21 Amendments of Mikael GUSTAFSSON related to 2013/2103(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the root causes of human trafficking and sexual exploitationsexual exploitation and prostitution, which fuel human trafficking, are inequality between men and women, and poverty, compounded by ethnic and other socio- economic inequalities, as well as outdated patriarchal values embedded in existing policies, and that the main victims are women and children of low socio- economic status;
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that special attention should be given to the most vulnerabledisadvantaged communities, such as girls, women and children with disabilities and women belonging to minority groups, women and girls in post-conflict areas, and women belonging to minority groups, in particular migrant women and Roma women;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that sexual exploitation is a form of gender-based violence, perpetrated mostly by men against mostly women, and thus emphasises that the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls is of paramount importance for reducing these extreme violations of human rights;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to develop actions to put an end to sex tourism from EU Member States to other destinations;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to discourage the demand for exploitation through prostitution and human trafficking for sexual exploitation;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)
Citation 33 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas prostitution functions as a market, where pimps and procurers are calculating and acting to secure or increase their markets and maximising profits, and whereas the sex buyers play a key role as they maintain the demand in this market.
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas the vast majority of prostituted persons come from vulnerable groups, often from situations of serious economic and social precarity, or people experiencing multiple discrimination, such as Roma women, women from ethnic minorities, undocumented migrants, transsexuals, etc.;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas prostitution and trafficking in women and girls are linked because the demand for women in prostitution, whether trafficked or not, is the same; whereas trafficking acts as a means to bring a supply of women and girls to the prostitution markets;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that the sexual and reproductive health and rights of all women must be respected, including having the right to their bodies and sexuality, free of coercion, discrimination and violence.
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that prostitution is also a health issue, as it has detrimental health impacts on persons in prostitution, who are more likely to suffer from sexual, physical and mental health traumas, as well as higher mortality rate, than the average population;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the most effective way of combating the trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation and improving gender equality is the model implemented in Sweden, FinIceland, and Norway (the so- called Nordic model), and currently under consideration in several European countries, where the purchase of sexual services constitutes the criminal act, not the services of the prostituted persons;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that prostitution is a cross- border problem and that the Member States should therefore assume responsibility for combating the buying of sex outside their own territory by introducing measures similar to those adopted in Norway where a citizen can be prosecuted for purchasing sex abroad;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Emphasises the outcomes of a recent governmental report in Finland, calling for a full criminalisation of the purchase of sex, as the Finnish approach to criminalise buyers from victims of trafficking has proven to be ineffective in tackling trafficking;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that looking upon prostitution as legal ‘sex work’ and decriminalising the sex industry in general and making procuring legal, is not a solution to keeping vulnerable women and girls safe from violence and exploitation, but has the opposite effect and puts them in danger of a higher level of violence indoors;; as well as make the prostitution markets grow, and thus the number of women and girls abused even bigger.
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Condemns any policy attempts and discourses that pretend that prostitution can be a solution for migrant women in Europe;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Member States to provide social services for victims of trafficking or sexual exploitation and to implement policies aimed at helping vulnerable women and girls to leave prostitution, and to fund organisations working on the ground with support and exit strategies;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Member States to provide social services for victims of trafficking or sexual exploitation, including for migrant and undocumented women, and to implement policies aimed at helping vulnerable women and girls to leave prostitution;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the EU and its Member States to develop gender specific prevention policies in the countries of origin of trafficked prostituted persons;