26 Amendments of Ernest URTASUN related to 2016/2329(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas any forms of violence against a human being are a direct violation of their human dignity, which is the very basis of all fundamental human rights and therefore must be respected and protected; whereas violence against women is a brutal form of discrimination and a human and fundamental rights violation;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas violence and physical, psychological and sexual abuse disproportionately affect women19 ; whereas one in three women in the EU has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15; whereas the extent and severity of violence against women are often disregarded and trivialised in some Member States and there is still a worrying widespread tendency to blame the victims; whereas only about a third of women who are physically or sexually abused by their partners contact the authorities; _________________ 19 The FRA’s report entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU-wide survey. Main results report’ shows that one in three women (33 %) has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15; one in five women (18 %) has experienced stalking and every second woman (55 %) has been confronted with one or more forms of sexual harassment. Given this, violence against women cannot be seen as a marginal issue that touches only on some women’s lives.
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas ensuring gender equality in all policy areas is a fundamental aspect ofprinciple of the European Union and an essential element in combating gender-based violence;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Istanbul Convention stipulates that all of its provisions, in particular measures to protect the rights of victims, shall be secured without discrimination on any ground; whereas the implementation of the Istanbul Convention will help overcome the challenges raised by EPO by providing a coherent European legal framework to prevent and combat violence against women;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas there is a generalised lack of awareness of the existence of the EPO which has negatively impacted its implementation;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the full implementation of EPO is essential to safeguard victims´ rights and freedoms, particularly the right to freedom of movement and residence;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas, particularly in cases of violence, some Member States issue protection measures on the basis of criminal proceedings, while others issue protection ordermeasures based on civil proceedings;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to clearly condemn and commit to eradicate all forms of gender-based violence;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that, since the transposition of the EPO Directive, only seven EPOs have been issued by the Member States, although thousands of national protection ordermeasures have been requested and issued in the Member States in recent years20 ; _________________ 20 The EPRS’s study on the ‘European Protection Order Directive 2011/99/EU – European Implementation Assessment’ reports that ‘it has been estimated that in 2010 over 100 000 women residing in the EU were covered by protection measures related to gender-based violence’.
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores that the Commission did not submit a report to Parliament and Council on the application of the EPO Directive by 11 January 2016; calls on the Commission to meet its reporting obligations as set out in the directive and to include in its report a mapping of national protection measures, an overview of training activities and awareness campaigns taking place in Member States;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the obligation for the executing state to recognise the EPO with the same priocelerity as the issuing state in spite of the various complexities and legal challenges involved;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to set up a National Registry System of EPOs with the aim of collecting data, as well as to improve the exchange of information with the Commission and the Member States; calls on Member States to collect gender disaggregated data and data related to the type of crime the EPO is giving protection from;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to publish the full list of competent authorities responsible for issuing and recognising EPOs and of central authorities transmitting and receiving EPOs in the Member States, and to make the list easily accessible to enable protected persons and victim support organisations to request EPOs or to settle related issues; calls on the Member States to strengthen their national and local institutions and competent authorities to enhance the accessibility and applicability of the EPO in a manner conducive to EPOs being issued;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that victims of crime who have or would consider obtaining a natiobenefit from an internal protection ordermeasure need to be properly informed and reminded of the possibility of requesting an EPO during criminal proceedings; calls on Member States to designate the specific authority that will be responsible to provide such information;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to conduct an individual assessment, with a gender-sensitive approach, in relation to the provision of assistance and support measures when requesimplementing EPOs; underlines that the victims should always have the right to be heard;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on Member States to ensure that legal assistance and administrative support and guidance is provided to the victim during the entire EPO process;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that translation and interpretation services need to be available and free of charge for victims when a cross-border instrument in criminal matters such as the EPO is being executed; underlines that these services need to be available during the entire EPO process;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underlines the importance of envisaging special procedures to deal efficiently with cases where there are EPO procedures for different members of the family;
Amendment 136 #
24. Calls on the Commission to launch a civil society monitoring and reporting call in order to improve the working of the EPO instrument in the Member States making to this end EU funds available to NGOs;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to launch calls promoting research into the use of national and European protection ordermeasures and to coordinate programmes to initiate awareness-raising campaigns within the Member States to inform victims of crime of the possibility of applying for an EPO and about cross-border protection measures;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to step up their work with NGOs and to provide, with their involvement, human rights- based, service-oriented, practical and intersectional training courses for all public officials working with victims on a professional basis in relation to the EPO and who are key to the correct implementation of this directive; stresses that specific and regular training and courses on the EPOs for the police, the personnel of the competent national authorities and for legal practitioners, legal practitioners, social workers and associations and NGOs dealing with victims of gender-based violence should be established in all Member States;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Asks the Commission to designate an EU coordinator on Violence Against Women who would be responsible for the coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of EU policies, instruments and measures to prevent and combat all forms of violence against women and girls and to act as representative of the EU to the Committee of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention);
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Calls on the Commission to present a Directive on Violence Against Women and to support Member States in the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls and of gender-based violence;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Member States to ratify and fully enforce the Istanbul Convention and to allocate adequate financial and human resources to preventing and combating violence against women and gender-based violence, including by empowering women and girls, protecting victims and enabling them to be awarded compensation;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Underlines that the judicial and practical flaws in the implementation of this directive can be counteracted by the proper interplay ofand coordination between the various EU victim- protection instruments, such as Directive 2012/29/EU of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime; the Framework Decision on supervision measures as an alternative to provisional detention and the Framework Decision on probation measures1a, the Regulation 606/2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters2a; _________________ 1a Council Framework Decision 2009/829/JHA on the application, between Member States of the European Union, of the principle of mutual recognition to decisions on supervision measures as an alternative to provisional detention, OJ L 337, 16.12.2008, p. 102, and Council Framework Decision 2008/947/JHA on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments and probation decisions with a view to the supervision of probation measures and alternative sanctions, in case the offender as well as the victim move to another Member State, OJ L 294, 11.11.2009, p. 20. 2a Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters, OJ L 181, 29.6.2013, p. 4–12.