Udenrigsudvalget 2023-24
URU Alm.del Bilag 41
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Draft programme
TIME
DETAILS
08:30
10:15
Registration / Doors open
Opening speech by the European Parliament President,
Roberta Metsola
10:30 - 13:00
PANEL I
75
th
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
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Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño,
1st Vice President of
the inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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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
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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
75
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ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, ROOM ANTALL 4Q2, BRUSSELS
WEDNESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2023
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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)
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Katalin Cseh:
Rapporteur on corruption and human rights, (Renew Europe)
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Soraya Rodriguez Ramos:
Rapporteur on the situation of children deprived of
liberty in the world, (Renew Europe)
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Salima Yenbou:
Rapporteur on the Commission proposal on prohibiting products
made with forced labour in the Union’s market, (Renew Europe)
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Karol Karski:
Rapporteur on the persecution of minorities on the grounds of
beliefs of religions, (ECR)
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Hannah Neumann:
Rapporteur on the EU’s guidelines on human rights
defenders, (Greens/EFA)
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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)
75
th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, ROOM ANTALL 4Q2, BRUSSELS
WEDNESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2023
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