2021/2060(INI) Protection of the rights of the child in civil, administrative and family law proceedings
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date 2022/03/07
Lead committee dossier:
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date 2022/03/07
Progress: Awaiting committee decision
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | JURI | VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA Adrián ( Renew) | ARIMONT Pascal ( EPP), CHINNICI Caterina ( S&D) |
Committee Opinion | PETI | ŽDANOKA Tatjana ( Verts/ALE) | Angel DZHAMBAZKI ( ECR), Emil RADEV ( PPE), Anne-Sophie PELLETIER ( GUE/NGL), Stefania ZAMBELLI ( ID), Vlad GHEORGHE ( RE) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
Events
2022/03/07
Indicative plenary sitting date
2021/11/15
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2021/10/13
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2021/10/01
EP - ŽDANOKA Tatjana (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in PETI
2021/07/12
EP - VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA Adrián (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in JURI
2021/05/20
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
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- Pina PICIERNO
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- Stanislav POLČÁK
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- Michal ŠIMEČKA
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- Mick WALLACE
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- Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA
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Amendments | Dossier |
127 |
2021/2060(INI)
2021/11/15
JURI
127 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 — having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, in particular article 35 thereof,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses the need to recognise the interconnectedness of criminal, civil and other legal proceedings in order to coordinate the judicial and other legal responses to child and intimate partner violence, and calls therefore on the Member States to adopt measures to link criminal and civil case of one family in particular, when children are involved, so that discrepancies between judicial and other legal decisions that are harmful to children can be effectively avoided;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Urges the Member States to ensure that child-friendly information on the legal proceedings at hand is made available in a language that is understood by the child concerned;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Calls on the Member States to respect the right of children to stay in touch and see their parents despite the restrictive measures linked to the COVID- 19 pandemic, as long as this does not endanger their safety and health;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide appropriate training on the new rules for central authorities, judges and other legal professionals involved in cross-border disputes, including on the hearing of the child and the possible use of mediation in such cases; emphasises that such training should provide for a sufficient level of knowledge and expertise on cross-border family proceedings;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Commission to provide a guide to good practice on the recast of Brussels IIa Regulation;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Calls on the Member States to ensure that financial costs of proceedings and additional costs inherent to cross- border cases are not a barrier to accessing justice in cross-border civil, administrative and family cases involving children; calls on the Member States to make the information on the possible legal aid in such cases available and accessible;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes that the United Kingdom no longer participates in cooperation under the Brussels IIa Regulation and Maintenance Regulation; calls on the Commission to urgently assess the
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 b (new) Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission to identify and implement an instrument or bilateral agreements between the EU and Norway, Iceland and Switzerland regarding the need to comply with this resolution;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission, in this regard, to take due consideration of Parliament’s resolution of 2 February 2017 on cross-border aspects of adoptions, and reiterates its call for, including the annex thereto providing for the adoption of a regulation on the cross-border recognition of adoption orders, in order to create a clear legal framework and provide families with the necessary legal certainty for an adoption order legally issued in one Member State to be recognised in another;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission and the Council to duly inform and include Parliament in any new or revised
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Considers the Hague Convention to be a vital instrument for ensuring the best interest of the child in cases of international child abduction and that having new countries joining this Convention is to be welcomed by the EU. Therefore encourages the Commission to swiftly process with its assessment of the accession of new countries and calls on Member States not to hesitate to accept the accession;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Commission to continue to expand the research and collection of data on the child-friendly justice and best practices in the field in Member States under the EU Justice Scoreboard;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Encourages the Commission to explore to what extent legislation on cross-border relocation in cases of custody proceedings could be harmonized;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to collect data on the cross-border civil disputes involving children like custody, access and parental child abduction cases; calls on the Commission to include those data into the EU Justice Scoreboard;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Invites the Commission to consider setting up a one-stop-shop pooling expertise and serving as an information exchange platform for proceedings concerning the rights of the child in cross-border civil disputes;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to put forward a new proposal for
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new) -A. Whereas an increasing number of children and adolescents come into contact with the judicial system in civil, administrative and family law areas, mainly due to the increase in the number of divorces and separations, but also because of adoption, migration, etc.;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to continue to support existing networks of mediators in cross- border family disputes;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Member States to establish pre-mediation offices in order to provide parents and children concerned with all the information they need about the conduct of mediation and its possible costs and benefits; highlights that some Member States have already established such offices or are seeking to do so;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Underlines that mediation can be an effective tool used to protect the best interest of the child in cases of cross- border parental child abductions; points out in this regard to the existing good practices and the use of “Mediators in Court Model” in some Member States for resolving cross-border family disputes in amicable, out-of-court way;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that throughout the mediation process children have the possibility to talk to a qualified and independent person that can provide them with child-friendly information and support;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the Member States to facilitate access to legal aid for mediation for cases of cross-border family disputes for parents with limited financial means;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Underlines the need to explore the use of online tools in mediation, including video conferencing, in the case of long- distance disputes or disputes affected by extraordinary circumstances, such as the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new) -A. Whereas all children should be guaranteed non-discriminatory access to justice;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A a (new) -Aa. whereas access to justice should include, in particular, access to courts and to alternative methods of dispute resolution;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas children and adolescents have the right to be heard and to express their views in any proceedings concerning their well-being and future life arrangements, regardless of whether the proceedings are organised by a public authority or a private institution;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas children
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas children and adolescents have the right to be heard
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the European Union is committed to ensuring that every child’s rights are respected, protected and exercised with a view to building a healthier, more resilient, more equitable and fairer society for all;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas participation in court and
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) — having regard to Council of Europe resolution 2079 (2015) on equality and shared parental responsibility: the role of fathers,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas participation in court and administrative proceedings should take place in a comfortable and child-friendly environment that will not cause additional trauma or stress for the child;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas participation in court and
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas children in the home and family environment, in a situation where there is conflict between parents, may be victims of ‘witnessed violence’ through experiencing any form of ill treatment carried out through acts of physical, verbal, psychological, sexual and economic violence against reference figures or other affectively significant figures; whereas such violence has very serious consequences for the psychological and emotional development of the child, and whereas it is therefore essential to pay due attention to such types of violence at the hearing of the child in separations and foster care cases, ensuring that the best interests of the child are the primary consideration;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the Member States are obliged to establish procedural safeguards, guarantees and rules which
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the Member States are obliged to establish procedural rules which govern hearings of the child, so as to minimise any distress to them; whereas these provisions differ greatly between the Member States however;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas children have the right to be duly informed in an easy understandable manner in accordance with the age and maturity of the child at every step of the court and administrative proceedings concerning them;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas children have the right to be duly informed, in language they can understand, at every step of the court and administrative proceedings concerning them;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas11 out of 27 Member States do not provide access to online targeted information for children about the judicial system;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. Whereas migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking children as well as undocumented and unaccompanied children face additional barriers to fully enjoy access to justice, including due to a lack of knowledge of the language and marginalised position;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas in civil, administrative and family law proceedings, and especially in cross-border cases, children have limited possibilities to be represented by a legal professional or counsel;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) — having regard to Directive (EU) 2016/800 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. Whereas experience has shown, for example with the Kindbehartiger in the Netherlands as well as Youth At Risk in Flanders, the positive impact of having a dedicated and independent person of trust that supports and accompanies the child throughout the process of legal proceedings, including in cases of mediation;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas the best interest of the child and access to justice for all children cannot been ensured if their participation in civil, administrative and family law proceedings and the use of accompanying supportive services, is depending on the willingness or financial capability of parents, in particular as the costs of such proceedings and services can be very high;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas courts, administrative bodies and social welfare institutions should make the best interests of the child a primary consideration when taking any decision concerning the child; whereas such decisions should be made on an individual basis, tailored to the age and needs of each child, taking into consideration the specific circumstances of the child and their family and only after the child has been heard;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas courts, administrative bodies and social welfare institutions should make the best interests of the child
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the EU and Member States are under the obligation to promote the rights of the child, inter alia by means of child-friendly justice, in the implementation of all actions under the Justice Programme;
Amendment 35 #
G. whereas although substantive civil and family law remains a competence of the Member States, harmonized rules on cross-border civil and family law may be established at EU level;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. 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 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the lack of effective and harmonised procedures for the enforcement of judgements concerning parental responsibility, access rights, parental child abductions or maintenance obligations in cross-border cases is detrimental to the best interests of the child;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) — having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/693 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Justice Programme and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1382/2013,3a _________________ 3a OJL 156, 5.5.2021, p. 21.
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas children involved in cross- border civil and family law disputes should enjoy the same rights and level of protection
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas children involved in cross- border civil and family law disputes should enjoy the same rights and level of protection in all Member States, regardless of the nationality of their parents;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas the best interests of the child should always be the primary consideration in all decisions concerning children and whereas every child has a right to know and be cared for by their parents; whereas in the case of separation, every child has a right to maintain personal relations and direct contact with both parents on a regular basis
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas every child has a right to know and be cared for by their parents; whereas in the case of separation, every child has a right to maintain personal relations and direct contact
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas the lack of common EU rules on the recognition of judgments on parenthood
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M M. whereas the lack of common EU rules on the recognition of judgments on parenthood, particularly in cases involving same-sex parents, may result in a loss of parental rights, may infringe the right of
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. Whereas the Hague Convention introduces a system of international cooperation between countries to promptly settle cases of international child abduction. Whereas to date it has been ratified by 101 countries, including all the EU Member States;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas, despite the efforts to date, the EU does not have sufficient data on judicial proceedings involving children, nor do the specialised courts dealing with them;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas in many cases family mediation has proven to be quicker, cheaper and more child-friendly t
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 b (new) — having regard to regulation (EU) 2021/692 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1381/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EU)No 390/20143b, _________________ 3b OJ L 156, 5.5.2021, p. 1.
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas the use of alternative dispute resolutions should be encouraged, unless it is contrary to the best interests of the child, notably in the case of domestic violence and sexual abuse;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new) Pa. Whereas in most Member States there is no legal aid available for mediation for parents with limited financial means who would be at the same time eligible for receiving legal aid for legal proceedings;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital T T. whereas cross-border family mediation has the potential to facilitate agreements between parents, where they are nationals of different countries, that serve to uphold the best interests of the child, reducing the emotional and financial burden and legal complexity inherent in judicial proceedings;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital T T. whereas cross-border family mediation is more complex than mediation in domestic family disputes from a legal and logistical perspective and requires additional knowledge and language skills from the mediator as well as the lawyers defending the parents and/or the child;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital T a (new) Ta. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the difficulties faced by children in judicial systems; whereas, in this context, some judicial proceedings have been suspended or postponed, such as the right to visit family members in prison;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that in all proceedings concerning the child’s well-being and future life arrangements, the rights of the child should be respected and implemented in full and the best interests of the child
Amendment 56 #
1. Underlines that in all proceedings concerning the child’s well-being and future life arrangements, regardless of whether the proceedings are organised by public authorities or private institutions, the rights of the child should be respected and implemented in full and the best interests of the child should be given priority;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that in all proceedings concerning the child’s well-being and future life arrangements, the rights of the child should be respected and implemented in full and the best interests of the child should be given priority in accordance with Article 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that in all proceedings
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) — having regard to the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that in all proceedings concerning the child’s well-being and future life arrangements, the rights of the child should be respected and implemented in full and the best interests of the child should always should be given priority;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. strongly recommends that the Member States establish multidisciplinary panels in courts or specialised sections composed of support services consisting of trained professionals, such as doctors or psychologists, including professionals qualified in child neuropsychiatry and specialised social workers, as well as prepare appropriate laws, training, procedures and guidelines for all professionals involved in legal proceedings involving children;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that access to justice and the right to be heard are fundamental rights and that each child, irrespective of its social, economic or ethnical background, shall be able to fully enjoy these rights in their personal capacity, independent from their parents or legal guardians;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to pre
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to present, without undue delay, a set of common guidelines or similar non- legislative tool, which should include recommendations and best practices for the Member States to follow in order to ensure that the hearing of the child is conducted either by a judge or by another trained expert, using language that the child can understand, and that no pressure is applied, including from the parents; stresses that such hearings should take place in a child-friendly setting and be appropriate for the age and maturity of the child in terms of language and content, while providing for all guarantees that
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to present, without undue delay, a set of common guidelines or similar non- legislative tool, which should include recommendations and best practices for the Member States to follow in order to ensure that the hearing of the child is conducted either by a judge or trained expert and that no pressure is applied, including from the parents; stresses that such hearings should take place in a child-friendly setting and be appropriate for the age
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. stresses that the hearing of the child, especially in cases of suspected domestic or family violence and ‘witnessed violence’, should always be conducted in the presence of qualified professionals, doctors or psychologists, including professionals qualified in child neuropsychiatry, in order to analyse the effect of trust in others on the harmonious development of the child and to avoid deepening their trauma and victimisation;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that such guidelines or similar non-legislative tool must clearly state that a child involved in civil, administrative or family law proceedings should be informed at any stage of the process and receive the information in a manner that they can understand fully and correctly, and that the decision given by the authority should be explained to the child in a manner befitting of their age, ability to understand and maturity by a professional specially trained
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that such guidelines or similar non-legislative tool must clearly state that a child involved in civil, administrative or family law proceedings should be informed at any stage of the process in language that the child can understand and that the decision given by the authority should be explained to the child in a manner befitting of their age and maturity by a specially trained professional;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) — having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 6 October 2021on the impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that such guidelines or similar non-legislative tool must clearly state that a child involved in civil, administrative or family law proceedings should be informed at any stage of the process and that the decision given by the authority should be explained to the child in a manner befitting of their age
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that such guidelines or similar non-legislative tool must clearly state that a child involved in civil, administrative or family law proceedings should be informed at
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that such guidelines or similar non-legislative tool must clearly state that a child involved in civil, administrative or family law proceedings should be informed at any stage of the process and
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Underlines that one of the reasons for cross-border cases to be legally challenging is the different national terminology, like the differences in minimum age requirements across Member States, which may result in a child being treated differently depending on diverging age criteria, or the different roles of the child´s legal counsel in proceedings involving children; calls therefore on the Commission to identify the respective problems and provide possible solutions to the Member States;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Member States to provide easily accessible, child-friendly information on the rights of the child in civil, administrative and family law proceedings, including online targeted information for children about the judicial system and interactive education on legal rights;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Member States to provide exhaustive, easily accessible, child-friendly information on the rights of the child in civil, administrative and family law proceedings, especially in cross- border cases;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Member States to provide easily accessible, understandable and child-friendly information on the rights of the child in civil, administrative and family law proceedings;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Urges Member States to take action to set up a structure of and organise easily accessible, high-quality, personalised, free and publicly financed legal and other accompanying services both inside and outside the court for all children. Stresses in this context that for each child an individualised approach is to be taken and that particular attention should be given to those children who frequently face discrimination or are in a vulnerable situation, including children with disabilities, children with a migrant background and children living in poverty or being socially excluded;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Underlines that due to the COVID- 19 pandemic additional challenges concerning the access to justice and delays of proceedings have been caused therefore calls on the Member States to foresee measures that enable access to justice in pandemic times in particular if children are involved in civil, administrative and family law proceedings;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 6 October 2021 on the impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to enable and facilitate access to free high- quality legal representation for children involved in civil, administrative and family disputes, including in cross-border cases, especially when parents do not exercise full parental responsibility or when there is a suspicion that their interests may conflict with the best interests of the child;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to en
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to enable access to high-quality legal representation for children involved in civil, administrative and family disputes,
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Member States to implement a multidisciplinary approach to ensure meaningful cooperation and provide training on the rights and specific needs of the child for judges, other legal professionals, enforcement authorities, social workers and all other relevant actors involved in court and administrative proceedings concerning children. Calls on the Member States to provide training on the rights and specific needs of the child for judges, other legal professionals, enforcement authorities, social workers and all other relevant parties involved in court and administrative proceedings concerning children;
Amendment 86 #
6. Calls on the Member States to provide training and exchanges of experiences on the rights and specific needs of the child for judges, other legal professionals, enforcement authorities, social workers and all other relevant parties involved in court and administrative proceedings concerning children; calls on the Commission to step up support for such actions, for example via the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) as well as the CERV and Justice programmes.
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Member States to provide mandatory trainings on the rights and specific needs of the child for judges, other legal professionals, enforcement authorities, social workers, teachers and nurseries and all other relevant parties involved in court and administrative proceedings concerning children;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Member States to set up or support programmes for providing children with a dedicated and independent person of trust that supports and accompanies them throughout legal proceedings, both inside and outside the court;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Reiterates its calls on the Member States to ensure that child and family courts function as an essential service, continuing to hold emergency hearings and executing court orders for the care and protection of children who are at an immediate risk of neglect or abuse;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 11 March 2021 on children’s rights in view of the EU Strategy on the rights of the child,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to make sufficient resources available to ensure that civil, administrative and family law proceedings involving children are handled with the utmost compliance
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Call on the Member States to make sufficient resources available to ensure that family law proceedings involving children are handled with the utmost compliance with the standards of child-friendly justice, with appropriate respect for the child’s emotional and physical integrity, and without undue delay;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to make sufficient resources available to ensure that family law proceedings involving children are handled with the utmost compliance with the standards of child-friendly justice and without undue delay;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission to encourage existing networks and platforms of legal professionals to exchange good practices on the hearing of the child, the child right to information and the right to privacy across the EU; encourages European Judicial Training Network to provide for such a forum for judges involved in cross-border family disputes;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Member States to establish appropriate mechanisms and procedures for complaints, remedy or redress in order to fully realize that the rights of the child are appropriately integrated in judicial proceedings that have a direct or indirect impact on the child;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the Member States to protect the best interests of the child in cross-border family proceedings, including by ensuring that laws and procedures do not discriminate between the parents on the basis of their nationality, country of residence or otherwise, and by refusing to consider that the best interest of the child is to remain within a particular Member State’s territory regardless of other factors such as his safety or his right to maintain personal relations and direct contact with both parents on a regular basis;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Urges Member States to respect the right of each child to maintain contact with each parent, irrespective of their family constitution or biological kinship;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to effectively enforce judgments in cross- border family disputes concerning children, especially in cases related to cross-border parental child abductions a
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to effectively enforce judgments in cross- border family disputes concerning children, especially in cases related to cross-border parental child abductions and decisions related to the recognition of parenthood of same-sex couples, as long as this does not infringe the corresponding national law;
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