2016/0062R(NLE) Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Awaiting Parliament's vote
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joint Responsible Committee | ['FEMM', 'LIBE'] |
KOKALARI Arba ( EPP),
KOHUT Łukasz ( S&D)
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ARŁUKOWICZ Bartosz ( EPP),
PICIERNO Pina ( S&D),
RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS María Soraya ( Renew),
TOOM Yana ( Renew),
SPUREK Sylwia ( Verts/ALE),
ANDERSON Christine ( ID),
FEST Nicolaus ( ID),
DE LA PISA CARRIÓN Margarita ( ECR),
KANKO Assita ( ECR),
BJÖRK Malin ( GUE/NGL),
RODRÍGUEZ PALOP Eugenia ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | JURI |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 105-p5, RoP 58
Legal Basis:
RoP 105-p5, RoP 58Subjects
Events
2023/02/14
EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
2023/02/02
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2023/02/02
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2023/01/25
EP - Vote in committee
2022/12/08
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2022/11/16
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2022/03/16
EP - KOKALARI Arba (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in ['FEMM', 'LIBE']
2022/03/16
EP - KOHUT Łukasz (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in ['FEMM', 'LIBE']
2022/02/17
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2022/02/17
EP - Referral to joint committee announced in Parliament
Documents
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0021/2023
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0021/2023
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE739.709
- Committee draft report: PE737.351
- Committee draft report: PE737.351
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE739.709
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0021/2023
Activities
- Evin INCIR
Plenary Speeches (3)
- 2023/02/14 Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)
- 2023/02/14 Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)
- 2023/02/14 Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)
- Pina PICIERNO
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Arba KOKALARI
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Kim VAN SPARRENTAK
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2023/02/14 Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)
- 2023/02/14 Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)
- Łukasz KOHUT
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Vincenzo SOFO
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2023/02/14 Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)
- 2023/02/14 Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)
- Ladislav ILČIĆ
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2023/02/14 Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)
- 2023/02/14 Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)
- Isabella ADINOLFI
- Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ
- Maria da Graça CARVALHO
- Angel DZHAMBAZKI
- Laura FERRARA
- Balázs HIDVÉGHI
- Fabienne KELLER
- Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA
- Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN
- María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS
- Jana TOOM
- Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI
- Sandra PEREIRA
- Vladimír BILČÍK
- Assita KANKO
- Beata KEMPA
- Marcel KOLAJA
- Katrin LANGENSIEPEN
- Dolors MONTSERRAT
- Samira RAFAELA
- Eugenia RODRÍGUEZ PALOP
- Isabel SANTOS
- Michal ŠIMEČKA
- Ramona STRUGARIU
- Milan UHRÍK
- Isabel WISELER-LIMA
- Sylvie BRUNET
- Gheorghe FALCĂ
- Loucas FOURLAS
- Radan KANEV
- Margarida MARQUES
- Guido REIL
- Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ
- Elena KOUNTOURA
- Frances FITZGERALD
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Jordan BARDELLA
- Abir AL-SAHLANI
- Radka MAXOVÁ
- Bert-Jan RUISSEN
- Miroslav RADAČOVSKÝ
- Sylwia SPUREK
- Milan BRGLEZ
- Silvia SARDONE
- Nicola BEER
- Angelika WINZIG
- Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES
- Elżbieta KRUK
- Miriam LEXMANN
- Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN
- Dorien ROOKMAKER
- Marion WALSMANN
- Cyrus ENGERER
- Carina OHLSSON
Votes
Convention du Conseil de l'Europe sur la prévention et la lutte contre la violence à l'égard des femmes et la violence domestique: adhésion de l'UE - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession - Übereinkommen des Europarats zur Verhütung und Bekämpfung von Gewalt gegen Frauen und häuslicher Gewalt: Beitritt der EU - A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - Après le § 1 - Am 4 #
2023/02/15 Outcome: -: 463, +: 151, 0: 14
A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - § 3/1 #
2023/02/15 Outcome: +: 558, 0: 51, -: 21
A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - § 3/2 #
2023/02/15 Outcome: +: 489, 0: 79, -: 62
A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - § 4 - Am 1/1 #
2023/02/15 Outcome: +: 421, -: 123, 0: 87
| FR | DE | IT | ES | RO | SE | NL | EL | PT | IE | DK | BE | CZ | FI | BG | LV | CY | LU | EE | SI | HR | SK | LT | AT | HU | MT | PL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
74
|
89
|
64
|
56
|
28
|
20
|
24
|
17
|
19
|
12
|
14
|
17
|
17
|
14
|
13
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
12
|
13
|
8
|
19
|
15
|
4
|
49
|
|
| S&D |
129
|
France S&DFor (7) |
Germany S&DFor (14)Abstain (1) |
Spain S&DFor (20)Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Clara AGUILERA, Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO, César LUENA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Estrella DURÁ FERRANDIS, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Inma RODRÍGUEZ-PIÑERO, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ, Javi LÓPEZ, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES
|
Romania S&DFor (7)Abstain (1) |
5
|
Netherlands S&DFor (6) |
1
|
Portugal S&DFor (8) |
3
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
Poland S&DFor (6) |
|||
| Renew |
94
|
France RenewFor (23)Bernard GUETTA, Catherine CHABAUD, Christophe GRUDLER, Dominique RIQUET, Fabienne KELLER, Gilles BOYER, Ilana CICUREL, Irène TOLLERET, Jérémy DECERLE, Laurence FARRENG, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Max ORVILLE, Nathalie LOISEAU, Pascal CANFIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Salima YENBOU, Sandro GOZI, Stéphane BIJOUX, Stéphane SÉJOURNÉ, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Sylvie BRUNET, Valérie HAYER, Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR
|
Germany Renew |
3
|
Spain RenewFor (8)Against (1) |
Romania RenewFor (8) |
3
|
Netherlands Renew |
1
|
2
|
Denmark RenewFor (6) |
3
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|||
| Verts/ALE |
67
|
France Verts/ALEFor (12) |
Germany Verts/ALEFor (23)Alexandra GEESE, Anna CAVAZZINI, Anna DEPARNAY-GRUNENBERG, Damian BOESELAGER, Daniel FREUND, Erik MARQUARDT, Hannah NEUMANN, Henrike HAHN, Jutta PAULUS, Katrin LANGENSIEPEN, Malte GALLÉE, Michael BLOSS, Nico SEMSROTT, Niklas NIENASS, Patrick BREYER, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Rasmus ANDRESEN, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Romeo FRANZ, Sergey LAGODINSKY, Ska KELLER, Terry REINTKE, Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|||||||||||
 The Left |
34
|
France The LeftFor (6) |
Germany The Left |
4
|
1
|
Greece The LeftFor (5) |
4
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|||||||||||||||
 PPE |
161
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France PPEFor (6)Abstain (1) |
Germany PPEAgainst (19) |
Italy PPEFor (5)Against (1)Abstain (3) |
Spain PPEFor (1)Against (11)Abstain (1) |
Romania PPEFor (9)Against (2)Abstain (1) |
Sweden PPE |
4
|
Portugal PPEFor (2)Against (1)Abstain (3) |
5
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
Bulgaria PPEFor (2)Abstain (4) |
3
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
Croatia PPEFor (1)Against (1)Abstain (2) |
4
|
3
|
Austria PPEAgainst (6)Abstain (1) |
1
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Poland PPEFor (10)Against (2)Abstain (3) |
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 NI |
32
|
3
|
2
|
Italy NIFor (7) |
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
Hungary NIFor (1)Against (8) |
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| ID |
58
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Germany IDFor (2)Against (6) |
Italy IDFor (6) |
1
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| ECR |
56
|
1
|
Italy ECRAgainst (8) |
Spain ECR |
3
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Poland ECRAgainst (25)
Adam BIELAN,
Andżelika Anna MOŻDŻANOWSKA,
Anna FOTYGA,
Anna ZALEWSKA,
Beata KEMPA,
Beata MAZUREK,
Bogdan RZOŃCA,
Dominik TARCZYŃSKI,
Elżbieta KRUK,
Elżbieta RAFALSKA,
Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI,
Izabela-Helena KLOC,
Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI,
Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA,
Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI,
Karol KARSKI,
Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI,
Krzysztof JURGIEL,
Patryk JAKI,
Ryszard Antoni LEGUTKO,
Ryszard CZARNECKI,
Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA,
Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI,
Zbigniew KUŹMIUK,
Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI
Abstain (1) |
A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - § 4 - Am 1/2 #
2023/02/15 Outcome: +: 404, -: 171, 0: 49
A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - § 4 - Am 1/3 #
2023/02/15 Outcome: +: 386, -: 188, 0: 53
A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - § 4 - Am 1/4 #
2023/02/15 Outcome: +: 377, -: 157, 0: 87
A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - § 11/1 #
2023/02/15 Outcome: +: 576, 0: 28, -: 25
A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - § 11/2 #
2023/02/15 Outcome: +: 468, -: 129, 0: 29
A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - § 13/1 #
2023/02/15 Outcome: +: 530, 0: 77, -: 23
A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - § 13/2 #
2023/02/15 Outcome: +: 494, -: 107, 0: 28
A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - § 25 - Am 2 #
2023/02/15 Outcome: +: 474, -: 116, 0: 37
A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - § 34 - Am 3 #
2023/02/15 Outcome: +: 509, -: 62, 0: 57
A9-0021/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) #
2023/02/15 Outcome: +: 469, -: 104, 0: 55
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 292 |
2016/0062R(NLE)
2022/12/08
LIBE, FEMM
292 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) — having regard to the Explanatory Report to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence of 11 May 2011,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 b (new) — having regard to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas gender-based violence against women may take the form of
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas LGBTIQ+ persons are also victims of gender-based violence because of their gender, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics; whereas gender-based violence against LGBTIQ+ persons includes physical violence, psychological violence, forced marriages, sexual violence, including ‘corrective’ rape and sexual harassment, female and intersex genital mutilations, forced sterilisation of trans and intersex people, so-called ‘honour’ crimes, conversion therapy, hate speech, both online and offline, bullying and harassment, socio-economic deprivation and violence that occurs within the family and/or domestic unit;
Amendment 102 #
E a. whereas gender-based violence, in particular sexual violence, directly and indirectly affects its victims and has long- lasting negative impact on their physical, emotional and mental well-being and whereas gender-based violence affects one third of women and girls in the EU and whereas a new survey by the Fundamental Rights Agency is being conducted to update this data;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas exposure to physical, sexual, psychological or socio economic violence and abuse has a severe impact on the families, relatives and society as a whole; whereas in the case of intimate partner violence, children are often used to threaten or hurt their mothers and are thus direct victims;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) E b. whereas several women in the EU have died over recent years because they were denied safe and legal abortion1a; _________________ 1a https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/10/22/two -years-polands-abortion-crackdowns-and- rule-law
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E c (new) E c. whereas women’s rights organisations are being harassed and persecuted in the EU for showing their solidarity with victims of inhumane abortion laws1a; _________________ 1a https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/06/pol and-womens-rights-activists-targeted
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the lack of effectiveness and speediness of prosecution and the judicial systems, as well as the lack of trust in law enforcement and the lack of adequate social and medical services are frequent reasons for the non-
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas gender-based violence continues to be an underreported crime in the European Union; whereas 67% of women interviewed in the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) survey of 2014 did not report the most serious incident of partner violence to the police or any other organisation;1a whereas the lack of effectiveness of prosecution and the judicial systems and the lack of adequate social and medical services are frequent reasons for the non-
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 — having regard to the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) baseline evaluation reports and in particular, the reports on Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden, including the lists of proposals and suggestions made by GREVIO and recommendations by the Committee of the Parties,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the lack of
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the lack of effectiveness of prosecution and the judicial systems, failure to provide information about what action to take and how to report such occurrences and the lack of adequate social and medical services are frequent reasons for the non-
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the lack of effectiveness of prosecution, legal frameworks and
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas there is a need for appropriate, rights and gender-sensitive training, procedures and guidelines for all professionals dealing with the victims of all acts of gender-based violence to avoid discrimination and re-victimisation; whereas women should be given easy access to comprehensive specialized services and protection along with adequate healthcare services, including in the area of sexual and reproductive health, as well as safe accommodation, regardless of the will to file a complaint against the perpetrator;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas the structural context of discrimination and inequality hinders that victims of gender-based violence have equal access to victim support and justice; whereas specific groups subject to gender- based violence such as racialized women, women with disabilities, migrant women and LGBTIQ+ persons, face additional barriers to accessto justice;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas differences in Member States’ laws and policies create differences in protection against gender based violence;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) F b. whereas the 1993 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women and the Beijing UN Platform for Action defined violence against as any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) defines gender-based violence as violence which is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately; whereas CEDAW underlines that gender- based violence is a form of discrimination that seriously inhibits women’s ability to exercise rights and freedoms on a basis of equality with men and thus a violation of their human rights;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas some groups of women and girls, such as migrant women, women refugees and asylum seekers, women and girls with disabilities, LBTIQ+ women and Roma women, are at risk of multiple discrimination and are therefore even more vulnerable to violence, owing to motives fuelled by sexism coupled with racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia or intersexphobia as well as discrimination based on age, disability, ethnicity or religion; whereas women in Europe face intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination that prevent them from accessing justice and support and protection services and from enjoying their fundamental rights; whereas women should be granted specialist support services in the implementation of protection measures;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas impunity for the perpetrators of crimes against women still persists and must be eradicated by ensuring that perpetrators are prosecuted and receive appropriate penalties, and that women and girls who are survivors of violence receive the needed support and recognition from the judicial system especially in the case of those living in rural areas where protection services for victims do not exist or are very limited; whereas it is fundamental to provide tailored training for practitioners and law enforcement officers, including judges, public prosecutors, judicial staff, forensic experts, service providers, workplace managers and other professionals dealing with victims of gender-based violence;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas the Victims’ Rights Directive defines gender-based violence as violence that is directed against a person because of that person’s gender, gender identity or gender expression or that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately, and it may result in physical, sexual, emotional or psychological harm or economic loss to the victim;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas the concept of gender is poorly defined and the result of sociological and cultural theories with no anthropological underpinning or basis in science;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) G b. whereas violence against women, including domestic violence, is too often considered as a private issue and too easily tolerated; whereas in fact it constitutes a crossborder, systemic violation of fundamental rights and a serious crime that must be punished as such; whereas impunity must end by ensuring that perpetrators are prosecuted and that women and girls who are survivors of violence receive proper support and remedy from law enforcement and the judicial system, in order to break the vicious circle of silence for those who have been the victims of violence, independently of their geographic origin or social class;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) G b. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls has been recognized by the international community as a violation of human rights which should be addressed comprehensively, and despite all the efforts which have been made by the international organizations, civil society, and state authorities to eradicate gender- based violence against women and girls, it remains pervasive and manifests in new forms such as cyber violence, cyber harassment, cyber stalking and non- consensual distribution of intimate material (photos and videos) through social media;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) G b. whereas the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights is a form of violence against women and girls, and stresses that the ECtHR has ruled on several occasions that restrictive abortion laws and lack of implementation violates the human rights of women, and hence it constitutes a form of gender-based violence;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) G b. whereas using the concept of gender to refer to women is a contradiction in terms since it admits a number of options that have nothing to do with womanhood;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G c (new) G c. whereas often efforts to eradicate gender-based violence against women and girls are contested or weakened in the name of tradition, culture, religion or fundamentalist ideologies, and are categorised and undermined as a so- called ‘gender ideology’ which is depicted as a threat to defined traditional norms or values and so called traditional concept of the family;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) — having regard to GREVIO’s General Recommendation No. 1 on the digital dimension of violence against women adopted on 20 October 2021,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G c (new) G c. whereas gender-based violence only takes account of one type of victim and presumes that the man is the aggressor. This discriminates against men by violating their right to the presumption of innocence and violates their dignity;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G d (new) G d. whereas, with the aim of supposedly protecting women, injustice and violence is committed against men;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G e (new) G e. whereas focusing on violence as an action against women simply because they are women is a flawed characterisation of an alleged crime that does not conform to an objective judgment of reality;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas ending gender-based violence against women and girls has been included by the Commission as a key priority in the Gender Equality Strategy 2020–2025 with a set of concrete proposals to ensure effective prevention of gender- based violence and domestic violence, among them the conclusion of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention and ensuring its swift EU ratification;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas only a mix of policies combining legislative and non-legislative measures, such as infrastructural, legal, judicial, cultural, educational, social and health actions, and measures to facilitate victims’ access to housing and employment, including providing shelter for victims, as well as financial autonomy and equal participation of women in all areas of society, can significantly reduce violence against women and gender-based violence and its consequences; whereas civil society, and women’s organisations in particular, make a very important contribution to preventing and combating all forms of violence and their work should be recognised, encouraged, supported and state-funded so that they can carry it out in the best possible way;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the Istanbul Convention is a
