Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-06-12-Speech-2-113"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20010612.6.2-113"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
".
As the report acknowledges, important international agreements already exist to protect children, specifically the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the European Council Convention on Cyber-Crime. The European Union has the task of complementing and extending this work, bearing in mind the gravity of the situation that still exists in this field. It is not enough, however, to establish legal frameworks. We must also adopt fundamental political measures, which address the causes.
The European Commission’s proposal offers very little analysis of the causes of the sexual exploitation of children and the consequences of such behaviour and back-pedals significantly on the measures that are proposed and an actual definition of child pornography. During the debate on the proposal in the Committee on Women’s Rights, we tabled various amendments, thereby making a positive contribution to improving the initial positions. Not all of our amendments were adopted, but the report makes a significant improvement on the Commission’s proposals in various ways. It falls short, however, of what we would like to see in this field, specifically with regard to the concept of child pornography and to the penalties that could be imposed for such activity."@en1
|
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples