DROI Subcommittee on Human Rights

European Parliament DROI Subcommittee on Human Rights Exchanges of Views with the EU Special Representative for Human Rights Opening Statement by Eamon Gilmore, 16 March 2022   Watch the video recording here. Thank you Madame Chairperson, Members [of the European Parliament] It is great to be back with you again, in person. It has been…

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Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence – Opening Statement

  Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence Opening Statement by Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights and EU Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Colombia Tuesday, December 14th, 2021   Chairperson, Deputies, Senators, Thank you for inviting me to your meeting today, to discuss with you, the two mandates which…

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Imperatives for a Sustainable Solution to the Rohingya Crisis – Statement at the 76th UN General Assembly

76th session of the UN General Assembly   High Level Side Event on “Rohingya crisis: Imperatives for a Sustainable Solution” 22 September 2021, 3.00 pm – 4.30 pm (EST)   Dear Prime Minister (of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina), Dear Ministers, Dear High Commissioner (Filippo Grandi), Dear OIC Secretary-General (Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen), Dear Special Envoys (of…

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Current Challenges for International Humanitarian law – Opening Statement

Virtual event “Key-topics in current challenges for IHL” Portuguese Presidency of the Working Party on Public International Law (COJUR) Co-hosted by the ICRC   Opening statement by EUSR Gilmore 8 June 2021   Good afternoon everyone. I am delighted to be here with you today. I would like to thank the Portuguese Presidency and the…

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Promoting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Statement

EU Disability-inclusive International Cooperation and Humanitarian Action High-level exchange for the EU Disability Intergroup, identifying recent policy developments on disability inclusion in international cooperation and humanitarian action, and highlighting priorities relevant to MEPs 26 March 2021, 11-12h30 CET EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Eamon Gilmore Statement   Commissioner Dalli, Commissioner Lenarčič, Members of the…

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