8 Amendments of Romeo FRANZ related to 2019/2199(INI)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 12 February 2019 on the need for a strengthened post-2020 Strategic EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies and stepping up the fight against anti-Gypsyism1a; __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0075
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas racial, ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities face structural racism, discrimination, hate-crime and hate-speech, lack of access to justice, and sustained socio-economic inequalities in areas such as housing, healthcare, employment and education, which needs to be acknowledged as major barriers to full enjoyment of fundamental rights and key barrier to inclusion and equality;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas cases of gynaecological and obstetrical violence have been increasingly denounced in several Member States, including in France, Croatia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia; whereas the rights of women in all their diversity are protected under the Treaty, including Roma women, black women and women of colour, LBTI women and disabled women; whereas Roma women are particularly affected as regards women’s rights and often face exacerbated forms of verbal, physical, psychological and racial harassment in reproductive health care settings, as has found to be the case in Bulgaria19 ; whereas Roma have also experienced in that Member State, ethnic segregation in maternal health care facilities, and are placed in segregated rooms with segregated bathrooms and eating facilities20 ; whereas in some Member States, such as the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic, Roma have been subjected to systematic practices of forced and coercive sterilisation and have been unable to obtain adequate reparations, including compensation, for the resulting violations of their human rights21 ; __________________ 19Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Europe, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2017, pp. 42-44; Decision of the European Committee of Social Rights of 5 December 2018, European Roma Rights Centre v Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017 ; European Roma Rights Centre, Romani woman harassed by racist hospital staff during childbirth wins case, European Roma Rights Centre, 18 January 2017, http://www.errc.org/press-releases/romani- woman-harassed-by-racist-hospital-staff- during-childbirth-wins-case 20Decision of the European Committee of Social Rights of 5 December 2018, European Roma Rights Centre v Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017. 21Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Slovakia, 18 October 2019, E/C.12/SVK/CO/3, paras. 44-45; Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Concluding observations on the combined twelfth and thirteenth periodic reports of Czechia, 19 September 2019, CERD/C/CZE/CO/12-13, paras. 19-20; Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Concluding observations on the combined eleventh and twelfth periodic reports of Slovakia, 12 January 2018, CERD/C/SVK/CO/11-12, paras. 23-24; Human Rights Committee, Concluding observations on the fourth report of Slovakia, 22 November 2016, CCPR/C/SVK/CO/4, paras. 26-27.
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas anti-Gypsyism remains pervasive across the EU, where structural anti-Gypsyism and sustained socio- economic inequalities affect Roma in areas such as housing, healthcare, employment and education; whereas Roma people suffer increased hate speech in public, in social media and by politicians, police violence, including collective punishment, racial profiling, residential and school segregation;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Strongly condemns the ethnic segregation of Roma women in maternal health care facilities; calls on the Member States to immediately prohibit all forms of ethnic segregation in education and health facilities, including maternal health care settings; calls on the Member States to ensure effective and timely remedies for all survivors of forced and coercive sterilisation, including through the establishment of effective compensation schemes; reiterates its position, calls and recommendations put forward and adopted in its resolution of 25 October 2017 on fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism1a and its resolution of 12 February 2019 on the need for a strengthened post-2020 Strategic EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies and stepping up the fight against anti-Gypsyism1b; in particular, calls on the Commission to propose a Strategic EU Framework on National Roma Inclusion Strategies for the post- 2020 period; __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0413 1b Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0075
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Condemns Member States’ failure to secure equal access to justice and equality before the law for people belonging to racial, linguistic, religious minorities and ethnic minorities, such as Roma, taking shape in over-policing and violations of people´s human rights committed by police officers, such as violent raids resulting in injuries and property damage and severe ill-treatment during detention, as well as failure to bring perpetrators to justice in cases of crimes committed by police officers; condemns also Member States practices in prosecuting human rights defenders testifying against the police or other authorities;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recalls on EU and its Member States to combat effectively discriminatory or violent treatment and reactions against the schooling and participation of children from minority backgrounds especially migrant, refugee and Roma children, both through law enforcement and by promoting mutual understanding and social cohesion; calls on Member States to structurally address respect for diversity, intercultural understanding and human rights, including children’s rights, in regular school curricula;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Highlights the need for targeted policies with an intersectional approach to guarantee the fundamental rights of vulnerable groups who experience multiple discrimination, such as women, people with disabilities, refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, religious, linguistic and ethnic minorities, such as Roma, LGBTI+ people, children, elderly people and people with socioeconomically disadvantaged background;