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

Statement by EP Vice-President Heidi Hautala and the Chair of the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights, Pier Antonio Panzeri.

"The immediate release of all political prisoners could create a positive momentum. And this is precisely what we need now to overcome the stalemate in Venezuela", Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), Chair of the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights, stated.
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The Subcommittee on human rights will hold a public hearing on “Attacks on the legal profession and lawyers defending human rights”, on 19 February 2019, from 09.00-10.30, at the European Parliament in Brussels.
Attacks on lawyers defending human rights have increased in many countries over the last years, including in Europe. The hearing aims at providing an overview of the latest developments (including testimonies of persecuted lawyers), to present and assess the existing EU tools to support lawyers/human rights defenders worldwide and to reflect on possible further initiatives at EU and multilateral level to improve the situation.
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The Subcommittee on human rights will hold a public hearing on “Attacks on the legal profession and lawyers defending human rights”, on 19 February 2019, from 09.00-10.30, at the European Parliament in Brussels.
Attacks on lawyers defending human rights have increased in many countries over the last years, including in Europe. The hearing aims at providing an overview of the latest developments (including testimonies of persecuted lawyers), to present and assess the existing EU tools to support lawyers/human rights defenders worldwide and to reflect on possible further initiatives at EU and multilateral level to improve the situation.

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The Chair of the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights, Pier Antonio Panzeri, condemns the harassment of Egyptian human rights defenders in reprisal for their meeting with French President Macron.

"I express full solidarity with the prominent Egyptian human rights defenders who are being harassed and pressured since their meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron...."

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The Chair of the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights, Pier Antonio Panzeri, condemns the harassment of Egyptian human rights defenders in reprisal for their meeting with French President Macron. “I express full solidarity with the prominent Egyptian human rights defenders who are being harassed and pressured since their meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron...."
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On the historic visit of Pope Francis to the Arabian Peninsula, Antonio Panzeri, Chair of the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights, stated:

"His Holiness Pope Francis pays the first ever visit by a Pontiff to the Arabian Peninsula, the cradle of Islam. This historic moment is praised by both Catholics and Muslims in the Middle East and worldwide.

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On the historic visit of Pope Francis to the Arabian Peninsula, Antonio Panzeri, Chair of the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights, stated: “His Holiness Pope Francis pays the first ever visit by a Pontiff to the Arabian Peninsula, the cradle of Islam. This historic moment is praised by both Catholics and Muslims in the Middle East and worldwide...."
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Following the sentencing of human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang by a Chinese court, the Chair of the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights, Pier Antonio Panzeri, issued this statement.

"I am gravely concerned by Chinese human rights lawyer Mr Wang Quanzhang's sentencing under charges of "subversion of state power" by the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate Court on 28 January. I deplore the fact that his trial only took place on 26 December 2018, more than three years after his disappearance in August 2015 during a large crackdown on human rights lawyers..."

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The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will take place on Monday 18 February from 14.30 to 18.30 and on Tuesday 19 February from 09.00 to 12.30 and from 14.30 to 18.30, in meeting room ASP A1G-3.

Representatives of NGOs as well as other organisations are requested to accede to the EU Transparency Register and follow the procedures therein for access to the European Parliament.
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Watch the meeting live
Draft agenda and meeting documents
Press statements issued by the DROI Chair
Calendar of DROI Meetings 2019 (first half)
List of urgency resolutions from July 2014
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Georgian occupied territories 10 years after the Russian invasion
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Violation of rights of indigenous peoples in the world
The migration crisis and humanitarian situation in Venezuela and its borders
73rd Session of the UN General Assembly
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Situation in Yemen
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The threat of demolition of Khan al-Ahmar and other Bedouin villages
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Situation in Nicaragua
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Presidential elections in Venezuela
Protection of children in migration
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Progress on UN Global compacts for safe, orderly and regular migration and on refugees
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Follow-up to urgency resolutions
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