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