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the Istanbul Convention is
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the Istanbul Convention is a unique
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the Istanbul Convention is
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) — having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September1995, and to the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the United Nations Beijing +5 (2000), Beijing +10 (2005), Beijing +15 (2010), Beijing +20 (2015) special sessions and the political declaration on Beijing +25 (2020) of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW);
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the Istanbul Convention is a unique tool to
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the Istanbul Convention is a
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) I a. whereas gender-based violence is a cross-border crime and therefore Member States should fight it together and in close collaboration; whereas all women and girls in the European Union should dispose of the same level of protection against gender-based violence disregarding of which Member States they are in;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) I a. whereas the Istanbul Convention is a treaty which should be binding only on those signatory states which have also ratified it;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) I b. whereas the European Union must respect the decision of those Member States which, in asserting their sovereignty, have decided not to ratify the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the Istanbul Convention defines ‘gender-based violence’ as ‘violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately’, ‘violence against women’ as ‘a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women and shall mean all acts of gender-based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life’ and ‘gender’ as ‘the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men’;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the Istanbul Convention, in its Article 3, defines ‘gender-based violence’ as ‘violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately’, and furthermore also defines ‘gender’ as ‘the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men’, which recalls that many forms of gender-based violence are rooted in power inequalities;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) J a. whereas the Convention, in Article 3 c defines gender as "the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men", thereby cutting any connection to biological sex or innate design, and making it fluid state depending on the society and its feelings at that time;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the Istanbul Convention is a mixed agreement that allows for accession by the EU in parallel to accession by its Member States; whereas this has been confirmed by the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) as well as by the legal service of the European Parliament;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the accession of all Member States to the Istanbul Convention would
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) — having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995, and to the subsequent monitoring reports adopted at the United Nations Beijing + 5(2000), Beijing + 10 (2005), Beijing + 15 (2010), Beijing + 20 (2015) and2020 UN Women Report ‘Gender equality: women’s rights in review 25 years after Beijing’,
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the accession of all Member States to the Istanbul Convention would support a coordinated approach in fighting violence against women, together with existing or future related measures at EU level, such as the proposal for an EU’s directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the accession of all Member States to the Istanbul Convention
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the accession of all Member States to the Istanbul Convention would support a coordinated approach in fighting
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) L a. whereas, by virtue of the nature of the Treaties, the European Union cannot force any Member State to sign up, which would constitute unacceptable meddling by the EU;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas all Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention, but only 21 have ratified it; whereas six Member States - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia- still have not ratified the Convention; whereas Poland has announced its intention to withdraw from the Convention back in 2020; whereas in Slovakia, the National Council refused the Convention's ratification in 2020 and asked the Slovak President to take back the country's signature, but the President decided to not proceed with the removal; whereas the EU’s accession to the Convention does not exempt Member States from national ratification;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas all Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention, but only 21 have ratified it; whereas the EU’s accession to the Convention does not exempt Member States from national ratification; whereas the EU must take all necessary measures, in cooperation with its Member States to protect and promote the right of all women and girls to live free from gender based violence;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas all Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention, but only 21 have ratified it, the 6 remaining Member States who have not being Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia; whereas the EU’s accession to the Convention does not exempt Member States from national ratification;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas all Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention, but only 21 have ratified it; whereas the EU’s accession to the Convention does not exempt Member States from national ratification; whereas it is up to each Member State to decide whether they wish to ratify the Convention;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) M a. whereas rape culture, as a complex of beliefs that encourages male sexual aggression and supports violence against women, is still a widespread problem throughout Europe and the world which manifests in normalising or trivialising sexual violence, rape or sexual harassment, is rooted in gender stereotypes, sexism, misogyny and the unequal distribution of power across genders;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) M a. whereas Turkey, the first country to sign and ratify the Convention, decided to withdraw from it six years after and is not a State party in the Convention since 1 July 2021; whereas the European institutions condemned this step back which constitutes a dangerous precedent for other Party Members;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) — having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995, and to the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the United Nations Beijing +5 (2000), Beijing +10 (2005), Beijing +15 (2010) and Beijing +20 (2015) special sessions,
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M b (new) M b. whereas several religious, ultra- conservative groups and far-right movements continue to spread false narrative and disinformation regarding the Istanbul Convention, claiming it aims to erase the traditional family and promote gender ideology and homosexuality; whereas these groups use disinformation and populist rhetoric to frighten politicians and citizens;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M c (new) M c. whereas Ukraine became the 36th State to ratify the Convention in June 2022, while defending its territory from Russia’s unjustified, unprovoked and illegal war of aggression; whereas rape and sexual violence against women and girls are used as weapons of war in the conflict; whereas the Convention entered into force on 1st November and its prompt implementation should equip the Ukrainian authorities to deal with atrocities committed by Russians soldiers on women and children, and tackle gender-based violence; whereas Ukraine's ratification in time of war should serve as an example for all Member States which refuse to ratify it or not consider it a priority;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the fact that on 4 March 2016 the Commission proposed the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention, the first comprehensive legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women and gender-based violence, including domestic violence, at
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Warns against making the mistake of putting forth any proposal which includes ideologically motivated content, thus moving away from strictly legal terms, which must be clear, precise and concise, and cannot encompass new definitions that eradicate the binary sexual difference between men and women;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the EU’s signature of the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017; notes that the legal uncertainty caused by the limitation of the scope of the EU’s future accession to certain provisions of the Convention, namely matters related to judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement, as well as the concerns regarding the internal procedure in view of the ratification of the Convention were answered in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Opinion of 6 October 2021; regrets, however, that despite the fact that there are no legal obstacles for the Council to proceed to the ratification of the Convention, as a qualified majority is sufficient to adopt the Convention, it has not ratified the Convention to this date; shares the opinion from the CJEU that the political discretion from the Council is not ‘unlimited’; urges the Council not to delay the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention any longer;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the EU’s signature of the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Acknowledges the relevance and comprehensiveness of the Istanbul Convention’s definition on violence against women and calls for the EU and EU Member States to use this definition in the irrelevant legislation and in the interpretation of this legislation accordingly;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Reiterates its call on the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention on the basis of a broad accession without any limitations, and to advocate its ratification by all the Member States;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. calls on the Council and the Commission to ensure the full integration of the Convention into the EU legislative and policy framework;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) — having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995 and to the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the United Nations Beijing +5 (2005), Beijing +15 (2010), Beijing +20 (2015) and Beijing + 25 (2020) special sessions,
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Recalls that the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention does not exempt Member States from national ratification of the Convention; points out that while all Member States have already signed the Istanbul Convention, six (Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia) have not ratified it yet; calls on the Member States to speed up negotiations on the ratification and implementation of the Istanbul Convention and calls, in particular, on Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia that have signed but not ratified the Convention to do so without delay;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 d (new) 2 d. Strongly condemns the attempts in some Member States to revoke measures already taken in implementing the Istanbul Convention and in combating violence against women;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 e (new) 2 e. Having in mind the backlash against women's rights and the Istanbul Convention in some Member States, especially in Poland, where the Prime Minister requested an examination of the constitutionality of the Istanbul Convention before the Constitutional Tribunal; strongly condemns the attempt to denounce the Istanbul Convention by submitting formal request to work on the withdrawal of the Istanbul Convention by the Minister of Justice in Poland;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 f (new) 2 f. Recalls that, according to the CJEU, by virtue of Article 27 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, parties to an international agreement, may not invoke the provisions of their internal law as justification for their failure to execute a treaty;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 g (new) 2 g. Reminds that according to Articles 11 and 12 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, the consent of a State to be bound by a treaty may be expressed by signature;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence, including the denial of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence, including the denial of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, against women and girls and against LGBTIQ+ persons;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence, including the denial of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, against women and girls and against LGBTIQ+ persons; deplores the fact that women and girls are often exposed to domestic violence, sexual harassment, psychological and physical violence, stalking, sexual violence, rape, forced marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), forced pregnancy, forced sterilisation, sexual exploitation, prostitution, human trafficking and other forms of violence, which constitute a serious violation of their human rights and dignity; stresses that the Istanbul Convention lays down that culture, custom, religion, tradition or so-called ‘honour’ cannot be a justification of any acts of violence against women; denounces the fact that more and more women and girls are victims of gender- based violence on the internet and on social media; calls on the Member States to adopt concrete measures to address these new forms of crime, including sex- extortion, grooming, voyeurism and revenge pornography, and to protect the victims;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) — having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995, and to the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the United Nations Beijing +5 (2000), Beijing +10 (2005),Beijing +15 (2010) and Beijing +20 (2015) special sessions,
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence, including the denial of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, against women and girls and against LGBTIQ+ persons and calls for the implementation of preventive measures, including gender-sensitive education programming directed at both girls and boys; support services and protection measures for survivors such as financial assistance, psychological support, helplines, shelters and access to social housing, as well as measures assisting the victim to safely continue living in their home such as restraining orders for the perpetrator; specialist support for children; obligations for Member States to address appropriately in their respective legislation amongst others custody and visitation rights of children, civil consequences of forced marriages, stalking, including cyberstalking and the use of spyware, denial of reproductive rights and denial of access to reproductive health care and minimum standards for law enforcement;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence, including the denial of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, against women and girls and against LGBTIQ+ persons
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence, including the denial of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, against women and girls and against LGBTIQ+ persons; Strongly affirms that the denial of sexual and reproductive health services and rights, including safe and legal abortion, isa form of violence against women and girls; reiterates that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexuality; calls on all Member States to guarantee a comprehensive sexuality education, full access for women to family planning, and full range of sexual and reproductive health services, including modern contraceptive methods and the right to safe and legal abortion;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence and violations of women’s human rights, including the denial of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, against women and girls and against LGBTIQ+ persons;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence, including the denial of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, against women and girls
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Strongly affirms that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services, including safe and legal abortion, is a form of violence against women and girls; reiterates that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexualities; calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning, and the full range of reproductive and sexual healthservices, including modern contraceptive methods and safe and legalabortion; highlightsthat ECtHR has ruled on several occasions that restrictive abortion laws and lack of implementation violates the human rights of women;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Asks the Commission and the Member States to ensure appropriate gender-sensitive training, procedures and guidelines which place the rights of the victim at the centre for all professionals dealing with the victims of all acts of gender-based violence in order to avoid discrimination, traumatisation or re- victimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings; calls for such improvements in order to also encourage the reporting rate of such crimes;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission within their work to combat gender-based violence to ensure that all legislative and non-legislative initiatives aim to eradicate all forms of gender-based violence, specifically including women in all their diversity and violence against LGBTIQ+ persons on the grounds of gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Reaffirms its commitment to pursue a comprehensive approach to gender-based violence against women and girls and LGBTIQ+ persons at EU level and to ensure a follow-up of its recommendations which have been proposed in a number of resolutions;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 a (new) — having regard to the provisions of the UN legal instruments in the sphere of human rights, in particular those concerning women’s rights, such as the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the principle of non-refoulement, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Stresses that the Istanbul Convention lays down that culture, custom, religion, tradition or so-called ‘honour’ cannot be a justification of any acts of violence against women;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Strongly affirms that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services, including access to safe and legal abortion, is a form of violence against women and girls; reiterates that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexualities; calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning, and the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including modern contraceptive methods and safe and legal abortion; stresses that forced pregnancy is defined as a crime against humanity in Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of 17 July 1998 and is a form of gender-based violence against women that constitutes a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Recalls that forced pregnancy is defined as a crime against humanity in Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of 17 July 1998 and is a form of gender-based violence against women that constitutes a serious violation of thehuman rights and dignity of women and girls;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that criminal justice must be only one part of a comprehensive and integrated response to violence against women encompassing at once prevention, protection, prosecution, and integrated response; Stresses the advantages of the Istanbul Convention’s structure, which follows a holistic, comprehensive and coordinated methodology for addressing the issues of violence against women and girls and gender-based violence, including domestic violence, based on a four pillar approach including all
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the advantages of the Istanbul Convention’s structure, which follows a holistic, comprehensive and coordinated methodology for addressing the issues of violence against women and girls and gender-based violence in its physical, sexual, psychological and economic forms, including domestic violence, based on a four pillar approach including all the aspects from the prevention, to the protection, prosecution and coordinated policies;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Highlights the Istanbul Convention’s approach of placing the rights of the victim at the centre, by addressing gender-based violence and domestic violence from a wide range of perspectives, by providing for measures such as the prevention of violence, the fight against discrimination, through victim protection and support, the protection of children, the protection of women asylum seekers and refugees, as well as through criminal law measures to combat impunity, by the introduction of risk assessment procedures and risk estimation and better data collection, as well as through awareness-raising campaigns and programmes, including in cooperation with national human rights and equality bodies, civil society and NGOs;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning, and the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including modern contraceptive methods and safe and legal abortion;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Stresses the importance of promoting cooperation between the Member States on the issue of gender- based violence, which also enables the Member States with successful policies to share their experiences through exchange of best practices;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Stresses the damage the Istanbul Convention does by concerning itself exclusively with violence against women, thus causing violence against men, who are discriminated against;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) — having regard to the Explanatory Report to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 a (new) — having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to which the EU is a State Party, including the 2015 Concluding Observations of the United UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) to the EU, which call on the EU to accede to the Istanbul Convention as a way to protect women and girls with disabilities from violence,
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Emphasises the Istanbul Convention’s approach about the importance of setting up a preventive intervention and treatment programmes teaching perpetrators of domestic violence to adopt non-violent behaviour in interpersonal relationships in order to prevent further acts of domestic violence and sexual violence;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Whereas the Treaty's own preamble is worded in a discriminatory manner by asserting there has been an alleged historical domination and discrimination of women by men;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Reiterates that the Istanbul Convention should be understood as the minimum standard to eradicate gender- based violence and that the Union should pursue even more decisive and effective legislative measures in that regard;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Takes the view that that the Istanbul Convention refers to gender in a subjective manner and that this gives rise to legal uncertainty in rules;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that the Istanbul Convention benefits from 10 years of functioning and practice through its unique monitoring and implementation system through GREVIO;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that the Istanbul Convention benefits from 10 years of functioning and practice through its unique monitoring and implementation system through GREVIO; recognises the immense work of this expert body in monitoring the implementation of the Convention and calls on all parties to follow their country- specific recommendations;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that the Istanbul Convention benefits from 10 years of functioning and practice through its unique monitoring and implementation system through GREVIO; Stresses the importance of this interactive exchange and process between GREVIO and the participating members;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Notes that while most Member States have formally ratified the Istanbul Convention, this does not imply the full completion of implementation measures stemming from the Convention; calls on all Member States to ensure full implementation of the related measures in their national laws and policies; further calls on the Member States to ensure proper implementation and the allocation of adequate financial and human resources to preventing and combating violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence, as well as to the protection of victims, empowering women and girls and enabling them to be compensated, especially in the case of those living in areas where protection services for victims do not exist or are very limited; urges the Member States to take the recommendations by the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) into account and to improve their legislation to bring it more into line with the Istanbul Convention’s provisions;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Notes the important role played by the Istanbul Convention during the COVID-19 pandemic to help Member States in facing the alarming increase of gender-based violence, considered in this period the shadow pandemic; praises the efforts of some Member States in establishing additional prevention measures as well as protection and support services during the pandemic; however, calls in this regard to setting up a specific EU Protocol on Violence against Women in Times of Crisis and Emergency, complementing the measures enshrined in the Istanbul Convention to enhance the readiness of the European Union to face gender-based violence in these specific situations;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Recalls that, in order to ensure effective implementation of the Istanbul Convention, a two-pillar monitoring mechanism was established: GREVIO which conducts a country by country report and the Committee of the Parties;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 a (new) — having regard to the 1979 United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and its Optional Protocol,
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Notes that the Convention should be implemented together with other specific legislative measures recognising and preventing the specific forms of gender-based cyber violence faced by women and girls, as well as criminalising the acts of gender-based violence perpetrated in the online space; welcomes, in this regard, the European Commission’s proposal for a directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence, where four forms of gender-based cyber violence are criminalised, namely non-consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material, cyber stalking, cyber harassment, and cyber incitement to violence or hatred;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Points out that also women with disabilities and mothers of children with disabilities encountered obstacles in reporting violence and gaining access to justice system, and as GREVIO reported it, including the inaccessibility of police premises, a lack of training and stereotypes of law enforcement officials as well as the lack of information in accessible formats about the assistance to victims of violence and available services;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Takes note of the CJEU Opinion of 6 October 2021, following up on Parliament’s request, which allows the Council to proceed with the ratification of the Istanbul Convention by the European Union without a prior common agreement; considers that now, there is no doubt that the European Union could and should ratify the Convention;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a Considers the premise of the Preamble and Chapter III of the Istanbul Convention to be unacceptable as it prejudges men as supposedly the dominators of and main discriminators against women;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that the EU’s accession will provide a coherent European legal framework for the EU’s internal and external policies to prevent and combat violence against women and gender-based violence
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that the EU’s accession will provide a coherent European legal framework for the EU’s internal and external policies to prevent and combat violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence and to protect and support victims, as well as bringing about better monitoring, interpretation and implementation of EU laws, programmes and funds relevant to the Convention, together with better collection of comparable disaggregated data at EU level;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Points out that the EU’s accession will also allow a more comprehensive collection of data regarding gender-based violence at EU level; Notes that GREVIO has commended the importance of evidence-based policy making and highlights the importance of establishing a system to regularly collect data, and undertake surveys in relation to all forms of violence against women and girls; Welcomes Eurostat’s current efforts to coordinate a survey on gender-based violence in the EU for 2023 to update the latest European Union’s data on gender- based violence from 2014 and, in this regard, asks all Member States party in the Convention to cooperate and take part in it;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Underlines the importance of providing gender sensitive training for law enforcement agencies, judiciary and public prosecutors to ensure early detection of victims and avoid deficient risk assessments and points out the key role of the Istanbul Convention in enhancing Member States' capacities in this field;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 a (new) — having regard to the provisions of the UN legal instruments in the sphere of human rights, in particular those concerning women’s rights,
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States in cooperation with the Council of Europe to address Member States’ reservations, objections and concerns and clarify misleading interpretations of the Istanbul Convention in order to make progress in this area;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Regrets and strongly condemns the political instrumentalisation of the Convention by some Member States; Calls for a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States in cooperation with the Council of Europe to address Member States’ reservations, objections and concerns and clarify misleading and false interpretations of the Istanbul Convention, such as the so-called promotion of destructive gender ideologies, in order to make progress in this area;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States in cooperation with the Council of Europe to address Member States’ reservations, objections and concerns and clarify misleading interpretations of the Istanbul Convention in order to make progress in this area
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a constructive dialogue and effective short, medium and long- term collaboration with various institutions, authorities and NGOs, as well as with the Council and Member States in cooperation with the Council of Europe to address Member States’ reservations, objections and concerns and clarify misleading interpretations of the Istanbul Convention in order to make progress in this area;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States in cooperation with the Council of Europe to address Member States’ reservations, objections and concerns and clarify misleading interpretations of the Istanbul Convention within many Member States in order to make progress in this area;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States in cooperation with the Council of Europe to address Member States’ reservations, objections and concerns and clarify misleading interpretations of the Istanbul Convention in order to m
