Activities of Marijana PETIR related to 2016/2009(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2015 (A8-0345/2016 - József Nagy) HR
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2015
Amendments (30)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that gender equality has not yet been reached in many areas; stresses that women still suffer from discrimination as exemplified by their low representation in the decision-making process, both in the private and the public sectors, and by the persisting gender pay gapscience, technologies and engineering, entrepreneurship and decision-making process, and by the persisting gender pay and pension gap, emphasises that women and girls, especially the ones living in rural areas, are particularly affected by poverty;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that women still suffer from discriminatory working conditions including non-standard forms of employment; emphasises that women working in retail service are particularly exposed to extended working hours and denied of their worker’s right for a weekly day of rest;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30
Citation 30
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32
Citation 32
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the proposed EU accession to the Istanbul Convention and calls for the EU and the Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possiblon preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and calls on Member States to protect, prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls and domestic violence;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33
Citation 33
— having regard to its resolutions on gender equality between women and men,
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its cCalls on the Commission to submit a proposal for a legal act on violence against women and to present a comprehensive strategy on violence against women and girls and gender-based violenpresent a comprehensive strategy on combating violence against women and girls, as well as to promote policies against harassment in the workplace;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence against LGBTI people; calls for further action to push for the harmonisation of criminal law across the EU in order to combat homophobia, biphobia and transphobiawomen and girls and other vulnerable groups;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is concerned by the increase of cyber violence against women and girls, as well as the use of ICT and Internet for trafficking in women and children, especially for sexual, reproductive and labour exploitation; calls for the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures to prevent and address the use of new technologies as a tool of recruiting particularly women and girls victims of trafficking in human beings, cyber-harassment and cyber stalking;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes all the efforts made to fully implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; reminds that women and girls with disabilities are particularly exposed to discrimination, which prevents them from enjoying their fundamental rights on an equal basis with others;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to take all the necessary measures to ensure the protection of women migrantrefugees and asylum seekers, such as safe spaces for women and children, legal counselling and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe abortionstailored facilities, suitable areas for mothers and children, special attention to women and girls victims of violence, including but not limited to FGM;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas migration is an unavoidablethe influx of migrants and asylum seekers is part of the EU’'s futurecurrent context and one of the biggest challenges of our times, as it appeals to the EU’s international humanitarian responsibilities and forms a key element for demographic reason; considering that such influx cannot constitute the primary solution to the demographic crisis, which has to be tackled mainly through solid, transversal and structural family policies;
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to introduce gender mainstreaming in all areas of postep up its work on equalicty makingbetween women and imen all proposed legislation, including systematic gender impact assessments as part of the fundamental rights compliance assessmentnd to incorporate visible equality perspective into EU activities and policies;
Amendment 165 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to introduce a gender equality pillar into the Europe 2020 strategy and for greater inclusion of the gender mainstreaming perspective in the European Semester by introducing a gender dimension in the annual growth survey and in the formulation process of the CSRsmutually reinforce the Europe 2020 strategy and the Strategy for equality between women and men;
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EU institutions to introduce specific indicators on gender equality, including the Gender Equaluse efficiently, within the limits of EU competences and in full compliance with the principles of subsidiarity Iandex of EIGE, in the monitoring system of the future EU mechanism on proportionality, the existing EU mechanisms and tools to monitor respect for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights.
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas freedom of expression cannot be misused to protect racism, xenophobia and hrelated crimes as they threaten the values ofn which the EU and its Member Statesis founded; whereas there is an increase in hate speech among political forces and increasing xenophobia and other biasof such phenomena in the political sphere and in important sectors of the population;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas children are the future of our society and we are responsible for their present; whereas education is one of the best wayscan contribute to imparting values such as peace, tolerance, equality, justice and, respect for human dignity and for the rights and freedoms of others via formal, non-formal and informal education methods, while stressing that parents remain the primary responsible for their children and in particular for their education, including the full recognition of their right provided by Article 14(3) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, by Article 2 of Protocol no. 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights and by other texts linked with international law;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas live-streaming of child sexual abuse is no longer an emerging new trend, but an established reality; whereas children are at risk of harm through online grooming and solicitation for sexual purposes, which in the most serious cases can turn into sexual coercion, as well as of harassment and bullying from peers;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that human dignity is the inviolable andfoundation of all fundamental rights and shall not be subject to any instrumentalisation; that it must be respected and protected in all EU initiatives; calls for awareness-raising amongst EU citizens on the inherent dignity of all persons in order to achieve a more sensitive and inclusivehumane and just society;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that intercultural dialogue and inter-religious tolerancdialogue needs to be promoted via constant efforts and extensive dialoguexchange and that the crisis arising from the waves of migrationnts and asylum seekers cannot be tackled without the involvement of all relevant state and non-state actors, including cChurches and religious organisations;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that Commission’'s report on the progress made in the fight against trafficking in human beings shows that the Internet and new technologies enable organised crime groups to access a large pool of potential victims on a much larger scale than ever before, as many victims of trafficking, especially for sexual, reproductive and labour exploitation, are recruited online; calls on EU law enforcement agencies to step up their efforts in targeting criminal trafficking networks and facilitators, paying special attention to crimes against children;
Amendment 554 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission’'s announcement of the Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online; recalls that the concept of "hate speech" should be harmonised with the right to freedom of expression; underlines that the idea proposed with the aforesaid Code of having Civil Society Organisations acting as "trusted reporters" should be implemented in accordance with the existing provisions on the right to an effective remedy;
Amendment 574 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on Member States to develop and disseminate tools and mechanisms for reporting hate crime and hate speech and to ensure that any case of alleged hate crime or hate speech is effectively investigated, prosecuted and tried in accordance with national law and, where relevant, in compliance with the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia, European and international human rights obligations, as well as relevant ECtHR case law; calls on the Member States to effectively tackle the problem of abuse of freedom of expression aimed at fuelling radicalisation;
Amendment 664 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights that no political, ideological, cultural, religious, national or ethnic background can justify any form of gender-based violencesexual violence against women, including female genital mutilations, forced abortion, sterilisation or surrogacy and that EU and national authorities should strengthen their cooperation;
Amendment 747 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Highlights that child protection should be enhanced in the digital world and calls for further cooperation between the private and public sectors; encourages those involved to follow good examples of prevention and complaint mechanisms in online social media and to implement these EU-wide; supports an ambitious and effective outcome of the reform of the Directive on Audiovisual Media Services, with particular reference to protecting children in the digital environment;
Amendment 765 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Supports EU initiatives aimed at ensuring to each child a stable family environment fostering his/her harmonious growth and development; highlights the primary role of guidance of the mother and the father for their children and with regard to the identification of the best interests of the child;
Amendment 867 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10 a (new)
Subheading 10 a (new)
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Amendment 876 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. Invites the Union and its Member States to fully protect freedom of thought, conscience and religion in all its aspects (individual and collective, private and public, institutional); invites the Member States to ensure the freedom to change one's religion or belief without any coercion;
Amendment 878 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)
Paragraph 39 b (new)
39 b. Supports an effective protection on the part of the Member States of the right to conscientious objection, both at the individual and institutional level, especially in the healthcare, pharmaceutical and education sectors, as a fundamental right placed at the basis of democracy and the rule of law; invites to put an end to discrimination, including harassment, towards conscientious objectors;
Amendment 961 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46 a. Underlines that any EU initiative or mechanism on the respect for the rule of law in the Member States should have a clear and explicit legal basis and is to be founded on compliance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, as well as on respect for their national traditions and identities;