Procedure completed
2013/2024(INI) Mid-term review of the Stockholm Programme
Next event: Debate in Parliament 2014/04/02 more...
Lead committee dossier: CJ08/7/12106
Legal Basis RoP 051, RoP 048
Next event: Debate in Parliament 2014/04/02 more...
- Council Meeting 2013/12/06
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading 2014/03/04
- Council Meeting 2014/03/03
- Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading 2014/02/24
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | AFCO | CASINI Carlo (EPP), BERLINGUER Luigi (S&D), LÓPEZ AGUILAR Juan Fernando (S&D) | GUERRERO SALOM Enrique (S&D), THEIN Alexandra (ALDE), HÄFNER Gerald (Verts/ALE), FOX Ashley (ECR), SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo (GUE/NGL), MESSERSCHMIDT Morten (EFD) |
Opinion | AFET | BICEP Jean-Jacob (Verts/ALE) | |
Opinion | FEMM | PIETIKÄINEN Sirpa (EPP) | |
Lead | JURI | CASINI Carlo (EPP), BERLINGUER Luigi (S&D), LÓPEZ AGUILAR Juan Fernando (S&D) | GUERRERO SALOM Enrique (S&D), THEIN Alexandra (ALDE), HÄFNER Gerald (Verts/ALE), FOX Ashley (ECR), SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo (GUE/NGL), MESSERSCHMIDT Morten (EFD) |
Lead | LIBE | CASINI Carlo (EPP), BERLINGUER Luigi (S&D), LÓPEZ AGUILAR Juan Fernando (S&D) | GUERRERO SALOM Enrique (S&D), THEIN Alexandra (ALDE), HÄFNER Gerald (Verts/ALE), FOX Ashley (ECR), SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo (GUE/NGL), MESSERSCHMIDT Morten (EFD) |
Legal Basis RoP 051, RoP 048
Subjects
- 1.10 Fundamental rights in the Union, Charter
- 1.20 Citizen's rights
- 7.10 Free movement and integration of third-country nationals
- 7.10.02 Schengen area
- 7.10.04 External borders crossing and controls, visas
- 7.10.06 Asylum, refugees, displaced persons
- 7.10.08 Migration policy
- 7.30.05 Police cooperation
- 7.30.09 Public security
- 7.30.30 Action to combat crime
- 7.30.30.02 Action to combat violence and trafficking in human beings
- 7.40 Judicial cooperation
Activites
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2014/04/02
Debate in Parliament
- T7-0276/2014
- 2014/03/04 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
- #3298
- 2014/03/03 Council Meeting
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2014/02/24
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- #3279
- 2013/12/06 Council Meeting
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2013/03/11
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0276/2014
- Debate in Council: 3279
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0153/2014
- Debate in Council: 3298
Amendments | Dossier |
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2013/2024(INI)
2013/07/17
AFET
86 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Urges the Commission and the EEAS to take practical steps to ensure greater coherence and consistency between EU external and internal policies, in line with the commitments set out notably in the Communication on an Action Plan Implementing the Stockholm Programme; calls therefore on the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission (HR/VP), the Council and the Commission to strengthen the existing coordination mechanisms between the services and agencies in the area of Freedom, Security and Justice (FSJ) on the one side, and the European External Action Service (EEAS), including missions and operations under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) on the other side, taking advantage in particular of the new capabilities of the EU Situation Centre in order to provide common, effective, strategic analyses, threat assessments (internal and external) and timely information to all actors involved; takes the view that fruitful coordination among both the Internal Security Strategy and the European Security Strategy encompasses effective articulation between services, bodies, regional and thematic desks in a transversal way to the relevant Commission and EEAS services for it to be effective and coherent in light of FSJ and CFSP policies;
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital 1 a (new) 1a. whereas the Treaty enshrines the fight against social exclusion and discrimination and the promotion of equality between men and women as EU objectives, and whereas the Commission must make sure that the implementation of the Stockholm Programme truly reflects the needs of citizens in terms of equal opportunities and gender equality;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the adoption of the directive establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, where special attention is paid to the protection of disadvantaged persons such
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Acknowledges in particular the human rights abuses on Greece's border with Turkey, where the building of a fence by Greek authorities and reports of collective expulsions (refoulement) and systematic prolonged detention of refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants as well as detention of children, are infringing European and international law;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the adoption of the directive establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Recalls that Members States share the responsibility for the Union's external borders; remains concerned of events on the Greece-Turkey, Cyprus, Malta, Italy borders with regards to the arrival of irregular migrants and calls on Member States, with the support of the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS), to ensure that national authorities analyse the individual situation of each person arriving to its territory, on the basis of international and European human rights obligations and taking into account the needs of vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to support Member States in ensuring minimum services, such as adequate health care and accomodation, for refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants arriving in EU territory;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Regrets that the number of people being trafficked to and from the EU is rising, despite the entry into force of the EU Anti-Trafficking Directive in December 2011, calls on the EU Member States to increase their efforts to curb this worrying trend by ensuring that ambitious legislations and measures to fight trafficking in human beings are developed and implemented in accordance with the Directive,
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Repeats its call for a compulsory refugee resettlement scheme, in line with Article 21 of the TEU, which obliges the EU to assist populations confronting natural or man- made disasters; notes
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the proposal for a directive on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Repeats its call for a compulsory refugee resettlement scheme, in line with Article 21 of the TEU, which obliges the EU to assist
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets that the Commission, despite its many commitments, has not come up with
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets that the Commission, despite its many commitments, has not come up with legislative acts in the fields of violence against women, equality in political decision-making or revision of the directive on the gender pay gap, thus perpetuating existing democratic deficits;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Urges the Commission to launch a comprehensive strategy to fight violence against women as promised in the Stockholm Action Programme and as requested by Parliament in several resolutions, reiterates the need for a legislative criminal-law instrument to be launched by the Commission in order to combat gender-based violence;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Expresses alarm at the number of deaths, particularly at sea, and the human rights abuses which
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses the importance of deploying all the policy instruments available to provide a robust European response to violence against women and children in all its forms: domestic violence, sexual abuse, harassment and stalking, sexual exploitation, forced marriages, crimes of honour, female genital mutilation, etc., in order to safeguard the rights of women and children and fight all forms of discrimination, racism, xenophobia and homophobia;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Expresses alarm at the number of deaths and the human rights abuses which continue to occur in the course of irregular migrants' attempts to enter the EU; requests that the Commission consult Parliament prior to the conclusion of any agreement between Frontex and a third country; insists that these agreements must provide for adequate safeguards to ensure that human rights standards are fully respected, including with regard to return, joint patrolling, search and rescue or interception operations; in this sense, urges the EU to investigate reports of mistreatment of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers on the Greek-Turkish border by Frontex, as well as other such allegations in other EU southern borders; emphasises in this regard that, especially given the particular instability and political turmoil in the MENA region, the relevant services of the Commission, the EEAS and specialised agencies of the EU need to coordinate towards a holistic approach to address the issue of irregular migration targeting EU Member States in a manner that is consistent with European principles and values, on the one hand, and consistent with EU efforts in the region and wider southern neighbourhood for the stabilisation and democratisation in the framework of the CFSP/CSDP;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Reiterates its request for the Commission to submit a legislative proposal to combat all forms of violence against women as soon as possible;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the fact that the principle of universality applies to fundamental rights and equal treatment; urges the Council therefore to adopt the Anti-Discrimination Directive proposal1; Given especially that women are often the victims of multiple discrimination, we need to strengthen all fundamental rights through the adoption of joint strategies for the protection of victims and the criminal prosecution of offenders, while promoting equality between men and women;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Expresses deep concern about the fate of third country nationals (TCNs) and stateless persons readmitted under EU readmission agreements (EURAs), including cases of indefinite detention, legal limbo or refoulement to their country of origin, and requests the exclusion of TCN clauses from these agreements; underlines the importance of implementing the recommendations made in the Commission's evaluation of readmission agreements;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Stresses the need to provide proper training for officials (police, health services, court staff, etc.) who are likely to come into contact with cases where a person's physical, psychological and sexual integrity is considered to be at risk, particularly in cases of women victims of gender-based violence; calls on Member States to support the work of civil society, particularly NGOs, women's associations and other voluntary organisations providing specialist support, and to collaborate with such organisations in providing support to women victims of gender-based violence;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Expresses deep concern about the fate of third country nationals (TCNs) and stateless persons
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Expresses deep concern about the fate of third country nationals (TCNs)
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Member States to take action to combat the economic and social causes that foster violence against women, such as unemployment, low wages and pensions, housing shortages, poverty, and non-existent or inadequate public services, particularly public health, education and social security services;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Expresses deep concern about the fate of third country nationals (TCNs) and stateless persons readmitted under EU readmission agreements (EURAs),
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish an EU Coordinator on violence against women,
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to extend the remit of the Fundamental Rights Agency to cover all candidate countries and neighbourhood countries, giving it a specific role in advising EU institutions on how to ensure coherence and consistency between internal and external policies on human rights; calls for the same fundamental rights indicators to be established for all Member States;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Urges the Commission to revise without delay Directive 2006/54/EC and to propose amendments to it in accordance with Article 32 of the Directive and on the basis of Article 157 TFEU following the detailed recommendations set out in the annex to the European Parliament resolution of 24 May 2012; notably - greater transparency of pay data - transparent work evaluation and job classification - strengthened legislation on sanctions
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary legislative and administrative steps to allow the issuance of emergency visas and facilitate the provision of temporary shelter for human rights defenders at risk in third countries; calls for an evaluation of the existing mobility partnerships, particularly the interdependence between development aid, regular migration and irregular migration, as defined in the Global Approach to Migration; expresses concern at the increasingly systematic refusal to grant visas to nationals of certain third countries, in particular the countries of the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa; calls for the conditions governing the issuance of visas to be made less stringent, in particular for students and for short-stay visas granted to craft workers and artists;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the urgent need to introduce a common European strategy to combat international organised criminal networks engaged in human trafficking and targeting women and minors in particular;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Recalls the key role of Frontex and CEPOL in training of law enforcement personnel and border guards in order to execute European judicial and law enforcement which respects human rights of migrants;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Invites the Commission and Member states to ensure that a gender-sensitive approach is included in all legal training provided by the European Judicial Training Network, the Academy of European Law and any other relevant institutions to the various stakeholders in the field of judicial and police cooperation; calls for the introduction of specific modules concerning gender-based violence and proper procedures to assist victims;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Str
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Invites the Commission and Member states to ensure that a gender-sensitive and gender mainstreaming approach is included in all legal training provided by the European Judicial Training Network, the Academy of European Law and any other relevant institutions to the various stakeholders in the field of judicial cooperation;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses the call of the European Council to reinforce the role of Frontex in accordance with the Stockholm Programme in order to increase its capacity to respond more effectively to changing migration flows;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Proposes that a social awareness- raising campaign be carried out whose common criterion at European level should be to address the serious nature of gender-based violence; considers that the aim of such a campaign should be to foster social awareness, citizen mobilisation and institutional action on the same scale as those associated with the fight against other types of crime or attacks such as terrorism, which have a collective impact as well as their individual dimension; takes the view that this social response has played a significant part in depriving other types of violence of any legitimacy and it should also be deployed against gender-based violence;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Calls for a more joined-up approach between human rights dialogues and justice, liberty and security subcommittees established in the framework of agreements with third countries, notably in the two European Neighbourhood regions and, more generally, all those affected by readmission agreements;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls for the establishment of a gender focal point in the European Asylum Support Office
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Regrets the continued refusal of the Commission to draft a Human Rights Action Plan to promote EU values in the external dimension of freedom, security and justice policies, as called for by the Council in the Stockholm Programme,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the fact that the principle of universality applies to fundamental rights and equal treatment; urges the Council therefore to adopt the Anti-Discrimination Directive proposal
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 13. Welcomes the continued efforts of EU institutions and Member States to advance universal support
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Underlines that growing prostitution markets, legalised and institutionalised in some Member States, have proven to fuel trafficking, and therefore calls for measures that decreases prostitution markets, such as placing sanctions on the exploiters, including pimps and sex buyers.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to take into full consideration the recommendations of the European Parliament and to integrate them in the post-Stockholm follow-up programme or strategy, which should foresee multi-annual planning of the EU's upcoming legislative and policy proposals and actions related to the area of freedom, security and justice;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increasingly fund exit programmes for trafficked persons, in particular for women in prostitution.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Looks forward to the 'EU Anti corruption Report' to be issued by the Commission in 2013; hopes that the identification by the Commission of areas vulnerable to corruption in Member States will help step up anti-corruption efforts, facilitate the exchange of best practices, identify EU trends, and stimulate peer learning and further compliance with EU and international commitments; invites the Commission to consider future EU policy initiatives in the area of anti corruption, in particular binding legislation on Member States and institutions reflecting the highest standards of transparency and integrity, taking due account of the negative impact of corrupt activities on human rights in the EU and in third countries;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Commission's proposal for a regulation on promoting the free movement of citizens and businesses by simplifying the recognition of certain public documents, thus eliminating bureaucracy and the existing gap between EU Institutions and citizens in the EU;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Urges the Member States to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, namely Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland and Sweden; calls on the Council to rapidly adopt the directive on attacks against information systems and repealing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA adopted by the European Parliament on the 4th July 20131 and calls on the Member States to rapidly transpose it into their domestic law; 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0321,
