EP Mini-Plenary Session - Joint Debate - Migration and Asylum package

EP Plenary session - The adoption of the Special Measure in favour of Tunisia for 2023

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - State of play of the corporate sustainability due diligence directive

EP Plenary session - EU-Chile agreements

EP Plenary session - The extradition and prosecution of Julian Assange and implications on freedom of the press

EP Plenary session - Debate - Statement by the VPC/HR - The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

EP Plenary session - Debate - HRVP statement - War in the Gaza Strip

EP Plenary session - Detergents and surfactants

ENVI - Exchange of views with Dr. Bernhard URL, Executive Director of the European Food Security Authority (EFSA)

ENVI - Presentation of the Belgian Council Presidency’s programme.

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a permanent ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation

ENVI - Exchange of views with Dr Andrea AMMON, Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

EP Plenary session - Sustainable use of plant protection products

ENVI - Vote on pesticides, carbon removals, glyphosate, CO2

8th EU-Bangladesh IPM

DROI - JURI ICM - Universal Jurisdiction - Improving Accountability for Serious International Crimes

DROI Subcommittee - Exchange of views on an international tribunal for crime of aggression against Ukraine and the presentation of an in-depth analysis on this matter

DROI Subcommittee in association with the Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula - World sport events and human rights in the context of the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar

DROI subcommittee  - Exchange of views on the ongoing mass protests in Iran

DROI subcommittee - In association with the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (DMAS)- xchange of views on the human rights situation in Egypt ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 - COP 27, Egypt

Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2022 - Vote on a shortlist of 3 candidates - Statements

Screening of the documentary film  ' The Illusion of Abundance '

DROI Committee - Exchange of views on women’s role in the rights and freedoms protest in Iran and government crackdown

DROI Subcommittee

DROI Committee meeting

DROI subcommittee - Exchange of views on the developments in the field of the rule of law and human rights in the Philippines after the Presidential elections of 9 May 2022

DROI Subcommittee - Exchange of views with LGBTIQ's rights activists in the context of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Marie ARENA meets with Liudmyla DENISOVA,  Ukrainian Parliament's Human Rights Commissioner

DEVE subcommittee - Meeting with the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

INTA - DROI joint committee- Hearing on the human rights and trade nexus in the context of non-self-governing and occupied territories

Afghan Women Days - High-level Conference - Connecting Afghan women activists in exile

Afghan Women Days - High-level Conference.- Youth seminar

MEPs discuss the EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in Gaza. In March, Parliament adopted a resolution warning about the desperate food insecurity and impending starvation in Gaza. Second part of MEPs debate.

EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip: MEPs debate (part 2)

Parliament gives its final green light to the reform of the EU’s asylum and migration rules. The new rules ensure responsibility sharing among Member States in the management of migrant arrivals, a more efficient response in case of crisis, and respect of fundamental rights. Before the vote, MEPs review the ten legal acts in a debate with Council and Commission. Second part of MEPs debate.

Joint Debate - Migration and Asylum package: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs discuss the extradition and prosecution of Julian Assange and implications on freedom of the press.

The extradition and prosecution of Julian Assange and implications on freedom of the press: one round of political group speakers

Plenary discusses the latest ruling by the International Court of Justice regarding Israel and the alleged involvement of UNRWA staff in the 7 October attacks The International Court of Justice ordered Israel to take a series of measures to prevent any acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, after South Africa filed an application against Israel at the court in December 2023. It also ordered Israel to take immediate and effective measures to ensure aid can reach people in Gaza. During the debate with the Council and the European Commission on Tuesday afternoon, MEPs also discuss the allegations that 12 staff members of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA ) were involved in the 7 October attacks against Israel. While several donor countries have suspended their UNRWA funding, the EU said it will take a decision in light of the outcome of the investigation announced by the UN and its subsequent actions.

Debate - War in the Gaza Strip and the need to reach a ceasefire, including recent developments in the region: MEPs debate part 3

MEPs debate on the report by the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee to reduce the use of chemical plant protection products and to make them safer by at least 50%; they would also reduce the use of so-called “more hazardous products” by 65%, compared to the 2013-2017 average.

Sustainable use of plant protection products: MEPs debate

MEPs debate the EU’s international commitments and the risks of compromising the EU’s green transition. The European Green Deal was presented by the EC in 2019. Its purpose is to transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, ensuring zero net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, economic growth decoupled from resource consumption, and with no one and nowhere left behind. Parliament debates the risks of compromising the EU’s green transition and the EU’s international commitments including those under the Paris Agreement on climate change and the UN Biodiversity Agreement, the latter of which seeks to protect 30% of the earth’s lands, oceans, coastal areas and inland waters. MEPs debate (part 1)

Council and Commission statements - Delivering on the Green Deal: risk of compromising the EU path to the green transition and its international commitments, MEPs debate (part 1)

The MEPs hold a debate in regards to the EU relations with the Palestinian Authority to reiterate the EU’s unwavering support for the two-state solution, as the only viable solution to the conflict, with the state of Israel and the state of Palestine living democratically side by side in peace, complete with guaranteed security, mutual recognition under the 1967 borders, mutually agreed-upon equivalent land swaps and Jerusalem as the capital of both states, based on the parameters in the Council conclusions of July 2014. MEPs debate

Relations with the Palestinian Authority: MEPs debate

MEPs call on the EU to boost its food security and strategic autonomy. In the light of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the draft text calls for the use of the EU’s strategic food stocks, a protein and feed strategy to allow farmers to become less reliant on third countries, new breeding techniques to decrease the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, and investments in digital technologies in agriculture. It also demands a dedicated EU programme for water management, the reduction of food waste and reciprocity in trade of agricultural products with third countries. MEPs also ask for safeguards to ensure that agricultural activity in the EU is maintained during the implementation of the Green Deal. MEPs debate.

EP Plenary session Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture

To provide legal certainty to business and citizens, the Commission has proposed a directive laying down rules on corporate due diligence obligations. According to the new rules, companies will be required to prevent, end or mitigate the negative impact that their activities have on human rights and the environment, such as on child labour, slavery, pollution or biodiversity loss.

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence: MEPs debate

MEPs debate how to avoid an escalation in hostilities that could have far-reaching implications for the East Africa region.

Situation in Sudan: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on a European citizens’ initiative on phasing out synthetic pesticides and creating bee-friendly agriculture. MEPs debate (part 1)

European Citizens’ Initiative "Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment": MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs take stock of the widespread public protests in Israel over the government’s attempts to limit the judiciary’s powers. MEPs debate (part 2)

Deterioration of democracy in Israel and consequences on the occupied territories: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs debate on a broad range of aspects of EU-China ties. This includes the latest political developments following the re-election of incumbent Chinese President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping in October, the latest report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Chinese persecution of the Uyghur population, European efforts to get China to pressure Russia to end its war in Ukraine as well as MEPs’ warnings over the continued tensions across the Taiwan Strait and their push for a stronger partnership between the EU and Taiwan.

EU-China relations: MEPs debate

The FIFA’s decision to give the 2022 World Cup to Qatar has sparked controversy among human rights organisations and football fans alike. Data cross-checked by several human rights groups with diplomatic missions in Doha indicate that thousands of foreign workers have died on construction sites or as a result of construction-related activities in the country ahead of the tournament. MEPs take stock of the human rights situation in Qatar in the context of the country hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Extracts from the debate.

Situation of human rights in the context of the upcoming FIFA world cup in Qatar: extracts from the debate (21/11)

The DROI Subcommittee (Human Rights) organises an exchange of views about the world sport events and human rights, in the context of the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Qatar's government has been criticised since international newspaper have reported on thousands of migrants coming from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, were hired in Qatar, and in some cases, died, since it won the World Cup organisation. Extracts from the exchange of views with Ali Bin Samikh Al Marri, Minister of Labour of the state of Qatar.

World sport events and human rights in the context of the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar - DROI Subcommittee: extracts from the exchange of views

MEPs have shortlisted WikiLeaks activist Julian Assange, the Ukrainian people and their representatives and the Colombian Truth Commission for the 2022 Sakharov Prize. EPs on the Development and Foreign Affairs Committees and the Human Rights Subcommittee vote to select three finalists for this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), AFET Chair, Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE), DEVE Chair and Maria ARENA (S&D, BE), DROI Chair comment the results of the vote.

Announcement of the 3 finalists for Sakharov Prize 2022: Statements by David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), AFET Chair, Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE), DEVE Chair and Maria ARENA (S&D, BE), DROI Chair

MEPs and EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep BORRELL discuss the countrywide protests against the Islamic regime in Iran after the nationwide demonstrations were triggered by the death in Tehran on 16 September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police, who assaulted her for, they claimed, incorrectly wearing her hijab. Second part of the debate.

The death of Mahsa AMINI and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran: MEPs debate (part 2)

Parliament discuss the latest developments in Ukraine with EU Foreign Policy Chief Joseph Borrell and will vote on EU macro-financial assistance. Ukrainian forces recently launched a counteroffensive in the southern part of the country to retake areas occupied by Russia, including around Kherson. Meanwhile the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conducted an inspection visit of the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant located in an area repeatedly hit by shelling. The nuclear watchdog has called for the setting up of a security zone around the power plant.

The state of play of the war in Ukraine: extracts from the Question time to Josep BORRELL, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the EC in charge of a stronger Europe in the World

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