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8 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2016/2329(INI)

Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas victims of violence and abuse are at risk of being subjected to secondary victimisation, retaliation and intimidation; whereas, therefore, providing them with the necessary protection, including across borders, depends to a great extent on the awareness of victims, society at large and all practitioners who come into contact with them, as well as on better implementation of legislative framework provisions and more effective media coverage of programmes to combat violence;
2017/12/13
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas, in order to reduce the estimated number of unreported cases of violence, Member States must put in place and reinforce instruments of protection for women to feel safe and to be able to report gender-based violence, for example the provision of shelters providing medical and forensic support, psychological counselling and legal assistance;
2017/12/13
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas awareness-raising I. campaigns and sensitisation programmes to combat the trivialisation of domestic and gender-based violence wouldshould be given more effective media coverage and more information should be provided, so as to contribute to an increase in the willingness of victims to report abuse and request national and European protection orders (EPOs) as well as building up their trust in the relevant authorities;
2017/12/13
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that all Member States, which are bound by the EPO Directive, have notified the Commission of its transposition into national law;
2017/12/13
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to foster all forms of exchange of good practices and cooperation between Member States as well as between Member States and civil society in order to safeguard the appropriate functioning of EPOs and provide more information about the possibilities of making use of them;
2017/12/13
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Deplores the lack of access to justice and legal aid for victims of all types of crime in some Member States which results in poor information provided to the victim of the possibility of requesting an EPO and notes that ways must therefore be found of funding information programmes throughout the EU;
2017/12/13
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to take due account of the interest of the protected person by fully respecting the obligation not to inform the person causing danger of the location and other contact details of the protected person unless strictly necessary in order to meet the objectivescomply with the formalities necessary for implementation of the protection order;
2017/12/13
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to carry out a thorough examination of possible ways of improving and implementing more effectively EPO- related legislation and practical support in all EU Member States in order to guarantee the rights to international protection and to assistance and support enjoyed by victims of violence protected at national level;
2017/12/13
Committee: LIBEFEMM