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission, in line with previous commitments and following repeated requests from Parliament, to issue a proposal for a regulation on the mutual recognition of the effects of all civil status documents in the EU, in order to eliminate discriminatory legal and administrative barriers for both men and women citizens and their families who wish to exercise their right to free movement.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. While reaffirming its commitment to and the strategic importance of transatlantic relations in global matters, insists that surveillance programmes, such as PRISM, may result in violations of human rights, namely those of private life and family life, the confidentiality of communications, and may also bear consequences on the fulfilment of other human rights of european and foreign nationals, such as that of freedom of expression; calls on the US authorities to provide the EU, without undue delay, with full information on those surveillance programmes involving data collection, in particular with regard to their legal basis, necessity, proportionality and the safeguards implemented to protect human rights,including mechanisms for redress for violations;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to incorporate the views of all public services and competent authorities at state, regional and local level, since they are responsible for planning and providing services in the field of equality policies;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 d (new) 13d. Insists that the Commission, the Council and the Member Sates should consider all instruments at their disposal and negotiations with the US; calls thus for the potential, timely suspension of the Passenger Name Record (PNR) and Terrorism Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP) agreements, as well as the suspension of the negotiations on the EU- US trade and investment agreement until the US and EU Member States fully account for their illegal surveillance activities targeting the EU citizens and institutions;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls on the Commission and States to develop specific tools based on new information and communication technologies in order to share best practices in the fight against discrimination at European level;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 e (new) 13e. Expresses deep concern at the increasing trafficking of human beings, using transnational and cyber networks, which represents a serious threat to vulnerable groups, namely women and children, especially in times of economic and social crisis; hence, highlights the importance of a strategic coordination between the objectives and the implementation of the Internal Security Strategy and the European Security Strategy, which might call for the update of both documents; recommends that national anti-slavery plans for Member States be developed and adopted in line with the recommendations of the 2012 EU Strategy Towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings and under the coordination of the EU Anti- trafficking Coordinator;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Reiterates its call for the adoption of a European Code of Private International Law;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Welcomes the implementation of the European Protection Order Directive(2011/99/EU) and the Directive Establishing Minimum Standards on the Rights, Support and Protection of Victims of Crime (2012/29/EU) which largely enhances human rights of victims of crime within the European Union;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Commission to monitor the differentiated impact on women and men on the indirectly affecting gender equality, including in terms of public spending, refers in this context that reduced tax revenues and possible budget cuts lead to reductions in public expenditure, with public services, such as education, training and social care likely to suffer in the medium term, as are women as users of those services,
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Underlines the remaining high threat of terrorism and organised crime; welcomes the strengthening of operational agreements between Europol, Eurojust, and the working arrangements with Frontex to combat terrorism and organised crime;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to recognise regional police forces which have powers to combat crimes against women committed by organised and/or cross-border gangs, and to boost coordination between them and operational security agencies and police forces;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Expresses concern of the increasing global and EU trend of cybercrime, child sex offences and fraud and the enormous financial and psychological damage of citizens worldwide caused by these crimes; welcomes the establishment of the European Cybercrime Centre at Europol to tackle cybercime by means of building operational and analytical capacity for investigations and cooperation with international partners;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Is appalled that the total number of forced labourers in the Member States is estimated at 880 000, of whom 30% are estimated to be victims of sexual exploitation and 70 % victims of forced labour exploitation, with women constituting the majority of forced labour victims;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Regrets the continued refusal of the Commission to draft a Human Rights Action Plan to promote EU values in the external dimension of freedom, security and justice policies, as called for by the Council in the Stockholm Programme
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the fact that the principle of universality applies to fundamental rights and equal treatment; urges the Council therefore to adopt the Anti-Discrimination Directive proposal
