Subcommittee on Human Rights

The Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and the Committee on Development (DEVE) will hold a joint public hearing on “The Human Rights Situation in Sudan and the EU Strategy” on Tuesday, 11 November, from 11:00 to 12:30. The hearing will bring together Sakharov Prize Laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman and experts from the United Nations and civil society.

On 11 November, Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) will hold a joint exchange of views with the EU Special Representative for Human Rights Kajsa Ollongren. It will be EUR's first appearance since starting her mandate. The discussion will focus on the EUSR's priorities and plans for her mandate, as well as her cooperation with the European Parliament.

On 11 November, DROI and D-UA, together with the EP Coordinator for the Right of the Child, Vice-President Ewa Kopacz, will hold an exchange of views on the situation of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by Russia. Speakers include the Ombudsman of Ukraine Dmytro Lubinets, Nathaniel Raymond of the Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab, and representatives of the Council of Europe, the European Commission and the European External Action Service.

To mark the 80th anniversary of the UN Charter, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Security and Defence, the Committee on Development, and the Subcommittee on Human Rights held a joint meeting on 4 November to reflect on eight decades of multilateralism and to discuss the challenges and hopes for the future. Speakers included representatives from the United Nations and the European Union, as well as a young political leader.

On 20 October 2025, DROI and JURI jointly held an extraordinary meeting on the protection of lawyers worldwide, with a focus on the recently adopted Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer. Speakers included representatives of the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, as well as a testimony by Ramla Dahmani on Tunisian lawyer Sonia Dahmani.

On the occasion of the upcoming World Food Day DROI welcomes on 13th October an exchange of views on the Right to Food. The Right to food is a basic human right. It aims to guarantee everyone's access to sufficient, accessible and appropriate food and ensure that no one, nowhere, should ever suffer from hunger, food insecurity or malnutrition. It is a matter of justice and respect for human rights.

At its meeting on 13 October the Subcommittee on Human Rights hosted an exchange of views on the International Day to End Impunity against Journalists

On 23 September, the Committees on Foreign Affairs and on Development, together with the Subcommittee on Human Rights, presented the candidates for this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, one of the most important events of the European Parliament. On 16 October, the AFET and DEVE committees will meet again to narrow down the list of nominees to a three-candidate shortlist, via a secret vote.