Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2016/0062(NLE)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Point iii
Point iii
(iii) Recognises with grave concern that women and girls are often exposed to serious forms of domestic violence, female genital mutilation, honour killings, prostitution-linked human trafficking, sexual harassment, rape, forced marriage and other crimes, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Point iv
Point iv
(iv) Is concerned that most incidents of violence are considered a private issue and therefore tolerated and not reported to any authorities, which shows that further measures are needed to encourage victims to report their experiences and get assistance, and to ensure that service providers can meet the needs of victims and inform them about their rights and existing forms of support; recalls that prosecution rates for incidents of violence against women are unacceptably low;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Point vi
Point vi
(vi) Recalls that the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention does not exonerate Member States from national ratification; calls therefore on all and from having in place a national action plan combatting violence against women; calls therefore on all Member States to ensure that a national action plan combatting violence against women is in place, and those Member States which have not yet done so to ratify and fully implement the Convention;