3 Amendments of Philippe BOULLAND related to 2013/2169(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that claims for basic economic, social and cultural rights are oftenin certain cases met with severe repression, resulting in many victims of torture being amongst the poorest in society; notes also that violence against women and children is significantly influenced by their socio- economic marginalisation, including in developing countries; calls, therefore, for new preventive strategies to address the relationship between economic, social and cultural rights and violence;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the EU’s vital position on the world stage in combating torture, in close cooperation with the UN; underlines the fact that strengthening the principle of zero tolerance for torture remains at the core of EU policies and strategies in promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms, both outside and inside the EU; regrets the fact that not all Member States fully comply with Council Regulation (EC) No1236/2005 and that some EU-based compancompanies based in industrialised countries may have illegally sold to third countries policing and security devices that can be used to torture;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that women and children, especially girls, are the most vulnerable people subjected to acts of torture and ill- treatment; stresses, therefore, the importance of a gender-sensitive interpretation of torture and the need to pay particular attention to issues such as rape in detention, violence against pregnant women and the denial of access to reproductive righthealth services;