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90 Amendments of Laura FERRARA related to 2014/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

– having regard to the Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy and its accompanying Action Plan, adopted by the European Council of 25 June 2012,

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Laura FERRARA, Ulrike LUNACEK, Daniele VIOTTI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Tanja FAJON, Ian DUNCAN, Isabella ADINOLFI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Elly SCHLEIN, Miltiadis KYRKOS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 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

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Laura FERRARA, Ulrike LUNACEK, Daniele VIOTTI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Tanja FAJON, Ian DUNCAN, Isabella ADINOLFI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Elly SCHLEIN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)

– having regard to the Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council of 24 June 2013,

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)

– having regard to the contributions by the NGOs participating in the FRA Fundamental Rights Platform,

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas, following recent terrorist attacks on EU territory, fundamental rights are at risk of being seriously compromised ~~in the name of~~by measures intended to guarantee a supposed ~~need for~~ tighter security;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Laura FERRARA, Ulrike LUNACEK, Daniele VIOTTI, Tanja FAJON, Ian DUNCAN, Isabella ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas many fundamental rights violations still occur in the EU and in Member States, as pointed out in reports by the Commission, the FRA, NGOs, the Council of Europe and the UN, such as the violations of the right to freedom of assembly and expression of civil society organisations, the institutional discrimination of LGBTI persons through marriage bans and anti-propaganda legislation, and the remaining high-levels of discrimination and hate crime motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Laura FERRARA, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Birgit SIPPEL, Marju LAURISTIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas specific human rights guidelines have been developed in external policies of the EU, this has not been the case in its internal policies, which could lead to allegations of double standards;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Laura FERRARA, Ulrike LUNACEK, Daniele VIOTTI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Tanja FAJON, Isabella ADINOLFI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Caterina CHINNICI, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that it is essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full in both European and national legislation, public policies and their implementation;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that Article 6 TEU requires the Union to accede to the ECHR; notes Opinion 2/2013 of the Court of Justice of the European Union; calls on the Commission and the Council to draw up proposals designed to ensure that the aforementioned obligation is met as quickly as possible, on the basis of full transparency and with the aim of increasing genuine respect for and protection of the fundamental rights of individuals against breaches, including the right to an effective remedy at national and European level, and enhancing the protection of individuals and making the European institutions more accountable for their actions or failings regarding fundamental rights;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Deplores the rarity with which Article 7 TEU is invoked against Member States responsible for breaches of fundamental rights in order to penalise them and act as a deterrent;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Laura FERRARA, Ulrike LUNACEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the appointment of the first Vice-President of the Commission with powers relating to respect for the rule of law and the Charter, and expects to see an internal strategy on fundamental rights ~~based on Article 2 TEU~~ adopted in the near future, in close cooperation with the other institutions and in consultation with civil society and other interested parties; the strategy should be based on Article 2, 6 and 7 TEU, and be consistent with the principles and objectives embedded in Articles 8 and 10 TFEU;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part

4. Urges the Commission to ensure that any such internal strategy is accompanied by an associated action plan, in order to supplement and strengthen the Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy already applied in EU external relations, ensuring constant monitoring, country by country, of the protection of fundamental rights, measures to prevent any breaches and action to improve the level of protection of fundamental rights; considers that the strategy and associated action plan should also serve as instruments to render the European Institutions accountable for their actions and omissions with regard to fundamental rights, and to ensure compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights with a view to accession to the Convention by the EU; notes that the strategy should:

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point -a (new)

(-a) be soundly based on international and European law and embrace all the values protected by Article 2 TEU;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a

(a) make provision for an annual political cycle that monitors its application, tak~~ing~~es account of the results of annual and specific reports from the various parties involved, institutional and otherwise, and ~~should~~ contributes both towards improving coordination ~~between those~~and dialogue between Member States and the other parties involved and towards establishing policies by means of greater transparency and ~~dialogue~~the exchange of best practices;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c

(c) develop, in cooperation with the FRA, a database that collates and publishes data on the situation regarding fundamental rights in the EU and in individual Member States~~; reiterates, in that connection, the need for the Commission to propose a revision of the FRA Regulation in order to grant the FRA wider power~~, including the data gathered by the Member States, European institutions and agencies, the appropriate UN bodies, and national and international civil-society associations; reiterates, in that connection, the need for the Commission to propose a revision of the FRA Regulation in order to grant the FRA wider powers, such as constant monitoring of the individual Member States in the fields of fundamental rights, criminal justice and economic, social and cultural rights;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point d

(d) bPro~~aden~~vide clear indicators in order to assess the enforcement and respect of fundamental rights, and to trigger alert mechanisms in the case of violations. Such indicators could take the form of a fundamental rights scoreboard, possibly as an extension of the scope of the EU Justice Scoreboard, which should also to cover the assessment of criminal justice systems and of efforts to uphold fundamental rights and the rule of law ; indicators should include clear data collection mechanisms, including equality data collection disaggregated according to the different discrimination grounds;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point d a (new)

(da) make provision for the Commission to submit annual country-by-country reports on the state of protection of fundamental rights;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that freedom of expression – also through information technologies – and of the press are a fundamental right that is vital for the proper functioning of democracies;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Takes the view that the goals of respect for fundamental rights and guaranteed collective safety are compatible and should always be balanced, even when responding to emergency situations; in the specific context of measures drawn up in response to the terrorist threat, procedural safeguards cannot be limited with regard to suspected terrorists and fundamental freedoms cannot be restricted when concluding agreements which provide for an exchange of information and personal data; condemns, moreover, all forms of mass surveillance carried out by governments for intelligence or espionage purposes;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. DRefers to Article 10 of the Charter, which protects freedom of thought, conscience and religion; deplores recent instances of anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief, including the freedom of unbelivers, and to promote tolerance;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission, with the support of the FRA, to strengthen awareness-raising, education and training measures and programmes with regard to fundamental rights; these programmes should aim to establish cohesion and trust between all social partners and involve civil society organisations, national human rights institutions and national equality and anti-discrimination offices;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Deplores the fact that even today people belonging to minorities are still victims of discrimination~~Points out that pluralism, non- discrimination and tolerance are among the founding values of the Union in accordance with Article 2 TEU; considers that only policies designed to promote both formal and substantive equality and to combat all forms of discrimination based, in particular, on gender, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or personal beliefs, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation, pursuant to Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, can promote a cohesive society by breaking down all forms of prejudice which harm social integration; deplores the fact that even today in the EU there are still cases of discrimination based on the above;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Strongly deplores th~~e fact that negotiations within the Council on~~at the Council has still not adopted the 2008 proposal for a~~n anti-discrimination directive have stalled, and~~ Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; reiterates its call to the Council to adopt the proposal as soon as possible;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Laura FERRARA, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Marju LAURISTIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the European Commission and the Council to acknowledge the need for reliable and comparable equality data to measure discrimination, disaggregated according to discrimination grounds, in order to inform policy-making, evaluate the implementation of EU anti- discrimination legislation, and better enforce it; calls on both institutions to define consistent equality data collection principles, based on self-identification, EU data protection standards and the consultation of the relevant communities;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)

Violence against women

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Urges the EU and the Member States to ban all discrimination on grounds of gender identity and to combat and prosecute all forms of violence and discrimination against women~~Expresses concern about extent and forms of violence against women in the EU, as documented by FRA's EU-wide survey which showed that one in three women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15, and that an estimated 3.7 million women in the EU experience sexual violence in the period of one year;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Member states and the Commission to review the adequacy of current legislation and policies to prevent violence against women, protect the victims and prosecute the offenders in light of the FRA survey results and requirements of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention). The survey shows that young women are at high risk of victimisation, including through cyberharassment and cyberstalking which underlines the need to identify promising practices to counter violence taking place in the online environment.

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Call on the Commission to ensure the continuity of data collection on the prevalence and nature of violence against women as a basis for robust policies to prevent violence and meet the needs of victims, including to assess the implementation of the EU Victims' Directive (2012/29/EU). The efforts to collect the data should build on the first EU-wide survey carried out by FRA, and they should be based on the cooperation between the European Commission (including Eurostat), FRA and the European Institute for Gender Equality.

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 b (new)

Rights of LGBTI people

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Laura FERRARA, Ulrike LUNACEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against lesbian, gay, trans~~sexual~~gender, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI), as fostered by laws and policies that restrict the fundamental rights of ~~these persons~~LGBTI people; calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to issue an action plan or strategy for equality on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, as repeatedly called for by the Parliament and as promised by Commissioner Jourova in the process of the Commission hearings;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Laura FERRARA, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Member States, as States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, to take appropriate measures to protect children from all forms of physical and psychological violence, including cyber bullying, and to empower young people, parents, educators, carers and society as a whole to prevent and combat bullying; urges the Member States to support lifelong training for professionals working with children and to encourage active participation by young people – inter alia using new technologies – in the peaceful resolution of disputes;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Encourages EU Member States to support trade unions and employers' organisations in their efforts to adopt diversity and non-discrimination policies with a focus on LGBTI persons.

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Believes that equal protection against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation across all EU Member states would significantly improve if the EU- wide prohibition of such discrimination extended beyond the field of employment and occupation, as proposed by the European Commission in its Proposal for a Council Directive of 2 July 2008 on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; welcomes the prioritization of this Directive by the European Commission; calls on the Council to adopt it as a matter of urgency;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Laura FERRARA, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Miriam DALLI, Elly SCHLEIN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Anna HEDH, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Recalls its resolution of 4 February 2014 on the EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity and calls upon the European Commission to put forward an EU LGBTI Strategy, comparable to the LGBTI Guidelines adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council of 24 June 2013;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)

11e. Rights of persons with disabilities

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion t~~hat~~o which persons with a disabilit~~y still face~~ies are still subjected today; calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully implement the European Disability Strategy and to monitor ~~and apply the relevant European legislation;~~ the genuine implementation of international, European and national laws, in order to ensure that recognised rights are substantively enjoyed and effectively exercised, also by harmonising and implementing the legislative framework and through cultural and political action;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Expresses concern that legal and administrative barriers continue to prevent persons with disabilities from participating in political life on an equal basis with others, as documented by FRA's human rights indicators on political participation of persons with disabilities;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Condemns the use of forms of physical and pharmacological coercion for mental disabilities and calls on the EU and the Member States to adopt social integration policies;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Calls on EU Member states to amend national legislation which deprives people of the right to vote based on actual or perceived disability;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12c. Calls on the Commission to include an assessment of compatibility with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in its reporting on the implementation of Council Directives 93/109/EC and 94/80/EC which set out the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and municipal elections.

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)

12d. Call on the EU institutions and Member states to closely engage persons with disabilities, including through their representative organisations, in decision making processes in their respective fields of competence, in line with Article 4(3) of the CRPD;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)

12e. Call on EU Member states and institutions to ensure that opportunities to participate in consultation processes are clearly and widely publicised using accessible communications, that input can be provided in other formats such as braille or easy-to read, and that public hearings and meetings discussing proposed laws and policies should be made accessible.

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)

12f. Call on the Commission to harmonise data collection on disability through EU social surveys in line with the requirements of Article 31 of the CRPD; emphasise that such data collection should use methodologies that are inclusive of all persons with disabilities, including those with more severe impairments and those living in institutions.

