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On 19 July (10:30-12:30; room ANTALL 4Q1) DROI will hold a public hearing "The human rights impact of sourcing critical raw materials (sub-issue on Orinoco Mining Arc)". The hearing will be held in association with the Committee on Development.
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On 19 July 2023, DROI will hold a public hearing "The human rights impact of sourcing critical raw materials (sub-issue on Orinoco Mining Arc)". The hearing will be held in association with the Committee on Development (DEVE).
The EU's ambition to become a climate-neutral economy by 2050, and its ability to sustain the green and digital transitions and achieve strategic autonomy rely on reliable and secure access to critical raw materials (CRMs).

The hearing will examine the conditions guaranteeing that new strategies of EU sourcing of CRMs will not have a negative impact on respect for human rights, including labour rights, the rights of indigenous peoples and environmental protection. It will also discuss the opportunities offered by the sustainable development of CRM value chains and the measures that the EU must take in this regard to promote human rights in the world.

Guest speakers will highlight the situation of countries or regions where mining and extractive industries play a major economic role, in particular the Orinoco Mining Arc in Venezuela.
Location : ANTALL 4Q1
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Jeudi, le Parlement a adopté trois résolutions sur la situation des droits humains au Venezuela, au Kirghizistan et en Inde.
Commission des affaires étrangères
Sous-commission "Droits de l'homme"

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Durée de la vidéo : 82'

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The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will be held on Wednesday, 19 July 2023 from 9.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 and Thursday, 20 July from 11.00 - 12.30 in room ANTALL 4Q1.
DROI Meetings 2023
Urgency Resolutions on human rights
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Durée de la vidéo : 106'

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Durée de la vidéo : 38'

Clause de non-responsabilité : L'interprétation des débats facilite la communication mais ne constitue en aucun cas un enregistrement authentifié des débats. Seuls le discours original ou la traduction écrite révisée du discours original peuvent être considérés authentiques.
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Durée de la vidéo : 84'

Clause de non-responsabilité : L'interprétation des débats facilite la communication mais ne constitue en aucun cas un enregistrement authentifié des débats. Seuls le discours original ou la traduction écrite révisée du discours original peuvent être considérés authentiques.
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Durée de la vidéo : 39'

Clause de non-responsabilité : L'interprétation des débats facilite la communication mais ne constitue en aucun cas un enregistrement authentifié des débats. Seuls le discours original ou la traduction écrite révisée du discours original peuvent être considérés authentiques.
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Durée de la vidéo : 85'

Clause de non-responsabilité : L'interprétation des débats facilite la communication mais ne constitue en aucun cas un enregistrement authentifié des débats. Seuls le discours original ou la traduction écrite révisée du discours original peuvent être considérés authentiques.
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To mark World Refugee Day at the European Parliament, the LIBE, DEVE, and DROI Committees are jointly hosting an exchange of views, focusing on forgotten crises as well as the importance of inclusion and finding solutions for displaced people who have found refuge in a foreign country.
Members will have the opportunity to hear and discuss with a panel of guests composed of Mr Bahati Mnyci, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo and a refugee in Zimbabwe since 2003, who is now completing a Master's degree in Italy and will share his lived experience of forced displacement as well as the impact education has had throughout his life; Ms Yasmine Rockenfeller, Chief of Global Issues Unit in the UNHCR Brussels office; as well as Mr Francesco Luciani, Head of Unit for "Migration and Forced Displacement" in the Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships and Ms Esther Pozo Vera, Head of Unit for "Asylum" in the Commission's Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs.
Relevant materials published by the European Parliamentary Research Service
     World Refugee Day 2023
     Solidarity in EU asylum policy
     The concept of 'climate refugee': Towards a possible definition
     Russia's war on Ukraine: EU cohesion policy support for refugees
     Refugee status for all female Afghan asylum seekers
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Durée de la vidéo : 78'

Clause de non-responsabilité : L'interprétation des débats facilite la communication mais ne constitue en aucun cas un enregistrement authentifié des débats. Seuls le discours original ou la traduction écrite révisée du discours original peuvent être considérés authentiques.
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MISSION REPORT following the ad hoc mission to Hanoi, Vietnam, on 4-6 April 2023
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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To mark World Refugee Day at the European Parliament, the LIBE, DEVE, and DROI Committees are jointly hosting an exchange of views, focusing on forgotten crises as well as the importance of inclusion and finding solutions for displaced people who have found refuge in a foreign country.
Members will have the opportunity to hear and discuss with a panel of guests composed of Mr Bahati Mnyci, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo and a refugee in Zimbabwe since 2003, who is now completing a Master's degree in Italy and will share his lived experience of forced displacement as well as the impact education has had throughout his life; Ms Yasmine Rockenfeller, Chief of Global Issues Unit in the UNHCR Brussels office; as well as Mr Francesco Luciani, Head of Unit for "Migration and Forced Displacement" in the Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships and Ms Esther Pozo Vera, Head of Unit for "Asylum" in the Commission's Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs.
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In association with the Delegation for relations with Belarus On 28 June, DROI Members will welcome Natallia Pinchuk for an exchange of views on the human rights situation in Belarus. This will be the first opportunity for the DROI Subcommittee to pay tribute to her and her husband Ales Bialiatski, Sakharov Prize and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, for their commitment to defending human rights and democracy in Belarus.

Members will also discuss how to end impunity and hold accountable those responsible for serious human rights abuses committed by the Belarusian regime. As co-founder and head of the Human Rights Centre "Viasna", Ales Bialiatski has worked tirelessly and at risk of his life to advance the rights of Belarusians since Soviet times. He was awarded the Sakharov Prize in 2020 as part of the Belarussian democratic opposition and the Nobel Peace Prize in December 2022, together with the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian Center of Civil Liberties. In March 2023, he was sentenced to ten years in prison in a politically motivated trial.

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Situation in Nicaragua
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Torture and criminal prosecution of Ukrainian minors Tihran Ohannisian and Mykyta Khanhanov by the Russian Federation
Humanitarian situation in Sudan, in particular the death of children trapped by fighting
Deterioration of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong, notably the case of Jimmy Lai
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