“Fighting impunity: a UN Human Rights Treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises”, Brussels - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	October 11, 2018 11:00 - 11:30
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	Paul-Henri Spaak building (PHS) i
room	0A050
attending	J. (Judith) Sargentini i, (Helmut) Scholz i, (Inma) Rodríguez-Piñero i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

The European Parliament is the EU's law-making body. It is directly elected by EU voters every 5 years.

What does the Parliament do?

The Parliament has 3 main roles:

Legislative

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  Passing EU laws, together with the Council of the EU, based on European Commission proposals