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States in cooperation with the Council of Europe to address Member States’ reservations, objections and concerns a
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Asks the Commission to draw up a holistic EU strategy on combating gender- based violence that includes a comprehensive plan to combat all forms of gender inequalities, integrating all EU efforts to eradicate gender-based violence;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that Parliament will be fully involved in the Convention’s monitoring process after EU accession to the Istanbul Convention; notes the importance of proceeding with a swift agreement on a code of conduct concerning cooperation between the EU and its Member States for the implementation of the Convention, which should also involve civil society organisations, particularly women´s rights organisations;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 a (new) — having regard to Sustainable Development Goal number 5 on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls,
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that Parliament will be
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that Parliament will be fully involved in the Convention’s monitoring process after EU accession to the Istanbul Convention; calls on Parliament to submit regular progress reports and to identify solutions for the implementation of its provisions;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Points out that while all Member States have already signed the Istanbul Convention, six have not ratified it yet, namely Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia; calls on national authorities to fight against disinformation and launch awareness campaigns in order to dispel all doubt on the Convention and its benefits for the whole society; underlines that the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention does not exempt Member States from national ratification and thus
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Points out that while all Member States have already signed the Istanbul
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Points out that while all Member States have already signed the Istanbul Convention, six have not ratified it yet; underlines that the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention does not exempt Member States from national ratification and thus strongly encourages the remaining Member States Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia that have not already done so to ratify the Convention without delay;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Points out that while all Member States have already signed the Istanbul Convention,
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Points out that while all Member States have already signed the Istanbul Convention, six have not ratified it yet and one is threatening to withdraw from it; underlines that the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention does not exempt Member States from national ratification and thus strongly encourages the remaining Member States that have not already done so to ratify the Convention without delay;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Points out that while all Member States have already signed the Istanbul Convention, six have not ratified it yet;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Notes Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention as of 1 July 2021, which once again distances Turkey from the values of the European Union, calls on the Commission and the Council to end all funding to Turkey under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III) through the current and future multi-annual financial frameworks; insists that all EU-membership negotiations with Turkey be halted immediately;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 b (new) — having regard to the provisions of the UN legal instruments in the sphere of human rights, in particular those concerning women’s rights, such as the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, the Convention on the Eliminationof All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the principle of non-refoulement, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Strongly condemns all initiatives that pursue to replace the Istanbul Convention with any alternative document which is not based on the same approach towards gender discrimination and gender power relations;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Stresses that ratification of the Istanbul Convention cannot be made mandatory when there are conflicts between it and the constitutions of certain Member States;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes with concern the growing opposition towards the Istanbul Convention in some Member States and the attempts to disparage the Convention and its positive impact on the eradication of gender-based violence; condemns all attempts to spread disinformation about the Istanbul Convention; reiterates, in this regard, its strong condemnation of the smear campaigns against the Istanbul Convention as a rejection of the internationally agreed zero-tolerance norm for violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes with concern the growing opposition towards the Istanbul Convention in some Member States and the attempts to disparage the Convention and its positive impact on the eradication of gender-based violence; condemns all attempts to spread disinformation about the Istanbul Convention
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes with concern the
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes with concern the growing opposition towards the Istanbul Convention in some Member States and the attempts to disparage the Convention and its positive impact on the eradication of gender-based violence; condemns all attempts to spread disinformation about the Istanbul Convention; and to evoke fears among societies about the allegedly destructive impact of the Convention on family and traditional gender roles;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 b (new) Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to organise and carry out information campaigns regarding the Istanbul Convention and its provisions and to support partnerships between authorities and NGOs and jointly run programmes, in order to facilitate the implementation of its provisions;
Amendment 251 #
12. Calls on Member States to take into account the conclusions of the Mid-term Horizontal Review of GREVIO baseline evaluation reports24
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on Member States to take into account the conclusions and good practices of the Mid-term Horizontal Review of GREVIO baseline evaluation reports24 and use them to give new momentum to the Convention's implementation; _________________ 24 https://rm.coe.int/prems-010522-gbr-
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Notes that where the convention repeatedly portrays women and girls as victims, and men and boys as perpetrators, an antagonism between the sexes and unhealthy roles are delineated, which could in fact exacerbate the problem rather than solving it;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Underlines that there are no legal obstacles for the Council to proceed to the ratification of the Convention, as a qualified majority is sufficient to adopt the
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, which will be the first EU act comprehensively to address gender-based violence, thus helping to harmonise Member States’ differing approaches towards violence against women and domestic violence and to lay down common minimum standards for the protection of victims and survivors of gender-based violence and for improving their access to justice; stresses that this legislative act does not substitute the Convention, as it only covers some part of it and thus the Convention remains an essential tool for the EU strategy against gender-based violence;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, which will be the first EU act comprehensively
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, which will be the first EU act comprehensively to address gender-based violence, thus helping to harmonise Member States’ differing approaches towards violence against women and domestic violence and to lay down common minimum standards for the protection of victims and survivors of gender-based violence and for improving their access to justice; highlights that the proposal should not be used as a pretext for not ratifing the Istanbul Convention and that both are complementary;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 b (new) — having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to which the EU is a State Party, including the 2015 Concluding Observations of the United UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) to the EU, which call on the EU to accede to the Istanbul Convention as a way to protect women and girls with disabilities from violence,
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, which will be the first EU act comprehensively to address
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, which will be the first EU act comprehensively to address and combat gender-based violence, thus helping to harmonise Member States’ differing approaches towards violence against women and domestic violence and to lay down common minimum standards for the protection of victims and survivors of gender-based violence and for improving their access to justice;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Stresses that the directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence proposed by the European Commission on 8 March 2022 aims to establish common minimum standards for the protection of victims of gender-based violence by improving their access to justice, by encouraging Member States to set up a mechanism of one-stop shops to provide guidance, counselling and protection to victims, and by developing shelters with an adequate distribution of one family per 10 000 inhabitants, as foreseen in the final activity report of the Council of Europe Task Force to Combat Violence against Women, including Domestic Violence (EG-TFV (2008)6);
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Highlights the need for a more victim-centred approach, especially regarding further support to women’s specialist services, providing victims a "Safe leave" as well as increased primary prevention of gender-based violence and domestic violence, which has to start from early age and continue through focused lifelong public education.
