# Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession

European Parliament procedure 2016/0062R(NLE) (NLE - Non-legislative enactments, 9th term, committee FEMM / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 292 committee amendments tabled by 50 Members between 2022-12-08 and 2022-12-08.

## What the amendments focus on

A consent dossier on EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. The amendments cite the European Court of Human Rights case-law, GREVIO evaluation reports, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities calling for accession to the Istanbul Convention, and Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylwia SPUREK | Poland | Verts/ALE | 60 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197550.md |
| Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN | Finland | PPE | 45 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/40599.md |
| Pina PICIERNO | Italy | S&D | 43 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124846.md |
| Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES | Portugal | S&D | 43 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197635.md |
| Maria NOICHL | Germany | S&D | 42 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124836.md |
| Robert BIEDROŃ | Poland | S&D | 41 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197498.md |
| Carina OHLSSON | Sweden | S&D | 41 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/237779.md |
| Heléne FRITZON | Sweden | S&D | 41 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197391.md |
| María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS | Spain | RE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4344.md |
| Karen MELCHIOR | Denmark | RE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197567.md |
| Michal ŠIMEČKA | Slovakia | RE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/103746.md |
| Irène TOLLERET | France | RE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197547.md |
| Samira RAFAELA | Netherlands | RE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197868.md |
| Sylvie BRUNET | France | RE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197576.md |
| Marco ZULLO | Italy | RE | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125237.md |

## Official source documents

- PE739.709: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CJ01-AM-739709_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2016-0062R-NLE · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2016-0062R-NLE.json

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