11 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2019/2166(INI)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality is a fundamental value and an objective of the EU; whereas gender-based violence is an extreme form of discrimination against women and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality;core value and an objective of the EU; whereas gender quality is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties1a and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights2a and a key principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights; whereas gender-based violence is an extreme form of discrimination against women and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality; _________________ 1aArticle 2 and Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union and Articles 8, 10, 19 and 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union 2a Articles 21 and 23 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas gender equality is an essential condition for an innovative, competitive and prosperous European economy, leading to the creation of new jobs and increased productivity, especially in the context of digitalisation and transition to a green economy;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas children may, directly or indirectly, suffer ‘witnessed violence’ in the family environment, through experiencing any form of ill-treatment, carried out through acts of physical, verbal, psychological, sexual and economic violence against reference figures or other affectively significant figures; whereas such violence has very serious consequences for the psychological and emotional development of the child, and whereas it is therefore essential to pay due attention to this type of violence in separations and parental custody arrangements, taking the best interests of the child into account, in particular in order to determine custody and visitation rights in separation cases;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas criminal proceedings arising from a complaint of domestic violence are often dealt with completely separately from separation proceedings; whereas this can mean that shared custody of the children is ordered and/or visitation rights imposed that endanger the rights and safety of the victim or the children; whereas this can have irreversible consequences for children's mental and emotional development, actually affecting their best interests;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas shared custody in situations of intimate partner violence exposes women to a continuum of preventable violence, by forcing them to stay in geographical proximity to their abusers, and subjecting them to further exposure to physical and psychological violence, as well as emotional abuse, which can have a direct or indirect impact on children; whereas, in cases of intimate partner violence, the right of women to be protected and live a life free of physical and psychological violence should take precedence over the preference for shared custody, while bearing in mind the need to respect the best interests of the child;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance in these procedures of the role of the doctor providing forensic and psychological expertise in caring not only for women victims of domestic abuse or violence, but also for the children involved, in particular when the environment in which they live is not suitable to protect their health, dignity, emotional balance and quality of life; recalls, therefore, the need for the forensic practitioners and professionals involved to be able to benefit, inter alia, from guidelines drawn from a set of data, practice and harmonised best practices at European level;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission andto collaborate closely with the Member States to provide precise, accurate, quality, gender- segregated and comparable EU- wide data on the prevalence, causes, consequences for women and children and management of intimate partner violence and custody rights, making full use of the capacity and expertise of the EIGE;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that, while all family disputes have a profound emotional impact, cross-border cases are clearly even more sensitive and legally complex; stresses the need for a high degree of public awareness regarding complex issues such as cross-border custody arrangements and maintenance obligations, including the need to ensure clarity regarding the rights and obligations of parents and children in each country; is of the opinion that, in cross-border cases, mediation could help prevent conflicting tensions in prolonged court cases; points out that Member States could contribute to the swifter resolution of such cross-border family law cases by instituting a system of specialist chambers within national courts or by improving mediation bodies and involving them more closely;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that perpetrators often use litigation to extend their power and control, and to continue to intimidate and incite fear in their victims; stresses that perpetrators often abuse, or threaten to harm or to take the children, in order to harm their partners and ex-partners, while having a serious impact on the harmonious development of the child;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to encourage moves to eliminate the ingrained preconceptions still underlying the gender care gap;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that hearing from the child is important to establish what is in the best interests of the child while examining custody cases; points out nevertheless that in every case, but crucially in cases where intimate partnership violence is suspected, such hearings should be conducted in a child-friendly environment, with no pressure or influence from parents or relatives, by trained professionals, such as doctors or psychologists including those qualified in child neuropsychiatry, to analyse the effect of trust in others on the harmonious development of the child and to avoid deepening the trauma and victimisation;