Meeting: Subcommittee on Human Rights/Committee on Development/Committee on Foreign Affairs, Strasbourg - Main contents

date	December 16, 2019 19:00 - 20:30
city	Strasbourg, France
location	Winston Churchill building (WIC)
room	WIC200
organisation	Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) i, Committee on Development (DEVE) i, Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) i

The Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs is responsible for:

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  The common foreign and security policy (CFSP) and the European security and defence policy (ESDP). In this context the committee is assisted by a subcommittee on security and defence

The Parliamentary Committee on Development is responsible for:

The Subcommittee on Human Rights is responsible for:

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  Evaluating the implementation of EU instruments in the field of human rights and democracy, the right to hold the Commission and the Council accountable for for their activities in this area.
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  Ensuring the continuous dialogue with international agencies working in the field of human rights in order to guarantee consistency between EU and international instruments in this field.
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  Providing a platform for the analysis of human rights claims related to specific topics and/or regions and using this platform for input on human rights and democracy in reports to the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs, agreements with third countries included.
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  Preparation of own-initiative reports on specific human rights instruments.
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  The 'mainstreaming' of human rights claims in the different organs (committees and delegations) of the European Parliament.
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  Organising and preparing the procedure for awarding the Sakharov Prize.
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  Equipping delegations of the Subcommittee.
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  Providing a platform for a permanent dialogue with representatives of civil society.