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Draft report (2025/2166(INI)) 2025-10-08

Human Rights and Democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025

Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Amendment 1

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Citation 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Articles 2, 3, 8, 21, 23 and 36 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU),

– having regard to Articles 2, 3, 8, 21, 23, 24 and 36 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU),

Or. en

Amendment 2

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,

Or. en

Amendment 3

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War,

Or. en

Amendment 4

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 5 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 10 December 1984 and the Optional Protocol thereto, adopted on 18 December 2002,

Or. en

Amendment 5

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 5 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the UN General Assembly on 13 September 2007,

Or. en

Amendment 6

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 5 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of 12 December 2006 and the Optional Protocol thereto, adopted on 13 December 2006,

Or. en

Amendment 7

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 5 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, proclaimed by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981,

Or. en

Amendment 8

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 5 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities of 18 December 1992,

Or. en

Amendment 9

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 5 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989 and the two Optional Protocols thereto, adopted on 25 May 2000,

Or. en

Amendment 10

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 5 g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Protocols Nos 6 and 13 to the Council of Europe Convention of 28 April 1983 for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty,

Or. en

Amendment 11

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Citation 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,

Or. en

Amendment 12

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Citation 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War,

Or. en

Amendment 13

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 of 7 December 2020 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses,

Or. en

Amendment 14

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe,

Or. en

Amendment 15

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the EU strategy on the rights of the child (COM(2021)0142),

Or. en

Amendment 16

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 7 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief,

Or. en

Amendment 17

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 7 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the EU Guidelines on freedom of expression online and offline, adopted by the Council on 12 May 2014,

Or. en

Amendment 18

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 7 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the revised EU Guidelines on EU policy towards third countries on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, adopted by the Council on 16 September 2019,

Or. en

Amendment 19

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 7 g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the revised EU Guidelines on children and armed conflict, approved by the Council on 24 June 2024,

Or. en

Amendment 20

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Citation 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in External Action 2021-2025 (GAP III),

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Or. en

Amendment 21

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Marion Maréchal, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Citation 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in External Action 2021-2025 (GAP III),

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 22

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the joint proposal from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 3 May 2023 for a Council regulation on restrictive measures against serious acts of corruption (JOIN(2023)0013),

Or. en

Amendment 23

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the EU Guidelines on International Humanitarian Law,

Or. en

Amendment 24

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 10 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of 17 July 1998,

Or. en

Amendment 25

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Citation 10 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Council Regulations (EU) 2020/1998 of 7 December 2020 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses,

Or. en

Amendment 26

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to its Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought,

– having regard to its Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, which in 2024 was awarded to María Corina Machado, as the leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela, and President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia, representing all Venezuelans inside and outside the country fighting for the reinstitution of freedom and democracy,

Or. en

Amendment 27

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2019 on EU Guidelines and the mandate of the EU Special Envoy on the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU,

Or. en

Amendment 28

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Citation 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Article 1(D) of the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees,

Or. en

Amendment 29

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Citation 12 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1347,

Or. en

Amendment 30

Bert-Jan Ruissen, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Carlo Fidanza, Paolo Inselvini, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Matej Tonin

Motion for a resolution

Citation 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard the report of the UN Special Rapporteur report on “Violence against women and girls, its causes, and consequences”, of 14 July 2025,

Or. en

Amendment 31

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Citation 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to its resolution of 8 July 2021 on the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act),

Or. en

Amendment 32

Bert-Jan Ruissen, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Carlo Fidanza, Paolo Inselvini, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Matej Tonin

Motion for a resolution

Citation 13 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief,

Or. en

Amendment 33

Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Citation 14 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Directive (EU) 2024/1712 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims,

Or. fr

Amendment 34

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Citation 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 19 June 2025 on the dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali (2025/2754(RSP)),

Or. en

Amendment 35

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Recital A

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A. whereas the EU is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as set out in Article 2 TEU; whereas the EU’s action worldwide must be guided by the universality and indivisibility of human rights, as set out in Article 21 TEU;

A. whereas the EU is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as set out in Article 2 and 21 TEU; whereas the EU’s action worldwide must be guided by the universality and indivisibility of human rights and by the fact that the effective protection and defense of human rights and democracy is at the core of the EU’s external action;

Or. en

Amendment 36

Viktória Ferenc

Motion for a resolution

Recital A

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A. whereas the EU is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, as set out in Article 2 TEU; whereas the EU’s action worldwide must be guided by the universality and indivisibility of human rights, as set out in Article 21 TEU;

Or. en

Amendment 37

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Recital A

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A. whereas the EU is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as set out in Article 2 TEU; whereas the world is very diverse in terms of political and economic systems, religions and social and economic development;

Or. en

Amendment 38

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Recital B

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

B. whereas consistency and coherence across the EU’s internal and external policies are key for achieving an effective EU human rights policy;

B. whereas consistency and coherence across the EU’s internal and external policies are key for achieving an effective EU human rights policy; whereas this should involve support for the democratic opposition in those countries that have been hijacked by dictatorships, and the suspension of existing agreements with those regimes; highlights the fact that the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement with Cuba should be suspended immediately, because of the systematic violation of human rights on the island;

Or. es

Amendment 39

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Recital B

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

B. whereas consistency and coherence across the EU’s internal and external policies are key for achieving an effective EU human rights policy;

B. whereas consistency and coherence across the EU’s internal and external policies are key for achieving an effective EU human rights policy and in defending and supporting freedom and democracy;

Or. en

Amendment 40

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital B

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

B. whereas consistency and coherence across the EU’s internal and external policies are key for achieving an effective EU human rights policy;

B. whereas consistency and coherence across the EU’s internal and external policies are key for achieving an effective and credible EU human rights policy;

Or. en

Amendment 41

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

B a. whereas Christian communities in the Middle East, among the oldest in the world, continue to face severe persecution, discrimination, forced displacement, and restrictions on their freedom of religion or belief;

Or. en

Amendment 42

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C. whereas democratic systems are the most suitable to guarantee that every person has the ability to enjoy their human rights; whereas today, only 29 % of the world’s population lives in liberal democracies, which is a sharp decrease compared to 52 % in 2009; whereas various authoritarian regimes pose a threat to international security; whereas migration is increasingly weaponised by different regimes across the world; whereas mass migration poses a serious risk to the prosperity of EU Member States and undermines their public security and social stability; whereas international organised crime, including human smuggling and drug trafficking, and international terrorism, supported and controlled by states or organisations, represent a threat to the security of EU Member States and the freedoms and rights of their citizens;

Or. en

Amendment 43

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C. whereas democratic systems are the most suitable to guarantee that every person has the ability to enjoy their human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 44

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C. whereas democratic systems are the most suitable to guarantee that every person has the ability to enjoy their human rights; whereas a world of democracies, understood as mature democratic systems, is an altogether safer world, given their significant checks and balances that prevent the unpredictable behaviour of autocracies in the international context; whereas today, only 29 % of the world’s population lives in liberal democracies, which is a sharp decrease compared to 52 % in 2009; whereas the rise in authoritarianism, illiberalism and populism threatens the global rules-based order, the protection and promotion of human rights in the world, and the values and principles on which the EU is founded;

Or. en

Amendment 45

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C. whereas democratic systems are the most suitable to guarantee that every person has the ability to enjoy their human rights; whereas today, only 29 % of the world’s population lives in liberal democracies, which is a sharp decrease compared to 52 % in 2009; whereas the rise in authoritarianism, illiberalism and populism and the global backlash against gender-equality and fundamental rights, including women’s rights, and the rise in homophobic and anti-trans rhetoric, undermining the rights of the most vulnerable people threatens the global rules-based order, the protection and promotion of human rights in the world, and the values and principles on which the EU is founded;

Or. en

Amendment 46

Arkadiusz Mularczyk

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 47

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C. whereas democratic systems are the most suitable to guarantee that every person has the ability to enjoy their human rights and fundamental freedoms; whereas today, only 29 % of the world’s population lives in liberal democracies, which is a sharp decrease compared to 52 % in 2009; whereas the rise in authoritarianism, illiberalism and populism threatens the global rules-based order, the protection and promotion of human rights in the world, and the values and principles on which the EU is founded;

Or. en

Amendment 48

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 49

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. es

Amendment 50

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Recital C

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 51

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C a. whereas the Sahel region has become a hotspot for forced displacement and mass killings, with Nigeria at its epicentre; whereas radical Islamist violence in Nigeria has driven more than 3 million people from their homes, while terror groups such as Boko Haram and ISWAP have begun employing drones to hunt down Christians fleeing violence; whereas in June 2025, in Benue State (Nigeria), more than 200 Christians were massacred by radical Islamist militants, in the total indifference of the international media; whereas since 2009, more than 185,000 Nigerians have been killed, including 125,000 Christians; more than 19,100 churches have been destroyed; whereas over 1,100 Christian communities displaced and more than 20,000 square miles of land seized; whereas in 2025, more than 7,000 Christians were killed across Nigeria in the first 220 days alone, with an average of 100 churches attacked every month and 32 Christians murdered every day in the country1a;

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1a https://zenit.org/2025/09/18/nigeria-report-shows-that-100-churches-are-attacked-every-month-and-32-christians-are-killed-every-day-in-the-country/

Or. en

Amendment 52

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C a. whereas the EU strongly believes in and fully supports multilateralism, a rules-based global order and the set of universal values, principles and norms that guide the UN member states and that the UN member states have pledged to uphold, in accordance with the UN Charter; whereas a world of democracies, understood as a world of political systems that defend and protect human rights worldwide, is a safer world, as democracies have significant checks and balances in place to prevent the unpredictability of autocracies;

Or. en

Amendment 53

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C a. whereas in 2024, according to Open Doors, more than 380 million Christians faced persecution, harassment or discrimination1a; whereas in 2024, 4476 have been killed and 4744 have been arrested due to their faith1b; whereas these acts of violence are mainly concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in the Sahel region , as well as in parts of Central Asia where restrictions and hostility towards Christians are sharply increasing;

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1a https://media.opendoorsuk.org/document/pdf/WWL-2025-Advocacy-Report.pdf

1b https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/

Or. en

Amendment 54

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C a. whereas the rise in authoritarianism, totalitarianism and populism threatens the global rules-based order, the protection and promotion of freedom and human rights in the world, as well as the values and principles on which the EU is founded;

Or. en

Amendment 55

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C a. whereas the misuse of digital surveillance and artificial intelligence technologies by authoritarian regimes increasingly threatens privacy, freedom of expression, and human rights defenders;

Or. en

Amendment 56

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Recital C b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C b. whereas the legitimacy of the international rules-based order is dependent on compliance with the orders of international bodies, such as the United Nations Security Council resolutions and orders and decisions of the International Court of Justice; whereas there are increasing global threats to compliance with such orders and decisions, as well as, generally, with provisions of international law, human rights law and international humanitarian law in emerging and ongoing conflict situations;

Or. en

Amendment 57

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Recital C b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

C b. whereas in December 2023, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebrated its 75th anniversary; whereas today, more than ever since the UN’s foundation, totalitarian regimes challenge the UN Charter’s basic principles, seek to rewrite international norms, undermine multilateral institutions and threaten peace and security globally;

Or. en

Amendment 58

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

D. whereas the legitimacy of the international rules-based order, which the EU strongly supports, is dependent on compliance with the orders of international bodies, such as the UN Security Council resolutions and orders and decisions issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC); whereas there are increasing and unprecedented global threats to compliance with such orders and decisions, as well as, generally, with international law, human rights law and international humanitarian law in emerging and ongoing conflict situations; whereas authoritarian regimes distort the use of multilateral fora to advance a reactionary agenda that challenges human rights and the multilateral and rules-based order; whereas discrediting and attacking multilateral organizations poses serious consequences, such as fostering a culture of impunity; whereas the EU and its Member States should work for a strategy to defend multilateral institutions from those attacks;

Or. en

Amendment 59

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

D. whereas the legitimacy of the international rules-based order, which the EU strongly supports and seeks to safeguard, is dependent on compliance with the orders of international bodies, such as the UN Security Council resolutions and orders and decisions issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC); whereas there are increasing and unprecedented global threats to compliance with such orders and decisions, as well as, generally, with international law, human rights law and international humanitarian law in emerging and ongoing conflict situations; whereas international institutions, their officials, and those cooperating with them have increasingly been subjected to attacks and threats; whereas the international community, including the EU, bears a responsibility to uphold the rules-based international order by ensuring universal compliance, including by its partners;

Or. en

Amendment 60

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Recital D

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 61

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

D a. whereas accountability for the crime of aggression cannot presently be pursued before the International Criminal Court due to jurisdictional limitations under the Rome Statute; whereas, the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine will fill this accountability gap, ensure justice, deter future violations, and uphold the rules-based international order;

Or. en

Amendment 62

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Da. Whereas the current international rules-based order, established several decades ago, is being undermined by the growing geopolitical power of governments and regimes that systematically violate fundamental human rights;

Or. es

Amendment 63

Dan Barna, Bernard Guetta, Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

D a. whereas massive cuts in international funding for human rights, democracy support, and independent media have turned the EU into one of the last major global actors in this domain;

Or. en

Amendment 64

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital E

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

E. whereas the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024 was extended to 2027 and work should start on drafting an improved plan for 2028-2034, alongside the new multiannual financial framework (MFF), to address the new challenges that the world is facing; whereas the new MFF’s revised structure lacks a dedicated programme and specific budgetary earmarking for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, raising concerns of underfunding, lack of predictability, and erosion of thematic priorities;

Or. en

Amendment 65

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Recital F

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F. whereas human rights defenders (HRDs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) are crucial partners in the EU’s efforts to safeguard and advance human rights, democracy and the rule of law; whereas governments around the world are increasingly censoring, silencing and harassing HRDs and CSOs in their work; whereas these organisations must not be weaponised by state and non-state actors as political tools to pursue ideological agendas or interfere in political processes in sovereign countries;

Or. en

Amendment 66

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital F

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F. whereas human rights defenders (HRDs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) are crucial partners in the EU’s efforts to safeguard and advance human rights, democracy and the rule of law; whereas governments and non states actors around the world are shrinking the civil space further by increasingly censoring, silencing and harassing among others, HRDs, and CSOs, journalists, religious communities, opposition leaders and other vulnerable groups in their work

Or. en

Amendment 67

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Recital F

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F. whereas human rights defenders (HRDs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) are crucial partners in the EU’s efforts to safeguard and advance human rights, democracy and the rule of law; whereas governments around the world are increasingly censoring, silencing and harassing HRDs, CSOs, journalists and opposition leaders in their work, shrinking the civil space even further;

Or. en

Amendment 68

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Recital F

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F. whereas human rights defenders (HRDs), including women rights defenders, and civil society organisations (CSOs) are crucial partners in the EU’s efforts to safeguard and advance human rights, democracy and the rule of law; whereas governments around the world are increasingly censoring, silencing and harassing HRDs and CSOs in their work;

Or. en

Amendment 69

Bert-Jan Ruissen

Motion for a resolution

Recital F

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F. whereas human rights defenders (HRDs), civil society organisations (CSOs) and Local Faith Actors (LFAs) are crucial partners in the EU’s efforts to safeguard and advance human rights, democracy and the rule of law; whereas governments around the world are increasingly censoring, silencing and harassing HRDs and CSOs in their work;

Or. en

Amendment 70

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas human rights defenders (HRDs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) are crucial partners in the EU’s efforts to safeguard and advance human rights, democracy and the rule of law, as well as to prevent conflicts globally; whereas governments around the world are increasingly censoring, silencing and harassing HRDs and CSOs in their work; whereas this behaviour includes measures encompassing strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), restrictive government policies, defamation campaigns, discrimination, intimidation and violence, including extrajudicial killings, abductions, and arbitrary arrests and detention; whereas attacks on HRDs are increasingly extending to their families and communities;

Or. en

Amendment 71

Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Fa. whereas Directive (EU) 2024/1712 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 includes the exploitation of surrogacy, of forced marriage and of illegal adoption within the scope of offences concerning trafficking in human beings; whereas the resolution on trafficking in women and girls adopted by the UN General Assembly on 17 December 2024, in particular Article 16 thereof, includes ‘exploitative commercial surrogacy’ among the ‘factors that encourage trafficking of women’, and calls on the governments to address its ‘root causes’;

Or. fr

Amendment 72

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas the Geneva Convention and EU law explicitly state that refugee status shall cease when the conditions for granting such status are no longer met, particularly when the circumstances in the country of origin that led to persecution have fundamentally changed (Article 11); whereas the reintegration of returnees into their home country supports post-conflict stabilization and development; this principle aligns with the cessation criteria outlined in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1347, which emphasizes the return of individuals whose circumstances no longer warrant international protection;

Or. en

Amendment 73

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas gender equality is a core EU value, and the human rights of women and girls, including their sexual and reproductive rights, continue to be violated across the world; whereas women experience a unique and disproportionate impacts from conflicts, climate change and migration, including increased risks of gender-based violence, economic marginalisation and barriers to accessing resources; whereas women HRDs and CSOs continue to experience shrinking space for their critical work, as well as threats of violence, harassment and intimidation;

Or. en

Amendment 74

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas part of the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, an EU Member State, remains under military occupation by Türkiye in violation of international law and relevant UN Security Council resolutions; whereas persistent violations of human rights, including property rights, freedom of movement and worship, as well as restrictions on access to and preservation of cultural and religious heritage in the occupied areas, continue to persist; whereas the issue of missing persons and the right of families to truth and justice remain unresolved;

Or. en

Amendment 75

Viktória Ferenc

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas the Copenhagen criteria demand the full guarantee of minority rights; whereas, there is no further monitoring of minority rights once a candidate country becomes a member state; whereas the EU still lacks common standards at the EU level for the protection of traditional national, ethnic and linguistic minorities, and refuses any proposal that would open the way for their establishment;

Or. en

Amendment 76

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas the climate crisis poses an existential threat to humanity as a whole and is, at its core, a human rights crisis—undermining the rights to life, food, water, health, culture, and beyond in every region of the world, as recognized by the IPCC and UN Human Rights Council;

Or. en

Amendment 77

Bert-Jan Ruissen, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Carlo Fidanza, Paolo Inselvini, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Matej Tonin

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls in its report of 14 July 2025 recognised surrogacy as a form of economic, psychological, physical and reproductive violence against women in her report on violence against women and girls;

