Activities of Cécile Kashetu KYENGE related to 2016/2328(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (debate) IT
Amendments (12)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) entitled 'Severe labour exploitation: workers moving within or into the European Union ', published in June 2015,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
- having regard to the survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) entitled 'Second European Union minorities and discrimination survey', published in December 2017,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the FRA study "Making hate crime visible in the European Union: acknowledging victims’ rights" states that an immigrant status enhances the risk of being criminally victimised, independent of other known risk factors;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas Article 1 of the Directive states that the rights set out in the Directive shall apply to victims in a non- discriminatory manner, including with respect to their residence status;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
F c. whereas the FRA study on "Severe labour exploitation: workers moving within or into the European Union" states that victims of severe labour exploitation who are in an irregular situation of residence are discouraged by their status from reporting to any public authority;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Recital F d (new)
F d. whereas the FRA survey "Second European Union minorities and discrimination survey" states that only one out of eight respondents reported or filed a complaint about the most recent incident of discrimination they experienced because of their ethnic or immigrant background;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas only 27% of Europeans are familiar with the single European emergency telephone number 112, and not everyone has access to it yet;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. DeplorCritizes that the Commission has not submitted a report to Parliament and to the Council on the application of the Victims’ Rights Directive by November 2017, in accordance with Article 29 of the directive;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. RegretCritizes that two years after transposition was due, only 23 out of 27 Member States had officially transposed the Victims’ Rights Directive by September 2017, and among these, some are only partially compliant and only on some provisions;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Reminds the Member States of the importance to ensure that the residence status is not an obstacle to the rights under the Directive; welcomes the steps taken by some Member States in order to give undocumented victims a safe option to report crimes without being reported to immigration authorities or to obtain a residence permit on humanitarian grounds; reminds the Member States in this context of Article 59 of the Istanbul Convention which states that victims in the scope of the Convention can be granted a renewable residence permit if the competent authority considers that their stay is necessary for their cooperation in criminal proceedings; considers that granting stays of deportation to all undocumented victims for the duration of criminal proceedings or granting temporary residence permits could encourage them to report crimes and counter the climate of impunity for perpetrators;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the 112 emergency hotline is fully accessible for disabled persons and that awareness of it is raised through campaigns;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35 b. Calls on Member States to set up mechanisms for recovering adequate compensation payments from the offender;