Activities of Cécile Kashetu KYENGE related to 2017/2125(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2016 (debate) IT
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2016 PDF (333 KB) DOC (70 KB)
Amendments (53)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
- having regard to European Commission Code of Conduct on countering illegal online hate speech
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)
Citation 7 c (new)
- - having regard to its resolution on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration Texts adopted, (2015/2095(INI))
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 d (new)
Citation 7 d (new)
- having regards the European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2017 on fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti- Gypsyism
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 e (new)
Citation 7 e (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2015 on the prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 f (new)
Citation 7 f (new)
- having regard Article 18 of the Reception Conditions Directive(2013/33/EU) ruling that asylum seekers must be provided with an adequate standard of living during the time required to examine their application for international protection.;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the aberrant governance practices, including political parties and political leaders promoting racist and xenophobic ideas, policies, speeches and practices ad spreading fake news, seen in some Member States reflect a selective approach to the benefits and responsibilities of EU membership, and whereas the refusal by those Member States to fully uphold EU law, the separation of powers, the independence of the judiciary and the predictability of State actions is undermining the credibility of the EU as a legal area;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the influx of migrants into Europe is continuing; whereas many of these migrantsmany migrants arriving to Europe 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;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the dangers faced by refugee and migrant children include separation from their families, detention, multiple discrimination, sexual and gender-based violence, exploitation and physical and psychological damage;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas women and girls refugees and asylum seekers are often subjected to multiple forms of discrimination and are more vulnerable to sexual violence, gender-based violence and trafficking
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas hate speech includes all forms of expression which propagate, encourage, promote or justify racial hatred, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, anti-Gypsism, Afrophobia,, Islamophobia, 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 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas exclusion and discrimination can create a fertile ground for individuals invulnerable situations to join extremist organisations that can be violent.
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas there is a risk that the increased levels of racial violence and hatred, xenophobia and Afrophobia, anti- Gypsism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, or other forms of hatred based on intolerance whether expressed in the form of hate crimes, anonymous messages spread on social networks, protests or political propaganda, will come to be seen as normal in the Member States;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas there is a risk that the increased levels of hatred, xenophobia and Afrophobia, whether expressed in the form of hate crimes, fake news, anonymous messages spread on social networks, protests or political propaganda, will come to be seen as normal in the Member States;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights report entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU- wide survey’, published in March 2014, shows that 20 % of women have experienced online harassment
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas sexist hate speech, occurring offline and online, is increasingly widespread and is one of the root causes of all forms of violence against women
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. Emphasises the central role of civil society in supporting democracy, the rule of law, and in promoting transparency, public responsibility and good governance, particularly in the fight against corruption and extremism, the respect of human rights, social inclusion and sustainable development;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that violent conflicts, persecution, inequality, terrorism, repressive regimes, natural disasters, human-made crisis and chronic poverty are all drivers of migration that have led to increased mobility in recent years.
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that refugees and migrants have the same universal human rights and fundamental freedom, which need to be protected regardless of their status; urges Member States to comply with existing fundamental rights and asylum legislation while paying attention to the most vulnerable groups, namely minors.
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Expresses concern over the fact that several Member States have toughened their asylum and migration legislation in terms of increasing police measures, reducing benefits for refuges, introducing cuts in social benefits, introducing time-limited residence permits for refugees and beneficiary of subsidiarity protection.
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Strongly condemns the growing phenomenon of human trafficking; urges Member States to increase cooperation and step up their fight against organised crime, including smuggling and trafficking of human being, but also exploitation, forced labour, sexual abuses and torture, while protecting victims, in particular women and children.
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Deplores that the little progress that has been registered on resettlement were offset by restriction in family reunification with several EU member states introducing limits in their national laws
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Deplores the lack of safe and legal channels for asylum seekers and refugees into the European Union; urges therefore Member States to open up and allocate sufficient resources to create new safe and legal possibilities and channels for asylum seekers and migrants to enter the European Union. Stresses the importance of addressing the root causes of large movements of refugees and migrants in developing countries.
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the imperative need for all persons of Islamic faith and culture, including those who have already been living here for a long time, to be integrated as effectively as possible intoto be included on equal terms in European society; stresses that integratclusion of this kind will be the best way to tackle Islamicall forms of radicalisation in Europeand terrorism in Europe; recommends that Member States’ counter-terrorism measures are proportionate and that the restriction to the enjoyment of human rights are subject to judicial review and independent oversight;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need for measures to be taken as a matter of priority in all the Member States to give immigrant children access to education, language learand their children adequate and dignified reception conditions - including accommodation, literacy and language courses, inter- cultural dialogue, education and professional training, healthcare, – good living conditions and the opportunity to be reunited with their family;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12a (new)
Paragraph 12a (new)
12a. Is concerned about the wide divergences in the level of reception conditions provided by some Member States that do not ensure adequate and dignified treatment of applicants of international protection.