Or. en

Amendment 78

Miriam Lexmann, Loránt Vincze, Karlo Ressler, Christophe Gomart, Matej Tonin, Davor Ivo Stier, Massimiliano Salini, Paulius Saudargas

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas Directive (EU) 2024/1712 amended Directive 2011/36/EU to include the exploitation of surrogacy, forced marriage and illegal adoption among the practices constituting trafficking in human beings;

Or. en

Amendment 79

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F a. whereas democracy support is at the centre of the EU external action, with electoral observation as one of the key instruments of the EU toolbox;

Or. en

Amendment 80

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Recital F b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F b. whereas between 2015 and 2023, around 1.3 million Syrians were granted international protection in the EU; whereas, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), most Syrian refugees would like to return to Syria but have legitimate security concerns; whereas thousands of Syrians cheered in the streets of many European capitals following the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime; whereas the right of refugees and displaced persons to return voluntarily, safely and with dignity to their country of origin is a fundamental human right enshrined in international law; whereas, between December 2024 and January 2025, the Turkish Ministry of the Interior announced that 81,576 refugees had returned to Syria;

Or. en

Amendment 81

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Recital F b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F b. whereas the past year has been marked by a further proliferation of foreign influence and of ‘foreign agents’ laws, including in countries with EU candidate status, targeting CSOs and media outlets and attempting to prevent them from receiving financial support from abroad, including from the EU and its Member States, fostering a climate of fear and self-censorship;

Or. en

Amendment 82

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Recital F b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F b. whereas the past year has been marked by a further proliferation of laws on ‘foreign agents’ or foreign influence, including in countries with EU candidate status, targeting CSOs and media outlets and attempting to prevent them from receiving financial support from abroad, including from the EU and its Member States, fostering a climate of fear and self-censorship;

Or. en

Amendment 83

Miriam Lexmann, Loránt Vincze, Karlo Ressler, Christophe Gomart, Matej Tonin, Davor Ivo Stier, Massimiliano Salini, Paulius Saudargas

Motion for a resolution

Recital F b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F b. whereas the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls recognised surrogacy as a form of economic, psychological, physical and reproductive violence against women in her report to the United Nations General Assembly (A/80/158);

Or. en

Amendment 84

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Recital F c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F c. whereas Article 24 of the Treaty on European Union establishes that the Union’s competence in the field of the Common Foreign and Security Policy is subject to specific rules and procedures distinct from other EU policies, defined and implemented primarily by the European Council and the Council, with decisions generally requiring unanimity, while the Commission and the European Parliament play only limited roles and the Court of Justice has almost no jurisdiction, thus ensuring that foreign and security policy remains largely intergovernmental in nature rather than supranational;

Or. en

Amendment 85

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Recital F c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F c. whereas the 2025 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reveals that more than half of the world's population lives in countries where press freedom is in a "very grave" situation, with the global state of press freedom now classified as a "difficult situation" for the first time in the Index's history; whereas, according to RSF's 2025 Barometer, 37 journalists and media workers have been killed since January 1, 2025, 557 are being detained, 54 are being held hostage, and 99 are missing in 2025;

Or. en

Amendment 86

Miriam Lexmann, Loránt Vincze, Karlo Ressler, Christophe Gomart, Matej Tonin, Davor Ivo Stier, Massimiliano Salini, Paulius Saudargas

Motion for a resolution

Recital F c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F c. whereas the EU Strategy for Gender Equality (2021, §32) recognizes that surrogacy and sexual exploitation for reproductive purposes, such as forced marriage, prostitution and pornography, is unacceptable and constitutes a violation of human dignity and human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 87

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Recital F c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F c. whereas in 2024, more than half the world’s population went to the polls, and many of these elections were marked by manipulation, disinformation and attempts at interference from inside or outside the country; whereas similar patterns are being observed in 2025;

Or. en

Amendment 88

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Recital F d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F d. whereas 272 million children and young people are deprived of their fundamental right to education and remain out of school, representing a considerable increase of 21 million compared to the last reported estimate of 251 million World Press Freedom Index according to the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report 2025; whereas girls and women continue to be affected not only by poverty but also by cultural norms, gender bias, child marriage and violence through official, discriminatory policies that prevent them from accessing education and the labour market, with 1 in 3 adolescent girls from the poorest households having never been to school according to UNICEF;

Or. en

Amendment 89

Miriam Lexmann, Loránt Vincze, Karlo Ressler, Christophe Gomart, Matej Tonin, Davor Ivo Stier, Massimiliano Salini, Paulius Saudargas

Motion for a resolution

Recital F d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F d. whereas Christian communities remain the most persecuted religious group worldwide; whereas such persecution constitutes a violation of freedom of religion or belief, one of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and in international law;

Or. en

Amendment 90

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Recital F d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F d. whereas, according to data cited by the European Commission, between 2019 and 2023 a total of approximately €17 billion was allocated through around 37,000 contracts with NGOs;

Or. en

Amendment 91

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Recital F e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F e. whereas migration contexts driven by poverty increase human rights violations and women’s exposure to violence, including sexual violence; whereas according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 90 % of female migrants travelling via the Mediterranean route are victims of rape, either by smugglers or other migrants1a;

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1a https://news.un.org/fr/story/2024/11/1150996

Or. en

Amendment 92

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Recital F e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F e. whereas the EUGHRSR – EU Magnitsky Act, adopted in December 2020, enables the EU to impose restrictive measures on individuals and entities responsible for serious human rights violations worldwide; whereas certain EU Member States have adopted their own national Magnitsky-style legislation;

Or. en

Amendment 93

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Recital F f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F f. whereas Parliament has denounced the usurpation of the presidency in Venezuela by Nicolás Maduro on 10 January 2025 and it recognised Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate and democratically elected President of Venezuela and María Corina Machado as the leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela; whereas Parliament awarded them the 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, symbolising support for the fight for freedom and democracy in Venezuela, whereas sympathy should be expressed to the more than 7 million Venezuelans who have been forced to flee their country since 2015, with about 6 million resettling in LAC; whereas considerable strain has been placed on neighbouring countries and the solidarity and positive efforts made by host communities, especially Colombia, in providing access to healthcare, education, and employment opportunities for Venezuelan refugees, should be commended as it is contributing to regional stability and the protection of fundamental rights;

Or. en

Amendment 94

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Recital F g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

F g. whereas transnational repression (TNR) is a well-documented phenomenon, taking place in a global context of deteriorating human rights, shrinking civic space and a growing prevalence of increasingly repressive and assertive authoritarian regimes;

Or. en

Amendment 95

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Growing threats to human rights and democracy

Growing threats and global challenges to human rights and democracy

Or. en

Amendment 96

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Strongly condemns and is deeply concerned about the unjustified atrocities, war crimes and serious violations of international humanitarian law, including sexual violence, gender-based violence, the deportation of children and the torture and killing of civilians and prisoners of war, committed by the Turkish armed forces and their proxies in the illegal, unjustified and unprovoked war against the Republic of Cyprus; recalls that supporting the Republic of Cyprus in its resistance against the illegal Turkish occupation of its territories is crucial for safeguarding a rules-based international order; urges all necessary measures to be taken to make sure that those who have committed war crimes and human rights violations in the Republic of Cyprus are identified and held accountable; calls on the EU and its Member States to offer their full support to the Republic of Cyprus and to measures and mechanisms in favour of its independence and territorial integrity; stresses the importance of preserving evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and welcomes all efforts to that end;

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Amendment 97

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Reasserts the universality, interdependence, interrelatedness and indivisibility of human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 98

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Reasserts its positions expressed in its 2024 annual report adopted on 2 April 2025 regarding individual human rights and fundamental freedoms, based on the EU values and principles that guide Union action on the international stage under Article 21 TEU; reiterates, in particular, its conclusions regarding the rights of women, children, migrants and refugees, religious and ethnic minorities, and all those who continue to be affected by human rights abuses in particularly insidious ways due to their race, ethnicity, religion, caste, gender, sexuality, disability or socio-economic status;

1. Reasserts its positions expressed in its 2024 annual report adopted on 2 April 2025 regarding the universality and indivisibility of human rights and the protection of the inherent dignity of all human beings based on the EU values and principles that guide Union action on the international stage under Article 21 TEU; reiterates, in particular, its conclusions regarding the rights of women, children, migrants and refugees, religious and ethnic minorities, and all those who continue to be affected by human rights abuses in particularly insidious ways due to their race, ethnicity, religion, caste, gender, sexuality, disability or socio-economic status as well as the concern for violations of freedom of thought, conscience, religion, belief, expression, media freedom, right to information and public participation; reiterates it’s principled opposition to the death penalty incompatible with the right to life;

Or. en

Amendment 99

Viktória Ferenc

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Reasserts its positions expressed in its 2024 annual report adopted on 2 April 2025 regarding individual human rights and fundamental freedoms, based on the EU values and principles that guide Union action on the international stage under Article 21 TEU; reiterates, in particular, its conclusions regarding the rights of women, children, migrants and refugees, religious, traditional national, ethnic and linguistic minorities, and all those who continue to be affected by human rights abuses in particularly insidious ways due to their race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, language, caste, gender, sexuality, disability or socio-economic status;

Or. en

Amendment 100

Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. el

Amendment 101

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Reasserts its positions expressed in its 2024 annual report adopted on 2 April 2025 regarding individual human rights and fundamental freedoms, based on the EU values and principles that guide Union action on the international stage under Article 21 TEU; reiterates, in particular, its conclusions regarding the rights of women, children, regular migrants and properly vetted refugees, religious and ethnic minorities, and all those who continue to be affected by human rights abuses in particularly insidious ways due to their race, ethnicity, religion, caste, sex, sexuality, disability or socio-economic status;

Or. en

Amendment 102

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. es

Amendment 103

Viktória Ferenc

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 a. Emphasizes the importance of protecting traditional national, ethnic and linguistic minorities as a fundamental aspect of human rights and democratic governance; deplores that many countries, despite their international obligations and commitments to protect minorities, are pursuing policies of assimilation of traditional national, ethnic and linguistic minorities by disregarding their fundamental rights;

Or. en

Amendment 104

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 a. Reasserts that, under international and European human rights law, every citizen has the right to life and security in their own country; stresses that uncontrolled migration increasingly undermines this right by exposing Europeans to daily insecurity; underlines that the Union and the Member States have a primary duty to ensure the safety of their citizens before engaging in external actions;

Or. en

Amendment 105

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1a. Expresses its concern regarding the growing persecution of Christians across the world; highlights the cases of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nicaragua, Sudan and, in particular, Nigeria, where jihadists have taken power, where there is documented evidence of the coordinated and systematic massacre of entire communities, and a genocide is being carried out against Christians;

Or. es

Amendment 106

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 a. Insists that the effective respect and protection of human rights and freedoms must be the cornerstone of EU’s external policy; Strives for a continued ambitious commitment to make humans rights a central part of all EU policies in a streamlined and consistent manner, to continue developing a comprehensive toolbox to strengthen human rights and democracy globally;

Or. en

Amendment 107

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 a. Recognizes the growing geopolitical, public safety, and human rights challenges posed by uncontrolled, unchecked, and illegal migration, as well as the use of migration as a tool of hybrid warfare by state and non-state actors; also recognizes the challenges arising from the above for legitimate asylum seekers and their human rights concerns;

Or. en

Amendment 108

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 a. Reaffirms the duty of the EU and its Member States to promote and protect democracy and the universality of human rights around the world; calls for the EU and its Member States to lead by example, in line with its values, to promote and strictly uphold human rights and international justice;

Or. en

Amendment 109

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1a. Considers it totally inconceivable that there is no independent Kurdish state, despite the fact that there are at least 35 million Kurds in Türkiye, Syria, Iraq and Iran;

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Amendment 110

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 a. Stresses the critical need to protect the rights of pregnant women, ensuring comprehensive support for their health, safety, and dignity;

Or. en

Amendment 111

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Marion Maréchal, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 b. Highlights that freedom of thought, conscience, and religion is a fundamental human right, enshrined in international and European human rights law; underlines with deep concern that Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, facing violence and discrimination; calls on the EU and its Member States to promote the protection of religious freedom in their foreign policy and human rights dialogues;

Or. en

Amendment 112

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 b. Strongly condemns all forms of surrogacy arrangements, both commercial and altruistic, and urges the Commission to propose legislation aimed at preventing the exploitation of women in such arrangements;

Or. en

Amendment 113

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 c. Underlines the ongoing abuses and serious human rights violations taking place in the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, which remain under illegal Russian occupation; notes with concern the persistent restrictions on freedom of movement, arbitrary detentions, harassment of local populations, and denial of access for humanitarian and international monitoring missions;

Or. en

Amendment 114

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 d. Notes with deep concern that since January 2025 the Georgian authorities have registered the detention of 54 people by the Russian occupation regime in the regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region /South Ossetia; condemns the fact that the Russian Federation does not differentiate on humanitarian grounds and illegally arrests women, children, elderly persons and individuals with severe health conditions; expresses particular alarm at the emerging pattern of targeting young Georgian women in Sokhumi, where several were detained on fabricated charges such as espionage or the possession of a Georgian passport; stresses that the deliberate targeting of female citizens constitutes a grave human rights violation, aimed at intimidating and humiliating the most vulnerable part of the ethnic Georgian population in the occupied territories, already subject to systemic discrimination; underlines that these cases must be understood within Russia’s wider strategy of driving ethnic Georgians from the occupied regions and should therefore be recognised as a continued wave of ethnic cleansing;

Or. en

Amendment 115

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 e. Notes with appreciation the significant progress achieved by Saudi Arabia in advancing women’s participation in public life, with women now representing 41% of the civil service and 20% of the members of the Shura Council 2a; further highlights the historic milestone of May 2023, when astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi became the first Saudi and Arab Muslim woman to travel to space, symbolising the Kingdom’s commitment to empowerment, innovation, and the breaking of barriers3a;

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2a https://data.ipu.org/parliament/SA/SA-LC01/data-on-women/

3a https://sites.ungeneva.org/not-a-womans-job/2024/en/permanent-missions/rayanna-barnawi.html

Or. en

Amendment 116

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 f. Underlines that female labour-force participation in Saudi Arabia has more than doubled since 2017, reaching 37%2a; notes that Saudi women now own 45% of SMEs and 17% of all enterprises; considers that these developments reflect the impact of legal reforms introduced since 2018, including the lifting of the driving ban3a, the adoption of an anti-harassment law, and new personal status regulations raising the minimum marriage age to 18 and strengthening women’s autonomy; congratulates Saudi Arabia on these achievements and encourages the continuation of reforms aimed at further advancing women’s rights and participation in public life;

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2a https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/w/news/6

3a https://www.weforum.org/stories/2018/06/saudi-women-take-victory-lap-as-driving-ban-ends/

Or. en

Amendment 117

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 g. Calls on the EU to prioritise the protection of Christian communities and other vulnerable groups in its human rights dialogues with Middle Eastern partners, and to provide targeted support for initiatives that safeguard their security, cultural heritage, and right to worship freely;

Or. en

Amendment 118

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 h (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 h. Notes with grave concern the widespread and systematic human rights violations committed in Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine and Georgia, including the denial of the right to freedom of movement, arbitrary detention, forced conscription, the confiscation or annulment of identity documents, suppression of native language education, property seizure, and demographic engineering policies; expresses alarm at the lack of access for independent human rights monitors in these areas; calls on the EU to intensify diplomatic pressure, expand targeted sanctions under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (GHRSR), and support mechanisms for accountability and reparations for victims;

Or. en

Amendment 119

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Notes with grave concern the deterioration of the global human rights landscape and the clearly accelerating trend of democratic backsliding across the world;

2. Condemns the deterioration of the global human rights landscape in particular deepening levels of inequality, threats of regressions on human rights, arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture and ill-treatment, clampdowns on civil society and political opponents, excessive use of violence by public authorities, violent crackdowns on peaceful protests and other assemblies, censorship and threats to independent media, political attacks against international institutions, and increasing use of unlawful methods of war in grave breach of international humanitarian law and human rights law, among others; considers that it and the is clearly accelerating trend of democratic backsliding across the world;

Or. en

Amendment 120

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2 a. Notes that the right to participate in free, frequent, and fair elections is under attack by authoritarian, totalitarian and illiberal regimes; deplores that, furthermore, obstacles to the full enjoyment of such rights are increasingly present in a number of mature democracies; highlights that the aforementioned regimes conduct fake elections with the aim of legitimating their power, since they lack real conditions for contestation, legitimacy and pluralism; calls to strengthen the efforts to guarantee the public participation of minorities, as well as to increase representation of women and young people in electoral processes;

Or. en

Amendment 121

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2 a. Stresses that the EU must be fully prepared to counter the rise of authoritarianism, totalitarianism and populism, as well as the increasing violations of the principles of universality of human rights, democracy and international humanitarian law;

Or. en

Amendment 122

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 123

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2 b. Condemns the increasing trend of violations and abuses of human rights and democratic principles and values across the world, such as, among others, threats of backsliding on human rights, notably women’s rights, as well as executions, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture and ill treatment, gender-based violence, clampdowns on civil society, political opponents, marginalised and vulnerable groups including children and elderly people, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, and ethnic and religious minorities;

Or. en

Amendment 124

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Stresses that cyberattacks, disinformation and misinformation, often used as tools of foreign interference, including during elections, contribute to this trend of democratic decline; stresses the critical significance of trustworthy, independent and diverse sources of information and of quality journalism for solid democratic societies and a thriving civic space; is therefore deeply concerned by the growing and multifaceted challenges faced by independent media, including increasing attacks against journalists and the decrease in available funding; condemns the censorship of journalists, HRDs and CSOs through the application of so-called foreign agents laws, as well as other legislative and non-legislative measures adopted by authoritarian and illiberal regimes; whereas governments around the world are increasingly censoring, silencing and harassing HRDs and CSOs in their work; whereas this behaviour includes measures encompassing strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), restrictive government policies, transnational repression, defamation campaigns, discrimination, intimidation and violence;

Or. en

Amendment 125

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Stresses that cyberattacks, disinformation and misinformation, often used as tools of foreign interference by rogue states such as Russia, including during elections, contribute to this trend of democratic decline; stresses the critical significance of trustworthy, independent and diverse sources of information and of quality journalism for solid democratic societies and a thriving civic space; is therefore deeply concerned by the growing and multifaceted challenges faced by independent media, including increasing attacks against journalists; highlights the importance of citizen journalism on social media platforms as a complementary source of information, while recognising the need for mechanisms to verify accuracy and prevent manipulation; underlines that safeguarding independent media is essential not only for transparency and accountability but also for the resilience of democratic institutions and the informed participation of citizens in public life;

Or. en

Amendment 126

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 127

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Stresses that cyberattacks, disinformation and misinformation, terrorism and funding of organised crime, often used as tools of foreign interference, including during elections, contribute to this trend of democratic decline; stresses the critical significance of trustworthy, independent and diverse sources of information and of quality journalism for solid democratic societies and a thriving civic space; is therefore deeply concerned by the growing and multifaceted challenges faced by independent media, including increasing attacks against journalists and the decrease in available funding; underlines the importance of trustworthy media reporting from ongoing conflicts, as propaganda is frequently used as a weapon of war;

Or. en

Amendment 128

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. el

Amendment 129

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Stresses that cyberattacks, disinformation and misinformation, often used as tools of foreign interference, including during electoral periods, and particularly intensified in elections, contribute to this trend of democratic decline; stresses the critical significance of trustworthy, independent and diverse sources of information and of quality journalism for solid democratic societies and a thriving civic space; is therefore deeply concerned by the growing and multifaceted challenges faced by independent media, including increasing attacks against journalists and the decrease in available funding;

Or. en

Amendment 130

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3 a. Rejects the fact that in many countries people are denied the right to demonstrate with legal, administrative and other measures such as the suppression of demonstrations through the use of force, harassment and arbitrary detentions; demands respect for the rights to freedom of assembly, association and expression guaranteed by international standards and UN treaties and calls on governments not to use force against peaceful protesters;

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Amendment 131

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3 a. Deplores the violence, harassment and killing of persons due to the existence and enforcement of anti-conversion and blasphemy laws in several countries, such as, for example, Nigeria, Somalia or Pakistan; denounces the fact that such laws limit and even deprive religious and non-religious belief minorities of their right to freedom of religion or belief;

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Amendment 132

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Reiterates the essential role played by civil society for a flourishing democracy, and deplores actions taken by governments across the world to shrink the civic space, such as through the introduction of tailored legislation aimed at restricting financing for non-governmental organisations, the adoption of so-called foreign agents laws and the misuse of counter-terrorism or anti-corruption laws in order to curb freedom of assembly and to supress HRDs;

Or. en

Amendment 133

Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Reiterates the essential role played by civil society for a flourishing democracy, and deplores actions taken by governments across the world to shrink the civic space and curb freedom of assembly;

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Amendment 134

Dan Barna, Bernard Guetta, Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Reiterates the essential role played by civil society for a flourishing democracy, and deplores actions taken by governments across the world to shrink the civic space, such as their introduction of tailored legislation aimed at restricting financing for non-governmental organisations, including funding from foreign sources, and curbing freedom of assembly;

Or. en

Amendment 135

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Reiterates the essential role played by civil society for a well-functioning democracy, and deplores actions taken by governments across the world to shrink the civic space, such as their introduction of tailored legislation aimed at restricting financing for non-governmental organisations and curbing freedom of assembly;

Or. en

Amendment 136

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4 a. Notes with severe concern that in several countries around the world, being a Christian, practising Christianity, or even possessing a Bible remains illegal and punishable by imprisonment, violence, or even death; further notes that beyond such official legal restrictions, Christians often face non-official methods of persecution, including social exclusion, harassment, intimidation, denial of employment and education opportunities, as well as attacks on places of worship; stresses that such practices constitute grave violations of freedom of religion or belief and calls on the EU to intensify its efforts to protect persecuted Christian communities worldwide;

Or. en

Amendment 137

Engin Eroglu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4a. Condemns existing practices aimed at suppressing open and substantive human rights dialogues, such as the obstruction of independent civil society participation in multilateral forums, for example through the instrumentalisation of government-affiliated NGOs and through intimidation and reprisals;

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Amendment 138

Laura Ballarín Cereza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4 a. Stresses the vital role of the EU in strengthening democracy worldwide, particularly in these challenging times, through its electoral observation missions;

Or. en

Amendment 139

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4 b. Reiterates that freedom of speech is a fundamental right, vital for the development of a pluralistic and democratic society;

Or. en

Amendment 140

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4 c. Condemns the fact that the post of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU has remained vacant for more than a year; calls for the Special Envoy to be appointed, provided with adequate resources, and the institutional mandate, capacity and duties fully supported; recalls that the Special Envoy’s duties should focus on promoting freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and belief;

Or. en

Amendment 141

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4 d. Condemns sex-selective abortion, as well as the discrimination resulting from this practice, in particular where women and girls are targeted;

Or. en

Amendment 142

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Highlights the crucial work of HRDs in advancing human rights; deplores, however, the growing attacks against HRDs and the increased sophistication of the methods employed for persecuting them within and outside their countries, including through various forms of transnational repression, among which transnational financial repression; highlights that autocratic and illiberal regimes are increasingly taking unlawful advantage of international financial and cybersecurity legislations, such as the AML/CFT laws or FATF standards, to target dissenting voices and to obtain their behavioural data, also in EU territory; laments that, due to a policy of financial risk-aversion, banks and other financial institutions are obliged to incur in strict customer due diligence, and severe ties with the victims, leaving them effectively in financial exclusion, and thereby enabling and participating, although inadvertedly, in transnational financial repression; calls on the EU and its Member States to adapt adequate regulatory safeguards in the EU to combat this kind of transnational repression; calls for EU Commission and AMLA to develop a regulatory framework for these EU-based financial entities to engage constructively with the victims, in order to facilitate secure fiscal access to carry out their work and their lives;

Or. en

Amendment 143

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5 a. Deplores that women human rights defender continue to face relentless and ever-more sophisticated violations against them which seem to be designed to systematically silence women human rights defenders and erase their voices from the public sphere; condemns the impunity with which perpetrators commit violations against women human rights defenders, both in the public and private spheres; deplores that political leaders often fail to protect women human rights defenders against powerful and dangerous anti-gender movements, and sometimes even embolden them; calls on the EU and its Member States to continue and enhance their support for women human rights defenders in every possible fora;

Or. en

Amendment 144

Rihards Kols

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5 a. Expresses deep regret at the accelerating rise of authoritarianism globally, marked by the erosion of fundamental freedoms, the shrinking of civic space, and increasing disregard for international human rights norms; condemns the growing use of transnational repression, including surveillance, intimidation, digital harassment, and politically motivated detention of dissidents and activists abroad; underlines the urgent need for the EU to develop a coordinated and coherent response to such practices, including enhanced monitoring, legal protections, and diplomatic measures;

Or. en

Amendment 145

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5 b. Underlines that, in some parts of the world, journalists’ activities are often described as activists and exposes them to repression patterns similar to those of Human Rights defenders, having a long-lasting effect on their career and safety1a;

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1a Reporters Without Borders, 2025 https://rsf.org/en/2024-world-press-freedom-index-journalism-under-political-pressure

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Amendment 146

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Considers that while the use of new and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), has the potential to considerably improve human well-being, their unrestricted or undiscerning application also poses serious threats to democracy and human rights; condemns the increasing use by authoritarian regimes of facial recognition technology, mass digital surveillance and information suppression as powerful coercive instruments; recalls that the leadership of the EU with regards to AI and digital diplomacy is crucial to promote models that ensure high human right standards, as well as for its relevance and resilience; calls, in this regard, on the EU to scale up its digital and AI diplomacy;

Or. en

Amendment 147

Engin Eroglu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Considers that while the use of new and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), has the potential to considerably improve human well-being, their unrestricted or undiscerning application also poses serious threats to democracy and human rights; notes with particular concern the use of facial recognition technology, mass digital surveillance and information suppression as powerful coercive instruments; notes that the relevant technologies are being exported – in the absence of robust minimum human rights safeguards – to autocratic systems, thereby also facilitating human rights violations in other countries;

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Amendment 148

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Considers that while the use of new and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), has the potential to considerably improve human well-being, their unrestricted or undiscerning application also poses serious threats to democracy and human rights; notes with particular concern the use of facial recognition technology, mass digital surveillance, deepfakes and disinformation campaigns, censorship of online content, information suppression, cyberattacks, data breaches and state-sponsored online influence operations as powerful coercive instruments;

Or. en

Amendment 149

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Considers that while the use of new and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), has the potential to considerably improve human well-being, their unrestricted or undiscerning application also poses serious threats to democracy and human rights; notes with particular concern the use mass digital surveillance, growing number of internet shutdowns; highlights that internet shutdowns are often used by authoritarian regimes to silence political dissidence and curb political freedom and information suppression as powerful coercive instruments;

Or. en

Amendment 150

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Considers that while the use of new and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), has the potential to considerably improve human well-being, their unrestricted or undiscerning application also poses serious threats to democracy and human rights, also bearing in mind that this transformation is shaped by biased data and driven by algorithms that frequently reinforce discrimination; notes with particular concern the use of facial recognition technology, mass digital surveillance and information suppression as powerful coercive instruments;

Or. en

Amendment 151

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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2a United Nations Environment Programme, Artificial Intelligence (AI) end-to-end: The Environmental Impact of the Full AI Lifecycle Needs to be Comprehensively Assessed - Issue Note (2024) https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/46288;jsessionid=99C93C9FC24F1FBD5594EC602AE5571F

Or. en

Amendment 152

Rihards Kols

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 a. Expresses concern over the potential use of disruptive artificial intelligence tools in foreign interference operations, including in the manipulation of public opinion and electoral processes; stresses the importance of monitoring how AI systems may encode and perpetuate discrimination, including in areas such as employment and access to services; underlines the need for the EU to assess risks posed by AI to fundamental rights and ensure appropriate safeguards are in place;

Or. en

Amendment 153

Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6a. Condemns the acts of violence and intimidation committed in various countries across the world by radical groups, in particular those linked to the Antifa movement; warns against the pressure exerted by these groups with the aim of imposing their ‘woke’ ideologies on society and curtailing freedoms; pays tribute to the US conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated for defending his beliefs;

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Amendment 154

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 a. Denounces the crackdown on youth & student-led protests and organizing in the world, enjoying their right to peaceful assembly to advance human rights, uphold international law and democratic principles, as highlighted by UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Gina Romero3a;

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3a United Nations, 2024: A/79/263: Protecting the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association from stigmatization - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Gina Romero

Or. en

Amendment 155

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 a. Is concerned that the lack of judicial independence in certain countries undermines the separation of powers, weakens the rule of law, and contributes to democratic backsliding;

Or. en

Amendment 156

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 b. Expresses serious concern about the wave of opposition in various parts of the world against gender equality and women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights; highlights that this movement is promoted by transnational religious networks and far right political groups and benefits repressive governments of countries that have doubled down on traditionalist gender norms as a means of state legitimization and sociopolitical control; stresses that these trends form a threat to the fundamental principles enshrined in the Treaty on European Union;

Or. en

Amendment 157

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 b. Is alarmed by the rise in acts of police violence used against Human Rights Defenders; Urges governments across the world to de-escalate police violence, refrain from mobilizing police forces against peaceful individuals and groups advocating for human rights4a;

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4a Mapping Police Violence, 2025: https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/ ; Amnesty International, 2025: https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/police-brutality

Or. en

Amendment 158

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 c. Condemns that the counter terrorism architecture is increasingly used to target dissident voices, threatening the very foundations of freedom of expression and association5a;

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5a Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe, 2018: https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/misuse-of-anti-terror-legislation-threatens-freedom-of-expression ; Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism), Global Study on the Impact of Counter-Terrorism on Civil Society & Civic Space 67–69 (2023), http://www.defendcivicspace.com. p.6, p.10-12, p.54 ; United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, The impact of counter-terrorism and other criminal legislation on media freedom and the safety of journalists (2023).https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2024-08/2023-study-IMPACT-COUNTER-TERRORISM-OTHER-CRIMINAL-LEGISLATIONON-MEDIA-FREEDOM-SAFETY-JOURNALISTS.pdf

Or. en

Amendment 159

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 d. Condemns the ongoing backlash on gender equality and women’s rights, including all attempts to roll back existing entitlements and protections as well as legislation, policies and practices that continue to deny or restrict these rights in many countries; condemns all forms of gender-based violence and in particular, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, disability, ethnicity, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; 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; urges countries to step up their legislation in order to tackle these issues; 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;

Or. en

Amendment 160

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 e. Emphasises that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are fundamental human rights and essential to achieving gender equality; condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world; reaffirms that the denial of quality comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services including safe and legal abortion, constitutes a form of gender-based violence; echoes human rights bodies’ recognition that banning abortion may subject women to suffering amounting to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and calls for reform of restrictive abortion laws;

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Amendment 161

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 f. Condemns all forms of violence, discrimination, stigmatisation, persecution, hate crimes, hate speech, conversion therapies, intersex genital mutilation and sexual violence against LGBTIQ+ people within the EU and globally; is extremely concerned by the rising hatred and anti-LGBTIQ+ narratives and legislation targeting LGBTIQ+ persons and restricting their enjoyment of their fundamental rights and freedoms; calls for the EU and its Member States to denounce these injustices and commit to protecting the rights, dignity and safety of LGBTIQ+ individuals; emphasises the increasing concerns and fears within LGBTIQ+ communities and urges the EU to take a firm stance against any legislative or social actions that endanger LGBTIQ+ people6a;

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6a Human Rights Watch, 2025: https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/28/human-rights-violations-against-lgbtq-communities-united-states

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Amendment 162

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 g. Denounces the instrumentalization of women and LGBTQIA+ rights to justify restrictive migration policies and fuelling hate towards Muslim individuals7a;

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7a Arab, C., Gouyon, M. et Moujoud, N. (2018). Migrations et enjeux migratoires au prisme des sexualités et du genre. Migrations Société, 173(3), 15-26. https://doi.org/10.3917/migra.173.0015.

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Amendment 163

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 h (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 h. Denounces the human rights abuses and violations suffered by refugees and migrants; regrets that some have even been returned to the border or expelled to places where their lives were in danger in defiance of international law, including the right to asylum; denounces the attacks against NGOs that help these people and reminds that the provision of assistance to save lives is a human rights imperative that must be respected at all times and for all people in need; in this regard, pays tribute to individuals and civil society organisations that have been providing migrants with the most basic of rights, such as the rights to water, food, health, adequate shelter and other such assistance; stresses the need to establish frameworks for the protection of migrants, in particular through the opening of safe and legal routes for migrants and the granting of humanitarian visas8a;

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8a PICUM, 2024: https://picum.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Criminalisation-of-migration-and-solidarity-in-the-EU-2024-report.pdf ; Refugee Rights, 2025: https://refugeerights.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/English-Written-statement-for-IACHR-Rapporteurship-on-Human-Mobility_May-6-2025.pdf ; Amnesty USA, 2025: https://www.amnestyusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Dehumanized-by-Design-Human-Rights-Violations-in-El-Paso.pdf ; Council of Europe, 2025: https://rm.coe.int/report-on-externalisation-of-migration-by-michael-o-flaherty-council-o/488028300a ; Frontline Defenders, 2025: https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/campaign/defendersbeyondwalls

Or. en

Amendment 164

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 i (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 i. Calls on all public and private entities to stop persecutions and forced disappearances towards indigenous people, organizers and activists combatting land theft, resource spoliation, desacralization and exploitation for the sake of corporate gain; calls on the EU to acknowledge the importance of due diligence initiatives at the EU level to protect resource-related human rights defenders9a;

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9a United Nations, 2023: A/HRC/54/31: Green financing – a just transition to protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay

Or. en

Amendment 165

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 j (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 j. Reaffirms that a just green transition cannot happen by violating fundamental human rights of indigenous communities and environmental rights defenders, and that dialogue with these communities is a priority10a;

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10a Diego Andreucci, Gustavo García López, Isabella M. Radhuber, Marta Conde, Daniel M. Voskoboynik, J.D. Farrugia, Christos Zografos, The coloniality of green extractivism: Unearthing decarbonisation by dispossession through the case of nickel, Political Geography, Volume 107, 2023, 102997, ISSN 0962-6298, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102997

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Amendment 166

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Expresses deep concern over the persistent global crisis of accountability and the ongoing struggle to end impunity for violations of fundamental international human rights and humanitarian law in conflicts worldwide; reaffirms the essential neutrality and vital role of humanitarian aid in all conflict and crisis situations; highlights the grave repercussions of undermining and attacking multilateral organizations, including the UN, which risks fostering a culture of impunity and weakening both trust in and the effectiveness of the UN system; urges the EU to defend the international legal framework and to implement robust measures to ensure adherence to these laws; is deeply concerned by the fact that the work of multilateral institutions on human rights and the multilateral rules-based order is under unprecedented threat; strongly regrets the decision made by some countries to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council and their announcements that they would not participate in the Universal Periodic Review; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice at the UN and in other multilateral forums in order to effectively tackle global challenges to human rights and democracy in multilateral forums and to support the strongest possible language in line with international human rights standards;

Or. en

Amendment 167

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Is deeply concerned by the fact that the work of multilateral institutions on human rights and the multilateral rules-based order is under unprecedented threat; condemns in particular the attacks on the UN System including its Secretary General and, especially, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC); strongly regrets the decision made by some countries such as the US to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council and their announcements that they would not participate in the Universal Periodic Review;

Or. en

Amendment 168

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Is deeply concerned by the fact that the work of multilateral institutions on human rights and the multilateral rules-based order is under unprecedented threat; strongly regrets the decision made by some countries to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council and their announcements that they would not participate in the Universal Periodic Review; strongly regrets the chronic bias against specific countries in the HRC; considers it unreasonable to adopt more resolutions about democratic countries than authoritarian regimes with widespread, systematic abuses;

Or. en

Amendment 169

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Is deeply concerned by the fact that the work of multilateral institutions on human rights and the multilateral rules-based order is under unprecedented threat; strongly regrets the decision made by some countries to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council and their announcements that they would not participate in the Universal Periodic Review; condemns the constant attempts to undermine and discredit the UN, its Secretary General, its Special Rapporteurs, and its agencies such as UNRWA, as well as the attacks on peacekeeping missions;

Or. en

Amendment 170

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Is deeply concerned by the fact that the work of multilateral institutions on human rights and the multilateral rules-based order is under unprecedented threat;

Or. en

Amendment 171

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Is worried about the politicisation of UN human rights mechanisms and committees such as the UN Human Rights Committee, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women;

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Amendment 172

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Is deeply concerned by the fact that the work of multilateral institutions on human rights and the multilateral rules-based order is under unprecedented threat and attack; strongly regrets the decision made by some countries to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council and their announcements that they would not participate in the Universal Periodic Review;

