26 Amendments of Daniele VIOTTI related to 2017/2125(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 4 February 2014 on the EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to the European Commission’s List of Actions to advance LGBTI Equality and to the Council conclusions on LGBTI equality, adopted on 16 June 2016,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to Fundamental Rights Agency’s EU LGBT Survey (2013), to its report entitled ‘Being Trans in the European Union – Comparative analysis of the EU LGBT survey data’ (2014), to its focus paper on the Fundamental Rights Situation of Intersex people (2015), and to its report entitled 'Professionally speaking: challenges to achieving equality for LGBT people' (2016);
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Article 2 TEU states that the EU is founded on respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the primacy of the law and human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities – values which are shared by all the Member States and which must be upheld by the EU and each Member State individually in all their policies, both internally and externally; whereas Article 17 TEU states that the Commission must ensure the application of the Treaties; whereas the protection of the human rights of the most vulnerable groups, such as ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, LGBTI persons, people with disabilities, women, children, asylum seekers and migrants deserves special attention;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas states have the ultimate responsibility to safeguard all human rights of people though enacting and implementing international human rights treaties and conventions, monitoring human rights violations and ensuring effective remedy for victims;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the influx of migrants into Europe is continuing; whereas many of these migrants place their lives in the hands of traffickers and criminals; whereas , according to UNHCR data, 27% of the migrants arriving in Europe via the Mediterranean are children; whereas , according to the IOM, 23% of these children stated that they had never been to school; whereas particularly vulnerable populations, including women, LGBTI people and people with disabilities continue to experience heightened levels of discrimination, violence and re- traumatisation during the asylum process;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the ongoing wave of terrorist attacks across the EU has fuelled widespread mistrust of Muslim migrants, and whereas certain political parties are employing the rhetoric of cultural isolationism and hatred of those who are different; including ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, LGBTI persons, and people with disabilities;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas hate speech includes all forms of expression both online and offline which propagate, encourage, promote or justify racial hatred, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, homophobia, transphobia or other forms of hatred based on intolerance; whereas the development of new kinds of media is making it easier to engage in online hate speech;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas there is a risk that the increased levels of hatred, xenophobia and Afro, Afrophobia, homophobia and transphobia, whether expressed in the form of hate crimes, anonymous messages spread on social networks and other internet platforms, protests or political propaganda, will come to be seen as normal in the Member States;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas , as the Council of Europe has stated, the phenomenon of online hate speech requires further analysis and action with a view to regulating and finding new ways of combating rhetoric of this kind; whereas all grounds of discrimination must be considered in such analysis and action, including against ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, LGBTI persons, people with disabilities, women, children, asylum seekers and migrants;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Strongly condemns increasing restrictions on freedom of assembly, such as on Pride marches, in some cases with violent responses from authorities against protesters; reaffirms the crucial role of these fundamental freedoms in the functioning of democratic societies and the responsibility of states in ensuring such rights are upheld and participants protected; calls on the Commission to take an active role in promoting these rights in line with international human rights standards;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view, therefore, that a clear distinction should be drawn between migrants who can legitimately claim refugee status and those who cannot; calls for migrants to be identified and for their requests for entry into the EU to be processed before they come; in the meantime calls on Member States to respect and fully implement the adopted common European asylum package and the common migration legislation, particularly to safeguard vulnerable asylum seekers, such as LGBTI people, against violence, discrimination and re- traumatisation during the asylum process; calls on Member States to recognise that specific vulnerabilities of LGBTI people must be considered in classifying whether a third country is “safe”, and to factor this into decisions on applications, country placements and deportation; calls for specific medical needs to be unconditionally provided for throughout the migration and asylum process, especially for particularly vulnerable populations, including women, trans and intersex people and people with disabilities; calls on EASO to provide appropriate training to Member States to enable appropriate and sensible proceedings; calls on Member States to recognise the gender identity of trans asylum seekers already in asylum proceedings; calls on Member States to participate in resettlement programmes, giving access to family reunification and granting humanitarian visas;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly condemns the upsurge in the trafficking of human beings in Africa andall parts of the world, including towards Europe, the perpetrators of which – including official and governmental players – should be made to feel the full force of the law;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Takes the view that legal channels should be available for migration, including from Africa, but not for all the men and women hoping to come to Europe; takes the view that the best way to protect the rights of persons who cannot legally enter Europe would be to bring about the rapid and robust development of Africa, which Europe could promote by stis to address the root causes of migration flows and thereby the external dimension of the refugee phenomenon, including by finding sustainable solutions to conflicts and by developing cooperation and partnerships with the third countries concerned, while keepping up its involvement on the African continentin sight the importance of ensuring the respect of human rights in those countries;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that integration is best achieved through schooling for young people and education in European citizenship for older people, that the EU should therefore promote a policy reception and integration in all the Member States, and that it is unacceptable that certain Member States should claim that the migration phenomenon is not their concern; calls for the protection, promotion and implementation of human rights and democratic principles to remain at the core of all actions.
