2019/2166(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

— having regard to Articles 2 and 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and Articles 6, 8, and 867 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

— having regard to General recommendation No. 35 on gender-based violence against women, updating general recommendation No. 19 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee),

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas EIGE, UN Women and other organisations have gathered substantial evidence of the gender impact of the crisis, and whereas it is nevertheless difficult to fully assess the impact of the crisis due to the lack of comparable, gender-disaggregated data in the Member States;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas women and children across the EU are not equally protected against gender-based violence owing to differing policies and legislation across the Member States;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

F b. whereas police and judicial systems often do not provide sufficient support to women and children; whereas, in many cases,victims of gender-based violence can be subjected to degrading comments by law enforcement officials which exacerbates their fear of reporting the violence;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas in some Member States ~~intimate partner violence against women is often neglected and~~ the default rule of joint custody appears to prevail in cases of child custody, access, contact and visitation arrangements and decisions; whereas disregarding ~~such~~intimate partner violence can lead to ~~dire~~ consequences for ~~women and children~~the victims, which may escalate into ~~femicide and/or infant~~homicide; whereas victims of intimate partner violence need special protection measures; ~~whereas the victims’ situation is likely to worsen if they are economically or socially dependent on the perpetrator;~~

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas in some Member States intimate partner violence against women is often neglected and the default rule of ~~joint custod~~shared custody or parental authority appears to prevail in cases of child custody, access, contact and visitation arrangements and decisions based on the flawed assumptions that violence will end with the dissolution of the marriage/relationship, or that a violent partner can be a good parent; whereas disregarding such violence ~~can~~ leads to dire consequences for women and children, which may escalate into femicide and/or infanticide; whereas victims of intimate partner violence need special protection measures; whereas the victims’ situation is likely to worsen if they are economically or socially dependent on the perpetrator;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas in some Member States intimate partner violence against women is often neglected and the default rule of joint custody appears to prevail in cases of child custody, access, contact and visitation arrangements and decisions; whereas disregarding such violence can lead to dire consequences for women and children, which may escalate into femicide and/or infanticide; whereas victims of intimate partner violence need special protection measures; whereas the victims’ situation ~~is likely to~~considerably worsens if they are economically or socially dependent on the perpetrator;

Amendment 106 #

Luisa REGIMENTI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gunnar BECK, Annika BRUNA, Christine ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas in the context of intimate partner violence, the reference to parental alienation syndrome and to similar concepts and terms puts into question victims’ parental skills, dismisses their word and disregards the violence to which children are exposed; whereas accusations of parental alienation by abusive fathers against mothers must be considered as a continuation of power and control by state agencies and actors, including those deciding on child custody;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas in situations of marital or relationship breakdown, allegations of interpersonal violence should be addressed before custody and visitation issues can be addressed; whereas in order to assess allegations of interpersonal violence in custody cases, the professionals involved must have specialist knowledge;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

G b. whereas law enforcement risk assessments in most Member States do not systematically include information provided by children about their experiences of intimate partner violence;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)

G c. whereas fair remuneration and economic independence are an essential prerequisite for enabling women to leave an abusive and violent relationship; whereas in some Member States the enforcement of court decisions granting financial compensation from the abusers are to be pursued by the victim and this practice forces the victim to stay in contact with the abuser, putting her at further physical and emotional risk;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

— having regard to the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption,

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the right of every child to maintain contact with both parents and relatives, particularly grandparents, implied in Article 8 of the ECHR and Article 9 of the CRC, ~~may be restricted by~~should protect the best interests of the child;

Amendment 111 #

Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Gunnar BECK, Annika BRUNA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the right of every child to maintain contact with both parents, implied in Article 8 of the ECHR and Article 9 of the CRC, ~~may~~should be restricted byif necessary for the best interests of the child;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the right of every child to maintain contact with both parents, implied in Article 8 of the ECHR and Article 9 of the CRC, may be ~~restric~~adapted byin the best interests of the child;

Amendment 113 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. Whereas during confinement, national platforms and helplines reported a sharp increase in domestic violence reports and complaints, and according to the WHO, emergency services across Europe have recorded an increase in calls of up to 60% from victims of domestic violence ; whereas this phenomenon is dubbed “The Shadow Pandemic”;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas according to article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, children have the right to express their views in all matters affecting them, including in judicial and administrative proceedings, and their views have tobe given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child;

Amendment 115 #

Pina PICIERNO, Brando BENIFEI, Rovana PLUMB, Maria NOICHL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Marina KALJURAND, Alessandra MORETTI, Caterina CHINNICI, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. Whereas anonymous complaints and complaints later retired by victims may hamper further investigation by the authorities and present an obstacle to the prevention of further violence;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas criminal proceedings arising from a complaint of domestic violence are often dealt with completely separately from separation proceedings; whereas this can mean that shared custody of the children is ordered and/or visitation rights imposed that endanger the rights and safety of the victim or the children; whereas this can have irreversible consequences for children's mental and emotional development, actually affecting their best interests;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas criminal proceedings arising from a complaint of domestic violence ~~are often dealt with completely separately from~~should be connected with the family court in separation proceedings; and whereas ~~this can mean that shared custody of the children is ordered and/or visitation rights imposed that endanger the rights and~~confirmation of findings of fact in this case should be used to establish shared custody of the children, while upholding the human right to the presumption of the innocence of the person against whom allegations have been made and visitation arrangements with a view to guaranteeing the safety of the victim and/or the children;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas criminal proceedings arising from a complaint of domestic violence are often dealt with completely separately from separation and custody proceedings; whereas this can mean that shared custody of the children is ordered and/or visitation rights imposed that endanger the rights and safety of the victim or the children;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)

— having regard to European Parliament resolution of 29 November 2018 on the role of the German Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) in cross- border family disputes (2018/2856(RSP)),

Amendment 120 #

Brando BENIFEI, Pina PICIERNO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria NOICHL, Rovana PLUMB

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas the right of the child to be heard and fully informed in a child- friendly manner at all stages of the criminal proceedings should always be a primary consideration in accordance with Art. 4 and 16 of the Directive (EU) 2016/800;

Amendment 121 #

Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas according to Article 67 TFEU, the Union should constitute an area of freedom, security and justice with respect for fundamental rights, to which non-discriminatory access to justice for all is instrumental;

Amendment 122 #

Brando BENIFEI, Pina PICIERNO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria NOICHL, Rovana PLUMB, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

I b. where the best interest of the child should always be the primary consideration in all decisions concerning children, including family disputes;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas it is ~~preferable to avoid all mediation~~necessary to ensure that the safety and protection of victims is given primary consideration in family law cases, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, such as mediation, should not be used in cases ofwhere violence against women and children is present, either before or during the judicial proce~~ss, where the safety of the victim needs to be the primary consideration~~edings, in order to avoid further harm to the victims;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas it is preferable to avoid ~~all~~ mediation ~~in cases of violence against women~~, either before or during the judicial process, where the safety of the victim ~~needs to be the primary consideration~~would be at risk;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas ~~it is preferable to avoid all mediation in cases of violence against women, either before or during the judicial process, where the safety of the victim needs to be the primary consideration~~mediation may be beneficial in cases that are not deemed to be particularly serious in a police risk assessment, as the safety of the victim is the key criterion to follow;

Amendment 126 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas ~~it is preferable to avoid all mediation~~mediation should be avoided in cases of violence against women, either before or during the judicial process, where the safety of the victim needs to be the primary consideration;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

J a. whereas eight years since its adoption, the Istanbul Convention has not yet been ratified by 6 EU Member States (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia Lithuania, Slovakia), or by the EU; whereas the Istanbul Convention is the most important existing international framework to prevent and combat gender- based violence;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the Istanbul Convention calls on states to protect all victims of intimate partner violence regardless of sex or age, requires the Parties to adopt legislative or other necessary measures to ensure that incidents of domestic violence, while upholding the principle of presumption of innocence, are taken into account when determining custody and visitation rights in relation to children, and that the exercise of any visitation or custody rights does not jeopardise the rights and safety of the victim or their children;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the Istanbul Convention requires the Parties to adopt legislative or other necessary measures to ensure that incidents of domestic violence are taken into account when determining custody and visitation rights in relation to children, and that the exercise of any visitation or custody rights does not jeopardise the rights and safety of the victim or their children; whereas the Istanbul Convention has not been ratified yet by Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia nor the EU;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)

— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, its principle 2,

Amendment 130 #

Annika BRUNA, Jean-Paul GARRAUD

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the Istanbul Convention requires the Parties to adopt legislative or other necessary measures to ensure that incidents of domestic violence are taken into account when determining custody and visitation rights in relation to children, and that the exercise of any visitation or custody rights does not jeopardise the rights and safety of the victim or their children; whereas the Istanbul convention has still not been ratified by all Members States;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas ~~the Istanbul Convention requires the Parties to adopt legislative or other~~legislative measures are necessary ~~measures~~ to ensure that incidents of domestic violence are taken into account when determining custody and visitation rights in relation to children, and that the exercise of any visitation or custody rights does not jeopardise the rights and safety of the victim or their children;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas shared custody in situations of intimate partner violence exposes women to a continuum of preventable violence, by forcing them to stay in geographical proximity to their abusers, and subjecting them to further exposure to physical and psychological violence, as well as emotional abuse; whereas, in cases of intimate partner violence, the right of women to be protected and live a life free of physical and psychological violence should take precedence over the preference for shared custodys desirable for both spouses and the children themselves, provided that a judge establishes that the circumstances allow it and conditions with their appropriate supervision are upheld;

Amendment 133 #

Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas shared custody in situations of intimate partner violence exposes women to a continuum of preventable violence, by forcing them to stay in geographical proximity to their abusers, and subjecting them to further exposure to physical and psychological violence, as well as emotional abuse, which can have a direct or indirect impact on children; whereas, in cases of intimate partner violence, the right of women to be protected and live a life free of physical and psychological violence should take precedence over the preference for shared custody, while bearing in mind the need to respect the best interests of the child;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas shared custody in situations of intimate partner violence exposes women and in consequence children to a continuum of preventable violence, by forcing them to stay in geographical proximity to their abusers, and subjecting them to further exposure to physical and psychological violence, as well as emotional abuse; whereas, in cases of intimate partner violence, the right of women and children to be protected and live a life free of physical and psychological violence should take precedence over the preference for shared custody;

