Activities of Carmen ROMERO LÓPEZ related to 2009/0164(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection and the content of the protection granted (recast) PDF (339 KB) DOC (391 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Internal protection should be effectively available to the applicant in a part of the country of origin where he or she can safely and legally travel, gain admittance and settle and where he or she can be reasonably expected to stay. In particular, when assessing what is reasonable, Member States should take due account of the following factors: the applicant’s personal circumstances, the existence of past persecution, safety and security, respect for human rights, and the possibility of economic survival in that part of the country.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) In the same way, it is necessary for Member States to take into due account, when assessing applications for international protection, rival legal traditions and customs that involve acts constituting intent to injure or an affront to a person’s dignity, such as genital mutilation, stoning, forced marriages or honour crimes.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point f
f) acts of a gender-specific or child-specific nature, including those deriving from legal traditions or customs constituting intent to injure or an affront to a person’s dignity.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d – subparagraph 2
Depending on the circumstances in the country of origin, a particular social group might include a group based on a common characteristic of sexual orientation. Sexual orientation cannot be understood to include acts considered to be criminal in accordance with national law of the Member States. Gender related aspects should be given due consideration for the purposes of determining membership of a particular social group or identifying a characteristic of such a group. In determining said membership, attention shall likewise be paid to concomitant legal traditions or customs that constitute intent to injure or an affront to a person’s dignity.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. When implementing this Chapter, Member States shall take into account the specific situation of vulnerable persons such as minors, unaccompanied minors, disabled people, elderly people, pregnant women, single parents with minor children, victims of trafficking, victims of legal traditions or customs constituting intent to injure or an affront to a person’s dignity, persons with mental health problems and persons who have been subjected to torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence.