Ms Þuriður BACKMAN

In the political groups

• Member: Group of the Unified European Left from 29/05/2009 to 23/06/2013

In the Assembly

• from 25/11/2011 to 23/06/2013 Representative-Iceland
• from 29/05/2009 to 25/11/2011 Substitute-Iceland

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

• Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 23/01/2012 to 23/06/2013)
• Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 23/01/2012 to 23/06/2013)
• Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (from 25/11/2011 to 23/06/2013)
• Full Member UEL: Sub-Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/01/2013 to 23/06/2013)
• Full Member UEL: Sub-Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 24/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)
• Alternate of Ms Álfheiður INGADÓTTIR (Member): (Former) Committee on Economic Affairs and Development (from 25/11/2011 to 23/01/2012)
• Alternate of Ms Álfheiður INGADÓTTIR (Member): (Former) Political Affairs Committee / Committee on General Affairs (from 25/11/2011 to 23/01/2012)
• Alternate of Ms Lilja MÓSESDÓTTIR (Member): (Former) Political Affairs Committee / Committee on General Affairs (from 29/05/2009 to 25/11/2011)
• Alternate of Ms Lilja MÓSESDÓTTIR (Member): (Former) Committee on Economic Affairs and Development (from 29/05/2009 to 25/11/2011)

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

14/08/2013 | Doc. 13191 | Written declaration Violations of the right of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to freedom of expression and assembly continue unabated in Russia 21/05/2013 | Doc. 13109 | Written declaration To facilitate a peaceful, negotiated solution of the Kurdish issue in Turkey, Abdullah Öcalan should be released 30/04/2013 | Doc. 13202 | Motion for a resolution Equality and the crisis 26/04/2013 | Doc. 13199 | Motion for a resolution Development challenges in Europe’s islands: what follow-up on Resolution 1441 (2005)? 24/04/2013 | Doc. 13191 | Written declaration Violations of the right of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to freedom of expression and assembly continue unabated in Russia

Votes on adopted texts

26/04/2013 | Doc. 13154, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft Protocol No. 15 amending the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 26/04/2013 | Doc. 13117, vote on the draft text for recommendation Nanotechnology: balancing benefits and risks to public health and the environment 26/04/2013 | Doc. 13141, vote on the draft text for resolution Ethics in science and technology 24/04/2013 | Doc. 13155, vote on the draft text for resolution Young Europeans: an urgent educational challenge 24/04/2013 | Doc. 13155, vote on the draft text for recommendation Young Europeans: an urgent educational challenge