10 Amendments of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2011/2109(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas a great number of women and children are raped and persecuted in armed conflictsin armed conflicts and thus psychologically victimised for the rest of their life and persecuted in many ways (including abduction) around the world and most recently in Libya,
Amendment 7 #
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 thus allowing perpetrators, often, to go unpunished,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly condemns the use of sexual violence by war criminals during conflictsagainst women as a tactic of war, including crimes such as mass rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilisation, gender based persecutions including female genital mutilation, trafficking or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasises the importance of including gender-based crimes in the investigations and prosecutions of the ICC;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Strongly suggests that psychological, medical and legal counselling is provided to victims of sexual violence, as well as easy access to witness protection programmes in order to encourage them to testify against their perpetrators, without fear;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Asks for the impunity issue to be considered as a key factor in securing justice and it must not be negotiable; underlines that the perpetrators must be brought to justice and face the penal consequences of their actions;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is firmly opposed to children under the age of 15 years being conscripted or recruited into the armed forces or used in any way in military actions; points out the importance of safeguarding their rights to a peaceful childhood, education, physical integrity, safety and sexual autonomy;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Advocates for effective policies and procedures to support the ICC, such as the documentation of gender-based crimes in armed conflicts, the participation of victims before the ICC, the training of lawyers, judges and activists on the Rome Statute and on international jurisprudence, regarding gender-based crimes;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expects the issue of violence against women and children in international conflict situations to be addressed in UN resolutions and actionnot only verbally in UN resolutions but also practically, by ensuring that effective mechanisms are in place to implement resolutions and to take immediate sanctions against aggressors (especially state-aggressors) that violate human rights;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the European External Action Service to exchange good practices and to cooperate closely with the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict.