27 Amendments of Barbara MATERA related to 2016/2009(INI)
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the proposed EU accession to the Istanbul Convention and calls for the EU and the Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible to protect, prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and domestic violence; reminds Member States that the EU accession does not exonerate them to sign, ratify and enforce the Istanbul Convention and urges them to do so;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that violence against women, such as honour killing, forced marriage, trafficking, female genital mutilation, domestic violence are serious violations of human rights that should be criminalised and punished and never be justified by religious or cultural tradition.
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that all those living in Europe, regardless of their original culture and tradition, should respect the law and women’s rights and dignity;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Strongly condemns the frequent acts of harassment and rape in public places in Europe and considers that every women and girl should feel safe from any form of sexual harassment in any public place in Europe; calls on Member States to take the necessary measures to ensure that these acts are properly sanctioned, that the perpetrators are brought to justice and that appropriate protection is provided to victims;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses that in order to effectively combat gender-based violence, a change of attitude towards women and girls is necessary; they are too often represented in subordinate roles and violence against them is too often tolerated or undermined; calls on Member States to do more to combat gender based stereotypes and discrimination against women and girls;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to fully implement Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings as well as well Directive 2011/92/EU on combating child sexual abuse and exploitation in order to prevent women and girls from trafficking, violence and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Member States to fully implement Directive 2012/29/EU on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime and Directive 2011/99/EU on the European order to ensure appropriate protection and assistance to women and girls victims of violence.
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence against LGBTI people; calls for further action to push for the harmonisation of criminal law across the EU in order to combat homophobia, biphobia and transphobia;on the Council to re-launch negotiations on the anti-discrimination Directive ‘Equal Treatment Directive’ 1a as soon as possible to combat discrimination, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia across the EU ; __________________ 1aDirective on Equal Treatment regardless of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to take all the necessary measures to ensure the protection of women and girls migrants and asylum seekers, such as safe spaces for women and children, separate sanitary facilities, legal counselling and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe abortions;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas migration is an unavoidable part of 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, while at the same time posing a challenge for demographic reasons;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas live-streaming of child sexual abuse is no longer an emerging new trend, but an established reality; whereas children are at risk of harm through online grooming and solicitation for sexual purposes, which in the most serious cases can turn into sexual coercion; whereas judicial cooperation between Member States needs to be established, to combat paedophile networks which are often of a transnational nature;
Amendment 631 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights that improvements are still needed to combat violence against women, and calls on the Member States and the EU to sign and ratify the Istanbul Convention following the launch of the procedure by the Commission in March 2016; reminds Member States that the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention does not exonerate them to sign, ratify and enforce the Istanbul Convention and urges them to do so;
Amendment 640 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers that violence against women, such as honour killing, forced marriage, trafficking, female genital mutilation, domestic violence are serious violations of human rights that should be criminalised and punished and never be justified by religious or cultural tradition;
Amendment 642 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Strongly condemns the frequent acts of harassment and rape in public places in Europe and considers that every women and girl should feel safe from any form of sexual harassment in any public place in Europe; calls on Member States to take the necessary measures to ensure that these acts are properly sanctioned, that the perpetrators are brought to justice and that appropriate protection is provided to victims;
Amendment 648 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges Member States to lead more targeted awareness-raising campaigns, to prevent and protect victims of violence and to protect their rights without delay in line with the Victims’ Rights Directive; calls on the Member states to fully implement Directive 2011/99/EU on the European order to ensure appropriate protection and assistance to women and girls victims of violence, as well as Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings in order to prevent women and girls from trafficking, violence and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 654 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that in order to effectively combat gender-based violence, a change of attitude towards women and girls is necessary; they are too often represented in subordinate roles and violence against them is too often tolerated or undermined; calls on Member States to do more to combat gender based stereotypes and discrimination against women and girls;
Amendment 663 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights that no cultural, religious, national or ethnic background can justify any form of gender-based violence and that EU and national authorities should strengthen their cooperation; considers that all those living in Europe, regardless of their original culture and tradition, should respect the law and women's rights and dignity;
Amendment 678 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the importance of teaching European values regarding fundamental rights and respect for the dignity of women as part of the inclusion and integration process for refugees and asylum seekers;
Amendment 712 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Condemns any forms of discrimination against children and calls on the Commission and Member States to make a united action to eradicate discrimination against children; In particular, calls on the Member States and the Commission to explicitly consider children as a priority when programming and implementing regional and cohesion policies, such as the European disability strategy, the EU framework for national Roma integration strategies and the EU's equality and non-discrimination policy; reiterates the importance of protecting and promoting equal access to health care, dignified accommodation and education for Roma children;
Amendment 725 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Calls on the Member States to uphold their obligations and combat any form of violence against children, such as physical and sexual abuse, forced marriages, child labour, sexual exploitation, honour killing, FGM and child soldiers; stresses on the importance of including formal provisions to prohibit and sanction corporal punishment against children;
Amendment 734 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure coordination within its different services with a view to effectively mainstreaming children's rights in all EU legislative proposals, policies and financial decisions; reiterates its call on the Commission to present a new European Strategy for the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 736 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for child-friendly juvenile justice systems in which children understand their rights and their role when they are involved as victims, witnesses or alleged offenders; calls for the adoption of special measures in both criminal and civil proceedings to protect children from unnecessary stress and repeated victimisation;, taking into account the Directive 2016/800 on procedural safeguards for children suspected or accused in criminal proceedings
Amendment 738 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for the 116 emergency hotline to be accessible EU-wide 24/7 for children and for the use of anonymised chat lines on Internet, as these are much more convenient for children in stress and should be set up as a unified system in the EU using official and minority languages; calls on Member States to support the European common number 116111 dedicated to child helplines, by strengthening hotlines and chatlines capacities and European network and by allocating sufficient funds
Amendment 750 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Considers that children's personal data online must be duly protected and that children need to be informed in a child-friendly manner about the risks and consequences of using their personal data online; stresses that online profiling of children should be prohibited; calls on the industry to take their shared responsibility and refrain from addressing misleading and aggressive advertising towards children;
Amendment 753 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for a code of conduct on protecting children’s rights online and offline in cyber space, and recalls that in the fight against cybercrime by law enforcement authorities special attention needs to be paid to crimes against children; calls on the Member States to increase their police and judicial cooperation cross border to prevent and combat cybercrime;
Amendment 756 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Calls on Member States to fully implement Directive 2011/93/EU on combating sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography; calls on the law- enforcement authorities, both at national and EU-level to invest in new technologies to fight crimes in the dark web and deep web; stresses that Eurojust and Europol must be given appropriate resources to improve the identification of victims, to fight organized networks of sexual abusers and to accelerate the detection, analysis and referral of child abuse material on- and offline;
Amendment 761 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Highlights that the announcement byUrges the Member States to take immediate action in response to the Europol Report that at least 10 000 unaccompanied children went missing in the EU in 2015 has clearly shown that; calls on Member States and European agencies have to step up their efforts urgently in terms of cross-border cooperation, information exchanges and joint investigations and operations in order to fight child trafficking in human beings; notes that appointing, sexual abuse and other forms of exploitation and to protect children; calls on Member States to expedite the appointment of qualified guardians to unaccompanied children is an important safeguard toand ensure theirat the best interests; calls for registration and the use of convenient and dependable identification tools for children of all ages until of the child is always taken into account; calls on Member States to register and identify with finger prints children in a child- friendly way to ensure that they enter the inclusnational procestection systems in order to prevent their disappearance; recommends to reinforce existing tools for missing children including the European hotlines for missing children;