Sous-commission Droits de l'homme (DROI) - Parlement européen

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Durée de la vidéo : 90'

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Durée de la vidéo : 60'

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Durée de la vidéo : 105'

Clause de non-responsabilité : L'interprétation des débats facilite la communication mais ne constitue en aucun cas un enregistrement authentifié des débats. Seuls le discours original ou la traduction écrite révisée du discours original peuvent être considérés authentiques.
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Durée de la vidéo : 150'

Clause de non-responsabilité : L'interprétation des débats facilite la communication mais ne constitue en aucun cas un enregistrement authentifié des débats. Seuls le discours original ou la traduction écrite révisée du discours original peuvent être considérés authentiques.
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Political prisoners in Nicaragua – the cases of Carlos Brenes, Salvadora del Socorro Martínez Aburto and Brooklyn Rivera
Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich
Continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso
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On Tuesday, 23 June 2026, from 10.15 to 12.00, the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the EU External Action Service, will host a joint conference on Safeguarding the absolute prohibition of torture in the current global context.

Despite the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment under international law, notably art. 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, such practices continue to occur in various forms and contexts worldwide.

This event will provide a platform for a debate, with relevant contributions including the voice of prominent survivors' testimonies, institutional and civil society interventions, as the UN Special Rapporteur on torture Alice Jill Edwards, and Lorent Saleh, awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament in 2017.

Location : SPINELLI 1G2, Brussels
Draft agenda
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Poster
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On 22 June the Subcommittee on Human Rights, in association with the Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly, will examine the human rights situation in Tanzania. The discussion will take place while Tanzanian authorities have repeatedly rejected requests for a DROI mission to the country and as the European Parliament just adopted a resolution to object the draft Commission implementing decision on the financing of the 2026 annual action plan for Tanzania.

The European Parliament had previously expressed concerns regarding developments in Tanzania in two resolutions addressing the post-election killings and the imprisonment of the political opponent Tundu Lissu, and in an earlier resolution objecting the 2025 Annual Action Plan proposed by the European Commission.

The discussion will feature a panel including human right defenders as well as representatives from the Commission and the EEAS.
Press Release - MEPs object to Commission funding plan for Tanzania
European Parliament resolution of 18 June 2026 on the draft Commission implementing decision on the financing of the annual action plan in favour of the United Republic of Tanzania for 2026
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On Tuesday, 23 June 2026, the Subcommittee on Human Rights, will hold an exchange of views on the human rights situation in the Sahel against the background of the latest regional developments. This discussion will be the opportunity to follow-up on last year's exchange on human rights in Sahel, and to shade the light on recent developments that have significantly undermined security and accelerated the deterioration of human rights across the region.
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The next ordinary meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights is scheduled to take place on 22-23 June 2026 in Brussels.

The joint AFET and DROI exchange of views with Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, will take place on Thursday, 25 June in Brussels.

DROI meetings - 2026
DROI meetings - 2025
DROI Coordinators
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On Thursday 25 June (11:15-12:15), the AFET Committee, jointly with its Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), will hold an exchange of views with Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to discuss global human rights challenges and efforts to ensure their promotion and protection worldwide.
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In view of the publication of the Front-Line Defenders Memorial Annual Report in June, DROI will discuss best practices identified worldwide and aimed at helping improve the effective prevention and reliable investigation of unlawful killings. Extrajudicial and arbitrary executions and killings of HRDs saw an alarming global surge, with hundreds killed in 2025 by both state and non-state actors. The lack of effective investigations directly encourages the repetition of violence against HRDs.
The discussion will be held on 23 June 2026 during an ordinary DROI meeting.
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On Tuesday, 23 June 2026, from 10.15 to 12.00, the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the EU External Action Service, will host a joint conference on Safeguarding the absolute prohibition of torture in the current global context.

Despite the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment under international law, notably art. 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, such practices continue to occur in various forms and contexts worldwide.

This event will provide a platform for a debate, with relevant contributions including the voice of prominent survivors' testimonies, institutional and civil society interventions, as the UN Special Rapporteur on torture Alice Jill Edwards, and Lorent Saleh, awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament in 2017.

Location : SPINELLI 1G2, Brussels
Poster
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On Tuesday, 23 June 2026, from 10.15 to 12.00, the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the EU External Action Service, will host a joint conference on Safeguarding the absolute prohibition of torture in the current global context.

Despite the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment under international law, notably art. 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, such practices continue to occur in various forms and contexts worldwide.

This event will provide a platform for a debate, with relevant contributions including the voice of prominent survivors' testimonies, institutional and civil society interventions, as the UN Special Rapporteur on torture Alice Jill Edwards, and Lorent Saleh, awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament in 2017.

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Durée de la vidéo : 75'

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MEPs from the Foreign Affairs and Development Committees and the Human rights Subcommittee will meet Andrzej Poczobut in Strasbourg this evening.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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The joint AFET-DEVE-DROI meeting with Sakharov Prize co-laureate Andrzej Poczobut will be held on 15 June 2026 in Strasbourg.

The next ordinary meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights is scheduled to take place on 22-23 June 2026 in Brussels.

DROI meetings - 2026
DROI meetings - 2025
DROI Coordinators
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