Activities of Nicole KIIL-NIELSEN related to 2013/2169(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on eradication of torture in the world
Amendments (7)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the EU Guidelines on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, updated in 2012, identify women as one of the groups requiring special protection; reiterates the importance of recognising gender-specific forms of torture and degrading treatment;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the EU to ensure, by means of aid conditionality, that third countries protect women and girls from torture; calls on the Council to suspend aid to countries practising torture and to divert aid to support victims, by channelling aid towards victim support; urges the Commission to ensure that all new Free Trade Agreements with third countries provide for strict obligations which safe-guard women;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. StressesWelcomes the measures contemplated by the Commission in its Communication COM(2013)0833 entitled ‘Towards the elimination of female genital mutilation , and reiterates the need for consistency between the European Union's internal and external policies in regard to this phenomenon; restates moreover the continuing need for the EU to work with third countries to eradicate the practice of FGM; and reminds those Member States with national legislation criminalising FGM that they must act on this legislation;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the inclusion by the International Criminal Court of gender crimes, including rape, sexual assault and humiliation, as forms of torture, and its recommendation that these crimes be considered war crimes; welcomes too the implementation by the ICC s victim support fund of programmes to rehabilitate women who have suffered torture, notably in post-conflict situations;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the EU to maintain its support, notably through the EIDHR, for programmes supporting and rehabilitating women who have suffered torture and the victims, in particular, of sexual violence in post-conflict situations;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU in its human rights dialogues with third countries to promote the prevention, investigation and prosecution of violence against women; calls on it lastly to make sure that full account is taken during peace negotiations of the fight to stop the perpetrators of torture or inhuman or degrading crimes enjoying impunity, and that the place of women in these peace processes is promoted as a consequence;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need to bear the gender- specific needs of female prisoners in mind in all places of detention when implementing appropriate international and national standards.