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Calls on the Commission to draw up a holistic EU strategy on combating violence against women and gender-based violence that includes a comprehensive plan to combat all forms of gender inequalities, integrating all EU efforts to eradicate violence against women;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Notes that the inclusion of gender- based violence as an eurocrime - which was also a promise of President Von der Leyen - would have been a more adequate and efficient legal basis for the proposed European Commission’s directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence; Reiterates its call on the Council to activate the passerelle clause by adopting a unanimous decision identifying gender-
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Reiterates its call on the Council to activate the passerelle clause by adopting a unanimous decision identifying gender- based violence a
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Reiterates its call on the Council to activate the passerelle clause by adopting a unanimous decision identifying gender- based violence
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Strongly affirms that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services, including safe and legal abortion, is a form of violence against women and girls; calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive age appropriate sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning, and the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including modern contraceptive methods and safe and legal abortion; notes thus with deep concern that in some Member States sexual and reproductive rights of women are on threat; calls on these Member States to withdraw from these initiatives and to ensure that women have full access to affordable reproductive and sexual health services;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 b (new) — having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), to which the EU is a State Party, including the 2015 Concluding Observations of the UN CRPD Committee to the EU, which call on the EU to accede to the Istanbul Convention as a way to protect women and girls with disabilities from violence,
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Considering the extent and gravity of gender-based violence and sexual harassment in the workplace, calls on the Member States to ratify and implement ILO Violence and Harassment Convention No. 190;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15 b. Strongly affirms that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services, including safe and legal abortion, is a form of violence against women and girls; reiterates that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexualities; calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning, and the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including modern contraceptive methods and safe and legal abortion. Notes thus with deep concern that in some Member States sexual and reproductive rights of women are on threat and that in fact Poland banned safe and legal abortion; calls on these Member States to withdraw from these initiatives and to ensure that women have full access to affordable reproductive and sexual health services;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Recognises the incredible amount of work performed by civil society organisations, in particular women’s human rights organisations, in preventing and combating violence against women and girls and other forms of gender-based violence, and their efforts to provide assistance to the victims of gender-based violence; urges the Member States and the Commission to support these activities by providing sufficient human and financial resources; further urges the Commission to ensure enhanced funding for the CERV programme in order to support NGOs and civil society organizations providing support to victims of gender- based violence and working to eradicate gender-based violence;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Recognises the incredible amount of work performed by civil society organisations, in particular women’s human rights organisations, in preventing and combating violence against women and girls and their efforts to provide assistance to the victims of gender-based violence;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Recognises the incredible amount of work performed by civil society organisations, in particular women’s
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Recognises the incredible amount of work performed by civil society organisations, in particular women’s human rights organisations, in preventing and combating violence against women and girls and their efforts to provide assistance to the victims of gender-based violence; urges the Member States to support these activities by providing sufficient, reliable, and sustainable human and financial resources;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Recognises the pivotal role of and incredible amount of work performed by civil society organisations, in particular women’s human rights organisations, in preventing and combating violence against women and girls and their efforts to provide assistance to the victims of gender- based violence;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Reiterates that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe and legal abortion, is a form of gender-based violence and a violation of women’s and girls' fundamental human rights; reiterates that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexualities; calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education and universal access to the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including ready access to family planning, modern contraceptive methods and free, safe and legal abortion"; Is therefore deeply concerned that in some Member States sexual and reproductive rights of women are under threat, as in Poland the illegitimate Constitutional Tribunal ruled on 22 October 2020 to reverse long- established rights of Polish women entailing a de facto abortion ban, abortion is banned in Malta, medical abortion in early pregnancy is not legal in Slovakia and is not available in Hungary and access to abortion is also being eroded in Italy.
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Calls on Member States to continue and strengthen the protection of children who are victims of or witness episodes of domestic and intimate partner violence; in particular condemns the use, assertion and acceptance of non-scientific theories and concepts in custody cases which punish mothers who attempt to report cases of child abuse or gender- based violence by preventing them from obtaining custody or by restricting their parental rights, such as the so-called parental alienation syndrome;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Recalls, moreover, the commitment of the President of the European Commission to defend the ratification of the Istanbul Convention by the European Union in her speech to the plenary of the European Parliament on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 25-26 March 2021 and on the outcome of the EU-Turkey meeting of 6 April 2021;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 b (new) — having regard to its report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which calls for the EU to become a party to the Istanbul Convention as a further step in combating violence against women and girls with disabilities,
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Asks the European Commission and Member States to allocate adequate and sustainable financial and human resources to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence, as well as the specific services helping victims, particularly regarding access to justice and specialised shelters;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Urges the Council to step up procedures in order to ensure the EU’s swift ratification of the Istanbul Convention
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Urges the Council to step up procedures in order to ensure the EU’s swift ratification of the Istanbul Convention, ensuring they pay careful attention to Member States' sovereign competences, the principle of proportionality and the Commission's own policies on Better Regulation which seeks EU laws which are "simpler and better", and "avoid unnecessary burdens"; notes that the Istanbul Convention complicates national legal competences which already cover most cases of violence as crimes, and makes the EU legally bound, even when Member States do not wish to be;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Urges the Council to
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Urges the Council to step up procedures in order to ensure the EU’s swift ratification of the Istanbul Convention; ; and to ensure, despite the signing of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention, a broad EU accession to the Convention without any limitations
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Urges the Council to step up procedures in order to ensure the EU’s swift ratification of the Istanbul Convention and to ensure, despite the signing of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention, a broad EU accession to the Convention without any limitations;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Urges the Council to step up procedures in order to ensure the EU’s swift ratification of the Istanbul Convention and to ensure a broad EU accession to the Convention without any limitations;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Urges the Council to s
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 b (new) — having regard to its report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which calls for the EU to become a party to the Istanbul Convention as a further step in combating violence against women and girls with disabilities,
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Calls the Member States to enforce the Istanbul Convention and allocate adequate financial and human resources to preventing and combating violence against women and gender-based violence, including domestic and intimate violence, empowering women and girls, and protecting victims and enabling them to be compensated, especially in the case of those living in areas where protection services for victims do not exist or are very limited;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Urges the Council to ensure that Parliament will be fully engaged in the monitoring process of the Istanbul Convention following the EU’s accession; to proceed with a swift agreement on a code of conduct concerning cooperation between the EU and its Member States for the implementation of the Convention, which should also involve civil society organisations, particularly women´s rights organisations.
