8 Amendments of Lena EK related to 2010/0064(COD)
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The procedural position of children should be enhanced in accordance with their rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) The authorities have a duty to acquire a good understanding of children and how they behave when faced with traumatic experiences, so as to ensure a high quality of evidence-taking and to reduce the stress placed on children when carrying out the necessary measures. This requires increased international cooperation and needs the authorities to ensure that sufficient resources are made available for investigations involving children.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Child pornography, which constitutes sex abuse images, is a specific type of content which cannot be construed as the expression of an opinion. To combat it, it is necessary to reduce the circulation of child abuse material by making it more difficult for offenders to upload such content onto the publicly accessible Web. Action is therefore necessary to remove the content at source and apprehend those guilty of making, distributing or downloading child abuse images. The EU, in particular through increased cooperation with third countries and international organisations, should seek to facilitate the effective removal by third country authorities of websites containing child pornography, which are hosted in their territory. However as, despite such efforts, the removal of child pornography content at its source proves to be difficult where the original materials are not located within the EU, mechanisms should also be put in place to block access from the Union's territory to internet pages identified as containing or disseminating child pornography. For that purpose, different mechanisms can be used as appropriate, including facilitating the competent judicial or police authorities to order such blocking, or supporting and stimulating Internet Service Providers on a voluntary basis to develop codes of conduct and guidelines for blocking access to such Internet pages. Both wWith a view to the removal and the blocking of child abuse content, cooperation between public authorities should be established and strengthened, particularly in the interest of ensuring that national lists of websites containing child pornography material are as complete as possible and of avoiding duplication of work. Any such developments must take account of the rights of the end users, adhere to existing legal and judicial procedures and comply with the European Convention on Human Rights and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The Safer Internet Programme has set up a network of hotlines whose goal is to collect information and to ensure coverage and exchange of reports on the major types of illegal content online.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The Commission should investigate the risks and possible downsides associated with blocking of websites. The investigation should assess the risk for erosion of the democratic rights of European citizens and take into account the prevalent use of blocking of websites in totalitarian societies to limit freedom of expression.
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – title
Article 21 – title
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission should investigate the risks and possible downsides associated with blocking of websites. The investigation should assess the risk for erosion of the democratic rights.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2