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Expresses its concerns regarding investigations and convictions in connection with hate crimes in the Member States; calls on the EU to make the fight against hate crimes a priority when drawing up European policies against discrimination and in the field of justice; calls for a review of the framework decision on racism and xenophobia;deleted

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 d (new)

Hate crimes

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Stresses that intolerance and discrimination of all kinds must never be accepted in the European Union and calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the fight against hate crime and discriminatory attitudes and behaviour by developing a comprehensive strategy for fighting hate crime, bias violence and discrimination;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Expresses its concerns regarding investigations and convictions in connection with hate crimes in the Member States; calls on the EU to make the fight against hate crimes a priority when drawing up European policies against discrimination and in the field of justice; as FRA findings from its large-scale surveys have consistently shown that victims of crime are reluctant to come forward and report to the police; calls for a review of the framework decision on racism and xenophobia in order for it to fully cover all forms of hate crimes and crimes committed with a bias or discriminatory motive related to the victims’ personal characteristics, and to clearly define consistent investigation and prosecution standards;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Calls on the Member States to take all appropriate measures to encourage the reporting of racist, xenophobic, homophobic and transphobic hate speech and hate crimes and to ensure adequate protection for people who report crimes and for the victims of these crimes;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)

13d. Express concern that several Member States have not transposed fully and/or correctly all the provisions of the Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA, namely in relation to the offences of denying, condoning and grossly trivialising certain crimes;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)

13e. Calls on Member States to fully transpose and implement existing anti- discrimination and hate crime/hate speech EU standards ensuring the enforcement of national legislation punishing all forms of discrimination, hate crimes, incitement, and harassment as well as systematically triggering the prosecution of criminal offences;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)

13f. Calls on Member States to include provisions on incitement to racist and xenophobic violence and hatred that fully transpose the offences covered by the Framework Decision and calls on the Commission to monitor the correct transposition of the Framework Decision and launch infringement procedures against those Member States failing to transpose it;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 g (new)

13g. Calls on the Commission to support training programmes for law enforcement and judicial authorities, and for appropriate EU agencies, in preventing and tackling discriminatory practices and hate crimes. Calls on Member States to provide the authorities responsible for investigation and prosecution with practical tools and skills to be able to identify and deal with the offences covered by the Framework Decision, and to interact and communicate with victims;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)

Combating racism

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Laura FERRARA, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Damian DRĂGHICI, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Hugues BAYET, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)

13d. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against members of specific ethnic and religious communities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt specific policy commitments to combat all forms of racism, including anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia and anti- Gypsyism;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 h (new)

13h. Calls for measures to ensure the implementation of national Roma integration strategies through periodic reviews, monitoring and support to enable local, regional and national authorities to develop and implement effective human- rights-compliant policies, programmes and action for the inclusion of Roma, using available funds, including EU funds, while strictly monitoring respect for fundamental rights and the implementation of Directive 2004/38/EC on the right to move and reside freely;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 i (new)

13i. Expresses its concern for the growing racist, islamophobic, antisemitic, antigypsy, homophobic and transphobic harassment and violence across Europe. Condemns all form of hate speech and stigmatisation against minorities in the EU;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 j (new)

13j. Calls on the European Commission and the Council to acknowledge the need for reliable and comparable equality data to measure discrimination, disaggregated according to discrimination grounds, in order to inform policy-making, evaluate the implementation of EU anti- discrimination legislation, and better enforce it; calls on both institutions to define consistent equality data collection principles, based on self-identification, EU data protection standards and the consultation of the relevant communities;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

MRights of migrants and ~~refugees~~applicants for international protection

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – introductory part

14. Deplores the repeated and tragic losses of life in the Mediterranean; points out that the action taken by the EU and the Member States to address the problem have not helped effectively to solve it and to prevent further tragedies from occurring at sea; reiterates the need and the duty to make every possible effort to save the lives of persons in danger. To that end, urges the Commission and the Member States to review their migration policies in order to ensure that the requirement to guarantee security is not to the detriment to the rights of migrants and that respect for and the protection of such rights are priority goals in the management of migration. In particular:

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 1

– ~~save the life of a person in danger;~~ encourages the EU and the Member States to open up new channels for legal entry into the European Union, in order to reduce the risks inherent in attempting to enter the EU illegally and the loss of migrant lives at sea, to combat the unlawful acts of the human trafficking networks and the risk of refoulement; in this regard, encourages the EU and the Member States to use humanitarian visas for asylum seekers and refugees, also when they resettle, in addition to making legal migration systems – such as those to facilitate family reunification, work and student mobility – more accessible to refugees; – calls on the Member States to improve their reception standards, with special attention paid to people who have specific needs; encourages the Commission and the Member States to establish fair and efficient asylum application procedures to identify and protect those in need of international protection, in addition to procedures to identify stateless persons, to respect fundamental rights; – calls on the EU to activate search and rescue operations without delay and urges Member States to provide genuine cooperation in the management of migration flows in order to prevent the loss of human lives at sea, especially following the conclusion of the Mare Nostrum operation, as part of the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 656/2014 and in accordance with their obligations under international navigation law; – calls on the Member States to repeal national laws that criminalise the aiding of illegal immigration, in order to ensure that private boats are not encouraged to evade their obligations under international law, which require them to assist any vessels in danger; – calls on the Member States to ensure that, in conducting interception operations at sea, the principle of non- refoulement is complied with and the persons intercepted are not returned to countries where they risk being subjected to torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment, as required by the ECtHR in its ruling in the Hirsi case and others against Italy; calls on the Commission, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex) and the Member States to ensure compliance with this principle and with other obligations under international and EU law, in connection with the implementation of Regulation No (EU) 656/2014; – encourages the EU and the Member States to put respect for the rights of migrants at the centre of any bilateral or multilateral cooperation agreement with non-EU countries in relation to migration, including readmission agreements, mobility partnerships and technical cooperation agreements;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 2

~~– improve legal avenues for refugees;~~deleted

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 3

~~– introduce new procedures for legal entry into the EU;~~deleted

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Condemns the practice of detaining irregular migrants, including unaccompanied minors, as a prelude to their expulsion~~; calls on Member States to comply with the provisions of the ‘Return Directive’~~, in addition to stateless persons who cannot be expelled; points out that the detention of migrants must remain a measure of last resort and urges the Member States to introduce and implement alternative measures to detention; calls on Member States to comply with the provisions of the ‘Return Directive’, including respect for the right to dignity and for the principle of a child’s best interest; in particular, reiterates the need to ensure that the right to an effective remedy can be exercised before an impartial court for illegal migrants in the event of violations of rights and freedoms enshrined in European and international law;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls for an investigation into ~~the use of~~be conducted into how the funds earmarked for home affairs are spent in this regard, checking their destination carefully; calls on the European Union to take action should it emerge that the funds have been used to finance activities which infringe fundamental rights;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to conduct investigations into any allegations of infringements of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter and to follow up those allegations should they be proven; urges the Commission, in particular, to initiate infringement proceedings should any Member State be suspected of acting in breach of those rights;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Calls on the EU to hold its own agents liable for any infringements of fundamental rights they might commit; in particular, calls for assurances to be given that an investigation will be opened, following allegations that infringements were committed during operations coordinated by the Frontex agency, and that appropriate measures, of a disciplinary or other nature, will be taken against those who are shown to have committed such infringements; to that end calls for an internal Frontex redress mechanism as requested by the European Ombudsman in his investigation into Case OI/5/2012/BEH-MHZ and for the conclusions of investigations into allegations of human rights infringements to be made public; calls, moreover, for Frontex operations to be halted where infringements of human rights have been committed during such operations, as provided for in Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1168/2011;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 b (new)

