33 Amendments of Malin BJÖRK related to 2015/2118(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1 (new)
Citation 1 (new)
– having regard to Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Citation 2 (new)
Citation 2 (new)
– having regard to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Citation 3 (new)
Citation 3 (new)
– having regard to the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Citation 4 (new)
Citation 4 (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Citation 5 (new)
Citation 5 (new)
– having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the 2000 UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, and in particular the internationally agreed definition of THB here within;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Citation 6 (new)
Citation 6 (new)
– having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995, and to the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the United Nations Beijing +5, Beijing +10 and Beijing +15 special sessions and the Beijing +20 review conference,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Citation 7 (new)
Citation 7 (new)
– having regard to Article 5 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the demand for women, girls, men and boys in the prostitution industries is a decisive pull factor for THB for sexual exploitation; and whereas the demand for cheap labour and incapacity to uphold labour rights are pull factors for THB for labour exploitation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the closing of borders makes people more vulnerable to traffickers and exploitation;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas a "one size fits all" strategy is not efficient and whereas the different forms of trafficking, such as trafficking for sexual exploitation, trafficking for labour exploitation and child trafficking, need to be addressed with specific and tailored policy measures;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States and intergovernmental organizations to ensure that their interventions address the factors that increase vulnerability to trafficking, including inequality, poverty and all forms of discrimination;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas all support services for victims of trafficking must be made truly non-conditional, and ensure that there is no further victimisation;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas THB can beon the one hand is the result of global economic and social inequalities and furtheron the other hand exacerbated by societal inequality between women and men;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas gender itself does not inherently create vulnerability, and there are many contributing factors to create a situation of vulnerability, including poverty, social exclusion, sexism and discrimination;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States and the European Commission to develop concrete measures to decrease the demand for women, girls, men, and boys in prostitution as a key strategy to prevent and decrease THB, in this context urges the Member States to fully implement Art. 18.4 and the European Commission to report back on the outcome;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas trafficking in women and girls, men and boys, for sexual exploitation has decreased in countries that have criminalised the demand, including both pimping and the buying of sexual services;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Member States to make legal aid available to victims of trafficking not only in criminal proceedings, but also in civil, labour or immigration/asylum proceedings in which they are involved;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the importance of 'following the money' as a key strategy to investigate and prosecute the organised crime networks that profit from THB, and calls on Europol and Eurojust to reinforce its capacities in the field of combating THB; Member States should freeze and confiscate the assets of individuals involved in trafficking, the confiscated assets of persons convicted of trafficking offences should be used to support and compensate victims of trafficking;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for better implementation of Article 11 of the directive, so as to ensure the early identification, adequate assistance and protection of victims of trafficking, in particular by increasing the number of shelters for victims and by strengthening programmes for victims' reintegration into society;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that prevention in terms of taking appropriate measures, such as education and training, to discourage and reduce demand, as well as information and awareness-raising campaigns, research and educational programmes, aimed at reducing the risk of people, becoming victims of trafficking, is of crucial importance to effectively combat trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines that training for officials likely to come into contact with victims or potential victims of trafficking in human beings is essential, so that those involved fully understand the phenomenon they are seeking to tackle and know how to recognise it at an early stage;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to implement the principle of non- refoulement in their anti-trafficking directives as is the case in the UN Trafficking Protocol and the CoE Trafficking Convention and in accordance with States obligations under international refugee law and international human rights law;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights that third country nationals victims of trafficking should be given the possibility to safe return, but also be entitled to residence permits, in order to ensure their proper access to justice, support and assistance;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Considers that safe and legal ways of entry to the EU would decrease vulnerability and trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Recalls the obligation of Member States to pay special attention to child victims of trafficking including unaccompanied minors coming from third countries, and to provide special protection to children in criminal procedures, the best interests of the child must be considered paramount at all times (Art 13, 14,15,16);
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the Commission’s obligation under Article 23 of the directive to come forward, by 2016, with a report assessing the impact of existing national laws on the criminalisation of the knowingthe use of services of a victim of THB, and the need for further action;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Member States to implement laws and policies that target procurers and buyers directly to reduce demand for sexual exploitation as part of their national action plans while decriminalising individuals in prostitution and providing them with support services, including high quality social, legal and psychological assistance for those who wish to exit prostitution;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Is strongly critical of the fact that it is not already a criminal offence to knowingly use the services of trafficked persons across all Member States, but acknowledges the difficulty in proving knowledge in a judicial context, and considers that this would be an important step recognising the seriousness of this crime, ensuring a real framework for the prevention of THB and for stopping the culture of impunity;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Considers that persons in prostitution should be decriminalised in all EU countries and that focus should be shifted on to suppressing procurers and buyers which fuel the trafficking industry;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the support services for THB to be tailored to meet also the needs of LGBTI victims of trafficking;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that EU and third country nationals victims of trafficking are entitled to residence permits;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Calls on the Member States to assess the possibility of extending the minimum 30-day recovery and reflection period for women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation, given the significant and sustained harms of this form of violence against women;