8 Amendments of Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK related to 2018/2098(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
Citation 29 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2015 on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union’s policy on the matter,
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Reiterates its condemnation of the practice of surrogacy, which undermines the human dignity of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity; emphasises that the practice of gestational surrogacy which involves reproductive exploitation and use of the human body for financial or other gain, in particular in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries, shall be prohibited and treated as a matter of urgency in human rights instruments;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Calls for clear principles and legal instruments addressing human rights abuses related to surrogacy, such as exploitation of women and human trafficking, and sale of children;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Stresses that the sale of children is a serious harm and human rights violation in and of itself, without having to prove any other rights violation such as sexual or labour exploitation;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Stresses that sale of children in the context of surrogacy shall be prosecuted with a focus primarily on intermediaries, and, should not, unless special circumstances, include surrogate mothers, who may often be regarded as exploited victims;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23 c. Stresses that there is no “right to a child” under international law and therefore the State cannot guarantee or provide it as a good or service; considers that “right to a child” approach constitutes a fundamental denial of the equal human rights of the child and undermines the fundamental premise of children as persons with human rights;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23 d. Calls for establishment of efficient legal and policy framework strengthening the protection of rights of children before birth, especially in order to prevent sex- selective abortions, forced abortions as a part of family planning policies and similar practices incompatible with right to life and human dignity;