Activities of Monika VANA related to 2022/2139(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Regulation of prostitution in the EU: its cross-border implications and impact on gender equality and women’s rights (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the regulation of prostitution in the EU: its cross-border implications and impact on gender equality and women’s rights
Amendments (90)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
— having regard to Article 6 of the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which aims to eliminatesuppress all forms of traffick ing i women and exploitation of women in prostitution of women,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘Istanbul Convention’)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
— having regard to the European Sex Workers Alliance policy brief entitled "Undeserving victims? A Community Report on Migrant Sex Worker Victims of Crime in Europe"
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
Citation 4 c (new)
— having regard to the European Sex Workers Alliance policy brief entitled "Sex Work & Racism: Historical Overview of Racism in Anti-Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking and Anti-Immigration Legislation in Europe"
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 d (new)
Citation 4 d (new)
— having regard to the Amnesty International international policy on state obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of sex workers
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 e (new)
Citation 4 e (new)
— having regard to the Front Line Defenders report entitled “LGBTIQ+ and Sex Workers Rights Defenders at risk during COVID-19”
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the OHCHR Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
— having regard to the European Sex Workers Alliance policy brief entitled “Assesment of the impact of Covid 19 on Sex Worker’s access to health services in Europe and Central Asia”
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
— having regard to the Front Line Defenders policy brief entitled “Sex Workers Rights Defenders at risk”
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
Citation 5 d (new)
— having regard to the Amnesty International report entitled “We live within a violent system.” Structural violence against sex workers in Ireland;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe Second General Report on GREVIO Activities of April 2021
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe Gender Equality Commission's report of 17 November 2022 entitled, 'The Impact of Covid-19 on Women's Access to Justice';
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas all people have a right to make decisions governing their bodies, free from discrimination, coercion and violence
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-A a. Whereas “prostitution” “sexual exploitation” and “trafficking” are often conflated despite the fact that they are distinctly different phenomena; whereas human trafficking ia an egregious human rights violations; whereas there is no internationally agreed definition for sexual exploitation; whereas so called prostitution refers to the act of the exchange of money for sexual services between two consenting adults;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas prostitution, its exploitation, and trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation are increasing; whereas they are gender- specificed phenomena with a global dimension and affect the most marginalised members of our societies, with the vast majority of people in prostitutionsexually exploited people being women and girls and almost allthe majority of sex buyers being men;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas deeply rooted gender stereotypes related to women’s sexuality and morality, result in the stigmatisation and discriminatory treatment of sex workers, including by law enforcement officers, based on their transgression of gendered social and sexual norms or for not conforming to gender roles specifically because they are sex workers;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas sexual exploitation is a serious form of violence that mostly affects women and girls; whereas the EU needs to support neighbouring countries in order for them to increase funding for social support and access to services for victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation, with psychological and social support from specialists, and to introduce specialised services dedicated to the full social and economic inclusion of marginalised women and girls to free them from sexual exploitation;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the terms “prostitution”, “prostitute”, “women in prostitution” or “prostituted women” denote value judgement; the term “prostitution” has connotations of criminality and immorality and serves to stigmatise an already marginalised community; whereas people who sell sexual services prefer the term “sex worker”, and find the use of “prostitute” contributes to their exclusion from health, legal, social and justice services; whereas in recent years international bodies use the terms sex worker or people selling sex
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas sex work, broadly defined, is the exchange of sexual services including sexual acts between consenting adults for money or goods, which may involve working independently, with others, or for a third party, regularly or sporadically; whereas if the consent between parties is absent for any reason, including threat or use of force, fraud, abuse of power or involving a child, such activity cannot be considered as a sex work and would constitute a human rights violation;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas different regulatory measures concerning prostitutionthe sex industry have different effects on gender equality;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas different policy measures currently implemented in the EU member states concerning people providing sexual services fail to address stigma, institutional discrimination and violence - including police violence, marginalisation and human rights violations against people selling sex
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas women in prostitutionselling sex face more violence and exploitation than women on average;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas a presumption of criminality and discriminatory treatment has the effect of preventing sex workers from seeking justice when they encounter physical or sexual violence or extortion for fear that they will instead become the focus of a criminal investigation; Wheeras aggressors can direct violence at sex workers with relative impunity.
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. Whereas sex workers are among the most precarious of informal workers, in part due to the criminalisation of various aspects of their work, such as clients and brothels, which often results in them also being criminalised; whereas they are also exposed to high rates of workplace violence.
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas there is limited access to justice for sex workers due to discriminatory stereotypes; whereas people selling sex are reticent to report cases of abuse and violence to authorities due to the fear of being ignored, receiving no support, or being fined, detained or deported1a _________________ 1a https://rm.coe.int/revised-study-on-the- impact-of-covid-19-on-access-to-justice- 19-1-2023/1680a9d0c8
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas ensuring the physical integrity of allrights of all people to have their bodily integrity, privacy and personal autonomy respected and guaranteeing equality and respect for women’s rights must be at the heart of Member State and EU policies;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas human trafficking concerns many domains such as domestic work, agriculture and mining amongst others; where as there are strong links between prostsexual exploituation and organised crime such as human trafficking;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas numerous factors cause people to enter prostitutionsex work, including poverty, social exclusion and a migration backgroundlimited employment opportunities, discriminatory immigration laws and a lack of safe and legal migration opportunities;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas structural and intersectional discrimination cause people engage in sex work; whereas policies and laws with a punitive approach fail to address the root causes, stigma and discrimination faced by sex workers and neglect their needs;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas prostitutionthe disparity of legislation on prostitution and sex work in the EU has cross- border implications and affects women’s and minorities’ rights and gender equality; whereas the disparity of legislation on prostitution in the EU benefitsall Member States have a legal obligation to discourage and end human traffickersing and organised crime networks; whereas all Member States have a legal obligation to discourage and end human trafficking and ; whereas persons selling sex and sex work have been traditionally marginalised, it is important to have a human rights based approach, taking into account that being in vulnerable situation they are often not aware of their rights; whereas having an open dialogue and listen to the voices of persons selling sex is an imporgtanised crime; t part of the process, when legislating about them;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that approaches to regulating prostitutionsex work vary across the EU and target three key components of this system: prostituted persons, the purchase of sex (i.e. demand), and pimping; stresses that the different laws have different effects on women in prostitution, their rightsthrough punitive administrative or criminal law of this system: people selling sex, the purchase of sex, and third parties; stresses that the different laws have different effects on women selling sex and their rights, ability to access health care, social services and the justice system, women’s rights in general, gender equality, demand, society and neighbouring countries;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Reality in prostitutionfor people selling sex
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that women in prostitutionselling sex experience more violence than women on average; refers to a 2019 study by the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, according to which 41 % of the women in prostitution surveyed had experienced physical or sexual violence (or both) in the context of prostitutionsex work;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes, that in Austria, the professional groups concerned including the executive, police, public authorities, medical services, counselling centres for sex service providers and the advocacy groups for sex service providers, agree that it is better to create a legal framework for sex workers, rather than to indulge in the illusion that it is possible to improve the situation of sex workers by criminalising the purchase of sex 1a _________________ 1a Report of the Austrian Government WG on prostitution, https://www.bundeskanzleramt.gv.at/agen da/frauen-und- gleichstellung/prostitution.html)
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that women selling sex who had been exposed to repressive policing had a three times higher chance of experiencing sexual or physical violence by anyone and twice more likely to have HIV1a _________________ 1a Platt L, Grenfell P, Meiksin R, Elmes J, Sherman SG, Sanders T, Mwangi P, Crago AL. Associations between sex work laws and sex workers’ health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies. PLOS Medicine. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002680
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that consent can only be given freely when there is no power imbalance between the people involved; notes, at the same time, that it can be extremely difficult for people to realise that they are victims, especially when they do not know their rights, and recalls the dynamics of an abusive relationshipby consenting adults;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that the inherent element of agency is the capacity to give or withhold consent; Notes that conflating sex work with sexual exploitation undermines the agency of people, especially women, to make informed decisions about their private and sexual lives;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the deterioration of the social and economic situation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased all forms of abuse and violence against women, including prostitutionagainst sex workers; warns that this will be further aggravated by the current energy and cost-of-living crisis;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the European Parliament recognised, in its resolution of 26 February 2014 on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality, that prostitution and sexual exploitation are violations of human dignity, contravene human rights principles such as gender equality and are therefore contrary to the principles of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; Notes that the resolution was adopted during the previous mandate and reflected the position of the European Parliament at that time; recalls that it defined prostitution as a serious form of violence and exploitation in its resolution of 5 July 2022 on women’s poverty in Europe4 ; _________________ 4 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2022)0274.
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines that the European Parliament called for, in its resolution on The EU Strategy for Gender Equality of 21 January 2021, a concrete framework for the rights and protection of sex workers during and after a crisis; further insists on the importance of including measures and strategies that tackle the discrimination faced by sex workers in access to funding, housing, healthcare, education and other services1a; _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0025
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Impact on women in prostitutionsex workers
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns the fact that women in prostitution lack legal security because of their criminalisation,selling sex, especially migrant, racialised and trans women and LGBTIQ+ people, lack legal security because of their disproportionate criminalisation, high levels of surveillance, the issuance of fines and house raids meaning they face the constant threat of police and judicial persecution, are subject to additional vulnerability and stigmatisation that negatively affect their health, consequently experience difficulties in contacting support services and lack access to fundamental rights; deplores the fact that, at the same time, clients, brothel ownerperpetrators posing as clients, exploitative third parties and human traffickers often remain unpunishedperate with impunity;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Is concerned, that criminalization of solicitation, criminalization of customers and criminalization of exploitation of people selling sex in itself does not abolish prostitution or sex work, nor resolves the underlying root causes.
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out the negative consequences of the decriminalisation of pimping and the purchase of sex, which, through the apparent societal normalisation of these activities,sex work, which leads to an increase in the trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation and conceals the reality of coercion, manipulation, violence and exploitation in enforced prostitution, where a lack of language skills, vulnerabilities and precarious conditions are exploited to make women enter and stay in prostitution; regretunderlines the fact that even the legalisation of prostitution, pthe push for crimping and the purchase of sex does not mean an endalisation contributes to the stigma for women in prostitutionand people selling sex;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Regrets the position of certain member states claiming that all sex work is inherently exploitative, notes that investigating consensual adult sex work as a crime and treating sex workers as victims, diverts resources away from dealing with genuine situations of exploitation and trafficking;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. WelcomNotes the fact that an increasing number of countries are taking up and implementing the Nordic/Equality model; supports the feminist background criminalisation model; points out the paternalistic approach of this model and it’s goal of achieving gender equality, andharmful impact on women’s rights, especially the fundamental right to bodily integrity; highlights the model’s posinegative effects on the rights of people in prostitutionselling sex1a and the fight against human trafficking; _________________ 1a We live within a violent system; Structural violence against sex workers in Ireland, Amnesty International
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Welcomes the fact that several European countries strive to promote sex workers rights by meaningful inclusion of discriminated and marginalised sex workers and provide subsidies to support their community based organisation to better address the needs and rights of the most marginalised sex workers;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that prostitution and trafficking for sexual exploitation only exist because there is a demand for themexists in countries where third parties and purchase of sexual services is criminalised;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Notes that the narrow understanding of demand reduction that is instrumentalized in the criminalisation of the purchase of sex and third parties, further exacerbates structural and systemic discrimination against women;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Notes that rights-based strategies to address demand should focus on addressing discriminatory attitudes and beliefs; particularly those directed against women and migrants1a _________________ 1a OHCHR Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking, 2010
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Regrets the broad interpretation of the third-party legislation whereby all assistance in the sale of sex is prohibited even if it is not for profit, within which people selling sex together, landlords, hotel owners, accountants and others, can be accused of pimping if they are associated with the sale of sex;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is concerned that the legcriminalisation of prostitutionsex work promotes legalopaque structures behind which traffickers can hide;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Is concerned that the criminalisation of any element of sex work often compromises safety of people selling sex, leads them to work in more hidden and isolated areas and compromises their ability to organise and to effectively address exploitation in sex industry;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation is increasing due to high demands a gross violation of human rights and comprises a significant risk, especially for migrant women, women from disadvantaged backgrounds, trans women, LGBTIQ+ people and other marginalised groups; points out that thisere is particularly visible ino discernable difference between countries with a liberal regulatory model, whereas and countries that follow approaches like the Nordic/Equality model are no longer big markets for human trafficking for that purpose; criminalisation model1a; _________________ 1a The Rise of Neo-Abolitionism in Europe: Exploring the role of the Neoliberalism–Vulnerability–Security Nexus in the Prostitution Policies of the United Kingdom, Spain, France, and Ireland
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Condemns that laws and policies to combat trafficking in persons are often used to identify, detain and deport undocumented migrants without providing them with either assistance or compensation1a and result in migrant sex workers being evicted from their homes, detained and deported as the selling of sex is grounds for deportation and denial of entry for people coming outside the EU _________________ 1a Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales A/73/178/Rev.1 (para 70)
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Stresses that in a decision released on April 12, the European Court of Human Rights accepted to consider the complaints from 261 sex workers from France, who want the French law to be recognized for infringing their fundamental rights especially the right to health and safety and the right to respect for private life.
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the different approaches to regulation in the EU have different effects and that women in prostitutionselling sex have different rights and protections in different EU Member States; underlines that, on average, 70 % of the individuals in prostitution in the EU are migrant women and that trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation mostly affects women and girls coming from the east of the European Uniostresses that while the competence to govern sex work remains with the Member States, people selling sex must be able to enjoy the rights enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; underlines that, on average, 70 % of the people in the sex trade in the EU are migrant women;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. notes that trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation mostly affects migrant women, especially women and girls coming from the east of the European Union and Sub-Saharan Africa;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the divergent rules mean that some EU Member States have more victims of trafficking in human beings than others and that free movement within the EU helps to move people from one market to the next;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Emphasises that women in all their diversity have amongst others the fundamental rights to physical and mental integrity, respect for private life and family and to choose an occupation and to engage in work;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Underlines that debates around sex work have historically served as a central site on which to exert control over women, their bodies and their choices;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises that the gender-specific nature of prostitutionexploitation both within and outside of the job market reflects and replicates the prevailing power relations; stresses that prostitution andintersectional discrimination further exacerbates this power imbalance; underlines that sexual exploitation are bothin particular is a cause and a consequence of racism, ableism, classism and the unequal treatment of women and men and replicates and perpetuates stereotypes about women and men, men, other genders and marginalised groups in general;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the different effects of different regulatory measuresgender stereotypes and inequality on men, young people and society as a whole;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Emphasises that sexuality education is an essential measure in working towards a violence-free society as it challenges harmful gender stereotypes, promotes diversity, bodily autonomy, and physical and mental integrity; Notes that sexuality education sheds light on the social taboo of sexuality and addresses it as an integral part of our lives related to our health and well-being;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Highlights the fact that only the decriminalisation of sex work and the adoption of a human rights based approach can help people selling sex to have full access to their fundamental rights;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Urges all Member States to decriminalise the consensual exchange of sexual services between adults for remuneration, including the decriminalisation of clients and third parties.
