The Chair of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights, Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT) condemns the execution of two members of the UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
"The summary execution of two United Nations experts is a clear sign of the security crisis in the DRC. The observers, of American and Swedish nationality respectively, were shot dead in March 2017 at the hands of criminals, who did not hesitate to broadcast the video on social networks,"declared the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human rights, Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT)..."Human rights has become a topic of importance for the European Union in relation to trade and is ever more present when the EU is negotiating new agreements with third countries. Notwithstanding the positive achievements realized to date there are still several challenges ahead if we are to fully integrate the human rights perspective into the business dimension. The joint hearing is divided into three panels: the first panel on Corporate Social Responsibility and global value chains, the second will analyse the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and access to remedies, while the third will focus on the UN intergovernmental working group on a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations.