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Možete ga pregledati na jednom od jezika ponuđenih u izborniku jezika.</div></div></div> <div class="container-fluid"><div class="mb-3"><h1 class="es_title-h1 text-break">MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia: the case of opposition leader Kem Sokha</h1><p class="m-lg-0"><span class="text-muted">14.3.2023</span> - (<a href="https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2023/2589(RSP)">2023/2589(RSP)</a>)</p></div> with request for inclusion in the agenda for a debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law <br />pursuant to Rule 144 of the Rules of Procedure <br /><br />Frédérique Ries Petras Auštrevičius Malik Azmani Nicola Beer Izaskun Bilbao Barandica Dita Charanzová Olivier Chastel Katalin Cseh Vlad Gheorghe Bernard Guetta Svenja Hahn Karen Melchior Dragoş Pîslaru Michal Šimečka Ramona Strugariu Dragoş Tudorache Hilde Vautmans <br />on behalf of the Renew Group <br /><br /><div class="mb-2"><p class="bg-white alert alert-info d-xl-inline-block mb-0">See also joint motion for a resolution <a href="/doceo/document/RC-9-2023-0169_HR.html">RC-B9-0169/2023</a></p></div><div class="mb-2"><div class="bg-white alert alert-info d-xl-inline-block mb-0">NB: This motion for a resolution is available in the original language only.</div></div> <div class="doceo-ring card mb-3" lang="hr"><div class="card-header bg-white"><div class="d-flex justify-content-between flex-wrap"><div>Postupak : <a href="https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2023/2589(RSP)">2023/2589(RSP)</a></div><div class="text-muted">Faze dokumenta na plenarnoj sjednici</div></div></div><div class="card-body"><div class="d-block d-sm-flex mt-0 mb-2"><span class="mt-1">Odabrani dokument : </span><div class="mt-1">B9-0176/2023</div></div><div><div class="doceo-ring-steps bg-white"><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step bg-white active"><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-content"><span class="doceo-ring-steps-step-label">Podneseni tekstovi : </span><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-details"><div> <span class="font-weight-bold text-break">B9-0176/2023</span> </div></div></div></div><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step bg-white"><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-content"><span class="doceo-ring-steps-step-label">Rasprave : </span><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-details"><div></div></div></div></div><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step bg-white"><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-content"><span class="doceo-ring-steps-step-label">Glasovanja : </span><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-details"><div></div></div></div></div><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step bg-white active"><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-content"><span class="doceo-ring-steps-step-label">Doneseni tekstovi : </span><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-details"><div> <a href="/doceo/document/TA-9-2023-0085_HR.html" class="text-break">P9_TA(2023)0085</a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:12pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-weight:bold" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">B9‑0176/2023</span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:12pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-weight:bold" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">European Parliament resolution on Cambodia: the case of opposition leader Kem Sokha</span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:12pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-weight:bold" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">(<a href="https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2023/2589(RSP)">2023/2589(RSP)</a>)</span></p> <p style="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:12pt; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:12pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-style:italic" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">The European Parliament</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">,</span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:8pt; text-indent:-21.3pt; text-align:justify; line-height:150%; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">-</span><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:spaces" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">having regard to its previous resolutions on Cambodia,</span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:8pt; text-indent:-21.3pt; text-align:justify; line-height:150%; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">-</span><span style="font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:spaces" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">having regard its Rule 144,</span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-21.3pt; text-align:justify; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:ignore" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></p> <ol type="A" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"> <li style="margin-left:15.69pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; padding-left:5.61pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Whereas since the Supreme Court dissolved the </span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the Cambodian Government has been waging a crackdown against members of the political opposition, by jailing, fining and pushing them into exile; </span></li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:ignore" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></p> <ol start="2" type="A" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"> <li style="margin-left:15.09pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; padding-left:6.21pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">whereas the government crackdown on independent media, civil society organisations and political opposition that began in 2017 has continued, including through sham mass trials, persecution of activists such as Seng </span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Theary</span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> and opposition Candlelight Party leadership and members, restrictions of liberties and closure on 13 February 2023 of Voice of Democracy, one of Cambodia’s last independent media outlets; </span></li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-21.3pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:ignore" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></p> <ol start="3" type="A" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"> <li style="margin-left:15.09pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; padding-left:6.21pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="background-color:#ffffff" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Whereas </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Kem</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Sokha</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> the former CNRP president was arrested in 2017 over accusations of conspiracy to overthrow Prime Minister Hun Sen and held in “arbitrary” pre-trial detention (according to UN), until his conditional release into house arrest on 10 September 2018.</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff; -aw-import:spaces" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-21.3pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:ignore" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></p> <ol start="4" type="A" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"> <li style="margin-left:15.69pt; line-height:108%; padding-left:5.61pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Whereas on 3 March 2023, after two years of an “artificially prolonged trial” that “failed to meet the standard of either Cambodian or international human rights law” (according to UN experts), </span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Kem</span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Sokha</span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> was sentenced to 27 years under house arrest and has been stripped of all civil and political rights, including from participating in the July 2023 elections.</span></li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:ignore" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></p> <ol type="1" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"> <li style="margin-left:16.55pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; padding-left:4.75pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">calls for immediate and unconditional release of </span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Kem</span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Sokha</span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> and all opposition officials and activists convicted or held in custody on politically motivated charges;</span></li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:ignore" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></p> <ol start="2" type="1" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"> <li style="margin-left:16.55pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; padding-left:4.75pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Calls for the immediate reinstatement of the CNRP for participation in the 2023 elections;</span></li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:ignore" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></p> <ol start="3" type="1" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"> <li style="margin-left:16.55pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; padding-left:4.75pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">calls on the Cambodian Prime Minister and his government to immediately end all forms of intimidation and harassment, including judicial harassment of members of the opposition, human rights defenders, the media and civil society actors;</span></li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:ignore" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></p> <ol start="4" type="1" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"> <li style="margin-left:16.55pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; padding-left:4.75pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Urges the Cambodian authorities to ensure free and fair elections in July 2023, allowing all political parties to carry out an equal, free and transparent electoral campaign under a more inclusive and transparent National Election Committee;</span></li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:ignore" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></p> <ol start="5" type="1" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"> <li style="margin-left:16.55pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; padding-left:4.75pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Insists that the legitimacy of Cambodian government depends on the free elections; </span></li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:ignore" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></p> <ol start="6" type="1" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"> <li style="margin-left:16.55pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; padding-left:4.75pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">calls on further suspension of Cambodia’s EBA status should the independent electoral observers find evidence of unfair 2023 elections or further violations of human rights;</span></li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:ignore" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></p> <ol start="7" type="1" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"> <li style="margin-left:16.55pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; padding-left:4.75pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Urges the Commission to define human rights benchmarks as part of its ongoing enhanced engagement with the Cambodian authorities, and to provide direct assistance to the most vulnerable segments of civil society; </span></li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:21.3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:ignore" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></p> <ol start="8" type="1" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"> <li style="margin-left:16.55pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; padding-left:4.75pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Reiterates its call for targeted sanctions and urges the Council to adopt restrictive measures, against the political leaders and leaders of the security forces including their economic interests;</span></li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'; -aw-import:ignore" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> </span></p> <ol start="9" type="1" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"> <li style="margin-left:16.55pt; margin-bottom:8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:108%; padding-left:4.75pt; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:11pt" class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base doceo-line-height-base"><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, </span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base">the</span><span class="doceo-font-family-base doceo-font-size-base"> HRVP of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the Government, Prime Minister and National Assembly of Cambodia.</span></li> </ol> <p style="margin-top:0pt; 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