6 Amendments of Soraya POST related to 2016/2314(INI)
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the establishment of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor Office in The Hague as an essential step for ensuring justice and reconciliation, and invites Kosovo to fully cooperate with the Court; underlines that witness protection is a crucial issue for the Court to be successful; calls on the EU and the Member States to ensure proper funding of the Special Court; calls on Kosovo to address the issue of missing persons and to ensure effective compensation to the victims of war rape as stated by the National Action Plan (NAP); calls on Kosovo to address the issue of impunity in that an estimated 20 000 Albanian women were subjected to sexual violence during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war but convictions of these war crimes are yet to be seen;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Kosovo authorities to address gender mainstreaming as a priority and to ensure that governing bodies and authorities lead by example; is concerned about the structural challenges hampering the implementation of the law on gender equality, and remains concerned about the under-representation of women in decision-making positions; is concerned that no progress has been made on combating domestic and gender-based violence; reminds of the link between sexual violence during war and conflict and, if not properly addressed, the normalization and hence high presence of gender-based violence in post conflict countries; urges the authorities to encourage publicly and put in place protection mechanisms and shelter measures for women who break the silence and denounce domestic violence, and welcomes in this respect the NGO ‘Be a Man’ founded by men in Pristina;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Kosovo authorities to address minorities issues as a priority; underlines that all minorities have the right to their cultural and linguistic rights;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. As the former Strategy and Action plan for the Integration of the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian Communities for Kosovo ended in 2015, calls on Kosovo to swiftly adopt a new one with special attention to anti-Gypsyism and recognition of the Roma Holocaust and Memorial day, together with an implementation action plan and the necessary budgetary means; calls on Kosovo to implement the joint conclusions made at the Roma Integration Seminar in Kosovo in November 2015;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Reminds especially of the vulnerable situation of the Roma; to ensure that the integration of the returning refugees, many of them Roma, are fully integrated and that they enjoy equal access to their rights as citizens;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18 d. Calls on Kosovo authorities to take immediate action on the severe issue of statelessness in Kosovo and specifically to reinstate the citizen ship of the stateless in the country, many of whom are Roma;