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Press release - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk to address MEPs

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
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On Thursday, MEPs will welcome UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk for a debate on the global state of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

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  • On Thursday, MEPs will welcome UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk for a debate on the global state of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
  • Mr Türk’s visit to the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Civil Liberties Committee comes just after the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration celebrated in June, a landmark document which established the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December.
  • The latter will also be the main focus of a European Parliament high-level conference in Brussels on 29 November 2023.
  • The speech by the High Commissioner, during his first visit to the European Parliament since his appointment in October 2022, also follows a recent visit by MEPs on the Subcommittee on Human Rights to Geneva, Switzerland, where they discussed the protection and promotion of human rights worldwide with UN officials and other stakeholders, including with Mr Türk.

Press release - EU sanctions: new law to crack down on violations

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Thursday, July 6, 2023
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It would introduce a common definition of violations and minimum penalties to ensure that they are punished as criminal offences everywhere in the EU.

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  • It would introduce a common definition of violations and minimum penalties to ensure that they are punished as criminal offences everywhere in the EU.
  • EU sanctions can consist of freezing funds and assets, travel bans, arms embargoes and restrictions on business sectors, among other things.
  • According to the proposed law, violations would include not freezing funds or not respecting travel bans as required by sanctions, or doing business with state-owned entities of countries subject to sanctions.
  • The Council adopted this decision in November 2022, and the Commission put forward the proposal for harmonisation in December 2022.

Press release - AI Act: a step closer to the first rules on Artificial Intelligence

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Thursday, May 11, 2023
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Press release - Asylum and migration: plenary to vote on key reform proposals

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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Parliament will decide on Thursday whether to start talks with EU member states on files on asylum and migration management and on long-term resident status.

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  • Parliament will decide on Thursday whether to start talks with EU member states on files on asylum and migration management and on long-term resident status.
  • As established in Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, the Civil Liberties Committee’s decisions to open negotiations with the Council on the final form of each piece of legislation were announced on Monday, at the beginning of the April plenary session.
  • If the committee decision to enter into negotiations on any of the files is rejected by plenary on Thursday, the file will be added to the agenda of the 8-11 May plenary session, when a debate and vote on amendments would take place.
  • Parliament and the rotating Council Presidencies have committed to work together to adopt the reform of the EU migration and asylum rules before the 2024 EU elections.

Press release - MEPs back an improved single work and residence permit for non-EU nationals

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Thursday, March 23, 2023
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MEPs amended the Commission’s proposal to include seasonal workers (check separate vote) or with temporary protection status.

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  • MEPs amended the Commission’s proposal to include seasonal workers (check separate vote) or with temporary protection status.
  • EU member states would retain the power to determine how many third-country nationals can enter their territory for work.
  • Faster decisions
    MEPs set a limit of 90 days for reaching a decision on an application for a single permit, from the current four months.
  • The single permit should be issued in paper format and be accessible in electronic format.

Press release - Asylum: deal on reception conditions for applicants to international protection

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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The main aim of the revised Reception Conditions Directive is to ensure equivalent reception standards across EU member states when it comes to material conditions -including housing-, health care and an adequate standard of living for applicants.

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  • The main aim of the revised Reception Conditions Directive is to ensure equivalent reception standards across EU member states when it comes to material conditions -including housing-, health care and an adequate standard of living for applicants.
  • To help enhance applicants' integration prospects they will get access to language courses, civic education courses or vocational training courses.
  • Protecting minors
    Member states must ensure every unaccompanied minor is assigned a guardian no later than 15 days after their lodging an application for international protection.
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    Sophie in 't Veld MEP (Renew, Netherlands), rapporteur, said: Todays agreement on reception conditions is a breakthrough.