Activities of Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU related to 2021/2035(INL)
Plenary speeches (1)
Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU
Amendments (25)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
– having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality5 and to the European Commission's Gender Equality Strategy for 2020-2025, _________________ 5 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0025.
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 3 February 2021 on challenges ahead for women’s rights in Europe: more than 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2020 on the de facto ban on the right to abortion in Poland,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
– having regard to is resolution of 21 January 2021 on the gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 c (new)
Citation 15 c (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 1 February 2021 89 on the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims and to the European Commission's Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings (2021-2025),
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 83(1) of the TFEU provides the possibility to establish minimum rules for criminal offences with a cross-border dimension resulting from the nature or impact of such offences or from a special need to combat them on a common basis ; whereas one woman on three is a victim of gender-based violence still today in Europe and there is a special need to jointly intensify the combat to eradicate gender-based violence ; whereas online gender-based violence and online sexual harassment are cross-border by nature;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the impact of the COVID- 19 crisis resulted in a dramatic increase in domestic and gender-based violence, including physical violence, psychological violence and online violence, with a 60 % increase in emergency calls from women subjected to violence by their intimate partner reported among World Health Organization Europe Member States;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Council of Europe Istanbul Convention), the most comprehensive instrument to counter violence against women in Europe, was opened for signature 10 years ago, but has not yet been ratified by all EU Member States nor acceded to by the EU;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas reports and data from several Member States during the Covid- 19 pandemic and following the lockdown periods revealed a worrying increase in domestic and gender-based violence, including physical violence, psychological violence, coercive control and cyberviolence, called the ‘shadow’ pandemic;
Amendment 163 #
3a. Recalls that gender-based violence is multifaceted, including physical, psychological as well as economic violence; insists that gender-based violence is a structural obstruction to social elevation and economic empowerment while reminding in particular that coercive control can isolate victims from social circles, deprive victims from material or financial resources, drive away from employment or prevent from access to employment;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the wide range of psychological impacts that gender-based violence has on victims, including stress, concentration problems, anxiety, panic attacks, low self-esteem, low self- confidence, depression, post- traumatic stress disorder, lack of trust and of sense of control; recalls that gender- based violence also has a social and economic impactwhich can force victims into committing suicide;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the ‘Istanbul Convention’) remains the international standard and a key tool for the eradication of gender- based violence by following a holistic and coordinated approach that places the rights of the victim at the centre and addresses the issues from a wide range of perspectives; reiterates its call to conclude the EU’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention on the basis of a broad accession, and to advocate its ratification by Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia; calls on the Member States to take into account the recommendations by GREVIO and to improve legislation to bring it more into line with the Istanbul Convention’s provisions in order to ensure proper implementation and enforcement;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Denounces the fact that the combat against gender-based violence is negatively affected by the attack on women’s rights and gender equality; condemns the actions of anti-gender and anti-women movements in Europe and worldwide that aim to overturn existing laws on women’s rights, especially sexual and reproductive health and rights, and LGBTI+ rights;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the regular availability and comparability of quality, disaggregated data on all forms of gender- based violence through cooperation with Eurostat, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Institute for Gender Equality; welcomes the announcement of a new EU-wide survey by the FRA on the prevalence and dynamics of all forms of violence against women;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the need for targeted policies to address the situation of survivors who experience intersectional forms of discrimination, such as women refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, indigenous women, racialised women, women from religious, racial and ethnic minorities, lesbian, bisexual and trans women, elderly women and women with disabilities;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that violations of sexual and reproductive rights are a form of violence against women and girls; strongly condemns the backlash against women’s rights and gender equality in the EU, in particular the setback to women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights and the de facto ban to safe and legal abortion in Poland;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Insists that cyber violence, including online sexual and psychological harassment, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, revenge porn, sexist hate speech online and new forms of online harassment such as zoom bombing or threats online, constitutes forms of gender-based violence; Reminds of their cross-border nature with perpetrators using online platforms or cell phones connected to or hosted by other European countries than where the victim of harassment is located, thus raising the question of which jurisdiction is competent in a given case;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the obligation on Member States to ensure that there is adequate support and services for survivors of gender-based violence; recalls the importance, in that context, of providing support to independent civil society and, women’s shelter organisations and to organisations providing legal advice and psychological support, as well as support, counselling, and training to victims with regards to access to employment;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to adopt specific measures to eradicate all forms of online violence, including online stalking, online sexual harassment, sexist hate speech online, revenge porn and sexual exploitation online which disproportionally affects women and girls, and to specifically address its increase during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to put forward relevant regulation and any other possible actions to eradicate all forms of technology- facilitated violence against women and girls;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for the EU to urgently address the increase in gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to develop a European Union Protocol on gender-based violence in times of crisis and to include protection services for victims, such as helplines, safe accommodation and health services as ‘essential services’ in the Member States, in order to prevent gender-based violence and support victims of violence during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to adopt specific measures to eradicate online violence (including online stalking, online sexual harassment, sexist hate speech online, revenge porn and sexual exploitation online), which disproportionally affects women and girls, and to specifically address its increase during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to put forward relevant regulation and any other possible actions to eradicate all forms of technology-facilitated violence against women and girls;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Member States to ratify and implement without delay the ILO Convention 190 on eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Calls on the Member States to implement effectively the Anti-Trafficking Directive 2011/36/EU and to adopt specific measures to address violence against women and gender inequality as root causes of trafficking; welcomes the commitment of the Commission to revise the directive, to improve measures for the prevention and prosecution of all forms of trafficking, especially for sexual exploitation as the most prevalent and reported area of THB impacting 92 % of trafficked women and girls in Europe; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to amend the directive with a view to ensuring that Member States explicitly criminalise the knowing use of all services provided by victims of trafficking;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Requests that the Commission submit, on the basis of the third subparagraph of Article 83(1) TFEU, a proposal for a Council decision identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto and requests the Commission to use that new area of crime as a legal basis for a holistic dand victim- centred EU Directive to prevent and combat all forms of gender- based violence;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on gender-based violence that implements the standards of the Istanbul Convention and includes the following elements: prevention, including through gender-sensitive education programming directed at both girls and boys, and empowerment of women and girls; support services and protection measures for survivors; combating all forms of gender-based violence, including violations of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, online violence and sexual exploitation and abuse; and minimum standards for law enforcement;