LIU, Alm.del - 2023-24 - Bilag 14: Henvendelse af 24/10-2023 fra Europa-Parlamentet om invitation og foreløbigt program til en interparlamentarisk konference den 29/11-2023 i anledning af 75-års jubilæet for FN's Verdenserklæring om Menneskerettigheder

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LIU Alm.del Bilag 14
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08:30

10:15

Registration / Doors open

Opening speech by the European Parliament President,

Roberta Metsola

10:30 - 13:00

PANEL I

anniversary of the UDHR

What makes human rights universal?

Chair:

Udo Bullmann,

Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights

Introductory remarks:

David McAllister,

Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

High Level address by:

Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,

Volker Türk

[online]

Speakers:

–

Ellen Johnson,

co-chair of the High Level Board on

effective multilateralism, former President of Liberia and

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

[tbc]

–

Siofra O’Leary,

President of the European Court for Human

Rights

[tbc]

–

Matteo Mecacci,

Director of the OSCE Office for

Democratic Institutions and Human Rights [online]

–

Eamon Gilmore,

EU Special Representative for Human

Rights

LIU, Alm.del - 2023-24 - Bilag 14: Henvendelse af 24/10-2023 fra Europa-Parlamentet om invitation og foreløbigt program til en interparlamentarisk konference den 29/11-2023 i anledning af 75-års jubilæet for FN's Verdenserklæring om Menneskerettigheder

–

Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño,

1st Vice President of

the inter-American Commission on Human Rights

–

Ambassador

Bankole Adeoye,

Commissioner for Political

Affairs, Peace and Security, African Union [tbc] / AU

Commissioner of the African Commission on Human and

Peoples' Rights

[tbc]

Q&A session

Concluding remarks:

Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar,

Chair of the Committee on Civil

Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs [tbc]

13:00 - 15:00

15:00 - 17:30

Lunch break

PANEL II

Working together to meet the challenges

of our times

Chair

Udo Bullmann,

Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights

Introductory remarks:

Tomas Tobé,

Chair of the Committee on Development

High Level addresses by:

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the

United Nations Sustainable Development Group,

Amina

Mohamed

[tbc] / European Commissioner for International

Partnerships,

Jutta Urpilainen

Speakers:

–

Agnes Callamard,

Secretary General of Amnesty

International

–

Maria Ressa,

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2021 [online]

–

Dimitri Mouratov,

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2021

–

Oleksandra Matviichuk,

Head of the

Center for Civil

Liberties,

awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2022 and a

representative of the Ukrainian people for the Sakharov

Prize 2022

–

Mahbouba Seraj,

Director of Afghan Women Skills

Development Center

ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, ROOM ANTALL 4Q2, BRUSSELS

WEDNESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2023

Q&A session

Concluding remarks:

Pascal Canfin,

Chair of the Committee on Environment [tbc]

With the active participation of:

- Members from the EU National Parliaments

- Representatives of local Civil Society Organizations & Human

Rights defenders

- Representatives of Youth voices

- EP rapporteurs:

⦁

Isabel Wiseler Lima

: Rapporteur on the protection of journalists around the

world and EU policies on the matter, (EPP)

⦁

David Lega

: Rapporteur “Towards an EU strategy to

promote education for

children in the world: mitigating the impact of COVID-19

in the world”, (EPP)

⦁

Nacho Sanchez Amor

: Rapporteur on the annual report on democracy and

human rights in the world and the EU’s policies on the matter, (S&D)

⦁

Raphael Glucksmann:

Rapporteur on the opinion related to the proposal for a

directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending directive (EU)

2019/1937, (S&D)

⦁

Katalin Cseh:

Rapporteur on corruption and human rights, (Renew Europe)

⦁

Soraya Rodriguez Ramos:

Rapporteur on the situation of children deprived of

liberty in the world, (Renew Europe)

⦁

Salima Yenbou:

Rapporteur on the Commission proposal on prohibiting products

made with forced labour in the Union’s market, (Renew Europe)

⦁

Karol Karski:

Rapporteur on the persecution of minorities on the grounds of

beliefs of religions, (ECR)

⦁

Hannah Neumann:

Rapporteur on the EU’s guidelines on human rights

defenders, (Greens/EFA)

⦁

Heidi Hautala:

Rapporteur

on shaping the EU’s position on the UN binding

instruments on business and human rights in particular on access to remedy and

the protection of victims, (Greens/EFA)

⦁

Miguel Urban Crespo:

Rapporteur “Access to water as a human right”, (The

Left)

ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, ROOM ANTALL 4Q2, BRUSSELS

WEDNESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2023