48 Amendments of Kati PIRI related to 2016/2009(INI)
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas respecting the rule of law is a prerequisite for the protection of fundamental rights and is of particular importance within the EU since it is also a prerequisite for upholding all rights and obligations deriving from the Treaties and from international law;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas, under Article 6 TEU, the EU has a responsibility to uphold and enforce fundamental rights in any action it takes, regardless of its powers in the area concerned;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A c (new)
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. whereas the way the rule of law is implemented at national level plays a key role in ensuring mutual trust among Member States and their legal systems, hence it is of vital importance to establish an area of freedom, security and justice as described in Title V of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A d (new)
Recital -A d (new)
-Ad. 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 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A e (new)
Recital -A e (new)
-Ae. whereas it is essential that in all measures undertaken by the Member States and the EU in the fight against terrorism and radicalisation fundamental rights and civil liberties are respected, namely the right to private life, the right to security, the right to data protection, the presumption of innocence, the right to a fair trial and due process, freedom of expression and freedom of religion; whereas the security of European citizens must preserve their rights and liberties; whereas, indeed, these two principles are two sides of the same coin;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A g (new)
Recital -A g (new)
-Ag. whereas facing today's challenges it is vital to uphold the EU's common values of democracy, fundamental rights and the rule of law;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas migration is an unavoidable partthe right to asylum is guaranteed under the 1951 Convention ofn the EU’s future and one of the biggest challenges of our times, as it appeals to the EU’s international humanitarian responsibilities and forms a key element for demographic reasons; Status of Refugees (Geneva Convention) and the protocol of 31 January 1967, as well as by the Charter and the EU has clear international humanitarian responsibilities; whereas migration is a part of the EU's future and one of the challenges of our times and requires a forward-looking solution both in terms of the short- and medium-term crisis management and long-term policies for integration and social inclusion;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas ensuring the right to a fair trial is an integral part of the Asylum Procedures Directive, including the right to an effective remedy;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the right to interpretation and translation laid down in Directive 2010/64/EU is a right for all, including asylum-seekers;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas acts of terrorism constitute one of the most serious violations of fundamental rights and freedoms; whereas it is necessary to have adequate tools in place to protect EU citizens and residents and to respond properly to such violations; whereas all security measures must respect fundamental rights and the rule of law, and comply with the principles of necessity, proportionality and legality, with appropriate safeguards to ensure accountability and judicial redress; whereas full compliance of security measures with fundamental rights is laid down among the principles of the European Agenda for Security;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas EU and Member State responses to extremism must not lead to the stigmatisation of any group or community, including religious communities, but rather draw on common European values of tolerance, diversity and mutual respect;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas the best way to address root causes of extremism is through education, youth participation, interfaith and intercultural dialogue, and employment and social inclusion;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D g (new)
Recital D g (new)
Dg. whereas media pluralism, including media independence, media regulation and journalistic freedom are essential parts of freedom of speech;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas discrimination, racism, xenophobia, hate speech and hate crime motivated by racism, xenophobia, or bias against a person's religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity threaten the values of the EU and its Member States; whereas there is an increase in hate speech among political forces and increasing xenophobia and other bias in important sectors of the population; whereas fighting discrimination, racism and xenophobia is crucial to respect European values of tolerance, diversity and mutual respect;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the prevention and combating of racism and xenophobia is primarily a local endeavour and requires full ownership both of the communities concerned and of society at large;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas violence against womengender-based violence is still often ‘silently’ tolerated in many places and a zero tolerance approach is necessary;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas children are the future of our society and we are responsible for their present; whereas education is one of the best ways to impart values such as peace, tolerance, equality, justice and respect for human drignityhts via formal, non-formal and informal education methods;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas many persons of Roma origin in Europe faceRoma people in Europe, individually and as a group, face antigypsyism, systematic prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and social exclusion in their daily lives; whereas segregation of Roma children in schooling remains a persistent problem in some Member States;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas freedom to operate for civil society groups are central to democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights; whereas this freedom has been jeopardised by the adoption of laws or by direct intervention by the authorities in a number of Member States;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates that the reintroduction of the death penalty is contrary to the EU’s fundamental values;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reiterates that Member States shall respect and protect the human dignity of all migrants, including in relation to border management and asylum procedures; calls on the Commission and Member States to reinforce cooperation and resources to save lives of migrants at sea in accordance with the respect of the right to life; welcomes the fact that the recently adopted European Border and Coast Guard proposal foresees a specific mandate for the Agency to support search and rescue operations; recalls that rules related to asylum seekers’ and refugees’ reception conditions must not deprive them of their fundamental rights to a dignified standard of living and to physical and mental health;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Notes that it is essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full in both European and national legislation, public policies and their implementation;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Calls on the Commission to make provisions for an annual policy cycle that monitors its application, taking account of the results of annual and specific reports from the institutions of the European Union, like the Commission and FRA, the Council of Europe, the United Nations and civil society organisations, and contribute towards improving coordination between those involved and the drafting of policies on the basis of greater transparency and dialogue;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Urges the Commission to provide clear indicators in order to assess the enforcement and respect of fundamental rights, and to trigger alert mechanisms in the case of violations. Such indicators could take the form of a fundamental rights scoreboard, possibly as an extension of the scope of the EU Justice Scoreboard, which should also cover the assessment of criminal justice systems; indicators should include clear data collection mechanisms, including equality data collection disaggregated according to the different discrimination grounds;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 p (new)
Paragraph 1 p (new)
1p. Reiterates the importance of effective and early identification of, safeguards and adequate assistance to vulnerable groups of asylum seekers, including unaccompanied minors, victims of trauma or torture, gender or sexual orientation related persecution, serious human right violations and victims of trafficking in the reception, asylum and integration processes; urges Member States, EU Institutions and Agencies to develop effective measures to protect these vulnerable groups; urges Member States to provide them with prompt access to adapted reception conditions and the provision of procedural guarantees; calls on the Commission to monitor closely the implementation of Directive 2013/32/EU on Asylum Qualification, with particular attention to those asylum seekers with special needs;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 t (new)
Paragraph 1 t (new)
1t. Calls on the Member States to ensure that women victims of gender- based persecution or harm, torture, rape, or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence have genuine access to international protection and to provide them with appropriate treatment and support, in line with internal rules and international obligations applicable to victims of violence such as the UN Convention against torture and the Istanbul Convention; calls on the Member States to follow the Commission guidelines for the implementation of Directive 2003/86/EC on the right to family reunification, including the immediate issue of a residence permit valid in its own right to family members who have entered for reasons of family reunification when there are particularly difficult circumstances, such as domestic violence;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 u (new)
Paragraph 1 u (new)
1u. Recalls that the right to a fair trial is an integral part of the Asylum Procedures Directive, including the right to an effective remedy; calls on Member States to observe this right and provide for all procedural guarantees and access to justice for asylum-seekers; recalls that the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings is regulated by the Directive on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings (Directive 2010/64/EU)); calls on Member States to respect procedural guarantees also in case of asylum-seekers;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 x (new)
Paragraph 1 x (new)
1x. Urges Member States to ensure that the complexity of LGBTI-related claims are properly taken into account in procedures based on the concept of safe third country, the concept of safe country of origin, the concept of first country of asylum or the notion of subsequent applications, including a thorough assessment taking into account the general situation of LGBTI persons in the third countries concerned;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that intercultural and inter-religious tolerance needs to be promoted via constant efforts and extensive dialogue and that the crisis arising from the waves of migration cannot be tackled without the involvement of all relevant state and non-state actors, including churches and religious organisations;
Amendment 521 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Condemns violence and threats against journalists that still occur in several Member States; calls on Member States to diligently prosecute any threats to the freedom of media;
Amendment 527 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Amendment 542 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 j (new)
Paragraph 12 j (new)
12j. Calls on the Commission and Member States to intensify work on exchanging best practices and strengthen their cooperation to combat racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia and other forms of intolerance, with full inclusion of civil society and community representative input, as well as guidance provided by the Fundamental Rights Agency and the relevant international organisations;
Amendment 544 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 k (new)
Paragraph 12 k (new)
12k. Calls on the EU and Member States to address internal human rights challenges, including discrimination against LGBTI people, and ensure that any discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is prohibited, not only in the field of employment but also in all sectors of civil rights such as education, social security, health care, access to goods and services (including finance), housing, public procurement, business support, access to culture; calls on the Commission to start a dialogue with those Member States whose legislation does not cover homophobic and transphobic hate motives, aimed at filling the remaining legislative gaps;
Amendment 569 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Deplores that ethnic minorities continue to face widespread discrimination in law enforcement and judicial system as well as over-policing practices such as ethnic profiling and unequal treatment;
Amendment 617 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Amendment 671 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on Member States to ensure respect for and safeguarding of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights; insists on the role of the Union in awareness-raising and promoting best practices on this issue, given that health is a fundamental human right essential to the exercise of other human rights; urges the Commission to include sexual and reproductive health and rights, as basic human rights, in its EU Health Strategy in order to ensure coherence between the EU's internal and external fundamental rights policy as called for by Parliament on 10 March 2015;
Amendment 683 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Recognises that the denial of a life-saving abortion amounts to a serious breach of fundamental rights;
Amendment 689 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 g (new)
Paragraph 18 g (new)
18 g. Regrets that LGBTI persons experience widespread bullying and harassment that starts already at school, and suffer discrimination at work, housing, social services and access to other goods and services;
Amendment 694 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 l (new)
Paragraph 18 l (new)
18 l. Considers that the fundamental rights of LGBTI persons 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 701 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 s (new)
Paragraph 18 s (new)
18 s. Calls on the Council to finally de- block the negotiations and adopt the proposed Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (Equal Treatment Directive);
Amendment 767 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Calls on the Member States to fully implement the asylum package and register children upon their arrival in order to ensure their inclusion in child protection systems; calls on the Member States to increase information sharing in order to better protect migrant children in Europe;
Amendment 782 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Highlights that traditional national minorities who have been living together with or alongside traditional majority cultures for centuries in Europe are facing the negative consequences of the migration crisis, i.e. mistrust towards non- majority autochthonous minorities; believes that the solution to this problem lies in the establishment of minimum standards on protecting the rights of traditional minorities, as preserving European heritage gives added value to diversitytheir cultural heritage;
Amendment 824 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Calls on the Council to urgently adopt the 2008 proposal for a Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation;
Amendment 881 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. Denounces the persistent and widespread discrimination against Roma in all EU Member States as the root cause of the deprived living conditions and socio-economic exclusion in which many of them still live today; urges the Commission to take action against those Member States that promote or allow institutionalised discrimination and segregation, especially in education and housing; calls on the Commission to mainstream the monitoring of discrimination practices in all areas, especially education, employment, housing and healthcare;
Amendment 882 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)
Paragraph 39 b (new)
39 b. Regrets that Roma people still face antigypsyism, systematic and also institutional racism; calls on Member States to come up with a roadmap to tackle institutional racism among their authorities;
Amendment 900 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41 a. Condemns the existing practice of segregation of Roma pupils in schools; supports the Commission's efforts to challenge this practices; recalls that several Member States are under infringement procedure because of segregation of Roma children in schools; and calls on Member States to take effective steps to eliminate school segregation and to come up with detailed plans on integration measures for Roma children;