2016/0062(NLE) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU, ~~which it has committed to integrating into all its activities~~recognised in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which the EU has committed to integrating into all its activities; whereas women´s rights are human rights and gender equality is fundamental to achieving the overall Europe 2020 objectives of sustainable growth, decent employment and social inclusion;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) is the first legally binding, detailed and comprehensive instrument on preventing and combating violence against women at an international level and addressing the issue of violence not only against women, but also men and children, based on the principles of prevention, protection and support, prosecution and elimination of violence against women and domestic violence, and stressing the need for integrated policies at national level,

Amendment 11 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas all EU Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention~~, but only~~ and 14 have ratified it so far,

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are human rights, violations of which constitute breaches of women’s and girls’ rights to equality, non-discrimination, dignity and health and of women’s rights to freedom and self-determination;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas during the meeting in Valetta on 3 February 2017 the Council Presidency, the Commission and the European Parliament committed themselves to zero tolerance to violence against women and girls;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Recital E (new)

E. whereas opposition to SRHR has increased in Europe and around the world;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Recital F (new)

F. whereas violence against women (VAW) or gender-based violence is a violence crime that is directed against a person because of that person’s gender, gender identity or gender expression or that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately; whereas gender-based violence is both a cause and a consequence of inequalities between women and men;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Recital G (new)

G. whereas the Council under the Maltese Presidency has shown willingness and progress in the process of concluding and finalising the EU accession to the Council of Europe’s Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention); Whereas the commitment of the EU institutions to zero tolerance to violence against women and girls is a prerequisite for a full and effective implementation of the Convention;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Point i

(i) Recalls that the ~~Commission is bound b~~Member States, institutions, agencies, bodies and offices of the European Union, and the European Union as a whole, are bound by the Treaties, and especially Articles 2 ~~TEU and by the Charter of Fundamental Rights~~and 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), by Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and especially Article 23 thereof, to guarantee and promote gender equality;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Point i

(i) Recalls that the Commission is bound by Article 2 Tand 3 TEU, Article 8 Treaty on TFEU and by the Charter of Fundamental Rights to guarantee and promote gender equality;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Point i a (new)

(ia) Welcomes the fact that the Istanbul Convention’s approach is fully in line with the Union’s multifaceted approach to the phenomenon of gender- based violence and the thrust of measures in place through internal and external EU policies;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas gender equality is a core value and an objective of the EU, which it has committed to integrating into all its activities,

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Point ii

(ii) RIn the context of violence against women constituting a violation of human rights and an extreme form of discrimination, stresses and reiterates that equal treatment and non-discrimination are essential for the development of society and should apply in legislation, in practice, in case law and in daily life;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Point ii

(ii) Reiterates that equal ~~treatment~~ity and non- discrimination are essential for the development of society and should apply in legislation, in practice, in case law and in daily life;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Point iii

(iii) Recognises with grave concern that women and girls are often exposed to ~~serious~~ forms of domestic violence, sexual harassment, rape, forced marriage and other crimes, which constitute a ~~serious~~ violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls;

Amendment 23 #

Heidi HAUTALA

Draft opinion
Point iii

(iii) Recognises with grave concern that women and girls are often exposed to serious forms of domestic violence, female genital mutilation, honour killings, prostitution-linked human trafficking, sexual harassment, rape, forced marriage and other crimes, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Point iii a (new)

(iiia) Recognises that domestic violence affects women disproportionately, but men and children may also be victims of domestic violence, including as witness of violence in the family;

Amendment 25 #

Heidi HAUTALA

Draft opinion
Point iv

(iv) Is concerned that most incidents of violence are considered a private issue and therefore tolerated and not reported to any authorities, which shows that further measures are needed to encourage victims to report their experiences and get assistance, and to ensure that service providers can meet the needs of victims and inform them about their rights and existing forms of support; recalls that prosecution rates for incidents of violence against women are unacceptably low;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Point iv a (new)

(iva) Considers that the signing and conclusion of the Istanbul Convention would also help consolidate the EU’s legal framework and action targeting violence against women by achieving a more coordinated approach internally and stepping up its role in international fora;

Amendment 27 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI

Draft opinion
Point v

(v) ~~Calls on~~Suggests to the Council and the Commission to s~~peed up negotiations on the signing~~ign and conclu~~sion of~~de the Convention;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Point v a (new)

(va) Emphasises that the possibility for women and girls to exercise their fundamental rights to take their own decisions about their sexual and reproductive lives and to decide whether and when to have children is essential to self-determination for women and to gender equality;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Point v a (new)

(va) Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that Parliament will be fully engaged in the Convention´s monitoring process following the EU accession to it;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the right to equal treatment and to non-discrimination is a defining fundamental right which is recognised in the Treaties;

Amendment 30 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI

Draft opinion
Point vi

(vi) Recalls that the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention does not ex~~onerate~~empt Member States from national ratification; ~~calls therefore on all Member States which have not yet done so to ratify and fully implement the Convention;~~

Amendment 31 #

Heidi HAUTALA

Draft opinion
Point vi

(vi) Recalls that the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention does not exonerate Member States from national ratification~~; calls therefore on all~~ and from having in place a national action plan combatting violence against women; calls therefore on all Member States to ensure that a national action plan combatting violence against women is in place, and those Member States which have not yet done so to ratify and fully implement the Convention;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Point vi a (new)

(via) Stresses that SRHR are fundamental rights which may not be curtailed for any reason;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Point vii (new)

(vii) Reiterates that the EU is exclusively competent pursuant to Article 3(2) TFEU for the conclusion of an international agreement when its conclusion is provided for in a legislative act of the Union or is necessary for the Union to exercise its internal competence, therefore the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention is a EU legal competence which may affect common rules or alter their scope as regards matters pertaining to the residence status of third-country nationals and stateless persons, including beneficiaries of international protection also as regards of the rights of crime victims;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Point ix (new)

(ix) Reiterates the Parliament’s call on the Commission made in its resolution of 25 February 2014, which contained recommendations to combat violence against women, to submit a legal act providing a coherent system for collecting statistical data as well as a strengthened approach by Member States to the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls and of gender-based violence, and to making low-threshold access to justice possible;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Point x (new)

(x) Notes that the Commission proposal COM(2016) 109 for EU accession to the Istanbul Convention mentions that Article 83(1) TFEU provides a legal basis for action concerning sexual exploitation of women and children; calls therefore the Council to activate the passerelle clause, by adopting a unanimous decision identifying violence against women and girls (and other forms of gender-based violence) as an area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the European Charter of Fundamental Rights recognises the right to human dignity, the right to life, and the right to the integrity of the person, and prohibits inhuman or degrading treatment, as well as all forms of slavery and forced labour (Articles 1 to 5 of the Charter),

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas although the European Union has adopted firm positions1a on the need to eradicate violence against women, running special campaigns and local projects to combat this phenomenon and while current legislation, for example, in the field of the protection of victims of crime, sexual abuse and the sexual exploitation of children, asylum and migration takes into consideration the special needs of victims of gender-based violence, the scale of violence against women continues to give serious cause for concern across the EU, ______________ 1aSee, for example: Commission Communication COM(2010) 491 final – Strategy for equality between women and men 2010-2015 – http://eur- lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52 010DC0491&from=EN; Council conclusions on the Eradication of Violence Against Women in the European Union – https://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/c ms_data/docs/pressdata/en/lsa/113226.pdf

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas according to the EU Fundamental Rights Agency’s study on “Violence against women: an EU –wide survey” published in 20141a, gender-based violence is still a widespread phenomenon, with one-third of all women in Europe having experienced physical or sexual acts of violence at least once during their adult lives, 20% of young women (18-29 years of age) having experienced online sexual harassment and one in five women (18%) having been stalked, one in twenty women having been raped and more than one in ten having suffered sexual violence involving lack of consent or the use of force, with most incidents of violence not being reported to any authorities, _____________ 1a http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2014/vi olence-against-women-eu-wide-survey- main-results-report

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas according to the European Added Value Assessment, the annual cost to the EU of violence against women and gender-based violence was estimated at EUR 228 billion a year, of which EUR 45 billion a year was in the form of spending on public and state services and EUR 24 billion in lost economic output;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the Commission stressed in its strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019 that violence against women and gender-based violence, which damages women´s health and wellbeing, working lives, financial independence and the economy, is one of the key problems to be addresses in order to achieve genuine gender equality;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) is the first internationally legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women at an international level and addressing the issue of violence not only against women, but also men and children, based on the principles of prevention, protection and support, prosecution and elimination of violence against women and domestic violence,

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2017/05/11 LIBE, FEMM 318 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4

– having regard to Article 216 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), ~~and in particular to Articles 8, 19, 157, 216 and 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a),~~

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7

– having regard to the provisions of the UN legal instruments in the sphere of human rights, in particular those concerning women’s rights, such as the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the principle of non-refoulement, and the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities,deleted

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas violence against women is linked to the unequal distribution of power between women and men, to sexism and gender stereotypes, that have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men and to the prevention of women’s full advancement;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas women victims of violence in the EU are not equally protected against gender-based violence, due to the different national legislations and the lack of an European strategy that contains a legislative binding act to prevent and fight the violence against women;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas policy-makers must take a comprehensive view of gender-based violence, recognising that economic policies such as austerity and cuts to public services often place women at greater risk of violence and limit their access to justice and support; whereas, likewise, the underrepresentation of women in the political, social and economic spheres enables gender-based violence;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas more must be done to facilitate and encourage the participation of women in political, economic, and social spheres, to increase the visibility of women in leadership positions, so as to combat objectification and a culture of gender-based violence;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the victims of violence come from a diverse background, an extremely wide majority (95%) of the perpetrators are men, often young men;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas women and girls must be thoroughly informed about their rights and the supportive mechanisms in place so that they can seek assistance and report their experiences in order for the perpetrators to be prosecuted;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas women victims of violence in the EU are unequally protected against male violence, in terms of information on, access to and provision of shelters, support services and rights, protection or barring orders, helplines, rape crisis centres, etc.;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas women and girls with disabilities are not a homogenous group; they include women with multiple disabilities, refugee, migrant, asylum- seeking and internally displaced and indigenous women, women with albinism, women in detention (hospitals, residential institutions, juvenile or correctional facilities and prisons), women living in poverty, from different in terms of ethnicity, race and religion backgrounds, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women, as well as intersex persons; whereas the diversity of women with disabilities includes different types of impairments, such as physical, psychosocial, intellectual or sensory conditions that may or may not come with functional limitations;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas UNCRPD Article 6, recognises that women with disabilities are subject to multiple discrimination and requires that States parties take measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment by women with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas violence against women is too often considered as a private issue and too easily tolerated; whereas in fact it constitutes a structural violation of fundamental rights and a serious crime that must be punished as such; whereas impunity must end in order to ensure that perpetrators do not remain unpunished and that women and girls who have been the victims of violence have proper support and recognition by the judicial system in order to break the vicious circle of silence and loneliness for women and girls who have been the victims of violence;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas violence against women is too often considered a private issue and too easily tolerated; whereas in fact it constitutes a structural violation of fundamental human rights and a serious crime that must be punished as such; whereas impunity must end by ensuring perpetrators are prosecuted and adequately sentenced and that women and girls survivors of violence receive support and recognition by the judicial system in order to break the vicious cycle of trauma, silence and loneliness for women and girls who have been the victims of violence;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas violence against women is too often considered as a private issue and too easily tolerated; whereas in fact it constitutes a violation of fundamental rights and a serious crime that must be punished as such; whereas impunity must end in order to break the vicious circle of silence and loneliness for women and girls who have been the victims of violence independently from their geographic origin and their social class;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas violence against women is too often considered a private issue and too easily tolerated; whereas in fact it constitutes a violation of fundamental rights and a serious crime that must be punished as such; whereas impunity must end in order to break the vicious cycle of silence and loneliness for women and girls who have been ~~the victims of~~subjected to violence;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas domestic violence and violence against women is too often considered as a private issue and too easily tolerated; whereas in fact it constitutes a violation of fundamental rights and a serious crime that must be punished as such; whereas impunity must end in order to break the vicious circle of silence and loneliness for women and girls who have been the victims of violence;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas violence against women and domestic violence, including violence against men, is too often considered a private issue and too easily tolerated; whereas in fact it constitutes a violation of fundamental rights and a serious crime that must be punished as such; whereas impunity must end in order to break the vicious cycle of silence and loneliness for ~~women and girls who have been the victims of violence~~all victims of violence, but in particular women and girls;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas violence against women is too often considered as a private issue and too easily tolerated; whereas in fact it constitutes a structural violation of fundamental rights and a serious crime that must be punished as such; whereas impunity must end in order to ensure that the perpetrators do not remain unpunished and that women and girls have proper support and recognition by the judicial system so that they can break the vicious circle of silence ~~and~~, loneliness and marginalisation for women and girls who have been the victims of violence;

Amendment 116 #

Cecilia WIKSTRÖM, Angelika MLINAR

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas violence against women is too often considered as a private issue and too easily tolerated and justified, sometimes even by public authorities or other institutions; whereas in fact it constitutes a violation of fundamental rights and a serious crime that must be punished as such; whereas impunity must end in order to break the vicious circle of silence and loneliness for women and girls who have been the victims of violence, also in cases when violence and harassment are committed online;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas significant cultural differences exist between Member States concerning women´s tendency to report rape or sexual assault and that official statistics reflect this tendency more than the factual number of rapes or sexual assaults committed in a country;

Amendment 118 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Michał BONI, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the pandemic of gender based violence has led to one in three women in the EU has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas some group of women and girls, such as migrant women, women refugees and asylum seekers, women and girls with disabilities, LGBTI women, Roma women, are at risk of multiple discrimination and are therefore even more vulnerable to violence;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7

– having regard to the provisions of the UN legal instruments in the sphere of human rights, in particular those concerning women’s rights, such as the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the principle of non-refoulement, the United Nations Convention on the rights of the Child and the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities,

Amendment 120 #

Malin BJÖRK

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas certain women such as women and girls with migrant background, undocumented migrant women, refugee women and asylum seekers, women and girls with disabilities, lesbian, transgender women and girls, intersex women and girls, Roma women and girls, young women and elderly women, homeless women, black women and Muslim women face greater risk of violence because of motives fuelled by sexism coupled with racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia and intersexphobia as well as discrimination based on age, disability, ethnicity or religion; whereas women in Europe face intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination that prevents them from accessing justice and support and protection services, and from enjoying their fundamental rights;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas most cases of assassinations of women are carried out by their husbands, ex-husbands, partner or ex-partners, who do not accept the end of a marriage or relationship;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the phenomenon of forced marriage, most importantly the one involving girl brides, is sharply increasing within the European Union due to the ongoing migration crisis that Europe is facing; and that this phenomenon represents a real danger for children and girls;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas violence against women involves victims and perpetrators of all ages, educational backgrounds, incomes and social positions and is linked to the unequal distribution of power and financial resources between women and men, to sexism and gender stereotypical ideas of our societies, that have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men and to the prevention of women’s full advancement;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas extreme poverty increases the risk of violence and other forms of exploitation that hamper the full participation of women in all areas of life and the achievement of gender equality;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas certain groups of the population such as women and girls with migrant background, undocumented migrant women, refugee women and asylum seekers, women and girls with disabilities, lesbian, transgender women and girls, intersex women and girls, Roma women and girls, young women and elderly women, homeless women, women of different religion and race face greater risk of violence due to motives fuelled by sexism coupled with racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia and intersexphobia as well as discrimination based on age, disability, ethnicity or religion.; whereas women in Europe face intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination that prevents them from accessing justice and support and protection services, and from enjoying their fundamental rights;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas exposure to physical, sexual or psychological violence and abuse has a severe impact on victims and extensive long term consequences for children who witness it in the context of domestic violence;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas exposure to physical, sexual or psychological violence and abuse has a severe impact on victims and their relatives;

Amendment 128 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Traian UNGUREANU, Michał BONI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas exposure to physical, sexual or psychological violence and abuse has a severe impact on victims, often profoundly and indelibly marking the victims invisibly, thus preventing them to live a healthy and happy life;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas exposure to physical, sexual or psychological violence and abuse has a severe impact on victims; whereas children do not need to be directly affected by the violence to be considered victims as witnessing domestic violence is also traumatising;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7

– having regard to the provisions of the UN legal instruments in the sphere of human rights, in particular those concerning women’s rights, such as the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the principle of non-refoulement, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities,;

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas exposure to physical, sexual or psychological violence and abuse has a severe impact on victims and may result in physical, sexual, emotional or psychological harm, or economic loss, while having an impact on their families and relatives, and society as a whole;

Amendment 131 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Anna HEDH, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Soraya POST, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Daniele VIOTTI, Birgit SIPPEL, Maria GRAPINI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Miriam DALLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas exposure to physical, sexual or psychological violence and abuse has a severe impact on ~~victims~~women, girls all the people who have been subjected to gender-based violence;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas certain women such as women and girls with migrant background, undocumented migrant women, refugee women and asylum seekers, women and girls with disabilities, lesbian, transgender women and girls, intersex women and girls, Roma women and girls, young women and elderly women, homeless women, black women and Muslim women face greater risk of violence because of motives fuelled by sexism coupled with racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia and intersexphobia as well as discrimination based on age, disability, ethnicity or religion; whereas those women facing intersectional and multiple forms of discrimination may have specific needs and this entails that they should be granted special protection;

Amendment 133 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Michał BONI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the Istanbul Convention clearly in art.3 defines “gender-based violence” as “violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately” and furthermore defines “gender” as “the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men”;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the perpetrator in gender- based violence is often an already known person to the victim and many times the victim is in a position of dependence, and therefore increases the fear to report the violence;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas women with disabilities are 10% more likely to be the subject of gender based violence and because of their position of dependence it is even harder for these women to report the violence;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)

Ec. whereas one in ten women have been subjected to sexual harassment or stalking through the new technology; and 75% of women in higher decision-making have had to withstand sexual harassment hence it shows that no women or girl regardless of age and position in life is safe from sexual based violence;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)

Ed. whereas an important factor to why women do not report sexual based violence is due to the threat of/or economical violence from the perpetrator;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)

Ee. whereas in order to decrease the estimated number of unknown cases Member States must have sufficient institutions present for women to feel safe and able to report gender based violence;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas, gender stereotypes and sexism, including sexist hate speech, occurring worldwide, offline and online, in public and private life, are one of the root causes of all forms of violence against women;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7

– having regard to the provisions of the UN legal instruments in the sphere of human rights, in particular those concerning women’s rights, such as the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the principle of non-refoulement, and the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, including the 2015 Concluding Observations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to the EU that call on the EU to accede to the Istanbul Convention as a way to protect women and girls with disabilities from violence,

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas measures must be taken to address the emerging phenomenon of gender-based violence online, including bullying, harassment and intimidation, particularly of young women and girls, and LGBTI people;

