fact that
COVID-19 related emergency measures
are often not paired with clear obligations
to revoke them once the crisis is ended
(AMs 51 and 83);
COMPROMISE 4
on paragraphs 2 b (new), 2 c (new) and 2 d (new)
Covers: AM 53 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 73 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 74 (URBÁN
CRESPO), AM 75 (YENBOU), AM 92 (YENBOU), AM 93 (CASTALDO), AM 232
(SANTOS and others), AM 245 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 342 (SANTOS and others)
Paragraphs 2 b (new), 2 c (new) and 2 d (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
2b.
Recalls that universal access to
healthcare is a human right and support
any progress towards universal health
coverage as essential for sustainable
development (AMs 53, 73 and 232);
welcomes the global response of the
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European Union to the COVID-19
pandemic, based on the Team Europe
approach, which focuses on expressing
solidarity and offering tangible assistance
to partners, in particular the most
vulnerable and affected countries (AM
245);
Notes with concern the shortcomings in
many states healthcare system, that
undermine peoples' right to physical and
mental health, and preventive actions to
avoid contamination and remedy, water
and sanitary measures, information and
non-discrimination in access and rights
(AMs 93 and 342); welcomes the
statement of the Commission that the
vaccines against COVID-19 should be
made globally available and that the EU
will make every effort to this end (AM
245);
2c.
Reminds that with the COVID-19
pandemic, states must ensure that their
responses include a gender-sensitive and
intersectional approach in order to
guarantee the rights of all women and
girls to live free of discrimination and
violence, and to access the essential
sexual and reproductive health services
they need (AM 74);
2d.
Recalls that it has also led to a
decrease in the monitoring and
documenting of human rights violations
at global level (AM 75); supports
international efforts to evaluate diverse
national responses to the pandemic as
regards restrictions of political, social and
economic freedoms and to work towards
the establishment of a joint human rights
based framework that will inform future
responses to sanitary crises; welcomes in
this context the development of the Global
Monitor by the European Commission
and International IDEA (AM 92);
COMPROMISE 5
on paragraph 3
Covers: AM 95 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 97 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 98
(SANTOS and others), AM 99 (LEXMANN), AM 100 (YENBOU), AM 101 (REINTKE and
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others), AM 102 (SANTOS and others), AM 103 (SANTOS and others), AM 104 (VAN
DALEN), AM 105 (OCHOJSKA)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 96
(MADISON and others)
Paragraph 3
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
3.
Strongly denounces the many cases
3.
Strongly denounces the many cases
of discrimination
and persecution linked to
of discrimination
, intolerance (AM 97),
ethnicity, nationality, social class, caste,
persecution
and killings (AMs 95 and 98)
religion, belief, language, age, sex,
linked to
race (AMs 95, 99 and 103),
sexuality (AMs 97, 99, 100, 101, 102)
and
ethnicity, nationality, social class,
gender identity that continue to occur in
disability (AM 95), caste, religion, belief,
many countries and societies; deplores the
language, age, sex,
sexual orientation
targeting of individuals or communities
(AMs 101 and 102), gender identity,
with intolerant and hate-filled declarations
gender expression (AM 101) and sex
and actions; considers the prevalence of
characteristics (AMs 101 and 102) that
racism and xenophobia in many countries
continue to occur in many countries and
to be unacceptable;
societies; deplores the targeting of
individuals or communities with intolerant
and hate-filled declarations and actions;
considers the prevalence of racism
, anti-
Semitism (AM 104) and xenophobia in
many countries to be unacceptable;
demands governments around the world
to clearly condemn and take a zero-
tolerance approach to racism and
discrimination (AM 95 and 105);
COMPROMISE 6
on paragraph 4
Covers: AM 108 (YENBOU), AM 109 (NART), AM 110 (ŠIMEČKA), AM 118 (URBÁN
CRESPO)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 106
(MADISON and others), AM 107 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR)
Paragraph 4
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
4.
Underlines the tremendous and
4.
Underlines the tremendous and
increasing threat to human rights that
increasing threat to human rights that
climate change, environmental destruction
climate change, environmental destruction
and loss of biodiversity entail by depriving
and loss of biodiversity entail by depriving
people of the fundamental right to life, due
people of the fundamental right to life, due
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in particular to a higher level of global
in particular to a higher level of global
hunger, restrictions on access to water and
hunger,
economic and social inequalities
additional deaths from malnutrition and the
(AM 108) restrictions on access to water
increased spread of diseases; draws
and additional deaths from malnutrition
attention, furthermore, to the risks posed
and the increased spread of diseases;
by climate change to peace and security, as
stresses that climate change also
food insecurity and water scarcity can lead
undermines the enjoyment of other
to competition over natural resources and
human rights, including the right to food
then to instability and conflicts within and
security, safe drinking water and
between
fragile (AM 109) states;
sanitation, health, adequate housing, self-
highlights that least developed countries
determination, work and development
are the most vulnerable to climate change,
(AMs 108 and 118); draws attention,
as they find it hardest to withstand its
furthermore, to the risks posed by climate
devastating impacts;
change to peace and security, as food
insecurity and water scarcity can lead to
competition over natural resources and
then to instability and conflicts within and
between states;
draws particular attention
to the link between the exploitation of
natural resources and the financing of
conflicts, wars and violence, directly or
indirectly including by some actors from
the private sector (AM 118); highlights
that least developed countries are the most
vulnerable to climate change, as they find
it hardest to withstand its devastating
impacts
, despite producing fewer
greenhouse gases than richer countries
which are less likely to be as impacted by
climate change (AM 110);
COMPROMISE 7
on paragraphs 5 and 5 a (new)
Covers: AM 114 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 115 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS, MAJORINO), AM
116 (YENBOU), AM 117 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 118 (URBÁN CRESPO)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 111
(RIVIÈRE, MARIANI), AM 112 (MADISON and others), AM 113 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI)
Paragraph 5
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
5.
Affirms that the promotion and
5.
Affirms that the promotion and
protection of human rights and climate and
protection of human rights and climate and
environmental action are interlinked,
environmental action are interlinked,
because, in particular, human rights
because, in particular, human rights
international law provides access to
international law provides access to
remedies and legal means to redress the
remedies and legal means to redress the
damage caused by climate change, to
damage caused by climate change, to
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implement measures to combat climate
implement measures to combat climate
change and to hold states
and businesses
change and to hold states
, businesses
and
accountable for their responses to climate
individuals (AM 115) accountable for their
change; underlines the need to pay
responses to climate change
and actions
particular attention to aid to
which contribute to further degradation of
environmentally and climate-displaced
the environment (AM 114);
persons;
Stresses that biodiversity and human
rights are interlinked and interdependent
and recalls the human rights obligations
of States to protect the biodiversity on
which those rights depend, including by
providing for the participation of citizens
in biodiversity-related decisions and
providing access to effective remedies in
cases of biodiversity loss and degradation;
expresses its support to the nascent
normative efforts at international level in
relation to environmental crimes; in this
regard, encourages the EU and the
Member States to promote the recognition
of ecocide as an international crime
under the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court (AM 116);
Underlines the need to pay particular
attention to aid to environmentally and
climate-displaced persons;
considers
important to work at the international
level to define the concept of
"environmentally displaced persons"
within the United Nations with a view to
establishing an international legal
framework and adopting a common
approach to the protection of those
obliged to leave their place of residence
(AM 117); recognizes that the
environmental consequences of climate
change may exacerbate forced
displacement, and therefore stresses the
need to rapidly implement policies to
reduce the effects of climate change in
line with the Paris Agreement (AM 118);
COMPROMISE 8
on paragraphs 6 and 6 a (new)
Covers: AM 120 (NART), AM 122 (COZZOLINO and others), AM 123 (URBÁN
CRESPO), AM 124 (URBÁN CRESPO)
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Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 119
(MADISON and others)
Paragraph 6
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
6.
Expresses major concern over
6.
Expresses major concern over
deforestation, in particular in the Amazon
deforestation,
illegal mining and
in 2019, given that forests contribute to
production of illicit drugs (AM 120) in
mitigating climate change by absorbing
particular in the Amazon in 2019, given
and storing carbon dioxide; stresses that
that forests contribute to mitigating climate
indigenous peoples have often been the
change by absorbing and storing carbon
first victims of deforestation, which
dioxide; stresses that indigenous peoples
endangers their rights to land and access to
have often been the first victims of
vital resources;
deforestation, which endangers their rights
to land
, among other rights (AM 122) and
access to vital resources;
underlines in this
regard, the right to determine and
establish priorities and strategies for their
self-development and for the use of their
lands, territories, and other resources
(AM 123); stresses that impunity for the
violations of the rights of indigenous
peoples is a driving force in deforestation
and therefore deems accountability for
these violations to be essential (AM 122);
notes that the unlawful exploitation of
natural resources may result in severe
adverse impacts on the social, economic,
cultural, civil and political rights of local
communities, including the fundamental
right of peoples to self-determination and
the principle of permanent sovereignty
over their natural resources (AM 124);
COMPROMISE 9
on paragraph 7
Covers: AM 126 (MILLÁN MON), AM 129 (ŠIMEČKA), AM 133 (WISELER-LIMA), AM
134 (NISTOR), AM 138 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 140 (URBÁN CRESPO),
AM 141 (NART)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 125
(MADISON and others), AM 127 (LÓPEZ GIL), AM 128 (UHRÍK), AM 130 (LEXMANN,
MANDL), AM 131 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 132 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI)
Paragraph 7
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
8
7.
Welcomes the growing aspirations
7.
Welcomes the growing aspirations
and mobilisations of citizens, in particular
and mobilisations of citizens, in particular
the
youngest citizens (AM 129), for
the
younger generations (AM 129), for
political and societal changes favourable to
political and societal changes favourable to
respect for human rights, democratic
respect for human rights, democratic
governance, equality and social justice,
governance, equality and social justice,
more ambitious climate action and better
more ambitious climate action and better
protection of the environment; highlights
protection of the environment; highlights
the emergence in 2019 of massive protest
the emergence in 2019 of massive protest
movements in every region in the world
movements in every region in the world
reflecting these aspirations,
calling into
reflecting these aspirations,
demanding
question (AM 126) institutional and
change in (AM 126) institutional and
economic orders of societies and
economic orders of societies
, action to
supporting the development of a more
combat climate change (AM 133) and
equitable global society;
supporting the development of a more
equitable global society;
condemns the
fact that in many countries people are
denied the right to demonstrate
peacefully, with legal, administrative and
other measures such as the suppression of
demonstrations through the use of force,
harassment and arbitrary detention;
stresses that in 2019, hundreds of
peaceful demonstrators were arrested,
many of whom were subjected to ill-
treatment and arbitrary detentions and
have had to pay heavy fines in trials
where minimum procedural standards
were not guaranteed (AM 140); stresses
the importance of maintaining the
peaceful nature of protest actions (AMs
134 and 141) and shows its concern about
some fringe groups that take the
opportunity of demonstrations and
expressions of social movements to carry
them out through violence and disruption
of daily life (AM 138); calls on
government not to use disproportionate
force against peaceful protestors and to
hold all perpetrators of such acts to
account (AM 140);
COMPROMISE 10
on paragraph 8
Covers: AM 134 (NISTOR), AM 139 (YENBOU)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 135
(MADISON and others), AM 136 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 137 (UHRÍK)
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Paragraph 8
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
8.
Deems essential the political
8.
Deems essential the political
responses to the legitimate demands of
responses to the legitimate demands of
societies and individuals that are based on
societies, and individuals that are based on
inclusive dialogue; condemns, on the other
inclusive dialogue
that leads to positive
hand, the repression of peaceful
change (AM 134); condemns, on the other
movements, in particular through the
hand, the repression of peaceful
excessive use of force by security agents,
movements, in particular through the
which certain governments have inflicted
excessive use of force by security agents,
on their populations with a view to stifling
which certain governments have inflicted
democratic (AM 139) voices;
on their populations with a view to stifling
dissenting and critical (AM 139) voices;
COMPROMISE 11
on paragraph 9
Covers: AM 148 (RUISSEN, WEIMERS), AM 149 (ZARZALEJOS and others), AM 150
(VAN DALEN), AM 151 (YENBOU), AM 152 (SANTOS and others), AM 154
(OCHOJSKA), AM 155 (SANTOS and others), AM 159 (SANTOS and others), AM 164
(SANTOS and others), AM 168 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 188 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS,
MAJORINO), AM 322 (SANTOS and others), AM 389 (SANTOS and others), AM 394
(URBÁN CRESPO)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 142
(UHRÍK), AM 143 (MADISON and others), AM 144 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI), AM 145
(HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 146 (RIVIÈRE, MARIANI), AM 147 (LEXMANN),
AM 153 (LEGA), AM 156 (ZOVKO), AM 157 (VAN DALEN), AM 158 (LÓPEZ GIL)
Paragraph 9
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
9.
Stresses that physical attacks,
9.
Stresses that
murders (AM 188),
imprisonments, death threats, harassment,
physical
and defamatory (AM 188)
intimidation and restrictions on freedom of
attacks, imprisonments, death threats,
expression remain
tools systematically
harassment, intimidation and restrictions
used around the world against human
on freedom of expression remain
rights defenders (HRDs), non-
systematically used around the world
governmental organisations (NGOs) and
against human rights defenders (HRDs),
civil society activists and journalists;
including women’s rights defenders
underlines the existence of political trends
(WHRDs) (AM 188),
defenders of
towards deeper nationalism and the misuse
religious and belief rights (AMs 148, 149,
of religion for political gain, which are
150 and 188), local communities,
conducive to intolerance
, in particular
indigenous groups (AMs 151, 152 and
towards HRDs, women, LGBTI people
164), environmental and land defenders
and migrants;
(AMs 154, 188 and 322), non-
governmental organisations (NGOs) and
civil society activists
, whistle-blowers (AM
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151) and journalists;
notes that WHRDs
face gender-specific threats (AMs 159 and
389 and 394);
Is deeply concerned about the use by some
countries of repressive cybersecurity and
counter-terrorism legislations to
crackdown on human rights defenders
(AM 168); underlines the existence of
political trends towards deeper nationalism,
and the misuse of religion for political
gain, which are conducive to intolerance;
COMPROMISE 12
on paragraph 10
Covers: AM 163 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 165 (SANTOS and others), AM 166 (LEXMANN),
AM 167 (ŠIMEČKA), AM 189 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS, ARENA, MAJORINO)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 161
(MADISON and others), AM 162 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR)
Paragraph 10
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
10.