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17 b. Calls the Commission to draw up a holistic EU strategy on combating violence against women and gender-based violence that includes a comprehensive plan to combat all forms of gender inequalities, integrating all EU efforts to eradicate gender based violence;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 — having regard to the Treaty on the European Union (TEU), in particular Articles 2 and 3 thereof, of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), in particular, Articles 8, 10, 19, 83, 153 and 157 of thereof the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 30 #
— having regard to General recommendation No. 35 on gender-based violence against women, updating general recommendation No. 19, of 14 July 2017 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 b (new) — having regard to General recommendation No. 33 on women’s access to justice of 3 August 2015 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 b (new) — having regard to the 1993 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 c (new) — having regard to its report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which calls for the EU to become a party to the Istanbul Convention as a further step in combating violence against women and girls with disabilities,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 c (new) — having regard to the CEDW Committee General Recommendations 12, 19 and 35 on violence against women,
Amendment 35 #
— having regard to the United Nations General Assembly 2020 Resolution entitled ‘Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) — having regard to the Commission proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence of 8 March 2022,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 24 June 2020 entitled ‘EU Strategy on victims’ rights (2020- 2025)’,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 b (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 12 November 2020 entitled ‘Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025’,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 c (new) — having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘A long-term Vision for the EU's Rural Areas - Towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040’ (COM/2021/345),
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 — having regard to Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services4
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 13 February 2019 on experiencing a backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU 1a, _________________ 1a OJ C 449, 23.12.2020, p. 102
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 b (new) — having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019on the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence 1a, _________________ 1a OJ C 232, 16.6.2021, p. 48
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 c (new) — having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality 1a, _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2021-0025_EN.html
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 d (new) — having regard to its resolution of 11 February 2021on challenges ahead for women’s rights in Europe: more than 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1a, _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2021-0058_EN.html
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) — having regards to its resolution of 6 October 2021 on the impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 a (new) Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 30 a (new) — having regard to the European Commission’s proposal for a directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence of 8 March 2022;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 30 a (new) — having regard to the Gender Equality Index Reports of the European Institute for Gender Equality published since 2013,
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 30 b (new) — having regard to the 2021 report of the European Institutefor Gender Equality entitled ‘The costs of gender- based violence in the European Union’,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 — having regard to the judgements of the European Court of Human Rights in
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 30 b (new) — having regard to the commitments made at the Generation Equality Forum of July 2021,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 30 c (new) — having regard to the Council of Europe report entitled ‘Overview of studies on the costs of violence against women and domestic violence’,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 30 d (new) 30 d having regard to the European Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on combating violence against women and domestic violence,
Amendment 53 #
A. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU, enshrined in Article 2 of TEU and stressed in Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and must be mainstreamed in
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU, enshrined in Article 2 of TEU and stressed in Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and must be mainstreamed in EU activities, policies and programmes; whereas the eradication of gender-based violence against women and girls is a prerequisite to achieving real gender equality;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU, enshrined in Article 2 of TEU and stressed in Article 23 of the
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas “violence against women” is understood as a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women and shall mean all acts of gender-based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life, as per the definition of the Istanbul Convention; whereas the Istanbul Convention defines ‘gender-based violence’ as ‘violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately’;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas gender-based violence is violence directed against a person because of that person's gender or violence that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately; whereas ‘violence against women’ means any act of gender- based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 — having regard to the
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas the concept of gender- based violence is a misleading term that, owing to its ideological underpinnings, distorts the objective nature of a normative type of violence;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) A b. whereas gender-based violence shall be understood in its complete and broad definition laid down above, including economic and structural violence, and whereas liberty means the full possibilities to fulfil one’s own potential;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) A b. whereas violence can affect any person, regardless of their sex;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) A c. whereas the concept of gender- based violence implies a difference in treatment between men and women, in violation of the principle of equality;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas gender-based violence
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls is a severe form of gender inequality and discrimination; is a violation of women’s human rights, and is a serious obstacle to the participation of women in social, public and political life and in the labour market and make them unable to fully enjoy their rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls is a severe form of gender inequality and discrimination and constitutes a violation of their human rights;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls is a severe form of gender inequality and discrimination and is a violation of women’s human rights;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls is a severe form of
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) — having regard to the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed in Rome on 4 November 195030, and in particular to Articles 2, 3, 8, 14, and the Protocol No. 12 to the Convention,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls is a structural and widespread problem throughout Europe and the world, and is a phenomenon that involves victims and perpetrators irrespective of their age, education, income, social status, cultural backgrounds and is linked to the unequal and unfair distribution of power between women and men in our societies; and whereas anyone can be a victim of potential gender-based violence, women are disproportionately affected by all forms of such violence, including domestic violence, due to structural gender discrimination and unequal distribution of power and resources between women and men in public and private spheres;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas women and girls in all their diversity are particularly targeted by gender-based violence; whereas LGBTIQ+ persons are victims of gender- based violence because of their gender, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics; whereas intersectional forms of discrimination, including discrimination based on race, language, religion, belief, national or social origin, belonging to a national or ethnic minority, birth, sexual orientation, age, state of health, disability, marital status or migrant or refugee status can exacerbate the consequences of gender-based violence;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas women experience varying and intersecting forms of discrimination, which have an aggravating negative impact; whereas the diversity of women and the risks of intersecting forms of discrimination should be taken into consideration;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) B b. 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 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) B b. whereas combating gender-based violence requires an understanding of its causes and contributing factors as well as its consequences; whereas sexism, gender stereotypes and structural inequalities experienced by women provide fertile ground for gender-based violence;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) B c. whereas the present decade is witnessing a visible and increasing organised offensive against gender equality, women’s rights and the rights of LGBTIQ+ persons, which is particularly manifested in a number of Member States; which has the consequence of a visible increase in online and offline violence against women and LGBTIQ+ persons;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B d (new) B d. whereas the level of gender equality is often indicative and serves as a first warning of the deteriorating situation of fundamental rights and values, including democracy and rule of law, in a given society; whereas efforts to restrict or undermine women’s rights and gender- equality are frequently a sign of broader societal conflict;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas 1 in 3 women in the EU, around 62 million women, has experience physical and/or sexual violence; whereas more than half of women (55 %) in the EU has experienced sexual harassment at least once since the age of 151a; whereas recently the estimated cost of gender-based violence and intimate partner violence in the European Union have increased by around one third, and the estimated costs of gender-based violence is EUR 366 billion23
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas recently the estimated cost of gender-based violence and intimate partner violence in the European Union have increased by around one third, and the estimated costs of gender-based violence is EUR 366 billion23 ; whereas there are still many types of and aspects regarding gender-based violence where data remains insufficient; _________________ 23 European Institute for Gender Equality,
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) — having regard to the issue paper of the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights of 4 December 2017 entitled ‘Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe’,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas recently the estimated cost of gender-based violence and intimate partner violence in the European Union have increased by around one third, and the estimated costs of gender-based violence is EUR 366 billion per year23 ; _________________ 23 European Institute for Gender Equality,
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas there is an ongoing oppressive backlash against gender equality and especially women and girls’ rights in the European Union and throughout the world; whereas during the pandemic, violence against women increased and their feelings of safety were eroded; whereas more than 45 % of women worldwide have reported that they or a woman they know has experienced some form of violence and 65 % of women have reported experiencing it in their lifetime; whereas many European countries saw a sharp increase in the reported cases of femicides and this number is in constant increase in some of them; whereas the fight against the gender based-violence should therefore be a priority even more after the lessons learned pandemic;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the Covid-19 pandemic has led to an increase in violence against women and domestic violence; highlights the decrease in access to essential services such as emergency accommodation and telephone assistance, which confirms how urgent it is to adopt concrete measures to combat such violence;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas the EU must take all necessary measures to promote and protect the right of all women and girls to live free from violence;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas violence against women and domestic violence cause physical, mental or sexual health problems for the women and their children who fall victim to such violence and as such constitute a public health issue;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls can affect many fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter; which include the right to human dignity (Article 1), the right to life (Article 2), the right to the integrity of the person (Article 3), the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 4), the right to liberty and security (Article 6), the right to freedom from discrimination, including on the grounds of sex (Article 21), and the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas gender-based violence
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls can affect many fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter and other international and European human rights instruments;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas gender-based violence against
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 b (new) — having regard to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 23 May 1969, and in particular, Articles 11, 12, 26 and 27 thereof,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas certain groups of women, such as women and girls with disabilities, are particularly affected by violence, abuse or exploitation, both outside and inside the home;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas gender-based violence against women may take the form of offences such as sexual exploitation, including the exploitation of the prostitution of others and sexual exploitation for reproductive purposes, including surrogacy, sexual violence, including rape, female genital mutilation, trafficking in women for the purposes of sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, ‘honour crimes’ and forced marriages, denial of safe and legal abortion, femicide, stalking and various forms of cyberviolence;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas gender-based violence against women may take the form of offences such as sexual violence, including rape, female genital mutilation, forced sterilizations, trafficking
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas gender-based violence against women may take the form of offences such as sexual violence, including rape,
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas gender-based violence against women may take the form of offences such as sexual violence, including rape, female genital mutilation, trafficking in women for the purposes of sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, ‘honour crimes’
Amendment 98 #
E. whereas gender-based violence against women may take the form of offences such as sexual violence, including rape, female genital mutilation, trafficking in women for the purposes of sexual exploitation, sexual harassment,
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas
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