19 Amendments of Filiz HYUSMENOVA related to 2016/2219(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and to the Parliament's resolution of 27 November 2014 on the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2014)0070.
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Deplores the fact that women worldwide continue to face enormous challenges in finding and keeping decent jobs, as demonstrated by the International Labour Organisation report ‘Women at work 2016’;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Regrets that the glass ceiling to women in business, the gender pay gap and the societal discouragement to female entrepreneurship are still a global phenomenon. Calls in that regard for initiatives for further empowerment of women, especially in the field of self- employment and SMEs;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas millions of children around the world continue to suffer from all forms of violence, including the consequences and burden of war and its atrocitiesaccording to UNICEF's estimates 250 million children are living in countries affected by conflict, nearly 50 million children have either been forcibly displaced by violence and conflict or have migrated across borders and many continue to suffer from all forms of violence, exploitation, abuse, discrimination and poverty;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q d (new)
Recital Q d (new)
Qd. whereas, according to UNICEF, 1 in 200 children in the world is a child refugee, nearly one third of the children living outside their country of birth is a refugee and the number of child refugees doubled between 2005 and 2015;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the EUSR to consult systematically with civil society, including local civil society organisations, and youth and children, and relevant international organisations ahead of his visits to third countries;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its support for dedicated Human Rights Dialogues as a tool of the EU’s human rights policy; acknowledges that they can be an efficient tool for bilateral engagement and cooperation, provided they allow counterparts to engage on issues of substance and send meaningful political messages, rather than merely exchanging information on best practices and challenges; invites the EU to systematically include discussions on the situation of the rights of women and children's rights in all Human Rights Dialogues;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the EU Guidelines on human rights as a valuable EU human rights foreign policy tool providing practical guidance for EU delegations and for the Member States’ diplomatic representations; reiterates its call for the adoption of new EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child without further delay;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Foreign Affairs Council and the VP/HR to request that the EU Heads of Mission and appropriate EU representatives (heads of EU Civilian Operations, Commanders of EU Military Operations and EU Special Representatives) report on cases of serious violation of international humanitarian law, and to promote the Code of Conduct regarding Security Council action against genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes, committing UN Member States to support action by the Security Council aimed at preventing or ending such crimes; calls for the integration of child safeguarding policies in the operations of all EU civilian and military operations in contact with children;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Recalls that criminal networks are taking advantage of the lack of safe migration channels, and of the vulnerability of women, girls and children, in order to subject them to trafficking and sexual exploitation; calls on the Member States to step up judicial and police cooperation and information sharing to combat traffickers and to prevent children from going missing;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Is deeply concerned about the growing numbers of child refugees; highlights the importance of allocating adequate resources to the protection of refugee and migrant children from violence, exploitation and abuse; stresses the importance of providing children with access to health care and education as part of EU programmes to address the root causes of migration;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Is extremely concerned about the situation of unaccompanied, missing or separated children; calls on Member States to end the detention of children as part of migration management practices, as well as to take into account the best interest of the child in all procedures and ensure protection for children;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Supports the swift, effective and comprehensive implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and Children's Rights and Business Principles; urges all UN member states, including the EU Member States, to develop and implement national action plans; considers that trade and human rights can go hand in hand and that the business community has an important role to play in promoting human rights and democracy;
Amendment 536 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Reaffirms its condemnation of all forms of abuse and violence against women and girls, especiallyincluding female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage, as well as the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and domestic violence, and; calls on the EU and its Member States swiftly to ratify the Istanbul Convention in order to ensure coherence between EU internal and external action on violence against women and girls;
Amendment 550 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Reaffirms the urgent need for universal ratification and effective implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Child and its Optional Protocols, and requests that the EU systematically consult with relevant local and international child rights organizations and raises, in its political and human rights dialogues with third countries, the issue of State parties’ obligations to implement the Convention; welcomes the ratification of the Convention by South Sudan and Somalia; reiterates its call to the Commission and the VP/HR to explore ways and means for the EU to accede to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 554 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Reiterates its request that the Commission propose a comprehensive Child Rights Strategy and Action Plan for the next five years, in order to prioritise children’s rights within EU exboth EU external and internal policies and to promote children’s rights, in particular by contributing to ensuring children’s access to water, sanitation, healthcare and education, including in conflict zones and refugee camps, and eliminating child labour, torture, trafficking, early and forced marriage, female genital mutilation and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 557 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Requests that the EU continue to publicisromote the EU-UNICEF Child Rights toolkit ‘Integrating Child Rights in development Cooperation’ through its external delegations and to train EU delegation staff adequately in this field;
Amendment 704 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Expresses the need for international assistance in efforts to search for and liberate women and children who still remain in the captivity of ISIS and other violent groups, and in promoting special programmes for treatment within the European Union of former captives; expresses concern over the recruitment of children by terrorist groups and their participation in terrorist and military activities; stresses the need to establish policies to guide the search for, and the liberation, rehabilitation and reintegration of these children;