15 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2010/2017(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas juvenile delinquency is no longer confined to acts of violence against otherpersons, theft, gang crime, smoking, drinking, taking socially accepted drugs such as cannabis, the influence of cults, or suicidal acts, but it now also extends to gender violence, early sexualisation and exposure to pornography, for which the Internet has become a prime vehicle, dangerous games such as the ‘scarf game’ (voluntary strangulation), Jackass, happy slapping, gang rape, substances which are smoked, drunk, or injected, self-harm, or the glorification of anorexia, excesses of which teenagers can be both instigators and victims,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the European Union and its Member States are still struggling to become the most dynamic knowledge- based economy in the world, whilst priorities have shifted to the need for a common-sense-based economy and an integrative society achieving a high level of employment and equality by making more efficient use of resources,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the tendency of the labour market to make men and women submit to the ever increasing demands of the inept flexicurity imposed by the labour market, because it supposedlyin order to improves performance, raises the question whether the goal to pursue within the EU should buns counter to the goal of the EU to achieve a competition- driven social economy geared to human needs as reflected in social relations, thus laying emphasis on individual and collective conscience, freedom, and responsibility,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas the flood of images of extremely violent scenes and of pornographic material carried on the various media, such as games, television and the Internet, and the exploitative media portrayal of juvenile victims and perpetrators in many cases border on violations of the fundamental rights of children and are instrumental in trivialising violence,
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Commission to lay down specific criteria for all Member States for the collection of national statistics in order to ensure that they are comparable;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that preventing juvenile delinquency requires measures to be taken in other areas of public policy, such as access to housing, employment, vocational training, equal opportunities, leisure and youth exchanges;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7b. Calls on the Member States to step up their measures to prevent gender violence among young people through specific action in the area of education and combating sexist stereotypes and through better collaboration between the individuals and milieus affected, such as the family, school, the public space and the media; underscores the importance of conducting campaigns to raise awareness of the various types of violence against women and of combating sexist stereotypes;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that the conduct and duration of judicial proceedings, the choice of the measure to be adopted and the subsequent implementation thereof must be guided by the overriding interest of the child; stresses in this connection that imprisonment must be ordered only as a last resort and that any prison sentence must be served in facilities suitable for juvenile delinquents;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8b. Stresses the importance of developing measures in the Member States which provide for alternative forms of punishment to confinement that are also educational, such as community service, reparation and mediation with victims, literacy courses and vocational training, depending on the seriousness of the offence and the delinquent’s age, personality and level of maturity;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Member States to give particular assistance to families with financial and social problems by adopting measures to cover essential needs in terms of food and housing, guarantee access to basic education and medical care for all family members, in particular children, and facilitate their integration on the labour market and in society, in the economy and in political life, since this is the only way in which a healthy and equitable family environment can be ensured for children’s and young people's development;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to include in their educational policies the provision of special counselling and psychological support for children encountering social-integration problems, measures to combat all forms of discrimination against members of the school community, and action to draw up and implement programmes to combat all types of violence;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Points out that the media can play an important role in preventing juvenile delinquency in two ways: - by providing information and increasing public awareness, as well as by means of high-quality broadcasts highlighting the positive contribution that young people make to society; - by monitoring broadcasts involving violence, pornography or drugs; calls, in this connection, on the Member States and the relevant national and regional authorities to implement strictly, and fully, Community and national legislation on the monitoring of television broadcasting and other content possibly of a particularly violent nature or unsuitable for juveniles;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States' national, regional and local authorities to promote the exchange of best practices with regard to cooperation agreements between police and judicial authorities, educational establishments, local authorities, youth organisations and social services at local level, to national strategies and national youth support programmes, and to positive action and intervention on the part of parents associations and NGOs in schools, and residents and NGOs in local communities, etc.;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the most of existing European resources and programmes, such as the 'Preventing and Combating Crime 2007-2013', 'Criminal Justice 2007-2013', DAPHNE III, "Youth in Action 2007-2013', EQUAL and URBACT programmes, European Social Fund measures and the European helpline for missing children, including measures to tackle and prevent juvenile delinquency and the social reintegration of perpetrators and victims;