- S. whereas the Accord’s work is not yet accomplished; whereas in October 2018 the Accord is succeeded by, a three-year agreement to complete the safety work of the Accord and to make sure the results are sustained; whereas the Bangladeshi State Minister of Labour and Employment concluded that the Government of Bangladesh will not extend the duration of the Agreement so the implementation would end at the end of November 2018;
- T. whereas factory inspection and remediation coordination are not the only purposes of the Accord, which also creates obligations for buyers, not just factories, including the obligation to ensure that factories have sufficient financial resources to cover remediation costs like costs derived from remedying security problems or possible sources of abuses, between others;
- U. whereas Bangladesh's National Action Plan (NAP) has achieved a weak remediation rate in the labour abuses which it has investigated and the Remediation Coordination Cell (RCC) doesn’t offer enough guarantees of being able to deliver on its own enough positive results;
- V. whereas union repression increased after December 2016, and the labour law reform process has been paralyzed; whereas the International Trade Union Confederation, has reported cases of serious incidents of violence, retaliation and harassment against workers and union leaders, as well as arrest, detention, surveillance and continued intimidation; whereas the severe climate of anti-union violence frequently directed by factory management without any sanctions has created a sense of impunity; whereas dozens of garment workers and labour leaders are facing unfair or apparently fabricated criminal cases in Bangladesh after wage strikes;
- W. whereas the Bangladeshi authorities have announced the new monthly minimum wage of 8,000 taka (80 euros); whereas according with trade unions it does not imply an increase of the current minimum wage fixed in 2013 in 5,300 taka, given the inflation suffered in the country in the last five years and taking into account the increases that should have already been implemented based on legal requirements;
- X. whereas the EU Parliament’s call on the Commission to propose binding legislation on due diligence obligations for supply chains in the garment sector has not been satisfied by the EU Commission yet;
- 1. Reiterates its deep concern about the human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, but also social rights and women rights ;
- 2. Calls on Bangladesh, as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, to comply with the highest standards for the promotion and protection of human rights;
- 3. Underlines that the Bangladeshi authorities must guarantee in all circumstances that all human rights defenders in Bangladesh are able to carry out their legitimate human rights activities without fear for their lives or fear of reprisals and free of all restrictions including judicial harassment; Calls in this regard, to lift all restrictions on NGOs that seek to receive foreign funds, including unfreezing their bank accounts, and expedite pending NGO registration requests; asks to adopt a national law to protect human rights defenders and to promote their work;
- 4. Insists that basic democratic rights, such as the right to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression, must be respected, protected and enforced at all times, without limiting the freedom of the media and independent information; in this regard, urges the Bangladeshi

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