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Meet this year’s finalists of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, who were chosen at a joint meeting of the foreign affairs and development committees on 14 October: Afghan women, represented by 11 human rights activists Jeanine Áñez, Bolivian politician Alexei Navalny, Russian activist and political prisoner
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In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the President of the European Parliament has established a number of measures to contain the spread of the virus and to safeguard Parliament's core activities. The current precautionary measures do not affect work on legislative priorities.

Core activities are maintained to ensure the smooth running of the institution's legislative, budgetary, and scrutiny functions, as well as matters in the field of human rights and democracy. The meetings allow for remote participation in a virtual environment.

The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will take place on Wednesday 27 October, from 09.00 - 12.00 and from 13.45-15.45 and on Thursday 28 October, from 09.00 - 12.00 (with remote participation via Spinelli 3G3).

EP Calendar 2021
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Book by HR/VP Josep Borrell Fontelles on "European foreign policy in times of COVID-19"
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What role can the International Criminal Court (ICC) play in a global context of pervasive impunity and a backlash against human rights? Can the ongoing ICC review process strengthen the Court and its legitimacy? In which way can the EU best support the Court and defend it against political attacks? Such questions will be discussed at the Workshop on the ICC on 28 October 2021 with academic experts, representatives of human rights organisations, lawyers and activists.
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Les femmes afghanes, la figure de l’opposition russe Alexeï Navalny et l’ancienne Présidente par intérim de Bolivie Jeanine Áñez sont les trois finalistes du Prix Sakharov 2021.
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On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted two resolutions on the human rights situations in Myanmar and Rwanda.
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The Monthly Highlights publication provides an overview, at a glance, of the on-going work of the policy departments, including a selection of the latest and forthcoming publications, and a list of future events.
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Access to safe drinking water is a human right. It is indispensable to a healthy, dignified and productive life. However, a significant proportion of the global population is not able to enjoy this human right. The purpose of this in-depth analysis is to consider the impacts of large-scale agricultural activity and industry on the progressive realisation of the human right to drinking water. In particular, it considers how the European Union and the European Parliament can better support non-EU countries to realise this human right. States and businesses have obligations and responsibilities towards citizens to ensure safe drinking water. However, fulfilling these obligations and responsibilities is in contention with competing water uses and economic considerations and marred by poor enabling environments and power dynamics. Achieving the human right to drinking water needs to be considered in the context of trade-offs emerging from the water-food-energy nexus where water use in one sector can have impacts on others. Virtual water embedded in the trade of agricultural goods demonstrates that demand for food can affect local water availability, posing challenges to ensuring the human right to drinking water in these places. Existing good practices focus on better recognition of obligations and responsibilities through a human rights-based approach, improved assessments of impacts, enhanced stakeholder engagement and mechanisms for due diligence. There are opportunities for the EU to extend the discussion on the human right to drinking water with other interlinked rights, noting the complex and integrated impacts of water resources.
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Durée de la vidéo : 66'

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On 27 September AFET/DEVE/DROI will jointly present the candidates for this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, one of the most important events of the European Parliament. Each year it reaffirms the European Parliament’s unwavering commitment to the protection and promotion of human rights, a founding principle of our Union.
The nominees are: Afghan women represented by Shaharzad Akbar; Mary Akrami; Zarifa Ghafari; Palwasha Hassan; Freshta Karim; Sahraa Karimi; Metra Mehran; Horia Mosadiq; Sima Samar; Habiba Sarabi; and Anisa Shaheed / Afghanistan; Jeanine Áñez / Bolivia; Global Witness and their 22 local partners / United Kingdom; Sultana Khaya / Western Sahara; and Alexei Anatolievich Navalny / Russian Federation.

The committees on foreign affairs and development will meet again on 14 October to narrow the list of nominees to a three-candidate shortlist. The winning 2021 laureate will be announced on 21 October by the Parliament's Conference of Presidents (President and political groups' leaders). The Prize will be presented to the winner at an awards ceremony during the December plenary meeting, on 15 December.

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Situation in Afghanistan
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Government crackdown on protests and citizens in Cuba
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At the DROI meeting of 27 September Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, rapporteur, will present her draft report "Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2021". The report analyses the current trends and threats to human rights and democracy in the world, and gives policy recommendations for the consideration of the Commission, the EEAS and the governments of the EU Member States.
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