Activities of Marco CAPPATO related to 2007/2145(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2004-2008) (A6-0479/2008, Giusto Catania) (vote)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that art. 7 of the EU Treaties provides for a European procedure to make sure that systematic and serious violations of human rights and of fundamental freedoms do not take place in the EU, but that such a procedure has never been used notwithstanding the fact that violations take place in EU Member States, as proven by the European Court of Human rights judgments; asks EU institutions to establish a monitoring mechanism and a set of objective criteria for the implementation of art. 7 TEU;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Asks to the Commission and the Council to take action - in conformity with art. 7 TEU - on the fact that the Italian Constitutional Court is operating since months without that all judges are appointed and that the monitoring committee on media in the Italian Parliament has still not been elected, hereby impeding the democratic scrutiny works to be carried out;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Expresses concern at the high number of violations of the European Convention on Human Rights involving EU Member States11 and urges them to execute related judgments and to address structural shortcomings and systematic violation of human rights by introducing the necessary reforms;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 127 a (new)
Paragraph 127 a (new)
127a. Calls Member States and the EU to make sure that persons abusing narcotic substances have full access to specialised health services and alternatives treatment and are not treated as criminals only because of personal consumption of illicit drugs;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 132 a (new)
Paragraph 132 a (new)
132a. Ask to those Member States prohibiting prostitution and criminalizing sex workers to review their laws so to ensure that they are not exploited by criminal organisations, that they are guaranteed on their fundamental rights and that they can access appropriate social and health services;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 144 a (new)
Paragraph 144 a (new)
144a. Asks to those Member States who have not yet done so to introduce legislation on living wills to ensure that, according to art. 8 of the Oviedo Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, "The previously expressed wishes relating to a medical intervention by a patient who is not, at the time of the intervention, in a state to express his or her wishes shall be taken into account" and to regulate the right to die in dignity;