Or. en

Amendment 173

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Is deeply concerned by the fact that the work of multilateral institutions on human rights and the multilateral rules-based order is under unprecedented threat; notes the decision made by some countries to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council and their announcements that they would not participate in the Universal Periodic Review;

Or. es

Amendment 174

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 175

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Marion Maréchal, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 176

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7a. Stresses the importance of multilateral action on immigration, under the aegis of the UN, based on the following principles:

- promotion of migration to neighbouring states, from the state of origin, with the aim of ensuring the best and swiftest possible adjustment of the migrant to the host state, as a result of cultural proximity;

- multi-level initiatives to discourage migration flows to the EU and to redirect them to countries with a high level of economic development;

- replacing expenditure on receiving and integrating migrants with development aid and investment, with the aim of creating European-led Special Economic Zones in non-EU countries;

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Amendment 177

Rihards Kols

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 a. Notes with concern that several countries with the most egregious and systematic human rights violations currently sit on key multilateral human rights bodies; underlines that this undermines the credibility and moral authority of these institutions; calls for mechanisms to restrict eligibility for leadership or voting positions in such bodies to states that uphold the foundational principles of the UN Charter and international human rights law;

Or. en

Amendment 178

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 a. Expresses deep concern regarding the escalating attacks on the rules-based international order by authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, notably through unprovoked and unjustified aggression against peaceful neighbouring countries, as well as through actions aimed at undermining the effective functioning of United Nations bodies, including the misuse of the veto power in the UN Security Council;

Or. en

Amendment 179

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 b. Calls on the Member States and like-minded partners to develop a robust strategy, to intensify their efforts to counteract this alarming escalation and to send a united and strong message of support to those organisations when they are attacked or threatened; considers that the UN, its constituent bodies, and other multilateral organisations require reform to effectively respond to these growing challenges and threats;

Or. en

Amendment 180

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

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Amendment 181

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8. Notes that this departure from a multilateral approach to the global order does not only pose a threat to the effective resolution of current crises, but also makes the outbreak of new crises more likely; underlines that the multilateral system, with the UN at its core, remains the most effective way of addressing global challenges in a just, sustainable and principled manner; stresses that the current multilateral order needs to fully incorporate in its architecture new global actors, particularly those focusing on democracy and human rights; calls therefore for the EU and its Member States to work towards ensuring a permanent seat for the EU in multilateral fora, particularly in the UNSC; commends the role of UN agencies with regards to the promotion of human rights, conflict resolution and global governance, particularly in conflict zones;

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Amendment 182

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8. Notes that this departure from a multilateral approach to the global order does not only pose a threat to the effective resolution of current crises, but also makes the outbreak of new crises more likely; underlines that the multilateral system, with the UN at its core, remains the most effective way of addressing global challenges in a just, sustainable and principled manner; stresses, however, that justified criticism of the inefficiency of international organisations and their failure to fulfil key responsibilities – such as ensuring security, protecting human rights and providing development aid, as exemplified by the shortcomings of the UN Security Council, the UN Human Rights Council and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees – should serve as a basis for reflection on their functioning and potential reforms;

Or. en

Amendment 183

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 184

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8. Deplores that the United Nations has not succeeded to the extent hoped for in promoting international cooperation and maintaining international security and global peace, because most U|N member states refuse to engage in international cooperation;

Or. en

Amendment 185

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 186

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 a. Expresses serious concern about the dire financial situation of the United Nations, with its general budget is facing a $500m budget cut and 20% job losses, as well as further significant cuts to the its peacekeeping, humanitarian and health agencies following withdrawal of US financial support; calls on Member States and like minded countries to support the United Nations in its reform process while ensuring sufficient financial resources and political support for the continuation of multilateralism as the basis of global governance;

Or. en

Amendment 187

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Highlights that growing disrespect for international law and the politicisation of debates concerning international justice institutions, such as the ICJ and the ICC, poses an existential threat to the rules-based global order; expresses its deep concern about the increasing disregard for and polarisation around international humanitarian and human rights law; deplores the unprecedented threats faced by the ICC, in particular owing to the imposition of sanctions on its judges and staff; recalls that international law and the competent independent legal authorities are essential in upholding international justice, ensuring accountability and fighting against impunity, which are necessary preconditions of any reconciliation process and sustained peace; underlines that all European Union Member States, as parties of the Rome Statute, are legally obliged to enforce ICC arrest warrants; whereas any decision to ignore these obligations or withdraw from the ICC violates the EU acquis and undermines the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy and the rules-based international order;

Or. en

Amendment 188

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Highlights that growing disrespect for international law and the politicisation of debates concerning international justice institutions, such as the ICJ and the ICC, poses an existential threat to the rules-based global order; recalls that international law and the competent independent legal authorities are essential in upholding international justice, ensuring accountability and fighting against impunity, which are necessary preconditions of any reconciliation process and sustained peace;

Or. en

Amendment 189

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Highlights that growing disrespect for international law and the politicisation of debates concerning international justice institutions, such as the ICJ and the ICC, poses an existential threat to the rules-based global order; expresses its deep concern about the increasing disregard for and polarisation around international humanitarian and human rights law; deplores the unprecedented threats faced by the ICC, in particular owing to the imposition of sanctions on its judges and staff; recalls that international law and the competent independent legal authorities are essential in upholding international justice, ensuring accountability and fighting against impunity, which are necessary preconditions of any reconciliation process and sustained peace; stresses the role of the EU as the guardian of international law, particularly when the sovereignty and the sovereign rights of its Member States are under threat;

Or. el

Amendment 190

Arkadiusz Mularczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 191

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Highlights that growing disrespect for international law and the politicisation of debates concerning international justice institutions, such as the ICJ and the ICC, poses an existential threat to the rules-based global order; expresses its deep concern about the increasing disregard for and polarisation around international humanitarian and human rights law; deplores the unprecedented threats faced by the ICC, in particular owing to the imposition of sanctions on its prosecutors, judges and staff by the United States of America; recalls that international law and the competent independent legal authorities are essential in upholding international justice, ensuring accountability and fighting against impunity, which are necessary preconditions of any reconciliation process and sustained peace;

Or. en

Amendment 192

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 a. Is seriously concerned at the persistence of the scourge of protracted occupation or annexation of territories; calls to pay special attention to the human rights situation in the illegally occupied territories including in cases of protracted and the multiple frozen conflicts and invisible conflicts, and take effective measures with the aim to prevent grave human rights abuses on the ground, including the violation of right to life, restriction of freedom of movement, and discrimination;

Or. en

Amendment 193

Engin Eroglu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9a. Notes with concern that individual countries have made repeated attempts within the Human Rights Council to embed certain terminologies and concepts which ultimately lead to the relativisation of accountability; calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure that such phrasings are systematically opposed;

Or. de

Amendment 194

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 a. Reiterates the strong support of the EU for the European Court of Human Rights; urges all signatory States to the European Convention on Human Rights to fully abide by rulings of the Court; Assessing the EU’s toolbox for the promotion and protection of human rights and democracy around the world;

Or. en

Amendment 195

Engin Eroglu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9b Notes with concern that individual countries, through substantial contributions to the UN and government-sponsored infrastructure schemes, as well as global initiatives, exert an influence on other States Parties’ positions and voting behaviour on human rights matters; calls on the EU to expand its own support and funding efforts as a counterbalance for politically motivated pressure and as a safeguard for independent procedures;

Or. de

Amendment 196

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Notes with concern the increasing divide worldwide; stresses the shared responsibility of the EU to continue defending democratic values and principles and human rights, international justice, peace and dignity around the world, which are even more important to defend in the current volatile state of global politics; calls upon the EU to keep communication channels open with different stakeholders and to continue to develop a comprehensive toolbox to strengthen human rights and democracy globally;

Or. en

Amendment 197

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Believes that Parliament should be consulted in the preparation of the new action plan;

11. Recalls that, in accordance with Article 24 TEU, consultation with the Parliament is not required, as the Union’s action in the field of foreign policy and human rights is defined and implemented by the European Council and the Council;

Or. en

Amendment 198

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Believes that Parliament should be consulted in the preparation of the new action plan;

11. Believes that Parliament should be actively involved in the preparation of the new action plan;

Or. en

Amendment 199

Rihards Kols

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Believes that Parliament should be consulted in the preparation of the new action plan;

11. Insists that Parliament should be consulted in the preparation of the new action plan;

Or. en

Amendment 200

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Underlines the role of the EU’s public and cultural diplomacy, as well as international cultural relations, in the promotion of human rights and democracy, and calls for the Strategic Communication and Foresight division of the EEAS to increase their efforts in this regard, for which they should count with the appropriate resources;

Or. en

Amendment 201

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Welcomes the human rights and democracy-related objectives in all pillars of the proposed Global Europe instrument and the proposed increase in EU funding for external action, especially considering the dramatic cuts by other major global contributors; strongly regrets, however, the deletion of the thematic programme on human rights and democracy as a flagship EU instrument in promoting and protecting human rights and democracy around the world, emphasizing the necessity of integrating a human rights-based approach consistently across the EU’s external action instruments; underlines Parliament’s role in the instrument’s programming process and calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to share all relevant information in a timely manner in order to enable Parliament to play its role accordingly, and the absence of a dedicated budget and earmarking;

Or. en

Amendment 202

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 203

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Rejects the idea of offsetting the suspension of USAID funding to human rights organizations, as such a commitment would lead to a further increase in budgetary expenditures for the Union and its Member States in favor of entities with most of them having no tangible contribution;

Or. en

Amendment 204

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Takes note of the human rights and democracy-related objectives in all pillars of the proposed Global Europe instrument and the proposed increase in EU funding for external action; welcomes the deletion of the thematic programme on human rights and democracy in view of the very limited impact of the programme;

Or. en

Amendment 205

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Welcomes the human rights and democracy-related objectives in all pillars of the proposed Global Europe instrument and the proposed increase in EU funding for external action, especially considering the dramatic cuts by other major global contributors; strongly regrets, however, the deletion of the thematic programme on human rights and democracy as a flagship EU instrument in promoting and protecting human rights and democracy around the world, and the absence of a dedicated budget and earmarking; emphasises the need to make sure that no EU funding, directly or indirectly, goes towards supporting extremism or terrorism;

Or. en

Amendment 206

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Marion Maréchal, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Welcomes the human rights and democracy-related objectives in all pillars of the proposed Global Europe instrument and notes the proposed increase in EU funding for external action; strongly regrets, however, the deletion of the thematic programme on human rights and democracy as a flagship EU instrument in promoting and protecting human rights and democracy around the world, and the absence of a dedicated budget and earmarking;

Or. en

Amendment 207

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12 a. Notes with concern that much of the funding allocated to gender and rights policies is embedded (“mainstreamed”) within broader programmes such as development, health, education, and governance, and is therefore not clearly disaggregated or identifiable as direct support for women’s rights; stresses that this lack of transparency makes accurate breakdowns difficult and risks weakening accountability; urges the Commission to ensure that spending explicitly dedicated to the promotion of women’s rights and the elimination of discrimination against women is reported separately and distinctly from allocations directed towards other categories, including LGBTIQ equality measures, in order to guarantee that women’s rights receive full and traceable protection and support;

Or. en

Amendment 208

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12a. Stresses its deep concern that EU taxpayers’ money is being used to sustain criminal regimes such as those of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua; reiterates that, rather than supporting the democratic opposition and civil society, those funds serve to strengthen dictatorships and prolong the repression of their peoples;

Or. es

Amendment 209

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12 a. Strongly regrets, the deletion of the thematic programme on human rights and democracy as a flagship EU instrument in promoting and protecting human rights and democracy around the world, and the absence of a dedicated budget and earmarking, especially considering the dramatic cuts by other major global contributors;

Or. en

Amendment 210

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12 b. Expresses concern that the merger of EU external action instruments risks diluting mandates, undermining coherence, and underfunding key priorities such as climate action, humanitarian aid, human rights, democracy, rule of law, gender equality, and NGO support; underlines the need for clear percentage targets, ring-fenced budget lines, and transparent tracking to ensure funds effectively address global challenges and support vulnerable populations;

Or. en

Amendment 211

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12 c. Stresses that any carry-over or surplus of Global Europe must be reintegrated into the committed budget rather than redirected into flexible envelopes or “unprogrammable” actions. Allowing such redirection risks undermining guarantees for ring-fenced areas, such as humanitarian aid, and weakens parliamentary oversight, as reallocations could occur without the same level of scrutiny by the European Parliament;

Or. en

Amendment 212

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12 d. Expresses concern that the Global Europe Instrument introduces conditionality on readmission and return cooperation, prioritising migration and forced displacement over development objectives; stresses that punitive measures—such as suspending payments or programmes in third countries—risk undermining partnerships;

Or. en

Amendment 213

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12 e. Highlights the need for the Global Europe Instrument to prioritize human rights, accountability, and inclusion, ensuring that connectivity and infrastructure projects support sustainable development and civic participation; stresses the need for strong CSO partnerships, an EU presence on the ground, and a well-resourced, stand-alone heading for EU external action;

Or. en

Amendment 214

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Regrets the absence of a binding and enforceable human rights and democracy conditionality for cooperation with non-EU countries, which would be an effective tool to give tangible effect to the EU’s commitment to the promotion of human rights worldwide; stresses the need to strengthen and swiftly upgrade the sustainability dimension of all trade agreements, i.e. through the inclusion of a binding and enforceable chapter on sustainable development that includes the possibility of sanctions in the event of non-compliance with social, environmental and human rights clauses;

Or. en

Amendment 215

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Regrets the absence of human rights and democracy conditionality for cooperation with non-EU countries, which would be an effective tool to give tangible effect to the EU’s commitment to the promotion of human rights worldwide; underlines that the EU should completely refrain from financing or providing any assistance to countries governed by regimes that systematically violate basic human rights and whose governmental systems are deeply corrupt;

Or. es

Amendment 216

Rihards Kols

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Strongly condemns the lack of binding human rights and democracy conditionality in cooperation with non-EU countries; insists that EU funds, including development and technical assistance, must be withheld from governments engaged in serious human rights violations or anti-democratic practices; calls for enforceable legal mechanisms to ensure compliance and transparency;

Or. en

Amendment 217

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Regrets the absence of robust, transparent and country-specific human-rights conditionality for cooperation with non-EU countries; calls for an operational conditionality framework that applies, inter alia, to macro-financial assistance, trade preferences and visa facilitation, with clear benchmarks and suspension clauses in case of persistent violations;

Or. en

Amendment 218

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Regrets the absence of human rights and democracy conditionality for cooperation with non-EU countries, which would be an effective tool to give tangible effect to the EU’s commitment to the promotion of human rights worldwide; reiterates in this context the importance of cooperation with non-EU countries on return and re-admission;

Or. en

Amendment 219

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Notes the absence of human rights and democracy conditionality for cooperation with non-EU countries, which would be an effective tool to give tangible effect to the EU’s commitment to the promotion of human rights worldwide;

Or. en

Amendment 220

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13 a. Strongly encourages the EU, to strive for a continued ambitious commitment to make human rights a central part of all EU policies in a streamlined manner and a precondition for EU funding, including through its international agreements and development cooperation policies and instruments;

Or. en

Amendment 221

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13 a. Highlights the need for humanitarian aid to be gender-sensitive; Given the gendered impacts of armed conflicts, deplores the insufficient priority and focus given to sexual and gender-based violence and to sexual and reproductive health and rights across the EU’s humanitarian response;

Or. en

Amendment 222

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13 a. Expresses its concern over the drastic cuts in foreign aid which have a direct impact on the most vulnerable populations; stresses that the EU cannot bridge the gap alone;

Or. en

Amendment 223

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Continues to regard the EUSR for Human Rights as an important voice of the EU’s external human rights policy;

Or. en

Amendment 224

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Continues to regard the EUSR for Human Rights as an essential voice of the EU’s external human rights policy, contributing to its visibility and coherence in close cooperation with all EU bodies; calls for the EUSR to be supported in his work with increased resources and better coordination with EU delegations around the world; regrets, despite continuous calls, Parliament’s exclusion from the process of selecting the EUSR; insists on the need for the EUSR to report back to Parliament regularly;

Or. en

Amendment 225

Bert-Jan Ruissen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Continues to regard the EUSR for Human Rights as an essential voice of the EU’s external human rights policy, contributing to its visibility and coherence in close cooperation and coordination and with all EU bodies and actors, particularly those entrusted with mandates to uphold and promote human rights, both in general and in specific contexts;

Or. en

Amendment 226

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 227

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14 a. Reiterates its concern over violations of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and belief, and the global rise in intolerance towards religious communities; deplores the political instrumentalisation of religious identities and the exclusion of religious minorities, including from political participation, as well as attacks on cultural and historical sites; stresses that freedom to choose one’s religion or belief is a human right that cannot be punished; condemns, therefore, the existence and implementation of so-called apostasy laws and blasphemy laws that lead to harsh penalties, degrading treatment and, in some cases, even to death sentences; calls for the abolition of apostasy laws and blasphemy laws; highlights the need to strengthen the Special Envoy for the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, ensuring close cooperation with the EUSR for Human Rights and the Council Working Party on Human Rights; calls on the EU and its Member States to intensify efforts to protect these freedoms, raise the issue in UN forums, and consolidate reports from EU delegations on the matter;

Or. en

Amendment 228

Davor Ivo Stier

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the timely appointment of the EU Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief; underlines the importance of providing the Special Envoy with adequate continuity, resources and visibility in order to effectively promote freedom of religion or belief worldwide; stresses that regular reporting to the European Parliament would further strengthen transparency and cooperation in this field; encourages the Commission to explore ways of reinforcing the defence of religious freedom as a fundamental right more consistently in the EU's external policies and cooperation agreements;

Or. en

Amendment 229

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14 a. Recalls to the EUSR the protection of the Christian communities which appear to be the most persecuted in the world and that, according to Open Doors, more than 360 million Christians face persecution, harassment or discrimination; in this regard, deeply regrets the desecration and vandalism of sacred and religious sites; calls on the EU and its Member States to condemn all such actions and to defend and protect our Christian heritage;

Or. en

Amendment 230

Bert-Jan Ruissen, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Carlo Fidanza, Paolo Inselvini, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Matej Tonin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14 a. Condemns the fact that the post of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU has remained vacant for more than a year; calls for the Special Envoy to be appointed, provided with adequate resources, and the institutional mandate, capacity and duties fully supported; recalls that the Special Envoy’s duties should focus on promoting freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and belief;

