Activities of Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ related to 2015/2062(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Prison systems and conditions (debate) ES
Amendments (9)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
— having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) (Article 3, Article 8), the protocols to the ECHR and the case- law of the European Court of Human Rights, the European Convention of 1987 for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment and the reports of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT),
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev v. Russia5, Vintman v. Ukraine6 and Rodzevillo v. Ukraine7, 5 ECHR 11082/06, and 13772/05, 25.07.2013. 6 ECHR 28403/05, 23.10.2014. 7 ECHR 387711/06, 14/01/2016.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
- having regard to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights Vinter and others v. UK8; 8 ECHR 66069/09, 130/10, 3896/10, 09.07.2013.
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas imprisonment is a particularly inappropriate situation in which to place certain vulnerable individuals, such as minors and people suffering from mental and psychiatric disturbances or other serious illnesses;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that a restorative and protective view of criminal justice systems automatically entails a higher respect for individual's human dignity as it aims the protection of society and the rehabilitation of the person. Therefore, stresses that by focusing on restoration of both society and the individual who broke the law, societies can leave the personal human dignity intact, while condemning the specific criminal behaviour.
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that remand in custody must remain a measure of last resort, to be used in cases where it is strictly necessary and for the shortest possible period of time; deplores the fact that in many Member States in practice remand is used systematically, which, combined with poor prison conditions or practices such as solitary confinement, may constitute a violation of the fundamental rights of prisoners;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. In order to make a success of social reintegration prisoners shall be allocated to the extent possible, to prisons close to their homes or their places of social rehabilitation; the place of family, linguistic, cultural, social or economic and other links should be taken into account by the authorities when allocating prisoners. According to the European Court of Human Rights, detaining a person in a prison which is so far from his or her family as to render family visits very difficult or even impossible may constitute a breach of Article 8 ECHR (the right to respect for private and family life).
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes with concern the wide variation between Member States of minimum terms to be served before reviews of sentences of life imprisonment; notes the importance of sentence reviews as a mechanism to promote rehabilitation and atonement; draws attention in this regard to minimum term limits in the Scandinavian countries.
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to abide by the specific recommendations concerning prison conditions for vulnerable detainees; deplores the fact that people who are seriously mentally ill sometimes are, and remain, imprisoned simply because of the lack of appropriate services elsewhere, and recalls that, according to the European Court of Human Rights, the inadequate treatment of people who are mentally ill may constitute a breach of Article 3 ECHR and Article 2 ECHR (the right to life) in the case of prisoners who are suicidal; calls on Member States to review each of the files of the seriously ill prisoners and consider whether their release on compassionate grounds would help to guarantee their right to health.