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

In view of the plenary statement on the situation in South Sudan by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy next Wednesday, 28 October, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights warns ofthe situation of the almost 4 million people in South Sudan who are at risk of starvation unless the international community takes urgent action and does not turn a blind eye to this part of the world.
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Europe must put pressure on Russia to protect civilians in Syria Human Rights Subcommittee MEPs said in a debate with experts on Thursday morning, 22 October. The speakers also stressed that it is necessary to stop the conflict in the country and that although humanitarian aid is more than welcome it is not a sustainable solution.
Press statement on the DROI debate on Syria
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"Are we really going to let them die ofcold?" - `The DROI Chair warns of the deteriorating refugee crisis in theBalkans. The cold of winter hasalready arrived but European solidarity still remains to be seen. The EU hasnot yet reacted properly to a crisis that is now deteriorating alarmingly asweather conditions worsen.

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Thursday 12 November 2015
from 09.00 - 12.30 in meeting room ASP A1G3

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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The EU's new approach to human rights and democracy - evaluating the activities of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED)
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Vote on Preparing for the World Humanitarian Summit
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Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, the Democratic Opposition in Venezuela and the Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov are the three finalists for this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, after a vote during a meeting of the foreign affairs and development committees and the human rights subcommittee. The laureate will be decided by Parliament's president and political group leaders on 29 October and the award ceremony will be held in Strasbourg on 16 December.
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Statements by Elena Valenciano, Chair of DROI and Elmar Brok, Chair of AFET
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Clause de non-responsabilité : L'interprétation des débats facilite la communication mais ne constitue en aucun cas un enregistrement authentifié des débats. Seuls le discours original ou la traduction écrite révisée du discours original peuvent être considérés authentiques.
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The next meeting of the Subcommittee will take place on Tuesday 22 September from 9 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. and from 3.00p.m. to 18.30 p.m. in meeting room ASP A3G3

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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22 September - 16.45 - 18.30 - Meeting room ASP 3G3

DROI will hold a hearing on the International Day against the Death Penalty on 22 September to highlight the annual observance of the International Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October. The main objective of the hearing is to assess the current global trends with regard to the application of the death penalty across the world.

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• Feedback from DROI missions to the Ukraine and to Israel and the Palestinian territories
• Consideration of the draft opinion "Preparing for the World Humanitarian Summit: Challenges and opportunities for humanitarian assistance"
• Update on the human rights situation in Sudan
  

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