12 Amendments of Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA related to 2016/2329(INI)
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that, in line with the assessment report drawn up by the European Parliamentary Research Service, the first reason for the differing levels of use of national and European protection orders is that victims and many professionals are unaware of the possibilities the Directive offers. Encourages, consequently, the setting in motion of dissemination campaigns targeting potential victims, and especially women for whom national protection orders are in force, legal operators, professionals involved in administration of justice, police officers, and members of the basic social services and emergency services who are the first to have dealings with victims.
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recommends for this establishing a specific period within which the PDO shall be recognised and a procedure for notifying with utmost priority incidents that may affect people under protection. Notification of these incidents is key to ensuring equivalent protection measures in both the issuing and executing state;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Call for one standard form, valid in both criminal and civil cases and in all Member States, to be designed and used in applying for and recognising protection orders. A digital management system shall be employed in addition to facilitate coordination, standardise data collected and speed up both management of the orders and the preparation of operational statistics at EU level.
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to set up a National Registry System of EPOs with the aim of collecting data, as well as to improve the exchange of information with the Commission and the Member States; calls on the Member States to collect and to communicate regularly to the Commission data related to the number of European protection orders requested, issued and enforced, as well as information on the types of crimes;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that victims of crime who have or would consider obtaining a national protection order need to be informed and reminded of the possibility of requesting an EPO during criminal proceedings; stresses that the protected person should not have to bear financial costs when he or she requests the issuing of a European Protection Order;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Encourages the Member States to notify protected persons of additional social assistance resources available in the host state, such as family allowances, accommodation, etc., as these measures lie outside the scope of the EPO.
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Points out that as part of the protection and complementary social work special attention needs to be paid to the children of victims of criminal acts and especially when at risk of sexual assault.
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points out that legal aid is vital in applying for and dealing with the procedures for an EPO. All victims in the EU must have free access to legal aid. Stresses that proving compliance with this requirement has to be one of the priorities of the report on application of the Directive due in January 2016 and which the Commission was yet to deliver.
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Encourages, in line with the oft repeated views of associations for victims of gender violence, the testing of procedures that change the traditional approach to how protection is viewed in most Member States. Rather than focusing on measures for victims, as is often the case, risk-avoidance techniques ought to include prevention, surveillance, control and monitoring of the persons inflicting harm, and that the preventive measures employed ought to include, as a priority, mandatory re-education for perpetrators;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Member States to facilitate the issuance of European Protection Orders to protect family members living with a victim who is already protected by a European Protection Order;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Insists that collection of statistical data needs to be improved in order to assess the extent of the problem and the results of action to reduce gender-based violence, for which standardisation of EPO forms, standardisation and digitalisation of procedures, convergence of judicial frameworks on gender-based violence, and enhanced coordination are all essential;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls, as a matter of urgency, for action conducive to the progressive convergence of legislation on violent behaviour resulting in protection orders; attacks which target women in particular are a serious matter and should be punished as a crime in all Member States, and protection measures in cases of gender-based violence should also be issued by the courts;