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From · resolution motion· 1 Jul 2026
on the impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality
To · adopted text· 8 Jul 2026
The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equality
Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.
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Added:D. whereas the suffering caused by the events of 1974 and their aftermath, as well as in the context of previous intercommunal violence, affected women and girls from all communities in Cyprus, including Greek Cypriot, Turkish Cypriot, Maronite, Armenian and Latin women, and their experiences of violence, displacement, loss and trauma deserve equal recognition, dignity and support;
Change 2
Changed:E.F. whereas it is essential to recognise the systematic, organised, large-scale gender-based violence carried out by the Turkish military forces and the gender-based violence carried out by paramilitary extremist perpetrators;perpetrators on the island;
Change 3
Added:K. whereas widespread impunity for rape contributes to rape culture;
Change 4
Changed:9. Calls on the Member States to ensure that survivors of rape have full access to medicalthe full range of sexual and reproductive health and rights services, suchparticularly asemergency clinicalcontraception, managementpost-exposure prophylaxis, treatment and prevention of rapesexually transmitted infections, including HIV and theHPV provisiontesting, safe and legal abortion services and maternity care, as part of high-qualitythe healthclinical services;management of rape;
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Added:10. Commends the 22 EU Member States that have ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (Istanbul Convention), including Cyprus; calls on the Commission to propose legislation establishing an EU-wide definition of rape whereby rape is defined by the absence of freely given, informed and reversible consent, in line with Article 36 of the Istanbul Convention; calls on the Member States to commence legislative changes to bring the definition of rape in their national legislation into line with Article 36 of the Istanbul Convention;
Change 6
Added:16. Calls on Türkiye to provide effective compensation to the victims and survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and other serious violations committed during and after the 1974 invasion;
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Added:22. Calls on Türkiye to grant full and unrestricted access to all relevant official records relating to the 1974 invasion and its aftermath, and to cooperate fully with international authorities and the Republic of Cyprus with regard to the conflict-related sexual violence, enforced disappearances and other serious violations of international humanitarian law;