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On Wednesday 11 July at 14.30 the Subcommittee on Human Rights, together with the Committee on Development, will hold a hearing on "Cocoa and Coffee – devastating rainforest and driving child labour : the role of EU consumption, and how the EU could help" This hearing will outline the impact of coffee and cocoa production on deforestation and child labour, and will aim to propose concrete ways on how the EU could act.
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The Subcommittee on Human Rights, together with the Committee on Development, will hold a hearing on "Cocoa and Coffee – devastating rainforest and driving child labour : the role of EU consumption, and how the EU could help" This hearing will outline the impact of coffee and cocoa production on deforestation and child labour, and will aim to propose concrete ways on how the EU could act.
Location : ASP 3G3
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Follow-up to urgency resolutions
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The Subcommittee on Human Rights, together with the Committee on Development, will hold a hearing on "Cocoa and Coffee – devastating rainforest and driving child labour : the role of EU consumption, and how the EU could help" This hearing will outline the impact of coffee and cocoa production on deforestation and child labour, and will aim to propose concrete ways on how the EU could act.
Location : ASP 3G3
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Poster
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Follow-up to urgency resolutions
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Russia, notably the case of Ukrainian political prisoner Oleg Sentsov
Human rights situation in Bahrain, notably the case of Nabeel Rajab
Situation of Rohingya refugees, in particular the plight of children
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Following the recent developments, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), stated: "I deeply regret the withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations Council on Human Rights, which is all the more regrettable as it comes the year we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for which Eleanor Roosevelt was the driving force..."
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On the occasion of the World Refugee Day, Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights stated:

"Today we pay tribute to the strength and resilience of all those men, women and children who have been forced to flee their homes because of violence, persecution, war and natural disasters. I am shocked by the levels of displacement currently on record. Around 65.5 million people around the world have been forced from their homes..."

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On the occasion of the World Refugee Day, Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights stated: “Today we pay tribute to the strength and resilience of all those men, women and children who have been forced to flee their homes because of violence, persecution, war and natural disasters. I am shocked by the levels of displacement currently on record. Around 65.5 million people around the world have been forced from their homes..."
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The Policy Department of the Directorate General for External Policies is organising a workshop for the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), in association with the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). Venue : Thursday 28 June, from 09:00 - 11:00, PHS 4B001, Brussels

The workshop will provide an opportunity to discuss international trends as regards the concept of universal jurisdiction, the EU's approach to promoting universal jurisdiction through its external relations and concrete experiences in EU Member States.

For further information please contact: Poldep-expo@europarl.europa.eu

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The Policy Department of the Directorate General for External Policies is organising a workshop for the Subcommittee on Human Rights, in association with the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
The workshop will provide an opportunity to discuss international trends as regards the concept of universal jurisdiction, the EU's approach to promoting universal jurisdiction through its external relations and concrete experiences in EU Member States.

For further information please contact: Poldep-expo@europarl.europa.eu
Location : PHS 4B001, Brussels
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Draft programme - FR
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The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will take place on Wednesday 11 July from 09.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 and on Thursday 12 July 2018 from 9.00 - 12.30 in room ASP - A3G-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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List of urgency resolutions from July 2014
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Reiterating the EU's long-standing opposition to the death penalty, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), stated:

"I condemn in the strongest terms the execution of Mr Yavar Mohammad Salas, Gonabadi dervish, in Iran yesterday. He was sentenced to imprisonment and execution on murder charges and his sentence was later upheld by the Supreme Court. Numerous legal and procedural violations occurred during the pre-trial and trial process..."

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Reiterating the EU’s long-standing opposition to the death penalty, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), stated: "I condemn in the strongest terms the execution of Mr Yavar Mohammad Salas, Gonabadi dervish, in Iran yesterday. He was sentenced to imprisonment and execution on murder charges and his sentence was later upheld by the Supreme Court. Numerous legal and procedural violations occurred during the pre-trial and trial process..."
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Alarmed by the worsening human and trade union rights situation in Somalia, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri made the following statement: “I am alarmed by the threats and intimidations coupled with a smear campaign against the Secretary General of the Somali trade union ‘National Union of Somali Journalists’ (NUSOJ), Mr Omar Faruk Osman, who is also General Secretary of the ‘Federation of Somali Trade Unions’ (FESTU)....
Other union leaders and activists are also targeted for standing up and defending freedom of expression, freedom of association and freedom of assembly. Somalia's unjustifiable anti-trade union campaign must stop. Full text below
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