6 Amendments of Angelika WERTHMANN related to 2011/2109(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
(Aa) whereas the UN Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict of 14 December 1974 calls for effective measures against the persecution, torture, violent and degrading treatment of women;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the 2010 State of World Population report shows that violence against women in crisis areas has increased worldwide and that a great number of women and children are raped and persecuted in armed conflicts,;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the International Criminal Court (ICC) faces difficulties in prosecuting those responsible for large- scale crimes against women and children,bringing prosecutions, largely as a result of the ICC’s very limited resources and the lack of input from the states parties to the Rome Statute;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the EU Member States parties to the Rome Statute to support the ICC in its work and calls for active international support for the ICC so as to end the ongoing de facto impunity of persons responsible for such acts of violence and finally bring them to justice;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Presidency of the EU Council and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to cooperate closely with the ICC and to stressbring their political influence to bear within international fora the need foro induce states parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC to fulfil their obligations, since there are repeated instances of states parties to the Rome Statute undermining the work of the ICC by their acts or omissions;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expects the issue of violence against women and children in international conflict situations to continue to be addressed in UN resolutions and actions and expects the UN to continue to provide facts and figures on this issue so that the International Community’s attention does not waver;