48 Amendments of Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA related to 2007/2263(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
Citation 17 b (new)
– having regard to the Declaration of the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe adopted at the European Conference on Sex Work, Human Rights, Labour and Migration held on 15-17 October 2005 in Brussels,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 c (new)
Citation 17 c (new)
– having regard to Council Directive 2004/83 of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 d (new)
Citation 17 d (new)
– having regard Council of Europe Resolution 1579 (2007) entitled 'Prostitution - Which stance to take?',
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 e (new)
Citation 17 e (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 17 January 2006 on strategies to prevent the trafficking of women and children who are vulnerable to sexual exploitation1
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 f (new)
Citation 17 f (new)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 g (new)
Citation 17 g (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 15 March 2006 on forced prostitution in the context of world sports events 1
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 h (new)
Citation 17 h (new)
– having regard to the World Health Organization's Sex Work Toolkit for targeted HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Sex Work Settings,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas trafficking in persons, particularly women and children, for sexual as well as other forms of exploitation, is one the most egregious violations of human rights, and whereas trafficking in human beings is growing globally as a result of the increase in organised crime and its profitability,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas men who have ever paid for sex are significantly more likely to have contracted a sexually transmitted infectionthe widely held assumption that prostitutes were the main group affected by HIV/AIDS, or rather the main risk group, has not been substantiated by scientific evidence,
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas the term “violence against women” is to be understood as any act of gender-based violence, which results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life,
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
Ob. whereas the term sex worker has gained popularity over prostitute because those involved consider it less stigmatising and say that the reference to work better describes their experience,
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)
Recital O c (new)
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Defines violence against women as 'any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life' in accordance with the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1993;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Determines gender-based violence to be physical, sexual or psychological violence occurring within the family and in the wider community, including beatings, the sexual abuse of children, dowry-related violence, rape, female genital mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to women, non-spousal violence and violence related to exploitation, sexual harassment and intimidation at work, in educational institutions and elsewhere, trafficking in women, forced prostitution, and violence perpetrated or condoned by the State;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Calls on the Commission and the Council to create a clear legal basis for combating all forms of violence against women and to take a decision on the full communitarisation of a European policy;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Calls on the EU Member States and all other States to address the structural problems involved (poverty, political instability/war, gender inequality, unequal opportunities, lack of education and training), including in prostitutes' countries of origin, as the case may be, to prevent people from being 'forced' into prostitution by circumstances;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 e (new)
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Underlines the fact that child prostitution can never be voluntary, as children do not have the capacity to 'consent' to prostitution; urges the Member States to prohibit child prostitution (under the age of 21) and to combat as energetically as possible other forms of forced prostitution; urgently demands a zero-tolerance approach based on prevention, the protection of victims and the prosecution of clients;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 f (new)
Paragraph -1 f (new)
-1f. Recommends the decriminalisation of all aspects of adult prostitution resulting from individual decision, and therefore calls for special provisions to prevent the abuse and stigmatisation of prostitutes;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 g (new)
Paragraph -1 g (new)
-1g. Calls on the Member States to formulate an explicit policy on prostitution in order to avoid double standards and policies which force prostitutes underground or under the influence of pimps, which only makes prostitutes more vulnerable instead of empowering them;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 h (new)
Paragraph -1 h (new)
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 i (new)
Paragraph -1 i (new)
-1i. Calls on the Member States to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that women who have experienced gender-based violence are at greater risk of problems such as chronic pain, disability, miscarriage and somatic disorders; points out that the psychological and emotional secondary disorders (sequelae) of abuse often manifest themselves in higher levels of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, substance abuse, eating disorders and psychiatric disorders;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Identifies violence towards prostituted women as a major health problem in prostitutionboth a rights-based approach and a holistic perspective on the part of policy makers and public health institutions to sex work as crucial for improving the health of prostitutes and sex workers;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that social, legal, interpersonal and epidemiological factors create the conditions in which HIV and STDs rapidly spread; calls for an effective targeted response in order to promote safer behaviour, to improve access to effective health and social services and to address the underlying structural and occupational dimensions of vulnerability;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that the purchasers of prostitutes' services who refuse to wear a condom - and even pay extra money not to - are at risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), most importantly HIV/AIDSe role played in HIV transmission by clients and third parties by targeting the whole sex work setting, including clients and third parties, rather than only sex workers;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers it essential for risk- reducing practices to avoid discrimination against people engaged in prostitution by ensuring their active participation in prevention efforts;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges that the health effects of the sex industry are not something that can be isolated within the sex industry, but also affect the wider community. P, calls on the purchasers of prostituted women's' services who refuse to wear a condom are spreading STDs, most importantly HIV/AIDS, in their sexual encounters outside the sex industryto follow safer sex practices and to use a condom in order to avoid STDs and HIV/AIDS;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Refers to the report by the German Government on the impact of the Prostitution Act, pointing out that recent scientific evidence shows that prostitutes are not the main group affected by HIV/AIDS;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges Member States to investigate the specific health risks which prostituted womens are exposed to - regardless of the legal status of the sex industry;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines the fact that working conditions can be highly exploitative, leaving individual sex workers with limited power over their lives; vulnerability is highest where sex workers are isolated from mainstream society and where they lack internal solidarity and their own social support networks;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges Member States where prostitution is legal or regulated to implement the same legal framework on safety in the workplace as in other areas of the labour market for prostitutes/sex workers so that standard employment laws can be applied to protect them from abuse and exploitation;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to refrain from criminalising and penalising prostitutes and to develop programmes to assist prostitutes/sex workers to leave the profession should they so wish;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. UrgesCalls on the Member States to examine how and why prostituted women become prostitutes, since several studies indicate that a considerable proportion have been sexually abused and/or raped as childrenthe working conditions of sex workers;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21