The Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI, after the French name Sous-commission des droits de l'homme du Parlement européen) is a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament. It is responsible for issues of human rights and democracy, including ensuring their implementation in European Union policy, encouraging dialogue with international agencies and civil society, and providing a platform for reports on and analysis of human rights both within and outside the EU.

History

On 22 March 2021, the subcommittee was sanctioned by the Chinese government after the European Union imposed sanctions on China over Xinjiang. The sanctions were lifted on 30 April 2025.

Members

As of 12 April 2022, the 30 members of the subcommittee are:

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| Marie Arena (Chair)

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| S&D (PS)

| Belgium

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| Bernard Guetta (Vice-Chair)

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| RE (SE)

| France

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| Hannah Neumann (Vice-Chair)

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| G/EFA (GRÜNE)

| Germany

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| Christian Sagartz (Vice-Chair)

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| EPP (ÖVP)

| Austria

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| Raphaël Glucksmann (Vice-Chair)

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| S&D (PP)

| France

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| Andrea Cozzolino

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| S&D (PD)

| Italy

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| Katalin Cseh

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| RE (M)

| Hungary

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| Ryszard Czarnecki

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| ECR (PiS)

| Poland

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| Peter van Dalen

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| EPP (CU)

| Netherlands

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| Filip De Man

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| ID (VB)

| Belgium

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| Charles Goerens

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| RE (DP)

| Luxembourg

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| Heidi Hautala

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| G/EFA (VIHR)

| Finland

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| György Hölvényi

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| EPP (KDNP)

| Hungary

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| Assita Kanko

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| ECR (NVA)

| Belgium

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| Karol Karski

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| ECR (PiS)

| Poland

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| Dietmar Köster

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| S&D (SPD)

| Germany

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| David Lega

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| EPP (KD)

| Sweden

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| Leopoldo López Gil

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| EPP (PP)

| Spain

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| Jaak Madison

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| ID (EKRE)

| Estonia

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| Thierry Mariani

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| ID (RN)

| France

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| Marisa Matias

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| GUE/NGL (BE)

| Portugal

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| Janina Ochojska

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| EPP (PO)

| Poland

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| Kostas Papadakis

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| NI (KKE)

| Greece

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| Nacho Sánchez Amor

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| S&D (PSOE)

| Spain

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| Isabel Santos

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| S&D (PS)

| Portugal

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| Jordi Solé

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| G/EFA (ERC)

| Spain

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| Eugen Tomac

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| EPP (PMP)

| Romania

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| Miguel Urbán

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| GUE/NGL (IA)

| Spain

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| Isabel Wiseler-Santos Lima

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| EPP (CSV)

| Luxembourg

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| Salima Yenbou

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| RE (CE)

| France

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Chairpersons

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| Hélène Flautre

| 1 September 2004

| 13 July 2009

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| Greens-EFA

| France

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| Heidi Hautala

| 20 July 2009

| 21 June 2011

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| Greens-EFA

| Finland

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| Barbara Lochbihler

| 15 September 2011

| 30 June 2014

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| Greens-EFA

| Germany

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| Elena Valenciano

| 7 July 2014

| 18 January 2017

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| S&D

| Spain

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| Antonio Panzeri

| 25 January 2017

| 1 July 2019

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| S&D

| Italy

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| Marie Arena

| 10 July 2019

| 10 January 2023

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| S&D

| Belgium

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| Udo Bullmann

| 6 February 2023

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| Germany

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See also

  • Sakharov Prize

References

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