Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 3Rejected

   Paragraph 7 b (new)

   Tabled by Javier Zarzalejos, Esteban González Pons, Dolors Montserrat +72 · Members

   Added: 7b. Calls on the Commission to assess, as a matter of priority, the inclusion of the offence of sexual abuse, defined, in line with international human rights standards and the Istanbul Convention, on the basis of lack of consent, among the list of offences set out in Article 2(2) of the Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (2002/584/JHA), for which the verification of double criminality is abolished; stresses that this inclusion would strengthen the principle of mutual recognition, facilitate the immediate surrender of suspects and convicted persons across the Member States, and contribute to addressing the current fragmentation of national definitions of sexual abuse, thereby reinforcing legal certainty and equal access to justice for victims throughout the EU;

2. Amendment 4Adopted

   Recital AL b (new)

   Tabled by Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Evin Incir, Krzysztof Śmiszek +118 · Members

   Added: ALb. whereas rape culture is defined as a structural and widespread system of attitudes, behaviours, values and social norms that normalise and trivialise sexual violence, undermine consent, perpetuate rape myths, and foster the societal normalisation of such violence;

3. Amendment 5Adopted

   Paragraph 16

   Tabled by Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Evin Incir, Krzysztof Śmiszek +118 · Members

   … social services employees, educational and other relevant staff and frontline professionals, receive Added: mandatory, regular, adequate, effective and tailored training; stresses that this training should be … capacity and resources to respond effectively to the needs of victims and Removed: survivors; Added: survivors by securing mandatory training for all legal professionals and law enforcement staff in contact with victims of rape;

4. Amendment 6Rejected

   Paragraph 21

   Tabled by Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Evin Incir, Krzysztof Śmiszek +118 · Members

   … given that the continued absence of sexuality education fuels misinformation and harmful Removed: stereotypes; Added: stereotypes and the widespread impunity for rape contributes to rape culture; calls on the Commission to carry out EU-wide public awareness-raising campaigns to … justified through persistent gender inequalities and harmful attitudes about gender and sexuality; Added: therefore, calls on the Member States to introduce gender-sensitive and age-appropriate mandatory comprehensive sexuality and relationships education in national education curricula;