Amendment 141 #

Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas certain women with special necessities or a vulnerable background face greater risk of violence because of motives fuelled by sexism coupled with racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia and intersexphobia as well as discrimination based on sex, age, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religion; whereas women in Europe face intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination that prevents them from accessing to justice and support and protection services, and from enjoying their fundamental rights;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas violence against women involves victims and perpetrators of all ages, educational backgrounds, incomes and social positions and is linked to gender inequalities, to sexism and gender stereotypical ideas of our societies;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas extreme poverty increases the risk of violence and other forms of exploitation that hamper the full participation of women in all areas of life and the achievement of gender equality;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas recently digital modes of communication have contributed to the spread of hate speech, threats against women, forms of online harassment and online violence that can lead to actual physical consequences for the victims;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)

Ec. whereas, due to factors such as migrant or refugee status, race, colour, language, religion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, state of health, disability, civil status, housing, women may face intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination that prevents them from accessing justice, support and protection services, and from enjoying their fundamental rights, and thus have specific needs, which entails that they should be granted specialist support services when implementing protection measures;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas only a mix of policies combining legislative and non-legislative measures, including infrastructural, legal, judicial, cultural, educational, social and health actions can significantly reduce violence against women and gender-based violence and its consequences; whereas ~~cooperation with~~ civil society, and women’s organisations in particular, ~~is also important~~make a very important contribution to preventing and combating all forms of violence and their work should be recognised, encouraged and supported so that they can carry out their work in the best possible way;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas only a mix of policies combining legislative and non-legislative measures, including infrastructural, legal, judicial, cultural, educational, social and health actions, and measures to facilitate victims’ access to housing and employment can significantly reduce violence against women and gender-based violence and its consequences; whereas cooperation with civil society, and women’s organisations in particular, is also important;

Amendment 149 #

Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7

Amendment 150 #

Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas only a mix of policies combining legislative and non-legislative measures, including infrastructural, legal, judicial, cultural, educational, social and health actions can significantly reduce violence against women and gender-based violence and its consequences; whereas ~~cooperation with~~ civil society, and women’s organisations in particular, ~~is also important~~make a very important contribution in preventing and combatting all forms of violence and their work should be recognised and supported;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas only a mix of policies combining legislative and non-legislative measures including infrastructural, legal, judicial, cultural, educational, social, health actions ~~can significantly reduce violence against women and gender-based violence and its consequences; whereas cooperation with civil society, and women´s organisations in particular, is also important~~, as well as, the protection and full enjoyment of social and economic rights , housing and equal participation of women in all areas of society can significantly reduce violence against women and gender-based violence and its consequences;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas civil society, in particular, NGOs, women’s associations and where appropriate, other public and private voluntary organisations concerned with the issue of violence against women, play an important role in the effort to combat all forms of violence against women;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas it is necessary to take implementing measures that would take into account ensuring special places for women that were victims of domestic violence in order to ensure a real protection;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas education and training of girls and women is an important European value, a fundamental human right and an essential element for the empowerment of girls and women on the social, cultural and professional levels, as well as for the full enjoyment of all other social, economic, cultural and political rights and subsequently the prevention of violence against women and girls;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas only states are able to provide free compulsory universal education, which is a sine qua non for guaranteeing equal opportunities for all genders;

Amendment 158 #

Miltiadis KYRKOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the immediate accession of all Member States to the Istanbul Convention would contribute substantially to the development of an integrated policy and to the promotion of international cooperation in the fight against all forms of violence against women;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

– having regard to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities General Comment on Article 6: Women and Girls with Disabilities (adopted 26 August 2016),

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the Istanbul Convention stresses the importance of changing mentalities and attitudes to break the continuity of gender-based violence; whereas education on equality between women and men, on non-stereotyped gender roles and on the respect for personal integrity, is therefore required in this regard; whereas gender-sensitive assertiveness and self-defence training has been identified as an efficient tool for reducing victimisation and its negative impacts, challenging gender stereotypes and empowering women and girls;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the Istanbul Convention stresses the importance of changing mentalities and attitudes to break the continuity of gender-based violence; whereas education on equality between women and men, ~~on non-stereotyped gender roles and on~~taking account of the different roles that arise from their respect ~~for personal in~~ive psychological and physical charactegritystics, is therefore required in this regard;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the Istanbul Convention stresses the importance of raising awareness, changing mentalities and attitudes to break the continuity of gender- based violence; whereas education at all levels, and for all ages, formal, informal, and non-formal, on equality between women and men, on non-stereotyped gender roles and on the respect for personal integrity, is therefore required in this regard;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the Istanbul Convention stresses the importance of changing mentalities and attitudes to break the continuity of gender-based violence; whereas education on equality between women and men, on non-stereotyped gender roles ~~and~~, on the respect for personal integrity, is therefore required in this regard; whereas, in line with Art. 12 of the Istanbul Convention, gender-sensitive assertiveness and self-defence training has been identified as an efficient tool for reducing victimisation and its negative impacts, challenging gender stereotypes and empowering women and girls;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the ~~Istanbul~~ Convention stresses the importance of changing mentalities and attitudes to break the continuity of gender- based violence; whereas education on equality between women and men, on non- stereotyped gender roles, reducing victimisation and its negative impacts and on the respect of personal integrity, is therefore required in this regard;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the Istanbul Convention ~~stresses the importance of changing mentalities and attitudes to break the continuity of gender-based violence; whereas education on equality between women and men, on non-stereotyped gender~~introduces a new definition of “gender” that blurs the natural differences between men and women, and makes it impossible to recognise that higher vulnerability of women to violence is closely linked to their unique roles a~~nd on the respect for personal integrity, is therefore required in this regard~~s mothers, and stresses that motherhood should never be interpreted as stereotyped gender role;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the European Union must work to advance the fight to eliminate gender-based violence in its neighbourhood and around the world as part of the global effort to fulfil the Sustainable Development Goals, including the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas in line with article 12 of the Istanbul Convention, gender sensitive assertiveness and self-defence training has been identified as an efficient tool for reducing victimisation and its negative impacts challenging gender stereotypes and empowering women and girls;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)

– having regard to the 2015 Concluding Observations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to the EU calling on the EU to accede to the Istanbul Convention as a way to protect women and girls with disabilities from violence.

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

~~H. whereas the Istanbul Convention is a mixed agreement that allows for EU accession in parallel with the accession of the Member States;~~deleted

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the ~~Istanbul Convention is a mixed agreement that allows for EU accession in parallel with the accession of the Member States~~EU accession to the Istanbul Convention would mean that it would be binding for all Member States, including those who decided not to ratify it;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas all Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention, but only 14 have ratified it; whereas the EU’s accession to the Convention does not exonerate Member States from national ratification;deleted

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas all EU Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention, ~~but only~~ 14 have ratified it; whereas the EU’s accession to the Convention ~~does not exonerate Member States from~~is independent of national ratification by Member States;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas ~~all~~only 14 Member States have ~~sign~~ratified the Istanbul Conventio~~1n, but only 14 have ratified it; whereas the EU’s accession to the Convention does not exonerate Member States from national ratificatio~~n;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas all Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention, but only 14 have ratified it; whereas the EU’s accession to the Convention ~~does not exonerate Member States~~neither replaces nor provides an alternative to from national ratification;

Amendment 176 #

Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

J. whereas the ~~ratificat~~EU accession tof the Istanbul Convention is meaningless ~~without proper enforcement and adequate financial and human resources~~;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the ratification of the Istanbul Convention ~~is meaningless without~~requires proper enforcement and adequate financial and human resources;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the ratification of the Convention is meaningless without proper enforcement ~~and~~, effective implementation and allocation of adequate financial and human resources;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the ratification of the Istanbul Convention is meaningless ~~without proper enforcement and adequate financial and human resources~~, given that it is a tool for ideological propaganda which does not solve the issue of violence against women but merely promotes a socio-cultural conception of gender that is harmful to society;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8

~~– having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2015 on the EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 20151, _______________________ 1 OJ C 407, 4.11.2016, p. 2.~~deleted

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas in accordance to the UNHCR 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees persecution on the basis of gender has become a form of sexual based violence; therefore it should be included in the grounds for asylum;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas militarism and military institutions do not create long-term, sustainable and real peace, but rather contribute to a culture of violence closely linked to the view of masculinity; and military investments take resources from social investments, as increased military budgets will reduce welfare investments;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)

Jb. whereas the military expenses in Europe amounted to 334 billion dollars in 2016 according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; which constitutes 20 % of the global military expenses and an increase of 2.8% since 2015;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas extreme poverty increases the risk of violence and other forms of exploitation that hamper the full participation of women and girls in all areas of life and the achievement of gender equality;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the fact that on 4 March 2016 the Commission proposed the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention – the first legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women at international level;deleted

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes the fact that~~Notes that on 4 March 2016 the Commission proposed the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention - the first legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women at international level;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Deplores the fact that on 4 March 2016 the Commission proposed the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention –, the ~~first legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women at international level~~reby ignoring the lack of consensus on this issue between the Member States;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the fact that on 4 March 2016 the Commission proposed the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention – the first comprehensive legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women at international level;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the fact that 4 March 2016 the Commission proposed the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention - the first legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence at international level;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8

~~– having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2015 on the EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 20151, _________________________ 1OJ~~deleted C 407, 4.11.2016, p. 2.

Amendment 190 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Anna HEDH, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Soraya POST, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Kati PIRI, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Daniele VIOTTI, Maria GRAPINI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Miriam DALLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises that the Istanbul Convention should place male violence against women as a core focus of the Convention, while also addressing all gender-based violence by tackling violence motivated by an intersection of various grounds, including sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression; underlines the importance of strategic measures to proactively combat gender stereotypes and counter patterns of patriarchy, racism, sexism, hate incidents, homophobia and transphobia, as well as gender normativity and heteronormativity;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that women and girls are often exposed to domestic violence, sexual harassment, ~~rape, forced marriage and other forms of violence, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls~~psychological and physical violence, stalking, sexual violence, rape, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, forced abortion and forced sterilisation, and other forms of violence, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls; stresses that the Istanbul Convention ensures that culture, custom, religion, tradition or so-called “honour” cannot be a justification of any acts of violence against women;

Amendment 192 #

Ángela VALLINA, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that women and girls are often exposed to domestic violence, ~~sexual harassment, rape~~which includes physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence, sexual harassment, stalking, rape, female genital mutilation, forced marriage and other forms of violence, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. DCondemns all forms of violence against women and deplores the fact that women and girls are often exposed to domestic violence, sexual harassment, rape, forced marriage and other forms of violence, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that women and girls are often exposed to domestic violence, sexual harassment, rape, forced marriage and other forms of violence, which constitute are a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls and constitutes a serious security threat;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that women and girls are often exposed to domestic violence, ~~sexual harassment, rape, forced marriage~~psychological and physical violence, stalking, sexual harassment, sexual violence and rape, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, forced sterilisation and forced abortion, the so- called “honour-crimes” and other forms of violence, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls; ~~violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls~~stresses that the Istanbul Convention ensures that culture, custom, religion, tradition or so-called “honour” cannot be a justification for any acts of violence against women;

Amendment 196 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Michał BONI, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that women and girls are often exposed to domestic violence, sexual harassment, sexual violence and rape, forced marriage, honour killings, feminicide, female genital mutilation and other forms of violence, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls; denounces that more and more women and girls are victims of gender-based violence on the internet and on social media; Calls on Member States to adopt concrete measures to address these new forms of crimes, including sex- extortion, grooming, voyeurism and revenge pornography, and protect victims, who experience serious trauma leading sometimes even to suicide;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that women and girls are often exposed to domestic violence, sexual harassment~~, rape~~ and rape, both in public and private areas, forced marriage and other forms of violence, which constitute are a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that women and girls are ~~often~~at higher risk of exposured to domestic violence, sexual harassment, rape, ~~forced marriage~~cultural, religious and other forms of violence, which constitute a serious violation of their human rights and dignity ~~of wo~~, whilst noting that men may also be victims of domestic violence, sexual harassment and ~~girls~~rape;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

– having regard to Article 2 to the Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

– having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2009 on the elimination of violence against women1; its resolution of 5 April 2011 on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women2; and its resolution of 6 February 2013 on the 57th session on UN CSW: Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls3, ____________________________ 1OJ 2OJ 3OJdeleted C 285 E, 21.10.2010, p. 53. C 296 E, 2.10.2012, p. 26. C 24, 22.1.2016, p. 8.

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that women and girls are often exposed to domestic violence, ~~sexual harassment, rape, forced marriage and other forms of~~psychological and physical violence, stalking, sexual harassment, sexual violence, rape, prostitution, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, forced sterilisation, forced continuation of pregnancy to term and forced abortion and other forms of sexual and reproductive coercion and violence, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that women and girls are ~~often~~sometimes exposed to domestic violence, sexual harassment, rape, forced marriage and other forms of violence, which constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Encourages Member States to see the wide scope of sexual based violence as stated in the Istanbul Convention, in which it can be physical, mental, economical or the threat of using them;

Amendment 203 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Anna HEDH, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Soraya POST, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Kati PIRI, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Daniele VIOTTI, Birgit SIPPEL, Maria GRAPINI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services, including safe and legal abortion, amounts to a grave breach of fundamental human rights and an extreme form of violence against women and girls; underlines that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexualities, calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning and the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including modern contraception and safe and legal abortion;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that forced pregnancy is defined as a crime against humanity in the article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of 17 July 1998 and is a gender-based violence against women, that constitute a serious violation of the human rights and dignity of women and girls;

Amendment 205 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Anna HEDH, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Soraya POST, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Kati PIRI, Daniele VIOTTI, Maria GRAPINI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Strongly affirms that the denial of safe abortion amounts to a serious breach of human rights and an extreme form of violence against women; calls for the right to abortion to be considered as a Fundamental right at the EU level;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the Istanbul Convention follows a holistic approach by addressing the issue of violence against women and girls and gender-based violence from a wide range of perspectives, such as the prevention of violence, the fight against discrimination, criminal law measures to combat impunity, victim protection and support, the protection of children, the protection of women asylum seekers and refugees, and better data collection;deleted

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the Istanbul Convention follows a holistic ~~approach~~, comprehensive and coordinated approach placing the rights of the victim at the centre by addressing the issue of violence against women and girls and gender-based violence from a wide range of perspectives, such as the prevention of violence, the fight against discrimination, criminal law measures to combat impunity, victim protection and support, the protection of children, the protection of women asylum seekers and refugees, and better data collection;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the ~~Istanbul Convention follows a holistic approach by~~EU legislation is addressing the issue of violence against women and girls ~~and gender-based violence~~ from a wide range of perspectives, such as the prevention of violence, the fight against discrimination, criminal law measures to combat impunity, victim protection and support, the protection of children, the protection of women asylum seekers and refugees, and better data collection;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

– having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2009 on the elimination of violence against women1; its resolution of 5 April 2011 on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women2; and its resolution of 6 February 2013 on the 57th session on UN CSW: Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls3, ____________________________ 1 OJ C 285 E, 21.10.2010, p. 53. 2 OJ C 296 E, 2.10.2012, p. 26. 3 OJ C 24, 22.1.2016, p. 8.deleted

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the Istanbul Convention follows a holistic approach by addressing the issue of violence against women and girls and gender-based violence from a wide range of perspectives, such as the prevention of violence, the fight against discrimination, criminal law measures to combat impunity, victim protection and support, the protection of children, the protection of women and LGBTIQ asylum seekers and refugees, and better data collection;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the Istanbul Convention follows a holistic approach by addressing the issue of violence against women and girls ~~and~~, gender-based violence and domestic violence from a wide range of perspectives, such as the prevention of violence, the fight against discrimination, criminal law measures to combat impunity, victim protection and support, the protection of children, the protection of women asylum seekers and refugees, and better data collection;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the Istanbul Convention ~~follow~~offers a holistic ~~approach~~, comprehensive and coordinated approach placing the rights of the victim at the epicentre by addressing the issue of violence against women and girls ~~and~~, gender- based and domestic violence from a wide range of perspectives, such as the prevention of violence, the fight against discrimination, criminal law measures to combat impunity, victim protection and support, the protection of children, the protection of women asylum seekers and refugees, and better data collection;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Highlights that the Istanbul Convention provides a sound basis for changing the social structures that create, legitimate and perpetuate violence against women, and provides tools for the introduction of measures to that effect; Highlights that the Convention addresses prevention, protection and prosecution simultaneously (three tiered approach) and a comprehensive and co-ordinated approach, stemming from the principle of due diligence which establishes the positive obligation for States to respond effectively to all acts of violence (Article 5 of the Convention;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that the EU accession will provide a coherent European legal framework to prevent and combat violence against women and gender-based violence and to protect victims in the EU’s internal and external policies; emphasises that the EU accession will also bring about better monitoring, interpretation and implementation of EU laws, programmes and funds relevant to the Istanbul Convention as well as better collection of comparable disaggregated data at EU level;deleted

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that the EU’s accession will provide a coherent European legal framework to prevent and combat violence against women and gender-based violence and to protect victims in the EU’s internal and external policies; emphasises that the EU’s accession will also bring about better monitoring, interpretation and implementation of EU laws, programmes and funds relevant to the Istanbul Convention as well as better collection of comparable disaggregated data at EU level;deleted

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that the EU accession will provide a coherent European legal framework to prevent and combat violence against women and gender-based violence and to protect and support victims in the EU’s internal and external policies; emphasises that the EU accession will also bring about better monitoring, interpretation and implementation of EU laws, programmes and funds relevant to the Istanbul Convention as well as ~~better~~improved collection of comparable disaggregated data at EU level;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that the EU accession will provide a coherent European legal framework to prevent and combat violence against women and gender-based violence and to protect victims in the EU’s internal and external policies; emphasises that the EU accession will also bring about better monitoring, interpretation and implementation of EU laws, programmes ~~and funds~~, funds and secondary legislation relevant to the Istanbul Convention as well as better collection of comparable disaggregated data at EU level;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that by acceding to the Convention the EU will become a more efficient global actor in the field of women’s rights;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

– having regard to its resolution of 25 February 2014 with recommendations to the Commission on combating Violence Against Women1 and to the European Added Value Assessment, ____________________________ Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0126.deleted

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Asks the Council, the Commission and the Member States to take into account the following recommendations: (a) ensure that negotiations in the Council are swiftly finalised so that the EU proceeds to the signature and conclusion of the Istanbul Convention; (b) To ask the Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention; (c) without delay, a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, so as to address reservations by Member States and clarify interpretations of the Istanbul Convention, in particular on the definition of Article 3(c) and (d) in accordance with the General Remarks of the Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe; (d) fully informed of the relevant aspects of the negotiations at all stages, so that it may properly exercise the rights conferred on it by the Treaties in accordance with Article 218 TFEU; (e) accession to the Istanbul Convention as broad as possible and without reservations; (f) States enforce the Istanbul Convention and allocate adequate financial and human resources to preventing and combating violence against women and gender-based violence and to the protection of victims; (g) Parliament will be fully engaged in the monitoring process of the Istanbul Convention following the EU’s accession; to proceed with a swift agreement on a Code of Conduct concdeleted To take all the necessary steps to To ask the Commission to initiate, To keep the European Parliament To envisage renderning the cooperation between the EU and its Member States for the implementation of the Convention; (h) all professionals dealing with the victims of all acts of violence covered by the scope of the Convention in order to avoid discrimination or re-victimisation during judicial and police proceedings; (i) ordEU To make sure that the Member tTo address the specific needs of vulnerable persons, such as child victims, including specialist support services and safe accommodation for women who have been the victims of gender-based violence and their children; (j) attitudes and behaviours and combat gender stereotypes and sexism, making concerted efforts to encourage everyone, including men and boys, to play an active part in preventing all forms of violence; (k) To implement the provisions of the Istanbul Convention on migration and asylum, taking into account the fact that migrant women, whether properly documented or not, and women asylum- seekers are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence and that gender- based violence may be recognised as a form of persecution under the terms of the 1951 Refugee Convention; to ensure that Member States respect a gender-sensitive approach in all asylum and reception procedures; (l) To improve the collection of relevant disaggregated data on cases of violence of all kinds covered by the Istanbul Convention, in cooperation with the EIGE Institute, in order to build a common methodology to compare data bases and analysis, ensuring a better understanding of the problem, and to raise awareness, assess and improve Member States’ action to prevent and combat violence against women;ensure that the European To ensure appropriate training for To ensure preventive measures in To actively promote a change in

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Asks the Council, the Commission and the Member States to take into account the following recommendations: (a) ensure that negotiations in the Council are swiftly finalised so that the EU proceeds to the signature and conclusion of the Istanbul Convention; (b) and implement the Istanbul Convention; (c) without delay, a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, so as to address reservations by Member States and clarify interpretations of the Istanbul Convention, in particular on the definition of Article 3(c) and (d) in accordance with the General Remarks of the Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe; (d) fully informed of the relevant aspects of the negotiations at all stages, so that it may properly exercise the rights conferred on it by the Treaties in accordance with Article 218 TFEU; (e) accession to the Istanbul Convention as broad as possible and without reservations; (f) States enforce the Istanbul Convention and allocate adequate financial and human resources to preventing and combating violence against women and gender-based violence and to the protection of victims; (g) Parliament will be fully engaged in the monitoring process of the Istanbul Convention following the EU’s accession; to proceed with a swift agreement on a Code of Conduct concdeleted To take all the necessary steps to To ask the Member States to ratify To ask the Commission to initiate, To keep the European Parliament To envisage renderning the cooperation between the EU and its Member States for the implementation of the Convention; (h) all professionals dealing with the victims of all acts of violence covered by the scope of the Convention in order to avoid discrimination or re-victimisation during judicial and police proceedings; (i) order to address the specific needs of vulnerable persons, such as child victims, including specialist support services and safe accommodation for women who have been the victims of gender-based violence and their children; (j) attitudes and behaviours and combat gender stereotypes and sexism, making concerted efforts to encourage everyone, including men and boys, to play an active part in preventing all forms of violence; (k) To implement the provisions of the Istanbul Convention on migration and asylum, taking into account the fact that migrant women, whether properly documented or not, and women asylum- seekers are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence and that gender- based violence may be recognised as a form of persecution under the terms of the 1951 Refugee Convention; to ensure that Member States respect a gender-sensitive approach in all asylum and reception procedures; (l) To improve the collection of relevant disaggregated data on cases of violence of all kinds covered by the Istanbul Convention, in cooperation with the EIGE Institute, in order to build a common methodology to compare data bases and analysis, ensuring a better understanding of the problem, and to raise awareness, assess and improve Member States’ action to prevent and combat violence against women;EU To make sure that the Member To ensure that the European To ensure appropriate training for To ensure preventive measures in To actively promote a change in

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point a

~~(a) To take all the necessary steps to ensure that negotiations in the Council are swiftly finalised so that the EU proceeds to the signature and conclusion of the Istanbul Convention;~~deleted

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b

(b) To ~~ask th~~take all necessary steps to encourage Member States to swiftly ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention; to strongly condemn attempts to retract from steps already taken in implementing the Istanbul Convention and in combating violence against women;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b

(b) To ~~ask~~urge the Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b

(b) To ask the Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention with the aim of fighting and countering violence against women and girls and domestic violence;

Amendment 226 #

Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b

(b) To ~~ask~~urge the Member States to swiftly ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention;

Amendment 227 #

(b) To ~~ask~~urge the Member States to ~~ratify~~speed up negotiations on the ratifications and implementation of the Istanbul Convention;

Amendment 228 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Michał BONI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point c

(c) To ask the Commission to initiate without delay a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, so as to address reservations by Member States and clarify interpretations of the Istanbul Convention, in particular on the definition of article 3, (c) and (d) in accordance with the General Remarks of the Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe;deleted

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point c

(c) To ask the Commission to initiate, without delay, a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, so as to address reservations, objections and concerns expressed by Member States; and ~~clarify~~in particular to clarify misleading interpretations of the Istanbul Convention~~, in particular on~~ on the definition of gender-based violence and the definition of gender in Article 3(c) and (d), in accordance with the General Remarks of the Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe;

Amendment 23 #

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point c

(c) To ask the Commission to initiate, without delay, a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, so as to address reservations by Member States and clarify interpretations of the Istanbul Convention, in particular on the definition of Article 3(c) and (d) in accordance with the General Remarks of the Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe; To urge the Commission and Member States to formulate effective strategies to implement and evaluate legislation and policy measures to prevent and combat gender-based violence;

Amendment 231 #

(c) To ask the Commission to initiate without delay and postponement, a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, to address reservations by Member States and clarify interpretations of the Convention, in particular on the definition of article 3, (c) (d) in accordance with the General Remarks of the Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point c

(c) To ask the Commission to initiate without delay a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, to address reservations by Member States and clarify interpretations of the Convention, in particular on the definition of article 3, points (c) ~~and (d) having in mind general remarks made by the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner~~in compliance with the Article 7 point 3 of the Statute of Rome of the International Crime Tribunal;

Amendment 233 #

(ca) To produce practical guidelines on the application of the Istanbul Convention to facilitate a smooth implementation and enforcement of the Convention in countries that have already ratified it as well as to respond to the concerns of those that have not yet ratified it and encourage them to do so;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point e

~~(e) To envisage rendering the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention as broad as possible and without reservations;~~deleted

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point e

(e) To envisage rendering the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on as broad bas ~~possible~~is and without reservations;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point e

(e) To en~~visage rendering the~~sure a EU accession to the Istanbul Convention as broad as possible and without reservations;

Amendment 237 #

Ángela VALLINA, Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point e

(e) To envisage rendering the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention as broad as possible ~~and without reservations~~;

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point f

(f) To make sure that the Member States enforce the Istanbul Convention and allocate adequate financial and human resources to preventing and combating violence against women and gender-based violence and to the protection of victims; in particular those living in areas where the protection services to the victims do not exist or they are very limited, such as women living in rural and remote areas so they are not deprived to access to assistance;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point f

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

~~– having regard to its resolution of 24 November 2016 on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women1, _______________________________ 1Texts~~deleted adopted, P8_TA(2016)0451.

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point f

(f) To make sure that the Member States enforce the Istanbul Convention and allocate adequate financial and human resources ~~to preventing and combating~~for wide spread proactive measures to prevent violence against women and gender-based violence and to the protection and compensation of victims;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point f

(f) To ~~make sure that the Member States enforce the Istanbul Convention and allocate adequate~~support Member States in their enforcement of the Istanbul Convention and encourage the adequate allocation of financial and human resources to prevent~~ing~~ and combat~~ing~~ violence against women ~~and~~, gender-based violence and ~~to the~~domestic violence and to protect~~ion of~~ victims;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point f

(f) To make sure that the Member States enforce the Istanbul Convention and allocate adequate financial and human resources to empower women and girls, to prevent~~ing~~ and combat~~ing~~ violence against women and gender-based violence and to the protection of victims;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point f

(f) To ~~make sure that~~encourage the Member States to enforce the Istanbul Convention and allocate adequate financial and human resources to preventing and combating violence against women and gender-based violence and to the protection of victims;

Amendment 244 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point f a (new)

(fa) Appoint an EU Coordinator to end violence against women and girls to act as representative of the EU to the Committee of the parties at the Council of Europe once the Istanbul Convention is ratified by the EU;

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point f b (new)

(fb) Urge the Commission to come forward with a holistic EU Strategy on combating violence against women and girls and gender-based violence, a Strategy that includes a comprehensive plan to combat all forms of gender inequalities and integrate all efforts to eradicate violence against women and girls;

Amendment 246 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point f c (new)

(fc) Urge the Commission to come forward with a holistic EU Strategy on combating violence against women and girls and gender-based violence, a Strategy that includes a comprehensive plan to combat all forms of gender inequalities and integrate all efforts to eradicate violence against women and girls;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point f a (new)

(fa) To make sure that the competences concerning the implementation and monitoring mechanisms thorough coordination organism and the obligation to report and to collect data from the expert group are clearly presented;

Amendment 248 #

(fa) To designate an EU Coordinator to act as representative of the EU to the Committee of the parties at the Council of Europe once the Istanbul Convention is ratified by the EU. The coordinator would be responsible for the co-ordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and measures to prevent and combat all forms of violence against women and girls;

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point f a (new)

(fa) To ask the Member States and the Commission to put military expenses in Member States in comparison to financial resources directed to the work with violence against women and gender-based violence;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

Amendment 250 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point g

(g) To ensure that the European Parliament will be fully engaged in the monitoring process of the Istanbul Convention following the EU’s accession; to proceed with a swift agreement on a Code of Conduct concerning the cooperation between the EU and its Member States for the implementation of the Convention, including other relevant EU institutions and civil society;

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point g a (new)

(ga) ensure that the State in exercising of any functions which it assumes in relation to education and to teaching, respects the right of parents as primary educators of their children in the way to ensure such education and teaching in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions;

Amendment 252 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point g b (new)

(gb) ensure rights of the ethos-based schools and institutions or religious schools in exercising educational programmes;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point g c (new)

(gc) ensure rights of professionals obliged by law to keep confidential data;

Amendment 254 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point g d (new)

(gd) designate the jurisdiction to issue relevant legal opinions and interpretations of the law regarding the provisions of the Istanbul Convention to the Court of Justice of the European Union;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point g a (new)

(ga) invite Member States to guarantee an adequate training to all experts in the field in order to contribute to the prevention of any form of discrimination and violence against women and girls;

Amendment 256 #

Miltiadis KYRKOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point g a (new)

(ga) To improve digital market rules with a view to protecting women and girls against violence on the internet;

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point h

(h) To ensure appropriate training, to produce protocols and guidelines for all professionals dealing with the victims of all acts of violence covered by the scope of the Convention in order to avoid discrimination or re-victimisation during judicial and police proceedings;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point h

(h) To ensure appropriate training, procedures and guidelines for all the professionals dealing with the victims of all acts of violence covered by the scope of the Convention in order to avoid discrimination or re-victimisation during judicial and police proceedings;

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point h

(h) To ensure appropriate training, guidelines and protocols for all the professionals dealing with the victims of all acts of violence covered by the scope of the Convention to avoid discrimination or re-victimisation during judicial ~~and police~~, police and medical treatment proceedings;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

– having regards to its resolution of 5 April 2011 on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women,

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point h

(h) To ensure appropriate training for all professionals dealing with ~~the victims of all acts of~~women, girls and all the people who have been subjected to all acts of gender-based violence covered by the scope of the Convention in order to avoid discrimination or re-victimisation during judicial and police proceedings;

Amendment 261 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i

(i) To ensure preventive measures in order to address the specific needs of vulnerable persons, such as child victims and refugee women, including specialist support services and safe accommodation for women who have been the victims of gender-based violence and their children;

Amendment 262 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Traian UNGUREANU, Michał BONI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i

(i) To ensure preventive measures in order to address the specific needs of vulnerable persons, such as child victims, pregnant women, lesbian and bisexual women and trans and intersex- persons and people with additional support needs, including specialist accessible support services and safe accommodation for women who have been the victims of gender-based violence and their children;

Amendment 263 #

(i) To ensure preventive measures in order to address the specific needs of vulnerable persons, such as women with disabilities and child victims, including specialist support services and safe accommodation for women who have been the victims of gender-based violence and their children;

Amendment 264 #

Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i

(i) To ensure preventive measures in order to address the specific needs of vulnerable persons, such as child ~~victims~~ren, including specialist support services and safe accommodation for women who have been ~~the victims of~~subjected to gender-based violence and their children;

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i

(i) To ensure preventive measures ~~in order~~ to address the specific needs of vulnerable persons~~, such as~~ and the best interest of the child for child victims, including specialist ~~support~~targeted and easily accessible support services including adequate health care services and safe accommodation for women who have been the victims of gender-based violence and their children;

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i

(i) To ensure preventive measures in order to address the specific needs of vulnerable persons, such as child victims~~, including~~ or victims with disabilities, including accessible specialist support services and safe accommodation for women who have been the victims of gender-based violence and their children;

Amendment 267 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Anna HEDH, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Soraya POST, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Daniele VIOTTI, Maria GRAPINI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i a (new)

(ia) to ask the Commission for an EU Strategy on combating violence against women and gender-based violence that includes a comprehensive plan to combat all forms of gender inequalities integrating all EU efforts to eradicate violence against women;

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i a (new)

(ia) To take into account significant incidents of violence against women and domestic violence when determining custody and visitation rights;

Amendment 269 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Traian UNGUREANU, Michał BONI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i a (new)

(ia) Take into account significant incidents of violence against women and domestic violence when determining custody and visitation rights; the rights and needs of child witnesses should be also taken into account when providing protection and support services to victims;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12

~~– having regard to the European Pact for Gender Equality (2011-2020), adopted by the Council of the European Union in March 2011,~~deleted

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j

(j) To actively promote a change in attitudes and behaviours and combat gender stereotypes and sexism, making concerted efforts to address the key role of media and to encourage everyone, including men and boys, to play an active part in preventing all forms of violence; thus calls on Member States to adopt and implement active policies on social inclusion, intercultural dialogue, human rights education and anti-discrimination;

Amendment 271 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j

(j) To actively promote a change in attitudes and behaviours and ~~combat gender stereotypes and sexism~~respect for the different roles of women and men that arise from their respective psychological and physical characteristics, making concerted efforts to encourage everyone~~, including men and boys,~~ to play an active part in preventing all forms of violence;

Amendment 272 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j

(j) To actively promote a change in attitudes and behaviours, and combat gender stereotypes and sexism, by making concerted efforts to encourage everyone, including men and boys, to play an active part in preventing all forms of violence, and investing in sex and relationship education and awareness raising programmes across the EU;

Amendment 273 #

Mary HONEYBALL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j

(j) To actively promote a change in attitudes and behaviours and combat gender stereotypes and sexism, making concerted efforts to encourage everyone, including men and boys, as well as civil and religious leaders, to play an active part in preventing all forms of violence; to improve and promote self-defence training initiatives for women and girls as an effective means of combating gender stereotypes and of preventing gender- based violence;

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j

(j) To actively promote a change in attitudes and behaviours and combat gender stereotypes and sexism, making concerted efforts to encourage everyone, including men and boys, media, private and public sectors, to play an active part in preventing all forms of violence, including the elimination of sexist messages that could promote it;

Amendment 275 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j

(j) To actively promote a change in attitudes and behaviours and combat gender stereotypes and sexism, making concerted efforts to encourage everyone, including men and boys, community and religious leaders to play an active part in preventing all forms of violence and addressing the key role of media;

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j

(j) To actively promote a change in attitudes and behaviours as well as, harmful to women cultural beliefs and practices, and combat gender stereotypes and sexism, making concerted efforts to encourage everyone, including men and boys, to play an active part in preventing all forms of violence;

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j

(j) To actively promote a change in attitudes and behaviours and combat gender stereotypes and sexism, making concerted efforts to encourage everyone, including men and boys, to play an active part in preventing all forms of violence; to develop education campaigns directed at men and younger generations, with the aim of involving men and boys as partners, gradually preventing and eliminating all forms of gender-based violence and promoting or empowering women;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j a (new)

(ja) To ensure that the goals of Member States’ education systems include education in respect for fundamental rights and freedoms and in equal rights and opportunities for women and men, and that those systems’ quality principles include the elimination of the obstacles to genuine equality between women and men and the promotion of full equality between them;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12

~~– having regard to the European Pact for Gender Equality (2011-2020), adopted by the Council of the European Union in March 2011,~~deleted

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j b (new)

(jb) To develop or reinforce national regulations with a view to countering the negative influence of stereotyped gender roles arising from values conveyed through the media and advertising, which too often undermine the work done in schools in these areas;

Amendment 281 #

(jc) To promote gender equality in comprehensive sex and relationship education programmes, including teaching girls and boys about relationships based on consent, respect and reciprocity, as well as in sport and leisure activities, where stereotypes and expectations based on gender can affect the self-image, health, acquisition of skills, intellectual development, social integration and identity construction of girls and boys;

Amendment 282 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j a (new)

(ja) To actively promote modules of education for men and children in order to prevent any form of discrimination and violence against women and girls;

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j a (new)

(ja) To encourage Member States to implement policies that aim to build societies free from violence of any kind and to use the Istanbul Convention in this manner;

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point j b (new)

(jb) To ensure that the proactive measures against violence acknowledge the gender based reality where the absolute majority of perpetrators are men; to encourage Member States to work with evidence-based violence-reducing tactics to target this problem;

Amendment 285 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point k

(k) To implement the provisions of the Istanbul Convention on migration and asylum, taking into account the fact that migrant women, whether properly documented or not, and women asylum- seekers are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence and that gender- based violence ~~may~~, including female genital mutilation, can be recognised as a form of persecution uand~~er the terms of~~ that the victims can thus avail themselves of the protection offered by the 1951 Refugee Convention; to ensure that Member States respect a gender- sensitive approach in all asylum and reception procedures;

Amendment 286 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point k

(k) To implement the provisions of the Istanbul Convention on migration and asylum, taking into account the fact that migrant women, whether properly documented or not, and women asylum- seekers have the right to live free from violence whether in the public or private sphere and are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence; and that gender- based violence ~~may~~should be recognised as a form of persecution under the terms of the 1951 Refugee Convention; to ensure that Member States respect a gender-sensitive approach in all asylum and reception procedures and respect the principle of non-refoulement;

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point k

(k) To implement the provisions of the Istanbul Convention on migration and asylum, taking into account the fact that migrant women, girls and LGBTIQ people, whether properly documented or not, and women, girls and LGBTIQ asylum- seekers are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence and that gender- based violence may be recognised as a form of persecution under the terms of the 1951 Refugee Convention; to ensure that Member States respect a gender-sensitive approach in all asylum and reception procedures;

Amendment 288 #

Malin BJÖRK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point k

(k) To implement the provisions of the Istanbul Convention on migration and asylum, taking into account the fact that migrant women, ~~whether properly documented or not, and women asylum- seekers~~regardless legal status, and women asylum-seekers have the right to live free from violence in both the public and the private sphere and that they are particularly vulnerable to gender- based violence as are also LGBTI persons and that gender- based violence ~~may~~should be recognised as a form of persecution under the terms of the 1951 Refugee Convention; to ensure that Member States respect a gender-sensitive approach in all asylum and reception procedures, respect the principle of non-refoulement and stop the use of detention in the EU;

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point k

(k) To implement the provisions of the Istanbul Convention on migration and asylum, taking into account the fact that migrant women, whether properly documented or not, and women asylum- seekers are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence and that gender based violence ~~may be~~is recognised as a form of persecution in the terms of the 1951 Refugee Convention and CEDAW general recommendation 32 on Refugee Women; Ensure that Member States respect a gender-sensitive approach in all asylum and reception procedures and respect the principle of non-refoulement;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13

~~– having regard to the EU guidelines on violence against women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them,~~deleted

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point k

(k) To implement the provisions of the Istanbul Convention on migration and asylum taking into account the fact that migrant women, whether properly documented or not, and women asylum- seekers are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence and that gender based violence ~~may~~should be recognised as a form of persecution in the terms of the 1951 Refugee Convention; to ensure that Member States respect a gender-sensitive approach in all asylum and reception procedures;

Amendment 291 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point k a (new)

(ka) To promote gender budgeting as a tool in the prevention and combat against gender-based violence in relevant policy areas, as well as ensure resources and funding for access to justice for victims and survivors of violence;

Amendment 292 #

Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point k a (new)

(ka) To include gender based persecution as a ground for asylum;

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l

(l) To improve the collection of relevant disaggregated data on cases of violence of all kinds covered by the Istanbul Convention, in cooperation with the EIGE Institute, including desegregated data by age of perpetrators and relationship between the perpetrator and the victim, in order to build a common methodology to compare data bases and analysis, ensuring a better understanding of the problem, and to raise awareness, assess and improve Member States’ action to prevent and combat violence against women;

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l

(l) To improve the collection of relevant disaggregated data on cases of violence of all kinds covered by the Istanbul Convention~~, in cooperation with the EIGE Institute,~~ in order to build a common methodology to compare data bases and analysis, ensuring a better understanding of the problem, and to raise awareness, assess and improve Member States’ action to prevent and combat violence against women;

Amendment 295 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l

(l) To improve the collection of relevant disaggregated data on cases of violence of all kinds covered by the Istanbul Convention, in cooperation with the EIGE Institute, in order to build a common methodology to compare data bases and analysis, ensuring a better understanding of the problem, and to raise awareness, assess and improve Member States’ action to prevent and combat ~~violence against women~~gender-based violence;

Amendment 296 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l

(l) To improve and promote better the collection of relevant disaggregated ~~data~~comparable data, including data of gender, age, perpetrator, relationship between victim(s) and perpetrator(s), on cases of violence of all kinds covered by the Istanbul Convention, in cooperation with the EIGE Institute, in order to build a common methodology to compare data bases and analysis, ensuring a better understanding of the problem, and to raise awareness, assess and improve Member States’ action to prevent and combat violence against women.

Amendment 297 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l a (new)

(la) to use Articles 12, 34, 40 and especially Article 17 of the Istanbul Convention as a basis for designing and implementing policy actions to address sexist hate speech, including clarifying concepts and definitions, eliminating gaps in legislation, promoting gender-neutral language as well as gender equality training for law enforcement and judicial professionals.

Amendment 298 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l a (new)

(la) To improve and promote the provision of empowering, gender-sensitive assertiveness and self-defence training for all women and girls throughout the European Union as an effective means of combating gender stereotypes and of preventing gender-based violence, in line with Art. 12 of the Istanbul Convention;

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l a (new)

(la) Ensure that Istanbul Convention Article 3, paragraph (f) definition of “woman” that includes girls under 18, is mainstreamed without prejudices to girls, through all child policies and programmes and applied in all data collection and monitoring on violence against women.

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

– having regard to Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU),

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13

~~– having regard to the EU guidelines on violence against women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them,~~deleted

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l b (new)

(lb) Reasserts its call to the Commission for a comprehensive EU strategy on preventing and combating gender-based violence, which should contain a binding legislative act and a sufficient budget, enabling to take effective actions to eradicate violence against women and girls;

Amendment 301 #

Malin BJÖRK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point l c (new)

(lc) To appoint one or more official bodies responsible for the Co-ordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and measures to prevent and combat all forms of violence against women and girls; including a EU Coordinator to end violence against women and girls; underlines the inclusion and the important role of the Civil Society Organisations, particularly women´s rights organisations in this process;

Amendment 302 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that in order to be more effective, measures combatting violence against women should be accompanied by actions tackling gender based economic inequalities and promoting the financial independence of women;

Amendment 303 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Calls on the Commission to submit a legal act to support Member States in the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls and of gender-based violence;~~deleted

Amendment 304 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to ~~submit a~~present as soon as possible, a comprehensive European strategy for preventing and combating gender-based violence, which should contain a binding legal act to support Member States in the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls and of gender- based violence;

Amendment 305 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to ~~submit a legal act to~~ support Member States in the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls ~~and of gender-based violence~~;

Amendment 306 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to ~~submit a legal act to~~ support Member States in the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls ~~and of gender-based violence~~;

Amendment 307 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Calls on the Commission to submit a legal act to support Member States in the prevention and suppression of all forms of violence against women and girls and of gender-based violence;~~deleted

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls that Member States remain competent to incriminate crimes against women in national law according to the Convention in order to implement its provisions;

Amendment 309 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Council to activate the passerelle clause by adopting a unanimous decision to identify violence against women and girls (and other forms of gender-based violence) as an area of crime under Article 83(1) TFEU;deleted

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14

~~– having regard to the Commission staff working document of 3 December 2015 entitled ‘Strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019’ (SWD (2015)0278),~~deleted

Amendment 310 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls on~~Asks the Council to consider activateing the passerelle clause by adopting a unanimous decision to identify violence against women and girls ~~(and~~including other forms of gender-based violence) as an area of crime under Article 83(1) TFEU;

Amendment 311 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Council to ~~activate the passerelle clause by adopting a unanimous decision identifying violence against women and girls (and other forms of gender-based violence) as an area of crime listed in art. 83(1) TFEU~~recognise that violence against women and girls is an area of crime that should be reflected in the statute books of the Member States;

Amendment 312 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 313 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Council to activate the passerelle clause by adopting a unanimous decision to identify violence against women and girls ~~(and other forms of gender-based violence)~~ as an area of crime under Article 83(1) TFEU;

Amendment 314 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to revise the current EU Framework decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law, in order to include sexism, bias crime and incitement to hatred on grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics;

Amendment 315 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Member States to fully implement Directive 2011/99/EU on European Protection order, Regulation (EU) on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matter and Directive 2012/29/EU on protection of victims as well as Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in Human being and Directive 2011/92/EU on preventing and combating child sexual abuse and exploitation;

Amendment 316 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls, once again, on the Commission to set up a European monitoring Observatory on gender violence (along the lines of the current European Institute for Gender Equality), to be led by a European coordinator for the prevention of violence against women and girls, who would act as representative of the EU to the Committee of the parties at the Council of Europe once the Istanbul Convention is ratified by the EU;

Amendment 317 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Urges Estonia during their upcoming presidency to accelerate the ratification of the Istanbul Convention;

Amendment 318 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to cease its efforts to bring the EU into the Istanbul Convention; encourages the Member States to consider bringing into their legal systems ideologically neutral solutions that prevent violence against women and girls, making the crime easier to detect and guaranteeing victims additional protection;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14

~~– having regard to the Commission staff working document of 3 December 2015 entitled ‘Strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019’ (SWD (2015)0278),~~deleted

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

~~– having regard to the Commission strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019,~~deleted

Amendment 34 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Traian UNGUREANU, Michał BONI, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

~~– having regard to the Commission strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019,~~deleted

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

~~– having regard to the Commission strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019,~~deleted

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 9 September 2015 on empowering girls through education in the EU (2014/2250(INI)),

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16

~~– having regard to the EU Presidency Trio declaration on gender equality of 7 December 2015 by the Netherlands, Slovakia and Malta,~~deleted

Amendment 38 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Daniele VIOTTI, Birgit SIPPEL, Maria GRAPINI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Miriam DALLI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16

~~– having regard to the EU Presidency Trio declaration on gender equality of 7 December 2015 by the Netherlands, Slovakia and Malta,~~deleted

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17

– having regard to the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights report entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU-wide survey’, published in March 2014, which shows that one-third of all women in Europe have experienced physical or sexual acts of violence at least once during their adult lives,deleted

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)

– having regard to the Statute of Rome of the International Criminal Court,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 (new)

– having regard to the European Parliament report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which calls for the EU to become a party to the Istanbul Convention as a further step in combating violence against women and girls with disabilities;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18

– having regard to Directive 2012/29/EU of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA1, _________________________ 1OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 57.deleted

Amendment 42 #

Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19

– having regard to Directive 2011/99/EU of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order 1and to Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of 12 June 2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters2, _________________________ 1 OJ L 338, 21.12.2011, p. 2. 2 OJ L 181, 29.6.2013, p. 4.deleted

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation -20 (new)

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20

– having regard to Directive 2011/36/EU of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims 1 and to Directive 2011/92/EU of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA2, ___________________________ 1 2deleted OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p. 1 OJ L 335, 17.12.2011, p. 1

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

– having regard to Directive 2006/54/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast) and Directive 2004/113/EC on implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services,

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21

~~– having regard to the Commission roadmap on possible EU accession to the Istanbul Convention, published in October 2015,~~deleted

Amendment 48 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Traian UNGUREANU, Michał BONI, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21

~~– having regard to the Commission roadmap on possible EU accession to the Istanbul Convention, published in October 2015,~~deleted

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21

– having regard to the Commission roadmap on a possible EU accession to the Istanbul Convention, published in October 2015;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5

~~– having regard to Articles 21, 23, 24 and 25 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,~~deleted

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22

– having regard to Article 3 of the Istanbul Convention, which defines ‘gender-based violence against women’ as ‘violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately’ and defines ‘gender’ as ‘the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men’,deleted

Amendment 51 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Traian UNGUREANU, Michał BONI, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22

– having regard to Article 3 of the Istanbul Convention, which defines ~~‘gender-based violence against women’ as ‘violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately’ and defines~~ ‘gender’ as ‘the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men’,

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23

– having regard to the Third Quarterly Activity Report of the Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe of 16 November 2017, in relation to the definition of gender- based violence in the Istanbul Convention,deleted

Amendment 55 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Traian UNGUREANU, Michał BONI, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23

– having regard to the Third Quarterly Activity Report of the Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe of 16 November 20176, in relation to the definition of gender-based violence in the Istanbul Convention,

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24

– having regard to the Joint Statement by the Presidency, the European Commission and the European Parliament calling for swift EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on combating violence against women adopted in Malta on 3 February 2017,deleted

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24

Amendment 59 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Barbara MATERA, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Traian UNGUREANU, Michał BONI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Mariya GABRIEL, Carlos COELHO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25

– having regard to its resolutions of 14 March 2017 on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2014-20151 and of 10 March 2015 on progress on equality between women and men in the European Union in 20132, __________________________ 1Texts 2OJdeleted adopted, P8_TA(2017)0073. C 316, 30.8.2016, p. 2.

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5

– having regard to Articles 21, 23, 24 25 and 256 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25

– having regard to its resolutions of 14 March 2017 on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2014-20151, and of 10 March 2015 on progress on equality between women and men in the European Union in 20132, _____________________________ 1 Texts 2 OJ C 316, 30.8.2016, p. 2deleted adopted, P8_TA(2017)0073.

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)

– having regard to the European Parliament Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs study “Knowledge and Know- How: The Role of Self-Defence in the Prevention of Violence against Women”, in particular in relation to the contribution of self-defence training to implementing Art. 12 of the Istanbul Convention,

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28

~~– having regard to the interim report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (A8-0000/2017),~~deleted

Amendment 63 #

Mary HONEYBALL

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)

-Aa. whereas violence against women is a brutal form of discrimination and a violation of the victims’ fundamental rights affecting their health and well- being; whereas violence against women happens everywhere in the EU, regardless of social background, whether at home, in public or online;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)

-Ab. whereas, according to the Gender Equality Index, no EU country has yet fully achieved equality between women and men; whereas violence against women is often a consequence of such inequalities;

Amendment 66 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Anna HEDH, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Soraya POST, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A c (new)

-Ac. whereas violence against women contributes to the persistence of gender based inequalities by hampering victims’ access to employment, with negative effects on their financial independence and the economy in general;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU; whereas the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties and should apply in legislation, practice, case law and daily life; whereas gender- based violence is both a cause and a consequence of inequalities between women and men,

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas gender equality is aone of the core values of the EU; whereas the right to equal treatment and non- discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties and should apply in legislation, practice, case law and daily life;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas gender equality between men and women is a core value of the EU and whereas the right to equal treatment and to non-discrimination is a fundamental right recognised in the Treaties and should apply in legislation, in practice, in case law and in daily life;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6

– having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995, and to the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the United Nations Beijing +5 (2000), Beijing +10 (2005), Beijing +15 (2010) and Beijing +20 (2015) special sessions,deleted

Amendment 70 #

Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~gender~~ equality between men and women is a core value of the EU; whereas the right to equal treatment and non- discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties and should apply in legislation, practice, case law and daily life;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU; whereas the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties and ~~shoul~~in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and should be fully respected, promoted and applyied in legislation, practice, case law and daily life;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas modern forms of slavery and human trafficking, which mainly affect women, are still persistent in the EU, especially in the agricultural sector;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the Istanbul Convention stipulates that all its provisions, in particular measures to protect the rights of victims, shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, gender, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, state of health, disability, marital status, migrant or refugee status, or other status;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas violence against women is a manifestation of the historically unequal power relations between men and women and adversely affects not only women but society as a whole;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the security policies of Member States often are focused on national and military issues, the Istanbul Convention raises gender sensitive aspects of security, that of personal integrity and personal freedom; these aspects of security are the most important and in acute need to be addressed and resolved;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas Member States have to acknowledge that once violence has occurred, the society has failed its first and foremost duty of protection and the only means left is reactive measures such as compensating victims and persecution of criminals;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the EU must take all necessary measures to promote and protect the right of women to live free from violence, whether physical or psychological, in both the public and the private spheres;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the EU must take all necessary measures to promote and protect the right of women to live free from violence in both the public and private spheres, but also to serve as an example for third countries;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the EU must take all necessary measures to promote and protect the right of all women to live free from violence in both the public and the private spheres;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the EU must take all necessary measures, in cooperation with Member States, to promote and protect the right of women to live free from violence in both the public and private spheres;

Amendment 81 #

Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the EU must take all ~~necessary~~reasonable measures to promote and protect the right of women to live free from violence in both the public and the private spheres;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the EU must take all necessary measures to promote and protect the right of women and girls to live free from violence in both the public and private spheres;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the EU must take all necessary measures to promote and protect the right of women and girls to live free from violence in both the public and the private spheres;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas gender based violence should not be taken lightly or seen as an issue that can be postponed and dealt with later as it effects over 250 million women and girls in the EU alone; and has tremendous effects on society; it increases fear and polarisation, contributes to stress and mental illness as it threatens the security of half the population; EIGE estimates that the cost on society from sexual based violence in the EU is €226 billion yearly;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the EU, in carrying out its work, must comply with the provisions of the Treaties, in particular the principle of ideological neutrality;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence are widespread in the EU and is to be understood as an extreme form of discrimination and a violation of the human rights; whereas further measures are needed to encourage women who have been the victims of violence to report their experiences and seek assistance, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support in line with their needs and that they are informed about their rights;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence are ~~widespread~~fairly common in the EU; whereas further measures are needed to encourage women who have been the victims of violence to report their experiences and seek assistance, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support in line with their needs and that they are informed about their rights;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence are widespread in the EU and include mental, physical, economic, and political violence; whereas further measures are needed to encourage women who have been the victims of violence to report their experiences and seek assistance, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support ~~accordingly to~~in line with their needs and that they are informed about their rights;

Amendment 89 #

Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence are widespread and one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the EU; whereas further measures are needed to en~~courage women who have been the~~sure access to justice for women victims of violence, to report their experiences and seek assistance, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support in line with their needs and that they are informed about their rights;

Amendment 9 #

– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to which the EU is a State Party,

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence ~~are~~is a widespread problem in the EU; whereas further measures are needed to encourage women ~~who have been th~~that are victims of violence to report their experiences and seek ~~assistance~~the help they are entitled to, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support ~~in line with~~accordingly to their needs and ~~that they~~ are informed about their rights;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence are widespread in the EU and represent one of the world’s most widespread human rights violations, affecting all levels of society, regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence, and representing a major hindrance to equality between women and men; whereas further measures are needed to encourage women who have been the victims of violence to report their experiences and seek assistance, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support in line with their needs ~~and~~, that they are informed about their rights and that perpetrators are prosecuted;

Amendment 92 #

Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence are unfortunately deeply widespread in the EU; whereas further and effective measures are needed to encourage women victims of violence to report their experiences and seek assistance, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support accordingly to their needs and are informed about their rights;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence are widespread in the EU; whereas further measures are needed to encourage women who have been the victims of violence to report their experiences and seek assistance, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support in line with their needs, including adequate information on access to justice and that they are informed about their rights;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence are widespread in the EU; whereas further measures are needed to encourage women ~~who have been the victims of~~, girls and all the people who have been subjected to gender-based violence to report their experiences and seek assistance, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support in line with their needs and that they are informed about their rights;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence are widespread ~~in the EU; whereas further measures are needed to encourage women victims of violence to report~~ and of the most frequent and constantly violation of human rights in the EU; whereas furtheir ~~experiences and seek assistance,~~measures are needed to and to ensure that they receive appropriate ~~support accordingly to their needs and are informed about~~physiological and medical support in line with their ~~right~~needs;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas violence against women ~~and gender-based violence are~~is widespread in the EU; whereas further measures are needed to encourage women victims of violence to report their experiences and seek assistance, and to ensure that they receive appropriate support accordingly to their needs and are informed about their rights;

Amendment 97 #