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En En Amendments 1 European Parliament 2019-2024 Committee on Foreign Affairs 2020/2208(INI) 20.10.2020 AMENDMENTS 1 - 317 Draft report Isabel Santos (PE657.310v01-00) Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2019 and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2019 (2020/2208(INI)) AM\1215357EN.docx PE658.904v01-00 EN United in diversity EN AM_Com_NonLegReport PE658.904v01-00 2/184 AM\1215357EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Peter van Dalen Motion for a resolution Citation 1 Motion for a resolution Amendment — having regard to the Universal — having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other Declaration of Human Rights, with a UN human rights treaties and instruments, special focus on Article 18 thereof, and other UN human rights treaties and instruments, Or. en Amendment 2 Andrea Cozzolino, Isabel Santos, Pierfrancesco Majorino Motion for a resolution Citation 5 Motion for a resolution Amendment — having regard to Article 207 of the — having regard to Article 17 and Treaty on the Functioning of the European Article 207 of the Treaty on the Union (TFEU), Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), Or. en Amendment 3 Isabel Santos, Andrea Cozzolino, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Dietmar Köster, Maria Arena Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the General Comments of the Human Rights Committee, Or. en AM\1215357EN.docx 3/184 PE658.904v01-00 EN Amendment 4 Isabel Santos, Andrea Cozzolino, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Dietmar Köster, Maria Arena Motion for a resolution Citation 7 b (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the General Comments of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Or. en Amendment 5 Isabel Santos, Andrea Cozzolino, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Dietmar Köster, Maria Arena Motion for a resolution Citation 7 c (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the General Recommendations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Or. en Amendment 6 Terry Reintke, Maria Walsh, Marc Angel, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Dietmar Köster, Sophia in 't Veld, Petras Auštrevičius, Isabel Santos, Andreas Schieder, Marisa Matias, Robert Biedroń, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Hannah Neumann, Ernest Urtasun Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment PE658.904v01-00 4/184 AM\1215357EN.docx EN - having regard to the UN General Assembly Political Declaration of 8 June 2016, on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 20301a; _________________ 1a https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/ media_asset/2016-political-declaration- HIV-AIDS_en.pdf Or. en Amendment 7 Isabel Santos, Andrea Cozzolino, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Dietmar Köster, Maria Arena Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the UN General Assembly Political Declaration of 8 June 2016, on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030, Or. en Amendment 8 György Hölvényi, Kinga Gál, Andrea Bocskor Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the UN Declarations on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, adopted on 18 December 1992, AM\1215357EN.docx 5/184 PE658.904v01-00 EN Or. en Amendment 9 György Hölvényi, Kinga Gál, Andrea Bocskor Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the decision of the UN General Assembly of 28 May 2019 designating 22 August as the UN’s International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, Or. en Amendment 10 Isabel Santos, Andrea Cozzolino, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Dietmar Köster, Maria Arena Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, and the outcomes of their review conferences, Or. en Amendment 11 Andrea Cozzolino, Pierfrancesco Majorino Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the UN Human Rights Council resolution regarding the PE658.904v01-00 6/184 AM\1215357EN.docx EN Human Rights Situation in Yemen, Or. en Amendment 12 Andrea Cozzolino, Maria Arena, Pierfrancesco Majorino Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen third report entitled ‘Yemen: A Pandemic of Impunity in a Tortured Land’ on the situation of human rights in Yemen, covering the period from July 2019 to June 2020, Or. en Amendment 13 György Hölvényi, Andrea Bocskor, Kinga Gál Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, adopted on 5 November 1992, Or. en Amendment 14 Andrea Cozzolino, Isabel Santos, Pierfrancesco Majorino Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) AM\1215357EN.docx 7/184 PE658.904v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (hereinafter ‘the Istanbul Convention’) of 11 May 2011, which not all Member States have ratified, Or. en Amendment 15 Isabel Santos, Andrea Cozzolino, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Dietmar Köster, Maria Arena Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024, Annex to the Joint Communication of 25 March 2020; Or. en Amendment 16 Terry Reintke, Maria Walsh, Marc Angel, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Dietmar Köster, Sophia in 't Veld, Petras Auštrevičius, Isabel Santos, Andreas Schieder, Marisa Matias, Robert Biedroń, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Hannah Neumann, Ernest Urtasun Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, adopted on 24 June 20131a; _________________ 1a https://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/c ms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/13758 PE658.904v01-00 8/184 AM\1215357EN.docx EN 4.pdf Or. en Amendment 17 Andrea Cozzolino, Isabel Santos, Pierfrancesco Majorino Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the EU Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, adopted on 24 June 2013, Or. en Amendment 18 Željana Zovko Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion and belief, adopted on 24 June 2013, Or. en Amendment 19 György Hölvényi, Kinga Gál, Andrea Bocskor Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment AM\1215357EN.docx 9/184 PE658.904v01-00 EN - having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief, adopted on 24 June 2013, Or. en Amendment 20 Peter van Dalen Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief, adopted on 24 June 2013, Or. en Amendment 21 Isabel Santos, Andrea Cozzolino, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Dietmar Köster, Maria Arena Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief, adopted on 24 June 2013, Or. en Amendment 22 Bert-Jan Ruissen, Charlie Weimers Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) PE658.904v01-00 10/184 AM\1215357EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief, adopted on 24 June 2013, Or. en Amendment 23 Andrea Cozzolino, Isabel Santos, Pierfrancesco Majorino Motion for a resolution Citation 19 b (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the EU Guidelines on the death penalty, on freedom of expression online and offline, and on human rights defenders, Or. en Amendment 24 Nacho Sánchez Amor Motion for a resolution Citation 23 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: 2020 Communication on EU enlargement policy, and the geopolitical agenda of the 2019-2024 EU legislative term, Or. en AM\1215357EN.docx 11/184 PE658.904v01-00 EN Amendment 25 Isabel Santos, Andrea Cozzolino, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Dietmar Köster, Maria Arena Motion for a resolution Citation 23 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the Commission’s report on Legal Gender Recognition in the EU, of June 2020, Or. en Amendment 26 Andrea Cozzolino, Isabel Santos, Pierfrancesco Majorino Motion for a resolution Citation 23 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the EU Gender Action Plan III (GAP III), Or. en Amendment 27 Isabel Santos, Andrea Cozzolino, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Dietmar Köster, Maria Arena Motion for a resolution Citation 23 b (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the Fundamental Rights Agency’s EU LGBTI Survey II, of May 2020, Or.
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