Children rights

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Commission to adopt the announced EU Guidance on integrated child protection systems;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Calls on the Commission to adopt the announced EU Guidance on integrated child protection systems;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16 c. Affirms the importance to strengthen the procedural safeguards for children in criminal proceedings, particularly in the context of the on-going discussions on a Directive on special safeguards for children suspected and accused in criminal proceedings;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have had an impact – in some cases a drastic one – on economic, social and cultural rights, resulting in poverty, exclusion and isolation, in particular in the Member States in which economic adjustment programmes have been adopted;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises that, in Member States subject to economic adjustment programmes, the EU institutions are also responsible for the associated conditions; stresses that the EU institutions are always under an obligation to observe the Charter, even when acting outside the framework of EU law; reiterates its call to align Memoranda of Understanding with the EU objectives set out in Article 151 TFEU, including the promotion of employment and improvement of living and working conditions; reiterates the need to ensure there is full democratic scrutiny over the action of the EU institutions as regards the measures taken in reaction to the crisis;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the EU institutions to look into the impact on fundamental rights of the measures proposed or implemented to deal with the crisis and to take remedial action immediately should it emerge that the protection of rights is regressing or international law, including ILO conventions or recommendations, is being infringed;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 a (new)

Age discrimination and age poverty

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Recalls that Art. 25 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights proclaims the rights of the elderly to lead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in social and cultural life. Particularly regrets that the Accompanying Document to the 2013 EC Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is silent regarding the application of article 25 by the EU institutions;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Calls on the Commission to develop a Strategy on Demographic Change to put in effect article 25 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)

20c. Express concern that age-based discrimination remains an issue in several Member States leading to injustice including unequal access to employment, discrimination in access to goods and services, inequalities in access of health and long-term care;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)

20d. Express concern that maltreatment, neglect and abuse of older people to be widespread among Member States;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 e (new)

20e. Express concern that Member States’ cuts in public spending and to pensions is largely contributing to old age poverty decreasing their disposable income, worsening their living conditions creating inequalities in affordability of services and creating a growing number of older people with incomes just above the poverty threshold;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on all Member States to introduce income support measures to provide their citizens with decent living conditions and combat social exclusion;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Stresses that corruption represents a serious~~Reiterates that corruption is a serious threat to democracy, the rule of law and the fair treatment of all citizens; Stresses that corruption, by diverting public funds from the public use for which they are intended, reduces the level and quality of public services, thereby infringing fundamental rights ~~violation~~; calls on the Member States and institutions to devise effective instruments for combating corruption and to monitor regularly the use made of public funds, be they European or national;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Points out that the right of access to justice is vital for the protection of all fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law; reiterates the importance of ensuring that both the civil and criminal justice systems are efficient; calls on the Commission once again to extend the EU Justice Scoreboard to the criminal sector;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Calls on the Commission to provide for offences to thwart environmental crimes committed by individuals or organised criminal groups which have an impact on the rights of human beings and animals, the right to health, life and the enjoyment of a healthy environment, as well as on the legal economy and on the use of public resources;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)

21c. Calls on the EU and the Member States to provide for measures to support and protect whistleblowers;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Deplores the conditions in the prisons, including secure psychiatric hospitals, of numerous Member States; regards it as essential that the EU should adopt an instrument which guarantees that the recommendations of the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment (CPT) and the judgments of the ECtHR are implemented;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Member States to make more frequent use of alternative measures to detention and to make social reintegration the ultimate aim of a period of custody;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 b (new)

Victims of crime

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22b. Calls on the EU Member States to ensure that victims of crime across the EU can rely on the rights guaranteed by the EU Victims’ Directive (2012/29/EU). With the transposition deadline being set for 16 November 2015, much remains to be done focusing on support to victims of crime, and the treatment of children in justice proceedings; to provide victims with information about their rights; ensuring effective referral systems and trainings for police officers and legal practitioners to establish a relationship of trust and confidence with victims, as FRA research on victim support has shown;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)

22c. Calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to ensure the highest quality of comparable data collection on the transposition of the EU Victims’ Directive (2012/29/EU) and on how victims, including victims of crimes committed with a bias and discriminatory motive, have accessed their rights as required under Article 28 of the Directive;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)

22d. Express its concern about the on- going infringement procedures against several Member States for failing to transpose the Directive on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography due on 18 December 2013, and calls Member States for its prompt transposition;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE