Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) - European Parliament

This study examines the implementation of the European Union (EU) Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, which constitute the policy framework and provide the operational means for protecting human rights activists in third countries. The first part of the study, written internally, provides an institutional perspective of the implementation of the Guidelines. It assesses the development of the EU framework to support human rights defenders, including EU Member States' emergency measures, and evaluates the coordination of such efforts. It also examines the European Parliament's support for human rights defenders and considers its impact on the EU’s overall work on defender protection. The second part of the study, which was outsourced, evaluates the implementation of the Guidelines from a bottom-up perspective. It provides an evidence-based analysis of how EU missions apply the Guidelines in countries where rights and freedoms are particularly challenged for human rights defenders, and assesses when and why measures for have not been applied. The study also addresses ways in which implementation gaps can be bridged and recommends possible measures and action that could be taken to ensure the protection of human rights defenders.
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AMENDMENTS 1 - 85 - Draft opinion General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Michael Gahler

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OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Markéta Gregorová

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 53 - Draft opinion Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Michael Gahler

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DRAFT OPINION on the implementation of the New European Agenda for Culture and the EU strategy for international cultural relations
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Nacho Sánchez Amor

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 445 - Draft report Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the New EU Strategy for Enlargement
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Tonino Picula

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The next ordinary AFET Committee meeting is scheduled to take place on:
Wednesday ,31 August and Thursday, 1 September 2022

The meetings will be web-streamed.

AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings 2022
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Length of video : 30'

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Length of video : 88'

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Length of video : 27'

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On 14 July, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing from 11.00-12.30 on the EU policy towards the Eastern Partnership countries following the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Russian War of aggression against Ukraine is having a negative impact on the Eastern Partnership countries, who are affected by trade disruptions, a refugee and other crises.
The hearing will contribute to a reflection on a reform of the Eastern Partnership policy to make it fit for the future in the light of the worsening geopolitical situation.
Draft programme
Poster
Deadlocked implementation due to insufficient political will
The Rule of Law in the Eastern Partnership
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On 14 July, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing from 11.00-12.30 on the EU policy towards the Eastern Partnership countries following the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Russian War of aggression against Ukraine is having a negative impact on the Eastern Partnership countries, who are affected by trade disruptions, a refugee and other crises.
The hearing will contribute to a reflection on a reform of the Eastern Partnership policy to make it fit for the future in the light of the worsening geopolitical situation.
Location : ANTALL 4Q2
Draft programme
Poster
New Opportunities for Mediation in Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh: Seeking a Path to Peace in the Ukraine War’s Shadow
Post-war Prospects for Nagorno-Karabakh
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Length of video : 197'

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Length of video : 56'

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Length of video : 62'

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Ministers are outlining the priorities of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series of meetings.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Committee on Culture and Education
Committee on Development
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Committee on International Trade
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Fisheries
Committee on Regional Development
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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Length of video : 63'

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Length of video : 101'

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