Activities of Roberta ANGELILLI related to 2011/0129(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (debate)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) This Directive is part of a legislative package which aims at strengthening the rights of victims in the Union. In implementing it, Member States should take account of Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography1. ______________ 1 OJ L 335, 17.12.11, p.1.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) A person should be considered a victim regardless of whether a perpetrator is identified, apprehended, prosecuted or convicted and regardless of the familial relationship between the perpetrator and the victim. Family members of victims are also harmed as a result of the crime, in particular the family of a deceased victim, who have a legitimate interest in criminal proceedings. Such indirect victims should therefore also benefit from protection under this Directive. Victims need appropriate support and assistance even before reporting a crime. Such support can beis crucial both for the recovery of the victim and in any decision to ultimately report the crime. Any measures concerning such support and assistance should be gender- specific and take account of the age of the victim.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) For those cases where the offences resulting in victim protection are committed with the purpose of financial gain, Member States are invited to consider providing for the possibility to impose financial penalties on offenders.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that victims are provided with assistance and support as soon as the competent authorities have a reasonable-grounds indication for believing that they might have been subject to any of the offences which fall within the scope of this directive.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall ensure that, where the age of a victim of crime is uncertain and there is reason to believe that he or she is a child, the person in question is treated as a child and accordingly given immediate access to assistance, support, and protection in accordance with this Directive.
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that victims receive assistance and support before, during, and for an appropriate period following the conclusion of, the criminal proceedings. In particular, they shall take the steps required to protect children who report cases of abuse within the family.
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14a Disqualification arising from convictions To avert the risk of repeat offences, Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that a natural person convicted of offences giving rise to protection of victims is debarred, temporarily or permanently, at least from carrying on occupations involving regular direct contact with the victims, especially when they are children.
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15a Seizure and confiscation Member States shall take the measures necessary to empower their competent authorities to seize and confiscate the means employed to commit, and the proceeds of, offences which have given rise to protection of victims.
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that measures are available to protect the safety of victims and their family members from retaliation, intimidation, or repeat or further victimisation before, during, and for as long as necessary after the conclusion of, the criminal proceedings.
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that specific action to assist victims considered to be vulnerable follows an individual assessment of the particular circumstances of each victim in that category, making the necessary allowance for his or her views, needs, and fears.
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19
Article 19
Member States shall progressively establish the necessary conditions to enable avoidance of contact between victims and accused or suspected persons in any venue where victims may have personal contact with public authorities due to their being a victim and in particular venues where criminal proceedings are conducted.
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that specific action to assist and support child victims in the exercise of their rights under this Directive follows an individual assessment of the particular circumstances of each child victim, making the necessary allowance for the child’s views, needs, and fears.
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall take the necessary measures, in the interest of the victim, especially if he or she is considered to be vulnerable, and taking into account other overriding interests, in order to protect the privacy, identity, and image of victims and prevent any information serving to identify them from being disseminated publicly.
Amendment 498 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23a Prevention 1. Member States, using the Internet and other means, shall take appropriate measures, for instance in the form of information and awareness campaigns and research programmes, where appropriate in cooperation with recognised civil society organisations and other parties concerned, with a view to raising awareness and fostering understanding of the rights set out in this Directive. 2. Member States shall take the measures necessary to promote information campaigns in the education and training sector with a view to raising awareness and fostering understanding of the rights set out in this Directive.
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that police, prosecutors and court staff receive both general and specialist training to a level appropriate to their contact with victims, especially when the victims are children, to sensitise them to the needs of victims and to deal with them in an impartial, respectful and professional manner.
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that members of the judiciary have access to both general and specialist training to sensitise them to the needs of victims, especially when the victims are children, and to deal with them in an impartial, respectful and professional manner.
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take measures to ensure that those providing victim support and restorative justice services receive adequate training to a level appropriate to their contact with victims, and to the victims’ ages, and observe professional standards to ensure such services are provided in an impartial, respectful and professional manner.