Activities of Emine BOZKURT related to 2010/0064(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography - Children's rights in the European Union (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Where the danger posed by the offenders and the possible risks of repetition of the offences make it appropriate, convicted offenders should be temporarily or permanently prevented from exercising activities involving regular contacts withprofessional and volunteer activities related to the supervision of children, where appropriate. Implementation of such prohibitions throughout the EU should be facilitated.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the intentional conductactions with the aim to manipulate a child into crimes referred to in paragraphs 2 to 11 isare punishable.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – introductory part
Article 6 – introductory part
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that actions with the aim to manipulate a child for the following intentional conduct isare punishable:
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. In order to avoid the risk of repetition of offences, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that a natural person who has been convicted of any of the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 7 may be temporarily or permanently prevented from exercising activities involving regular contacts withprofessional and volunteer activities related to the supervision of children.
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the measure referred to in paragraph 1 is entered in the criminal record of the convicting Member State and in the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) when operational. Member States shall work together to establish a European certificate of good conduct.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from Articles 7 (2) and 9 (2) of the Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA on the organisation and content of the exchange of information extracted from criminal records between Member States, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, for the purpose of effectively implementing the measure consisting in temporarily or permanently preventing the person from exercising activities involving regular contacts withprofessional and volunteer activities related to the supervision of children, in particular insofar as the requesting Member State subjects access to certain activities to conditions to ensure that candidates have not been convicted of any of the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 7 of this Directive, information concerning the disqualification arising from conviction of any of the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 7 of this Directive is transmitted when requested under Article 6 of that Framework Decision from the central authority of the Member State of the person's nationality, and that personal data concerning such disqualification provided under Article 7(2) and (4) of that Framework Decision may in all cases be used for such purpose.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that when recruiting for professional and volunteer activities related to the supervision of children, employers shall be entitled to obtain from competent authorities, which shall take into account the necessary safeguards, a national or when appropriate a European certificate of good conduct concerning the absence of convictions for an offence referred to in Articles 3 to 7 or of any additional measure related to those convictions which prevents them from exercising professional and volunteer activities related to the supervision of children. If serious suspicion should arise during working relations, employers may, in accordance with national law, request such a certificate even after the recruitment procedure.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the prosecution of any of the offences referred to in Articles 3, Article 4 (2) to (3) and (5) to (11), and Article 5 (6) for a sufficient period of time of minimum 15 years after the victim has reached the age of majority and which is commensurate with the gravity of the offence concerned.
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall ensure that for the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 7, authorities responsible for persecution and investigation of such offences under criminal law are not circumvented by internal investigations by other institutions without the same authority under criminal law. Such investigations may be of informatory nature but are in no means equalling or substituting of investigation by authorities under criminal law.