35 Amendments of Luigi MORGANO related to 2015/2129(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the fight against the sexual abuse of children and child pornography needs a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach in particular for parental education of children; insists, for that reason, that measures such as awareness raising, training and education, in cooperation in particular with parents' and family associations active on the protection of minors, as well as with relevant civil society organizations, are just as essential in the fight against these crimes as assistance to victims, investigation of crimes and prosecution of offenders;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes the Commission's reports on the implementation of Directive 2011/93/EU and agrees that despite the recent developments there is still a room for improvement until the Directive reaches its full potential across all Member States; repeats that the child's best interest must be the primary consideration in the implementation of the Directive 2011/93 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography; urges the Commission to assist the Member States in achieving correct and full transposition and implementation of the Directive across the EU so that children can benefit from its full added value;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Urges that a comprehensive policy response against the new forms of child sexual exploitation and abuse on the internet, such as cyber predation, sex extortion, commercial web streaming, revenge pornography, voyeurism, and grooming is urgently needed, including the strengthening of efforts and resources dedicated to victim identification and victim-centre services; recommends the Commission, in this regard, to further assess if the objectives of the Directive 2011/93 have been achieved effectively and if the Directive provides relevant response to the new digital and technological challenges and threats;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages all Member States who still have not fully implemented Article 23 of the Directive2, 23, 24 and Article 18, 19 and 20 of the Directive to do so without delay and in particular to adopt preventive measures concerning the regular training of officials likely to come into contact with children;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is concerned that the non- consensual distribution of erotic or pornographic material, including online and through social media, such as the phenomenon of so-called ‘revenge porn’– a rapidly increasing form of abuse and persecution – overwhelmingly affects women and girls, some of whom are under the legal age of consent; calls on the Member States to step up concrete measures to combat this new form of crime and on the internet industry to take their shared responsibility; emphasises the need to educate young girls on the possible consequences of taking intimate photographs or videos of themselves;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. EncouraUrges all Member States who still have not fully implemented Article 23 of the Directive to adoptthis Directive, in particular Article 22, 23 and 24 , to adopt as soon as possible preventive measures concerning the regular training of officials likely to come into contact with children;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages all Member States who still have not fully implemented Article 23 of the Directive to adopt preventive measures concerning the regular training of officials likely to come into contact with childrenminors;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Invites the Member States to implement provisions on assistance, support and protection measures for child victims of sexual offenses (Articles 18, 19 and 20) and, taking into account the best interests of the child, to ensure that child victims of sexual offences be considered as particularly vulnerable victims pursuant to the Victims' Rights Directive by adopting special assistance and protection measures, such as the possibility to testify without being required to give evidence in public hearing and the possibility to be assisted only by people that have been specially trained for this purpose;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on Member States in accordance with Article 23 to provide appropriate training and build competences with the new threats in the online environment and the widespread use of and access to mobile technologies and the internet, in particular among the judiciary and police units to assist them to properly investigate and prosecute perpetrators and to offer assistance to the victims;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the need to raise awareness at an early stage among all girls and boys about staying safe and about the importance of respecting the dignity and privacy of others in the digital era; encourages Member States to share best practices on education material and training programmes for all actors involved, such as teachers, educators, law enforcement authorities on grooming and other forms of risk to the safety of children online, in particular for girls;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the Commission to promote and support the exchange of good practices and experiences in the Member States, stresses that voluntary initiatives on the part of the relevant stakeholders can provide useful support for the fight against such offenses, but cannot replace effective legislative provisions;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Agrees that awareness-raising materials, channels and campaigns for both children and adults, especially parents and those in contact with children need to be promoted at grass-root level with a view to help them understand and prevent online risks, provide safe online environment and promote positive online experience for children;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Encourages the Commission and Member States to promote training and educational initiatives to all relevant stakeholders, including children, parents, teachers, social workers, child protection officers, civil organisations and national authorities; supports age appropriate innovative tools to promote empowerment, media literacy and online safety as compulsory education at schools;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2 e. Calls on Member States and the Commission to enhance its efforts in promptly identifying victims and ensuring that they receive the necessary assistance, psychological support and protection to recover from the abuse; encourages Member States to provide victims a child friendly justice system to avoid secondary victimisation of a child;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the prevention measures should cover technology related aspects in particular, with a view to ensuring a safer internet and digital literacy; calls, therefore, on the Member States to adopt provisions to apply stringent technical measures, such as encryption and parental control by default, to ensure maximum protection for minors;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to step up measures to protect victims of child sexual abuse and to improve the role of national helplines, with a gender sensitive approach;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to continue to monitor closely the transposition measures adopted by the Member States and to initiate a timely infringement procedure if such measures do not comply with the Directive;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the online sexual exploitation of children, among others through online phishing is a constantly evolving phenomenon which parallels developments in technology and that, according to the International Association of Internet Hotlines (INHOPE), the average age of victims of child sexual abuse material is steadily decreasing; underlines that peer-to-peer and Darknet networks provide a high degree of anonymity and are therefore used for exchanging child sexual abuse material;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls on the Member States to step up cooperation and to exchange data to identify children victims of sexual abuse, including missing children, especially girls who are particularly vulnerable to trafficking and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the online sexual exploitation of children is a constantly evolving phenomenon with long term recurring consequences for its victims which parallels developments in technology; underlines that peer-to-peer and Deep Web and Darknet networks provide a high degree of anonymity for offenders and are therefore used for exchanging child sexual abuse material;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages Member States to regularly exchange information about convictions and disqualifications taken from national criminal records about child sex offenders so as to prevent sex offenders from moving unnoticed from one Member State to another for work or for volunteering with children or children’'s institutions;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to make it mandatory for Internet service providers (ISP) to report child sexual abuse and child pornography material detected in their infrastructure to law enforcement authorities and calls on the ISPs to preserve evidence; calls on the Commission to consider the revision of the e-commerce directive on the liability limitations of Internet service providers;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges Member States which have not yet done so to put in place and support safe and child sensitive reporting and counselling mechanisms, such as telephone or internet helplines and hotlines to which Internet users can report child sexual abuse material they find online and that are capable of assessing this reported content with a view to implementing notice and take-down procedures; takes the view that such hotlines should be allowed to search for child sexual abuse material proactively, as is the case for the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in the UK;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges Member States which have not yet done so to put in place hotlines to which Internet users can report child sexual abuse material they find online and that are capable of assessing this reported content with a view to implementing notice and prompt take-down procedures, and remove content hosted outside their territory; takes the view that such hotlines should be allowed to search for child sexual abuse material proactively, as is the case for the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in the UK;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Urges Member States to ensure that citizens have access to the service operating hotline 116 000 to report missing children and to provide social support services for children and families in cases when a child goes missing, child abduction and where the life of a child is at risk;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. NotesWelcomes the fact that about half of the Member States have chosen to apply – besides measures aimed at the prompt removal of web pages containing child sexual abuse material in accordance with Article 25 (1) – measures which are optional under Article 25 (2) of the Directive to block access to websites containing or disseminating child pornography; encourages those Member States who have not yet introduced such measures to do so; invites the Commission, in the context of a possible future revision, to consider making mandatory the optional measures provided by Article 25(2) and encourages the recourse to EU funds, including on research, to identify new high-potential technological solutions in this domain;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses that when Member States impose measures limiting the fundamental rights on the internet in relation to Article 25 the principles of transparency, necessity and proportionality need to be safeguarded in line with the law of the EU and of Member States and they need to provide the reason for the restriction and possibility of redress;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Stresses that children's personal data must be duly protected and children and parents need to be informed of the risks and consequences of using children's personal data online;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10 d. Highlights also the need for international cooperation and transitional investigation with EU's strategic partners and law enforcement authorities to fight child sexual abuse and exploitation online;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 e (new)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10 e. Repeats that precise statistics and data on the number of crimes committed especial in the area of child sexual abuse is still lacking due to the high percentage of unreported cases, novelty of the offences, and the differences of definitions and methodologies used in various Member States;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to accelerate, in cooperation with the internet industry, the notice and take-down procedures on the basis of due legal process and in accordance with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to acceleratenhance, in cooperation with computer science schools and the internet industry, the notice and take-down procedures; calls on the Commission to facilitate an intense exchange of best practices in this regard.
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Highlights that there is an increasing threat to children affected by the refugee crisis exposing them to increased risk of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, in particular for unaccompanied minor children, as many are reported missing after their arrival; urges the Commission and Member States to address this phenomenon and to adopt effective measures to improve the situation and reinforce children's protection;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to fully participate into initiatives and information campaigns for the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, established by the Council of Europe, to raise awareness among citizens on the importance of combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Supports a rights-based approach to the protection of children taking into account the international legal order; recalls, in this context, that the 2011 EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child considers "the Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) as a common basis for all EU action which is relevant to children".