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5 Amendments of Malin BJÖRK related to 2021/2248(INI)

Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Welcomes the establishment of the Commission for Prevention of and Protection against Discrimination and its work; urges the government to ensure sufficient funding to enable it to achieve its full potential;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Commends the government’s efforts to improve engagement with civil society and calls for a framework to ensure the financial sustainability of civil society organisations; strongly welcomes in this optic the creation of the Inter-Party Parliamentary Group for Improvement of the Rights of LGBTI People, which constitutes a positive synergy between civil society and institutions;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 153 #
21 a. Calls on the government to urgently adopt the national action plan for LGBTI persons and to ensure proper budgeting for its implementation; stresses its support for the inclusion of legislation on same-sex partnerships in this action plan; recalls its position from last year and urges all political actors to amend the Law on Civil Registry to ensure swift and unimpeded legal gender recognition1a based on self-determination and in line with the WHO’s ICD-11;1b welcomes the organisation of the second Skopje Pride in 2021; _________________ 1a This is a requirement by the European Court of Human Rights in case of X v. the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (17 January 2019), Application no. 29683/16, accessible at https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{%22fullte xt%22:[%22x%20v%20macedonia%22],% 22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22GRAN DCHAMBER%22,%22CHAMBER%22], %22itemid%22:[%22001-189096%22]} 1b WHO Europe brief - transgender health in the context of ICD-11, accessible at https://www.euro.who.int/en/health- topics/health- determinants/gender/gender- definitions/whoeurope-brief-transgender- health-in-the-context-of-icd-11
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the relevant bodies to proactively prevent and systematically prosecute all instances of hate speech, hate crimes and intimidation, to thoroughly investigate related attacks and to ensure the safety and security of their targets, such as journalists, people belonging to minorities and other vulnerable groups; calls for the government and the judiciary to improve institutional capacity in this area and ensure increasing hate speech is addressed in accordance with international standards;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Is concerned by the stark increase of misinformation and discriminatory speech against LGBTI people and human rights defenders in the media and political sphere; condemns the hate speech and death threats levelled at LGBTI human rights defenders and urges full investigation and sanctioning of these incidents; stresses the importance of updating and adopting education laws which remove discriminatory and stigmatising contents and are harmonized with the Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET