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

In association with Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group The European Parliament's election observation missions aim at strengthening, in third countries concerned by elections or referendums, the legitimacy of national electoral processes, increasing public confidence in elections, avoiding electoral fraud, better protecting human rights and contributing to conflict solution.
Location : Room PHS 4B001, BRUSSELS
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Following the arrest of Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh, EP Vice President Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA, FI) and Chair of the Subcommittee on human Rights (DROI), Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), stated: "Yesterday Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested in her home in Tehran, Iran, and was reportedly transferred to Evin prison. We strongly condemn her arrest and call on the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release her.
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Ahead of the opening of the FIFA Football World Cup in Russia, Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, David McAllister, Human Rights Subcommittee Chair, Pier Antonio Panzeri, and the Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, Othmar Karas, stated: "We hold sports to be a value that brings people and nations together. The World Cup is a celebration for mankind and an occasion to reaffirm our ideals for peace, freedom and international cooperation.
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Following the arrest of Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh, EP Vice President Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA, FI) and Chair of the Subcommittee on human Rights (DROI), Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), stated: "Yesterday Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested in her home in Tehran, Iran, and was reportedly transferred to Evin prison. We strongly condemn her arrest and call on the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release her.
Ms Sotoudeh is a tireless and outspoken human rights lawyer who has pursued her fully legitimate and peaceful professional activity, defending her clients with determination and courage. She had already paid a high price for her human rights work in previous years, including an unfair and unjustified prison sentence between 2010 and 2013, as well as a travel ban and limitations on her professional activity.
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Ahead of the opening of the FIFA Football World Cup in Russia, Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, David McAllister, Human Rights Subcommittee Chair, Pier Antonio Panzeri, and the Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, Othmar Karas, stated: "We hold sports to be a value that brings people and nations together. The World Cup is a celebration for mankind and an occasion to reaffirm our ideals for peace, freedom and international cooperation.
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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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The European Parliament's election observation missions aim at strengthening, in third countries concerned by elections or referendums, the legitimacy of national electoral processes, increasing public confidence in elections, avoiding electoral fraud, better protecting human rights and contributing to conflict solution. Elections are one of the defining bases of a functioning democracy.
Actions supporting transparent, inclusive and participatory elections can make a major contribution to democratization, peace, security and conflict prevention around the world, particularly in fragile, post-conflict or developing regions.

The EU's commitment to stepping up its efforts to promote democracy was reiterated in the Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council in 2012. The Action Plan included a plan for a more systematic follow-up to the reports of EU election observation missions (EOMs), so as to support the full electoral cycle. This hearing will address the link between human rights and democracy support (via elections) based on the experience of the EoM deployed by the EU.

19 June 2018, from 14.30 - 17.30 in room PHS 04B001

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In association with Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group The European Parliament's election observation missions aim at strengthening, in third countries concerned by elections or referendums, the legitimacy of national electoral processes, increasing public confidence in elections, avoiding electoral fraud, better protecting human rights and contributing to conflict solution.
Location : Room PHS 4B001, BRUSSELS
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The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will take place on Monday 18 June from 15.00 - 18.30 and on Tuesday 19 June 2018 from 9.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 in room PHS 04B001.

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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Calendar of DROI Meetings 2018
List of urgency resolutions from July 2014
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Gender equality and women’s empowerment: transforming the lives of girls and women through EU external relations 2016-2020
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Situation in Nicaragua
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Situation of imprisoned EU-Iranian dual nationals in Iran
Women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia
Sudan, notably the situation of Noura Hussein Hammad
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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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Pier Antonio Panzeri, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, and EP Vice-President Heidi Hautala stated after Sakharov Laureates had been banned from travelling to Brussels to join the 30th anniversary of the Sakharov Prize : "The presence in the European Parliament of the Sakharov Prize Laureates is always a moment of both emotion and responsibility. We pay tribute to their unshakable commitment to defend fundamental freedoms and human dignity..."
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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

Further information
Draft programme - EN
Draft programme - FR
Watch live via webstreaming
Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP

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
Further information
Draft programme - EN
Draft programme - FR
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