Activities of Stefania ZAMBELLI related to 2021/2060(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the protection of the rights of the child in civil, administrative and family law proceedings
Amendments (3)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that courts, administrative bodies and social welfare institutions should make the best interests of the child a primary consideration when taking any decision concerning the child; stresses that such decisions should be made on an individual basis, taking into consideration the specific circumstances of the child and their family and avoiding conscious or unconscious bias. In this regard, especially in emergency custody proceedings, notes that it is essential that declarations made by the child to the competent institutions be carefully examined so that measures taken on the basis of them can have a really positive effect;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Deplores all cases, including some reported very recently, of children and their declarations being manipulated to achieve aims that are absolutely contrary to the objective of protecting the child’s mental and physical welfare; therefore calls for greater attention to be paid to these very regrettable occurrences, to prevent them from being repeated;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls upon the Member States to pay greater attention to protecting children with disabilities, by safeguarding their mental and physical welfare during court cases; in this regard, calls for the removal of all obstacles that might cause discrimination and inequality due to a child’s disability;