Or. en

Amendment 231

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14 a. Expresses concern about the need for the EUSR to have sufficient resources to carry out his work effectively, highlighting that limited transparency and visibility—such as the absence of public reporting on country visits, work programme, and priorities, or the lack of a dedicated webpage—may hinder public scrutiny and accountability;

Or. en

Amendment 232

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Emphasises the crucial role of international agreements, including association and trade agreements, and of instruments such as the generalised scheme of preferences (GSP) and GSP+ for placing human rights and democratic standards at the core of the EU’s relations with non-EU countries, for encouraging and monitoring compliance with such standards; reiterates its call to integrate human rights assessments and include robust clauses on human rights in agreements between the EU and non-EU countries, supported by a clear set of benchmarks and procedures to be followed in the event of violations; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to ensure that the human rights clauses in current international agreements are actively monitored and effectively enforced and to improve their communication with Parliament concerning considerations and decisions regarding this enforcement;

Or. en

Amendment 233

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 234

Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Emphasises the crucial role of international agreements, including association and trade agreements, and of instruments such as the generalised scheme of preferences (GSP) and GSP+; stresses, however, that commercial agreements must foster the economic prosperity of European citizens first and foremost, and must not be misused for the purpose of applying ideological pressure;

Or. fr

Amendment 235

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Urges to create new types of cooperation with third countries on the basis of mutual development and mutually advantageous relations that respond in first hand to the interest of the peoples; considers that trade and investment protection agreements contribute to unequal distribution of global wealth, often undermine social and economic justice as well as deepen existing inequalities, bringing a heavy toll to marginalized states and communities;

Or. en

Amendment 236

Viktória Ferenc, Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15 a. Recalls the obligations of states based on international treaties and agreements to protect the rights of traditional national, ethnic and linguistic minorities within their respective territories; calls upon the governments of the EU’s partner countries to guarantee the rights of traditional national, ethnic, and linguistic minorities, including the preservation of their cultures, languages, religions, traditions, and histories, with a view to protecting diversity and cultural as well as linguistic identity;

Or. en

Amendment 237

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15 a. Expresses concern that the free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) of indigenous peoples may not be consistently respected in EU agreements, development projects, and corporate activities affecting their lands or resources; emphasizes that failure to uphold indigenous rights, including in sectoral legislation, could undermine sustainable development, climate action, and biodiversity conservation;

Or. en

Amendment 238

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15 a. Stresses the failure of the introduction of human rights clauses in free trade agreements with third countries, as such agreements have even led to the violation of basic economic and social rights, including the impoverishment of the populations concerned and the hoarding of resources by transnational companies;

Or. en

Amendment 239

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15 a. Calls for a reassessment of Pakistan’s GSP+ status in spite of its continued failure to uphold international conventions on human rights and freedom of religion, as illustrated by the August 2023 Jaranwala attacks against Christians;

Or. en

Amendment 240

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15a. Stresses the importance of making use of existing trade instruments for the promotion of international law, particularly as regards the interests of EU Member States;

Or. el

Amendment 241

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15 b. Denounces that some corporations unlawfully exploit natural resources, which not only constitutes a major sustainability and environmental challenge but also results in severe adverse impacts on the social, economic, cultural, civil and political rights of local communities; recalls the responsibility of businesses in ensuring that their operations and supply chains are not implicated in human rights abuses, including environmental, indigenous and labour rights as well as threats and attacks on human rights defenders;

Or. en

Amendment 242

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15 b. Underlines the need to close legal and regulatory loopholes exploited by businesses at the expense of human rights and the environment; reiterates strong support for the UN OEIGWG’s work on a legally binding instrument on business and human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 243

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15c. Believes that any trade dependence on Türkiye should be reduced, since Türkiye violates international law through: - the occupation of 38 % of the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, - the violation of the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Greece and the Republic of Cyprus at sea and in the air, - direct or indirect military involvement in ethnic cleansing in Syria and Iraq, in particular committing acts of ethnic cleansing and genocide against specific races, such as the Kurds in Türkiye, Syria and Iraq, - its ongoing refusal to recognise the genocide of Christians of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century, - its support of hatred towards Armenians in Azerbaijan and its anti-Armenian operations;

Or. el

Amendment 244

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16. Stresses the importance of human rights dialogues as a key element of sustained EU engagement and not as a free-standing instrument; notes that 35 human rights dialogues and consultations were organised in 2024; considers that these dialogues continue to be an important instrument in advancing human rights and democracy, but regrets that they are often isolated events rather than a key element of sustained engagement on human rights in relations with non-EU countries and regions; considers that there is space for enhancing Parliament’s role in the dialogue process; reiterates the need to raise individual cases, in particular those highlighted by Parliament in its resolutions, and ensure adequate follow-up; calls to increase the visibility of these dialogues and their outcomes, including through the publication of a joint press statement; takes note of the fact that several human rights dialogues continue not to be held in EU headquarters;

Or. en

Amendment 245

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16. Notes that 35 human rights dialogues and consultations were organised in 2024; considers that these dialogues continue to be an important instrument in advancing human rights and democracy, but regrets that they are often isolated events rather than a key element of sustained engagement on human rights in relations with non-EU countries and regions; calls for the enhanced and meaningful involvement of civil society in the dialogues; stresses that genuine CSOs must not be impeded from participating in human rights dialogues and that any dialogue must include all genuine CSOs without any limitations; considers that there is space for enhancing Parliament’s role in the dialogue process; takes note of the fact that several human rights dialogues continue not to be held in EU headquarters;

Or. en

Amendment 246

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16. Notes that 35 human rights dialogues and consultations were organised in 2024; considers that these dialogues continue to be an important instrument in advancing human rights and democracy, but regrets that they are often isolated events rather than a key element of sustained engagement on human rights in relations with non-EU countries and regions; considers that there is space for enhancing Parliament’s role more systematically in the dialogue process; takes note of the fact that several human rights dialogues continue not to be held in EU headquarters;

Or. en

Amendment 247

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16 a. Notes with concern that the visibility and outcomes of dialogues conducted by the EEAS and EU delegations may be insufficient, and that they may not always be results-oriented or based on clear benchmarks enabling effective monitoring, including through ex-ante and ex-post consultation with civil society and the publication of joint press statements; highlights the need for enhanced involvement of civil society in these dialogues;

Or. en

Amendment 248

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16a. Notes that the EU must act in accordance with international law, in particular with regard to the protection of its Member States; calls, accordingly, for the full implementation of the Treaty of Lausanne; calls, more specifically, for the return of property to the Greeks of Constantinople, Imvros and Tenedos and the payment of compensation for the appalling persecutions by Türkiye over the last 60 years;

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Amendment 249

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16c. Deplores the complete absence of initiatives to compensate the Greeks of Constantinople, Imvros and Tenedos who were driven from their ancestral homes by the Turkish Government during the events of September 1955 and thereafter;

Or. el

Amendment 250

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

EU sanctions instruments and tools, including the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (GHRSR – Magnitsky Act)

EU sanctions instruments and tools, including the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (GHRSR – EU Magnitsky Act)

Or. en

Amendment 251

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reiterates that the use of GHRSR must remain a strictly targeted instrument of the Union’s external action, to be used solely against countries, individuals, and entities that directly engage in hostile acts against one or more Member States of the European Union, or in response to clear and serious human rights abuses — provided such measures are not used as a pretext to interfere in the internal affairs of third countries; underlines that any application of such sanctions must be rooted in clear evidence of threats to the sovereignty, security, or fundamental interests of Member States; stresses that unanimity in the Council must be maintained for all decisions related to the adoption of sanctions under the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), in accordance with Article 24(1) of the Treaty on European Union, so that the national interests and foreign policy priorities of individual Member States are not impacted against their will; warns that any move towards qualified majority voting in the context of the GHRSR constitutes a direct challenge to the sovereignty of Member States and the intergovernmental nature of the Union’s external action; further warns against the ideological or expansive use of the GHRSR disconnected from the Union’s core strategic priorities;

Or. en

Amendment 252

Danilo Della Valle

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Notes with concern the striking double standard in the EU’s application of sanctions under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (GHRSR); regrets the significant imbalance between the adoption of sanctions against over 130 individuals and 37 entities, most linked to Russia, contrasted with the absence of formal individual sanctions against Israeli citizens responsible for the documented genocide in Gaza; stresses that this inconsistent approach undermines the credibility and effectiveness of the EU’s human rights policy and calls for an equal, principled application of sanctions irrespective of geopolitical considerations.

Or. en

Amendment 253

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reiterates its support for increasing the use of the GHRSR, along with other ad hoc sanctions frameworks, as a key political EU policy tool promoting the rule of law, democracy and human rights, which complements other judicial instruments; recalls, however, the limitations and slowness of the current decision-making system for these instruments’ activation and the loopholes in enforcement mechanisms that allow circumvention; notes, however, the challenges that the requirement of unanimity poses in the adoption of sanctions and reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for decisions on the GHRS; highlights the need for the complete enforcement of sanctions and calls for circumventions to be tackled;

Or. en

Amendment 254

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reiterates its support for increasing the use of the GHRSR, along with other ad hoc sanctions frameworks, as a key political EU policy tool promoting the rule of law, democracy and human rights, which complements other judicial instruments; calls on the EU and its Member States to expand the scope of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) and to include acts of corruption as already requested several times by the Parliament; recalls, however, the limitations and slowness of the current decision-making system for these instruments’ activation and the loopholes in enforcement mechanisms that allow circumvention;

Or. en

Amendment 255

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Reiterates its support for increasing the use of the GHRSR, along with other ad hoc sanctions frameworks, as a key political EU policy tool promoting the rule of law, democracy and human rights, which complements other judicial instruments; recalls, however, the limitations and slowness of the current decision-making system for these instruments’ activation and the loopholes in enforcement mechanisms that allow circumvention and therefore highlights the need for the introduction of qualified majority voting for the adoption of sanctions under the EUGHRSR;

Or. en

Amendment 256

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 a. Calls on the Council to apply targeted sanctions under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime against individuals, groups, or entities responsible for orchestrating or financing acts of religious persecution and violence against Christian communities, particularly in countries such as Nigeria, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, and Somalia; notes with grave concern the global rise of religious extremism, including Islamic fundamentalism; strongly condemns all forms of violence committed by such groups against Christians and other religious minorities; deplores the desecration and destruction of churches, temples, and sacred sites; recalls that the European Union shares a Christian heritage and must take a clear stand in the face of such attacks;

Or. en

Amendment 257

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 a. Condemns the grave human rights abuses and acts of violence committed by the Russian Federation, including deliberate attacks against civilians in Ukraine, the forced deportation of children, systematic use of torture and sexual violence; calls for the immediate and targeted use of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (GHRSR – Magnitsky Act) against Russian officials, military commanders, judges, and propagandists directly involved in or complicit with these crimes; urges the Council and the Commission to strengthen enforcement of existing sanctions, to close circumvention routes through third countries, and to expand listings to cover entities supplying drones, missiles, and surveillance technologies used by Russia to commit such abuses;

Or. en

Amendment 258

Rihards Kols

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 a. Calls for the expansion and automation of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (GHRSR) based on documented abuses, relevant court decisions, and international rulings; insists that the activation of sanctions not rely solely on political consensus in the Council, and that decisions by courts, including the European Court of Human Rights, be recognised as valid legal bases for inclusion; calls for mandatory alignment of Member States and enforcement coordination to prevent sanctions evasion;

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Amendment 259

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17a. Regrets the complete absence of initiatives to support Cypriot citizens such as Titina Loizidou, who have been displaced from the occupied territories of the Republic of Cyprus by the Turkish occupying army, whose cases have been repeatedly, and rightfully, upheld by the courts;

Or. el

Amendment 260

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17a. Observes that the EU’s failure to influence those countries that do not respect basic human rights standards is explained, in part, by its failure to impose sanctions and immediately suspend any financial aid to those countries;

Or. es

Amendment 261

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 a. Calls for systematic listings under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime for perpetrators of transnational repression, including those targeting EU citizens and residents, journalists and diaspora communities;

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Amendment 262

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 b. Urges the Member States and the European Union to exert coordinated diplomatic, economic, and political pressure on third countries that systematically refuse to readmit their nationals who have committed crimes in the Union and are subject to final return or expulsion decisions; stresses that the conclusion and implementation of cooperation agreements, trade partnerships, visa facilitation or liberalisation, and financial or development assistance should be made explicitly conditional on effective and sustained cooperation in the field of readmission; calls, in this regard, for enhanced coordination, information-sharing, and joint operational measures among Member States to ensure consistency and effectiveness in enforcing return and readmission policies; calls on the Council to consider applying targeted sanctions, including under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, against countries or officials obstructing readmission obligations and thereby undermining the rule of law and public security in the Union;

Or. en

Amendment 263

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 b. Calls for the consistent application of targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for grave human rights abuses in the occupied territories of Georgia and Ukraine, drawing inspiration from Georgia’s adoption of the “Otkhozoria–Tatunashvili List” in 2018, which named perpetrators of serious violations; underlines that the EU should expand the use of its Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (GHRSR – Magnitsky Act) to include such individuals, thereby ensuring accountability, preventing impunity, and reinforcing international efforts to deter further violations;

Or. en

Amendment 264

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 c. Calls on the Council and the Member States to strengthen diplomatic and operational pressure on the Malian authorities to ensure full cooperation on the return and readmission of Malian nationals residing illegally in the EU; stresses that development aid, visa policy, and financial cooperation should be made conditional upon effective and sustained compliance with return obligations; calls on the Council to consider the application of targeted restrictive measures under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime or other relevant instruments in the event of continued obstruction or refusal to cooperate on return and migration matters, as already called for by the European Parliament in its Resolution RC-B10-0291/2025;

Or. en

Amendment 265

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 d. Condemns violations of women's fundamental rights perpetrated throughout the world, condemns in particular violence perpetrated in the context of conflicts, such as the use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war; condemns and stresses the need to pursue efforts to fully eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation, honour killings, child and forced marriages, all of which are notably prevalent in Islamic communities;

Or. en

Amendment 266

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 e. Notes with concern and condemns the rise of anti-semitism in the world;

Or. en

Amendment 267

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 f. Notes with concern that so-called “wokeism” and the resulting cancel culture widens societal divisions, discourages open and frank discourse, leads to a reductionist view of history, promotes censorship, historical revisionism, and inevitably curtails freedom of expression;

Or. en

Amendment 268

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 g. Reiterates its opposition to the various forms of trafficking in human beings and exploitation of women, including the exploitation of surrogacy, forced marriage and illegal adoption; encourages the Member States to condemn and combat these practices; welcomes the initiative of the Casablanca Declaration, an international group of experts, researchers, lawyers and doctors who have drawn up a proposal for an international convention for the global prohibition of surrogacy;

Or. en

Amendment 269

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Is extremely concerned by the continuing restriction of civil society space and rising threats to the work of HRDs and members of CSOs, as well as their families, communities and lawyers, and finds particularly concerning the increasingly sophisticated means used to persecute them; strongly condemns their arbitrary detentions and killings; deplores the harassment of CSOs through legislative provisions such as foreign agents laws and similar, and other restrictions they face;

Or. en

Amendment 270

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Welcomes the fact that, in 2024, the Human Rights Defenders Mechanism, funded under the Human Rights and Democracy thematic programme of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, supported 10 050 HRDs considered high-risk, 51 % of whom were women, and provided support to more than 700 journalists at risk in 60 countries over the same period;

Or. en

Amendment 271

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Takes note that, in 2024, the Human Rights Defenders Mechanism, funded under the Human Rights and Democracy thematic programme of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, supported 10 050 HRDs considered high-risk, 51 % of whom were women, and provided support to more than 700 journalists at risk in 60 countries over the same period;

Or. en

Amendment 272

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18a. Regrets the absence of a decisive European policy in favour of stability, peace and human rights in Libya and Syria, two states that border the European Union by sea, and are responsible for a large share of the illegal flows of migrants towards the EU;

Or. el

Amendment 273

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18b. Expresses its solidarity with the persecuted Christians, Kurds, Alawites and Druze in Syria; underlines the importance of their self-protection and of the intervention of non-EU countries to safeguard them from the existing unelected government, dominated by Islamist extremists;

Or. el

Amendment 274

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Or. en

Amendment 275

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Calls for procedures for allowing HRDs to access international or humanitarian protection, such as visas, to be more restrictive, traceable and controlled;

Or. en

Amendment 276

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Notes the 2024 update of the EU Visa Code Handbook, aimed at clarifying flexible handling of HRD cases to speed up short-stay visa applications for those at risk;

Or. en

Amendment 277

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Welcomes the 2024 update of the EU Visa Code Handbook, aimed at clarifying flexible handling of HRD cases to speed up short-stay visa applications for those at risk; regrets, however, that procedures for allowing HRDs to access international or humanitarian protection, such as visas, are too often cumbersome and not adapted to their specific needs, in particular for continuing their human rights work abroad, and that serious and harmful delays in issuing visas have occurred; recalls the crucial importance of a thorough and consistent implementation by Member States of the security and risk assessments foreseen in the Visa Code, ensuring that all applicants are duly verified against relevant databases and that particular attention is paid to potential risks related to illegal migration, public policy or internal security; stresses that a rigorous and harmonised application of these checks is essential to safeguard the integrity of the Schengen area and maintain citizens’ trust in the EU’s common visa policy;

Or. en

Amendment 278

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Welcomes the 2024 update of the EU Visa Code Handbook, aimed at clarifying flexible handling of HRD cases to speed up short-stay visa applications for those at risk; regrets the lack of monitoring of the implementation of the revised Handbook, stresses the need to provide targeted training to consulates and national visa centres; regrets that procedures for allowing HRDs to access international or humanitarian protection, such as visas, are too often cumbersome and not adapted to their specific needs, in particular for continuing their human rights work abroad, and that serious and harmful delays in issuing visas have occurred;

Or. en

Amendment 279

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 a. Underlines the importance of collaboration with religious leaders as key human rights defenders, recognising that they often play active roles in mediating conflicts, providing humanitarian assistance, and fostering social cohesion; highlights that various faith organisations are increasingly aware of the need to build partnerships across religious traditions, focusing on common values that unite rather than divide; recalls that at the heart of most religions lie teachings of love, compassion, and dignity; stresses therefore the importance of strengthening dialogue and partnerships between secular and religious human rights defenders to advance the protection of human rights globally;

Or. en

Amendment 280

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19a. Is deeply concerned by the violent rhetoric of the left and the extreme left, which has inspired attacks on activists fighting for freedom of speech and conservative political figures around the world; recalls, in that regard, the fatal attack on Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay on 7 June 2025, and the assassination of US citizen Charlie Kirk on 10 September 2025;

Or. es

Amendment 281

Dan Barna, Bernard Guetta, Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 a. Highlights the valuable role of the Sakharov Prize Community, including through the Sakharov Fellowship programme, in contributing to a better understanding of the phenomenon of repression against HRDs, its various implications and possible ways to tackle it, including at transnational level;

Or. en

Amendment 282

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 a. Regrets that mechanisms to protect human rights defenders may be insufficiently resourced or inadequately implemented, and emphasizes the importance of comprehensive, collective, and preventative approaches in all interactions with third countries;

Or. en

Amendment 283

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 a. Underscores the critical role of EU Delegations and Member State representations in conducting trial observation, visits in detention and support to families and lawyers of persecuted HRDs;

Or. en

Amendment 284

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 b. Stresses the importance of enhancing coordination between the EU’s human rights policy and the diplomatic engagement of the Holy See, particularly in advancing peace, fostering interreligious dialogue, supporting conflict resolution, delivering humanitarian assistance, and safeguarding human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 285

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 b. Raises alarm over the precarious funding of human rights defenders globally and urges the EU and Member States to strengthen budgetary support, ensuring flexible, accessible, and long-term funding to enable HRDs to continue their vital work amid increasing repression;

Or. en

Amendment 286

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 c. Calls on the European Union to strengthen dialogue and structured cooperation with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Patriarchate of Jerusalem as recognized religious authorities of global and regional significance, noting that such institutional engagement will contribute to the promotion of peace in the Middle East and the protection of religious freedom and human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 287

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 c. Highlights the growing transnational threats against human rights defenders, journalists, civil society activists, and political opponents, including by national authorities or proxies within Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 288

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 d. Stresses that the Metropolis of Bessarabia has consistently and unequivocally expressed its support for the European integration of the Republic of Moldova and for the protection of human rights and European values2a; underlines with deep concern the serious violence and human rights violations faced by clergy of the Metropolis of Bessarabia in the exercise of their fundamental freedoms and for upholding these principles; recalls, in particular, the incident of 15 July 2025 at the “Nativity of the Mother of God” Church in Grinăuți, Rîșcani, where priest Constantin Turtureanu, together with his wife and son, was violently assaulted and expelled from his parish after joining the Metropolis of Bessarabia, in an attack reportedly orchestrated by the pro-Russian Șor group, represented by Victoria Furtună, leader of the “Victory” movement, while priests and police officers present failed to intervene3a; stresses furthermore that all clergy who defend human rights and freedom of religion or belief must be recognised and protected as human rights defenders;

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2a https://www.moldpres.md/eng/society/metropolitan-see-of-bessarabia-reaffirms-support-for-moldova-s-european-path-metropolitan-petru-meets-with-european-commissioner-for-enlargement

3a https://cotidianul.md/en/9021/Scandal-in-Grinauti%3A-Priests-of-the-Metropolitanate-of-Moldova-resorted-to-bribery-and-refuse-to-cede-the-church-in-the-village-that-recently-passed-to-the-Metropolitanate-of-Bessarabia/

Or. en

Amendment 289

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 d. Deplores the continued and sophisticated attacks on women human rights defenders—including killings, harassment, smear campaigns, and intimidation—aimed at silencing their voices; notes the failure of political leaders to protect them and sometimes emboldening anti-gender movements; calls on the EU and Member States to strengthen support and establish dedicated funding for women’s rights, feminist, and grassroots organisations;

Or. en

Amendment 290

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Welcomes EU efforts in sponsoring or supporting resolutions at the UN Human Rights Council and UN General Assembly; is concerned that recent decisions by non-EU countries to scale back funding for the Human Rights Council already have tangible implications for its ability to carry out its mission;

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Or. en

Amendment 291

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Marion Maréchal, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Welcomes EU efforts in sponsoring or supporting resolutions at the UN Human Rights Council and UN General Assembly;

Or. en

Amendment 292

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Welcomes EU efforts in sponsoring or supporting resolutions at the UN Human Rights Council and UN General Assembly;

Or. en

Amendment 293

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Welcomes EU efforts in sponsoring or supporting resolutions at the UN Human Rights Council and UN General Assembly; is concerned that recent decisions by non-EU countries to scale back funding for the Human Rights Council and the UN system already have tangible implications for their ability to carry out its mission;

Or. en

Amendment 294

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Calls on the Russian Federation, as the legal successor state of the Soviet Union, to acknowledge and assume its full responsibility for the widespread human rights violations committed under Soviet rule, including mass deportations, forced labor, unlawful nationalizations, and systemic repression; stresses that the Russian Federation bears both a legal and moral responsibility to provide compensation not only to the victims and their descendants, but also to the successor states of the former Soviet republics for the collective damages suffered as a result of Soviet policies; calls on the states of the former Soviet republics to restore unlawfully confiscated properties, or, where restitution in kind is not possible, to provide fair and adequate compensation to the rightful owners and their descendants, and to pursue their legitimate claims for reparations against the Russian Federation; urges the European Union and its Member States to actively support this process and to raise the matter in all relevant international forums, including the United Nations and other competent international institutions;

Or. en

Amendment 295

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Welcomes the fact that the Council of Europe has been at the forefront of addressing concerns and advancing the setting of global norms and standards in several areas related to human rights, such as academic freedom, the protection of lawyers and journalists, AI and human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 296

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Welcomes the fact that the Council of Europe has been at the forefront of addressing concerns and advancing the setting of global norms and standards in several areas related to human rights, such as the elimination of gender-based violence, academic freedom, the protection of lawyers and journalists, AI and human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 297

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Takes note that the Council of Europe has been at the forefront of addressing concerns and advancing the setting of global norms and standards in several areas related to human rights, such as academic freedom, the protection of lawyers and journalists, AI and human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 298

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Reaffirms the EU’s firm support for the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court as essential, independent, and impartial judicial bodies during this particularly challenging period for international justice;

Or. en

Amendment 299

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Welcomes the EU’s continued financial support of the ICC amid a particularly challenging time for international justice; regrets the persistent failure to activate the EU blocking statute to shield the ICC from the extraterritorial effects of sanctions; is deeply concerned that the International Criminal Court, its officials, and cooperating partners face threats or attacks, and condemns any attempts by state officials or others to undermine its decisions; stresses the importance of continued EU support for the ICC and the International Court of Justice in these challenging times;

Or. en

Amendment 300

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 301

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Welcomes the EU’s continued financial support of the ICC amid a particularly challenging time for international justice;

Or. en

Amendment 302

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 303

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Takes note of the EU’s continued financial support of the ICC amid a particularly challenging time for international justice;

Or. en

Amendment 304

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22a. Notes with concern the lack of impartiality on the part of the International Criminal Court, which has led to increasing doubts and criticisms by various States and international actors concerning equal treatment and the uniform application of justice;

Or. es

Amendment 305

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Recognises the value of aligning approaches to human rights protection and promotion across all EU institutions, bodies and Member States’ representations engaged in external action, first and foremost across Member States’ embassies and EU delegations in non-EU countries, but also of making use of Parliament’s full potential; stresses that flexible and coordinated approaches should remain inclusive to allow for the EU institutional checks and balance system to fully operate; emphasises that Parliament plays a strong role in upholding EU values and human rights, for instance through parliamentary diplomacy, interparliamentary dialogues and resolutions; takes note of the ongoing work of the Team Europe Democracy initiative in several countries; considers that enhanced collaboration between Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group, the relevant Commission Directorates-General and the European External Action Service (EEAS) would greatly contribute to democracy support activities in non-EU countries;

23. Recognises the value of aligning approaches to human rights protection and promotion across all EU institutions, bodies and Member States’ representations engaged in external action, first and foremost across Member States’ embassies and EU delegations in non-EU countries, but also of making use of Parliament’s full potential; stresses that flexible and coordinated approaches should remain inclusive to allow for the EU institutional checks and balance system to fully operate; emphasises that Parliament plays a strong role in upholding EU values and human rights, for instance through parliamentary diplomacy, interparliamentary dialogues and resolutions; promoting mediation and encouraging a culture of dialogue and compromise, especially among young political leaders, and empowering women parliamentarians, HRDs and representatives from civil society and independent media; reiterates its call on the Commission to continue and expand its activities in these areas by increasing support for EU bodies; takes note of the ongoing work of the Team Europe Democracy initiative in several countries; considers that enhanced collaboration between Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group, the relevant Commission Directorates-General and the European External Action Service (EEAS) would greatly contribute to democracy support activities in non-EU countries;

Or. en

Amendment 306

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Recognises the value of aligning approaches to human rights protection and promotion across all EU institutions, bodies and Member States’ representations engaged in external action, first and foremost across Member States’ embassies and EU delegations in non-EU countries, but also of making use of Parliament’s full potential; demands that Member State´s embassies engage in the defense and promotion of human rights in third countries in a more vocal way, without subordinating it to the advancement of commercial or trade interests, actively supporting the role of EU Delegations; stresses that flexible and coordinated approaches should remain inclusive to allow for the EU institutional checks and balance system to fully operate; emphasises that Parliament plays a strong role in upholding EU values and human rights, for instance through parliamentary diplomacy, interparliamentary dialogues and resolutions; takes note of the ongoing work of the Team Europe Democracy initiative in several countries; considers that enhanced collaboration between Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group, the relevant Commission Directorates-General and the European External Action Service (EEAS) would greatly contribute to democracy support activities in non-EU countries;

Or. en

Amendment 307

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Notes with concern the lack of EU’s consistency in its external action regarding human rights and the increasing compartmentalisation of human rights by the EU in its discourse and actions; recognises the value of aligning approaches to human rights protection and promotion across all EU institutions, bodies and Member States’ representations engaged in external action, first and foremost across Member States’ embassies and EU delegations in non-EU countries, but also of making use of Parliament’s full potential; stresses that flexible and coordinated approaches should remain inclusive to allow for the EU institutional checks and balance system to fully operate; emphasises that Parliament plays a strong role in upholding EU values and human rights, for instance through parliamentary diplomacy, interparliamentary dialogues and resolutions; takes note of the ongoing work of the Team Europe Democracy initiative in several countries; considers that enhanced collaboration between Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group, the relevant Commission Directorates-General and the European External Action Service (EEAS) would greatly contribute to democracy support activities in non-EU countries;

Or. en

Amendment 308

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Reiterates the importance of the EU Election Observation Missions for the independent and impartial evaluation of the electoral processes they monitor; calls for the protection of international electoral observators; calls for follow-up to the adoption and implementation of the recommendations of these electoral observation missions in third countries, and for them to be included as a key element in the framework of relations between the EU and the third country in question; highlights Parliament´s contribution to these missions as an essential dimension of its external action, as well as to developing and enhancing their methodology; notes that there is an increasingly frequent scenario of countries refusing to invite the EU to observe their elections and calls on the EEAS to address the situation; welcomes the work of the European Endowment for Democracy and reiterates the need to keep strengthening its activities and resources;

Or. en

Amendment 309

Viktória Ferenc

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Expresses deep regret regarding statements by EU officials suggesting that minority rights should only be protected within the European Union, not outside it, or after the opening of the first cluster, during accession negotiations; notes that the Copenhagen criteria clearly require candidate countries to guarantee the full respect of the rights of minorities from the start of negotiations; moreover, this obligation is reinforced by the Treaty on European Union, where Article 2 enshrines the Union’s fundamental values, including minority rights protection, and Article 49 establishes their effective implementation as a precondition for accession;

Or. en

Amendment 310

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Condemns any action or attempt to instigate, authorise, consent or acquiesce to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment methods under any circumstances; condemns the increasing reports of the use of torture by state actors in many different contexts, including in custodial and extra-custodial settings – of political prisoners, among others – and in conflict situations around the world, notably in violation of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War;

Or. en

Amendment 311

Bert-Jan Ruissen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Encourages careful monitoring and assessment of the capacity of EU Delegations to ensure that every EU delegation has a designated point of contact for cases of human rights violations and that such mandate is allocated sufficient resources to respond in an effective and timely manner; equally recommends that EU Delegation staff are regularly trained on the existing EU Guidelines related to specific issues of human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 312

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 b. Reiterates the need to protect the EU democratic space and the exercise of fundamental freedoms therein, particularly freedoms of assembly and association; highlights the growing violent repression of protest and peaceful assemblies within the EU civic space, with cases of torture and ill-treatment resulting in deaths and other serious violations;

Or. en

Amendment 313

Viktória Ferenc

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 b. Notes with concern that such statements not only undermine the credibility of the European Union, but also convey a harmful signal to partner countries where the rights of traditional national, ethnic and linguistic minorities are systematically violated;

Or. en

Amendment 314

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 c. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is irreversible and incompatible with the right to life and with the prohibition of torture, and a cruel, inhumane and degrading punishment; urges, in this regard, the EU to intensify diplomatic engagement with countries that continue to practise the death penalty, encouraging dialogue and cooperation on human rights issues and providing support for the development of judicial reforms that could lead towards its abolition;

Or. en

Amendment 315

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 d. Is seriously concerned about the increasing restrictions on freedom of expression in numerous countries worldwide, particularly for journalists, through censorship, enforced self-censorship, so-called foreign agents laws and the misuse of counter-terrorism or anti-corruption laws to suppress journalists and civil society groups; calls urgently for the EU to back trustworthy media and information outlets that promote the accountability of authorities and support democratic transitions, while stressing the need to preserve the principles of pluralism, transparency and independence;

Or. en

Amendment 316

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 e. Reaffirms its commitment to protecting and promoting academic freedom as a key component of open and democratic societies; underlines the attacks on academic freedom not only by authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, but also by extreme and populist forces worldwide; calls for the development of benchmarks for academic freedom into institutional quality assurance within academic rankings, procedures and criteria;

Or. en

Amendment 317

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Emmanouil Fragkos, Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Calls on the Commission to cease all funding to Islamist organisations and any entities with ties to Islamism, as well as campaigns that glorify or legitimise the hijab;

Or. en

Amendment 318

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Marion Maréchal, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to restrict the entry into the EU and Schengen member countries of nationals from countries whose authorities refuse or are unable to cooperate on immigration-related issues, such as providing criminal background checks of their nationals and readmitting their expelled nationals. Such measures shall remain in place until satisfactory cooperation with the relevant authorities has been achieved and shall apply to the following countries: Afghanistan, Burma, Burundi, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Libya, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, and Yemen; Also calls on the EU and the Schengen Zone Member States to create and make public their own list of countries whose authorities do not cooperate on migration-related issues. Such a list shall be reviewed and updated on a regular basis;

Or. en

Amendment 319

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Marion Maréchal, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 b. Calls for the prioritisation of the readmission of illegal migrants in relations with third countries and emphasises the application of conditionality in development aid;

Or. en

Amendment 320

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Calls for the EU to use the tools at its disposal to counter the growing challenges to multilateralism so as to ensure that the work of international institutions continues to be respected; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their support for the work of the UN, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice in multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should be appropriately resourced;

24. Calls for the EU to use the tools at its disposal to counter the growing challenges to multilateralism so as to ensure that the work of international institutions continues to be respected; encourages the EU and its Member States to cooperate in multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums; notes that the EU and EU Member States collectively make the single largest financial contribution to the UN system and that they provide over one third of all financial contributions to UN agencies, funds and programmes; notes that in 2024, the EU provided approximately 3.9 billion EUR in voluntary contributions to the UN - the highest level ever; calls for a fundamental debate on the way taxes are paid by citizens of EU Member States are spent by the UN and whether the EU should continue to fund the UN to this extent;

Or. en

Amendment 321

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Calls for the EU to use the tools at its disposal to counter the growing challenges to multilateralism so as to ensure that the work of international institutions continues to be respected; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their support for the work of the UN, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice in multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should be appropriately resourced;

24. Calls for the EU to use the tools at its disposal to counter the growing challenges to multilateralism so as to ensure that the work of international institutions continues to be respected; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their support for the work of the UN and all its agencies, both politically and financially, to ensure that it is fit for purpose, and to push back against the influence of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice in multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should be appropriately resourced;

Or. en

Amendment 322

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Calls for the EU to use the tools at its disposal to counter the growing challenges to multilateralism so as to ensure that the work of international institutions continues to be respected; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their support for the work of the UN, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice in multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should be appropriately resourced;

Or. en

Amendment 323

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Calls for the EU to use the tools at its disposal to counter the growing challenges to multilateralism so as to ensure that the work of international institutions continues to be respected; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their support for the work of the UN, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice in multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should be appropriately resourced;

24. Calls for the EU to use the tools at its disposal to counter the growing challenges to multilateralism so as to ensure that the work of international institutions continues to be respected; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their support for the work of the UN, both politically and financially, in order to ensure the continuation of multilateralism as the basis of global governance; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice in multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should be appropriately resourced;

Or. en

Amendment 324

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Calls for the EU to use the tools at its disposal to counter the growing challenges to multilateralism so as to ensure that the work of international institutions continues to be respected; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their support for the work of the UN, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice in multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should be appropriately resourced;

Or. en

Amendment 325

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Calls for the EU to use the tools at its disposal to counter the growing challenges to multilateralism so as to ensure that the work of international institutions continues to be respected; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their support for the work of the UN, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice in multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should be appropriately resourced;

24. Calls for the EU to use the tools at its disposal to counter the growing challenges to multilateralism so as to ensure that the work of international institutions continues to be respected; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their support for the work of the UN, and its reformation, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice in multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should be appropriately resourced;

Or. en

Amendment 326

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Calls for the EU to use the tools at its disposal to counter the growing challenges to multilateralism so as to ensure that the work of international institutions continues to be respected; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their support for the work of the UN, both politically and financially; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice in multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should be appropriately resourced;

24. Calls for the EU to use the tools at its disposal to counter the growing challenges to multilateralism so as to ensure that the work of international institutions continues to be respected; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their support for the work of the UN; reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice in multilateral forums; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should be appropriately resourced;

Or. en

Amendment 327

Davor Ivo Stier

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 a. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU scholarship scheme specifically for persecuted Christians, enabling direct individual applications for education and training; underlines that the scheme should draw inspiration from the adaptive approach applied to Ukrainian students within Erasmus+, where exceptional flexibilities are introduced to facilitate access despite wartime disruption; calls for comparable measures to be considered for persecuted Christians;

