5 Amendments of Marc ANGEL related to 2019/2202(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe’s Committee of Minister’s Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)51a and standards adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, __________________ 1aCouncil of Europe’s Committee of Ministers Recommendation to Member States on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, available, CM/Rec(2010)5, available on https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_det ails.aspx?ObjectID=09000016805cf40a
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
— having regard to the fifth country monitoring report of the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), published on September 20171a, and to the conclusions on Ukraine, concerning the state of implementation of the 2017 recommendations, published on June 20201b, __________________ 1ahttps://rm.coe.int/fifth-report-on- ukraine/16808b5ca8 1bhttps://rm.coe.int/ecri-conclusions-on- the-implementation-of-the- recommendations-in-respe/16809e8277
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the Parliament recognises the leadership and political will by authorities in providing sufficient protection to national Prides; whereas hate speech and hate crime against LGBT persons nevertheless remain pervasive and police protection is not always forthcoming, as reflected by the violent attacks during Kyiv Pride, where demonstrators could not fully enjoy their universal right to freedom of peaceful assembly while being protected from violence;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas law enforcement has refused on numerous occasions to investigate criminal complaints by LGBT persons on hate crimes or speech, namely Pride demonstrators, due to lack of provisions in the Criminal Code to prosecute incitement to hatred or violence on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity; whereas ECRI has recommended the amendment of the criminal code to cover such grounds and to consider them as aggravating circumstances;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Regrets that Article 161 of the Criminal Code still does not foresee punishment of incitement to hatred or violence on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, and that these grounds are not referenced as aggravating forms of offences nor on the general provisions on aggravating circumstances under Article 67(1)(3); recalls that the government’s Action Plan on Implementation of the National Human Rights Strategy provided for the inclusion of the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity as aggravating circumstances in Article 67 of the Criminal Code; recalls ECRI’s recommendations and calls on Ukraine to amend the Criminal Code accordingly;