37 Amendments of Anna HEDH related to 2014/2254(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, in spite of the progress made in recent years, a considerable number of women in Europe continue to be victims of violence and discrimination, whicha certain degree of progress made in some areas in recent years, one in two women have at some point in their lives experienced one or more forms of sexual harassment, and one in three women in the EU have, after the age of 15, experienced physical and/or sexual violence at some point in their lives, and whereas this is turning into a constant infringement of human rights;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the violence suffered by women includes physical, sexual and psychological abuse, child abuse, sexual harassment and stalking, also because of the new technologies and the internet, and whereas in some cases this violence results in femicides and/or so-called crimes of honournd restrictions on the right to self-determination over their own bodies; whereas hate, threats and harassment are also conveyed using new technologies and the internet, and whereas this is characterised by misogynistic language, threats and online slurs, and in some cases results in physical, psychological and sexual violence and even to women being murdered;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas gender discrimination continues to this day, having serious repercussions on work and private life, and whereas this frequently happens in the field of education, training and serviceshappens in all sectors, either directly, or as a result, for example, of a lower value being placed on occupations dominated by women and the fact that only five per cent of company board chairs in the EU are women; whereas there are often cases of multiple discrimination against women on grounds other than gender, such as ethnic origin, belief, class, sexual orientation and disability;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to promote a strategy and action plan to combat all forms of violence against women and homophobiand injustice against women, improving prevention and providing protection and assistance to victims, paying special attention to the most vulnerable people, such as children, the elderly and victims of multiple discrimination; emphasises the importance of an action plan with specific proposals for action to promote equality within the EU and combat all forms of violence against women and discrimination on the grounds of gender, ethnic origin, belief, class, sexual orientation and disability;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is alarmed at the under-representation of women in decision-making processes, companies and the political spheres; calls on the EU institutions and on the Member States to work actively with gender mainstreaming, wage mapping and the fair division of parental leave; notes that social vulnerability and weak social inclusion stem from the fact that fewer women than men are in employment, and more women than men work part-time;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
– recalling the Principles relating to the status of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (the 'Paris Principles'), annexed to UN General Assembly Resolution 48/134
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to give the National Institutes for Gender Equality independence and financial autonomy so that they can acquire the necessary staff and play an authoritative role; emphasises the importance of the Member States cooperating with the European Parliament in gender equality work to implement action plans and targeted recommendations as regards boosting equality, combating violence against women and achieving a higher level of inclusion of women in society, regardless of the Member State the women are in;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas many fundamental rights violations still occur in the EU and in Member States, as pointed out in reports by the Commission, the FRA, NGOs, the Council of Europe and the UN; such as the violations of the right to freedom of assembly and expression of civil society organisations, freedom of media, the institutional discrimination of LGBTI persons through marriage bans and anti- propaganda legislation, and the remaining high-levels of discrimination and hate crime and hate speech motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point -a (new)
Paragraph 6 – point -a (new)
(-a) providing an early warning system on breaches of the fundamental values of the European Union, including cases of systemic discrimination,
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point -a (new)
Paragraph 6 – point -a (new)
(-a) providing an annual review of the state of play of the fundamental values of the European Union that subsequently covers all Member States;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
Paragraph 6 – point b
(b) clearly defining the criteria for its application and ensuring that it is implemented swiftly and pro- actively without waiting for fundamental rights violations to materialise;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point d
Paragraph 6 – point d
(d) ensuring that Article 7 TEU is implemented automatically, should such a mechanism fail, and thatinvestigating the possibility of imposing further penalties in keeping with European law is consideredthat would ensure the effective functioning of the mechanism;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to establish and strengthen National Human Rights Institutions in line with the 'Paris Principles' to ensure an independent promotion and protection of Human Rights on the national level;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores recent instances of anti-Semitic and anti-Islamislamophobic discrimination and violence as well as the increasing tendencies of antigypsyism in Europe that gives raise to violence against Roma that is often not reported or recorded; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. deplores the fact that violence against women is one of the major security threats that affects half of the EU population in its different forms;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Deplores incidents of hate speech and hate crime motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, which occur in the EU on a daily basis; calls on Member States to protect fundamental rights and to promote tolerance;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the EU and the Member States to combat and prosecute all forms of violence against women; calls on the Commission to propose a legislative initiative to prohibit violence against women in the EU;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the EU and Member States to include multiple discrimination within equality policies;
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly deplores the fact that negotiations withat the Council has still not adopted the 2008 proposal for a Directive on implementing the Council on the proposal for an anti-discrimination directive have stalled, andprinciple of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; welcomes the prioritization of this Directive by the European Commission; reiterates its call to the Council to adopt the proposal as soon as possible;
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly deplores the fact that negotiations withat Council has still not adopted the 2008 proposal for a Directive on implementing the Council on the proposal for an anti-discrimination directive have stalled,principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; welcomes the prioritisation of this Directive by the European Commission; and reiterates its call to the Council to adopt the proposal as soon as possible;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the EU and the Member States to ban all discrimination on grounds of gender identity and to combat and prosecute all forms of violence and discrimination against women;
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against lesbian, gay, transsexualgender, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI), as fostered by laws and policies that restrict the fundamental rights of these persons; calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia; calls on the Commission to issue an action plan or strategy against homophobia and for equality on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity by the end of this year, as repeatedly called for by Parliament and as promised by Commissioner Jourova in the process of the Commission hearings;
Amendment 523 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward a proposal for the full mutual recognition of the effects of all civil status documents across the EU, including legal gender recognition, marriages and registered partnerships, in order to reduce discriminatory legal and administrative barriers for citizens who exercise their right to free movement;
Amendment 525 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Considers that LGBTI people's fundamental rights are more likely to be safeguarded if they have access to legal institutions such as cohabitation, registered partnership or marriage; welcomes the fact that 18 Member States currently offer these options, and calls on other Member States to consider doing so;
Amendment 530 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Recalls its resolution of 4 February 2014 on the EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity and calls upon the European Commission to put forward an EU LGBTI Strategy, comparable to the LGBTI Guidelines adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council of 24 June 2013;
Amendment 638 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – introductory part
Paragraph 14 – introductory part
14. DUnderlines the fundamental right to seek asylum and deplores the repeated and tragic losses of life in the Mediterranean; reiterates the need to make every possible effort to:
Amendment 705 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Condemns the practice of detaining irregular migrants, including potential asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors, also when this is a prelude to their expulsion; calls on Member States to comply with the provisions of the ‘Return Directive’;
Amendment 745 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Underlines the importance of respecting the fundamental rights of all migrants disregarding their status and particularly the rights of migrant children; calls on the Member States to ensure that personnel who are responsible for migrants within their territory have the necessary knowledge and resources to make sure that fundamental rights are not breached;
Amendment 760 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Expresses its concern over the particularly severe impact of austerity measures on the rights of those who are already in vulnerable situations; deplores the disproportionate negative impact of the crisis on the right to education for children with disabilities, Roma children and children with a migrant background;
Amendment 830 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Amendment 835 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that corruption represents a serious fundamental rights violation; calls on the Member States and institutions to devise effective instruments for combating corruption and to monitor regularly the use of public funds, be they European or national; underlines that increased transparency and access to public documents by citizens and journalists is an efficient way to expose and combat corruption;
Amendment 847 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes that the right of citizens to access documents held by public institutions empowers citizens and allows them to scrutinise and evaluate public authorities and hold them to account, while also rendering other rights more effective, particularly the freedom of speech and the right to information; Calls on the Commission and Council to restart the negotiations on the recast of Regulation 1049/2001 on public access to document working on the basis that the EU cannot take any steps backward on transparency;
Amendment 885 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)
Subheading 7 a (new)
Children’s rights
Amendment 891 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Recognises that the financial and economic crisis has had a serious negative impact on the realisation of children’s rights and well-being;
Amendment 893 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Calls on Member States to step up their efforts on tackling child poverty and social exclusion through effective implementation of the European Commission Recommendation ‘Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage’ through integrated strategies supporting access to adequate resources, enabling access to affordable quality services and promoting children’s participation in decision making that affects them; calls on the Commission to take further measures for monitoring the implementation of the Recommendation;
Amendment 895 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22d. Invites the European Commission to propose an ambitious and comprehensive successor to the EU Agenda on the Rights of the Child in 2015;
Amendment 897 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 e (new)
Paragraph 22 e (new)
22e. Encourages all Member States to make a contribution to the realisation of children’s rights through the ratification of the Third Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure;