Invitation til interparlamentarisk udvalgsmøde i Europa-Parlamentet den 20. november 2018 i Bruxelles

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Invitation til interparlamentarisk udvalgsmøde i Europa-Parlamentet
Hermed invitation og foreløbigt program til et interparlamentarisk udvalgsmøde
om menneskerettigheder i Bruxelles.
Mødet foregår tirsdag den 20. november 2018, kl. 9.00-12.30 i Europa-Parla-
mentet, og indgår som en del af Europa-Parlamentets menneskerettighedsuge
den 19.-23. november 2018, der i år fejrer 70 året for FNs menneskerettigheds-
konvention.
Folketinget har ind til 4 pladser til mødet. Såfremt du ønsker at deltage i mødet,
bedes du tilmelde dig til Charlotte.faber@ft.dk senest den 5. september 2018.
I forlængelse af det interparlamentariske udvalgsmøde afholdes endvidere om
eftermiddagen den 20. november en såkaldt højniveaukonference arrangeret af
Europa-Parlamentets formand Antonio Tajani, hvor bl.a. FNs generalsekretær
António Guterres er inviteret.
Det fremgår af invitationsbrevet, at de nationale parlamentarikere også inviteres
til at deltage i højniveaukonferencen. Yderligere information om denne konfe-
rence følger senere.
Med venlig hilsen
Eva Esmarch
Nævnssekretær
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Subcommittee on Human Rights
The Chair
droi-secretariat@europarl.europa.eu - www.europarl.europa.eu
DG EXPO-DROI D(2018)
To the Chair of the Committee concerned
Dear colleague,
The European Parliament proposes to bring together European and National Parliamentarians on
the theme of “Human rights and external actions of the EU and Member States”. This meeting
is organised within the Human Rights Week of the European Parliament, which will take place
from 19 to 23 November 2018 to celebrate the 70th
anniversary of the Universal Declaration on
Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948.
On this occasion the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) would like to invite members of
national parliaments of the EU Member States to attend an inter-parliamentary committee
meeting on Tuesday, 20 November 2018, from 9.00 to 12.30 in the European Parliament in
Brussels. It would be of great importance and value for us to discuss experiences at national level
as well as strategic action and ideas for the way forward at European level. The programme
includes three thematic sessions: “Mainstreaming human rights into external action”, “Business
and Human Rights” and “Sustainable development and human rights”.
We are pleased to invite up to four Members of the corresponding committee(s) of each National
Parliament (two from each chamber in cases of bi-cameral parliaments) to attend this inter-
parliamentary meeting. Should you and/or your Members be unable to attend, we would
welcome any written contribution which would be distributed to the participants.
You are also cordially invited to attend the high level conference which will take place in the
afternoon. The conference will be opened by the President of the European Parliament, Antonio
Tajani. Many international dignitaries, including the Secretary-General of the United Nations
António Guterres, have been invited to attend and celebrate the gift of the Universal Declaration
and to help reaffirm the enduring human rights principles and standards it has helped to
establish.
Practical details regarding the meetings as well as a detailed draft programme will be forwarded
in due course to your Parliaments Representatives/Services responsible for relations with the
European Parliament.
We sincerely hope that you will be able to accept this invitation and we are looking forward to
welcoming you to the European Parliament on 20 November 2018.
Yours sincerely
Pier Antonio Panzeri
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INTERPARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE MEETING
"Human rights and the external actions of the EU
and Member States"
Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 9:00 - 12:30
European Parliament, Brussels
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome and opening remarks by Pier Antonio Panzeri, Chair of the
Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European Parliament
Panel 1 - Mainstreaming Human Rights into external actions
09:10 - 10:00 Karin Kneissl, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Austrian Presidency of the Council
Stavros Lambrinidis, European Union Special Representative for Human Rights
Debate with MEPs and Members of National Parliaments
Panel 2 - Business and Human Rights
10:00 - 11:30 The State duty to Protect and the Corporate Responsibility to Respect
Member of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational
corporations and other business enterprises of the United Nations Office of the
High Commissioner on Human Rights
Business and Human Rights
Representative of Business
Business and Human Rights
Representative of civil society
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MP, Chamber (Member State 1) presenting national measure
MP, Chamber (Member State 2) presenting national measure
MP, Chamber (Member State 3) presenting national measure
Debate with MEPs and Members of National Parliaments
Panel 3 - Sustainable development and Human Rights
11:30 - 12:20 Key note speech - Sustainable development and Human Rights - high profile
person
Debate with MEPs and Members of National Parliaments
Conclusions
12:20 - 12:30 Pier Antonio Panzeri, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the
European Parliament
Organised with the support of the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments