European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 May 2023 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence with regard to institutions and public administration of the Union (05514/2023 — C9-0037/2023 — 2016/0062A(NLE))
Date: 2023-05-10
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, European Parliament
Subjects: European convention, fight against crime, gender equality, gender-based violence, help for victims, human rights, ratification of an agreement, sexual discrimination, sexual violence, women's rights








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2023/1085


15.12.2023






P9_TA(2023)0196
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence — EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union
European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 May 2023 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence with regard to institutions and public administration of the Union (05514/2023 — C9-0037/2023 — 2016/0062A(NLE))
(Consent)
(C/2023/1085)



The European Parliament,







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having regard to the draft Council decision (05514/2023),










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having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the ‘Convention’) (14868/2016 ADD1),










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having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 336 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C9-0037/2023),










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having regard to its resolution of 12 September 2017
                   (1) on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, by the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,










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having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice (2) on the compatibility of the Convention with the Treaties,










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having regard to its resolution of 15 February 2023
                   (3) on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, by the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,










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having regard to Rule 105(1) and (4) and Rule 114(7) of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs,










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having regard to the joint deliberations of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality under Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (A9-0169/2023),






1.   

Gives its consent to the conclusion of the Convention;



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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and to the Council of Europe.




(1)  
            OJ C 337, 20.9.2018, p. 167.

(2)  Opinion of the Court of Justice of 6 October 2021, 1/19, ECLI:EU:C:2021:832.

(3)  Texts adopted, P9_TA(2023)0047.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1085/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)