4 Amendments of Pina PICIERNO related to 2016/0062(NLE)
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU must take all necessary measures to promote and protect the right of women to live free from violence, whether physical or psychological, in both the public and the private spheres;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women is too often considered as a private issue and too easily tolerated and justified, sometimes even by public authorities or other institutions; whereas in fact it constitutes a violation of fundamental rights and a serious crime that must be punished as such; whereas impunity must end in order to break the vicious circle of silence and loneliness for women and girls who have been the victims of violence, also in cases when violence and harassment are committed online;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas recently digital modes of communication have contributed to the spread of hate speech, threats against women, forms of online harassment and online violence that can lead to actual physical consequences for the victims;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the EU accession will provide a coherent European legal framework to prevent and combat violence against women and gender-based violence and to protect victims in the EU’s internal and external policies; emphasises that the EU accession will also bring about better monitoring, interpretation and implementation of EU laws, programmes and funds, funds and secondary legislation relevant to the Istanbul Convention as well as better collection of comparable disaggregated data at EU level;