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 d (new) 13d. Recalls the importance of the need for special attention, support and social recognition of victims of terrorism, and stresses the urgency for the establishment of a specific legislative instrument for victims of terrorism;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls the Commission to further develop the e-Justice programme to allow citizens a direct access to legal information and justice via online information;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Notes that people trafficking and the illegal importation of human beings are extremely serious crimes which particularly affect women and which represent a violation of human rights and human dignity that the Union cannot tolerate; stresses the need to step up and boost action to prevent and combat people trafficking and the illegal importation of human beings, which entails a coherent and coordinated policy response that goes beyond the area of freedom, security and justice and, bearing in mind the new forms of exploitation, also involves the external relations, development cooperation, social affairs and employment, education and health, gender equality and non-discrimination sectors; stresses that cooperation and coordination with third countries are crucial; points out that the signing of ad hoc cooperation agreements with specific third countries, including the unreserved deployment of all the incentives available to the Union, such as financing programmes, cooperation in gathering and exchanging information, judicial cooperation and migration instruments, could provide a means of improving the fight against people trafficking and the illegal importation of human beings;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Stresses that actions to combat trafficking in human beings, forced labour and irregular immigration need to focus on the root causes, such as global inequalities; calls, therefore, on Member States to live up to their development aid and MDG commitments;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. Reiterates its request for the Commission to propose cooperation measures aimed at mobilising consular services in the countries of origin with a view to preventing the fraudulent issue of visas, conducting information campaigns in the countries of origin aimed at potential victims, especially women and children, in cooperation with the authorities there, and measures to make border controls more effective with the aim of preventing people trafficking and irregular immigration;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 e (new) 8e. Calls on the Commission to propose actions to protect and provide assistance to women who are victims of people trafficking and sexual exploitation, through measures including the development of compensation schemes, safe return, reintegration aid in the host country in cases of voluntary return, assistance and aid during their stay in the EU and cooperation with the authorities in the countries of origin in order to protect the families of victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 f (new) 8f. Recalls that around half of the EU’s migrants are women, and that an independent migration status for women and the right to work for spouses are crucial elements in ensuring effective integration;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 g (new) 8g. Highlights the need to protect rights in the field of sexual and reproductive health, and expresses concern at the restrictions that apply in some Member States as regards access to contraceptives and sexual and reproductive health services, particularly abortion;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the fact that the principle of universality applies to fundamental rights and equal treatment; urges the Council therefore to adopt urgently the Anti- Discrimination Directive proposal
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes the draft agreement reached by the 47 Council of Europe Member States and the European Union on the EU´s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights, and awaits the positive opinion of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the agreed text; calls on the Parliament and the Council to rapidly ratify the Treaty upon the final ruling of the CJEU.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasises that the various actions supposedly taken to combat terrorism have in fact been used as a pretext for military attacks, occupations, violations of national sovereignty and the destruction of various countries' basic infrastructure, including, in particular, hospitals, schools and homes, resulting in hundreds of thousands of victims and refugees, above all women and children, who are the most vulnerable members of the population;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Strongly believes that the EU and its Member States should not sign agreements with third countries in the field of freedom, security and justice (FSJ), where there is a serious risk of violation of human rights and where the rule of law is not upheld; stresses that any agreement in this field
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Encourages the Commission to work effectively towards the establishment of International Judgements Convention which would pursue similar aims to the Brussels I Regulation;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Expresses concern at the increasing demands being placed on neighbourhood countries in relation to the EU’s migration and border management policies; calls for a human rights-based approach to EU migration and border management which ensures that the rights of regular and irregular migrants and other vulnerable groups are always the first consideration; condemns in the strongest possible terms the practice of sub-contracting EU migration policy to third countries, including countries where migrants are known to be victims of particularly serious human rights violations and cannot seek asylum; recalls the extra- territorial application of the European Convention on Human Rights in the implementation of EU migration policy, as ruled by the European Court of Human Rights;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) a. Calls on Member States to establish complaints procedures that ensure that a victim of multiple discrimination, taking into account that women are particularly affected by such discrimination, can lodge a single complaint addressing more than one ground of discrimination; considers it appropriate to support the activities of human rights defenders and the development of collective actions by marginalised people and communities;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Stresses the importance of taking the gender dimension into account in all strategies to integrate people with disabilities, immigrants, the Roma population and other minorities, excluded people, etc.;
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