Stresses that it is the duty of EU
10.
Stresses that it is the duty of EU
institutions to actively support
institutions to actively support
organisations and individuals engaged in
organisations and individuals engaged in
defending democracy and human rights;
defending democracy and human rights;
underlines in this regard the importance of
demands justice and accountability for all
Parliament’s action in making their
voice
attacks against HRDs (AM 189); calls on
heard and
in obtaining the (AM 163)
the EU to support and protect HRDs in all
release
of HRDs detained as a result of
their diversity (AM 165); underlines in this
their activism;
regard the importance of Parliament’s
action in making their
voices (AM 167)
heard and
pressuring third countries’
authorities to immediately and
unconditionally (AM 163) release HRDs
detained as a result of their activism;
supports the work of European political
foundations in strengthening democratic
processes and fostering a new generation
of political leaders around the world (AM
166);
COMPROMISE 13
on paragraph 11
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Covers: AM 169 (LEXMANN, MANDL), AM 170 (YENBOU), AM 171 (ŠIMEČKA), AM
172 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 174 (SANTOS and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 173
(RIVIÈRE, MARIANI)
Paragraph 11
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
11.
Is seriously concerned at the
11.
Is seriously concerned at the
persistence of the scourge of wars and
persistence of the scourge of wars and
military conflicts which give way to grave
military conflicts
and of protracted
violations of international humanitarian
occupation or annexation of territories
law and human rights, in particular mass
(AM 170) which give way to grave
killings
and forced displacements of
violations of international humanitarian
civilian populations; strongly condemns
law and human rights, in particular
the engagement of authoritarian powers in
genocides (AM 169), mass killings
, forced
proxy wars and stresses that political
displacements of civilian populations
,
solutions are a prerequisite for sustainable
including religious minorities (AM 169),
peace; expresses deep concerns at
sexual violence, in particular against
heightened international political tensions,
women and children (AM 171); strongly
and in certain regions of the world, at the
condemns the engagement of
dictatorial or
increased activity of non-state armed
(AM 172) authoritarian powers in proxy
groups and terrorist organisations and the
wars and stresses that
negotiated (AM 174)
development of communal violence;
political solutions are a prerequisite for
sustainable peace; expresses deep concerns
at heightened international political
tensions, and in certain regions of the
world, at the increased activity of non-state
armed groups and terrorist organisations,
and the development of communal
violence;
COMPROMISE 14
on paragraph 12
Covers: AM 175 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 176 (CSEH and others)
Paragraph 12
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
12.
Deplores the fact that while the UN
12.
Deplores the fact that while the UN
marked its seventy-fifth anniversary in
marked its seventy-fifth anniversary in
2020, a number of governments inspired by
2020, a number of governments inspired by
inward-looking attitudes have taken action
inward-looking attitudes have taken action
to counter international cooperation efforts
to counter
multilateralism and (AM 176)
in favour of peace, conflict resolution and
international cooperation efforts in favour
the protection of human rights based on the
of peace, conflict resolution and the
purposes and principles of the UNDHR,
protection of human rights based on the
international law, the UN Charter and the
purposes and principles of the UNDHR,
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Helsinki Final Act; criticises the lack of
international law, the UN Charter and the
joint international leadership from
Helsinki Final Act; criticises the lack of
democratic countries to respond
joint international leadership from
consistently to serious violations of
democratic countries to respond
international human rights law and to join
consistently to serious violations of
forces to advance human rights, democracy
international human rights law and to join
and
worldwide (AM 175) rules-based
forces to advance human rights, democracy
systems;
and
sustain the rules-based
international
(AM 175) systems
and urges the EU and
Member States to fill this leadership void
(AM 176);
COMPROMISE 15
on paragraph 13
Covers: AM 95 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 180 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 181
(ZARZALEJOS and others), AM 182 (VAN DALEN), AM 183 (RUISSEN), AM 184
(SANTOS and others), AM 185 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 186 (LÓPEZ GIL), AM 187
(MILLÁN MON)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 177
(UHRÍK), AM 178 (RIVIÈRE, MARIANI), AM 179 (MADISON and others)
Paragraph 13
13.
Deplores the plight of migrants and
13.
Deplores the plight of migrants and
refugees around the world, particularly
refugees around the world, particularly
displaced women, children
and persons
displaced women, children
, persons with
with disabilities, who are among of the
disabilities
and chronic illnesses, people
most vulnerable; notes that the number of
of diverse sexual orientation (AM 184),
international migrants in 2019 is estimated
people belonging to persecuted ethnic,
to be almost 272 million1, which equates to
religious and belief minorities (AMs 180,
3.5 % of the global population, and that
181, 182 and 183), who are among of the
large-scale displacement and migration
most vulnerable; notes that the number of
events occurred over the last two years;
international migrants in 2019 is estimated
denounces political measures eroding the
to be almost 272 million1, which equates to
human rights of migrants and refugees and
3.5 % of the global population
over 20
putting at risk their safety;
points in this
million of whom were refugees2 (AM
regard to the negative tendency towards
187), and that large-scale displacement and
the harassment and the criminalisation of
migration events occurred over the last two
the work of those who stand in defence of
years;
notes the increase in the number of
the human rights of migrants and refugees
asylum seekers in 2019, applying for
and provide them with assistance;
international protection in the Member
States of the EU-273
, as a consequence of
repressive practices and human rights
abuses on the part of among others
1 World Migration Report 2020 – International Organisation for Migration
(https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/wmr_2020.pdf).
2 According to data published by UNHCR (https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics/download/?url=fd4J)
3Asylum statistics - Eurostat(https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Asylum_statistics)
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dictatorships which are holding political
power illegally (AM 186); denounces
political measures eroding the human
rights of migrants and refugees and putting
at risk their safety
and lives (AM 185);
strongly denounces the cases of
discrimination, intolerance, persecution
and killings linked to migration or
refugee status (AM 95); rejects (AM 185)
the negative tendency towards the
harassment and the criminalisation of the
work of those who stand in defence of the
human rights of migrants and refugees and
provide them with assistance;
COMPROMISE 16
on paragraph 14
Covers: AM 54 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 191 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 192 (YENBOU),
AM 193 (SANTOS and others), AM 194 (SANTOS and others), AM 195 (CSEH and others),
AM 196 (TOMAC, WISELER-LIMA), AM 197 (SANTOS and others), AM 198 (SANTOS
and others), AM 199 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 200 (REINTKE and others),
AM 201 (CASTALDO), AM 202 (LEXMANN, MANDL), AM 203 (ZARZALEJOS and
others), AM 204 (VAN DALEN), AM 205 (RUISSEN, WEIMERS), AM 206
(OCHOJSKA), AM 208 (VAN DALEN), AM 428 (SANTOS and others), AM 429 (URBÁN
CRESPO), AM 430 (SANTOS and others), AM 431 (SANTOS and others), AM 432
(SANTOS and others), AM 433 (REINTKE and others), AM 434 (SANTOS and others), AM
435 (SANTOS and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 190
(MADISON and others)
Paragraph 14
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
14.
Welcomes the fact that efforts to
14.
Welcomes the fact that efforts to
advance the rights of women and girls have
advance the rights of women and girls have
gained further prominence worldwide;
gained further prominence worldwide;
stresses
, however, (AM 194) the
notes, however, that no country in the
persistence of widespread gender
-specific
world has achieved gender equality yet
(AMs 191 and 194) violence and
(AMs 54, 191 and 198);
discrimination in every region of the world,
which
often (AMs 192 and 193) arises
Stresses the persistence of widespread
from cultural
habits (AM 193) or long-
gender
-based (AM 194) violence,
established discriminatory legal systems;
including femicide (AM 195), and
highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual
discrimination in every region of the world,
violence targeting women because of their
including the EU (AM 192), which arises
opinions,
faith (AM 199), philosophical
from
gender inequality (AMs 192 and
orientation or their activism in defence of
428), unequal gender norms and power
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human rights; condemns
authoritarian
dynamics (AM 192), cultural
practices
regimes that are opposing or fanning a
(AM 193) such as caste-base
negative backlash against women’s
discrimination (AM 193) or long-
demands for equal rights; underlines the
established discriminatory legal systems
as
prominent role that women play through
well as from propaganda and
their activism in political and social
disinformation actions that undermine
movements and deplores the heavy toll
women’s rights (AM 196);
condemns the
they have paid by being victims of violence
exploitation of women through human
caused by brutal repression;
trafficking (AMs 202 and 208) and all
forms of gender-based violence, including
sexual, physical and psychological
violence (AM 428), which are among the
most widespread and systematic violations
of human rights (AMs 54 and 201);
Highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual
violence targeting women because of their
opinions,
religion (AM 199), philosophical
orientation,
sexual orientation (AMs 200
and 202) or their activism in defence of
human rights;
stresses that women and
girls from ethnic, religious and belief
minorities are doubly vulnerable to
gender-specific violence and
discrimination (AMs 203, 204 and 205);
recalls that violence against lesbian and
bisexual women in the form of “corrective
rape” remains a systemic problem in some
countries owing to social stigma and
discriminatory legal systems (AM 200);
Condemns the ongoing backlash on
gender equality and women’s rights,
including all attempts to roll back existing
entitlements and protections in the area of
sexual and reproductive health and rights
(SRHR), as well as legislation, policies
and practices that continue to deny or
restrict these rights in many countries in
the world (AMs 191, 192, 195, 197, 429,
430, 431, 432, 434 and 435); condemns in
this regard, the denial of access to
affordable, high quality comprehensive
sexuality education, family planning
services, modern contraceptives, safe and
legal abortion care and maternal
healthcare and abuses and mistreatment
of women in maternal, antenatal and
post-natal health care settings as well as
coercive sexual and reproductive health
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practices that fail to respect women’s free
and informed consent (AMs 429 and
430); highlights the need to protect
parents in vulnerable situation, in
particular single parents and those who
have large families, to avoid poverty and
social exclusion; points out the need to
create a social and economic environment
and conditions that allows parents to
continue their professional development
(AM 199);
Also condemns
governments worldwide
(AM 191) that are opposing or fanning a
negative backlash against women’s
demands for equal rights; underlines the
prominent role that women play through
their activism in political and social
movements and deplores the heavy toll
they have paid by being victims of violence
caused by brutal repression,
war (AM 195)
as well as sexual exploitation during
armed conflicts (AM 206);
COMPROMISE 17
on paragraph 15
Covers: AM 68 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 201 (CASTALDO), AM 209 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL,
BOCSKOR), AM 210 (CSEH and others), AM 211 (SANTOS and others), AM 212
(LEXMANN, MANDL), AM 213 (RUISSEN), AM 214 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS,
MAJORINO), AM 215 (OCHOJSKA), AM 216 (SANTOS and others), AM 337 (SANTOS
and others)
Paragraph 15
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
15.
Expresses deep concern at the
15.
Expresses deep concern at the
continuation of serious human rights
continuation of serious human rights
abuses against children around the world in
abuses against children around the world in
2019, the year of the 30th anniversary of
2019, the year of the 30th anniversary of
the Convention of the Rights of the Child,
the Convention of the Rights of the Child,
namely trafficking and exploitation of
namely
child labour (AMs 210, 211 and
children, use of child soldiers in armed
215), early and forced marriages (AMs
conflicts and family separation and
201 and 210), trafficking and exploitation
detention of children for immigration-
of children,
including for sexual purposes
related reasons;
conscription or enlistment of children into
groups (AM 214), use of child soldiers in
armed conflicts,
child sexual abuse (AMs
209, 212 and 213) and
prostitution (AM
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212 and 213), family separation and
detention of children
including for
immigration-related reasons,
as well as the
challenges faced by girls in terms of
sexual and gender based violence,
untimely pregnancy, HIV infection and
school drop-out (AMs 216 and 337); finds
it regretful that in the context of the
pandemic, numerous children and youth
had to take up jobs in order to meet basic
needs and support their households and
as a result left school; stresses that this
undesired development is a regression in
terms of school education of children
(AM 68);
COMPROMISE 18
on paragraph 16
Covers: AM 218 (LEXMANN, MANDL), AM 219 (RUISSEN, WEIMERS), AM 220
(ŠIMEČKA), AM 222 (VAN DALEN), AM 223 (ZOVKO), AM 224 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL,
BOCSKOR)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 217
(MADISON and others), AM 221 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI, WEIMERS)
Paragraph 16
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
16.
Expresses its deep sorrow at and
16. Expresses its deep sorrow at and
condemnation of the terrorist attacks and
condemnation of the terrorist attacks and
bombings perpetrated in the first half of
bombings perpetrated in the first half of
2019 that targeted believers
in particular
2019 that targeted believers
and their (AM
in (AM 218) places of worship; is alarmed
218) places of worship
that need to be
that these horrific acts coincided with hate
preserved and protected (AM 224); is
campaigns ramped up by
some (AM 220)
alarmed that these horrific acts coincided
political leaders and terror groups that aim
with hate campaigns ramped up by
certain
to deny the right to freedom of thought,
(AM 220) political leaders and terror
conscience, religion or belief;
groups that aim to deny
or limit (AM 219)
the right to freedom of thought,
conscience, religion or belief;
urges States
to promote the freedom of thought,
conscience, religion or belief and protect
vulnerable religion and belief minorities,
taking swift action against perpetrators of
violence or incitement to hatred (AMs
219, 222 and 223);
COMPROMISE 19
on paragraph 17
17
Covers: AM 228 (CSEH and others), AM 229 (SANTOS and others), AM 230 (SANTOS
and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 227
(MADISON and others), AM 231 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI)
Paragraph 17
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
17.
Recalls that the Union is founded
17. Recalls that the Union is founded on
on the values of respect for human dignity,
the values of respect for human dignity,
freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of
freedom, democracy, equality
, solidarity
law and respect for human rights, as set out
(AMs 228 and 229), the rule of law and
in Article 2 of the TEU; stresses that
respect for human rights, as set out in
promoting these values externally,
Article 2 of the TEU; stresses that
advancing democracy, the rule of law, the
promoting these values externally,
universality and indivisibility of human
advancing democracy, the rule of law, the
rights is at the core of the EU’s common
universality and indivisibility of human
foreign and security policy, in accordance
rights
and respect for the principles of the
with the Article 21 of the TEU and the
United Nations Charter and international
Union’s strategic interest, and should be
law (AM 230), is at the core of the EU’s
reflected, in an effective and coherent way,
common foreign and security policy, in
in all areas of the Union’s relations with
accordance with the Article 21 of the TEU
non-EU countries;
and the Union’s strategic interest, and
should be reflected, in an effective and
coherent way, in all areas of the Union’s
relations with non-EU countries;
COMPROMISE 20
on paragraph 18
Covers: AM 234 (YENBOU), AM 236 (SANTOS and others), AM 237 (SANTOS and
others), AM 238 (SANTOS and others), AM 239 (LÓPEZ GIL), AM 240 (SANTOS and
others), AM 241 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI), AM 242 (GUETTA)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 227
(MADISON and others), AM 235 (UHRÍK)
Paragraph 18
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
18.
Stresses the importance of the
18. Stresses the importance of the efforts
efforts of the European External Action
of the European External Action Service
Service (EEAS) and the Commission to
(EEAS) and the Commission
to stand
continuously strengthen the awareness and
against and (AM 236) respond in a robust
knowledge of officials of the EU and its
and vocal manner to human rights
Member States with regard to human
violations wherever they occur, including
rights; calls on all EU delegations and their
in close partner countries, and (AM 234)
respective focal points on human rights to
to continuously strengthen the awareness
consistently abide by their obligation to
and knowledge of officials of the EU and
18
meet with HRDs, visit detained activists,
its Member States with regard to human
monitor their trials and advocate for their
rights
and gender equality (AM 237);
protection on the ground;
recalls that effective engagement and
meaningful dialogue with civil society is a
cornerstone of a successful human rights
policy (AM 238); calls on all EU
delegations and their respective focal
points on human rights to consistently
abide by their obligation to meet with
HRDs
, including WHRDs (AM 240),
members of civil society (AM 239), visit
detained activists,
pro-democracy
dissidents and HRDs (AM 239), monitor
their trials and advocate for their protection
on the ground
(AM 242);
also calls on EU
delegations to facilitate such actions when
they are attempted by visiting MEPs, in
the framework of official missions of the
European Parliament (AM 241); stresses
the importance of addressing not only the
consequences but also the root causes of
human rights violations (AM 234);
COMPROMISE 21
on paragraph 19
Covers: AM 245 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 246 (SANTOS and others), AM 247 (CSEH and
others), AM 248 (LEXMANN, MANDL)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 244
(MADISON and others)
Paragraph 19
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
19.
Welcomes the commitment by the
19.
Urges the EU and Member States
Council to promote responses to the
to develop an explicit strategy to counter
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by
increasing state withdrawal and pushback
developing a global system of cooperation
against the international human rights
and dialogue and advancing rules- and
framework, in line with stated
rights-based (AM 245) multilateralism;
commitments to multilateralism
in the
stresses its view that international human
Action Plan on Human Rights and
rights law and the promise of achieving the
Democracy (AMs 245, 246 and 247), as
Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
well as attempts on the international level
should remain the cornerstones
of all
to undermine the concept of human rights
responses to the pandemic; recommends
as established in the UN Universal
that the EU continue its efforts by engaging
Declaration of Human Rights (AM 245);
with countries and stakeholders which may
stresses its view that international human
or may not share the same values as the
rights law and the promise of achieving the
EU, in order to preserve or develop
Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
19
international standards in the field of
should remain the cornerstones;
human rights;
recommends that the EU continue its
efforts by engaging with countries and
stakeholders which may or may not share
the same values as the EU, in order to
preserve or develop international standards
in the field of human rights
in line with
Article 21 of the TEU (AM 248);
COMPROMISE 22
on paragraph 20
Covers: AM 254 (LEXMANN), AM 258 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI), AM 259
(CASTALDO), AM 260 (LEGA), AM 261 (PAET), AM 262 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 263
(YENBOU), AM 264 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS, MAJORINO), AM 265 (GUETTA), AM
286 (SÁNCHEZ AMOR)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 250
(MAUREL), AM 251 (UHRÍK), AM 252 (RIVIÈRE, MARIANI), AM 253 (MADISON and
others), AM 255 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 256 (RUISSEN, WEIMERS), AM
257 (URBÁN CRESPO)
Paragraph 20
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
20.
Asks (AM 262) the Member States
20.
Calls on (AM 262) the Member States
to make the EU’s foreign and security
to make the EU’s foreign and security
policy more effective by using the rule of
policy more effective by using the rule of
qualified majority voting in the Council;
qualified majority voting in the Council,
calls on the Member States to speak with a
notably in relation to human rights-
single, strong EU voice in multilateral
related matters (AMs 260, 261 and 263),
forums, as this is the only way that the
in particular issues falling under the EU
Union can play a leading role on the
Action Plan on Human Rights and
international scene and use its influence to
Democracy (AM 259) and to the adoption
bring about positive changes and
better
of sanctions (AMs 263 and 264); calls on
(AM 262) responses to global challenges
the Member States to speak with a single,
including (AM 254) the promotion and
strong EU voice in multilateral forums,
protection of human rights
and
and act in unison when faced with crises
environment (AM 254) and climate related
that challenge the European Union’s core
challenges;
values and interests (AMs 265 and 286),
as this is the only way that the Union can
play a leading role on the international
scene and use its influence to bring about
positive changes and
more coordinated
(AMs 258 and 262) responses to global
challenges,
primarily (AM 254) the
promotion and protection of human rights,
20
as well as environmental (AM 254) and
climate related challenges;
COMPROMISE 23
on paragraph 21
Covers: AM 267 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 268 (SANTOS and others), AM 269 (LEXMANN,
MANDL), AM 271 (OCHOJSKA), AM 272 (YENBOU)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 266
(MADISON and others), AM 270 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI)
Paragraph 21
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
21.
Reiterates that the EU will only be
21. Reiterates that the EU will only be
recognised on the global scene if its core
recognised,
credible and effective (AM
values, in particular those of respect for
267) on the global scene if its core values,
democracy, human rights
and the rule of
in particular those of respect for
freedom
law are credible externally, and this will
(AM 267), democracy, human rights
, the
only be possible if the EU ensures the
rule of law
and equality (AM 268) are
internal and external coherence of its
credible externally, and this will only be
policies on these matters;
possible if the EU ensures the internal and
external coherence of its policies on these
matters;
calls on the EU and its Member
States to lead by example, strictly uphold
human rights (AM 272), ensure
consistency (AM 269) in defending (AM
271) and adhering to its values (AM 269),
and ensure an enabling environment for
civil society (AM 272);
COMPROMISE 24
on paragraph 21 a (new)
Covers: AM 249 (CSEH and others), AM 274 (LEXMANN)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
21a.
Deplores the fact that
authoritarian regimes have abused
multilateral institutions, seeking to
neutralise multilateral human rights
institutions and mechanisms in their
ability to hold states accountable for
human rights violations; calls on the EU
and its Member States to work with like-
minded democratic allies to support a
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reform of multilateral institutions so that
they become more resilient against the
negative influence of authoritarian
regimes (AM 274); also deplores that
seats on the UNHRC are often occupied
by countries with proven track records of
grave human rights violations, and calls
on the EU Member States to be extremely
cautious on their voting patterns and to
avoid supporting countries candidate to
serve as UNHRC member, that clearly
violate human rights (AM 249);
COMPROMISE 25
on paragraph 22
Covers: AM 276 (YENBOU), AM 277 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 278 (SANTOS and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 275
(MADISON and others)
Paragraph 22
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
22.
Welcomes the appointment on 28
22.
Welcomes the appointment on 28
February 2019 of Mr Eamon Gilmore as
February 2019 of Mr Eamon Gilmore as
EU Special Representative for Human
EU Special Representative for Human
Rights (EUSR); encourages the EUSR to
Rights (EUSR);
reiterates that the
pursue diplomatic efforts to enhance the
appointment of the EUSR be subject to a
effectiveness of EU human rights policy, to
prior hearing in Parliament (AM 276);
consolidate international alliances for
encourages the EUSR to pursue diplomatic
promoting the human rights agenda and to
efforts to enhance the effectiveness of EU
convince interlocutors
across the world to
human rights policy, to consolidate
adopt policies that conform to
high
international alliances for promoting the
standards of democracy, human rights, rule
human rights agenda and to convince
of law and good governance, and
interlocutors
around the world to adopt
international law and norms, in particular
and implement (AM 278) policies that
international humanitarian law and
conform to
the highest (AM 277) standards
international criminal justice; recommends,
of democracy, human rights, rule of law
furthermore, that the EUSR to redouble
and good governance, and international
efforts to ensure the EU’s internal
law and norms, in particular international
coherence in defining and implementing
humanitarian law and international
EU human rights foreign policy; calls on
criminal justice; recommends, furthermore,
the EU to reinforce the visibility of the
that the EUSR to redouble efforts to ensure
EUSR, to make it a permanent position
the EU’s internal coherence in defining and
endowed with own-initiative powers,
implementing EU human rights foreign
adequate resources and the ability to speak
policy;
insists that his regular reports to
publicly in order to report on the
Council are also shared with the
achievements of visits to non-EU countries
Parliament (AM 276); calls on the EU to
and communicate the EU’s positions on
reinforce the visibility of the EUSR
and
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human rights-related topics;
the transparency of its activities and
missions, including through a
dedicated segment of the EEAS website
(AM 276), to make it a permanent position,
adequate resources and the ability to speak
publicly in order to report on the
achievements of visits to non-EU countries
and communicate the EU’s positions on
human rights-related topics
, as part of an
overall reform of the EUSR’s position
(AM 277);
COMPROMISE 26
on paragraph 23
Covers: AM 281 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 282 (CSEH and others), AM 283 (GUETTA), AM
284 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS, ARENA, MAJORINO)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 279
(RIVIÈRE, MARIANI), AM 280 (MADISON and others)
Paragraphs 23 and 23 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
23.
Reiterates its call for human rights
23. Reiterates its call for human rights
clauses to be systematically included in all
clauses to be systematically included in all
international agreements between the EU
international agreements
, notably those on
and non-EU countries and for them to be
trade and association (AM 281), between
duly enforced and monitored, including
the EU and non-EU countries and for them
through measurable benchmarks, with the
to be duly enforced and monitored,
involvement of Parliament and civil
including through measurable benchmarks
society; stresses that these clauses should
and regular impact assessments (AM
provide for mechanisms to ensure their
282), with the involvement of Parliament
effective enforcement and for procedures
and civil society; stresses that these clauses
setting out clear and credible consequences
should provide for mechanisms to ensure
that follow from breaches of agreement,
their effective enforcement and for
including suspension or, as a last resort, the
procedures setting out clear and credible
withdrawal of the EU from the agreement;
consequences that follow from breaches of
recommends (AM 283) that independent
agreement, including suspension or, as a
monitoring mechanisms on human rights
last resort, the withdrawal of the EU from
be set up in relation to trade and foreign
the agreement;
calls for better
investment agreements, as well as an
coordination and communication between
independent complaints mechanism, to
specialised actors responsible for relevant
provide affected citizens and local
policy areas like trade and human rights,
stakeholders with effective recourse to
to more efficiently integrate human rights
remedy;
aspects of trade and investment policy
(AM 282); urges (AM 283) to set up
independent monitoring mechanisms on
human rights in relation to trade and
foreign investment agreements, as well as
23
an independent complaints mechanism, to
provide affected citizens and local
stakeholders with effective recourse to
remedy;
23a.
Stresses that the promotion and
protection of democracy and human
rights in third countries can be effective
through the use of conditionality in EU’s
economic and political incentives such as
the access to EU funding, the granting of
generalised system of preferences (GSP)
and of further tariff facilitations and the
concession of EU Schengen visa waiver;
recalls in this regard that according to
Regulation (EU) 2018/1806, the
Commission should monitor and report
regularly to the European Parliament,
including the human rights situation in
the third countries beneficiary of the visa
waiver and should suspend the visa
exemption in case of violations in the
country concerned (AM 284);
COMPROMISE 27
on paragraph 25
Covers: AM 294 (YENBOU), AM 295 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 296
(WISELER-LIMA)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 292
(UHRÍK), AM 293 (MADISON and others)
Paragraph 25
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
25.
Calls on the Commission to
25.
Calls on the Commission to
monitor and include as part of its annual
monitor and include as part of its annual
report on the achievement of the objectives
report on the achievement of the objectives
of the NDICI a chapter on respect for
of the NDICI a chapter on respect for
human rights and compliance with Article
human rights and compliance with Article
8 – General principles of the Instrument by
8 – General principles of the Instrument by
the partner countries that benefit from its
the partner countries that benefit from its
funding; calls on the Commission to
funding; calls on the Commission to
propose appropriate measures, including
propose appropriate measures, including
the suspension of EU funding, in the event
the suspension of EU funding
to State
of a violation of human rights or of the
actors and the redirection of aid towards
principles of the NDICI by its
civil society (AM 294), in the event of a
beneficiaries;
serious (AMs 294, 295 and 296) violation
of human rights or of the principles of the
NDICI by its beneficiaries;
calls for
24
greater transparency regarding human
rights related provisions in financing
agreements and a clarification of the
mechanism and criteria for the
suspension of such agreements in the
event of a breach of human rights,
democratic principles and rule of law and
in serious cases of corruption; calls on the
Commission to strictly refrain from using
budget support to third countries
governments as an operational modality
in countries witnessing widespread
violations of human rights and repression
of human rights defenders (AM 294);
COMPROMISE 28
on paragraph 26
Covers: AM 301 (YENBOU), AM 302 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 303 (SANTOS, ARENA,
SÁNCHEZ AMOR), AM 304 (SANTOS and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 300
(MADISON and others)
Paragraph
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
26.
Welcomes the adoption of the EU
26. Welcomes the adoption of the EU
Action Plan on Human Rights and
Action Plan on Human Rights and
Democracy 2020-2024;
considers it
Democracy 2020-2024;
expresses its
regrettable (AMs 302 and 303) that the
disappointment that the EEAS
did not give
EEAS
had not given (AMs 302 and 303)
(AM 303) due attention to the offer of
due attention to the offer of Parliament and
Parliament and its Subcommittee on
its Subcommittee on Human Rights to
Human Rights to actively contribute to its
actively contribute to its preparation, in a
preparation, in a spirit of good inter-
spirit of good inter-institutional
institutional cooperation; calls on the
cooperation; calls on the EEAS and the
EEAS and the Commission
to hold regular
Commission to engage in a structured and
consultations with civil society (AM 304)
regular dialogue with Parliament’s
and to engage in a structured and regular
competent bodies on the implementation of
dialogue with Parliament’s competent
the new Action Plan in order to allow
bodies on the implementation of the new
Parliament to play its part in the Action
Action Plan in order to allow Parliament to
Plan’s activities, in particular through
play its part in the Action Plan’s activities,
parliamentary diplomacy, and to
in particular through parliamentary
effectively fulfil its scrutiny role;
diplomacy, and to effectively fulfil its
recommends that a set of benchmarks and
scrutiny role; recommends that a set of
progress indicators be established in order
benchmarks and progress indicators be
to effectively monitor the implementation
established in order to effectively monitor
of the Action Plan; calls on the EEAS to
the implementation of the Action Plan;
report on the progress made in achieving
calls on the EEAS to report on the progress
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the objectives of the Action Plan against
made in achieving the objectives of the
these benchmarks; requests that the EEAS
Action Plan against these benchmarks;
follow up regularly on Parliament’s
requests that the EEAS follow up regularly
resolutions and debates which are relevant
on Parliament’s resolutions and debates
for the implementation of the Action Plan;
which are relevant for the implementation
of the Action Plan;
insists that Member
States take ownership for the Action Plan
and contribute to the annual report on its
implementation by reporting on their own
activities carried out under this strategic
document (AM 301);
COMPROMISE 29
on paragraph 27
Covers: AM 285 (SÁNCHEZ AMOR), AM 306 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 307 (MILLÁN
MON), AM 308 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 309 (LEXMANN, MANDL), AM
310 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI), AM 311 (GUETTA), AM 312 (ŠIMEČKA), AM 313
(URBÁN CRESPO), AM 314 (CSEH and others), AM 315 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS,
ARENA, MAJORINO), AM 316 (SÁNCHEZ AMOR), AM 317 (CSEH and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 305
(MADISON and others)
Paragraph 27
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
27.
Takes the view that democratic
27.
Takes the view that democratic
governance and the rule of law are globally
governance and the rule of law are globally
under attack due to a combination of
under attack due to a combination of
factors including the rise of
factors including the rise of
authoritarianism, increased inequalities and
authoritarianism
and populism (AM 307),
poverty,
the shrinking of space for (AM
increased inequalities and poverty,
306) civil society, loss of credibility of
pressure on (AM 306) civil society,
the
public
power (AM 306) and the weakening
proliferation of fake news (AM 306),
of collective organisations defending
disinformation (AMs 306, 309, 310 and
public interest; calls for the EU and its
312), cyber threats (AM 309) and hybrid
Member States to continue supporting the
warfare (AM 310), political interference
building up (AM 306) of democratic
and campaigns conducted by external
institutions
and transparent and credible
actors (AMs 309 and 313), loss of
electoral processes
, while going beyond
credibility of public
authorities (AM 306),
this by providing further support to
polarisation of societies (AMs 308 and
actions that (AM 306) encourage and
309) and the weakening of collective
unleash democratic debate, combat
organisations defending public interest;
inequalities,
empower (AM 308) civil
also emphasises that attacks on media
society organisations, fight corruption and
freedom and attempts to manipulate the
strengthen judiciaries;
public discourse through spreading fake
news in social media have never been so
frequent and strong (AMs 311 and 312);
expresses concern that authoritarian
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practices such as the stigmatising of civil
society actors as ‘foreign agents’ are
being copied and spread globally (AM
314); calls for the EU and its Member
States to continue supporting the
strengthening (AM 306) of democratic
institutions
, transparent and credible
electoral processes
worldwide (AMs 285,
306 and 307), to encourage and unleash
democratic debate, combat inequalities,
ensure the work of (AM 307) civil society
organisations,
support dialogue between
different segments of society (AM 309),
fight corruption and
impunity (AM 315), to
strengthen
the independence (AMs 306
and 308) and impartiality of (AM 308)
judiciaries
and the accountability
mechanism (AM 315);
calls for the EU to
strengthen even more its efforts on
electoral observation and for closer
cooperation with pertinent international
organisations, especially with those of
special relevance such as the OSCE (AM
316); stresses that corruption and human
rights abuses are intrinsically linked; calls
on the EU to integrate the fight against
corruption in its human rights agenda;
reiterates the EU’s duty to protect anti-
corruption associations, investigative
journalists and whistle-blowers who work
to expose corruption and fraud (AM 317);
COMPROMISE 30
on paragraph 28
Covers: AM 320 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 323 (MILLÁN MON), AM 324 (COZZOLINO,
SANTOS, MAJORINO)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 318
(MADISON and others), AM 319 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 321 (KARSKI,
CZARNECKI)
Paragraph 28
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
28.
Affirms that the promotion and
28. Affirms that the promotion and
protection of human rights and climate and
protection of human rights and climate and
environmental action are interlinked,
environmental action are interlinked,
because, in particular, international human
because, in particular, international human
rights law provides for
access to remedies
rights law provides for legal
venues (AM
27
and legal
means to redress the damage
320) to redress the damage caused by
caused by climate change, to implement
climate change, to implement measures to
measures to combat climate change and to
combat climate change and to hold states,
hold states
and businesses accountable for
in particular those most polluting (AM
their responses to climate change;
323), businesses
and decision-makers (AM
324), accountable for their responses to
climate change;
COMPROMISE 31
on paragraphs 29 and 29 a (new)
Covers: AM 327 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 328 (URBÁN CRESPO)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 325
(LEXMANN, MANDL), AM 326 (MADISON and others)
Paragraph 29
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
29.
Supports
a rights-based approach to
29. Supports
an inclusive (AM 327) and
boost climate action that ensures public
rights-based approach to boost climate
participation and access to justice in the
action that ensures public participation and
making, implementation and review of
access to justice in the making,
political decisions related to climate
implementation and review of political
change;
decisions related to climate change
and its
consequences (AM 327);
affirms that the
fight against climate change goes hand in
hand with the support and protection to
those who defend the planet and its
natural resources, including land and
environmental defenders and indigenous
communities (AM 328);
COMPROMISE 32
on paragraph 30
Covers: AM 330 (CASTALDO), AM 331 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 332 (CSEH), AM 333
(PAET), AM 334 (SANTOS and others), AM 335 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS, MAJORINO),
AM 337 (SANTOS and others), AM 338 (YENBOU), AM 364 (PAET), AM 541 (SANTOS
and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 329
(MADISON and others)
Paragraph 30
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
28
30.
Underlines the complexity of
30. Underlines the complexity of modern
modern conflicts, which often develop
conflicts, which often develop domestically
domestically at national or regional level,
at national or regional level,
sometimes in
involve many parties, including
terror
form of hybrid or cyber attacks (AM 333)
(AM 331) organisations and non-state
involve many parties, including
terrorist
agents (AM 331), and have disastrous
(AM 331) organisations and non-state
humanitarian consequences; calls for the
actors (AM 331), and have disastrous
EU to strengthen its response to conflicts,
humanitarian consequences,
in particular
addressing their root causes, investing in
because of the difficulty in distinguishing
conflict prevention and mediation efforts,
between combatants and non-combatants
seeking and maintaining space for political
(AM 330); calls for the EU to strengthen its
solutions, creating
partnerships and (AM
response to conflicts, addressing their root
331) alliances with like-minded countries
causes, investing in conflict prevention and
and regional organisations
to build bridges
mediation efforts, seeking and maintaining
(AM 331) between belligerents
and draw
space for political solutions,
up peace plans, getting more women
creating alliances with like-minded
involved in peace work, and providing
countries and regional organisations
,
further support to civilian or military
providing further financial and technical
missions aimed at keeping peace (AM
support and personnel (AM 331) to
331);
peacekeeping civilian missions and
military operations missions and
promoting trust building initiatives (AM
331) between belligerents;
also calls on
the EU to ensuring the integration of a
gender perspective throughout these
efforts (AM 334),
increasing the role of
women (AMs 331, 332 and 364) and
young people (AM 335) in conflict
prevention and resolution as well as in
peacekeeping, humanitarian aid and post-
conflict reconstruction operations,
transitional justice (AM 336) and the
promotion of human rights and
democratic reforms (AMs 332 and 364);
also calls on the EU to address trafficking
(AM 541) and sexual and gender-based
violence, and ensure sustained access to
essential and life-saving health services,
insists on the importance of ensuring
coherence of EU policy towards situations
of occupation or annexation of territory;
recalls that international humanitarian
law should guide EU policy towards all
such situations, including in cases of
protracted occupation (AM 338);
COMPROMISE 33
on paragraphs 30 a (new)
Covers: AM 243 (SANTOS and others), AM 345 (KUBILIUS, JUKNEVIČIENĖ)
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Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 339
(MADISON and others), AM 340 (MADISON and others), AM 341 (MADISON)
Paragraphs 30 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
30a.
Calls on every government to grant
unfettered access to all their territories for
international observers, including the EU
Special Representative for Human Rights,
the UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights and UN Special Procedures (AM
243); underscores the importance of
having unimpeded access for the key
international humanitarian organisations
and international observers (AM 243) to
the areas affected by ongoing conflicts
and military aggression (AM 345);
COMPROMISE 34
on paragraphs 31 and 31 a (new)
Covers: AM 346 (YENBOU), AM 348 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 349 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL,
BOCSKOR), AM 350 (SANTOS and others), AM 351 (SANTOS and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 347
(LÓPEZ GIL)
Paragraphs 31 and 31 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
31.
Calls on the Member States to
31. Calls on the Member States to strictly
strictly abide by the provisions of the
abide by the provisions of the Article 7 of
Article 7 of the UN Arms Trade Treaty on
the UN Arms Trade Treaty on Export and
Export and Export Assessment and of the
Export Assessment and of the EU
EU
Code of Conduct (AM 346) on Arms
Common Position on Arms Exports, by
Exports, by refusing any transfer of arms
refusing any transfer of arms
, and
which would result in the risk that the
surveillance equipment (AM 348), which
importing state may commit or facilitate
would result in the risk that the importing
serious (AM 346) violations of human
state
or non-state actors (AM 349) may
rights or international humanitarian law;
commit or facilitate violations of human
rights or international humanitarian law,
including in the context of the European
Peace Facility (EPF) (AM 350);
31a.
Calls on EU Member States to set
up a human rights pillar within the EPF,
that contains among others the aim to
empower and support civil society
including through programmes with
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funds specifically allocated to the support
of human rights defenders as contributors
to peace building; calls on EU Member
States to consider the possibility to include
mandatory human rights safeguards and
impact assessments in the future
European Peace Facility, including
compliance with a robust human rights
due diligence (HRDD) policy framework
on defence and security matters, inspired
by the UN HRDD policy (AM 351);
COMPROMISE 35
on paragraphs 32 and 32 a (new)
Covers: AM 343 (COZZOLINO, MAJORINO), AM 344 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS,
MAJORINO), AM 354 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 356 (WISELER-LIMA), AM
358 (YENBOU), AM 359 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS, ARENA, MAJORINO), AM 360
(SANTOS and others), AM 361 (SANTOS and others), AM 362 (SANTOS and others), AM
363 (PAET)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 352
(MADISON), AM 353 (RUISSEN), AM 355 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI), AM 357 (NISTOR)
Paragraphs 32, 32 a (new) and 32 b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
32.
Reaffirms its unwavering support
32. Reaffirms its unwavering support for
for the International Criminal Court (ICC)
the International Criminal Court (ICC) and
and calls on the States Parties to the Rome
calls on the States Parties to the Rome
Statute to provide the ICC with proper
Statute to provide the ICC with proper
financial resources in order to enable it to
financial resources in order to enable it to
fulfil its tasks within its mandate; considers
fulfil its tasks within its mandate;
calls for
the attacks against the ICC to be deeply
the ICC to continue its work with
regrettable and lastly condemns the
impartiality and independence (AM 354);
individual sanctions imposed
by the US
calls for the EU and its Member States to
(AM 356) on its staff, notably those against
encourage all UN members to ratify and
the ICC chief prosecutor, which are
implement the Rome Statute; calls on the
unacceptable; stresses that the ICC is the
signatories of the Rome Statute to
only international institution that has the
cooperate with the ICC (AM 363);
ability to prosecute some of the world’s
considers the attacks against the ICC to be
most horrific crimes and to defend victims
deeply regrettable and lastly condemns the
that have no other recourse; asks the EU to
individual sanctions imposed on its staff,
continue to protect the ICC’s independence
notably those against the ICC chief
and impartiality against attacks that aim at
prosecutor, which are unacceptable;
calls
obstructing the functioning of international
on States Parties to take concrete action to
criminal justice;
reiterates its
seek the removal of those sanctions and
recommendation to establish a European
support those affected by them (AM 359);
observatory on prevention, accountability,
stresses that the ICC is the only
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and combating impunity;
international institution that has the ability
to prosecute some of the world’s most
horrific crimes and to defend victims that
have no other recourse;
recognises the
work of the Independent Expert Review,
tasked to identify areas for reform, and
calls upon the ICC to take all necessary
measures to improve its performance,
effectiveness and positive impact,
particularly on communities and victims
influenced by its work (AM 359); asks the
EU
and Member States (AM 358) to
continue to protect the ICC’s independence
and impartiality against attacks that aim at
obstructing the functioning of international
criminal justice;
calls on the Commission
and the EEAS to explore ways and
present new tools (AM 360) to contribute
to the fight against international crimes
(AM 358), to help the victims of violations
of international human rights law and of
international humanitarian law to access
international justice and obtain remedy
and reparation (AM 360), including
through building the capacity of Member
States and non-EU countries to apply the
principle of universal jurisdiction in their
domestic legal systems (AMs 358 and
360);
32a.
