16 Amendments of Miriam DALLI related to 2015/2340(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that any commercial exploitation of organs that denies equitable access to transplantation is unethical, inconsistent with the most basic human values and is prohibited under Article 3(2) of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Is concerned that current international human rights standards are of limited applicability to situations of climate-induced displacement and that they fail to explicitly address this issue directly; recalls that persons rendered stateless by extreme climate change constitute one of the clearest examples of a legal and policy void across international frameworks;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Emphasises that according to a report by Global Financial Integrity, human organ trade is one of the world’s top ten illegal money-making activities, generating profits between $600 million and $1.2 billion per year spanning over numerous countries; Stresses further that according to the United Nations people of all ages could be targets but migrants, homeless people and those who cannot read are particularly vulnerable;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Recalls that the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs provides an internationally agreed definition of trafficking in human organs, and identifies the activities that the ratifying states must criminalise in their national laws, thus complementing the existing international legal framework against trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Is concerned that the scale of global migration is expected to rise as a result of accelerated climate change; believes that proactive measures should be taken and particular attention should be given to trafficking of human beings in crisis environments, such as natural disasters and also to climate migrants;
Amendment 24 #
3a. Highlights the fact that persons who, for reasons of sudden or progressive climate-related change that adversely affects their lives or living conditions, are obliged to leave their habitual homes, have a high risk of falling victims of human trafficking; emphasises that this type of human mobility related to climate change has a strong economic dimension including the loss of livelihoods and reductions in household income, so there is a direct threat that they will be vulnerable to become victims of forced labour or slavery;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to pay special attention to the identification of refugees and migrants -also climate migrants- as victims of violations, trafficking and smuggling; urges the EU to push forward for an international, legally recognizable definition of ‘climate refugees’;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns the illicit business of human trafficking, human trafficking for removal of organs and any other exploitative business related to violating the right to bodily integrity and inflicting violence; however, notes that the gap between global demand and supply of illicit organs is so vast that it is providing a market for illicit donors who, in most cases, as citizens of the world’s most impoverished communities, are motivated by their own desperation; stresses that this situation is providing ample space for criminal exploitation;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that economic stagnation, loopholes in legislation and deficiencies in law enforcement in developing countries combined with increasing globalization and improved communications technology create the perfect space for the criminal enterprise of illicit organ trafficking; points out that the lack of economic opportunity forces people to consider options they might otherwise find dangerous or reprehensible, while inadequate law enforcement enables traffickers to operate with little fear of being prosecuted;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Expresses concern that according to Europol at least 10 000 unaccompanied child refugees have vanished after arriving in Europe and having been registered by state authorities, that many are feared to have fallen into the hands of criminal groups, and that there is little information about what happens after their disappearance; deplores that children at risk are frequently treated as offenders or irregular migrants by law enforcement officials who do not systematically look for indicators of human trafficking to identify victims;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Believes that it is essential as regards unaccompanied minors to achieve a better and more proactive identification of children victims of trafficking, in particular at border crossings and in reception centres, as well as a stronger multi-disciplinary cooperation to ensure the best interests of the child are effectively protected; underlines that it is also imperative to promptly appoint legal guardians to all unaccompanied children and to ensure that the latter are properly trained; recalls that, according to the Directive 2011/36/EU, "Member States shall take the necessary measures with a view to finding a durable solution based on an individual assessment of the best interests of the child"; believes a durable solution can be found through integration of the child into her or his host society, or facilitation of family reunification in order to enable the child to join her or his family in another Member State;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take measures to prevent ‘transplant tourism’ by drawing up guidelines to protect the poorest and most vulnerable donors from being victims of organ trafficking, and to adopt measures that increase availability of legally procured organs and exchange of waiting list registrations between existing organ exchange organisations to avoid multiple listing;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Stresses that no possible consent to perform labour or services should ever be considered valid for a trafficked child, and that there can be no valid consent in a situation where a third country national is taken away from her or his country to go into the EU (or when a EU national is taken away to another Member State) for the purposes of prostitution, any other form of sexual exploitation or forced labour;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that Member States should intensify their cooperation under the auspices of Interpol and Europol in order to more effectively address the issue of organ trafficking; urges Member States to amend, where necessary, their criminal codes to ensure that those responsible for organ trafficking are adequately prosecuted, including sanctions for medical staff involved in transplantations of organs obtained from trafficking, while making every effort to discourage potential recipients from seeking trafficked organs;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Encourages the presumed consent programmes to be put in place in various countries or schemes whereby citizens are given the option of directly joining an organ-donor register when completing certain administrative procedures, decreasing the reliance of patients on the black market, while at the same time increasing the amount of available organs in order to cut the financial cost of a transplant and to decrease the urge for medical tourism;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)