Fundamental Rights
In this letter fifty-three MEPs demand the High Representative Vice President of the European Commissioner Josep Borrell Fontelles whether the EEAS has started developing a concept of the donors’ conference for Belarus, and whether there is any tentative timeline concerning this initiative.
Tineke Strik is rapporteur for the draft report "Human rights protection and the EU external migration policy" in the DROI Committee.
In this report, drafted after an ad hoc visit to Greece in March 2020, the Council of Europe's anti-torture committee (CPT) once again urges the Greek authorities to change their approach towards immigration detention and to ensure that migrants deprived of their liberty are treated both with dignity and humanity.
In this letter one hundred and eighteen MEPs call on Polish authorities to engage in a dialogue, to listen to the demands of the Polish protestors, and to prevent any further escalation. MEPs call on Poland to abstain from any new restrictions on fundamental human rights and ask to put a stop to the dismantling of the rule of law in Poland.
In this letter sixty-two MEPs call on the European Commission to recalibrate its financial assistance to Belarus in a way to cease all financial assistance to the Belarussian authorities and channel these financial resources to people, civil society organisations, NGOs and foundations of Belarus. Attached to the letter there is a document by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum that provides recommendations on funding priorities and short-to medium-term measures to support the Belarusian people.
In this letter sixty-five MEPs ask the Presidents of the European Commission and European Council to downgrade the European Union’s institutional and diplomatic representation at the G20 Leaders’ Summit, to avoid legitimising impunity for human rights violations and ongoing illegal and arbitrary detentions in Saudi Arabia.
Written Question submitted by MEP Erik Marquardt, co-signed by Tineke Strik (a.o.), regarding the prosecution of NGOs in Greece. The Questions were submitted at 07/10/2020, which sets the deadline for the Commission to respond at 07/2020. The reply of the Commission will be uploaded upon receival.
Written Questions initiated by MEP Domenec Ruiz Devesa, which were co-signed by Tineke Strik. The Questions were submitted on 03/09/2020, meaning the deadline for the Commission to respond was set at 28/10/2020. The Commission's responses have been received and can be found attached.
The following Written Questions were submitted on 07/10/2020 to the European Commission by Tineke Strik with regards to the current absence of Frontex' Fundamental Rights Officer and the related compliance of Fundamental Rights.
The deadline for the European Commission to reply is 07/12/2020. Upon receival, the Commission's replies will be added to this website.