Activities of Soraya POST related to 2016/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas acts of terrorism constitute one of the most serious violations of fundamental rights and freedoms; whereas it is necessary to have adequate tools in place to protect EU citizens and residents and to respond ~~properly~~ to such violations within the framework of the rule of law and fundamental rights;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas inequalities between women and men violate fundamental rights;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)

Oa. whereas in 2015 the number of violent attacks targeting Jews in Europe has raised serious security concerns among Jewish communities;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)

Ob. whereas Muslim communities have been disproportionately targeted by counter-terrorism legislation, policies and practices which can have a discriminatory bias when not grounded in reasonable suspicion or are not legitimate and proportionate;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Soraya POST, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Damian DRĂGHICI

Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)

Oc. whereas according to a research by the European Network Against Racism, people of African descent are particularly victims of discrimination and racism, especially police violence and hate crime;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Highlights the fact that the principles of equal treatment, non- discrimination and equal opportunities should always be ensured when designing and implementing social inclusion and integration policy and measures;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Soraya POST, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Sajjad KARIM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that multiple discrimination should be addressed holistically throughout all migration and integration policies;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Calls on Member States to refrain from inciting fear and hatred in their citizens towards migrants and asylum- seekers for political gains, therefore, calls on Member States to put an end to their strongly biased xenophobic communication strategies (such as anti- refugee billboard campaigns);

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission initiatives to strengthen security cooperation between Member States and fully supports all proposed measures to pave the way towards an effective Security Union, in particular the directive on combatting terrorism;deleted

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Recalls that exclusion and discrimination against religious communities in the European Union create a fertile ground for individuals in vulnerable situations to join extremist organisations that can be violent; considers a consistent application of anti- discrimination legislation as a crucial element of strategies to prevent radicalisation or to enable deradicalisation of those belonging to extremist organisations;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Recommends that security approaches be complemented by long- term policies to prevent radicalisation and recruitment of citizens of the Union by extremist organisations; calls for strategies on social inclusion, education, employment and housing and policies to tackle discrimination and exclusion in order to stop vulnerable individuals from joining violent extremist organisations as well as educating the general population about other cultures and traditions;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Soraya POST, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Damian DRĂGHICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Recommends that Member States' counter-radicalisation and counter- terrorism criminal or administrative measures ensure that responses are proportionate and that any restriction to the enjoyment of human rights are subject to judicial review and/or independent oversight; encourages Member States to ensure that such policies do not create 'suspect categories' broadly based on religious affiliations or practices, nor cultivate environments of stereotyping and religious hatred;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Highlights that many minority groups continue to face discrimination in employment, housing, education, health, access to goods, services and information in Member States;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12c. Condemns incidents of hate crime and hate speech motivated by racism, xenophobia or religious intolerance or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, which occur in the EU on a daily basis; calls for the adoption of the proposed 2008 Equal Treatment Directive which is still pending for approval by the Council; considers it a condition to secure a consolidated and coherent EU law framework against discrimination, also protecting from discrimination on the grounds of religion and belief, disability, age and sexual orientation outside of employment;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

~~Hate crim~~Racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Is concerned by increasing racism and xenophobia in the form of Afrophobia, anti-Gypsyism, Anti- Semitism, Islamophobia and anti-migrant sentiments;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)

12d. Welcomes the annual EU Colloquium on Fundamental Rights and the appointment of Coordinators on anti- Semitism and anti-Muslim hatred; encourages the Commission to appoint EU Coordinators on Afrophobia and anti- Gypsyism, to be responsible for improving coordination and coherence among EU institutions, EU agencies, Member States and international actors and will develop existing and new EU policies to address Afrophobia and anti-Gypsyism, and recommends the adoption of European frameworks for national strategies to combat Afrophobia, anti-Gypsyism, anti- Semitism and Islamophobia;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)

12e. Notes the intersectionality between gender and other grounds of discrimination and the disproportionate impact of multiple discrimination on women; encourages Member States to work with regional and local authorities, law enforcement bodies, national equality bodies and civil society organisations to increase monitoring of the intersectionality between different grounds of discrimination and gender;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)

12f. Is concerned at the growing presence of hate speech on the internet; recommends Member States to put in place a simple procedure enabling members of the public to report the presence of hate content on the internet;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 g (new)

12g. Deplores increasing levels of hate speech from within certain institutions, political parties, individuals and media; calls on the EU to set the example of opposing hate speech within the institutions; recommends the need for strengthened procedures sanctioning hate speech by officials and parliamentarians within the EU;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 h (new)

12h. Expresses its concern at the lack of reporting of hate crimes by victims due to inadequate safeguards and failure of authorities to properly investigate and bring convictions for hate crimes in Member States;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 i (new)

12i. Expresses its concern that several Member States have not correctly transposed the provisions of Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA; calls on Member States to implement the Framework Decision on Combatting Racism and Xenophobia and the new Victims of Crime Directive and for the Commission to monitor the transposition of these instruments and to launch infringement procedures against those Member States that fail to transpose them;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 j (new)

12j. Calls on the Commission to propose a review of the Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law to include other forms of bias-motivated crime, including on grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the EU and the Member States to strengthen the role of human rights education in national curricula as a tool for preventing racism and related intolerance, and calls for greater rights awareness; considers that a complete human rights education must also adequately include education on past human rights injustices and institutional racism;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6

~~Violence against women~~Gender-based Violence

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)

Gender Equality

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Highlights that equality is one of the fundamental values on which the Union is founded. The Union is bound to strive for equality between women and men in all its activities;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Urges Member States to respect sexual and reproductive rights of women, as well as guarantee their access to healthcare.

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Member States to introduce and monitor the effectiveness of both reactive and proactive measures to prevent interpersonal violence, with a special focus on the violence against women and children; and urges Member States to give visibility to the situation of disabled women as victims of domestic violence, who often cannot escape from the abusive relationship;

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

~~18. Highlights that no cultural, religious, national or ethnic background can justify any form of gender-based violence and that EU and national authorities should strengthen their cooperation;~~deleted

2016/09/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Recalls that children and babies are often used in begging to trigger greater sympathy and more money; calls for the criminalisation of forced begging and of all forms of using children for this practice in the EU Member States, as it endangers the child’s health and its social and mental integrity;deleted

2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)

40 a. Notes that people belonging to the Roma minority are disproportionately subjected to forced evictions in many Member States, impeding their freedom of movement; calls on the Member States not to plan resettlement policies based on ethnicity;

2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Calls on Member States, in the light of the Commission’s Report on the implementation of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies 2015, to put in place specific measures to fight ~~ethnic~~racial discrimination against Roma in line with the Racial Equality Directive provisions, and to combat anti-Gypsyism in line with the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia; calls on Member States to appoint a special advisor on anti- Gypsyism at government level, who sets out and monitors measures against anti- Gypsyism;

2016/10/03
Committee: LIBE