Activities of Pál CSÁKY related to 2015/2118(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings (A8-0144/2016 - Catherine Bearder) HU
Amendments (9)
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas special attention must be given to vulnerable groups such as Roma, children and refugees;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the implementation of the directive is based on an integrated, holistic and human rights approach, with an emphasises on victim support and assistance as provided for in Article 11(3)assistance, support and protection;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to establish as a criminal offence the use of trafficked services and exploitation; in accordance with Article 2(3) the term exploitation covers, as a minimum, sexual exploitation orf the prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, (including begging, slavery andor practices similar to slavery, servitude or the exploitation of criminal activities) and or the removal of organs;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that traffickers are prosecuted and punished with effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties, including also by seizing and confiscating their assets and proceeds from the offences, as this could be an effective mean to change the THB from a "low risk-high profit" business to a "high risk-low profit" one;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to come forward with proposals that create consistency in EU legislation,Member States to ensure that victims of THB are identitlfied to properand guaranteed a proper and targeted assistance, support and assistanceprotection;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for better implementation and monitoring of Article 8 of the directive, so as to ensure the non-prosecution and non- application of penalties to victims of THB, and emphasises that this includes the non-application of penalties for persons in prostitution and non-punishment for irregular entry or residence in countries of transit and destination. for committing crimes which they have been compelled to commit as a direct consequence of being a victim of THB,
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take targeted actions to discourage demand for THB as it is an inevitable element of preventing and combating THB;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the EU and the Member States to research into of the newest trends and forms of THB, including the influence the current migration crisis could have on THB, in order to address the new developments with an adequate and targeted response;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Appreciates the work of the EU Anti- Trafficking Coordinator, who is responsible for improving coordination and coherence among EU institutions, EU agencies, Member States and international actors and developing existing and new EU policies to address trafficking in human beings, however is of the view that in order to accelerate the EU response to the THB his/her mandate might be extended;