Sous-commission Droits de l'homme (DROI) - Parlement européen

Heidi Hautala, Vice President in charge of Democracy, Human Rights and the Sakharov Community, and Maria Arena, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, express concern for the health of Sakharov Prize laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh and call for Iranian authorities to listen to her claim for justice. They issued the following statement on Nasrin Sotoudeh's renewed hunger strike and increased pressure on her family:
"We are strongly concerned about the health of our Sakharov Prize laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh. For the second time in less than six months, she puts her life at risk in a hunger strike, as the Iranian authorities refuse to respond to any communications requesting legal steps for the release of human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience...." Full text below.
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The European Union and its Member States have been at the forefront of the fight against impunity for core international crimes, collectively providing political, technical and financial assistance to international, regional and domestic accountability efforts. Focusing on the current EU framework on accountability and six country situations (Rwanda, Colombia, Venezuela, Myanmar, Syria and Iraq), this study offers recommendations to guide future EU policy and the engagement of the European Parliament in the fight against impunity. The recommendations include enhancing the capacity, efficiency and coordination of EU institutions working on accountability, as well as encouraging comprehensive, impartial and inclusive approaches to country situations. EU action in bilateral and multilateral fora is also covered, with a view to enhancing the universal reach of accountability mechanisms and the protection of their integrity, encouraging cooperation and assistance, and to upholding the principle of complementarity.
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Déclaration de Maria Arena, Présidente de la Sous-commission droits de l'homme, et de Heidi Hautala, Vice-présidente du Parlement, suite aux nouvelles menaces à l'encontre du Docteur Mukwege “Les menaces persistantes dont fait à nouveau l'objet Denis Mukwege, médecin et lauréat à la fois du Prix Nobel de la paix 2018 et du Prix Sakharov 2014 décerné par le Parlement européen, sont inacceptables et particulièrement préoccupantes.
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Statement by MEPs Maria Arena and Hannah Neumann on torture victims Mohamed Ramadan and Hussein Moosa facing capital punishment in Bahrain. "We express our grave concern over the failures of the courts in Bahrain to exclude torture evidence in the case of Mohamed Ramadan and Hussein Moosa and, at the same time, to conduct an adequate torture investigation.
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In the context of the exponential growth of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the President of the European Parliament has announced a number of measures to contain the spread of the epidemic and to safeguard Parliament's core activities.

On 2 July 2020, the Conference of Presidents updated the EP's calendar of activities.

Core activities are reduced, but maintained to ensure that the institution's legislative, budgetary, scrutiny functions together with urgent matters in the field of human rights and democracy, are continued.

Following these decisions, the next DROI Subcommittee meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday 31 August from 13.45 - 15.45. The meeting will be held remotely.

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Lors d’une série de réunions, les ministres présentent les priorités de la présidence allemande du Conseil de l'UE aux commissions parlementaires.
Commission des affaires constitutionnelles
Commission des affaires étrangères
Commission de l'agriculture et du développement rural
Commission des budgets
Commission du contrôle budgétaire
Commission de la culture et de l'éducation
Commission du développement
Commission des affaires économiques et monétaires
Commission de l'emploi et des affaires sociales
Commission de l'environnement, de la santé publique et de la sécurité alimentaire
Commission des droits des femmes et de l'égalité des genres
Commission du marché intérieur et de la protection des consommateurs
Commission du commerce international
Commission de l'industrie, de la recherche et de l'énergie
Commission des affaires juridiques
Commission des libertés civiles, de la justice et des affaires intérieures
Commission de la pêche
Commission des pétitions
Commission du développement régional
Commission des transports et du tourisme
Sous-commission "droits de l'homme"
Sous-commission "sécurité et défense"

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The present analysis examines the environmental and human rights challenges in the Amazon region. It finds that the Amazonian countries pursue development policies in the region based on the exploitation on an industrial scale of natural and non-renewable resources that have caused and continue to cause deforestation, loss of biodiversity and engender human rights violations in particular affecting indigenous peoples. The analysis acknowledges the measures taken by the Amazonian countries to establish protected areas and support indigenous territories and their rights but concludes that the laws need strengthening and effective enforcement. The analysis argues that the protection of the Amazon biome is an essential part of the global efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and concurs with the view of some scientists that there is an urgency to stop forest loss. The analysis further notes that the most effective guardians of the Amazonian forest and its biodiversity are its indigenous peoples. The analysis concludes by arguing that the European Union has an interest in contributing to the protection of the Amazon and its indigenous peoples. It recommends, among other things, that the EU strengthen its direct support to Amazonian indigenous peoples and environmental defenders and develop effective measures which target EU-based companies whose activities cause deforestation.
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In the context of the exponential growth of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the President of the European Parliament has announced a number of measures to contain the spread of the epidemic and to safeguard Parliament's core activities. On 2 April, the Conference of Presidents updated the EP's calendar of activities. Core activities are reduced, but maintained to ensure that the institution's legislative, budgetary, scrutiny functions together with urgent matters in the field of human rights and democracy, are continued.

Following these decisions, the next DROI Subcommittee meetings are scheduled to take place on Friday 26 June from 9.00 - 11.00, Friday 3 July from 9.00 - 11.00 and Tuesday 7 July from 9.00 - 11.00. These meetings will be held remotely.

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Draft agenda and meeting documents
Press statements issued by the DROI Chair
Follow-up to urgency resolutions (DROI-EEAS) July 2019 to date
Revised calendar of EP activities 2020
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The Subcommittee on Human rights, in association with the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, will hold a virtual side event to the Syria Fourth Brussels Conference on: Children of Al-Hol. Why the protection of children's rights matters. The meeting will take place on 26 June 2020 h 9:00-11:00.
The event aims at addressing the situation of thousands of Syrian and foreign children detained in camps in North East Syria and beyond who are in urgent need of protection - more urgently in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic- and to reflect on ways to grant children basic rights, create the sustainable conditions and set out a road map for long-term solutions.
Speakers will include ICRC, Save the children, UNICEF, as well as the prominent Syrian paediatrician Amani Ballour.
While acknowledging all complexities of the matter, the discussion will not only focus on existing challenges, but will also aim at identifying some examples of good practices and putting forward recommendations for action reflecting the EU's commitment to consistently contribute towards the protection of human rights externally, and in particular with regard to the rights of the child, as set out in Article 3(5) of TEU.

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The Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, Maria Arena, and the Chair of Parliament’s delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries, Andrea Cozzolino, express their deep shock at the discovery of mass graves on Libyan territory recently recaptured from forces under the command of Khalifa Haftar.
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