- 14. Is deeply concern about the conditions of garment workers in Bangladesh; defends the rights of workers in Bangladesh to form, register and join independent trade unions without fear of harassment; considers the existence of democratic trade union structures to be a vital instrument in the struggle for better health and safety standards and working conditions, including higher wages; calls on the Bangladeshi authorities to guarantee these fundamental rights; urges Bangladeshi authorities to enhance labour rights and comply with ILO core standards (specially C098 - Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention- and C087 - Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention); Calls upon the Bangladeshi authorities to undertake legislative changes to the Bangladesh Labour Act and its implementing rules (notably to lower the membership threshold requirements for unionization) to address all the comments by the ILO Supervisory bodies and bring them in line with International Labour Standards (ILS) and to allow full freedom of association;
- 15. Call upon the Bangladeshi authorities to ensure that workers involved in workplace incidents receive proper compensation and treatment by adopting a national employment injury insurance scheme to ensure that all victims of occupational accidents and their families are provided with adequate compensation, which should include, as a minimum, necessary medical treatments for their physical injuries and psychological trauma;
- 16. Calls upon the Bangladeshi authorities to sanction unfair labour practices with adequate fines and reinstate all workers dismissed in cases like the Ashulia incident (December 2016); calls upon to repeal the Special Powers Act and to dismiss all cases brought under this act and to re- investigate the Aminul Islam case;
- 17. Requests the companies that signed the Agreement on Fire and Building Safety established in 2013 to renew their commitment and join the Transition Agreement 2018; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to insist of the need of an extension of the Transition Accord and to monitor and evaluate its results;
- 18. Calls upon the Bangladeshi authorities to make a formal submission to the Supreme Court, welcoming the continuation of the Accord operations for the full duration of the agreement; calls on the Bangladeshi authorities to reference in their submission to the Supreme Court the Accord's commitment to transition its functions to the Government of Bangladesh as outlined in its Transition Plan and as discussed in the Transition Monitoring Committee; also calls upon the government of Bangladesh to enhance its readiness to take over all of the functions of the Accord based on the agreed readiness criteria in order to be able to take over and fulfil the Accord's objectives safety remediation and effective Safety Committees;
- 19. Demands that the European Commission respond to the appeal made by the European Parliament and present a legislative proposal on binding obligations of due diligence for the garment sector;
- 20. Calls on the European Union, in accordance with the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and Article 1 of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, to take all necessary diplomatic measures to effectively improve respect for human rights by Bangladesh authorities;
- 21. Calls on the European Commission to initiate an investigation into the extent to which Bangladesh is in breach of its compliance with international human rights and labour rights conventions under the EU GSP ‘Everything But Arms’ scheme;
- 22. Reiterates that the activities of European companies present in third countries must be entirely consistent with international human rights standards; calls, therefore, on the Member States to ensure that companies which come under their national law do not disregard human rights or

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