Or. en

Amendment 328

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 a. Deplores the lack of action by the European Union in the face of the unsubstantiated attacks originating from the Israeli Government and army towards the UN and, in particular, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories and even the general secretary who has been declared persona non grata;

Or. en

Amendment 329

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 a. Condemns the continuing grave human-rights violations in Iran, including the surge in executions, persecution of women and girls and hostage-taking diplomacy; calls for sustained listings under the GHRSR, support to the UN Fact-Finding Mission, and accountability measures; urges the release of all EU citizens arbitrarily detained;

Or. en

Amendment 330

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24a. Believes that international law and agreements must be abided by; considers, consequently, that the EU should begin to phase in, increasingly, measures against states that oppose international law and the European interests deriving from that law;

Or. el

Amendment 331

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 b. Expresses deep concern at abuses affecting Armenians displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh, calls for the release of all detainees, preservation of cultural and religious heritage and unimpeded access by international bodies;

Or. en

Amendment 332

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 333

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 334

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Urges all EU Member States, also as States Parties to the UN Charter, the Rome Statute and the European Convention on Human Rights, to fully abide by rulings of the competent international courts; calls for the EU to urge non-EU countries, including its major partners and candidate and potential candidate countries, to become States Parties to the Rome Statute; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and intensify its support to the ICC with the necessary means including resources and political backing; urges all the Member States to respect and uphold the actions and decisions of all organs of the ICC, including by enforcing ICC arrest warrants; demands to protect the ICC, its officials, and those cooperating with it from threats and attacks and in that sense reiterates its call on the Commission to urgently activate the blocking statute to protect the ICC from the consequences of sanctions and enable its continued operation in full independence; calls on the Member States to apply universal jurisdiction in the fight against impunity;

Or. en

Amendment 335

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. fi

Amendment 336

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Is worried by the increasing politicisation of international courts; is, in this regard, concerned by the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights that have left little leeway for returns and made it impossible to effectively combat mass immigration; insists that it is up to the elected governments of states to decide whether foreigners may reside on their territory; is of the opinion that it is up to elected governments of non-EU countries to decide whether to become States Parties to the Rome Statute; reiterates its call on the Commission to urgently activate the blocking statute to protect the ICC from the consequences of sanctions and enable its continued operation in full independence; calls on the Member States to apply universal jurisdiction in the fight against impunity;

Or. en

Amendment 337

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Urges all EU Member States, also as States Parties to the UN Charter, the Rome Statute and the European Convention on Human Rights, to fully abide by rulings of the competent international courts; calls for the EU to urge non-EU countries, including its major partners and candidate and potential candidate countries, to consider becoming States Parties to the Rome Statute; calls on the Commission and Member States to take actions to ensure that the ICC is not politicised and remains independent; reiterates its call on the Commission to urgently activate the blocking statute to protect the ICC from the consequences of sanctions and enable its continued operation in full independence; calls on the Member States to apply universal jurisdiction in the fight against impunity;

Or. en

Amendment 338

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25 a. Urges the EU and its Member States to propose the inclusion of “gender apartheid” as a crime against humanity in order to hold those responsible for this crime accountable; calls to strongly support the gender apartheid definition as proposed by the UN working group on discrimination against women and girls and therefore consider that gender apartheid means "inhumane acts of a character similar to those referred to in paragraph 1, committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic discrimination, oppression and domination by one group over another group or groups, based on gender, and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime";

Or. en

Amendment 339

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25 b. Calls on the Member States to support the ICJ and in particular the initiative of the Republic of South Africa to prosecute Israel for war crimes and genocide in Gaza; demands that Israel immediately comply with the legally binding orders issued by the court in January, March and May 2024 in which the ICJ ordered Israel to prevent genocide against Palestinians and let necessary aid enter Gaza;

Or. en

Amendment 340

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape conflicts, to be established in neighbouring countries, in accordance with international humanitarian law and relevant UN guidelines, and ensuring that such mechanisms do not result in abuses and mass refugee flows into the European Union, which could encourage further massive waves of migration; strongly condemns any attacks on civilians;

Or. en

Amendment 341

Danilo Della Valle

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape conflicts, and strongly condemns any attacks on civilians; deplores the complete failure of EU institutions to prevent the genocide in Gaza and to establish humanitarian corridors to protect the Palestinian population subjected to systematic annihilation perpetrated by the State of Israel;

Or. en

Amendment 342

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape conflicts, and strongly condemns any attacks on civilians; calls for more effective protection of journalists and human rights defenders in conflict regions as they are particularly targeted for their work in documenting human rights abuses;

Or. en

Amendment 343

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 344

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. el

Amendment 345

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Marion Maréchal, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 346

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Calls for the systematic creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in conflictive or combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape conflicts, and strongly condemns any attacks on civilians;

Or. en

Amendment 347

Rihards Kols

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Calls for the creation of humanitarian corridors in regions of armed conflict, whenever necessary, to ensure civilian protection, and strongly condemns any attacks on civilian populations;

Or. en

Amendment 348

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Recognises the creation of humanitarian corridors in regions at war and in combat situations, whenever necessary, in order to allow civilians at risk to escape conflicts, and strongly condemns any attacks on civilians;

Or. en

Amendment 349

Christophe Gomart, Lukas Mandl, Matej Tonin, Loránt Vincze, Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 – point a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

(a) Reiterates its firm opposition to all forms of trafficking in human beings and the exploitation of women, including the exploitation of surrogacy, forced marriage and illegal adoption; calls on the Member States to condemn and combat these practices, and welcomes international initiatives such as the Casablanca Declaration calling for a global prohibition of surrogacy;

Or. en

Amendment 350

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26a. underlines that starting a war of aggression is the most serious international crime possible, which results in unspeakable human, material and economic suffering; recalls that, during the war waged by Russia against Ukraine, Russian troops have been guilty of numerous war crimes, such as bombing civilian targets, summary executions, torturing prisoners of war, child abductions, the destruction of cultural heritage and forced displacement; stresses the genocidal nature of Russia’s war of aggression; makes known its full support for the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression, whose purpose will be to hold to account senior Russian political and military leaders for the war of aggression they began, and for the creation of a mechanism that would allow victims to receive compensation for the losses they have suffered as a consequence of the war; emphasises that establishing accountability, convicting those responsible for the crime of aggression and found guilty of war crimes, and the payment of compensation to the victims are essential preconditions for a just peace; underlines that nor must the Russian Constitutional Court be absolved from responsibility: it functions as a guiding influence for the political leadership and has played a key role in the unlawful annexation of Ukrainian territory, which is a crime of aggression;

Or. fi

Amendment 351

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 a. Recalls that the European Parliament, in its resolution of 9 September 2025 on the 2023 and 2024 Commission reports on Ukraine, took note of the adoption of the law enabling Orthodox parishes in Ukraine to disaffiliate from the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate and to decide freely on their new hierarchical affiliation1a; notes that, in August 2024, Romanian Orthodox parishes in Ukraine submitted a request for the recognition of the religious association “Romanian Orthodox Church in Ukraine,” to which those parishes disaffiliating from the Moscow Patriarchate may adhere; calls on the Ukrainian authorities to register, without further delay, the religious association “Romanian Orthodox Church in Ukraine;

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1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-10-2025-0175_EN.html

Or. en

Amendment 352

Arkadiusz Mularczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 a. Strongly supports the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine and the creation of an effective compensation mechanism for victims; underlines that accountability must be ensured and that it is essential for all aggressors to provide reparations to victims as a fundamental element of justice, reconciliation, and the prevention of future violations, as well as access to justice and effective redress for people and countries affected by past conflicts and aggression;

Or. en

Amendment 353

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 a. Strongly believes that a reinforcement of humanitarian aid, accompanied by clear objectives in terms of the rule of law and governance, and measures to discourage and limit illegal migration, is needed for the Union to be able to respond to emerging crises; calls that the recipients and use of such aids have to be carefully monitored and that the European Parliament have to be constantly informed about their use;

Or. en

Amendment 354

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 a. Deplores any initiatives by NGOs and media organisations that violate children's right to healthy and natural development through the promotion of so-called affirmative care; calls on EU institutions to defend the healthy and natural development of minors across the world;

Or. en

Amendment 355

Miriam Lexmann, Loránt Vincze, Karlo Ressler, Christophe Gomart, Matej Tonin, Davor Ivo Stier, Massimiliano Salini, Paulius Saudargas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 a. Recalls that, in line with the EU Strategy for Gender Equality (2021, §32) sexual exploitation for reproductive purposes is unacceptable and constitutes a violation of human dignity and human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 356

Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26a. Calls for action to combat the exploitation and commoditisation of women and children; urges the EU and its Member States to strive for the global abolition of surrogacy;

Or. fr

Amendment 357

Miriam Lexmann, Loránt Vincze, Karlo Ressler, Christophe Gomart, Matej Tonin, Davor Ivo Stier, Massimiliano Salini, Paulius Saudargas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 b. Condemns the practice of surrogacy, which undermines the human dignity of children as well as that of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity; considers that the practice of gestational surrogacy which involves reproductive exploitation and use of the human body, in particular in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries, shall be prohibited and treated as a matter of urgency in human rights instruments;

Or. en

Amendment 358

Miriam Lexmann, Loránt Vincze, Karlo Ressler, Christophe Gomart, Matej Tonin, Davor Ivo Stier, Massimiliano Salini, Paulius Saudargas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 c. Notes that trafficking for other forms of exploitation accounted for 18 % of victims, involving activities in the area of forced begging, forced criminalities, the selling of babies, organ harvesting, illegal adoption, financial exploitation through fraud and Trafficking of Human Bodies through surrogacy;

Or. en

Amendment 359

Bert-Jan Ruissen, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Carlo Fidanza, Paolo Inselvini, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Matej Tonin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27 a. Reiterates its concern regarding violations of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief; deplores the violence, harassment and killing of persons due to the existence and enforcement of anti-conversion and blasphemy laws in several countries; denounces the fact that such laws limit and even deprive religious and non-religious belief minorities of their right to freedom of religion or belief;

Or. en

Amendment 360

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27 a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to adopt a new Gender Action Plan post 2027 that will address the need for extra support for gender equality and women’s rights and that will specifically tackle gender-based violence;

Or. en

Amendment 361

Bert-Jan Ruissen, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Carlo Fidanza, Paolo Inselvini, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Matej Tonin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27 b. Reiterates its concern regarding violations of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief; deplores the instrumentalisation of religious or belief identities for political purposes and the exclusion of persons belonging to religious and belief minorities and religious communities in certain non-EU countries; calls for the mandate of the Special Envoy for the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU to be renewed and for the Special Envoy to be appointed without undue delay, recommends that the Special Envoy be granted more human, material and financial resources allowing for his mission and duties to be duly and effectively carried out; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to protect the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, to raise these issues at UN human rights forums and to continue working with the relevant UN mechanisms and committees; calls on the Council and the Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) to evaluate the implementation of the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief as stipulated in paragraph 70 of the said Guidelines;

Or. en

Amendment 362

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to involve civil society more completely and take better account of the results of consultations when developing and implementing its external human rights policy, including consultations with local voices who are as close as possible to implementation level; calls on the Commission and EEAS for a more inclusive consultations with civil society organizations (CSOs), particularly those based in minority and marginalized regions, when conducting sustainability and human rights impact assessment;

Or. en

Amendment 363

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Notes that in various countries, civil society organisations (CSOs) are steered by external actors; calls on the Commission and the EEAS not to interfere in internal affairs of third countries and cautions against supporting organisations that are actively trying to overthrow elected government through street power and extraconstitutional means;

Or. en

Amendment 364

Rihards Kols

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 365

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to involve civil society more completely and take systematically into account of the results of consultations when developing and implementing its external human rights policy, including consultations with local voices who are as close as possible to implementation level;

Or. en

Amendment 366

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 a. Notes with concern that NGOs play a major role in facilitating migrant smuggling by acting as a shuttle service and by giving migrants advice on how to circumvent national laws by instructing them to dispose of their travel and identification documentation; emphasises that NGOs that facilitate illegal migration should not receive any EU funding and reiterates that illegal search and rescue operations by NGOs, as well as all other activities in support of illegal entry into the Member States, should be prosecuted in accordance with national law;

Or. en

Amendment 367

Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to apply the democratic clause of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Cuba, and strongly demands its immediate suspension in accordance with Article 85(3)(b) of the Agreement;

Or. es

Amendment 368

Mounir Satouri, Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to adopt a strategy on European sovereignty in the promotion and protection of human rights in EU foreign policy;

Or. en

Amendment 369

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Calls for a clear earmarked budget for human rights and democracy in the future MFF; stresses that the EU budget needs to be protected also for external use and that the budget constitutes an important leverage to achieve higher compliance with human rights and democratic standards by partner countries; calls, therefore, for a human rights and democracy conditionality rule to be introduced in the new Global Europe instrument for funding partner non-EU countries;

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Or. en

Amendment 370

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 371

Michał Kobosko, Dan Barna, Bernard Guetta

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Calls for a clear earmarked budget for human rights and democracy in the future MFF, containing adequate funding support for the development of democratic structures and the growth of free media, in the neighbouring countries; stresses that the EU budget needs to be protected also for external use and that the budget constitutes an important leverage to achieve higher compliance with human rights and democratic standards by partner countries; calls, therefore, for a human rights and democracy conditionality rule to be introduced in the new Global Europe instrument for funding partner non-EU countries; calls for the EU to support the Member States hosting refugees at risk of imprisonment in their home countries due to restrictions on freedom of expression or political persecution by oppressive regimes;

Or. en

Amendment 372

Laura Ballarín Cereza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Calls for a clear earmarked budget for human rights and democracy in the future MFF; stresses that the EU budget needs to be protected also for external use and that the budget constitutes an important leverage to achieve higher compliance with human rights and democratic standards by partner countries; in this context, it is imperative to ensure sufficient resources for the organisation of electoral observation missions; calls for a human rights and democracy conditionality rule to be introduced in the new Global Europe instrument for funding partner non-EU countries;

Or. en

Amendment 373

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Calls for a clear earmarked budget for human rights, democracy and rule of law in the future MFF; stresses that the EU budget needs to be protected also for external use and that the budget constitutes an important leverage to achieve higher compliance with human rights and democratic standards by partner countries; calls, therefore, for a binding and enforceable human rights and democracy conditionality rule to be introduced in the new Global Europe instrument for funding partner non-EU countries;

Or. en

Amendment 374

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 375

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Calls for a clear earmarked budget for human rights and democracy in the future MFF; stresses that the EU budget needs to be protected also for external use and that the budget constitutes an important leverage to achieve higher compliance with human rights and democratic standards by partner countries; calls, therefore, for a human rights assessments and robust democracy clauses to be introduced in the new Global Europe instrument for funding partner non-EU countries;

Or. en

Amendment 376

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29 a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to be fully transparent about the allocation of funds from third countries for cooperation in migration matters, and to ensure that such cooperation does not directly or indirectly benefit the security, police or justice systems involved in human rights violations; calls on the EU and its Member States not to include funds for the reception of refugees or migrants or policies for the control or return of migrants in official development assistance and any conditionality of aid in this area; denounces, in particular, the conditionality of the aid provided to certain countries through readmission agreements and the multiplication of negotiations in this area; calls for the suspension of all agreements and negotiations of readmission agreements with countries that do not respect human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 377

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29 a. Calls for a targeted EU initiative to combat human trafficking via maritime routes in the Eastern Mediterranean, with Cyprus as a coordination hub, focusing on early identification, victim-centred protection (including children), financial disruption of networks, and cross-border prosecution, in close cooperation with Europol, Eurojust, Frontex and EUAA;

Or. en

Amendment 378

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29 a. Calls on the EU to prioritise its values, including gender equality in its foreign policy and increase funding for women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights groups globally; calls on the EU to promote and protect local communities and indigenous people's rights in its foreign policy;

Or. en

Amendment 379

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to give high priority to gender equality and SRHR in their humanitarian aid response, as well as accountability and access to justice and redress for sexual and reproductive rights violations and gender-based violence including in terms of training for humanitarian actors and existing and future funding;

Or. en

Amendment 380

Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Marion Maréchal, Emmanouil Fragkos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Calls on its EU institutional partners to explore new avenues to improve decision-making, including qualified majority voting, and, when more flexible approaches are employed, such as the Team Europe approach, to ensure that human rights are sufficiently guaranteed;

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Or. en

Amendment 381

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Firmly rejects any initiative from EU institutional partners to explore new avenues for reviewing decision-making, particularly through qualified majority voting; recalls that the national interests and foreign policy priorities of the Member States vary significantly, which can lead to inconsistent application of the Union’s external action tools; underlines, in this regard, that the requirement for unanimity in the Council serves as an essential safeguard to ensure that no Member State is bound by foreign policy decisions that run counter to its fundamental interests; stresses that any attempt to introduce qualified majority voting would constitute a direct challenge to the intergovernmental nature of the Union’s external action and a serious erosion of Member State sovereignty, in accordance with Article 24(1) of the Treaty on European Union;

Or. en

Amendment 382

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Emphasises that unanimity voting must remain the norm in the field of foreign policy and human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 383

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Calls to respect the decision-making mechanism inside the Union as set by the treaties, ensuring that human rights are sufficiently guaranteed;

Or. en

Amendment 384

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Calls on its EU institutional partners to explore new avenues to improve decision-making, to ensure that international law and human rights are sufficiently guaranteed;

Or. el

Amendment 385

Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Calls on its EU institutional partners to explore new avenues to improve decision-making, while complying with the unanimity principle which guarantees the sovereignty of each Member State;

Or. fr

Amendment 386

Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Calls on its EU institutional partners to explore new avenues to improve decision-making and, when more flexible approaches are employed, such as the Team Europe approach, to ensure that human rights are sufficiently guaranteed;

Or. el

Amendment 387

Rihards Kols

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 388

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31. Calls for the human rights dialogues to be reinforced through clear benchmarks and deliverables so that progress can be clearly delineated and assessed during each respective round of dialogues;

31. Calls for the human rights dialogues to be reinforced through clear benchmarks and deliverables so that progress can be clearly delineated and assessed during each respective round of dialogues; benchmarks should, where relevant, include concrete steps on ECtHR compliance, protection of cultural and religious heritage and access to worship sites;

Or. en

Amendment 389

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31. Calls for the human rights dialogues to be reinforced through clear benchmarks and deliverables so that progress can be clearly delineated and assessed during each respective round of dialogues;

31. Calls for the human rights dialogues to be reinforced through clear benchmarks and deliverables so that progress can be clearly delineated and assessed during each respective round of dialogues; calls for the systematic and meaningful involvement of civil society actors in the human rights dialogues and follow up;

Or. en

Amendment 390

Miriam Lexmann, Loránt Vincze, Karlo Ressler, Christophe Gomart, Matej Tonin, Davor Ivo Stier, Massimiliano Salini, Paulius Saudargas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32 a. Expresses deep concern at the widespread persecution of Christians in many parts of the world; condemns all attacks, harassment and discrimination against Christians; calls on the VP/HR, the EEAS and the Commission to systematically raise these cases in political and human rights dialogues and to ensure full respect for freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief; urges the prompt reappointment of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of FoRB outside the EU with an adequate mandate and resources; calls for the mainstreaming of targeted support within NDICI–Global Europe programming for at-risk Christian communities in third countries, including legal assistance, psychosocial care, livelihood recovery for victims and protection and resilience measures for places of worship; invites the Council to make use of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime against individuals and entities responsible for serious FoRB violations; requests the EEAS to identify priority countries for EU action on FoRB and to report annually to Parliament on progress;

Or. en

Amendment 391

Rihards Kols

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32 a. Insists that non-EU countries receiving EU support in the fields of human rights, rule of law, or civil society development must establish independent national human rights institutions, such as ombudsperson offices, in line with the Paris Principles; stresses that the presence of such institutions should be a prerequisite for funding eligibility;

Or. en

Amendment 392

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32 a. Calls for the EU to broaden the scope of the Anti-torture Regulation to reflect changes in the international security market, changes in use and misuse of law enforcement equipment as well as emerging challenges, notably extra-custodial torture and ill treatment during the repression of peaceful protests;

Or. en

Amendment 393

Dan Barna, Bernard Guetta, Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32 a. Calls for the European Parliament to further strengthen the Sakharov Prize Community as a platform for direct experience in monitoring violations, raising awareness and mobilising international networks;

Or. en

Amendment 394

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

33. Calls for the EU to pursue the establishment of European and international instruments to guarantee access to justice and effective remedy for people affected by corporate human rights abuses; calls for the effective and thorough implementation of current EU rules on responsible corporate behaviour regarding human, labour and environmental rights, such as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive2 or Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market3 ; warns against the risks of weakening these important legislative advancements; stresses the need to set up EU policies and mechanisms capable of effectively conciliating the requirements of the green transition with the respect for the livelihoods of indigenous and traditional communities; invites the EU to present a dedicated directive aimed at the protection of Environmental Human Rights Defenders (EHRDs);

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2 Directive (EU) 2024/1760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on corporate sustainability due diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 (OJ L, 2024/1760, 5.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1760/oj).

3 Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2024 on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (OJ L, 2024/3015, 12.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/3015/oj).

Or. en

Amendment 395

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

33. Considers that many of the requirements of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) are far-reaching, hardly implementable, legally problematic and pose a huge financial burden; insists that the CSDDD framework, also in a future simplified form, is a threat to the EU's competitiveness; is worried that the CSDDD will have a negative impact on the developmentally valuable effects of international supply chains;

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Or. en

Amendment 396

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Or. en

Amendment 397

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Or. en

Amendment 398

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

33 a. Calls on the European Union to put climate protection and diplomacy at the center of its foreign policy; urges the EU to firmly commit to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and to enhance international climate cooperation; stresses the importance of addressing the implications of climate change on peace and security at the highest level and calls on the EU to assume responsibility for the extra-territorial impacts of its policies;

Or. en

Amendment 399

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 34

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 400

Tomasz Froelich

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 34

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 401

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 34

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

34. Reiterates its call on the Council to adopt an ambitious mandate for the EU to engage in the ongoing negotiations on a legally binding UN instrument to hold companies accountable for their human rights violations and to champion progress towards its adoption as soon as possible; encourages the EU to ensure the alignment of EU and national legislation with international human rights standards and to strengthen collaboration with other regions and global organizations on setting up binding provisions on human rights and corporate due diligence and in advancing environmental democracy;

Or. en

Amendment 402

Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 34 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

34a. Calls for the appointment of a European coordinator responsible for combatting anti-Christian hatred, given the high levels of persecution and discrimination faced by numerous Christians in many countries across the world;

Or. fr

Amendment 403

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 34 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

34 a. Calls for the EU to promote international multilateral cooperation in line with the provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;

Or. en

Amendment 404

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 35

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

35. Calls for the EU to assess the effectiveness of the toolbox for addressing disinformation campaigns against the EU, particularly in countries that receive significant EU humanitarian and development assistance and in candidate countries for EU membership; highlights with deep concern the growing interference by some states in other countries’ elections through hybrid tactics and vote buying among others; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to analyse and report to Parliament their initiatives to tackle the challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI) in electoral processes;

Or. en

Amendment 405

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 35

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 406

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 35 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

35 a. Calls urgently for the EU to support trustworthy media and information outlets that promote accountability of authorities and foster democratic transitions, while stressing the need to uphold the principles of pluralism, transparency, and independence; recalls that democracies can only function when citizens have access to independent and trustworthy information, making journalists key players in safeguarding democracy; highlights in this regard the role played by fact checkers in the media landscape, ensuring that the public can trust the information they receive;

Or. en

Amendment 407

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 35 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

35 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to recognize transnational repression as a specific human rights threat, establish systems to track, document, and address it, support foreign HRDs in the EU, provide training and resources to law enforcement, and ensure accountability for perpetrators, including officials and agents of third countries and local enablers; stresses that EU responses should integrate these trends into human rights guidelines and international cooperation;

Or. en

Amendment 408

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 35 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

35 b. Expresses deep concerns over the growing restrictions on freedom of expression worldwide; is concerned that journalists are therefore major targets for attacks by illiberal regimes that originate and disseminate disinformation, propaganda and fake news; condemns in this regard the extensive use of SLAPPs to silence journalists, activists, trade unionists and HRDs globally; welcomes, in this context, the directive designed to shield journalists and HRDs from abusive legal actions and SLAPPs; encourages lawmakers in non-EU countries to develop legislation with the same goal, as part of broader efforts to promote and protect media freedom and pluralism; requests that attacks on media freedom, as well as the persistent and systematic erosion of the right to information, be taken into account in the EU’s monitoring of the compliance of international agreements;

Or. en

Amendment 409

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 35 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

35 b. Calls on the Commission to enforce the Digital Services Act and ensure that technology companies and social media platforms comply with human rights obligations and address transnational repression, including against HRDs; calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure that private actors, particularly in the technology sector, are held accountable for their role in cases where they enable digital transnational repression;

Or. en

Amendment 410

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 35 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

35 c. Reiterates its condemnation of all forms of racism, intolerance, xenophobia and discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sexual orientation; condemns the growing international threat of hate speech and speech that incites violence, both online and offline; reiterates the crucial role of education and dialogue in promoting tolerance, understanding and diversity; calls for the adoption or the strengthening of mechanisms for reporting discriminatory behaviours as well as access to effective legal remedies, to help end the impunity of those who engage in this behaviour;

Or. en

Amendment 411

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Francisco Assis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 36

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

36. Calls for the systematic implementation of ex ante and ex post human rights assessments and for the inclusion of robust clauses on human rights in agreements between the EU and non-EU countries, supported by a clear set of benchmarks and procedures to be followed in the event of violations; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to ensure that the human rights clauses in current international agreements are actively monitored and effectively enforced and to improve their communication with Parliament concerning considerations and decisions regarding this enforcement; reiterates that in the event of persistent breaches of human rights clauses by its partner countries, including those in the GSP+ programme, the EU should react swiftly and decisively, including by suspending the agreements in question if other options prove ineffective;

Or. en

Amendment 412

Catarina Vieira

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 36

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

36. Calls for the systematic implementation of ex ante and ex post human rights assessments and for the inclusion of robust binding and enforceable clauses on human rights in agreements between the EU and non-EU countries, supported by a clear set of benchmarks and procedures to be followed in the event of violations; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to ensure that the human rights clauses in current international agreements are actively monitored and effectively enforced and to improve their communication with Parliament concerning considerations and decisions regarding this enforcement; reiterates that in the event of persistent breaches of human rights clauses by its partner countries, including those in the GSP+ programme, the EU should react swiftly and decisively, including by suspending the agreements in question if other options prove ineffective; calls on the Commission to strengthen and swiftly upgrade the sustainability dimension of all trade agreements, i.e. through the inclusion of a binding and enforceable chapter on sustainable development that includes the possibility of sanctions in the event of non-compliance with social, environmental clauses;

Or. en

Amendment 413

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 36

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

36. Calls for the systematic implementation of robust clauses on human rights in agreements between the EU and non-EU countries, supported by a clear set of benchmarks and procedures to be followed in the event of violations; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to ensure that the human rights clauses in current international agreements are actively monitored and effectively enforced and to improve their communication with Parliament concerning considerations and decisions regarding this enforcement; reiterates that in the event of persistent breaches of human rights clauses by its partner countries, including those in the GSP+ programme, the EU should react swiftly and decisively, including by suspending the agreements in question if other options prove ineffective;

Or. en

Amendment 414

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 36

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

36. Calls for the systematic implementation of ex ante and ex post human rights assessments and for the inclusion of robust clauses on human rights in agreements between the EU and non-EU countries, supported by a clear set of benchmarks and procedures to be followed in the event of violations; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to ensure that the human rights clauses in current international agreements are actively monitored and effectively enforced and to improve their communication with Parliament concerning considerations and decisions regarding this enforcement; reiterates that in the event of persistent breaches of human rights clauses by its partner countries, including those in the GSP+ scheme, the EU should react swiftly and decisively, including by suspending the agreements in question if other options prove ineffective;

Or. en

Amendment 415

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 36 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

36 a. Reaffirms the EU’s commitment to a fair migration and asylum policy, grounded in respect for human rights and the rule of law, especially in the context of rising conflicts in the world that increase the number of applications; calls for a system that responds to these necessities through processes that uphold human dignity while maintaining the integrity of the system; emphasises that family reunification policies have to be fair while preventing potential abuses; demands that policies are tough on human traffickers who endanger vulnerable people; emphasises in this regard that close cooperation and engagement with non-EU countries, with full respect for fundamental rights, remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; supports financial assistance to neighbouring and transit countries to prevent migrants from undertaking dangerous, often life-threatening journeys; considers that cooperation with concerned third countries should take into consideration their willingness to cooperate on returns and readmissions; condemns the instrumentalisation of migration at EU borders by hostile actors, considering it a form of hybrid warfare against Member States that simultaneously undermines the dignity and rights of migrants; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop comprehensive strategies to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, remaining convinced that tackling these root causes is the only long-term solution to save lives lost along migration routes;

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Amendment 416

Rihards Kols

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 36 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

36 a. Stresses the need for independent monitoring bodies to assess compliance with human rights clauses in EU trade and cooperation agreements; calls for automatic trigger mechanisms for reviewing or suspending agreements in case of persistent violation;

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Amendment 417

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 37

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

37. Calls for the creation of a complaint-handling portal, within the framework of EU trade and financial instruments, possibly through the adaptation of the Commission’s Single Entry Point to allow for complaints to be submitted regarding failures to comply with human rights clauses; stresses that this portal should be accessible, citizen-friendly and transparent, and open to the affected citizens of non-EU countries;

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Amendment 418

Isabel Wiseler-Lima

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 37 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

37 a. Highlights that in many regions of the world, micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are often the driving force of local economies with an increasing number of women running them; underlines that MSMEs account for 90 % of businesses, 60 to 70 % of employment and 50 % of gross domestic product worldwide; highlights the importance of MSMEs in their contribution to the 2030 Agenda and the achievement of the SDGs, namely those on the eradication of poverty and decent working conditions for all; calls on the Commission to continue to prioritise the financing of programmes and initiatives globally, in particular through Global Gateway, that promote and assist SMEs and MSMEs globally; urges the Commission to pay particular attention to the need to simplify administrative burden for smallholders and family-run SMEs as a way for them to be able to enjoy fully their right to work;

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Amendment 419

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 37 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

37 a. Expresses concern over frequent violations of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment; calls on all the Member States to strictly observe the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, and in particular to halt all transfers of weapons, surveillance and intelligence equipment and materials that could be used by governments, terrorist groups or mercenaries to crack down on human rights and a fortiori for the purposes of armed conflict;

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Amendment 420

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 37 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

37 a. Calls upon the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) to support Member States in reviewing asylum applications with Syria swiftly and consistently under Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1347;

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Amendment 421

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 37 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

37 b. Calls on the Council to halt further migration from radical Islamic countries, such as Afghanistan, as it risks importing fundamentalist practices that undermine women’s rights in Europe; urges Member States to halt the mass influx, largely composed of young adult males, and to swiftly enforce readmission agreements to return illegal migrants and those posing a security threat in the European Union;

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Amendment 422

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 37 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

37 c. Calls on the Council and the Commission to proceed without delay to include to the Union list of safe countries of origin, the following countries recognised as safe by several Member States: Algeria, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Peru, Senegal and Sri Lanka; underlines that such an update is necessary to improve coordination and efficiency between Member States, to ensure that the list is consistent with realities on the ground, and to enable a faster and more effective rejection of unfounded asylum applications;

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Amendment 423

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 38

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

38. Reiterates its call to prioritise the fight against corruption as a factor enabling attacks on human rights and democracy; urges the Council to finally adopt an anti-corruption sanctions regime, which has been a long-standing priority of Parliament; reminds however that this Parliament has been implicated in acts of corruption and foreign interference, particularly in relation to the 'Qatargate' scandal; emphasizes that members of the DROI subcommittee have been involved in these acts, undermining its legitimacy and rendering its moral policing across the world hollow and hypocritical; stresses the need for transparency measures to address these issues; and notes the importance of holding responsible individuals accountable;

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Amendment 424

Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 38

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

38. Reiterates its call to prioritise the fight against corruption as a factor enabling attacks on human rights and democracy;

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Amendment 425

Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone, Thierry Mariani

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 38 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

38 a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to stop financing NGOs complicit in facilitating illegal migration; underlines that private entities must not engage in search and rescue operations in breach of national laws; reiterates that funding to such organisations, which effectively operate as illegal shuttle services for migrant smuggling, should be blocked and reiterates its call to hold these NGOs criminally liable for human smuggling and trafficking;

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Amendment 426

Bert-Jan Ruissen, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Carlo Fidanza, Paolo Inselvini, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Matej Tonin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 38 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

38 a. Reiterates its condemnation of surrogacy in all its forms, a global phenomenon that necessarily entails human trafficking and exploits women, targeting in particular financially and socially vulnerable women; highlights that the practice violates women’s rights and dignity, and severely impacts women’s health, and underlines its cross-border implications;

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Amendment 427

Bert-Jan Ruissen, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Carlo Fidanza, Paolo Inselvini, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Matej Tonin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 38 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

38 b. Condemns sex-selective abortion, as well as the discrimination resulting from this practice, in particular where women and girls are targeted, as this practice not only undermines the fundamental right to life, but also constitutes a form of discrimination based on sex;

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Amendment 428

Dan Barna, Bernard Guetta, Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Michał Kobosko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 39

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

39. Underscores that to harness the full potential of the EU Guidelines on HRDs, a comprehensive revision is needed to address the increasing level of sophistication in the persecution and harassment of HRDs, including digital threats and transnational repression, and to develop and clarify administrative procedures to fit a wider range of specific cases and circumstances, including fast-track visa applications, border visa submissions, emergency visa extensions and visa fee waivers; calls for the extended use of the EU GHRSR – EU Magnitsky Act to sanction individuals who persecute or harass HRDs, including environmental and land rights defenders;

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Amendment 429

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 39

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

39. Underscores that to harness the full potential of the EU Guidelines on HRDs, a thorough implementation as well as comprehensive revision is needed to address the increasing level of sophistication in the persecution and harassment of HRDs, including digital threats and transnational repression; calls for the extended use of the EU GHRSR – EU Magnitsky Act to sanction individuals who persecute or harass HRDs, including environmental and land rights defenders; exhorts the EU to develop targeted programs to assist HRDs in exile to ensure that they can continue their work;

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Amendment 430

Silvia Sardone, Roberto Vannacci, Susanna Ceccardi, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 39

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 431

Rima Hassan, Danilo Della Valle

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 39 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

39 a. Reiterates its firm commitment to protecting human rights defenders and calls for a more systematic and transparent approach to monitoring and reporting on the killings, physical attacks, and harassment of HRDs, especially those working in hostile or high-risk environments; urges to establish an EU-wide multi-entry visa scheme for HRDs at risk; hereby urges the Member States to undertake procedural enhancements within their diplomatic missions, ensuring expeditious, comprehensible, accessible and attainable visa application processes; further calls on the Member States to collaboratively establish and integrate a dedicated category within the EU Visa Code, thereby streamlining visa procedures and promoting uniformity in the EU’s visa application process;

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Amendment 432

Viktória Ferenc, Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 39 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

39 a. Calls on the governments of EU partner countries to adopt and implement comprehensive legal and policy frameworks ensuring the rights of traditional national, ethnic and linguistic minorities, including access to mother-tongue education at all levels of education and the use of minority languages in public and private life; calls on governments to ensure the effective participation of minority representatives in political processes at all levels, so minority voices are fully considered in decision-making; urges the protection of these communities against discrimination, intolerance, and hate speech;

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Amendment 433

Rihards Kols

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 39 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

39 a. Calls for the inclusion of actors involved in human trafficking and organised criminal networks - particularly those exploiting migrants - under the scope of the EU Magnitsky Act; underlines the need to treat these crimes not only as security threats but as gross violations of human rights;

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Amendment 434

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 39 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

39 a. Calls for the thorough implementation of the revised Visa Code Handbook to fully use existing flexibilities within the Visa Code to support HRDs;

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Amendment 435

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 39 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

39 b. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a dedicated Directive on mobility and protection for HRDs, which would ensure targeted support for HRDs at the same time alleviating the burden on the asylum system;

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Amendment 436

Francisco Assis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 39 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

39 c. Welcomes the increased cooperation between Parliament's Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group, the relevant Commission directorates-general and the EEAS; Calls for further strengthening of this collaboration, both geographically and horizontally, to include the areas of mediation, dialogue, human rights and capacity building; highlights the importance of allocating part of EU funding on democracy to the support of parliaments;

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