12 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2018/2103(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the arrival in Europe of migrants and asylum seekers continued in 2017; whereas this reality requires real EU solidarity to put in place adequate reception structures for those most in need and most vulnerable; whereas many migrants place their lives in the hands of smugglers and criminals and are vulnerable to violations of their rights, including violence, abuse and exploitation; whereas women and children are at higher risk of being trafficked and sexually abused at the hands of traffickers and there is therefore a need to build and strengthen child protection systems to prevent and respond to violence, abuse, neglect and the exploitation of children, in line with the commitments set out in the Valletta Action Plan, as well as the European Parliament Resolution on the protection of children in migration of 3 May 2018;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas grooming, cyberbullying or revenge pornography represent growing concerns for our societies especially among young people;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 b (new)
Subheading 1 b (new)
Children’s Rights
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 a (new)
Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to work out a national plan to combat any form of violence against children, such as physical and sexual abuse, forced marriages, child labour, sexual exploitation, honour killing, FGM and child soldiers; stresses on the importance of including formal provisions to prohibit and sanction corporal punishment against children;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 a (new)
Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates its call on the Commission to renew its commitment to set out a new EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child, as well a new strategy for the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 b (new)
Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the EU Member States and the Commission to explicitly consider children’s rights as a priority when programming and implementing regional and cohesion policies;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 c (new)
Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission to ensure coordination within its different services with the aim of effectively mainstreaming children’s rights in all EU legislative proposals, policies and financial decisions;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 d (new)
Subheading 1 b (new)–Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Reiterates that cyberbullying and revenge pornography are new forms of crime online and can have extremely serious impact especially among young people and children. Encourages all Member States to set up future-proofed legislation to address this alarming phenomenon including provisions for removal from social media of harmful content for human dignity within well- defined deadlines in line with the European Parliament resolution of 14 December 2017 on the implementation of Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to invest adequate financial resources to integrate media and information literacy into national education systems and more generally in order to empower children and young people with the tools to use the internet responsibly and avoid possible risks;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Points out that EU Member States should address adequately discriminatory or violent reactions against the schooling of migrant and refugee 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; to that end, calls on EU Member States to promote inclusive education from an early age in schools;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that the EU and the Member States should develop credible and effective systems that would make it unnecessary to detain children for asylum or return purpoCalls on the Member States to accommodate all children and families with children in non-custodial, community-based placements while their immigration status is processesd; stresses the importance of taking the principle of the best interests of the child into consideration in all aspects concerning children as well as of the practical implementation of the right to be heard as called for in the European Parliament Resolution on the protection of migrant children of 3 May 2018; recalls that Article 14 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 28 of the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child guarantee the right to education to every child, including migrant and refugee children, both unaccompanied and accompanied and avoiding separated schooling and segregation, and calls therefore on the Member States to ensure migrant and refugee children are granted access to formal and informal education swiftly after their arrival; stresses that Member States should ensure that migrant and refugee children are effectively supported through linguistic, social and psychological support based on individual assessment of their needs;