AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

Subcommittee on Human Rights

DROI

AFET - DEVE - DROI

DEVE

AFET

DROI - LIBE

Subcommittee on Human Rights - Interparliamentary committee meeting

DROI - DEVE

LIBE - DROI

LIBE

LIBE - DEVE - DROI

SEDE - AFET - DROI

DROI Subcommittee in association with the Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula - World sport events and human rights in the context of the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar

DROI subcommittee  - Exchange of views on the ongoing mass protests in Iran

DROI subcommittee - In association with the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (DMAS)- xchange of views on the human rights situation in Egypt ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 - COP 27, Egypt

DROI subcommittee - Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2022

DROI Committee - Exchange of views on women’s role in the rights and freedoms protest in Iran and government crackdown

DROI Subcommittee

DEVE AFET DROI joint committee - Presentation of the candidates for this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

DROI Committee meeting

DROI Subcommittee - Fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine

DROI subcommittee - Exchange of views on the developments in the field of the rule of law and human rights in the Philippines after the Presidential elections of 9 May 2022

DROI Subcommittee - Exchange of views with LGBTIQ's rights activists in the context of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

AFET - DROI - SEDE joint committee - Structured Dialogue on the Commission Work Programme

INTA - DROI joint committee- Hearing on the human rights and trade nexus in the context of non-self-governing and occupied territories

DROI Subcommittee - Constitutive meeting

Sakharov Prize Award Week 2021 - AFET extraordinary meeting - Exchange of views with Daria Navalnaya, daughter of Alexei Navalny, the 2021 Sakharov prize laureate, and Leonid Volkov, chief of Staff of Alexei Navalny

DROI - FEMM joint committee - Exchange of views on women's and girls' rights in Afghanistan

DROI - AFET Committee - Platform on the fight against impunity in Belarus with a special focus on the protection of journalists

AFET-DROIT joint Committee meeting - Exchange of views on the recent human rights developments in Russia With the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

Extraordinary joint meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Human Rights: exchange of views on the recent human rights developments in Russia

Exchange of views on the recent human rights developments in Russia - Committee on Foreign Affairs / EP Subcommittee on Human Rights

The EP Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights debates with the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. Statements of MEPs Maria ARENA (S&D, Belgium), Željana ZOVKO (EPP, Croatia), Andrius KUBILIUS (EPP, Lithuania) and of experts Sacha KOULIEVA, Lecturer in Human Rights from Sciences Po's Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) and Audrone PERKAUSKIENE, Head of Division for Russia at the European External Action Service (EEAS).

The recent human rights developments in Russia - AFET: extracts from the debate with the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

Speech of Nicole Fontaine on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

FR - Les 20 ans de la Charte des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne

The committees on Foreign Affairs (AFET), on Development (DEVE) and Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) vote on a shortlist of three finalists for the 2020 Sakharov Prize, in the European Parliament in Brussels. The three nominees are: the democratic opposition in Belarus led by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Archbishop of Mosul Mgr Najeeb Moussa Michaeel, and the Guapinol activists and Berta Cáceres in Honduras.

Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2020 - Vote on a shortlist of 3 candidates: arrivals, roundtable and statements by David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), AFET Chair, by Tomas TOBÉ (EPP,SE), DEVE Chair and Maria ARENA (S&D,BE), DROI Chair

The Human Rights Subcommittee (DROI) debates the human rights situation in Belarus following the presidential elections of 9 August in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Human rights situation in Belarus following the presidential elections of 9 August: extracts from the exchange of views

The Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) exchange views with Dr Denis MUKWEGE, Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2018 and Sakharov Prize laureate 2014, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Extraordinary meeting Subcommittee on Human Rights: extracts from the exchange of views with Dr Denis MUKWEGE, Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2018 and Sakharov Prize laureate 2014

MEPs of Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), Committee on Development (DEVE) and Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) exchange views with Jewher Ilham, daughter of Ilham Tohti, the 2019 Sakharov Prize laureate, during a joint meeting in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Ilham Tohti is a Uyghur scholar and human rights activist, currently imprisoned for life in China.

Exchange of views with Jewher Ilham, daughter of Ilham Tohti, 2019 Sakharov Prize laureate: extracts from the joint meeting of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Development and Subcommittee on Human Rights

The Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and the Committee on Development (DEVE) hold an exchange of views with Oleg SENTSOV, 2018 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, in the EUropean Parliament in Strasbourg. Oleg Sentsov is a Ukrainian film director who had been sentenced to 20 years in prison for "plotting terrorist acts" against the Russian "de facto" rule in Crimea. After spending more than five years behind bars, he was released from prison in September this year as part of a major prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. Statements by Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE), David McALLISTER (EPP, DE) and Oleg SENTSOV, 2018 Sakharov Prize Laureate.

Exchange of views with Oleg SENTSOV, 2018 Sakharov Prize laureate: extracts of AFET/DEVE/DROI committees joint meeting

In the European Parliament in Brussels, the Committee Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and the subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) assess conditions for asylum-seekers in Libya against the backdrop of the situation in the country, including how armed groups may be linked to organised crime and the conditions in detention centres. Guests include representatives of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Commission, UNHCR, IOM, Médecins sans Frontières as well as International Rescue Committee (IRC) President David Miliband

Situation of migrants in detention centres in Libya and of migrants returned by the Libyan coastguard – possible solutions?: extracts from the debate

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) debate together with the subcommittees on Human Rights (DROI) and Security and Defence (SEDE) on the situation of children of foreign fighters held in Syria and Iraq, and their possible return or repatriation to the EU, in the European Parliament in Brussels. Experts from the UN Refugee Agency, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator office, Belgium’s Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis as well as Save the Children will join the discussion

Children of foreign fighters held in Syria and Iraq and possible return/repatriation to the EU: extracts from the joint debate

Sakharov Prize winners Salih OSMAN (Sudan) and Lorent SALEH (Venezuela) exchange of views with the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) of the European Parliament in Brussels. Statements by Salih Mahmoud OSMAN, Sakharov Prize winner, Lorent SALEH, Sakharov Prize winner, Isabel WISELER-LIMA (EPP, LU) and Isabel SANTOS (S&D, PT).

Exchange of views with Sakharov Prize winners Salih OSMAN (Sudan) and Lorent SALEH (Venezuela): extracts from the meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights

Extracts from the hearing on NGOs saving lives in the Mediterranean, Sakharov Prize finalist 2018 and statements by criminalised NGOs and migrant rescued. Sakharov event Migration across the Mediterranean during a meeting of the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs with Sub Committee on Human Rights. Statements by Violeta MORENO-LAX, Immigration law expert, Queen Mary University, Georgia LINARDI, Representative, Sea Watch, Pia KLEMP, Representative of Solidarity at Sea, Ricardo GATTI, Representative of Open Arms, an Eritrean Migrant rescued from the Meditarranean.

NGOs saving lives in the Mediterranean, Sakharov Prize finalist 2018: extracts and atmosphere from the Hearing and statements by criminalised NGOs and migrant rescued

Antonio PANZERI (S&D, IT), Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) of the European Parliament, and Hatice CENGIZ, fiancée of the late Saudi journalist Jamal Ahmad KHASHOGGI, give a joint press point. Jamal KHASHOGGI was murdered on 2 October 2018, while walking into the country's consulate in Istanbul.

Press point by Antonio PANZERI (S&D, IT) and Hatice CENGIZ, fiancée of the late Saudi journalist Jamal Ahmad KHASHOGGI

During the joint meeing of Committees on Development (DEVE), Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) in association with the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee and the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, MEPs exchange of views with the representatives of the 2018 Sakharov Prize laureate, Oleg SENTSOV, in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Statements by David McALLISTER, Natalia KAPLAN, cousin of Oleg Sentsov, Dariusz ROSATI (EPP, PL), Rebecca HARMS (Greens/EFA, DE) and Mirja VEHKAPERÂ (ALDE, FI).

Exchange of views with the representatives of the 2018 Sakharov Prize laureates: extracts from the joint meeting

To highlight the importance of election observation, European Parliament is holding a conference on “International Election Observation” in the European Parliament in Brussels. Statements by David McALLISTER (EPP,DE), AFET Chair, Pier Antonio PANZERI (S&D,IT), DROI Chair, Mariya Gabriel, Member of the EC in charge of Digital Economy and Society, Antonio TAJANI, EP President, Sahle-Work ZEWDE, UN Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative to the African Union and Cessouma Minata SAMATE, Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union

High Level Conference: "The Future of International Election Observation" - Opening statement by Pier Antonio PANZERI (S&D,IT), DROI Chair (15:47 - 15:53)

Candidates for the 2018 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought are presented at a joint meeting with the Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Development (DEVE) committees and the Human Rights Subcommittee (DROIT) in the European parliament in Brussels. This year there are eight candidates. The Foreign Affairs and Development committees will vote on 9 October to shortlist the three finalists. Parliament's Conference of Presidents will select the final winner on 25 October. The candidates are AfriForum, Seyran Ateş, Caesar, Dewayne Johnson, NGOs protecting human rights and saving lives of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea, Oleg Sentsov, Mary Wagner and Nasser Zefzafi.

Sakharov Prize 2018: presentation of the candidates

During the joint meeting of the Committees on Foreign Affairs (AFET), Development (DEVE) and Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) in Strasbourg, Political group members present the six nominees for the 2017 Sakharov Prize. The 29th Sakharov Prize will be awarded during the plenary session on 13 December. The nominees for 2017 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought are Asia Bibi (Aasiya Noreen), Aura Lolita Chavez Ixcaquic, Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, Democratic Opposition in Venezuela, Dawit Isaak and Pierre Claver Mbonimpa. They are presented by Anna Elzbieta FOTYGA (ECR, PL), Molly SCOTT CATO (Grenns/EFA, UK), Florent MARCELLESI (Greens/EFA, ES), Marie-Christine VERGIAT (GUE/NGL, FR), Jose Ignacio SALAFRANCA SANCHEZ-NEYRA (EPP, ES), Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA (ALDE, ES), Elena VALENCIANO (S&D, ES), Cecilia WIKSTROM (ALDE, SE) and Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT).

Sakharov Prize 2017: presentation of the candidates Asia Bibi, Aura Lolita Chavez Ixcaquic, Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, the Democratic Opposition in Venezuela, Dawit Isaak and Pierre Claver Mbonimpa

Announcement of the three finalists for the Sakharov Prize 2016, at the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Committee on Development (DEVE) in cooperation with the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), in the EP in Brussels. Annoucement by Elmar BROK (EPP, DE), Chair of the AFET Committee: Can D&uuml;ndarn and the defenders of freedom of thought and expression in Turkey, Mustafa Dzhemilev and Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar.

Sakharov Prize 2016: announcement of the three finalists at the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Development in cooperation with the Subcommittee on Human Rights

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AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny

AFET DROI joint meeting - Inhuman detention and death of Sakharov Price Laureate Alexei Navalny