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Activities of Inger SEGELSTRÖM related to 2008/2144(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Combating the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/2144(INI)

Amendments (4)

Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point b
(b) assist Member States in improving their legislation as variations in the age of sexual consent in different countries hinder the development of common legal instruments on the sexual exploitation of children as well as the extraterritorial cooperation among Member States in this field; call for sexual crimes against children under the age of 18 always to be classified throughout the EU as exploitation of minors, in accordance with the resolution contained in the report "Towards an EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child";
2008/12/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point d a (new)
(da) call for effective protection against sexual exploitation of children by regarding child sex tourism as a crime in all Member States; call for all EU citizens who commit a sex crime against children in any country within or outside the EU to be subject to uniform extraterritorial criminal legislation applicable throughout the EU;
2008/12/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point f - indent 1
- creation of national management systems for sex offenders that would include risk assessment, as well as intervention programmes to prevent or minimise the risk of repeat offences, and therapies available to sex offenders on a voluntary basis. Such intervention programmes and voluntary therapy could be funded from the EU's general budget to guarantee that the children's welfare is the focal point throughout the EU;;
2008/12/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point f - indent 7 a (new)
- supporting the Commission's efforts in cooperation with the major credit card companies to investigate whether it is technically viable to close down or otherwise obstruct the Internet-based payment system for websites involved in the sale over the Internet of child pornography; also encouraging other economic players, such as banks, bureaux de change, Internet providers and search engine companies, to take an active part in efforts to combat child pornography and other forms of commercial sexual exploitation of children;
2008/12/18
Committee: LIBE