Activities of Norica NICOLAI related to 2012/2255(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on women’s rights in the Balkan accession countries PDF (238 KB) DOC (149 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on all authoritiesthe government in Bosnia and Herzegovina to align legislationharmonize the Law on gGender eEquality as well as legal practice at different levels, in order to create a uniform legal situawith the Election Law in order to address the ongoing lack of women in the highest echelons of governance and to monitor the problems caused so far by its non-implementation; calls on the European Commission to use all available mechanisms to push for more accountability and stronger action ion the country, andpart of the BiH authorities in this direction; calls on the BiH government to strengthen the department responsible for gender equality at central level;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
(12a) Notes with serious concern that the laws on protecting victims of domestic violence still remain to be harmonized with the entity laws, which would recognize domestic violence as a criminal offence in the criminal codes of both BiH entities, thus failing to properly provide legal security to these victims; calls on the government in Bosnia and Herzegovina to resolve this issue as soon as possible in order to increase protection for victims;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
(12b) Calls on the BiH authorities to provide for official statistics on the number of reported cases of violence with data gathered from police reports, social care centres and judicial institutions and to make these statistics publicly available; likewise, calls on the BiH authorities to gather and publicize data on protection measures aimed to ensure protection of victims of domestic violence;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes with concern the lack of financial and human resources for the implementation of the action plan on UN Security Council resolution 1325, for institutional mechanisms to ensure gender equality, for proper access to justice and for shelters for victims of domestic violence; calls on the Bosnian authorities at all levels to include sufficient funding for these purposes in their budgets;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
(13a) Deplores the fact that until now, the BiH authorities have investigated and condemned only a limited number of cases of war crimes of sexual violence; notes with serious concern that a large number of perpetrators of such crimes have escaped the justice system with impunity; likewise notes the failure of the BiH authorities to provide adequate witness protection programmes for the victims; calls, therefore, on the BiH authorities to ensure that all victims of war crimes of sexual violence have safe and adequate access to the judicial system and that all cases brought forth dealing with war crimes be dealt with swiftly and efficiently;