26/04/2023 | 17:32:44 Thank you. The recent earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria shocked the world. It is heartbreaking to see the human suffering that can be caused by natural events. And also, I speak out and my thoughts are with the victims and relatives. I thank the rapporteur for conducting this important report at this particularly relevant time. As the rapporteur points out, the topics of natural hazards and disasters risks are becoming even more relevant in the years to come. Climate change makes weather... 25/04/2023 | 17:34:22 Thank you. The European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) is a great good, which deserves to be respected. However, the convention and the court’s judgements have been increasingly called into question in recent years, often by conservative forces citing conflicts with national constitutions as their grounds. In light of this worrying development, I – on behalf of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group group – would like to congratulate the rapporteur for his insightful report, and his... 25/01/2023 | 19:49:22 Thank you. I was supposing it would be the same order but nevertheless. I want to thank all those present for the nice words for us rapporteurs and for the nice words on the reports, for the support for the report. Also, I take away the floor from Petra to thank the men who spoke for stepping out the books of masculinity. I now will respond to some of the remarks that were made on my report on marital captivity. I agree with Ms Anne STAMBACH-TERRENOIR from the Group of the Unified European... 25/01/2023 | 16:59:15 Thank you, Mr President. And also, congratulations to my colleagues Ms Zita GURMAI and Ms Petra STIENEN for their excellent reports. Dear colleagues, Marital captivity, a human rights violation experienced by tens of thousands of people in Europe alone every year. The people are unaware of it, and it is often ignored in public policymaking. Today we have an opportunity to turn that situation around. But first, what is marital captivity? Forced marriage, we know –I'm sure all of you know– is... 25/01/2023 | 10:51:27 Thank you, Chair. The impact of war is enormous. People die by weapons that are used. Both soldiers and civilians. People get wounded by these same weapons. People loose family and friends, people have to leave their home, or what is left of it, or their country. The weapons that are used by the aggressor are not only military weapons. Hunger and cold are used as weapons, as is sexual violence, as we discussed yesterday. But also destroying nature, natural resources and a healthy environment... 24/01/2023 | 10:40:49 Thank you, Chair. First I want to thank the rapporteur for this most important report. I will not repeat what's in the report and what was said by so many speakers about the war, the horrors of the war, the need for prevention, prosecution, and protection. I was present at the hearing of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination in September, and I was impressed by the testimony of Anja Jusic, president of the Bosnian NGO Forgotten Children of War, who showed us what it is to be a... 14/10/2022 | 11:21:03 Thank you. Many of us have opinions on vaccination against Covid-19. Most see vaccination as an important tool to overcome the pandemic. Some want to make vaccination mandatory. Others think vaccines are poison. But this is not what this report is about. This report is about discrimination based on the different types of vaccines. On behalf of the Socialist, Democrats and Greens Group, I compliment Ms Thórhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR for this precise and balanced report. I also compliment her... 13/10/2022 | 18:03:17 On behalf of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group, I congratulate Ms Edite ESTRELA for this important report. She states: sport engages, motivates and drives progress. It can be a factor in emancipation and in changing attitudes. This is true. In sports clubs, people of different backgrounds meet each other. The doctor stands along the field together with the plumber to support the children. Children who are not the best in school can excel in sports, and so be empowered. Sport is... 12/10/2022 | 19:28:02 I thank both rapporteurs for their important work. I have a few remarks and questions on safe third countries. We should not only focus on a definition of safety as the report does but also on the question – what can be regarded as a country of origin or third country? Can we really force an asylum seeker to return to a safe third country, in which they have, in fact, never lived before as it is a standard practice in many member states? Can you speak of a country of origin to which someone... 11/10/2022 | 18:40:01 Thank you. I want to thank Mr Momodou Malcolm JALLOW for initiating and delivering this important report. As the report states, Islamophobia or anti-Muslim racism is often overlooked and underestimated, and as we can hear here, also here, even denied. Whereas the existence of anti-Afro racism and anti-Semitism is widely acknowledged, the discrimination of Muslims or perceived Muslims often is not seen as a form of racism, which in fact it is. Ending Muslim racism does not just concern...