Amendment 135 #

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas shared custody in situations of intimate partner violence exposes ~~women~~victims to a continuum of preventable violence, by forcing them to stay in geographical proximity to their abusers, and subjecting them to further exposure to physical and psychological violence, as well as emotional abuse; whereas, in cases of intimate partner violence, the right of women and children to be protected and live a life free of physical and psychological violence should take precedence over the preference for shared custody;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas shared custody in situations of intimate partner violence exposes women to a continuum of preventable violence, by forcing them to stay in geographical proximity to their abusers, and subjecting them to further exposure to physical and psychological violence, as well as emotional abuse; whereas, in cases of intimate partner violence, the right of women and children to be protected and live a life free of physical and psychological violence should take precedence over the preference for shared custody;

Amendment 137 #

Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN

L a. whereas it is therefore essential to give due attention to this type of violence while deciding on separation and provisional custody arrangements; whereas the courts of the Member States should ensure a comprehensive assessment under the "best interest of the child" principal, to determine custody and visitation rights with all relevant services and psychological support;

Amendment 138 #

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Ewa KOPACZ, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

L a. Whereas the victims that are not financially independent are often forced to stay with their perpetrator within the same residence to avoid financial insecurity, homelessness or poverty and this tendency was lately enhanced through the COVID-19 pandemic;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

L a. whereas access to support services is critical to women exposed to intimate partner violence; whereas, there remain insufficient numbers of specialised and generalist support services for victims of intimate partner violence;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8

~~— having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which entered into force on 1 January 2016, and, in particular, to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 on gender equality,~~deleted

Amendment 140 #

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ewa KOPACZ, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)

L b. whereas, helplines are a critical channel to reaching support but only 13 Member States have implemented the EU 116 006 helpline for all victims of crimes, and only few Member States have specialist helplines for intimate partner violence;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas intimate partner violence is inherently interlinked with violence against children and child abuse; whereas children who are exposed to domestic violence are likely to suffer negative mental and physical health consequences that could be acute and chronic in nature; whereas child ~~victimisation in situations of violence against women may continue and escalate in the context of parental disputes over custody and care;~~ ren who grow up in violent home are more likely to become victims of child abuse, to have behavioural and psychological problems, learning disorders, limited social skills, may exhibit violent, risky or delinquent behaviour, suffer from depression, severe anxiety; whereas child victimisation in situations of violence against women may continue and escalate in the context of parental disputes over custody and care; whereas the mental health and wellbeing of children has deteriorated due to containment measures undertaken because of COVID-19; whereas the level of mental health services for children differs significantly between Member States and in many is not sufficient;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas intimate partner violence is inherently interlinked with violence against children and child abuse; whereas being exposed to domestic violence is to be considered as violence against children; whereas children who are exposed to domestic violence are likely to suffer negative mental and physical health consequences that could be acute and chronic in nature; whereas child victimisation in situations of violence against women may continue and escalate in the context of parental disputes over custody and care;

Amendment 143 #

Marion WALSMANN, Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA

M. whereas intimate partner violence ~~is inherently~~may be interlinked with violence against children and child abuse; whereas children who are exposed to domestic violence are likely to suffer negative mental and physical health consequences ~~that could be acute and chronic in nature; whereas child victimisation in situations of violence against wome~~, and whereas child victimisation may continue and escalate in the context of parental disputes over custody and care;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas intimate partner violence is inherently interlinked with violence against children and child abuse; whereas children who are exposed to domestic violence ~~are likely to~~ suffer negative mental and/or physical health consequences that could be acute and chronic in nature; whereas child victimisation in situations of violence against women may continue and escalate in the context of parental disputes over custody and care;

Amendment 145 #

Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas growing up in a violent domestic environment has ~~important~~very negative implications for the child’s development and subsequent behaviour as an adult; whereas exposure to violence as a child, either through experiencing maltreatment and/or witnessing partner violence, constitutes a risk factor for becoming vulnerable to victimisation or committing violence as an adult;

Amendment 146 #

Annika BRUNA, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Luisa REGIMENTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas growing up in a violent domestic environment has important implications for the child’s ~~development and subsequent behaviour as an adul~~physical, emotional, and social development; whereas exposure to violence as a child, either through experiencing maltreatment and/or witnessing partner violence, constitutes a risk factor for becoming vulnerable to victimisation or committing violence as an adult;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)

Na. whereas children who are victims of or witnesses to intimate partner violence have more health problems (stunting, allergies, ENT and dermatological problems, headaches, stomach aches, sleeping and eating disorders, etc.), adjustment disorders (school phobia, hyperactivity, irritability, learning difficulties) and problems with concentration and behaviour;

Amendment 148 #

Annika BRUNA, Jean-Paul GARRAUD

Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)

Nb. whereas various studies show, on the one hand, that children who have lived in a violent family environment are heavily overrepresented among offenders and, on the other hand, that transgenerational repetition of violence is frequently observed;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas transnational separation proceedings are more complex in nature; whereas increased mobility within the EU has led to a growing number of cross- border disputes on parental responsibility and child custody; whereas the Commission must step up its efforts to promote in all Member States the consistent and concrete implementation of the principles set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by all EU Member States;

Amendment 15 #

Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8

— having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which entered into force on 1 January 2016, and, in particular, to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 on gender equality, as well as SDG 16.2 on ending all forms of violence against children so every child can live free from fear, neglect, abuse and exploitation,

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas transnational separation proceedings are more complex in nature and generally take longer;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas ~~transnational separation~~cross-border separation, divorce and custody proceedings are more complex in nature;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)

O a. whereas in some Member States, in family disputes having cross-border implications the protection of the best interests of the child is systematically interpreted by the competent authorities with the need to ensure that children remain on the State's territory, even in cases where abuse and domestic violence against the other parent have been reported;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)

O a. whereas Member States, as parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, must hold the best interests of the child as a primary consideration in all public action, including when dealing with cross-border family disputes;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)

O b. whereas the competent German institutions including the German Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) systematically misinterpret the best interests of the child as being and remaining on the German territory, even in cases where abuse and domestic violence against the non-German parent have been reported;

Amendment 155 #

Pina PICIERNO, Brando BENIFEI, Rovana PLUMB, Maria NOICHL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Marina KALJURAND, Alessandra MORETTI, Caterina CHINNICI, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

P a. Whereas article 83(1) of the TFEU provides for the possibility to establish minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and sanctions in the areas of particularly serious crime with a cross-border dimension resulting from the nature or impact of such offences or from a special need to combat them on a common basis; whereas on the basis of developments in crime, the Council may adopt a decision identifying other areas of crime that meet the criteria specified in the paragraph, after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament. Whereas article 83 (2) of the TFEU provides for the possibility to establish minimum rules with regard to the definition of criminal offences and sanctions, in order to ensure the effective implementation of a Union policy in an area which has been subject to harmonisation measures

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

P a. whereas the automatic recognition of rulings on proceedings linked to custody rights where gender-based violence is involved are problematic since legislation on gender-based violence differ in each Member State and not all Member States recognise intimate partner violence as a criminal offence and a form of gender-based violence; whereas minimum harmonisation on rules on gender-based violence, including provisions to ensure that incidents of domestic violence are taken into account when determining custody and visitation rights, are essential to ensure a common area of freedom, security and justice;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)

P b. Whereas civil society organisations, in particular those working with and for children and victims of domestic and gender-based violence, are an important player in preventing and dealing with domestic and intimate partner violence; whereas such organisations can also provide valuable contributions to policies and legislation following their grassroots experience;

Amendment 158 #

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Frances FITZGERALD

P c. Whereas European funding programmes such as the Justice Programme and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values can be used for activities for the protection and support of victims of domestic and gender-based violence, including to ensure access to justice and financing of civil society organisations working with victims;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Strongly condemns all forms of violence against women and deplores the fact that women continue to be exposed to intimate partner violence which constitutes a serious violation of their human rights and dignity, impacting as well women’s economic empowerment, this phenomenon being exacerbated during the COVID-19 crisis;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

— having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152), in particular its first target on freeing women and girls from violence and stereotypes,deleted

Amendment 160 #

Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence, domestic violence, and violence against women and deplores the fact that women, in all their diversity, continue to be exposed to intimate partner violence which constitutes a serious violation of their human rights and dignity;

Amendment 161 #

Pina PICIERNO, Brando BENIFEI, Rovana PLUMB, Maria NOICHL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Marina KALJURAND, Alessandra MORETTI, Caterina CHINNICI, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Strongly condemn~~Condemns in the strongest possible terms all forms of violence against women and deplores the fact that women continue to be exposed to intimate partner violence which constitutes a serious violation of their human rights and dignity;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Strongly condemns all forms of violence ~~against women~~ and deplores the fact that ~~wom~~in particular women and children continue to be exposed to intimate partner violence which constitutes a serious violation of their human rights and dignity;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Strongly condemns all forms of violence against women and men and deplores ~~the fact that women continue to be exposed to~~ intimate partner violence ~~which~~, as it constitutes a serious violation of ~~their~~ human rights and dignity;

Amendment 164 #

Pina PICIERNO, Brando BENIFEI, Rovana PLUMB, Maria NOICHL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Marina KALJURAND, Alessandra MORETTI, Caterina CHINNICI, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Points out that the Istanbul Convention is a pivotal instrument against gender-based violence; deplores the fact that the Convention has not been ratified by the European Union yet; regrets that to this date only 21 EU Member States have ratified it; notes with great concern that the effective implementation of the Convention is still patchy across Europe; calls therefore on the Member States that ratified the Convention to step up their efforts in ensuring its full implementation;condemns the attempts at setting back progresses made in the fight against gender-based violence, including domestic violence, that are going on in some Member states; supports the Commission’s plan to continue pushing for the EU-wide ratification of the Istanbul Convention; calls on remaining Member States to swiftly complete the ratification process; underlines, in this context, the need for specific measures to address the existing disparities in laws, policies and services between Member States and the increase in domestic and gender-based violence during the COVID- 19 pandemic; warmly welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to propose a directive to tackle all forms of gender-based violence to complement and achieve the objectives of the Istanbul Convention, as the EU’s accession remains blocked; calls on the Council to add gender-based violence to the list of criminal offences in the EU;

Amendment 165 #

Elena KOUNTOURA, Manon AUBRY, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Pina PICIERNO, Brando BENIFEI, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Karen MELCHIOR, Diana RIBA I GINER, Sergey LAGODINSKY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. deplores the lack of appropriate emergency and temporary accommodation solutions for victims of domestic abuse and their children; underlines the feeling of insecurity of the women accommodated in mixed centres and which welcome many different types of people; calls on Member States to open emergency accommodation spaces specific to situations of domestic violence; calls on Member States to have emergency accommodation places available at all times, including at night and on weekends; stresses courts must not use the fact that victims stay in emergency, temporary or social housing as an argument to transfer custody right to the violent partner;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Calls for ratification and implementation of the Istanbul Convention at a national and EU level; calls on the Member States to take all the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that, in the determination of custody and visitation rights of children, incidents of intimate partner violence are taken into account and that the exercise of any visitation or custody rights does not jeopardise the rights and safety of the victim or children; commends all campaigns advocating the ratification and implementation of the Istanbul Convention and strongly condemns all attempts to discredit it;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Urges the Member States to continue analysing data on and tendencies in the prevalence of and reporting on all forms of gender-based and domestic violence, as well as on the consequences for children, while confinement measures are in place and during the period immediately afterwards;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Points at the alarming figures on gender-based violence, which unveils a patriarchal society, based on power structures that need to be reshaped as a matter of urgency;

Amendment 169 #

Brando BENIFEI, Pina PICIERNO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria NOICHL, Rovana PLUMB, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. stresses the importance to fully and swiftly implement the EU Gender Equality Strategy and its key objectives on stopping gender-based violence;

Amendment 17 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

— having regard to the Directive 2012/29/EU, establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (the Victims' Rights Directive),

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment in the Gender Equality Strategy to fighting gender-based violence,

Amendment 171 #

Elena KOUNTOURA, Manon AUBRY, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Pina PICIERNO, Brando BENIFEI, Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Karen MELCHIOR, Diana RIBA I GINER, Sergey LAGODINSKY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Calls on the Commission to add gender-based violence to the list of EU areas of crime under Article 83(1) TFEU, taking into account the special need to combat this crime on a common basis; calls on the Commission to use this as a legal basis to propose binding measures and a holistic EU framework directive to prevent and combat all forms of gender- based violence, including the impact of intimate partner violence on women and children, and contain uniform standards and due diligence obligation to collect data, to prevent, to investigate, to protect the victims and the witnesses, and to prosecute and punish the perpetrators; recalls that such new legislative measures should in any case be coherent with the rights and obligations of the Istanbul Convention and should be complementary to its ratification; recommends that the Istanbul Convention should be seen as a minimum standard and aspire to make further progress to eradicate gender- based and domestic violence;

Amendment 172 #

Pina PICIERNO, Brando BENIFEI, Rovana PLUMB, Maria NOICHL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Marina KALJURAND, Alessandra MORETTI, Caterina CHINNICI, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Welcomes the EU Strategy on victims’ rights (2020-2025) which will address the specific needs of victims of gender-based violence, in particular a specific approach for psychological violence against women and the impact on their mental health on the long run; stresses the need to address the current gaps in the EU legislation and asks the Commission to put forward, without delay, a proposal for a review of the Victims’ Rights Directive with regard to international standards on violence against women, such as the Istanbul Convention, with a view to enhancing the legislation on victims’ rights and the protection and compensation of victims; stresses the need for all victims to have effective access to justice through the implementation of the Victims’ Rights Directive, which is still lacking in some Member States; asks for the continued promotion of victims’ rights also through existing instruments such as the European Protection Order;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. stresses that the majority of women get poorer during separation; stresses that this impoverishment is also the result of strategies put in place by the violent parent to preserve the capital accumulated by the couple and to preserve their income, to the detriment of the mother; also stresses that some women give up asking for their fair share over fear of losing custody; calls on Member States to pay particular attention to the risk of victims of domestic violence becoming more precarious throughout the separation process; considers that Member States can contribute to preventing this issue by providing sufficient legal and psychological aid to women in need, as well as by ensuring that they can receive sufficient social assistance;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Is deeply concerned about the still alarming number of femicides in Europe, which is the most extreme form of violence against women;

Amendment 175 #

Pina PICIERNO, Brando BENIFEI, Rovana PLUMB, Maria NOICHL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Marina KALJURAND, Alessandra MORETTI, Caterina CHINNICI, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. Calls on the Commission to develop a European Union protocol on violence against women in times of crisis and emergency to prevent violence against women and to support victims of gender- based violence during emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic; highlights that this protocol should include essential protection services for victims; Calls on the Commission to coordinate the sharing of best practices between the Member States, to promote accurate and comparative data collection, to accurately measure the extent of such violence, to consider the possibility of producing forecasts, and to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the provision of key services to victims; stresses the need to urgently collect harmonised data on gender-based violence and calls on the Member States to collect and provide the relevant data when requested, including to Eurostat; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to carry out a new EU survey on gender-based violence with the results to be presented in 2023; underlines the urgency of completing such a survey due to the spike in gender-based violence, and especially domestic violence, during the COVID-19 pandemic;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. alerts on significant territorial disparities when it comes to tackling domestic violence; alerts on the situation of women victims of domestic violence who live in areas where there is a lack of support structures and difficult access to rights, public services and legal services; calls on the Commission and Member States to examine the possibility of dedicating European funds to this issue, in particular within the framework of funds dedicated to regional development;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. Stresses that measures to combat gender-based and domestic violence need to incorporate an intersectional approach with the aim of preventing blind spots which would cause certain women to be left out or even reinforce exiting discriminations;

Amendment 178 #

Pina PICIERNO, Brando BENIFEI, Rovana PLUMB, Maria NOICHL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Marina KALJURAND, Alessandra MORETTI, Caterina CHINNICI, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1 d. Encourages the exchange between Member States of guidelines, good practices and protocols that have resulted to be effective in addressing intimate partner violence, especially during emergencies; stresses that arrest in flagrante delicto should be compulsory and that, if legal conditions for arrest are not met, the alleged abuser should nonetheless be immediately removed from the victim's house and kept away from the victim's workplace to prevent the risk of further violence;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1 d. notes the general logic of relocating victims rather than removing the violent parent from the family home; considers that Member States should give victims the choice between being relocated in adequate accommodation and staying at home; calls on Member States to develop solutions that guarantee full protection for victims who decide to keep living at the former family place;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

— havingregard to the Commission communication of 12 November 2020 entitled‘ Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020) 698),

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1 d. Stresses that violence against children is often the result of gender- based violence, either as witnesses of violence perpetrated against their mothers or as the direct object of ill-treatment suffered which attempts to dominate and exercise violence against their mothers;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1 e. notes the absence of measures to protect the capital and income of victims of domestic violence; underlines that victims of domestic violence often find themselves deprived of access to the joint bank account; considers that banks should take measures to preserve the capital of women victims of domestic violence; calls on Member States to legislate on this issue to ensure that banks have obligations towards victims of domestic violence, mandatory measures to protect their capital and bank officers receive mandatory trained on situations of domestic violence and economic violence associated;

Amendment 182 #

Pina PICIERNO, Brando BENIFEI, Rovana PLUMB, Maria NOICHL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Marina KALJURAND, Alessandra MORETTI, Caterina CHINNICI, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1 e. Points out that education is pivotal to eradicate gender based violence, and intimate partner violence in particular; calls on Member States to include issues such as equality between women and men, non-stereotyped gender roles, mutual respect, non-violent conflict resolution in interpersonal relationships, gender-based violence against women and the right to personal integrity, age appropriate sexuality education, adapted to the evolving capacity of learners, in formal curricula and at all levels of education;

Amendment 183 #

Pina PICIERNO, Brando BENIFEI, Rovana PLUMB, Maria NOICHL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Marina KALJURAND, Alessandra MORETTI, Caterina CHINNICI, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)

1 f. Urges the Member States to continue analysing data on and tendencies in the prevalence of and reporting on domestic violence, as well as the consequences for children; asks the Member States to establish safe and flexible emergency warning systems, offer new assistance services by phone, email and text message for direct police outreach and online services such as helplines, concealed apps, digital platforms, pharmacy networks, and provide emergency funding to support services, non-governmental organisations and civil society organisations (CSOs); calls on the Member States to ensure that support services take a coordinated approach to identifying women at risk, to ensure that all these measures are available and accessible to all women and girls within their jurisdiction; invites the Member States to share national innovations and best practices in addressing gender-based violence to better identify and promote efficient practices, and calls on the Commission to promote those practices;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)

1 f. alerts on the inadequacy of the protection granted to women, as evidenced by the cases of feminicides and infanticides which take place after the woman has reported domestic violence; calls on Member States to strengthen care, monitoring and protection of women who report domestic violence;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)

1 g. deplores the under-funding by the Commission and the Member States of the fight against domestic violence given the scale of the phenomenon; notes that the Member States which have significantly increased these funds have obtained results, in particular in terms of reducing feminicides; calls on the Commission and Member States to increase the funds dedicated to the fight against domestic violence; alerts on the fragmentation of funding, short-term funding and administrative burden which can reduce the access of associations to funding and therefore impact the quality of support for victims of domestic violence and their children; calls on the Commission and Member States to favour stable and long- term financing;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in principle, shared custody and unsupervised visits are desirable in order to ensure that parents enjoy equal rights and responsibilities, as well as to safeguard the best interests of the child; underlines, however, that intimate partner violence is clearly incompatible with shared custody and care, owing to its severe consequences for women and children, including the risk of extreme acts of femicide and infanticide; stresses that when establishing the arrangements for custody allocation and visitation rights, the protection of women and children from violence and uphold the right of the child to maintain contact withe best interests of the child must be paramount and should take precedence over other criteria; stresses, therefore, that awarding exclusive custody to the non-violent partner, most frequently the mother, represents the best alternative in order to prevent further violence and secondary victimisation of the victimoth parents;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Not~~Stresses that, ~~in principle, shared custody and unsupervised visits are desirable in order to ensure that parents enjoy equal rights and responsibilities, as well as to safeguard the best interests of~~when it comes to custody, there are as many desirable solutions as there are families; regrets that the attribution of shared custody rights more often responds to a theoretical logic of equal rights of parents rather than the result of the examination of the concrete desire to be involved and to maintain the relationship with the child; underlines, however, that intimate partner violence is clearly incompatible with shared custody and care, owing to its severe consequences for women and children, including the risk of post- separation violence and extreme acts of femicide and infanticide; stresses that when establishing the arrangements for custody allocation and visitation rights, the protection of women and children from violence and the best interests of the child must be paramount and should take precedence over other criteria; stresses, therefore, that awarding exclusive custody, parental authority and visitation and accommodation rights to the non-violent partner, most frequently the mother, represents the best alternative in order to prevent further violence and secondary victimisation of the victims, on condition that it corresponds to the victim' demands; stresses awarding all parental responsibilities to the one parent victim must come with compensation mechanisms, such as social aid and priority access to collective and individual care arrangement;

Amendment 188 #

Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in principle, shared custody and unsupervised visits are desirable in order to ensure that parents enjoy equal rights and responsibilities, as well as to safeguard the best interests of the child; underlines, however, that intimate partner violence is clearly incompatible with shared custody and care, owing to its severe consequences for women and children, including the risk of extreme acts of femicide and infanticide; stresses that when establishing the arrangements for custody allocation and visitation rights, the protection of women and children from violence and the best interests of the child must be paramount and should take precedence over other criteria; underlines, therefore that the rights or claims of perpetrators or alleged perpetrators during and after judicial proceedings, including with respect to property, privacy, child custody, access, contact and visitation, should be determined in the light of women’s and children’s human rights to life and physical, sexual and psychological integrity and guided by the principle of the best interests of the child; stresses, therefore, that awarding exclusive custody to the non-violent partner, most frequently the mother, represents the best alternative in order to prevent further violence and secondary victimisation of the victims;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in principle, shared custody and unsupervised visits are desirable in order to ensure that parents enjoy equal rights and responsibilities, as well as to safeguard the best interests of the child and the child right to maintain a meaningful relationship with both parents; underlines, however, that intimate partner violence is clearly incompatible with shared custody and care, owing to its severe consequences for women and children, including the risk of extreme acts of femicide and infanticide; stresses that when establishing the arrangements ~~for~~on custody a~~llocation~~nd access and visitation rights, the protection of women and children from violence and the best interests of the child must be paramount and should take precedence over other criteria; stresses, therefore, that awarding exclusive custody to the non-violent partner, most frequently the mother, represents the best alternative in order to prevent further violence and secondary victimisation of the victims;

Amendment 19 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

— Having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2020 on the need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality;

Amendment 190 #

Gilles LEBRETON, Gunnar BECK, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Luisa REGIMENTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. NRecalls that in all actions concerning a child, their best interest shall be the primary concern; notes that, in principle, shared custody and unsupervised visits are desirable ~~in order~~for the child to ensure that parents enjoy equal rights and responsibilities~~, as well as to safeguard the best interests of the child~~; underlines, however, that intimate partner violence is clearly incompatible with ~~shared~~the best interests of a child and with custody and care, owing to its severe consequences for women and children, including the risk of extreme acts of femicide and infanticide; stresses that when establishing the arrangements for custody allocation and visitation rights, the protection of women and children from violence and the best interests of the child must be paramount and should take precedence over other criteria; stresses, therefore, that awarding exclusive custody to the ~~non-violent partner, most frequently the~~ mother, represents the best alternative in order to prevent further violence and secondary victimisation of the victims;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in principle, shared custody and unsupervised visits are desirable in order to ensure that parents enjoy equal rights and responsibilities, as well as to safeguard the best interests of the child; underlines, however, that intimate partner violence ~~is clearly incompatible with~~can justify the withdrawal of shared custody and care, owing to its severe consequences for women and children, including the risk of extreme acts of femicide and infanticide; stresses that when establishing the arrangements for custody allocation and visitation rights, the protection of women and children from violence and the best interests of the child must be paramount and should take precedence over other criteria; stresses, therefore, that awarding exclusive custody to the non-violent partner, most frequently the mother, often represents the best alternative in order to prevent further violence and secondary victimisation of the victims;

Amendment 192 #

Brando BENIFEI, Pina PICIERNO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria NOICHL, Rovana PLUMB, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that, in principle, shared custody and unsupervised visits are desirable in order to ensure that parents enjoy equal rights and responsibilities, as well as to safeguard the best interests of the child; underlines, however, that intimate partner violence is clearly incompatible with shared custody and care, owing to its severe consequences for women and children, including the risk of extreme acts of femicide and infanticide; stresses that when establishing the arrangements for custody allocation and visitation rights, the protection of women and children from violence and the best interests of the child must be paramount and should take precedence over other criteria; stresses, therefore, that awarding exclusive custody to the ~~non-violent partner, most frequently the mother~~mother victim of gender-based violence, represents the best alternative in order to prevent further violence and secondary victimisation of the victims;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Suggests that criminal proceedings arising from a domestic violence complaint be connected with family courts in separation proceedings; and whereas confirmation of findings of fact in this case should be used to decide on shared custody of the children, while upholding the human right to the presumption of the inoccence of the person against whom allegations have been made and visitation arrangements with a view to guaranteeing the safety of the victim and/or the children;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for mandatory targeted training for judicial and law enforcement officers, a~~bout~~s well as all public servants dealing with cases of gender-based violence and child abuse, and legal practitioners dealing with separation and custody cases about all forms of domestic violence and its mechanisms, including coercion, manipulation and psychological violence, and about the relevance of intimate partner violence to children’s rights, and to their protection and well- being, as well as to provide adequate skills to enable the officers to assess the situation using reliable risk assessment tools and adequate skills to detect signs of abuse; stresses the need to evaluate mechanisms of detecting these signs by professionals involved, e.g. with a methodology of Serious Case Review; stresses that civil society organisations working with and for children and victims of domestic and gender-based violence should be asked to provide or at least be associated in these trainings to share their knowledge and expertise following on the ground experiences;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that Member States must develop initial and continuing training on preventing and responding to situations of domestic violence; Calls for mandatory targeted training for judicial and law enforcement officers about domestic violence and its mechanisms, including ~~coercion,~~ manipulation ~~and~~, hold, psychological violence and coercive control meaning strategies to isolate, intimidate, control and assault, and about the relevance of intimate partner violence to children’s rights, and to their protection and well-being, as well as to provide adequate skills to enable the officers to assess the situation using reliable risk assessment tools; stresses the importance of also training non-judicial agents who intervene in child protection, emergency accommodation and social assistance in particular; considers that these officers should also be subject to targeted and mandatory training; calls on Member States to develop and finance such training;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for mandatory targeted training for judicial and law enforcement officers about domestic violence and its mechanisms, including coercion, manipulation and psychological violence, and about the relevance of intimate partner violence to children’s rights, and to their protection and well-being, as well as to provide adequate skills to enable the officers to assess the situation using reliable risk assessment tools; stresses that the training should improve knowledge and understanding of the existing protection measures as well as of safety, the impact of the crime, the needs of the victims, of how to address those needs and the soft skills required to best communicate with victims and support them;

Amendment 198 #

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for ~~mandatory~~ targeted training for judicial and law enforcement officers about domestic violence and its mechanisms, including coercion, manipulation and psychological violence, and about the relevance of intimate partner violence to children’s rights, and to their protection and well-being, as well as to provide adequate skills to enable the officersto make it possible to assess the situation using reliable risk assessment tools;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for mandatory targeted training, which according to Istanbul Convention would focus on the needs and concerns of victims as apriority and recognises that violence against women and domestic violence must be addressed through specific, and gender-sensitive, measures, for judicial and law enforcement officers about domestic violence and its mechanisms, including coercion, manipulation and psychological violence, and about the relevance of intimate partner violence to children’s rights, and to their protection and well-being, as well as to provide adequate skills to enable the officers to assess the situation using reliable risk assessment tools;

Amendment 2 #

Marion WALSMANN, Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

— having regard to the Directive 2012/29/EU of 25 October 2012 on establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (the Victims‘ Rights Directive),

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

~~— having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on the gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period3, _________________ 3~~deleted Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0024.

Amendment 200 #

Marion WALSMANN, Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for mandatory ~~targete~~, recurrent and effective capacity-building, education and training for the judicialry, lawyers and law enforcement officers ~~about domestic violence and its mechanisms, including coercion, manipulation and psychological violence~~, including forensic medical personnel, legislators, health-care professionals about violence against women from a gender and a human rights perspective covering national, regional and international standards, and about the relevance of intimate partner violence to children’s rights, and to their protection and well-being, as well as to provide adequate skills to enable the officers to assess the situation using reliable risk assessment tools;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for mandatory targeted training for judicia~~l and~~ry, legal professionals, law enforcement officers, social service workers, teachers and child carer about domestic violence and its mechanisms, including coercion, manipulation and psychological violence, and about the relevance of intimate partner violence to children’s rights, and to their protection and well-being, as well as to provide adequate skills to ~~enable the officer~~best communicate with and support the victims and enable these professionals to assess the situation using reliable risk assessment tools;

Amendment 202 #

Brando BENIFEI, Pina PICIERNO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria NOICHL, Rovana PLUMB, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for mandatory targeted training for judicial and law enforcement officers, including judges, about domestic violence and its mechanisms, including coercion, manipulation and psychological violence, and about the relevance of intimate partner violence to children’s rights, and to their protection and well- being, as well as to provide adequate skills to enable the officers to assess the situation using reliable risk assessment tools; recalls the importance of European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) in this respect;

Amendment 203 #

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. calls on Member States to better finance their police and justice services to ensure adequate handling of complaints of domestic violence; regrets that the underfunding and budgetary cuts in these services resulted in the dehumanization of procedures, procedural defect, a lack of information for complainants on the progress of the procedure and excessive delays which are not compatible with the imperative of protection of victims and their reconstruction; stresses that having social and psychological workers in police stations can facilitate concrete and human support for victims of domestic violence;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Recalls the provisions of the victims’ rights directive, whereas women victims of gender-based violence and their children often require special support and protection because of the high risk of secondary and repeat victimisation, of intimidation and of retaliation connected with such violence; calls therefore for attention to the victim -blaming attitudes in society, including among professionals in the criminal justice system;

Amendment 205 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Commission to develop a European Union Protocol on gender-based violence in times of crisis and to include protection services for victims, such as helplines, safe accommodation and health services as ‘essential services’ in the Member States, in order to prevent gender-based violence and support women and children victims of domestic violence during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on Member States to set up a platform for the regular exchange of best practices between civil and criminal courts, legal practitioners dealing with cases of domestic and gender-based violence, child abuse, separation and custody cases, and all other relevant stakeholders;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Calls on the Commission and the European judicial network to set up a European platform for mutual learning and sharing of best practice between legal practitioners and policy makers of different Member States working in all relevant fields;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Strongly r~~Recommends that Member States do not establish specialised courts and judicial offices, as well as appropriate laws, training, procedures and guidelines for all professionals dealing with the victims, including raising awareness of gender-based violence, in order to avoid discrepancies between judicial decisions and discrimination or secondary victimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings, ensuring that children and women are duly heard and their protection is given priority; emphasises the need to strengthen dedicated judicial offices and child and female victim- friendly justice, limiting the excessive discretionary powers of practitioners and establishing checks on child custody procedures by qualified professional figuresbecause in practice they can be emergency courts, taking into account that the Treaty on European Union is founded on the value of due regard for equality between women and men;

Amendment 209 #

Andżelika Anna MOŻDŻANOWSKA, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Derk Jan EPPINK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly recommends that Member 4. States establish specialised courts and judicial offices, as well as appropriate laws, training, procedures and guidelines for all professionals dealing with the victims, including raising awareness of gender-based violence and gender stereotypes, in order to avoid discrepancies between judicial decisions and discrimination or secondary victimisation during judicial, medical ~~and~~, police, child protection and guardianship proceedings, ensuring that children and women are duly heard and their protection is given priority; emphasises the need to strengthen dedicated judicial offices and child and female victim- friendly justice, limiting the excessive discretionary powers of practitioners and establishing checks on child custody procedures by qualified professional figures; stresses the importance that legal protective measures be fully applied to protect children from violence and that such measures not be limited or restricted due to parental rights; urges that decisions on joint custody be postponed until intimate partner violence has been adequately investigated and a risk assessment conducted;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

~~— having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on the gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period3 , _________________ 3~~deleted Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0024.

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly recommends that Member States establish specialised courts and judicial offices, as well as appropriate laws, training, procedures and guidelines for all professionals dealing with the victims, including raising awareness of gender-based violence, in order to avoid discrepancies between judicial decisions and discrimination or secondary victimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings, ensuring that children and women are duly heard and their protection is given priority; emphasises the need to strengthen dedicated judicial offices and child and female victim- friendly justice, ~~limiting the excessive discretionary powers of practitioners and establish~~to set up comprehensive assessment units on gender-based violence composed of forensic medical personnel, psychologists and social workers and to work ing c~~hecks on child custody procedures by qualified professional figure~~oordination with the public services specialised in gender- based violence in charge of assisting victims;

Amendment 211 #

Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly recommends that Member States establish specialised courts and judicial offices, as well as appropriate laws, training, procedures ~~and~~, guidelines and common tools to assess both risk and coercive control for all professionals dealing with the victims, including raising awareness of gender-based violence, in order to avoid discrepancies between judicial decisions and discrimination or secondary victimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings, ensuring that children and women are duly heard and their protection is given priority; emphasises the need to strengthen dedicated judicial offices and child and female victim- friendly justice, limiting the excessive discretionary powers of judicial practitioners and establishing checks on child custody procedures by qualified professional figures;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly recommends that Member States establish specialised courts and ~~judicial office~~chambers, as well as appropriate laws, training, procedures and guidelines for all professionals dealing with the victims of intimate partner violence, including raising awareness of gender-based violence, in order to avoid discrepancies between judicial decisions and discrimination or secondary victimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings, ensuring that children and women are duly heard and their protection is given priority; emphasises the need to strengthen dedicated ~~judicial office~~courts and chambers and child and female victim- friendly justice, limiting the excessive discretionary powers of practitioners and establishing checks on child custody procedures in cases of such violence by qualified professional figures;

Amendment 213 #

Gilles LEBRETON, Gunnar BECK, Jean-Paul GARRAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly recommends that Member States establish specialised courts and judicial offices, as well as appropriate laws, training, procedures and guidelines for all professionals dealing with the victims, including raising awareness of ~~gender-based violence~~violence based on a person's sex, in order to avoid discrepancies between judicial decisions and discrimination or secondary victimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings, ensuring that children and women are duly heard and their protection is given priority; emphasises the need to strengthen dedicated judicial offices and child and female victim- friendly justice, ~~limiting the excessive discretionary powers of practitioners and~~ establishing checks on child custody procedures by qualified professional figures;

Amendment 214 #

Brando BENIFEI, Pina PICIERNO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria NOICHL, Rovana PLUMB, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly recommends that Member States establish specialised courts and judicial offices, as well as appropriate laws, training, procedures and guidelines for all professionals dealing with the victims of intimate partner violence, including raising awareness of gender- based violence, in order to avoid discrepancies between judicial decisions and discrimination or secondary victimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings, ensuring that children and women are duly heard and their protection is given priority; emphasises the need to strengthen dedicated judicial offices and child and female victim- friendly justice, limiting the excessive discretionary powers of practitioners and establishing checks on child custody procedures by qualified professional figures;

Amendment 215 #

Andżelika Anna MOŻDŻANOWSKA, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Derk Jan EPPINK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly recommends that Member States establish specialised courts and judicial offices, as well as appropriate laws, training, procedures and guidelines for all professionals dealing with the victims, including raising awareness of gender-based violence, in order to avoid discrepancies between judicial decisions and discrimination or secondary victimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings, ensuring that children and women are duly heard and their protection and reparation is given priority; emphasises the need to strengthen dedicated judicial offices and child and female victim- friendly justice, limiting the excessive discretionary powers of practitioners and establishing checks on child custody procedures by qualified professional figures;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Strongly recommends that Member States establish specialised courts and judicial offices, as well as appropriate laws, training, procedures and guidelines for all professionals dealing with the victims, including raising awareness of ~~gender-based violence~~violence based on sex, in order to avoid discrepancies between judicial decisions and discrimination or secondary victimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings, ensuring that children and women are duly heard and their protection is given priority; emphasises the need to strengthen dedicated judicial offices and child and female victim- friendly justice, limiting the excessive discretionary powers of practitioners and establishing checks on child custody procedures by qualified professional figures;

Amendment 217 #

Luisa REGIMENTI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gunnar BECK, Annika BRUNA, Christine ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. considers the prevention of domestic violence and the protection of victims and their children to be in the public interest; considers that the pursuit of these objectives is incompatible with a logic of competition and the commodification of support services; deplores in this regard the attempts by some Member States to commodify counselling and listening numbers which are an essential piece in the fight against domestic violence; calls on the European Commission to encourage Member States to take all the players and services in relation with fight domestic violence out of the framework of the market; calls on Member States to favour a logic of public service and subsidies to a market logic when it comes to financing the fight against domestic violence;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the need for appropriate legal assistance for victims in terms of legal advice and representation by a lawyer before the court; emphasises, in addition, the need for prior preparation of victims for criminal proceedings, including through a system of psychosocial support - particularly during and after questioning procedures - which takes into account the emotional tensions associated with the circumstances, and designed to prevent risk factors which could lead to further violent offences;

Amendment 219 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to adopt specific measures to eradicate cyber violence, including online harassment, cyberbullying and misogynistic hate speech, which disproportionally affects children and especially girls, and to specifically address the increase in these forms of gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to put forward relevant regulation and any other possible actions to eradicate hate speech and online harassment;

Amendment 22 #

— having regard to Directive 2011/99/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order,

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure a coordinated approach between governments and public services, support facilities and the private sector and to update protocols for victims of gender- based violence to help them to seek help, report crimes and access health services, as well as encouraging witnesses to report such crimes;

Amendment 221 #

Luisa REGIMENTI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gunnar BECK, Annika BRUNA, Christine ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate and coordinate those type of trainings especially for cross-border cases;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Recommends that national authorities take action, in particular, to draft and disseminate a set of guidelines for professionals involved in cases relating to intimate partner violence and custody rights, including consideration of risk factors (risk factors relating to children or family members, environmental or social concerns, or potential repetition of violent offences), to enable the intimate partner violence to be assessed, in support of children's and women's rights;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the importance, in these procedures, of the role of the doctor providing forensic expertise in caring ~~not only for women~~for victims of domestic abuse or violence, but also for the children involved, in particular when the environment in which they live is not suitable to protect their health, dignity and quality of life; recalls, therefore, the need for the forensic practitioners and professionals involved to be able to benefit, inter alia, from guidelines drawn from a set of data, practice and best practices at European level;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the importance in these procedures of the role of ~~the doctor~~all relevant forensic experts and professionals such as doctors, forensic clinical psychologists, and social workers, providing forensic expertise in caring not only for women victims of domestic abuse or violence, but also for the children involved, in particular when the environment in which they live is not suitable to protect their health, dignity and quality of life; recalls, therefore, the need for the forensic practitioners and professionals involved to be able to benefit, inter alia, from guidelines drawn from a set of data, practice and best practices at European level;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the importance in these procedures of the role of the doctor providing forensic and psychological expertise in caring not only for women victims of domestic abuse or violence, but also for the children involved, in particular when the environment in which they live is not suitable to protect their health, dignity, emotional balance and quality of life; recalls, therefore, the need for the forensic practitioners and professionals involved to be able to benefit, inter alia, from guidelines drawn from a set of data, practice and harmonised best practices at European level;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the importance in these procedures of the role ~~of the doctor~~forensic medical personnel providing ~~forensic~~their expertise in caring not only for women victims of ~~domestic abuse o~~intimate partner violence, but also for the children involved, in particular when the environment in which they live is not suitable to protect their health, dignity and quality of life; recalls, therefore, the need for the forensic practitioners and professionals involved to be able to benefit, inter alia, from guidelines drawn from a set of data, practice and best practices at European level;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. underlines the importance, in these procedures, of a multitude of actors who are not judicial agents, whether they are public officers or associations; regrets that too often, female victims find themselves without the appropriate social, health, and psychological support; calls on Member States to develop comprehensive support for victims of domestic violence, covering health, social and psychological aspects; considers that having structures and places which can deal with all the aspects linked to situations of domestic violence improves the quality of support for victims; calls on Member States to finance and raise awareness for such support, starting by providing the necessary means to associations helping women victims and their children;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls on the EU to urgently address the increase in intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to develop a European Union Protocol on gender-based violence in times of crisis and to include protection services for victims, such as helplines, safe accommodation and health services as ‘essential services’ in the Member States, in order to prevent gender-based violence and support victims of domestic violence during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic;

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. invites the Member States to develop systems to allow third person and association to handle the children to the violent ex-partner, to reduce the exposure of mothers who are victims of domestic violence if their former partner has retained a right of visit, accommodation, or shared custody rights; considers that these mechanisms must be accessible to women as soon as they report domestic violence; considers that this task mobilize specific skills and that the agents in charge of handling the children must receive adequate training; considers these mechanisms should be carried by specialised associations and institutions;

Amendment 23 #

Pina PICIERNO, Brando BENIFEI, Rovana PLUMB, Maria NOICHL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Marina KALJURAND, Alessandra MORETTI, Caterina CHINNICI, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

— having regards to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality (2019/2169(INI)),

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Calls on the Members States and local authorities and exchange best practices to support victims of gender based and domestic violence by guaranteeing them safety and economic independency through the access of specific housing and to essential public services such as health, transport as well as professional and psychological support;

Amendment 231 #

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of action at both EU and national level to reach agreement on common legal definitions, as this type of witnessed violence is not recognised in many legal systems and has a direct impact on data collection in the police and judicial sectors, and on cross- border cooperation; stresses the need to assign the status of victim to the children who were not only directly exposed to domestic violence, but who were also witnesses to violence in criminal and investigation proceedings;

Amendment 233 #

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Samira RAFAELA, Radka MAXOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of ~~action at both EU and national level to reach agreement on common legal definitions, as this type of witnessed~~establishing at EU level common legal definitions and of minimum harmonisation of rules on combating gender-based violence and the protection of children of victims of gender-based violence, as intimate-partner violence, witnessed and vicarious violence isare not recognised in many legal systems ~~and~~; in addition, points out the lack of common legal definitions has a direct impact on data collection in the police and judicial sectors, and on cross- border cooperation;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of action at both EU and national level to reach agreement on common legal definitions, as this type of witnessed violence is not recognised in many legal systems and children witnessing violence in their family environment are not recognised as victims of violence, which has a direct impact on data collection in the police and judicial sectors, and on cross- border cooperation;

Amendment 235 #

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of action at both EU and national level to reach agreement on common legal definitions, as this type of ~~witnessed violence~~violence against women, in many cases witnessed by their children, is not recognised in many legal systems and has a direct impact on data collection in the police and judicial sectors, and on cross- border cooperation;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Stresses that in some EU Member States, up to 30% of calls to domestic violence helplines come from witnesses; and that those are generally more likely to report intimate partner violence to the authorities if dependent children are involved1a; this highlighting the importance of awareness-raising campaigns that enable witnesses (particularly neighbours, co-workers) to spot the signs of intimate partner violence (in particular non-physical violence), and provide guidance on how to support and assist victims; _________________ 1a EIGE ”Intimate Partner Violence and Witness Intervention: What are the Deciding Factors?” (2020) https://eige.europa.eu/publications/intima te-partner-violence-and-witness- intervention-what-are-deciding-factors[2] EIGE ”Intimate Partner Violence and Witness Intervention” https://eige.europa.eu/gender-based- violence/eiges-work-gender-based- violence/intimate-partner-violence-and- witness-intervention

Amendment 237 #

Luisa REGIMENTI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gunnar BECK, Annika BRUNA, Christine ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes that such guidelines and guidance should be geared, inter alia, towards the management and storage of medical files and evidentiary items by the forensic expert and medical professionals, as appropriate, but in any case such as to enable women to take subsequent legal action and to enable the judicial authority to carry out specific investigations;

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on the Commission to develop a European Union protocol on violence against women in times of crisis and emergency in order to prevent violence against women and to support victims of gender-based violence during emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic; highlights that this protocol should include essential protection services for victims;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls for the recognition of institutional violence that may be committed by public servants in the exercise of their functions with appropriate sanctions and measures for the protection and reparation of the victims;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

— having regard to Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime,

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 241 #

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. CWelcomes the Commission’s commitment to carry out a new EU survey on gender-based violence with results presented in 2023; stresses the need to collect harmonised data on gender-based violence on a regular basis and calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up a permanent mechanism to provide quality, gender- segregated and comparable EU-wide data on the prevalence, causes, consequences and management of intimate partner violence and custody rights, making full use of the capacity and expertise of the EIGE and Eurostat; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that data is disaggregated by age, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex characteristics, race and ethnicity, disability status among others to ensure that experiences of women in all their diversity are captured;

Amendment 242 #

Brando BENIFEI, Pina PICIERNO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria NOICHL, Rovana PLUMB, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide quality, gender- segregated and comparable EU-wide data on the prevalence, causes, consequences and management of intimate partner violence and custody rights, making full use of the capacity and expertise of the EIGE; stresses the key role of Eurostat and of Member States’ statistical institutes in producing high quality, timely and reliable statistics on gender-based violence, including intimate partner violence; recalls that such action is eligible for funding under the Single Market Programme for the period 2021- 2027, which should contribute in speeding up such production by Member States even in the ones where such data is still not collected or such statistics not produced yet;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to cooperate in order to provide quality, gender- segregated, accurate, reliable and comparable EU- wide data on the prevalence, causes, consequences and management of intimate partner violence and custody rights, making full use of the capacity and expertise of the EIGE, to better understand the scale and the causes of the problem; such as for instance the socio economic categories where it is more prevalent and other influencing factors as well as different legal frameworks and policies across countries, which can be explored closely through detailed country comparisons to identify policy frameworks that might influence the occurrence of violence;

Amendment 244 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide harmonised, quality, gender- segregated and comparable EU-wide data on the prevalence, causes, consequences and management of intimate partner violence and custody rights, making full use of the capacity and expertise of the EIGE and the Eurostat; insists on the importance of Member States collecting statistical data on the administrative and judicial proceedings concerning child custody involving foreign parents, particularly on the outcome of the judgments;

Amendment 245 #

Marion WALSMANN, Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission ~~and~~to collaborate closely with the Member States to provide precise, accurate, quality, gender- segregated and comparable EU- wide data on the prevalence, causes, consequences for women and children and management of intimate partner violence and custody rights, making full use of the capacity and expertise of the EIGE;

Amendment 246 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in cooperation with Eurostat, to provide quality, gender- segregated and comparable EU-wide data on the prevalence, causes, consequences and management of intimate partner violence and custody rights, making full use of the capacity and expertise of the EIGE;

Amendment 247 #

Gilles LEBRETON, Gunnar BECK, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Luisa REGIMENTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide quality, ~~gender~~sex- segregated and comparable EU-wide data on the prevalence, causes, consequences and management of intimate partner violence and custody rights, making full use of the capacity and expertise of the EIGE;

Amendment 248 #

Andżelika Anna MOŻDŻANOWSKA, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Derk Jan EPPINK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide quality, ~~gender-~~ sex- segregated and comparable EU-wide data on the prevalence, causes, consequences and management of intimate partner violence and custody rights, making full use of the capacity and expertise of the EIGE;

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Points out that, while all family disputes have a profound emotional impact, cross-border cases are clearly even more sensitive and legally complex; stresses the need for a high degree of public awareness regarding complex issues such as cross-border custody arrangements and maintenance obligations, including the need to ensure clarity regarding the rights and obligations of parents and children in each country; is of the opinion that, in cross-border cases, mediation could help prevent conflicting tensions in prolonged court cases; points out that Member States could contribute to the swifter resolution of such cross-border family law cases by instituting a system of specialist chambers within national courts or by improving mediation bodies and involving them more closely;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

— having regard to the European Parliament Resolution of 21 January 2021 on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality,

Amendment 250 #

Rovana PLUMB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Highlights the full support for strengthening capacity of service providers across sectors (justice, law enforcement, health, social services) to record and maintain updated databases; calls on the Member States to establish national guidelines and good practices as well as to provide intimate partner violence awareness training for staff at all levels in each front line sector, being essential to provide a sensitive response to women seeking protection; calls on the Member States to monitor services for sectors and set the necessary budgets in line with the needs;

Amendment 251 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Calls on the Commission to promote awareness-raising, information and advocacy campaigns tackling domestic and gender-based violence in all its forms, such as physical violence, sexual harassment, cyber-violence and sexual exploitation, particularly in relation to newly created prevention measures and flexible emergency warning systems, in order to encourage reporting in coordination and cooperation with recognised and specialised women’s organisations;

Amendment 252 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Recalls the need for measures to ensure the unrestricted and barrier-free provision of sexual and reproductive health and rights services (SRHR); Recalls that the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the need to remove outdated administrative barriers, modernise and improve efficiency in this area, such as investing in telemedicine possibilities to guarantee continuity of provision of healthcare services;

Amendment 253 #

Luisa REGIMENTI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gunnar BECK, Annika BRUNA, Christine ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Suggests that such guidelines and guidance should include measures to promote safe, respectful and non-guilt- inducing out-patient and in-patient treatment programmes for women who have suffered violence, including intimate partner violence, and to support research to develop and evaluate the best treatments for women who have suffered violence, and for their children;

Amendment 254 #

Marion WALSMANN, Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to enhance the cooperation in order to take measures that empower the victims of intimate partner violence to come forward and report the crime as in many cases the intimate partner violence remains unreported;

Amendment 255 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Calls on Member states to implement specific measures to tackle economic violence, aiming to ensure empowerment, financial safety and economic independence of victims of gender-based violence, allowing them to take control over their lives;

Amendment 256 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7 c. Underlines that children who have suffered “witnessed violence” should also be granted the status of “victim” in order to benefit from a better legal protection and appropriate follow-up assistance, in particular psychological support;

Amendment 257 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7 d. Stresses that in the best interest of the child, parental authority of the perpetrating parent should be systematically suspended in case of voluntary homicide of the other parent ; further emphasizes that descendants should be exempted from maintenance obligations towards a parent who has been condemned for perpetrating voluntary homicide of the other parent ;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Expresses its concern about the fimpact ~~that discriminatory gender bias often leads to a lack of trust in women, in particular concerning presumed false allegations of child abuse and of domestic violence~~of gender stereotypes and bias, leading to inadequate responses to gender-based violence against women; stresses that the so-called “parental alienation syndrome”, which has no scientific basis and is based on gender stereotypes, works to the detriment of women victims of intimate partner violence, blaming mothers for alienating their children's narrative, putting into question victims’ parental skills, disregarding the child’s testimony and the risks of violence to which their children are exposed, jeopardizing the rights and safety of the mother and the children; is worried about the fact that accusations of parental alienation by alleged abusive fathers against mothers are a continuation of power and control by state agencies and actors, including those deciding on child custody and often lead to the denial of child custody to the mother and to the granting to a father accused of intimate partner violence or sexual abuse of the child; calls on the Member States to prohibit its use by judges, psychologists, child protection state agencies and psychosocial cabinets and to introduce disciplinary measures against those who make use of it;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)

— having regard to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) Gender Equality Index 2020 report,

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Expresses its concern about the fact that discriminatory gender bias often leads to a lack of trust in women, in particular concerning presumed false allegations of child abuse and of domestic violence; stresses therefore the importance of measures aimed at combating gender stereotypes and patriarchal biases trough education and awareness-raising campaigns;

Amendment 261 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Expresses its concern about the fact that discriminatory gender bias often leads to a lack of trust in women, in particular concerning presumed false allegations of child abuse and of domestic violence; calls on Member States to monitor and fight a culture of denigration of women voices;

Amendment 262 #

Annika BRUNA, Jean-Paul GARRAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Expresses its concern about the fact that discriminatory gender bias often leads to a lack of trust in women, in particular concerning presumed false allegations of child abuse and of domestic violence due to insufficient training of the judges, prosecutors and law enforcement;

Amendment 263 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Expresses its concern about the ~~fact that discriminatory gender bias often leads to a lack of trust in~~difficulties faced by women, in ~~particular conc~~alernting ~~presumed false allegations of~~the authorities, without risk, to child abuse ~~and of~~or domestic violence;

Amendment 264 #

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Expresses its concern about the fact that discriminatory gender bias, such as gender stereotypes, often leads to a lack of trust in women, in particular concerning presumed false allegations of child abuse and of domestic violence;

Amendment 265 #

Andżelika Anna MOŻDŻANOWSKA, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Derk Jan EPPINK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Expresses its concern about the fact that discriminatory ~~gender bias~~bias against women often leads to a lack of trust in women, in particular concerning presumed false allegations of child abuse and of domestic violence;

Amendment 266 #

Gilles LEBRETON, Gunnar BECK, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Luisa REGIMENTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Expresses its concern about the fact that discriminatory ~~gender~~sex bias often leads to a lack of trust in women, in particular concerning presumed false allegations of child abuse and of domestic violence;

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Condemns the systematic discrimination of non-German parents by the competent German authorities and in particular by the German Youth Welfare Office in cross-border family disputes, in particular in cases where abuse and domestic violence against the non- German parent have been reported; Calls on all Member States and Germany in particular to protect the best interests of the child and the safety of victims of domestic violence when handling cross- border family disputes, without any form of national discrimination;

Amendment 268 #

Luisa REGIMENTI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gunnar BECK, Annika BRUNA, Christine ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Expresses concern about domestic violence allegations that do not end in convictions and may be a reflection of the use of the justice system as a political tool that breaches the presumption of innocence principle in favour of a party that may benefit from custody systems;

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Notes that such guidelines and guidance should support health professionals in raising public awareness in their professional environment of the crucial impact of violence against women, including intimate partner violence, on their mental health;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18

~~— having regard to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) study of 12 June 2019 entitled ‘Understanding intimate partner violence in the EU: the role of data’,~~deleted

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure the provision of effective, accessible, affordable and quality medical and psychological support for victims of gender-based violence, including sexual and reproductive health services, especially in times of crisis where such support must be deemed essential;

Amendment 271 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Welcomes Commission’s commitment to present a comprehensive strategy to protect vulnerable children and foster a child-friendly justice;

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights that perpetrators often use litigation to extend their power and control, and to continue to intimidate and incite fear in their victims; stresses that perpetrators often abuse, or threaten to harm or to take the children, in order to harm their partners and ex-partners; alerts on the fact that granting shared custody or parental authority, visitation and accommodation rights at the father's simple request, without examining taking into account events of domestic violence and his concrete desire to take responsibility for part of the parental responsibility leads to complex situations for mothers, who find themselves assuming full parental responsibility without having full decision-making power; considers that visitation and accommodation rights must also be a duty and not a right that the parent can or not exercise; calls on Member States to integrate mechanisms for assessing the willingness of the father to assume parental responsibility when granting custody rights; calls on Member States to facilitate appeals against decisions granting shared parental authority or custody when a father does not assume this responsibility;

Amendment 273 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights that perpetrators often use litigation to extend their power and control, and to continue to intimidate and incite fear in their victims; stresses in this regard that the child and requesting shared custody are often manipulated by the violent parent to continue reaching the mother after the separation; stresses that perpetrators often abuse, or threaten to harm or to take the children, in order to harm their partners and ex-partners;

Amendment 275 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights that ~~perpetrators often use litigation to extend their power and~~litigation is often used as a control, and ~~to continue to intimidate and incite fear in their victims; stresses that perpetrators often abuse, or threaten to harm or to take the children,~~ intimidation mechanism, with the aim of manipulating o~~rder to harm~~ne of their part~~ners and ex-partner~~ies;

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. alert on the use of scientifically unreliable concepts, such as parental alienation syndrome, by law enforcement, judicial and psychiatric agents to analyse situations of domestic violence; stresses that the parental alienation syndrome has been disowned by the WHO in the absence of serious scientific evidence; calls on the Commission and Member States to show the greatest discernment vis-à-vis organizations which defend unreliable concepts and whose main objective is to defend the interests of violent partner; calls on Member States not to recognize the parental alienation syndrome in their judicial practice and law;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Urges the Commission to ensure that all Member States translate the ‘Victims’ Rights Directive’ into national legislation and fully implement it, in particular by adopting measures ensuring the full access to a range of support services, across their territory including through specialist and generic services as well as the 116 006 helpline for victims of crime.; calls on the Commission, in its evaluation of the EU Victims’ Rights Directive, to examine whether the gender aspect of victimisation, in particular intimate partner violence, is properly and effectively taken into account;

Amendment 28 #

Luisa REGIMENTI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gunnar BECK, Annika BRUNA, Christine ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19

~~— having regard to the EIGE study of 18 November 2019 entitled ‘A guide to risk assessment and risk management of intimate partner violence against women for police’,~~deleted

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Notes that, for clinical and legal purposes, the specific skills of the forensic expert make him or her the most suitable professional for the protection of women who are victims of violence, and children, also to assist specialists (paediatricians, gynaecologists, psychologists) in their work, having the appropriate training and technical expertise to be able to recognise the signs of violence and, where there are grounds to do so, to comply with reporting obligations and liaise with judicial and health authorities;

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for the criminalisation of 'parental alienation' to prevent either parent from turning their children against the other parent and going unpunished for it;

Amendment 282 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9 b. Stresses that failing to address intimate partner violence in custody rights and visitation schedule decisions is a violation by neglect of the human rights to life, to a life without violence, and to the healthy development of women and children; strongly urges that any form of violence, including witnessing violence against a parent or close person, be considered in law and in practice as a violation of human rights and as an act against the best interest of the child;

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9 c. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures to tackle the issue of unreported crimes, in particular by supporting Member States to improve how to identify victims of domestic and intimate partner violence and empower them to come forward and report the crime;

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Member States to promote better access to legal protection, effective hearings and restraining orders, counselling and victim funds for women victims of intimate partner violence, and to apply particular procedures and give support to mothers who are victims of domestic violence, in order to prevent them from becoming victims again as a result of losing custody of their children; considers that the Member States must cover the legal costs (both cirminal and civil including children's judge) of victims of domestic violence when they do not have sufficient resources and guarantee them proper defence by lawyers specialized in situations of domestic violence; calls on Member State to provide such targeted and mandatory training to lawyers working on legal aid cases;

Amendment 285 #

Pina PICIERNO, Brando BENIFEI, Rovana PLUMB, Maria NOICHL, Lina GÁLVEZ, Marina KALJURAND, Alessandra MORETTI, Evelyn REGNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

~~10.~~ Calls on the Member States to ~~10.~~ promote better access to legal protection, effective hearings and restraining orders, counselling and victim funds for women victims of intimate partner violence, and to apply particular procedures and give support to mothers who are victims of domestic violence, in order to prevent them from becoming victims again as a result of losing custody of their children; condemns the use, assertion and acceptance of non- scientific theories in custody cases in order to prevent mothers from obtaining custody, including the disproved theory of Parental Alienation Syndrome, which has no scientific validity or reliability and has been refuted by the scientific community;

Amendment 286 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Member States to promote better access to adequate legal protection, effective hearings and restraining orders, counselling and victim funds for women victims of intimate partner violence, and to apply particular procedures and give support to mothers who are victims of domestic violence, in order to prevent them from becoming victims again as a result of losing custody of their children; calls on the Member States to directly provide maintenance payments to victims through victims funds, to avoid financial abuse and risk causing further harm to the victim; calls on the Commission to assess the establishment of minimum standards for protection orders across the EU;

Amendment 287 #

Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 288 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Member States to promote and guarantee better access to legal protecti~~on, effecti~~ve hmea~~rings and~~sures such as restraining orders,; counselling and victim funds for women victims of intimate partner violence, and to apply particular procedures and give support to mothers who are victims of domestic violence, in order to prevent them from becoming victims again as a result of losing custody of their childalls on the Member States to ensure victims of intimate partner violence have access to phycological support and counselling at every stage of the legal procedurens;

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Member States to promote better access to legal protection, effective hearings and restraining orders, shelters, counselling and victim funds for women victims of intimate partner violence, and to apply particular procedures and give support to mothers who are victims of domestic violence, in order to prevent them from becoming victims again as a result of shared custody or completely losing custody of their children;

Amendment 29 #

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20

~~— having regard to the report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) of 3 March 2014 entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU-wide survey’,~~deleted

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Member States to promote better access to legal protection, effective hearings and restraining orders, counselling and victim funds and financial empowerment programs for women victims of intimate partner violence, and to apply particular procedures and give support to mothers who are victims of domestic violence, in order to prevent them from becoming victims again as a result of losing custody of their children;

Amendment 291 #

Brando BENIFEI, Pina PICIERNO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria NOICHL, Rovana PLUMB, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Member States to promote ~~better~~full access to legal protection, effective hearings and restraining orders, counselling and victim funds for women victims of intimate partner violence, ~~and~~ to apply particular procedures based on common minimum standards and give support to mothers who are victims of domestic violence, in order to prevent them from becoming victims again as a result of losing custody of their children;

Amendment 292 #

Luisa REGIMENTI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gunnar BECK, Annika BRUNA, Christine ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses the importance for the forensic expert, or any other professional involved, to provide the relevant national authority with information relating to violence within the couple, when he or she believes that such violence puts the life of the adult victim or child in immediate danger and that the victim is unable to protect him/herself because of the moral or economic coercion resulting from the hold exercised by the perpetrator, seeking to obtain the adult victim's consent where appropriate;

Amendment 293 #

Ewa KOPACZ, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Urges Members States to ensure that access to justice and victim support is accessible, adequate and free to all women victims of intimate partner violence in all their diversity, in particular regardless their residence and migration status and ensuring interpretation services where needed; calls to ensure that services take into consideration the intersecting forms of discrimination suffered by women with ethnic and religious minority backgrounds, as well as women with disabilities and young women;

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Calls on the Member States to guarantee support for mothers and their children who are victims of domestic violence by means of community, educational and financial support, such as victim funds for women victims of domestic violence, in order to ensure they have necessary skills and means to care for their children and prevent them from becoming victims of violence again or from losing the custody over their children;

Amendment 295 #

Rovana PLUMB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Notes that interventions which support children who are exposed to domestic violence are crucial in minimising the long-term harm; calls on the Member States to continue to provide innovative programmes in order to address the needs of these children, for example through training staff who work with children to detect early warning signs and to provide appropriate responses and support;

Amendment 296 #

Annika BRUNA, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Luisa REGIMENTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Recommends that Member States provide alternative mechanisms for victims who do not file a complaint so that they can exercise the rights recognised to victims of intimate partner violence, such as social and labour rights, for example through expert reports drawn up by specialized public services accrediting the status of victim of gender-based violence;

Amendment 297 #

Brando BENIFEI, Pina PICIERNO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria NOICHL, Rovana PLUMB, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. highlights for this reason the key role of economic support for the victims in order to reach financial independence from the violent partner; for the same reason, calls on Member States to provide rapid and effective decisions on paid child support to avoid dependence of the victim and potentially dangerous situations also for the child;

Amendment 298 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Strongly recommends that Member States put in place systematic procedures for monitoring, including psychological monitoring, of children who are victims of and witnesses to domestic violence, in order to respond to the troubles this causes in their lives and to prevent them from repeating such violence as adults;

Amendment 299 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Urges the EU to ratify the Istanbul Convention and to advocate for its ratification by Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and for its effective and practical application by all the Member States, in order to fight against gender-based violence;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

— having regard to Articles 21, 23, 24, and 247 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFR),

Amendment 30 #

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21

— having regard to the Platform of Independent Expert Mechanisms on Discrimination and Violence against Women (EDVAW Platform), and its statement of 31 May 2019 entitled ‘Intimate partner violence against women is an essential factor in the determination of child custody’,deleted

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote gender equality education and raising awareness on various forms of violence and gender biases and stereotypes.

Amendment 301 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Calls on Member States to set up an annual campaign to inform children and raise awareness on children’s rights; calls on the Member States to establish specific centres to attend children victims of violence, with paediatricians and therapists also specialised in gender based-violence; calls on the Member States to establish contact points for children that are easily accessible, including by telephone, e-mail, online chat etc, where they can talk about and ask questions as well as report violence against themselves, a parent or a sibling and where they can get information, advice or be referred on for more help;

Amendment 302 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Urges Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention; Calls on its effective and practical application by all the Member States in order to fight against gender-based violence; Recalls its strong condemnation of the recent decision by the Polish Minister of Justice to officially start Poland’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, which would be a serious setback with regard to gender equality, women’s rights and the fight against gender-based violence;

Amendment 303 #

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Marion WALSMANN, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Is worried that specialist support services are not provided equally within each Member States and calls on them to ensure adequate geographical distribution, immediate, short- and long- term specialist support services to any victim, as enshrined in the Istanbul Convention; these services should be provided irrespective of women’s residence status and their ability or willingness to cooperate in proceedings against the alleged perpetrator;

Amendment 304 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Calls on the Commission to continue developing a comprehensive framework of policies, programmes and other initiatives to tackle violence against women and domestic violence; to allocate sufficient and adequate resources to actions related to the Istanbul Convention implementation through its funding programmes safeguarded in the provisions of Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 and through the Daphne strand;

Amendment 305 #

Luisa REGIMENTI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gunnar BECK, Annika BRUNA, Christine ANDERSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Stresses the need to eliminate any economic barriers that might induce a woman not to report the violence she has suffered; notes that this could be done by giving courts the option of awarding government benefits to support the victims, once the circumstances of the domestic violence have been established;

Amendment 306 #

Brando BENIFEI, Pina PICIERNO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria NOICHL, Rovana PLUMB, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Highlights the need for special attention and specific procedures and standards for cases in which the victim or the child involved is a person with disabilities or belongs to a particularly vulnerable group;

Amendment 307 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10 c. Calls on the Member States, as laid down in Article 16 of the Istanbul Convention, to take the necessary legislative or other measures to set up or support programmes aimed at teaching perpetrators of domestic violence to adopt non-violent behaviour in interpersonal relationships with a view to preventing further violence and changing violent behavioural patterns; recalls that, in doing so, Member States must ensure that the safety of, support for and the human rights of victims are of primary concern and that, where appropriate, these programmes are set up and implemented in close co-ordination with specialist support services for victims;

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10 c. Calls on the Member States to provide effective reparation to women victims, going beyond monetary compensation and including provision of legal, social and health services including sexual, reproductive and mental health for a complete recovery; also to establish reparation funds and to set up a mechanism to coordinate, monitor and assess regularly the implementation and effectiveness of the measures to prevent and eliminate intimate partner violence and other all forms of gender-based violence against women;

Amendment 309 #

Brando BENIFEI, Pina PICIERNO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria NOICHL, Rovana PLUMB, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10 c. Welcomes the initiative of the Commission to put forward an EU strategy on the rights of the child (2021- 24); underlines the need to protect the rights of the most vulnerable children, with particular attention to children with disabilities, the prevention of and fight against violence and the promotion of child-friendly justice; calls for a full and swift implementation of the strategy by all Member States;

Amendment 31 #

Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, Karen MELCHIOR, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Hilde VAUTMANS, Radka MAXOVÁ, Samira RAFAELA, Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22

Amendment 310 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10 c. Welcomes the upcoming Commission’s proposal for an EU strategy on the rights of the child (2021- 24), which provides the framework for EU action to better promote and protect children’s rights ;

Amendment 311 #

Brando BENIFEI, Pina PICIERNO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria NOICHL, Rovana PLUMB, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to promote EU-wide public awareness campaigns as a necessary measure in the prevention of domestic violence and the creation of a climate of zero tolerance towards violence; highlights the strategic role of media in this regard; stresses, however, that in some Member States femicides and cases of gender violence are still presented in absolutory terms with regard to the violent partner; emphasizes that instead the media should strongly condemn this type of violence and abstain from treating the violent partner with an absolutory tone;

Amendment 312 #

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Marion WALSMANN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Ewa KOPACZ, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to promote EU-wide public awareness campaigns as a necessary measure in the prevention of domestic violence and the creation of a climate of zero tolerance towards violence; considers that domestic violence also comes from a sexist vision of parenthood; therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to promote feminist and egalitarian parenthood, where men and women are equally responsible so that the parental burden is fairly Distributed, to ensure women are no longer assigned a subordinate status;

Amendment 313 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to promote EU-wide public awareness campaigns as a necessary measure in the prevention of domestic violence and the creation of a climate of zero tolerance towards violence; calls on the Commission to facilitate the exchange of best practices at European level on prevention, protection, combating and prosecution measures as well as exchange of best practices in their practical implementation; taking into account the specificity of the covid crisis to also focus on the impact on children;

Amendment 314 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to promote EU-wide public awareness campaigns as a necessary measure in the prevention of domestic violence and the creation of a climate of zero tolerance towards violence; calls on the Commission to support activities in schools and other settings which raise the awareness of children and those working with children of crime and trauma issues, where to find help, how to report issues, and how to build resilience;

Amendment 315 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to promote EU-wide public awareness campaigns as a necessary measure in the prevention of gender-based violence and domestic violence and the creation of a climate of zero tolerance towards violence; calls on Member States to complement such a European campaign by spreading information about where victims and witnesses can report such violence, including beyond the end of the campaign;

Amendment 316 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 317 #