36 Amendments of Malin BJÖRK related to 2016/2328(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10 of 10 November 2017 on the Principles and State Obligations on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 b (new)
Citation 20 b (new)
- having regard to the Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2006)8 of 14 June 2006 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on assistance to crime victims;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 c (new)
Citation 20 c (new)
- having regard to the Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 of 31 March 2010 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas women’s shelters and centres, together with women’s helplines, are core agencies for the support of women victims of violence and their children; whereas there is a lack of adequate women’s shelter and centres provision in Europe and more shelters are urgently required since women’s shelters provide safety, accommodation, counselling and support to women survivors of domestic violence and their children; whereas the lack of women’s shelters can jeopardize lives;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas hate crimes against LGBTI persons is an EU -wide reality, and whereas there is underreporting of these crimes, and the rights of victims therefore are not respected,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas racist hate crimes against migrants and asylum seekers have increased throughout EU member states and whereas very few perpetrators of these hate crime are brought to justice;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
F c. whereas the #MeToo has highlighted that the justice system does not sufficiently deliver justice and protection to women and girls and that victims of gender based violence as a consequence does not receive the necessary support
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the definition of gender based violence should be based on the Istanbul convention, and also acknowledge the structural nature of violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence and its links to inequality between women and men that remains prevalent in society; whereas violence in close relationship, needs to be seen from a gender dimension because ‘violence in close relationship’ affects women disproportionately;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas easily accessible and widely publicised helpline numbers are for many women the first step towards the help and support they need when they are experiencing violence in close relationships;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas women are the ones who are the most exposed to stalking, which is a common form of gender-based violence, and whereas stalking as a specific offense has not been taken into account in the criminal codes of seven Member States;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I – indent 4
Recital I – indent 4
- ensuring equal accessibility for allto all victims, including persons with disabilities, LGBTI persons and child victims, to victim support services, particularly in the cases of LGBT victims of gender- based violence, including sexual violence, , and victims of hate crimes and honour- related crimes;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I – indent 5 a (new)
Recital I – indent 5 a (new)
- Collecting data on and analysing the culture of violence, misogyny and gender stereotypes, and their link with the incidence of hate crimes.
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I – indent 5 a (new)
Recital I – indent 5 a (new)
- To provide specific support services for victims of gender based violence, including women, girls and LGBTQI persons.
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
- shortcomings in victim support services, including weak links in the victim support system and inconsistent referral mechanisms,
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of conducting the first contact with the victim properly, especially in the case of victims of gender-based violence; notes, however, that some victims of gender-based violence – such as minors and uneducated, disabled or elderly victims, as well as (for language reasons) migrant workers and victims of human trafficking – may have difficulties in understanding the information that is communicated to them and, as a result, their right to information stipulated in Article 4 of the directive will not be fully exercised;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States to promote access to justice, as this contributes greatly to increasing the victim’s sense oftrust in the criminal justice system, decreases the possibility of impunity and allows the victim to begin the process of psychological recovery;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that EU citizens and third country nationals not resident in the EU country where they fall victim to a crime should enjoy the same level of rights as a resident and/or national, underlines that the directive should ensure that all women enjoy the same rights regardless of their origin and purpose of residence and enjoy access to legal protection, psychosocial and financial support by the state without the fear of being deported and that victims of criminal offences committed in a Member State other than the one in which the victim resides can lodge their complaint to the competent authorities of the Member State of residence; notes, however, that this right is often undermined by the uncertainty of Member States provisions on extraterritoriality;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Victims support shelters
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 b (new)
Subheading 3 b (new)
Calls on the Member states to provide and expand the quantity and accessibility of women’s shelters and to make sure that women survivors of violence are never declined a place, insists that services need to be expanded to more adequately meet the needs of differently abled women and migrant women, particularly undocumented migrant women. These shelters should assist all women facing violence in close relationships and be available 24/7and be free of charge to women and their children;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 c (new)
Subheading 3 c (new)
Calls on the Member States to provide and expand women’s centres, the term ‘women’s centre’ includes all women’s services providing non-residential specialist support such as information, advice, advocacy counselling, practical support, court accompaniment and outreach services. It includes women’s crisis or counselling centres serving women survivors of violence, rape crisis centres, pro-active intervention centres, regional domestic violence centres, centres for women victims of trafficking and similar services serving only, or predominantly, women.
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. calls on the Member states to reinforce the rights of victims of hate crimes, including against LGBTI persons or hate crimes with racist motives;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to properly implement in their legislation the individual assessment of the victims, this being an essential procedural step to detect and identify the specific needs of a victim, and consequently to grant specific protection in accordance with the victim’s needs; recalls that the gender dimension must be strengthened in all provisions since women and LGBTQI victims of gender-based violence require special attention and protection because of a high risk of repeated victimization and therefore specific measures and specialist support should be insured;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to the individual assessment of minors and of child victims of human trafficking;, and of women and girls’ victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation.
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to ensure that all individual assessments are gender sensitive and to pay particular attention to the individual assessment of minors and of child victims of human trafficking;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the fact that individual assessments are crucial as they help the victim realise that he or sthey hasve certain rights, and the right to make decisions, from the very beginning of the legal proceedings;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide training programmes and guidelines for all professionals, for example; law practitioners, police officers, prosecutors and judges to ensuring that they are better able to execute individual assessments without delay once a crime has taken place, to avoid further victimisation or secondary victimisation experienced by victims of crime and to empower victims, as a means of reducing post-traumatic stress; stresses that such training should also be included in education programmes and that compulsory training should be available, on a regular basis, to all professionals involved in dealing with victims of crime, in order to develop a victim-oriented mind- set;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Underlines that health care professionals are key to detect victims of domestic violence, since violence against women in close relationships affects both the physical and mental health in long term.
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission and the Member States to engage actively in information campaigns to increase awareness about the rights of victims as established by EU law; and to set up campaigns to encourage women and LGBTQI-persons to report any forms of violence on the basis of gender, so they may be protected and get the support they need
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls on the Commission to include sectoral examinations in its monitoring and reporting, to ensure equal application of the directive to protect all victims irrespective of the ground of victimisation or specific characteristics, including race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, disability, migration status or any other status;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the seven Member States that have not yet done so to consider stalking a criminal offense on the basis of the relevant provisions in the directive on the right to protection of privacy, the right to protection and, in particular, the right to avoid contact with the offender; and that Member States should take in consideration the fact that stalking is a common form of gender based violence that need specific prevention measures;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Calls on the Member States to provide a 24/7 open and free of charge national helpline for women and LGBTQI victims of gender based violence;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States to guarantee assistance to victims from victim support services before, during and after criminal proceedings, including psychological support; deplores the fact that in some countries, governments rely heavily on NGOs to provide key support services to victims (‘volunteerism’); and insists that these Member States make sure to increase the funding and resources for the women’s rights and victims’ rights NGOs;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States to guarantee assistance to victims from victim support services before, during and after criminal proceedings, including psychological support; deplores th and health care and to ensure a gender perspective factross all support services; deplores that in some countries, governments rely heavily on NGOs to provide’s for the provision of key support services to victims (‘volunteerism’);
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure stronger protection for victims of gender based violence, including sexual violence, as a means to improve access to justice as well as more efficient criminal proceedings.
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States to guarantee support services such as trauma support and counselling and access to necessary healthcare, including sexual and reproductive health as a part of targeted support for victims withho have specific needs, such as children,women and people with disabilities;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the Council to activate the passerelle clause by adopting a unanimous decision to identify violence against women and girls (andas well as other forms of gender-based violence) as a criminal offence under Article 83(1) TFEU;