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

Leading MEPs issued the following joint statement today.
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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Next ordinary meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will be held on 30 November - 1 December 2026, in Brussels.      

AFET and DROI meetings - 2026
AFET and DROI meetings - 2027
DROI Coordinators
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Durée de la vidéo : 120'

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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Durée de la vidéo : 75'

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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Durée de la vidéo : 90'

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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Durée de la vidéo : 90'

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 workshop will examine how the misuse of counter-terrorism laws impact on fundamental rights, affecting civil society, human rights defenders, journalists and political opposition. It will explore recurring patterns, broad terrorism definitions, arbitrary detention and surveillance. Building on a forthcoming paper, discussions will also aim at identifying practical tools for the EU external engagement to ensure counter-terrorism measures comply with international human rights standards.
Location : Spinelli 1E2
Draft programme
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On 5 November 2026, the workshop on the misuse of counter-terrorism laws and their implications on human rights across the world will examine how the misuse of counter-terrorism laws impact on fundamental rights, affecting civil society, human rights defenders, journalists and political opposition. It will explore recurring patterns, broad terrorism definitions, arbitrary detention and surveillance.
Building on a forthcoming paper, discussions will also aim at identifying practical tools for the EU external engagement to ensure counter-terrorism measures comply with international human rights standards.
Draft programme
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On 4 November, contributing to the European Parliament’s Gender Equality Week, this public hearing will address the situation of human rights violations in the Horn of Africa, with a focus on conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence in the region.
The panel will bring together human rights defenders, civil society representatives from Human Rights Watch and Legal Action Worldwide, and the EEAS to debate on accountability, survivor protection and support, and ways to better address these violations.
Draft programme
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On 5 November 2026, the workshop on the misuse of counter-terrorism laws and their implications on human rights across the world will examine how the misuse of counter-terrorism laws impact on fundamental rights, affecting civil society, human rights defenders, journalists and political opposition. It will explore recurring patterns, broad terrorism definitions, arbitrary detention and surveillance.
Building on a forthcoming paper, discussions will also aim at identifying practical tools for the EU external engagement to ensure counter-terrorism measures comply with international human rights standards.
Draft programme
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Contributing to the European Parliament’s Gender Equality Week, this public hearing will address the situation of human rights violations in the Horn of Africa, with a focus on conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence in the region. The panel will bring together human rights defenders, civil society representatives from Human Rights Watch and Legal Action Worldwide, and the EEAS to debate on accountability, survivor protection and support, and ways to better address these violations.
Location : Spinelli 1E2
Draft programme
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The nominees for this year’s Prize were presented by the political groups in a joint meeting of the Committees on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and on Development (DEVE) and the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) in Brussels on 1st October.
Each year, the Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to honour exceptional individuals and organisations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms. In 2025, the Prize was awarded to Andrzej Poczobut, journalist and activist from the Polish minority in Belarus, and Mzia Amaglobeli, Georgian journalist and the first female political prisoner in Georgia since its independence. 
The AFET and DEVE Committees, in cooperation with DROI, will hold a meeting on 19 October in Strasbourg to vote on a shortlist of three finalists and the Conference of Presidents will take a decision on the final laureate on 22 October.
Sakharov Prize website
List of candidates
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Durée de la vidéo : 90'

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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An extraordinary meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will be held on 5 October 2026, in Strasbourg.      

DROI meetings - 2026
AFET and DROI meetings - 2026
AFET and DROI meetings - 2027
DROI Coordinators
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20 years after the assassination of the Russian journalist, the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) will pay tribute to Anna Politkovskaya on 5 October 2026, from 19:30 to 20:30.

Organised jointly with the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (D-RU), the meeting will also be an opportunity to shed light on the struggle for fundamental freedoms and against impunity in Russia, in an exchange with the journalist's grand-daughter and political activist Anna-Victoria Politkovskaya, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in the Russian Federation Mariana Katzarova and Editor-in-Chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe Kirill Martynov.

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