Activities of Jytte GUTELAND related to 2016/0062(NLE)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU, which it has committed to integrating into all its activitiesrecognised in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which the EU has committed to integrating into all its activities; whereas women´s rights are human rights and gender equality is fundamental to achieving the overall Europe 2020 objectives of sustainable growth, decent employment and social inclusion;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) is the first internationally legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women at an international level and addressing the issue of violence not only against women, but also men and children, based on the principles of prevention, protection and support, prosecution and elimination of violence against women and domestic violence,
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital F (new)
Recital F (new)
F. whereas violence against women (VAW) or gender-based violence is a violence crime that is directed against a person because of that person’s gender, gender identity or gender expression or that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately; whereas gender-based violence is both a cause and a consequence of inequalities between women and men;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital G (new)
Recital G (new)
G. whereas the Council under the Maltese Presidency has shown willingness and progress in the process of concluding and finalising the EU accession to the Council of Europe’s Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention); Whereas the commitment of the EU institutions to zero tolerance to violence against women and girls is a prerequisite for a full and effective implementation of the Convention;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Point i
Point i
(i) Recalls that the Commission is bound by Article 2 Tand 3 TEU, Article 8 Treaty on TFEU and by the Charter of Fundamental Rights to guarantee and promote gender equality;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Point iii
Point iii
(iii) Recognises with grave concern that women and girls are often exposed to serious forms of domestic violence, sexual harassment, rape, forced marriage and other crimes, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Point vii (new)
Point vii (new)
(vii) Reiterates that the EU is exclusively competent pursuant to Article 3(2) TFEU for the conclusion of an international agreement when its conclusion is provided for in a legislative act of the Union or is necessary for the Union to exercise its internal competence, therefore the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention is a EU legal competence which may affect common rules or alter their scope as regards matters pertaining to the residence status of third-country nationals and stateless persons, including beneficiaries of international protection also as regards of the rights of crime victims;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Point ix (new)
Point ix (new)
(ix) Reiterates the Parliament’s call on the Commission made in its resolution of 25 February 2014, which contained recommendations to combat violence against women, to submit a legal act providing a coherent system for collecting statistical data as well as a strengthened approach by Member States to the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls and of gender-based violence, and to making low-threshold access to justice possible;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Point x (new)
Point x (new)
(x) Notes that the Commission proposal COM(2016) 109 for EU accession to the Istanbul Convention mentions that Article 83(1) TFEU provides a legal basis for action concerning sexual exploitation of women and children; calls therefore the Council to activate the passerelle clause, by adopting a unanimous decision identifying violence against women and girls (and other forms of gender-based violence) as an area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU;