Activities of Julie GIRLING related to 2016/0062(NLE)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
INTERIM REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, by the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence PDF (622 KB) DOC (76 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Istanbul Convention stipulates that all its provisions, in particular measures to protect the rights of victims, shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, gender, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, state of health, disability, marital status, migrant or refugee status, or other status;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU must take all necessary measures, in cooperation with Member States, to promote and protect the right of women to live free from violence in both the public and private spheres;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women and domestic violence, including violence against men, is too often considered a private issue and too easily tolerated; whereas in fact it constitutes a violation of fundamental rights and a serious crime that must be punished as such; whereas impunity must end in order to break the vicious cycle of silence and loneliness for women and girls who have been the victims of violenceall victims of violence, but in particular women and girls;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas only a mix of policies combining legislative and non-legislative measures, including infrastructural, legal, judicial, cultural, educational, social and health actions can significantly reduce violence against women and, gender-based violence and domestic violence, and its consequences; whereas cooperation with civil society, and women’s organisations in particular, is also important;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Istanbul Convention stresses the importance of changing mentalities and attitudes to break the continuity of gender-based violence; whereas education on equality between women and men, on non-stereotyped gender roles and on the respect for personal integrity, is therefore requirstrongly encouraged in this regard;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas all Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention, but only 14 have ratified it; whereas the EU’s accession to the Convention does not exonerate Member Statesneither replaces nor provides an alternative to from national ratification;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that women and girls are oftenat higher risk of exposured to domestic violence, sexual harassment, rape, forced marriagecultural, religious and other forms of violence, which constitute a serious violation of their human rights and dignity of wo, whilst noting that men may also be victims of domestic violence, sexual harassment and girlsrape;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the Istanbul Convention follows a holistic approach by addressing the issue of violence against women and girls and gender-based violence from a wide range of perspectives, such as the prevention of violence, the fight against discrimination, criminal law measures to combat impunity, victim protection and support, the protection of children, the protection of women asylum seekers and refugees, and better data collection, and awareness-raising campaigns or programmes, including in co-operation with national human rights institutions and equality bodies, civil society and non- governmental organisations;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the Istanbul Convention follows a holistic approach by addressing the issue of violence against women and girls and, gender-based violence and domestic violence from a wide range of perspectives, such as the prevention of violence, the fight against discrimination, criminal law measures to combat impunity, victim protection and support, the protection of children, the protection of women asylum seekers and refugees, and better data collection;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point e
Paragraph 5 – point e
(e) To envisage rendering the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention as broad as possible and without reservations;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point f
Paragraph 5 – point f
(f) To make sure that the Member States enforce the Istanbul Convention and allocate adequatesupport Member States in their enforcement of the Istanbul Convention and encourage the adequate allocation of financial and human resources to preventing and combating violence against women and, gender-based violence and to thedomestic violence and to protection of victims;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i
Paragraph 5 – point i
(i) To ensure preventive measures in order to address the specific needs of vulnerable persons, such as child victims, including or victims with disabilities, including accessible specialist support services and safe accommodation for women who have been the victims of gender-based violence and their children;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l
Paragraph 5 – point l
(l) To improve the collection of relevant disaggregated data on cases of violence of all kinds covered by the Istanbul Convention, in cooperation with the EIGE Institute, in order to build a common methodology to compare data bases and analysis, ensuring a better understanding of the problem, and to raise awareness, assess and improve Member States’ action to prevent and combat violence against women;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls onAsks the Council to consider activateing the passerelle clause by adopting a unanimous decision to identify violence against women and girls (andincluding other forms of gender-based violence) as an area of crime under Article 83(1) TFEU;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7