7 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2012/2324(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Article 1 of the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights, with special reference to the inviolability of human dignity, which is a universal human right, and having regard to the special sacrifice made by women who bear children, which is not comparable to other sacrifices, which they accept in the wider interests of society and which may irrevocably affect both their bodies and the progress of their careers due to discrimination against them on the labour market,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the attainment of equal opportunities is inconceivable without the responsible decision taken by those women who, without concern for the sacrifice which, in the world of work, they accept for their person and their body by bearing children, place themselves at a disadvantage in comparison with those who are not prepared to make this sacrifice;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of the Council Conclusions of 21 February 2011 on intolerance, discrimination and violence on the basis of religion or belief and United Nations General Assembly resolution 66/167 on combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatisation of, and discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against, persons based on religion or belief, and that, according to the FRA (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights)1, on the basis of official statistics, in one EU Member State in every four or five the level of hostility to religious conviction is already expressed in a manner so severe as to constitute a criminal offence which has a bearing on Article 4 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; __________________ 1 Making hate crime visible in the European Union: acknowledging victims' rights, 2012, p. 31
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that, according to a study published by the Fundamental Rights Agency on "The legal protection of person with mental health problems under non-discrimination law - Understanding disability as defined by law and the duty to provide reasonable accommodation in European Union Member States", based on Article 5 of Directive 2000/78/EC in particular some Member States have, in a wrong way, interpreted the term 'reasonable' to refer to an accommodation which does not result in excessive cost, difficulties or problems for the employer, and, in contrast, other Member States have rightly related this term to the quality of the accommodation; stresses that, however, the burden of proving reasonable accommodation shall not be disproportional;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. having regard to Paragraph 147 of the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2011 and on EU policy on the subject (2012/2145(INI)), which unambiguously states that freedom of religion or belief is inter-related with issues pertaining to recognition and equal citizenship and at the same time encourages the EU and calls on the European Commission to support efforts to combat discrimination, intolerance and violence on grounds of religion or belief, including supporting and financing initiatives to this end; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0503
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Ask the Member States and the Commission to carefully but urgently reconsider their position in the deadlocked negotiations on a general directive on anti- discrimination in the Council as referred to in its resolution of 25 October 2011 on mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (2010/2272(INI)), with special reference to the fact that on 23 December 2010 the European Union ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Disabled and the Court of Justice of the European Union also has a more extended interpretative practice which should be taken as a basis for the future;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the political groups in the European Parliament, after the next European elections, to set up a monitoring system based on Paragraph 84 of the report on mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities adopted in 2011, which calls on the Council and Commission to consider concluding an interinstitutional agreement with the European Parliament in order - for the first time in the history of the European Parliament - to draw up a specific recommendation and agreement for Parliament to be involved in monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and notes that this call for a monitoring committee was reiterated in the joint declaration of 5 June 2013 by the European Disability Forum and the leaders of the political groups in the European Parliament;