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that particular attention should be paid to the situation of women and the rights of women in the EU, be they immigrants, victims of abuse or modern slavery, alone or accompanied by children; points out that the EU and the Member States must set an example in this regard; calls in this regard on the Council to finally adopt the Council directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426);
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses concern at the rhetoric of hatred and fear directed at migrants entering Europe and the upsurge in anti- Islamic, anti-Semitic and anti-African rhetoricdiscrimination, hate speech and hate crime on grounds such as race, colour, religion and belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics, language, culture, social origin, caste, birth, age, disability or any other status; calls in this regard on the Commission to propose a recast of the Council Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law to cover other forms of bias crime, including on grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression;
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Member States which have adopted legislation on same-sex partnerships and/or marriage to recognise provisions with similar effects adopted by other Member States; recalls the Member States' obligation to fully implement Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, including for same-sex couples and their children; welcomes the fact that more and more Member States have introduced and/or adapted their laws on cohabitation, civil partnership and marriage to overcome the discriminations based on sexual orientation lived by same-sex couples and their children and calls on other Member States to introduce similar laws; calls on the Commission to bring forward a proposal for the full mutual recognition of the effects of all civil status documents across the EU, including legal gender recognition, marriages and registered partnerships, in order to reduce discriminatory legal and administrative barriers for citizens who exercise their right to free movement;
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls for EU wide training for police enforcement officials in the EU to effectively combat hate crimes against LGBTI persons, provided by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) and building upon best practices on national level and the work of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights(FRA); underlines the importance of diversity in law enforcement agencies which increases trust;
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that social networks and the anonymity guaranteed by many different mediainternet platforms encourage many forms of expression of hatred, from jihadist preaching to anti-Islam speech, including xenophobia, homophobia and transphobia, and calls for this phenomenon to be curbed through closer monitoring and the identification and prosecution of the authors of statements or words incompatible with European culture and law;
Amendment 499 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes initiatives prohibiting LGBTI conversion therapies and banning pathologisation of trans identities and urges all member states to adopt similar measures that respect and uphold the right to gender identity and gender expression;
Amendment 504 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Urges Member States to prohibit invasive and irreversible sex- “normalising” surgery and hormonal treatments on intersex children when they can be deferred, until the child can provide fully informed consent; welcomes gender sensitive birth registration systems and legal gender recognition procedures;
Amendment 511 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of maintaining and stepping up efforts in the areas of data protection, safeguards for children, the protection of victims of criminal acts, Roma people, violence against women, freedom of religion and belief, public health, the recognition of marital status in the EU, gender equality, the rights of p for all couples regardless of sexual orientation; and equality between people of all gender identities and gender expressions; banning of conversions with a disability and the rights of elderly persons therapies, forced sterilisation and the introduction of quick, accessible, transparent legal gender recognition based on self-determination and the de-pathologisation of transgender identities, especially of children, while ensuring access to trans-specific healthcare;
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. calls on the European Union and Member states to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible; calls on the Commission and Member States to mainstream the fight against gender-based violence and violence against LGBTI people, including in their work with third countries;