Reiterates its call for the VP/HR to
appoint an EU Special Representative on
International Humanitarian Law and
International Justice with a mandate to
promote, mainstream and represent the
EU’s commitment to the fight against
impunity (AM 361);
32b.
Calls on the Member States and
the EU Genocide Network to support the
UN investigative team in collecting,
preserving and storing evidence of crimes
currently being committed or very recently
perpetrated so that they are not lost (AM
362);
32c.
Expresses the need to ensure
justice for all victims of violations of
international human rights and
humanitarian law, and in light of all the
ongoing armed conflicts, calls for an
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immediate cessation of hostilities (AM
344); stresses that the international
community has a responsibility to put an
end to impunity, and to the gross
violations that have been committed in
several countries (AM 343);
COMPROMISE 36
on paragraphs 33 and 33 a (new)
Covers: AM 192 (YENBOU), AM 225 (COZZOLINO), AM 226 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS,
MAJORINO), AM 365 (CSEH and others), AM 366 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 367
(COZZOLINO and others), AM 368 (PAET), AM 369 (CASTALDO), AM 370
(COZZOLINO, SANTOS, MAJORINO), AM 400 (PAET), AM 427 (PAET)
Paragraphs 33, 33 a (new), 33 b (new), 33 c (new) and 33 d (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
33.
Welcomes UN Security Council
33.
Expresses grave concerns over the
(UNSC) resolution 2467 on conflict-related
use of sexual and gender-based violence
sexual violence and all related UNSC
as a weapon of war (AM 427); stresses
resolutions beginning with UNSC 1325 on
that sexual crimes and gender-based
women, peace and security, which affirms
violence are considered by the Rome
the commitment of the UNSC to
Statute as war crimes, crimes against
preventing the use of sexual violence as a
humanity or constitutive elements of
tactic of war and terrorism through the use
genocide or torture (AM 427); calls for
of all means at its disposal, including
concerted action to put an end to the use
sanctions and other targeted measures
of sexual violence as a weapon of war
against
persistent (AM 365) perpetrators;
(AM 192); welcomes UN Security Council
welcomes, furthermore, the creation on 30
(UNSC) resolution 2467 on conflict-related
October 2019 by the UN of a Global Fund
sexual violence and all related UNSC
for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual
resolutions beginning with UNSC 1325 on
Violence, with a view to helping them
women, peace and security, which affirms
accede to reparations;
the commitment of the UNSC to
preventing the use of sexual violence as a
tactic of war and terrorism through the use
of all means at its disposal, including
sanctions and other targeted measures
against perpetrators;
stresses the need to
ensure that all necessary safe medical and
psychological assistance and services are
provided to female war rape victims,
including safe abortion, as foreseen under
international humanitarian law (AM
365); calls on the EU to combat impunity
for sexual and reproductive rights
violations in conflict settings and supports
the rights of women and girls to truth,
effective remedies and reparations for
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violations of these rights (AMs 366 and
367); welcomes, furthermore, the creation
on 30 October 2019 by the UN of a Global
Fund for Survivors of Conflict-Related
Sexual Violence, with a view to helping
them accede to reparations;
33a.
Stresses the link between human
rights violations and widespread impunity
and the lack of accountability in regions
and countries affected by conflicts or
characterised by politically motivated
intimidation, discrimination, harassment
and assault, abduction, violent policing,
arbitrary arrests, cases of torture, and
killings; calls on the EU to support
actions aimed at combating impunity and
promote accountability in those countries
where the dynamics of impunity reward
those who bear the greatest responsibility
and disempower the victims (AMs 368,
369 and 370);
33b.
Regrets the need, but welcomes the
decision to suspend Sakharov Prize
laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from the
Sakharov Prize Community as a response
to her failure to act and her acceptance of
the ongoing crimes against the Rohingya
community in Myanmar (AM 400);
33c.
Expresses its concern that
extrajudicial killings, torture and other
human rights violations occur in the
name of fight against illicit drugs;
reiterates that the fight against crime does
not justify any violations of human rights
and calls for the collection of best
practices towards a harm minimisation
approach based on the rule of law (AM
225);
33d.
Supports the reforms of the
judiciary to ensure the impartiality and
independence of the judiciary, including
the handling of issues associated with the
recruitment and appointment of judges,
corruption and gender bias within the
judiciary (AM 226);
COMPROMISE 37
34
on paragraph 34 and 34 a (new)
Covers: AM 89 (KUBILIUS, JUKNEVIČIENĖ), AM 375 (AUŠTREVIČIUS, RIES), AM
376 (CSEH and others), AM 377 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 378 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI),
AM 379 (CASTALDO), AM 380 (COZZOLINO, MAJORINO, ARENA), AM 381
(ŠIMEČKA), AM 382 (ŠIMEČKA), AM 383 (PAET)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 371
(UHRÍK), AM 372 (MADISON and others), AM 373 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 374
(HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR)
Paragraphs 34
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
34.
Calls for the adoption and
34.
Calls for the
urgent adoption and
implementation of a global EU human
implementation of
an autonomous,
rights sanctions mechanism as an essential
flexible and reactive global EU human
part of the EU existing human rights and
rights sanctions mechanism,
the so-called
foreign policy toolbox which would
EU-Magnitsky act (AMs 375, 376, 377
strengthen the EU’s role as a global human
and 378), as an essential part of the EU
rights actor, allowing for targeted sanctions
existing human rights and foreign policy
against individuals responsible for or
toolbox which would strengthen the EU’s
complicit in serious human rights
role as a global human rights actor,
violations; stresses the importance of
allowing for targeted sanctions against
allocating sufficient resources to enable its
individuals,
and state and non-state actor
effective implementation; calls for the
and other entities (AM 382) responsible
establishment of an EU-level advisory
for or complicit in serious human rights
committee with Parliament’s participation;
violations,
including acts of systematic
corruption related to grave human rights
violations (AMs 375 and 381);
welcomes
the adoption of global human rights
sanction mechanisms in an increasing
number of countries (AM 382); stresses
the importance
for this system to comply
with EU mechanism of judicial review;
underlines the necessity (AM 379) of
allocating sufficient resources to enable its
effective implementation; calls for the
establishment of an EU-level advisory
committee with Parliament’s participation;
stresses that such a mechanism will
contribute in combating human rights
violations, fighting impunity and
protecting human rights activists and
defenders around the world (AMs 380 and
381), as well as the importance of the
European Union acting on human rights
sanctions in an efficient way, therefore
using qualified majority voting (AM 380);
welcomes the adoption of Council
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decision on targeted restrictive measures
to deter and respond to cyber-attacks
which constitute an external threat to the
EU or its Member States (AM 383);
considers that the global outbreak of
COVID-19 should not be used as a pretext
to undermine sanctions regimes (AM 89);
stresses however that sanctions should not
impede the delivery of humanitarian
assistance, including medical assistance,
in line with International Humanitarian
Law;
COMPROMISE 38
on paragraphs 36 and 36 a (new)
Covers: AM 387 (YENBOU), AM 389 (SANTOS and others), AM 390 (OCHOJSKA), AM
393 (CSEH and others), AM 395 (YENBOU), AM 396 (OCHOJSKA), AM 397
(OCHOJSKA), AM 407 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 386
(RIVIÈRE, MARIANI)
Paragraphs 36 and 36 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
36.
Condemns the killings, arbitrary
36. Condemns the killings, arbitrary
detention, torture, persecution, harassment,
detention, torture, persecution, harassment,
remote digital surveillance of and smear
intimidation, blackmail, remote digital
campaigns against HRDs; notes with great
and physical (AM 387) surveillance of and
concern the
high number of land and
smear campaigns against HRDs
, their
environmental HRDs
that were murdered
families and lawyers, as well as those who
or violently attacked in 2019 for standing
support and sympathise with them (AM
up to protect natural resources and the
390); notes with great concern the
ever
rights of individuals to live in a safe and
increasing violent attacks against (AMs
healthy environment;
395, 396 and 397) and murders of land
and environmental HRDs in 2019 for
standing up to protect natural resources and
the rights of individuals to live in a safe
and healthy environment;
notes that in
some parts of the world those attacks have
attained dangerous levels; highlights in
this context their particular vulnerability
and the need for adequate protection to
conduct their vital work free of
harassment and persecution (AM 395);
underlines the role of faith based
organisations may play, in responding to
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humanitarian crises, promoting peace,
justice, respect for human rights,
addressing non-violence and acting as
mediators in negotiations to solve
conflicts (AM 407);
36a.
Is particularly concerned about
the increasing number of sentences
imposed without guarantees of the
minimum fair trial standards required by
international law (AMs 393 and 534);
calls on the EU to continue to use
cooperation and diplomacy to seek that
the right to a fair trial is fully respected
for each and every person (AM 393);
COMPROMISE 39
on paragraph 37
Covers: AM 160 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 388 (CSEH and others), AM 391 (YENBOU),
AM 392 (SANTOS and others), AM 399 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 400 (PAET), AM 401
(SANTOS and others), AM 402 (SANTOS and others), AM 534 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS,
MAJORINO)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 398
(MADISON and others)
Paragraph 37
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
37.
Calls on the EU institutions to
37.
Calls for the end of all attacks against
strengthen their support for HRDs as a key
HRDs, the release of all those arbitrarily
and integral part of the Union’s external
detained and to make those responsible
policy on human rights; stresses that
accountable (AMs 388 and 534); calls on
political dialogue with authorities of non-
the EU and its Member States to develop a
EU countries, trial observation, visits to
strategic high-level vision to counter the
detained HRDs, relocation support and
mounting global attacks against human
public statements are essential
rights defenders including through the
implementing
instruments (AM 399) of
adoption of strong Foreign Affairs
this policy; calls on the EU and its Member
Council conclusions in which Foreign
States to step up their efforts by acting in a
Ministers should call for ambitious EU
more united way and using these
global action in defence of human rights
instruments in a coherent and uniform
defenders (AMs 160 and 391); calls on the
manner, regardless of the country
EU institutions to strengthen their support
concerned, in cases where the rights of
for HRDs as a key and integral part of the
HRDs have been violated; highlights the
Union’s external policy on human rights;
continuous action in 2019 of Parliament
stresses that political dialogue
and
and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to
engagement (AM 400) with authorities of
support and draw attention to the situation
non-EU countries, trial observation,
of HRDs, including Sakharov Prize
meetings with HRDs in country visits (AM
laureates and nominees, in particular when
401), visits to detained HRDs, relocation
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they are in danger or face violations of
support and public statements are essential
their rights;
implementing
elements (AM 399) of this
policy; calls on the EU and its Member
States to step up their efforts by acting in a
more united way and using these
instruments in a coherent and uniform
manner, regardless of the country
concerned, in cases where the rights of
HRDs have been violated;
calls on the EU
and its Member States in this spirit to
issue annual Council Conclusions on
HRDs taking stock of their action on
HRDs and setting out strategic
commitments for HRDs at highest level
(AM 402); highlights the continuous action
in 2019 of Parliament and its
Subcommittee on Human Rights to support
and draw attention to the situation of
HRDs, including Sakharov Prize laureates
and nominees, in particular when they are
in danger or face violations of their rights;
COMPROMISE 40
on paragraphs 37 a (new), 37 b (new), 37 c (new) and 37 d (new)
Covers: AM 159 (SANTOS and others), AM 387 (YENBOU), AM 389 (SANTOS and
others), AM 394 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 403 (SANTOS and others), AM 404 (URBÁN
CRESPO), AM 405 (YENBOU, NEUMANN, STRIK), AM 406 (SANTOS and others), AM
408 (SANTOS and others), AM 409 (YENBOU)
Paragraphs 37 a (new), 37 b (new), 37 c (new) and 37 d (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
37a.
Calls on the EU to guarantee
access of WHRDs facing gender-specific
violence, to protection mechanisms,
resources, to support them politically
(AMs 159, 389 and 394), to increase
financial allocations for independent civil
society organisations that promote the
rights of women and girls (AM 394) and
to adopt as an annex to the EU Guidelines
on human rights defenders, a toolkit that
would provide practical steps for the EU
to better meet the needs of WHRDs
worldwide (AMs 408 and 409);
37b.
Calls on the EU and its Member
States to raise the ambition level to secure
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the release of jailed human rights
defenders, including emblematic cases of
jailed human rights defenders that are
illustrative of the way in which repressive
governments around the world
consistently use the law in an attempt to
smear and silence human rights
defenders; stresses that such cases include
European Parliament Sakharov
Laureates and Finalists (AM 403);
37c.
Urges EU delegations and
Member States’ representations to
continue using public diplomacy and
demarches to raise individual cases of
human rights defenders, and, where
appropriate, to facilitate the issuing of
emergency visas, and provide temporary
shelter in the EU Member States (AM
387);
37d.
Calls on the EU and its Member
States to 1) improve the access to EU visas
for the short term relocation of human
rights defenders, notably the inclusion of
instructions in the EU Visa Handbook on
granting facilitations to human rights
defenders and their family members, 2)
work towards the introduction of
amendments to the legal instruments on
visas, particularly the Visa Code (AMs
404, 405 and 406);
COMPROMISE 41
on paragraph 39
Covers: AM 415 (MILLÁN MON), AM 419 (TOMAC, WISELER-LIMA), AM 420
(SANTOS and others), AM 421 (SANTOS and others), AM 423 (YENBOU), AM 424
(SANTOS and others), AM 425 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS, MAJORINO), AM 429 (URBÁN
CRESPO), AM 431 (SANTOS and others), AM 434 (SANTOS and others), AM 436
(SANTOS and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 411
(MADISON and others), AM 412 (LEXMANN, MANDL), AM 413 (RUISSEN), AM 414
(LÓPEZ GIL), AM 416 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI), AM 417 (ZOVKO), AM 418
(HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 422 (URBÁN CRESPO)
Paragraph 39
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
39
39.
Calls for the adoption of an
39.
Calls on the Commission and
ambitious EU Action Plan for gender
Member States to implement the Gender
equality and women’s empowerment in
Equality Strategy both within and outside
external relations for 2021-2025 (Gender
the EU in a coherent manner, and to take
Action Plan III); calls in this regard for the
effective and concrete actions to counter
reinforcement of EU support for non-EU
the backlash against women’s rights,
countries that are implementing new
gender equality and sexual and
policies and legislative changes with a
reproductive health and rights (AMs 420
view to aligning national legal frameworks
and 431);
to international and SDG commitments
Recalls that sexual and reproductive
concerning women’s rights and gender
health and rights, and adequate sexual
equality, to protecting women HRDs, to
education, are human rights (AMs 433
advancing women’s sexual and
and 434); calls on the EU and Member
reproductive health and rights, to providing
States to reaffirm the inalienable rights of
young people with science-based
and
women to bodily integrity, dignity and
comprehensive sexual education and to
autonomous decision-making, and to
preventing sexual and gender-based
uphold the universality and indivisibility
violence
and female genital mutilation;
of all human rights in all contexts, and
defend and promote particularly those
that are most under threat, such as sexual
and reproductive health and rights (AMs
429, 432 and 436);
Calls for the adoption of an ambitious EU
Action Plan for gender equality and
women’s empowerment in external
relations for 2021-2025 (Gender Action
Plan III)
, with strong commitments and
actions on sexual and reproductive health
and rights (AM 421); calls in this regard
for the reinforcement of EU support for
non-EU countries
, notably for
enlargement and neighbouring countries
(AM 419), that are implementing new
policies and legislative changes with a
view to aligning national legal frameworks
to international and SDG commitments
concerning women’s rights and gender
equality,
to preventing and combating
violence against women and girls (AM
419), to protecting women HRDs, to
advancing women’s sexual and
reproductive health and rights, providing
young people with science-based,
comprehensive
, adequate (AM 415) sexual
education
enabling girls and young
women to make safe transformation
towards adulthood (AM 424) and to
preventing
and putting an end to (AM
423) sexual and gender-based violence,
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female genital mutilation
and other
harmful practices, including early and
forced marriage (AM 425);
COMPROMISE 42
on paragraph 39 a (new), 39 b (new), 39 c (new), 39 d (new), 39 e (new) and 39 f (new)
Covers: AM 196 (TOMAC, WISELER-LIMA), AM 199 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR),
AM 207 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 426 (SANTOS and others), AM 431 (SANTOS and
others), AM 433 (REINTKE and others), AM 437 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 438
(COZZOLINO), AM 439 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS, MAJORINO)
Paragraph 39 a (new), 39 b (new), 39 c (new), 39 d (new), 39 e (new) and 39 f (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
39a.
Further calls on the EU and
Member States to promote gender equality
and sexual and reproductive health and
rights in all their external actions
including in multilateral and bilateral
fora (AMs 426, 431 and 433) with a
special attention to marginalised or
vulnerable groups, such as LGBTI
persons, and the objective of attaining
universal health coverage through linked
sexual and reproductive health and rights
and HIV interventions (AM 433);
39b.
Encourages to go beyond just
tackling the root causes of structural
gender inequalities by guaranteeing equal
opportunities and strengthening women’s
participation (AM 207);
39c.
Points out the need to create a
social and economic environment and
conditions that allows parents to continue
their professional development (AM 199);
39d.
Calls on Member States to adopt a
common approach and to cooperate with
international institutions to obtain new,
comparable and disaggregated data, as
well as to develop focused policy and
legislative interventions to combat those
human rights violations and calls on the
European Commission to include
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commitments and benchmarks to
eradicate Female Genital Mutilations
(FGM) in its cooperation negotiations and
agreements with the countries concerned
(AM 438);
39e.
Recalls that the Istanbul
Convention, as the first universally
binding treaty combating violence against
women and girls and domestic violence,
sets the benchmark for international
standards that need to be further ratified
and implemented; reiterates that EU’s
accession to the Istanbul Convention has
been recognised as a key priority of the
EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025
(AM 196); calls on the EU and all its
Member States who have not yet done so
to ratify and implement the Istanbul
Convention as soon as possible (AM 437);
calls on the EU to work with other
countries to step up their actions in the
fields of education, healthcare and social
services, data collection, funding and
programming, to better prevent and
respond to sexual and gender-based
violence worldwide (AM 437);
39f.
Stresses that migrant and refugee
women and girls in need of protection,
should be seen as rights holders (AM
439);
COMPROMISE 43
on paragraphs 40 and 40 a (new)
Covers: AM 440 (TOMAC, WISELER-LIMA), AM 441 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR),
AM 442 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 443 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS, MAJORINO), AM 444
(PAET)
Paragraph 40
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
40.
Reiterates its call on the EU and its
40.
Reiterates its call on the EU and its
Member States to step up their cooperation
Member States to step up their cooperation
and dialogue with non-EU countries, with
and dialogue with non-EU countries,
on
the aim
of advocating (AM 442) for
child rights and protection as a priority
children’s rights to be respected
(AM 440), with the aim for children’s
everywhere in the world; urges in this
rights to be respected everywhere in the
regard the EU and its Member States to
world
and for no child to be left behind
work with partner countries and to pledge
(AM 440); urges in this regard the EU and
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further financial resources, in particular
its Member States to work with partner
within the framework of official
countries and to pledge further financial
development assistance, in order to meet
resources, in particular within the
global challenges regarding health and
framework of official development
education of children, the eradication of
assistance, in order to meet global
child labour, the fight against violence,
challenges regarding health and education
sexual abuse and early and forced
of children,
including the right to
marriage, trafficking and exploitation, and
education in one’s first language (AM
recruitment
and (AM 443) use in armed
441), the eradication of child labour, the
conflicts, of which millions of children are
fight against violence, sexual abuse and
victims; welcomes the attention given to
early and forced marriage, trafficking and
the EU actions on protecting and
exploitation, and recruitment
or (AM 443)
promoting the rights of the child on the
use in armed conflicts, of which millions of
occasion of the 30th anniversary of the
children are victims;
reminds that the best
UNCRC and reiterates its call on the
interest of the child includes the
Commission to explore how the EU as a
protection, care and safety of a child in an
body can accede to the UNCRC;
environment where they are able to grow
up with the support and protection they
need, and with their primary needs
covered (AM 441); stresses that education
is an essential tool for combating
discrimination and violence against
children; calls for measures to facilitate
the access of children to education (AM
444); welcomes the attention given to the
EU actions on protecting and promoting
the rights of the child on the occasion of
the 30th anniversary of the UNCRC and
reiterates its call on the Commission to
explore how the EU as a body can accede
to the UNCRC;
COMPROMISE 44
on paragraphs 42 and 42 a (new)
Covers: AM 449 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 450 (REINTKE and others), AM 451 (SANTOS
and others), AM 452 (RUISSEN), AM 454 (PAET), AM 455 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 456
(SANTOS and others), AM 457 (OCHOJSKA), AM 458 (SANTOS and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 446
(MADISON and others), AM 447 (UHRÍK), AM 448 (LEXMANN), AM 453 (HÖLVÉNYI,
GÁL, BOCSKOR)
Paragraphs 42, 42 a (new) and 42 b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
42.
Considers regrettable the growing
42.
Condemns the stigmatisation (AM
divergent developments between countries
457) arbitrary detention, torture,
which are moving towards a better
persecution and killings of LGBTI
43
protection of the rights of lesbian, gay,
persons (AM 454) and the incitement to
bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI)
violence against them (AM
persons, notably by de-criminalising
457); considers regrettable the growing
homosexuality, and those which undermine
divergent developments between countries
them and leave the field free for
which are moving towards a better
persecution, discrimination and
protection of the rights of lesbian, gay,
stigmatisation against LGBTI persons;
bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI)
believes that practices and acts of violence
persons, notably by de-criminalising
against individuals on the basis of their
homosexuality, and those which undermine
sexual orientation should not go
them and leave the field free for
unpunished and must be eradicated; calls
persecution, discrimination and
for the EU to play a leading role in
stigmatisation against LGBTI persons;
defending the human rights of LGBTI
believes that practices and acts of violence
persons and to set an example in tackling
against individuals on the basis of their
violence and discrimination based on
real and perceived (AM 450) sexual
sexual orientation and develop a new and
orientation,
gender identity or expression
ambitious LGBTI+ equality strategy;
or sex characteristics (AM 450) should not
go unpunished and must be eradicated;
calls for the EU to play a leading role in
defending the human rights of
and
combating discrimination and
stigmatisation against (AM 452) LGBTI
persons
, the so-called “conversion
therapy”, genital mutilation, and forced
sterilisation of transgender people (AMs
449 and 451); further calls on the EU to
use all diplomatic tools at its disposal to
advocate towards de-criminalisation of
sexual relations between consenting
same-sex partners (AM 450), and to set an
example in tackling violence and
discrimination based on sexual orientation
gender identity, gender expression and
sex characteristics(AM 450), and develop
a new and ambitious LGBTI+ equality
strategy;
42a.
Calls for the EU to play a leading
role in defending the human rights of
LGBTI persons and to set an example in
tackling violence and discrimination
based on sexual orientation, gender
identity and sex characteristics, through
effective implementation of the new
LGBTI+ equality strategy, both within the
EU and externally (AM 458); calls on the
EU and Member States to thoroughly and
consistently apply the EU Guidelines on
protection of human rights of LGBTI
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persons across its external policy (AM
450);
42b.
Highlights that the COVID-19
pandemic has hit LGBTI communities
hard, due to a spike in domestic violence
against LGBTI people who were forced to
quarantine or return to discriminatory
families and households, increased
unemployment and homelessness,
inability to access life-saving medical
treatment such as HIV services and
transition-related medical care, and
leading to increased scapegoating; calls
for the inclusion of LGBTI people in
COVID-19 relief programmes (AMs 455
and 456);
COMPROMISE 45
on paragraph 43
Covers: AM 460 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 461 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS, MAJORINO), AM
462 (PAET), AM 463 (LEGA)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 459
(MADISON and others), AM 464 (LEXMANN, MANDL)
Paragraph 43
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
43.
Is seriously concerned at the
43. Is seriously concerned at the suffering
suffering and vulnerability of indigenous
and vulnerability of indigenous
communities that results from the
communities
and individuals (AM 461)
consequences of climate change
and the
that results
, among others (AM 462), from
COVID-19 pandemic
, which are worsened
the consequences of climate change, the
(AM 460) by the loss of their lands and
COVID-19 pandemic, the loss of their
livelihoods due to corporate activities and
lands and livelihoods due to corporate
related damages; regrets the fact that
activities and related damages; regrets the
indigenous peoples continue to face
fact that indigenous peoples continue to
widespread and systematic discrimination
face widespread and systematic
and persecution worldwide, including
discrimination and persecution worldwide,
forced displacements, arbitrary arrests and
including forced displacements, arbitrary
the killing of human rights defenders;
arrests and the killing of human rights
and
recommends that the EU and its Member
land (AM 461) defenders; recommends
States include references to indigenous
that the EU and its Member States include
peoples and the rights contained in the UN
references to indigenous peoples and the
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
rights contained in the UN Declaration on
Peoples in the relevant and emerging
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the
frameworks for due diligence, and ensure
relevant and emerging frameworks for due
that
EU-based (AM 460) companies be
diligence, and ensure that
multinational
held to account in the event of a breach of
45
their obligations;
companies be held to account in the event
of a breach of their obligations;
COMPROMISE 46
on paragraphs 44 and 44 a (new)
Covers: AM 467 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 468 (LÓPEZ GIL), AM 470 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL,
BOCSKOR), AM 471 (SANTOS and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 465
(MADISON and others), AM 466 (RIVIÈRE, MARIANI), AM 469 (URBÁN CRESPO)
Paragraph 44 and 44 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
44.
Reiterates the call for the EU, its
44.
Reiterates the call for the EU, its
Member States and their partners in the
Member States and their partners in the
international community to adopt all
international community to adopt all
necessary measures for the
full (AM 467)
necessary measures for the recognition,
recognition, protection and promotion of
protection and promotion of the rights of
the rights of indigenous peoples, including
indigenous peoples, including to their
to their lands, territories and resources;
language (AM 470), lands, territories and
welcomes the work that civil society and
resources; welcomes the work that civil
NGOs are doing on these issues; reaffirms
society and NGOs are doing on these
the need to create a grievance mechanism
issues; reaffirms the need to create a
to lodge complaints regarding violations
grievance mechanism to lodge complaints
and abuses of indigenous peoples’ rights
regarding violations and abuses of
resulting from the activities of
EU-based
indigenous peoples’ rights resulting from
businesses;
is considering appointing a
the activities of
multinational (AM 468)
standing rapporteur on indigenous peoples
businesses;
recalls its decision to appoint
within Parliament, with the objective of
a standing rapporteur on indigenous
monitoring the human rights-related
peoples within Parliament, with the
situation of indigenous peoples; calls on
objective of monitoring the human rights-
countries to ratify the provisions of ILO
related situation of indigenous peoples;
Convention 169 of 27 June 1989 on
calls on countries to ratify the provisions of
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples;
ILO Convention 169 of 27 June 1989 on
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples;
44a.
Urges governments to pursue
development and environmental policies
that respect economic, social and cultural
rights and are inclusive of indigenous
people and local populations, in line with
the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals (AM 471);
COMPROMISE 47
46
on paragraphs 45 and 45 a (new)
Covers: AM 474 (SANTOS and others), AM 476 (SANTOS and others), AM 477
(ŠIMEČKA), AM 478 (SANTOS and others), AM 479 (SANTOS and others), AM 480
(YENBOU), AM 481 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 482 (WISELER-LIMA)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 473
(MADISON and others), AM 475 (VAN DALEN)
Paragraphs 45, 45 a (new), 45 b (new), 45 c (new) and 45 d (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
45.
Welcomes the adoption in 2019 by
45.
Welcomes the adoption in 2019 by
the Council of the EU Human Rights
the Council of the EU Human Rights
Guidelines on Non-discrimination in
Guidelines on Non-discrimination in
External Action; calls on the EU and its
External Action; calls on the EU and its
Member States to use all the tools at their
Member States to use all the tools at their
disposal to ensure that those responsible
disposal to ensure that those responsible
for violations of rights on the grounds of
for violations of rights on the grounds of
racism (AM 474), discrimination
or
discrimination
based on race, caste (work
xenophobia (AM 474) are held
and descent), religion, ethnic or national
accountable;
origin (AM 474) are held accountable;
45a.
Notes with great concern the scale
and consequences of caste hierarchies,
caste-based discrimination and the
perpetuation of caste-based human rights
violations, including the denial of access
to the legal system or employment,
continued segregation, poverty and
stigmatisation, and caste-related barriers
to the exercise of basic human rights and
facilitation of human development;
reiterates its call for the development of
an EU policy on caste discrimination;
reiterates its call for the EU and its
Member States to intensify efforts and
support initiatives at the UN, EU
Delegations and missions in third
countriesto eliminate caste discrimination
(AMs 479, 480 and 481);
45b.
Recalls the importance of actively
supporting inclusive and anti-racist
initiatives, especially given the rise of
xenophobic and racist attacks worldwide,
in the context of increased calls for social
justice which inspired a wave of
worldwide protests (AM 477);
45c.
Reiterates the crucial role of
education in deconstructing prejudices
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and stereotypes, promoting tolerance,
understanding and diversity, and
highlights that education is a key tool to
end structural discrimination and racism
in our societies; calls on the Member
States to promote anti-discrimination
policies in all areas; considers that the
fight against racism is a horizontal issue
and that it should be taken into account in
all areas of Union policy (AM 482);
45d.
Calls on all EU delegations and
their respective focal points on human
rights to consistently abide by their
obligation to assess and analyse the state
of non-discrimination and to present it in
their EU Human Rights and Democracy
Country Strategies (HRDCS) under the
chapter pertaining to Non-discrimination
and Exclusion as well as its relevant
sections on the specific grounds for
discrimination and/ or for discriminated
groups; stresses that the updates to the
state of non-discrimination in the Annual
Implementation Reports of the HRDCS
and HoMs’ reports are vital for the
preparations of and informing of the
Human Rights dialogues and the
guidelines also state that the EU must
encourage and support active
participation of civil society in
multilateral fora and mechanisms in
relation to discrimination based on caste
(work and descent) (AM 476);
COMPROMISE 48
on paragraphs 46 and 46 a (new)
Covers: AM 483 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 484 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 485 (SANTOS and
others), AM 486 (YENBOU), AM 494 (SANTOS and others), AM 495 (KARSKI,
CZARNECKI, WEIMERS), AM 496 (CSEH and others), AM 498 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL,
BOCSKOR
), AM 499 (VAN DALEN), AM 504 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 503
(HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR
), AM 506 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 507 (YENBOU)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 487
(LÓPEZ GIL), AM 488 (VAN DALEN), AM 489 (VAN DALEN), AM 490 (RUISSEN,
WEIMERS), AM 491 (ZOVKO), AM 492 (ZARZALEJOS and others), AM 493
(LEXMANN, MANDL), AM 497 (MADISON and others), AM 500 (MADISON and
others), AM 501 (SANTOS and others), AM 505 (VAN DALEN)
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Paragraph 46
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
46.
Is appalled by the number of
46.
Is appalled by the number of
killings, attacks and acts of persecution,
killings, attacks and acts of persecution,
discrimination, harassment and incitation
discrimination, harassment and incitation
to antagonism that took place, and the
to antagonism that took place, and the
number of restrictions on rights that were
number of restrictions on rights that were
imposed in 2019 against individuals and
imposed in 2019 against individuals and
groups targeted because of their religion
or
groups targeted because of their religion
,
belief; reaffirms its support for victims of
belief
, atheism or agnosticism (AMs 483,
violence based on religion or belief and its
484 and 486); reaffirms its support for
commitment to eradicating such violence;
victims of violence based on religion or
welcomes the Global Exchange on
belief, and its commitment to eradicating
Religion in Society, launched by the Vice-
such violence;
underlines the need to pay
President of the Commission / High
special attention to the situation of the
Representative of the Union for Foreign
persecuted religious minorities around the
Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in
world, facing discrimination, threats,
Brussels on 6 September 2019;
blasphemy laws, anti-conversion laws,
recommends, however, that equal attention
worship places’ demolitions, violence,
be paid to both intra-religious and inter-
enslavement, rape, forced disappearances,
religious relationships; calls in this regard
executions and genocide (AM 496, 498
for the development of EU support to intra-
and 499);
religious dialogue at local level with the
further expresses concern about the
aim of fighting extremism and hate speech;
misuse and instrumentalisation of
calls furthermore for the objectives of
religion to undermine other human
promoting and protecting freedom of
rights, including sexual and reproductive
thought, conscience, religion or belief to be
health and rights and the rights of LGBTI
mainstreamed into a wider range of EU
persons (AMs 484 and 485);
deplores the
activities related to human rights;
fact that some countries have, enforce or
seek to introduce penal laws providing for
the punishment of blasphemy, conversion
or apostasy; stresses that the freedom of
religion and belief includes the rights not
to believe, to espouse theistic, non-theistic,
agnostic or atheistic views and the right to
apostasy (AM 496);
calls on the Commission, the EEAS and
the Member States to implement the EU
Guidelines on the promotion and
protection of freedom of religion or belief
(AM 503);
Reiterates its calls on the Council and
Commission to carry out a transparent
and comprehensive assessment of the
effectiveness and added value of the
position of the Special Envoy prior to
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launching the process of the renewal of
this mandate and position by the
Commission; insists that following the
assessment its work should be adequately
resourced to enhance the EU’s
effectiveness in this area (AMs 504 and
506); laments the delay in carrying out
this assessment; calls on the Commission
to guarantee transparency in the
nomination, mandate, activities and
reporting obligations of the next Special
Envoy (AMs 494 and 507) and to ensure
her/his commitment to the universality,
indivisibility and interdependence of all
human rights and to European values
(AMs 494 and 507);
Reminds the Commission of the need to
adequately support the institutional
mandate, capacity and duties of the
Special Envoy for the promotion of
freedom of religion or belief outside the
EU (AM 506);
Welcomes the Global Exchange on
Religion in Society, launched by the Vice-
President of the Commission / High
Representative of the Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in
Brussels on 6 September 2019;
recommends, however, that equal attention
be paid to both intra-religious and inter-
religious relationships; calls in this regard
for the development of EU support to intra-
religious dialogue at local level with the
aim of fighting extremism and hate speech;
calls furthermore for the objectives of
promoting and protecting freedom of
thought, conscience, religion or belief to be
mainstreamed into a wider range of EU
activities related to human rights;
COMPROMISE 49
on paragraphs 47 and 47 a (new)
Covers: AM 509 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 510 (LÓPEZ GIL), AM 511 (PAET), AM 512
(SANTOS and others), AM 513 (TOMAC, WISELER-LIMA), AM 514 (SANTOS and
others), AM 515 (NART), AM 516 (COZZOLINO, SANTOS, MAJORINO), AM 517
(SANTOS and others), AM 518 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI), AM 519 (COZZOLINO,
SANTOS, MAJORINO), AM 520 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR), AM 521 (GUETTA),
50
AM 522 (GUETTA), AM 523 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 528 (ŠIMEČKA), AM 529
(SANTOS and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 508
(MADISON and others)
Paragraphs 47 and 47 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
47.
Denounces the attempts of some
47.
Condemns the killing, kidnapping,
regimes and authorities to
annihilate (AM
imprisonment, harassment and
509) or restrict the rights to freedom of
intimidation of and attacks against,
expression or media freedom, which they
including by physical and judicial means,
illegitimately justify as being necessary for
many journalists, bloggers and whistle-
the purposes of strengthening security or
blowers (AMs 511, 512, 515 and 516), the
public health, or fighting terrorism,
control or shutdown of the internet and
defamation, insult or blasphemy; recalls
media (AM 515); recalls that freedom of
that any limits on freedom of expression or
expression and freedom of the media are
media freedom must serve a legitimate aim
essential foundations of a democratic
in line with the international obligations
society (AMs 511 and 518); recognises the
enshrined in Article 19 of the International
importance of the right to information in
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
modern societies, including in the native
language for all ethnics (AM 520) and the
role all forms of communication play in
the development of a culture of pluralism
(AMs 517, 518 and 519); recalls that the
media should obey the principle of non-
discrimination (AM 519);
Denounces the attempts of some regimes
and authorities to
eliminate (AM 509) or
restrict the rights to freedom of expression
or media freedom, which they
illegitimately justify as being necessary for
the purposes of strengthening security or
public health, or fighting terrorism,
defamation, insult or blasphemy;
highlights the new wave of censorship on
the part of some governments, which are
using the fight against fake news during
the COVID-19 pandemic as a cover (AM
510);
Condemns the disinformation and
propaganda attacks aimed at
delegitimising the values that the EU
stands for (AM 513) and targeting
minorities (AM 519); is preoccupied with
the growth of hate speech and incitement
to violence in online and offline
communication as it is a direct threat to
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the rule of law and the values embodied in
human rights; notes that the increased
social and political polarisation amplified
by social media algorithms playing on
mental seduction nourishes radicalism,
completely inhibits critical thinking,
makes dialogue impossible and paves the
way to extremism (AM 521);
Recommends that the best possible
safeguards against the spread of
disinformation and hostile propaganda be
put in place by developing a legal
framework both at EU and international
level for tackling hybrid threats, including
cyber and information warfare (AMs 518
and 528); continues to support initiatives
that help draw a distinction between fake
news or propagandistic misinformation
and information gathered as a part of
genuine and independent journalism
work (AM 517 and 522);
Underlines cases of media concentration
within the hands of individuals as well as
lack of transparency in media ownership,
which limit pluralism which is essential
for access to non-biased information (AM
509);
Firmly condemns unjustified legal
proceedings against journalists with the
aim to bankrupt (SLAPP suits) and
silence them, particularly in corruption
cases; underlines the need to set up
platforms providing early warning when
journalists are in danger as well as
platforms providing protection of their
work in order to allow fellow journalists
to pursue the ongoing investigations
without interruption of fear of legal
consequences (AM 523);
Recalls that any limits on freedom of
expression or media freedom must serve a
legitimate aim in line with the international
obligations enshrined in Article 19 of the
International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights;
47a.
calls on the EU to make every
effort to protect freedom of expression,
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media freedom and those who try to
advocate for it (AM 514); calls on the EU
and Member States to condemn any
means of physical or judiciary
intimidation that is used against
journalists in an effort to silence them
(AM 522); urges the EU Special
Representative for Human Rights to give
special attention to the protection of the
freedom, independence and pluralism of
media worldwide (AM 522); emphasises
the importance of ensuring effective and
systematic implementation of the EU
Guidelines on freedom of expression
online and offline, and of regularly
monitoring their impact (AM 529);
COMPROMISE 50
on paragraph 48
Covers: AM 525 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 526 (YENBOU), AM 527 (CSEH and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 524
(MADISON and others)
Paragraph
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
48.
Highlights the continuing change in
48.
Highlights the continuing change in
media landscapes and the increasing use of
media landscapes and the increasing use of
social networks; underlines the challenges
social networks
worldwide (AM 525);
and risks that this evolution poses
underlines the challenges and risks that this
regarding violations of freedom of offline
evolution poses regarding violations of
and online expression, censorship, data
freedom of offline and online expression,
protection, hate speech and the safety of
censorship, data protection, hate speech,
journalists, among others; calls on the
harassment (AM 526) and the safety of
Commission to
review (AM 527) social
journalists
and whistle-blowers (AM 527),
media companies’ policies and practices, in
among others; calls on the Commission to
particular their self-regulatory tools, which
monitor (AM 527) social media
have implications on the exercise of
companies’ policies and practices, in
freedom of expression worldwide, and
particular their self-regulatory tools, which
present proposals for policy or legislation
have implications on the exercise of
changes where appropriate;
freedom of expression worldwide, and
present proposals for policy or legislation
changes where appropriate;
COMPROMISE 51
on paragraph 49
Covers: AM 531 (PAET), AM 532 (CSEH and others)
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Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 530
(MADISON and others)
Paragraph 49
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
49.
Welcomes the positive
49.
Condemns the use of torture,
development in 2019 of the weakening of
inhuman or degrading treatment and the
political support for maintaining death
death penalty, which continue to be
penalty in some countries which have not
applied in many countries all over the
abolished it; deplores however the
world; calls on countries that have not
decisions of some national judicial
already done so to establish an immediate
authorities which led to an increase in
moratorium on the death penalty as a first
executions compared to previous years;
step towards its abolition (AMs 531 and
calls on the EU to continue to condemn
532); welcomes the positive development
systematically the use of the death penalty
in 2019 of the weakening of political
and to implement communication
support for maintaining death penalty in
campaigns against the death penalty
some countries which have not abolished
worldwide; urges the EU and its Member
it; deplores however the decisions of some
States to defend abolition in all
national judicial authorities which led to an
international forums and advocate for the
increase in executions compared to
widest possible support for this position;
previous years; calls on the EU to continue
to condemn systematically the use of the
death penalty and to implement
communication campaigns against the
death penalty worldwide; urges the EU and
its Member States to defend abolition in all
international forums and advocate for the
widest possible support for this position;
COMPROMISE 52
on paragraph 51
Covers: AM 536 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 537 (SANTOS and others), AM 538 (SANTOS
and others), AM 539 (SANTOS and others), AM 540 (LÓPEZ GIL)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 535
(MADISON and others)
Paragraph 51
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
51.
Calls for a stronger international
51.
Calls for a stronger international
response
to tackling (AMs 536 and 537)
response
towards eradicating (AMs 536
modern slavery and human trafficking,
and 537) modern slavery and human
with the establishment of new obligations
trafficking
and their networks (AM 540)
for businesses to
take preventive actions
with the establishment of new
due
(AMs 536 and 539) and cooperate with
diligence (AMs 536 and 538) obligations
authorities
and improvements (AMs 536
for businesses to
identify, assess, cease,
and 539) penal policies against traffickers
prevent and mitigate such situations (AMs
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and those who exploit or draw benefits
536 and 539) and cooperate with
from modern slavery; calls on the states
authorities
to improve (AMs 536 and 539)
which have not done so to ratify the ILO
penal policies against traffickers and those
conventions relevant to combating these
who exploit or draw benefits from modern
scourges and child labour;
slavery;
reminds that these unacceptable
working conditions undermine human
dignity and basic human rights (AM 540);
calls on the states which have not done so
to ratify the ILO conventions relevant to
combating these scourges and child labour;
COMPROMISE 53
on paragraphs 52 and 52 a (new)
Covers: AM 543 (YENBOU), AM 544 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR
), AM 545 (URBÁN
CRESPO), AM 546 (YENBOU)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 542
(MADISON and others)
Paragraphs 52, 52 a (new) and 52 b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
52.
Calls for the EU to strengthen its
52.
Calls for the EU to strengthen its
efforts for the promotion and protection of
efforts for the promotion and protection of
economic, social and cultural rights
economic, social and cultural rights
through EU foreign policy and external
through EU foreign policy and external
action, in particular by making effective
action, in particular by making effective
use of the human rights clauses of
use of the human rights clauses of
international agreements, including
international agreements, including
provisions on labour; welcomes the
provisions on labour
, and by investing in
adoption of the ILO Convention on
culture and education as vectors
Violence and Harassment, which contains
for durable change (AM 543); welcomes
new and binding international labour
the adoption of the ILO Convention on
standards which are essential to banish
Violence and Harassment, which contains
these scourges from the field of work and
new and binding international labour
protect victims;
standards which are essential to banish
these scourges from the field of work and
protect victims;
emphasises the need for
specific protection of mothers at work,
during and after their pregnancy (AM
544) including in relation to maternal
health, maternity leave and benefits,
employment protection and non-
discrimination and breastfeeding;
52a.
Denounces the fact that the
violations of workers’ and trade union
rights continue to take place worldwide
and that the freedom of association, the
right to bargain collectively, the right to
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information, consultation and
participation and to take collective actions
as well as the right to fair remuneration,
decent working conditions and health and
safety in the workplace are at the core of
such violations (AM 545);
52b.
Recalls that access to culture and
education are fundamental rights; notes
the importance of cultural diplomacy to
promote the values of peace and the
respect for human rights; calls on the EU
to integrate culture, education and the
related rights within its EU human rights
policy in its external dealings (AM 546);
COMPROMISE 54
on paragraphs 53, 53 a (new) and 53 b (new)
Covers: AM 549 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 552 (LÓPEZ GIL), AM 553 (CSEH and others),
AM 554 (YENBOU), AM 555 (LEXMANN, MANDL), AM 556 (SANTOS and others), AM
557 (SANTOS and others), AM 558 (SANTOS and others), AM 559 (SANTOS,
GLUCKSMAN, ARENA, SANCHEZ AMOR)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 547
(MADISON and others), AM 548 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 550 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL,
BOCSKOR), AM 551 (MILLÁN MON)
Paragraphs 53, 53 a (new) and 53 b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
53.
Calls for the setting up of an EU
53.
Welcomes the attempts taken by a
mandatory human rights due diligence
number of European companies to
instrument that requires companies to
implement their corporate responsibility
engage actively in the identification,
policies to respect human rights and
assessment, mitigation, prevention and
various policies and legislation in place to
notification of any adverse impacts of their
encourage or require due diligence across
businesses and supply chains on human
various Member States (AM 549); calls on
rights, setting civil and criminal liability
EU-based companies to live up to their
for corporate bodies, business leaders and
corporate responsibility by moving
executives in the event of a breach and
towards the adherence of ethical rules
providing victims with access to justice
and standards embraced within the EU's
and remedy; recommends that a legal duty
Single Market (AM 555);
of care be included as a specific element of
Calls for the setting up of an EU
this instrument in order to prevent the use
mandatory human rights
and
of modern slavery and child labour by
environmental due diligence instrument
businesses in their overseas supply chains;
that requires companies to engage actively
in the identification, assessment,
mitigation, prevention and notification of
any adverse impacts of their businesses and
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supply chains on human rights for
corporate bodies, business leaders and
executives in the event of a breach and
providing victims with access to justice
and remedy;
welcomes the announcement
that the Commission proposal will include
a liability regime; calls on the
Commission to consider exploring the
possibility to include further liabilities,
including criminal liability for most
severe violations (AM 559);
Recommends that a legal duty of care be
included as a specific element of this
instrument in order to prevent the use of
modern slavery and child labour by
businesses in their overseas supply chains;
recommends a transparency requirement
to be part of the due diligence instrument
to facilitate victims’ ability to access
grievance redress; calls for effective
mechanisms to protect those advancing
grievances from retaliation, including
legislation to deter so-called ‘SLAPP’
(strategic litigation against public
participation) suits (AM 553); recalls the
manifold violations of human rights that
may occur in relation to the exploitation
of natural resources;
53b.
Stresses the importance for all
countries to fully implement the UN
Guiding Principles on Business and
Human Rights, and calls on those EU
Member States that have not yet adopted
national action plans on business rights to
do so as soon as possible (AM 557);
encourages the EU and its Member States
to participate constructively in the work of
the UN Intergovernmental Working
Group on Transnational Corporations
and Other Business Enterprises with
Respect to Human Rights (AM 558);
53b.
Stresses the need to establish an
international binding instrument to
regulate, in international human rights
law, the activities of multinational (AMs
552 and 556) and transnational
corporations and other companies (AM
556);
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COMPROMISE 55
on paragraph 54
Covers: AM 561 (YENBOU), AM 562 (ZARZALEJOS and others), AM 563 (VAN
DALEN), AM 564 (RUISSEN, WEIMERS)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 560
(MADISON and others)
Paragraph 54
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
54.
Is concerned at the use in response
54.
Is concerned at the use in response
to the COVID-19 pandemic of a variety of
to the COVID-19 pandemic of a variety of
data-based and new technology-driven
data-based and new technology-driven
tools; underlines the risks they pose in
tools; underlines the risks
, often difficult
terms of enjoyment of fundamental
to perceive (AM 561), they pose in terms
freedoms, abuse of power and increased
of enjoyment of fundamental freedoms,
vulnerability to cyberattacks when
abuse of power and increased vulnerability
effective technical and legal safeguards are
to cyberattacks when effective technical
not in place; calls for the EU, as a leader in
and legal safeguards are not in place;
global standard setting on privacy and data
expresses concern over the ongoing use of
protection, to establish new norms and best
technology to monitor, harass and limit
practices both for intra-EU use and as
freedom of expression (AMs 562, 563 and
solutions to be emulated worldwide, in
564); calls for the EU, as a leader in global
order to prevent potentially harmful effects
standard setting on privacy and data
of new data-based tools;
protection, to establish new norms and best
practices both for intra-EU use and as
solutions to be emulated worldwide, in
order to prevent potentially harmful effects
of new data-based tools;
COMPROMISE 56
on paragraph 55
Covers: AM 569 (LEXMANN, MANDL), AM 570 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 573 (MILLÁN
MON), AM 574 (URBÁN CRESPO), AM 575 (SANTOS and others), AM 576 (SANTOS
and others), AM 577 (SANTOS and others), AM 578 (OCHOJSKA), AM 584 (HÖLVÉNYI,
GÁL, BOCSKOR
), AM 586 (URBÁN CRESPO)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 566
(UHRÍK), AM 567 (RIVIÈRE, MARIANI), AM 568 (MADISON and others), AM 571
(KARSKI, CZARNECKI), AM 572 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR
)
Paragraph 55
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
55.
Is deeply concerned at the
55.
Urges governments to engage in
disproportionate negative impact of the
responses based on respect for human
COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and
rights and dignity and solutions to address
refugees (AM 570); urges governments to
migrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability and
engage in responses based on respect for
their need for protection, in line with the
human rights and dignity and solutions to
principles of solidarity and partnership and
address migrants’ and refugees’
providing clarity with regard to the (AM
vulnerability and their need for protection,
573) adequate and accessible legal
in line with the principles of solidarity and
pathways for migration
(AM 586);
calls on
partnership and
allowing for adequate and
the EU and Member States to address the
accessible legal pathways for migration;
root causes of migration leading
stresses the importance of upholding the
individuals and families to leave their
right to asylum worldwide;
home country because they are not able to
live in a dignified and secured
environment (AM 584);
Reiterates the need to combat criminal
organisations and individuals engaging in
human trafficking (AM 573); regrets the
bleak situation faced by refugees in
refugee camps, their lack of prospects, the
long waiting times for asylum applications
to be processed and the problem of access
to basic medical care and, in the case of
children, to education (AM 578); urges to
find non-custodial alternatives to
detention for migrants and refugees, and
rejects in this sense any inhuman or
degrading treatment of migrants (AM
574); underlines the importance of
respecting human rights when
undertaking compulsory health screening,
(AM 576) and emphasises that all asylum
seekers and migrants must be guaranteed
access to essential services, including
comprehensive healthcare (AMs 574 and
577); stresses the importance of upholding
the right to asylum worldwide;
COMPROMISE 57
on paragraph 56
Covers: AM 581 (WISELER-LIMA), AM 582 (LEGA), AM 583 (LÓPEZ GIL)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 579
(MADISON and others), AM 580 (UHRÍK)
Paragraph 56
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
56.
Calls, in this regard, on the
56.
Calls, in this regard, on the
competent authorities of EU Member
competent authorities of EU Member
States to treat with goodwill and diligence
States to treat
people who ask for refugee
and
to give the benefit of the doubt to
status (AM 581) with goodwill and
people who have refugee status (AMs 582
diligence and
in line with rule of law
and 583), and to
submit requests for
principles (AM 582), and to
support (AM
family reunification with a view to ending
582) family reunification with a view to
situations in which refugees are separated
ending situations in which refugees are
from their close relatives, in particular
separated from their close relatives, in
children;
particular children;
COMPROMISE 58
on paragraph 58
Covers: AM 593 (LÓPEZ GIL), AM 594 (HÖLVÉNYI, GÁL, BOCSKOR
), AM 595
(GUETTA), AM 596 (LEXMANN, MANDL)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 591
(UHRÍK), AM 592 (MADISON and others)
Paragraph 58
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
58.
Calls on the EU to increase its
58.
Calls on the EU to increase its
support for democratic civic activism,
support for democratic civic activism,
which has grown since 2019 in the context
which has grown since 2019 in the context
of the rise of populism and authoritarian
of the rise of populism
, nationalism (AM
regimes; highlights, in this regard,
593) and authoritarian regimes;
calls on
democracy support activities implemented
the Commission and the Council to
by Parliament, including election
strengthen the Union's democracy
monitoring, mediation, training and
support programmes globally, by fostering
mentoring programmes, that need to be
pro-democratic bottom-up processes, and
adapted to the evolving situation of partner
building institutional resilience (AM 596);
countries;
highlights, in this regard, democracy
support activities implemented by
Parliament, including election monitoring,
mediation, training and mentoring
programmes, that need to be adapted to the
evolving situation of partner countries
while taking into account the cultural and
national backgrounds of the third
countries in order to strengthen the
dialogue and partnership (AM 594);
endorses the call in the Council
conclusions of 14 October 2019 on
democracy and in the 2020-2024 EU
Action Plan on Human Rights and
Democracy to promote a more flexible,
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innovative, long term and conflict-
sensitive approach to supporting
democracy; welcomes and, in this context,
encourages and supports the work of
independent organisations which operate
on the basis of the European Union’s core
values and foster democratic transition in
the world (AM 595);
COMPROMISE 59
on recital C
Covers: AM 43 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI), AM 44 (CASTALDO), AM 45 (YENBOU), AM
46 (SANTOS and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 42
(WISELER-LIMA)
Recital C
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
C.
whereas the crisis triggered by the
C.
whereas the crisis triggered by the
global COVID-19 pandemic,
the outbreak
global COVID-19 pandemic, the ways in
of which was first identified in December
which states have responded to it,
the
2019 (AM 43), the ways in which states
deepening of inequalities (AM 46) and the
have responded to it, the hardship it has
hardship it has caused,
notably for the
caused and its impact on international
most vulnerable, and marginalised groups
relations and conflicts have long-term
as well as women (AMs 45 and 46) and its
implications on all matters involving
impact on international relations,
the rules-
respect for human rights;
based international order (AM 44) and
conflicts have long-term implications on all
matters involving respect for human rights;
COMPROMISE 60
on recital D
Covers: AM 48 (YENBOU), AM 50 (SANTOS and others)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 47
(WISELER-LIMA), AM 49 (KARSKI, CZARNECKI),
Recital D
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
D.
whereas, by way of illustration, the
D.
whereas, by way of illustration, the
crisis caused by the pandemic has led most
crisis caused by the pandemic has led most
countries to adopt emergency measures,
countries to adopt emergency measures,
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curtailing freedoms to enjoy many human
curtailing freedoms to enjoy many human
rights, foremost among which are the
rights, foremost among which are the
freedoms of movement and of assembly, or
freedoms of movement and of assembly, or
to establish new means of surveillance in
to establish new means of surveillance in
order to prevent the transmission of the
order to prevent the transmission of the
COVID-19 virus; whereas those measures
COVID-19 virus; whereas those measures
have legitimately raised questions as to
have legitimately raised questions as to
their necessity, legality, proportionality,
their necessity, legality, proportionality,
non-discriminatory nature and duration, in
non-discriminatory nature and duration
the spirit of safeguarding fundamental
and implications (AM 50), in the spirit of
freedoms in the short and longer terms;
safeguarding fundamental freedoms in the
short and longer terms;
whereas the
pandemic has also seen in some countries,
further negative trends undermining
democracy and shrinking civil society
space (AM 48);
COMPROMISE 61
on recital E
Covers: AM 56 (LEXMANN, MANDL), AM 57 (LÓPEZ GIL)
Should this compromise be adopted the following amendments would also fall: AM 55
(WISELER-LIMA)
Recital E
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
E.
whereas the global recession caused
E.
whereas the global recession caused
by the pandemic
creates the temptation for
by the pandemic
may lead (AM 57)
(AMs 56 and 57) governments to
respond
governments to
prioritise (AM 57)
by giving priority (AMs 56 and 57) to
stimulating economic activity and
stimulating economic activity and
attracting investments,
highlights that this
attracting investments,
while (AM 57)
should not happen at the expense of their
lowering their level of ambition in terms of
ambition in terms of political objectives
political objectives and standards for some
and standards for some other areas, such as
other areas, such as the protection of
the protection of human rights, climate
human rights
and climate action;
action
and the fight against poverty (AM
56);
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