Amendment 374 #
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 foreducation, training, housing, access to the labour market, social and health services and also effective access to democratic structures in society for young and older people, that th; therefore 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;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Civic space
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that EU commitment to promote civil society in Europe should be much more visible and should go hand- in-hand with initiatives developed in the context of its foreign and enlargement policy; calls on the Commission to propose a general strategy to promote a civic space including positive and proactive actions, in consultation with all stakeholders.
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission to launch a campaign to raise awareness among European citizens and residents about their fundamental rights, the rights and obligations laid down by treaties, and their right of recourse;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Invites the European Commission to establish guidelines for civil society engagement and indicators for civic space;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Calls for the creation of a European fund for human rights within the EU, based on existing initiatives geared towards strengthening democracy outside the EU, such as the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights or the European Endowment For Democracy;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)
Paragraph 13 f (new)
13f. Notes that in several EU Member States, there are major restrictions on the freedom of association and expression for citizens and their associations as a result of legislative and administrative measures linked to, among other things, combating terrorism or introducing conditionalities in financing that constitute an obstacle to their capacity for advocacy or the defence of rights;
Amendment 443 #
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, including the fight against gender-based violence, 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;
Amendment 469 #
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- IslamicAfrophobic, anti-Roma, anti-Semitic, and anti-Africanti- migrant and Islamophobic rhetoric;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that social networks and the anonymity guaranteed by many different media platforms encourage many forms of expression of hatred, from jihadist preaching to anti-Islam speech, and calls for this phenomenon to be curbed through closer monitoring and the identificracist speech and fake news; urges Member States to halt this phenomenon through improved monitoring investigation and prosecution of the authors of statements or words incompatible with European culture and lawprinciples and values, in collaboration with civil society and IT companies;
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 520 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Urges the Member States to speed up negotiations in order for the European Union to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) as soon as possible; recalls that the Union’s accession to the Istanbul Convention does not exonerate Member States from ratifying the Convention at national level and from having in place a national action plan combatting violence against women
Amendment 522 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. For the sake of creating mutual trust, fighting effectively against anti- Gypsyism and making tangible improvement in the living conditions of Roma people, calls on the Commission and the Member States to follow the recommendations and satisfy the demands of the resolution on the fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism (2017/2038(INI));
Amendment 538 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to submit a legal act to support Member States in the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls and of gender-based violence
Amendment 540 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Deplores the fact that the number of anti-Semitic incidents in EU Member States has risen significantly in recent years;
Amendment 546 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Deplores the fact that Muslims face widespread discrimination and harassment as well as the disproportionate effect of counter- terrorism legislation, policies and practices which can have a discriminatory bias when not grounded in reasonable suspicion or are not legitimate and proportionate;
Amendment 553 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Amendment 559 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18e. Expresses its concern at the lack of reporting of hate crimes by victims due to inadequate safeguards and failure of authorities to properly investigate and bring convictions for hate crimes in Member States;
Amendment 562 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)
Paragraph 18 f (new)
18f. Expresses its concern that several Member States have not correctly transposed the provisions of Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA; Calls for infringement procedures against those Member States that fail to transpose them;
Amendment 564 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 g (new)
Paragraph 18 g (new)
18g. Calls for the adoption of the proposed 2008 Equal Treatment Directive which is still pending for approval by the Council; considers it a condition to secure a consolidated and coherent EU law framework against discrimination, also protecting from discrimination on the grounds of religion and belief, disability, age and sexual orientation outside of employment;
Amendment 568 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 h (new)
Paragraph 18 h (new)
18h. Encourages the Commission to appoint EU Coordinators on Afrophobia and anti-Gypsyism, to be responsible for improving coordination and coherence among EU institutions, EU agencies, Member States and international actors and will develop existing and new EU policies to address Afrophobia and anti- Gypsyism, and recommends the adoption of European frameworks for national strategies to combat Afrophobia,anti- Gypsyism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia;
Amendment 572 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 i (new)
Paragraph 18 i (new)
18i. Calls on the European Commission to lead by example in promoting the rights of minorities by amending its diversity and inclusion strategy to include race, ethnicity and religion/belief on the diversification of the EU workplace