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Motion for a resolution
Citation 6

– having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995, and to the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the United Nations Beijing +5 (2000), Beijing +10 (2005), Beijing +15 (2010) and Beijing +20 (2015) special sessions,deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7

– having regard to the provisions of the UN legal instruments in the sphere of human rights, in particular those concerning women’s rights, such as the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the principle of non-refoulement, and the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities,deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8

~~– having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2015 on the EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 20151, _________________________ 1OJ~~deleted C 407, 4.11.2016, p. 2.

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

– having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2009 on the elimination of violence against women1; its resolution of 5 April 2011 on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women2; and its resolution of 6 February 2013 on the 57th session on UN CSW: Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls3, ____________________________ 1OJ 2OJ 3OJdeleted C 285 E, 21.10.2010, p. 53. C 296 E, 2.10.2012, p. 26. C 24, 22.1.2016, p. 8.

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

– having regard to its resolution of 25 February 2014 with recommendations to the Commission on combating Violence Against Women1 and to the European Added Value Assessment, ____________________________ Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0126.deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

~~– having regard to its resolution of 24 November 2016 on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women1, _______________________________ 1Texts~~deleted adopted, P8_TA(2016)0451.

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12

~~– having regard to the European Pact for Gender Equality (2011-2020), adopted by the Council of the European Union in March 2011,~~deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13

~~– having regard to the EU guidelines on violence against women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them,~~deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14

~~– having regard to the Commission staff working document of 3 December 2015 entitled ‘Strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019’ (SWD (2015)0278),~~deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

~~– having regard to the Commission strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019,~~deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16

~~– having regard to the EU Presidency Trio declaration on gender equality of 7 December 2015 by the Netherlands, Slovakia and Malta,~~deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18

– having regard to Directive 2012/29/EU of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA1, _________________________ 1OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 57.deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19

– having regard to Directive 2011/99/EU of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order 1and to Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of 12 June 2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters2, _________________________ 1 OJ L 338, 21.12.2011, p. 2. 2 OJ L 181, 29.6.2013, p. 4.deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20

– having regard to Directive 2011/36/EU of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims 1 and to Directive 2011/92/EU of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA2, ___________________________ 1 2deleted OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p. 1 OJ L 335, 17.12.2011, p. 1

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21

~~– having regard to the Commission roadmap on possible EU accession to the Istanbul Convention, published in October 2015,~~deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22

– having regard to Article 3 of the Istanbul Convention, which defines ‘gender-based violence against women’ as ‘violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately’ and defines ‘gender’ as ‘the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men’,deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23

– having regard to the Third Quarterly Activity Report of the Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe of 16 November 2017, in relation to the definition of gender- based violence in the Istanbul Convention,deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24

– having regard to the Joint Statement by the Presidency, the European Commission and the European Parliament calling for swift EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on combating violence against women adopted in Malta on 3 February 2017,deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25

– having regard to its resolutions of 14 March 2017 on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2014-20151 and of 10 March 2015 on progress on equality between women and men in the European Union in 20132, __________________________ 1Texts 2OJdeleted adopted, P8_TA(2017)0073. C 316, 30.8.2016, p. 2.

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the EU, in carrying out its work, must comply with the provisions of the Treaties, in particular the principle of ideological neutrality;

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Committee: LIBE FEMM

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. ~~whereas violence against women and gender-based violence are widespread in the EU;~~ whereas further measures are needed to encourage women who have been the victims of violence to report their experiences and seek assistance, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support in line with their needs and that they are informed about their rights;

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas only a mix of policies combining legislative and non-legislative measures, including infrastructural, legal, judicial, cultural, educational, social and health actions can significantly reduce violence against women and g~~ender-based violence~~irls and its consequences; whereas cooperation with civil society~~, and women’s organisations in particular,~~ is also important;

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the Istanbul Convention stresses the importance of changing mentalities and attitudes to break the continuity of gender-based violence; whereas education on equality between women and men, on non-stereotyped gender roles and on the respect for personal integrity, is therefore required in this regard;deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

~~H. whereas the Istanbul Convention is a mixed agreement that allows for EU accession in parallel with the accession of the Member States;~~deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas all Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention, but only 14 have ratified it; whereas the EU’s accession to the Convention does not exonerate Member States from national ratification;deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the ratification of the Istanbul Convention is meaningless ~~without proper enforcement and adequate financial and human resources~~, given that it is a tool for ideological propaganda which does not solve the issue of violence against women but merely promotes a socio-cultural conception of gender that is harmful to society;

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Committee: LIBE FEMM

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the fact that on 4 March 2016 the Commission proposed the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention – the first legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women at international level;deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the Istanbul Convention follows a holistic approach by addressing the issue of violence against women and girls and gender-based violence from a wide range of perspectives, such as the prevention of violence, the fight against discrimination, criminal law measures to combat impunity, victim protection and support, the protection of children, the protection of women asylum seekers and refugees, and better data collection;deleted

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that the EU’s accession will provide a coherent European legal framework to prevent and combat violence against women and gender-based violence and to protect victims in the EU’s internal and external policies; emphasises that the EU’s accession will also bring about better monitoring, interpretation and implementation of EU laws, programmes and funds relevant to the Istanbul Convention as well as better collection of comparable disaggregated data at EU level;deleted

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Committee: LIBE FEMM

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Asks the Council, the Commission and the Member States to take into account the following recommendations: (a) ensure that negotiations in the Council are swiftly finalised so that the EU proceeds to the signature and conclusion of the Istanbul Convention; (b) To ask the Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention; (c) without delay, a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, so as to address reservations by Member States and clarify interpretations of the Istanbul Convention, in particular on the definition of Article 3(c) and (d) in accordance with the General Remarks of the Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe; (d) fully informed of the relevant aspects of the negotiations at all stages, so that it may properly exercise the rights conferred on it by the Treaties in accordance with Article 218 TFEU; (e) accession to the Istanbul Convention as broad as possible and without reservations; (f) States enforce the Istanbul Convention and allocate adequate financial and human resources to preventing and combating violence against women and gender-based violence and to the protection of victims; (g) Parliament will be fully engaged in the monitoring process of the Istanbul Convention following the EU’s accession; to proceed with a swift agreement on a Code of Conduct concdeleted To take all the necessary steps to To ask the Commission to initiate, To keep the European Parliament To envisage renderning the cooperation between the EU and its Member States for the implementation of the Convention; (h) all professionals dealing with the victims of all acts of violence covered by the scope of the Convention in order to avoid discrimination or re-victimisation during judicial and police proceedings; (i) ordEU To make sure that the Member tTo address the specific needs of vulnerable persons, such as child victims, including specialist support services and safe accommodation for women who have been the victims of gender-based violence and their children; (j) attitudes and behaviours and combat gender stereotypes and sexism, making concerted efforts to encourage everyone, including men and boys, to play an active part in preventing all forms of violence; (k) To implement the provisions of the Istanbul Convention on migration and asylum, taking into account the fact that migrant women, whether properly documented or not, and women asylum- seekers are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence and that gender- based violence may be recognised as a form of persecution under the terms of the 1951 Refugee Convention; to ensure that Member States respect a gender-sensitive approach in all asylum and reception procedures; (l) To improve the collection of relevant disaggregated data on cases of violence of all kinds covered by the Istanbul Convention, in cooperation with the EIGE Institute, in order to build a common methodology to compare data bases and analysis, ensuring a better understanding of the problem, and to raise awareness, assess and improve Member States’ action to prevent and combat violence against women;ensure that the European To ensure appropriate training for To ensure preventive measures in To actively promote a change in

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Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Calls on the Commission to submit a legal act to support Member States in the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls and of gender-based violence;~~deleted

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Committee: LIBE FEMM

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Council to activate the passerelle clause by adopting a unanimous decision to identify violence against women and girls (and other forms of gender-based violence) as an area of crime under Article 83(1) TFEU;deleted

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Committee: LIBE FEMM

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to cease its efforts to bring the EU into the Istanbul Convention; encourages the Member States to consider bringing into their legal systems ideologically neutral solutions that prevent violence against women and girls, making the crime easier to detect and guaranteeing victims additional protection;

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33 Amendments of Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA related to 2016/0062(NLE)

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