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19 c. Urges the Commission, together with Member States and sex worker-led community groups to establish a concrete framework for the rights and protection of sex workers; further insists on the importance of including measures and strategies that tackle the discrimination faced by sex workers in access to funding, housing, healthcare, education and other services
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19 e. Calls on the EU institutions to ensure visible support for sex worker rights defenders acknowledging the critical work they carry out in defending the basic human rights of communities that are among the most marginalised1a; _________________ 1a Front Line Defenders August 2021 “Sex Workers Rights Defenders at risk”
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 f (new)
Paragraph 19 f (new)
19 f. Calls on the Commission to implement gender budgeting throughout all the instruments of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, including the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values, the ESF+ and the structural and cohesion funds and using such funds to ensure access to essential services such as housing, healthcare and education, as well as pathways out of exploitative labour, especially for the most marginalised groups, including sex workers;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 g (new)
Paragraph 19 g (new)
19 g. Calls for the Commission to ensure that funding from the Citizens, Rights, Equality and Values programme is accessible for the whole of civil society including community and grassroots groups run by and for sex workers, especially those currently employed within the industry;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to take action in the areas of prevention, decriminalisation of people in prostitution, exit programmes, demand reduction, punishment of clients, destigmatisation and the elimination of stereotypesall forms of exploitative labour; calls on the Member States to reduce demand while protecting women and their rights, to end the criminalisation of sex work and stigmatisation of people in prostitution and to ensure exit strategies andselling sex and to ensure unconditional access to social security systems and reintegration;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Highlights that the European Court of Justice has ruled1a that the activity of sex work pursued in a self- employed capacity can be regarded as a service provided for remuneration and therefore persons selling sex can work legally in any European Union country as long as they are self-employed and sex work is tolerated there. _________________ 1a CJUE, 20 Nov 2001, C-268/99,Aldona Malgorzata Jany and Others
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Calls on Member States to develop information and awareness raising campaigns highlighting the importance of consent and the responsibility of clients to respect sex workers' consent and right to decent working conditions including freedom from violence;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20 d. Calls on Member States to ensure proper training of staff at all levels and especially in enforcement, judicial and other legal services, to support and guarantee the rights of those in prostitution and persons selling sex without prejudice to stigma typically associated with sex work;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Stresses regulation EU 679/2016’s rules on use and sharing of personal data beyond the scope for which personal data is collected, and underlines that data collected from victims seeking support may not be passed to other authorities except on the legal basis of the data subject’s express consent. Takes note, that illegal sharing of personal data may have severe consequences for the data subject and should be considered under EU679/2016 article 83(5).
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Member States to take measures to combat the economic, social and culturstructural, economic and social causes of prostitutionoverty, so that women in situations of poverty, social exclusion, discrimination and migration do not fall victim to this form of exploitation;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for specific measures to assist women in prostitutionselling sex with their social and professional reintegration; calls for such exit programmes to work gradually,inclusion; calls for women to be supported on their personal paths and for people’s potential to be recognised, with and professional training and further education programmes being adapted to take account of this;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls on the Commission to include information about the legal status of sex work on the "Your Europe" website to facilitate the safe and free movement of sex workers throughout the European Union;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for comprehensive psychological, medical and, socio- economic support for victims and survivorsand administrative support, as well as residence permits for victims and survivors of human trafficking, in a language that they can readily understand;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls for a financial support for the civil society defending rights of persons selling sex; Regrets that these organisations and communities are targeted by hate speech and defamation campaigns by government officials or influential public personalities especially in countries that aim at abolishing prostitution;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work together with the FRA and EIGE to collect data on sex work in the EU in order to examine the experience of people selling sex and to act as the basis for common EU guidelines on access to fundamental rights for sex workers;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Regrets the fact that the European Commission Citizens, Rights, Equality and Values Programme rejected funding addressing intersectional discrimination of persons selling sex in past on the bases that the legislative competence on how prostitution and sex work is regulated remains within the discretion of the EU Member States; Calls on the European Commission to include the issue of intersectional discrimination of persons selling sex into its funding programmes; In line with the EU's Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, calls on the EU institutions to ensure visible support for defenders of rights of persons selling sex acknowledging the critical work they carry out in defending the basic human rights of communities that are among the most marginalised; Ensure non- discriminatory access for these organisations to EU human rights funding streams including with regards to Human Rights Defenders protection;