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Mr Christophe LACROIX (Belgium, SOC)

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Representative
Deputy
PS

Chambre des représentants
BE - 1008 - Brussels
Belgium

Working language: French

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Latest news

29/05/2026 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee denounces silencing of critical voices in Azerbaijan 17/04/2026 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights PACE rapporteur strongly condemns harsh final sentences against journalists in Azerbaijan 12/09/2025 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights Convictions of Abzas Media journalists ‘part of a continuing pattern of pressure against independent media in Azerbaijan’ says PACE rapporteur 17/04/2024 - Session PACE urges member States to protect the freedom of expression and assembly of LGBTI people in Europe 18/03/2024 - Equality and Non-Discrimination PACE committee urges member States to protect the freedom of expression and assembly of LGBTI people in Europe

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 26/01/2026
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 22/01/2018 to 25/01/2026

In the Assembly

  • since 22/01/2018 Representative - Belgium

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 30/09/2024)
  • General Rapporteur on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 25/01/2022 to 18/03/2024)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 24/06/2019)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 01/03/2019 to 29/09/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 28/02/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 03/10/2024 to 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (since 02/10/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 28/02/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism (from 25/01/2018 to 21/01/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Alice BERNARD (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 30/09/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Karin BROUWERS (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 30/09/2019 to 29/09/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Véronique DURENNE (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Human Rights (since 28/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Marie-Christine MARGHEM (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 02/10/2024 to 26/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Andries GRYFFROY (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Youth and the Society of the Future (from 23/01/2024 to 29/09/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Andries GRYFFROY (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 26/03/2021 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Philippe MUYTERS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 04/12/2020 to 02/03/2021)
  • Alternate of Ms Els van HOOF (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 02/10/2019 to 29/09/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Darya SAFAI (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 02/10/2019 to 29/09/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Andries GRYFFROY (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 01/10/2019 to 19/11/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Vincent VAN QUICKENBORNE (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 28/02/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Sabien LAHAYE-BATTHEU (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 25/01/2018 to 20/01/2019)
  • Alternate of Mr Damien THIÉRY (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 07/03/2019 to 29/09/2019)

Interventions

Last speeches

29/01/2026 | 11:15:27 Thank you very much, Madam President, What is at stake in Greenland today goes far beyond a simple territorial issue. It is a clear attempt to upset the international balance, to test the solidity of the law and the determination of European democracies. Because the situation in Greenland reveals a clear risk. The risk that the Arctic will become an area where the balance of power replaces international norms and where strategic interests and even private financial interests take precedence... 28/01/2026 | 17:07:38 Thank you, Mister Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, I wonder how some people here can still claim that the Palestinians deserved the disastrous fate that Israel's extreme right-wing government has meted out to them. How is it possible to deny the reality of 70 thousand deaths, most of them civilians. And these civilians include women, the elderly and children. Since the ceasefire, according to UNICEF, two Palestinian children are still dying every day. Every single day. And to say that is to be... 27/01/2026 | 17:34:57 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Thank you, dear colleagues. As an elected representative in my constituency, I often meet people who say to me: "But is the war in Ukraine our war? Why should we continue to support Ukraine? It's a long way away. Shouldn't we support Vladimir Putin? Shouldn't we be pushing Ukraine to give Vladimir Putin some territory in order to put an end to this conflict?" I tell them every time, my dear fellow citizens, that this is our war. It is Europe's war that others are... 02/10/2025 | 19:27:43 Thank you, Madam Chairman. This is a surprise, I thought we were finishing at 7:25pm. But here we are, I'm ready. I would like to thank my colleague Mr Stefan SCHENNACH for this clear, ambitious and deeply humane text, which is so much like him. It reminds us of something essential: health is not a privilege, but a right. And this right must be guaranteed to everyone, everywhere, without exception. Yes, this right is still too often undermined, particularly in the most rural areas, and I can... 02/10/2025 | 12:00:58 Thank you, Mister President. This morning, I really cannot hide my anger, because last night Israel once again deliberately violated international law by capturing the crew of the Gaza-bound flotilla. It violated the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, it violated the United Nations Charter, and it violated the Geneva Convention by criminalising humanitarians, journalists and all the young people on board, who are teaching us all a valuable lesson. These young people on board...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

01/06/2026 | Doc. 16414 | Report Silencing critical voices in Azerbaijan 27/03/2024 | Doc. 15953 | Report Freedom of expression and assembly of LGBTI people in Europe 10/01/2022 | Doc. 15429 | Report Alleged violations of the rights of LGBTI people in the Southern Caucasus 29/09/2020 | Doc. 15151 | Report Preventing discrimination caused by the use of artificial intelligence

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

27/05/2026 | Doc. 16411 | Motion for a resolution Europe’s energy sovereignty: a strategic path toward security and sustainability 05/05/2026 | Doc. 16349 | Written declaration Full and unwavering support for Ms Francesca Albanese 05/05/2026 | Doc. 16337 | Written declaration Restrictions on the right of peaceful assembly and their impact on democratic standards 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16395 | Motion for a resolution Human rights challenges in the North Caucasus 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16389 | Motion for a resolution Urgent need for targeted sanctions against Turkish officials responsible for the deprivation of liberty of Osman Kavala

Votes on adopted texts

29/01/2026 | Doc. 16334, vote on the draft text for resolution Threats against the international order: the case of Greenland 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16336, vote on the draft text for resolution Political crisis in the broader Middle East: the need to protect human rights and the rights of all minority groups 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16315, vote on the draft text for resolution For a ban on conversion practices 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16335, vote on the draft text for resolution The 65th anniversary of the European Social Charter: social rights as the foundation of resilient democracies and social justice 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16317, vote on the draft text for resolution Post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia