Calls on the member states and the European Commission, in accordance with their respective competences, to:
1. develop and implement, and further improve where they already exist, comprehensive, multidisciplinary and multi-agency coordinated action plans, programmes or strategies, as appropriate, to prevent and combat all forms of violence against women and girls, taking into account the results of the FRA survey, where appropriate;
2. identify all obstacles that prevent women and girls victims of gender-based violence, notably violence in close relationships and sexual violence, from reporting to the relevant authorities and services and take concrete actions to effectively tackle the issue of under-reporting, including by reinforcing, where appropriate, special units and/or police units that deal with women victims, building trust in police and other state institutions and actors, facilitating access to justice, including legal aid, where appropriate, ensuring reliable registration and collection of complaints received by all relevant actors;
3. improve the collection, the analysis and the dissemination at both national and EU level of comprehensive, comparable, reliable and regularly updated data on violence against women, notably on victims and perpetrators, disaggregated by sex, age and victim-perpetrator relationship, as well as on the number of incidents reported by the victims and recorded by law enforcement authorities, on the number of convictions, and on the punishments handed down to offenders, by ensuring a coherent approach which makes full use of existing and, as appropriate, new EU surveys, and involving all relevant actors, including national and European statistical offices, and making full use of the work of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and FRA where appropriate;
4. ensure prompt and effective investigation of all cases of violence against women, including violence in close relationships and sexual violence, and prosecution of perpetrators while ensuring that victims' special needs are taken into consideration throughout criminal proceedings, bearing in mind Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime;
5. enhance the protection of victims of violence against women when exercising their right to free movement in the European Union, taking into account Directive 2011/99/EU on the European protection order in criminal matters and Regulation 606/2013/EU on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters10, taking account of the different justice systems across the EU;
6. ensure that victims of violence against women and where appropriate their family members have access to specialised immediate and appropriate longer-term geographically distributed victim support services in accordance with their needs, notably 24 hours help-lines, shelters or any other appropriate interim accommodation, specialised advice and counselling centres and adequate healthcare services, taking into account Directive 2012/29/EU;
7. establish or strengthen specific and systematic training for all practitioners and, to the extent possible, future practitioners likely to come into contact with victims of violence against women, taking into account Directive 2012/29/EU;
8. pay special attention to the interests and difficulties of all women and girls in vulnerable situations and facing multiple discrimination so as to ensure that protection against violence and support for its victims reaches all parts of society, including marginalised groups;
9. enhance preventive measures, inter alia by raising awareness of all forms of violence against women and girls and of its adverse impact in society, by combating, especially by engaging with young people, inter alia in schools, gender stereotypes that can lead to violence against women and girls, by emphasising the critical role and responsibility of men and boys in the process of eradicating violence against women;
10. develop adequate support programmes aimed at victims in vulnerable situations as well as appropriate interventions aimed at perpetrators of violence against women, with a view to preventing further violence;
11. to the extent consistent with the freedom of expression and the freedom of the press, support the media in improving public awareness on violence against women and girls, and in developing and strengthening self-regulatory mechanisms to promote balanced and non-stereotypical portrayals of women, and to support zero tolerance against violence against women;
12. support private sector investment in programmes, campaigns and strategies to respond to, prevent and eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against women, including sexual abuse instigated or facilitated through the use of information and communication technology and sexual harassment at the workplace, and to empower victims and survivors of violence;
Извор: WUNRN – 21.07.2014
