Laqgħat ma' parlamenti nazzjonali
18-10-2018 14:30
Fundamental rights aspects of Roma inclusion and fighting anti-Gypsyism
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs with the support of the Directorate for relations with National Parliaments organises an Interparliamentary Committee meeting (ICM) on "Fundamental rights aspects of Roma inclusion and fighting anti-Gypsyism". The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, 18 October 2018, from 14.30 to 18.00, in the European Parliament premises in Brussels.
- Draft programme (PDF - 62 KB)
- National Parliaments' webpage related to the event
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Background documents
- European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2017 on fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism (2017/2038(INI))
- EU Agency for Fundamental Rights: A persisting concern: anti-Gypsyism as a barrier to Roma inclusion
- OHCHR: Views in the Context of Mid-Term Review of Implementation of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies 2012 2020
15-05-2018 09:00
The Implementation of the Data Protection package - At the eve of its application
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs is co-organising with the Legislative Dialogue Unit of the Directorate for National Parliaments an Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on the Implementation of the Data Protection package at the eve of the entry into force on Tuesday, 15 May 2018, from 9h00 to 12h30 and 14h00 to 17h30, at the European Parliament in Brussels.
The EU General Data Protection package is the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. The new proposals are designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens' data privacy and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy. The aim of the GDP package is to protect all EU citizens from privacy and data breaches in an increasingly data-driven world.
27-02-2018 14:30
The UN Global Compacts on refugees and migrants and the role of Parliaments
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament in association with the Committee of Foreign Affairs organise an inter-parliamentary meeting with Members of National Parliaments under the title "The UN Global Compacts on refugees and migrants and the role of Parliaments”. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 27 February 2018, from 14h30 to 18h30, at the European Parliament premises in Brussels.
The UN agencies, the co-facilitators, the EEAS, the European Commission, the Council Presidency and different stakeholders from the civil society will participate in the discussions.
- Draft programme (PDF - 612 KB)
- Video of the meeting
- Bios of the speakers (PDF - 303 KB)
- Subject file on the Follow up to the New York declaration and Global Compacts
- Background note on the UN Global Compacts on refugees and migrants and the role of Parliaments (PDF - 37 KB)
- National Parliaments ' page for the event
24-01-2018 09:00
The European Agenda on Migration-What about Legal Avenues and Integration?
At the dawn of 2018, it is time to take stock of the EU response to the current migration challenge as it was initially framed in the 2015 European Commission's European Agenda on Migration. Has it been as comprehensive as claimed by the Agenda and as called upon by the European Parliament? What happened to the so-called "legal avenues"? Where does the "new policy on legal migration" stand? Are EU measures better supporting now integration within the Member States?
With this one-day event, Parliamentarians at both national and European level will have a unique opportunity to exchange with representatives of EU institutions, bodies and agencies, intergovernmental organisations, local governments, academics and think tanks on a topic which combines competences at all levels of governance in the EU.
- Draft programme (PDF - 519 KB)
- Bios of the speakers (DOCUMENT - 57 KB)
- National Parliaments' webpage related to the event
- Subject file on Legal migration and integration
- Subject file on the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS)
- Subject file on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic approach to migration
- Subject file on the External dimension of asylum and migration policies
- Thematic digest on What about Legal Avenues and Integration?
- Fact sheet on Migration and asylum: a challenge for Europe
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Presentations by the speakers
- Felipe GONZÁLEZ MORALES, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants (PDF - 179 KB)
- Fatma ŞAHIN, Mayor of Gaziantep nominated in 2016 for Nobel Peace Prize for its role in helping Syrian refugees nominee (PDF - 5 MB)
- Violeta MORENO-LAX, Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer in Law, Queen Mary University of London (PDF - 532 KB)
- Thomas LIEBIG, Senior Migration Specialist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (PDF - 823 KB)
- Nikolaos PARASKEVOPOULOS, Hellenic Parliament (PDF - 803 KB)
22-06-2017 09:00
Establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights
On 25 October 2016 the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the Commission to submit a proposal for the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights. This new mechanism should ensure that all EU Member States respect the values enshrined in the EU treaties and set clear, evidence-based and non-political criteria for assessing their records on these areas.
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and home Affairs will invite Members of National Parliaments to an Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on "the Establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights".
The meeting is scheduled for Thursday 22 June 2017, from 9h00 to 12h30 in the European Parliament in Brussels.
28-02-2017 09:00
The Third Reform of the Common European Asylum System - Up for the Challenge
An ‘Interparliamentary Committee Meeting’ will take place on 28 February 2017, bearing on "The Third Reform of the Common European Asylum System - Up for the Challenge". The aim of this meeting is to provide a forum of useful exchange among Members of the European Parliament and national Parliaments as well as experts in view of the ongoing crucial reform of the Union acquis on asylum.
- Draft programme (PDF - 526 KB)
- Thematic Digest on the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) - third reform
- Subject file on the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS)
- Video of the meeting - part 1
- Video of the meeting - part 2
- Video of the Workshop on Legal assistance and alternatives to detention during the asylum procedure
- Video of the Workshop on Administrative Cooperation between Member States authorities under Dublin
- Video of the Workshop on the Prevention of trafficking in human beings
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Workshop on the Prevention of trafficking in human beings - background documents
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The safe countries of origin and the safe third country concept
- Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an EU common list of safe countries of origin
- EPRS briefing: Safe countries of origin: Proposed common EU list
- Opinion of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights concerning an EU common list of safe countries of origin
- Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Establishing an EU common list of safe countries of origin
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Ensuring access to asylum and fair distribution of asylum seekers in the EU
- UNHCR Fact sheet 2016 (PDF - 156 KB)
- The Road out of Dublin: Reform of the Dublin Regulation, European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
- Better protecting refugees in the EU and globally - UNHCR’s proposals to rebuild trust through better management, partnership and solidarity (PDF - 788 KB)
- Evaluation of the Dublin III Regulation - Final report, European Commission
- ECRE Comments on the Commission Proposal for a Dublin IV Regulation
- EASO’s support to the national Dublin Units (PDF - 980 KB)
28-11-2016 15:00
Interparliamentary Committee meeting on Europol, 28.11.16
The new Europol Regulation will be applicable as from 1 May 2017. One of its innovative features is the setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group which to ensure proper democratic scrutiny of Europol's activities by the European Parliament, together with national parliaments, in accordance with Article 88 of the Treaty.
