Substitute
Member of the House of Representatives
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA)
House of Representatives - Tweede Kamer der Staten Generaal
NL - 2500 EA - The Hague
Netherlands
https://nl.linkedin.com/in/pieter-omtzigt-3877733
Working language: English
20/04/2021 - Monitoring PACE Poland monitors: the independence of the Polish Human Rights Defender institution must be ensured 08/12/2020 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights Malta’s response to Assembly demands on Daphne’s assassination and the rule of law ‘unsatisfactory’ 04/12/2020 - Standing Committee Investment migration must not become a tool for international money laundering 15/10/2020 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights Another year and still no justice for Daphne, says PACE rapporteur Pieter Omtzigt 12/10/2020 - Legal Affairs and Human Rights Pieter Omtzigt calls for an end to the persecution of UK oil-industry whistle-blower Jonathan Taylor
28/01/2020 | 15:41:58 Thank you very much, and thank you very much for the broad support for our report and for the cooperation in writing it. Indeed as Ms Maryvonne BLONDIN, but also Mr John HOWELL and Mr Andreas NICK noted, it took a long time. Please bear with us, we've only been rapporteurs for one year and have done our utmost best to present this report here. Whereas we as an Assembly have been a little bit slow, the Venice commission has not been slow at any rate. Whenever something happened - and... 28/01/2020 | 10:13:19 Thank you. And we can be a bit more precise on what the Polish government is trying to do at the moment. The Polish government has had a reform and I would not consider these reforms reforms but instead deteriorations. The first reform they did was to merge the person of the Minister of Justice with the Prosecutor General. That means that the Minister of Justice is not only Minister of Justice but can also take decisions as Prosecutor General. He can even interfere in individual court... 01/10/2019 | 10:30:13 Thank you, Madam Chair. And let me first congratulate the rapporteur Mr Sylvain WASERMAN on an excellent report. Let's face it, whistle-blowing is one of the few areas in which the Council of Europe has made an impact over the last 10 years. This is the third report on whistle-blowing – or the fourth if you count the report on Snowden. It has set a movement, which has now led to the European legislation which will be implemented in all 28 or 27 EU Member countries. The UK in this case, by the... 26/06/2019 | 19:31:58 Dear colleagues, thank you very much for your support. Especially, I'd like to thank Lord FOULKES for his words. This has not been an easy report to write, and if you look at it, I've travelled to many places to speak to many people, not just to Malta, to understand what's going on. I'm a bit taken aback by the opposition of Mr MALLIA. Why are you so opposed to an effective investigation? We should get the truth and an Article 2 inquiry would do just that. The report, Miss CUTAJAR, is called... 26/06/2019 | 18:12:27 Dear President, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, Freedom of speech and freedom of the media, respect for the rule of law and prevention of impunity: these are the essential pillars of our democracy. When a journalist who reports on government corruption is assassinated, when the suspected killers are not put on trial, and the masterminds are not identified when allegations of corruption in the entourage of powerful prime ministers go unchecked, then something is going badly wrong. I was...
12/11/2020 | Doc. 15182 | Committee Opinion Investment migration 06/01/2020 | Doc. 15025 | Report The functioning of democratic institutions in Poland 08/06/2019 | Doc. 14906 | Report Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination and the rule of law in Malta and beyond: ensuring that the whole truth emerges 03/09/2018 | Doc. 14607 | Report The crash of Polish Air Force Tu-154M transporting the Polish State delegation, on 10 April 2010 on the Russian Federation's territory 22/09/2017 | Doc. 14402 | Report Prosecuting and punishing the crimes against humanity or even possible genocide committed by Daesh
09/12/2020 | Doc. 15195 | Motion for a resolution Respect for the rule of law and fight against corruption within the Council of Europe 02/11/2020 | Doc. 15175 | Motion for a resolution Which measures can States legally take under the European Convention on Human Rights in order to crack down on Islamic extremism? 01/10/2020 | Doc. 15155 | Motion for a resolution Poisoning of Alexei Navalny 04/02/2020 | Doc. 15075 | Written declaration Protection of freedom of religion in Montenegro 15/10/2019 | Doc. 14918 | Written declaration Investigating and preventing corruption at the Council of Europe
29/01/2020 | Doc. 15015, vote on the draft text for resolution The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace 29/01/2020 | Doc. 15015, vote on the draft text for recommendation The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace 28/01/2020 | Doc. 15025, vote on the draft text for resolution The functioning of democratic institutions in Poland 01/10/2019 | Doc. 14958, vote on the draft text for resolution Improving the protection of whistle-blowers all over Europe 01/10/2019 | Doc. 14958, vote on the draft text for recommendation Improving the protection of whistle-blowers all over Europe