Vietnam adopted a new constitution in 2013 and in 2015 the National Assembly passed new laws on the Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Law on Custody and Detention and Law on investigative bodies. However, their application has been postponed.
The Delegation will also raise the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and the human rights impact assessment with the Vietnamese authorities.
Vietnam adopted a new constitution in 2013 and in 2015 the National Assembly passed new laws on the Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Law on Custody and Detention and Law on investigative bodies. However, their application has been postponed.
The Delegation will also raise the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and the human rights impact assessment with the Vietnamese authorities.
The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will take place on Thursday, 9 March 2017 from 9.00 - 12.30 in room ASP A5G-3.
The newly elected Chair of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D, IT), made the following statement on behalf of the Subcommittee:
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