- Draft programme (PDF - 408 KB)
- Instructions for registration - by Thursday, 24 November at 17.00 (PDF - 58 KB)
- Background documents - Draft Proposal - Troika Working Group of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (PDF - 371 KB)
- Background documents - Annex to the Draft Proposal - Troika Working Group of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (PDF - 617 KB)
23-09-2015 00:00
Interparliamentary Committee Meeting - A holistic approach to migration
The LIBE Committee will hold an inter-parliamentary meeting on "a holistic approach to migration" on 23 September 2015, in room JAN 4Q2. The hearing takes place in the context of LIBE work on the Strategic own-initiative report on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (co-Rapporteurs: Ms Roberta Metsola, EPP, and Ms Kashetu Kyenge, S&D).
On 17 December 2014, the European Parliament adopted a Resolution on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration. The Resolution instructed the competent Committee, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, to assess the various policies at stake in the area of migration, asylum and border control, develop a set of recommendations and to report to Plenary in the form of a strategic report before the end of 2015.
Following this, the LIBE Committee has begun working on a strategic own-initiative report on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic approach to migration (co-rapporteurs: Ms Roberta Metsola, EPP, and Ms Kashetu Kyenge, S&D). In the course of its work on this report, the Committee has heard from numerous experts in the area, focusing on 8 subject-matters:
1) Article 80 - Solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, including search and rescue obligations;
2) Tackling criminal smuggling, trafficking and labour exploitation of irregular migrants;
3) Border management and visa-policy, including the role of Frontex and other relevant Agencies;
4) Developing safe and lawful routes for asylum seekers and refugees into the EU including the Union resettlement policy and corresponding integration policies;
5) The strategy on cooperation with third countries, in particular on regional protection programmes, resettlement, returns and to address the root causes of migration;
6) Developing adequate legal economic migration channels;
7) Analysis on how Home Affairs funds are spent in migration & development context, including emergency funds;
8) Effective implementation of the Common European Asylum System, including the role of EASO.
In the meanwhile, the European Commission has adopted, in May, its Communication “A European Agenda on Migration”, in which it announced the creation of hotspots, where relevant EU agencies would work on the ground with frontline Member States to swiftly identify, register and fingerprint incoming migrants. Hotspots are being set up in Italy and in Greece.
Against this background, the Inter-Parliamentary Committee Meeting will provide an opportunity for an in-depth discussion of the hotspots approach, together with the EU’s Justice and Home Affairs Agencies and the national Parliaments of all Member States. It will furthermore allow Members of the LIBE Committee to have a meaningful exchange of views with Members of National Parliaments on migration, asylum and border policies, to see how they are being discussed and dealt with at the national level.
28-05-2015 00:00
Conference on the Democratic oversight of Intelligence services in the European Union
The European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, the Belgian House of Representatives’ Committee responsible for monitoring the Standing Committee P and the Standing Committee I, the German Bundestag's Parliamentary Oversight Panel and the Italian Parliament’s Committee for the Security of the Republic (COPASIR) are jointly organising an interparliamentary committee meeting on Democratic oversight of intelligence services in the Eropean Union.
The meeting is a follow up to paragraph 133 of the European Parliament resolution of 12 March 2014 on the USA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and their impact on EU citizens' fundamental rights and on the transatlantic cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs (2013/2188 (INI)). It will bring together national and European actors to discuss about the challenges that democratic oversight bodies are facing in the digital age and how to overcome them. The meeting will serve to foster cooperation between national oversight bodies, allowing them to share best practices and to discuss common concerns.
The meeting takes place on Thursday, 28 May, from 9.00 to12.30 and 14.30 to 18.00, and on Friday, 29 May, from 9.00 to 12.00, at the EP in Brussels (Room JAN 2Q2).
- Draft agenda (PDF - 520 KB)
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Background documents
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Speakers'interventions
- Dr. Thorsten Wetzling, Fellow, Europäische Digitale Agenda (PDF - 468 KB)
- Ian Leigh, Professor of Law, Durham University (PDF - 164 KB)
- Jean-Marie Delarue, President CNCIS (PDF - 329 KB)
- Dr Mario Oetheimer, Head of Sector Information Society, Privacy and Data Protection, FRA (PDF - 477 KB)
- Prof Iain Cameron, University of Uppsala (PDF - 124 KB)
- Theo Koritzinsky, Member of the Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee (EOS Committee) (PDF - 366 KB)
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Video of the hearing
23-02-2015 00:00
Meeting with the National Parliaments on Smart Borders
The Smart Borders Package: European challenges, national experiences, the way ahead" is the theme of an interparliamentary committee meeting organised by the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) from 23-24 February in Brussels.
- Draft Agenda (PDF - 106 KB)
- Links to background documents (PDF - 86 KB)
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Pictures taken during the meeting
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Videos of the hearing