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Ms Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN

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Substitute
Senator
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA)

Senate - Eerste Kamer der Staten Generaal
NL - 2500 EA - The Hague
Netherlands

ria.oomen-ruijten@eerstekamer.nl

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2020 , 2019 , 2018

Roles

Membership of political groups

  • Member: Group of the European People's Party

Assembly Member

  • since 30/09/2019 Substitute-Netherlands
  • from 27/11/2015 to 29/09/2019 Representative-Netherlands

MP's role(s) in Committee(s) and Sub-Committee(s)

  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
  • Member (Co-rapporteur on the Russian Federation): Sub-Committee on Conflicts between Council of Europe Member States
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on External Relations
  • Alternate of Ms Petra STIENEN (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination

Interventions

Last speeches

28/01/2020 | 10:27:23 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, The report we are discussing now is about the desperate situation of the Polish judiciary. I thank the rapporteurs because they have a factual statement on what went wrong since 2015. Dear colleagues, if there had been an effort in Poland to make the judicial system more efficient and if it had been an attempt to make the judiciary more accountable and transparent to the citizens, as should be accepted from a modern democratic society, nobody here would ...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

04/02/2020 | Doc. 15073 | Motion for a resolution The Parliamentary Assembly’s role in developing a systematic approach to cope with global epidemic outbreaks 31/01/2020 | Doc. 15061 | Written declaration Defend the rights of Julian Assange and the freedom of the press 15/10/2019 | Doc. 14926 | Written declaration The rights of the politically oppressed must be restored in the Republic of Moldova 04/10/2019 | Doc. 14991 | Motion for a resolution Strengthening the role of the Council of Europe as a cornerstone of the European political architecture 04/10/2019 | Doc. 14992 | Motion for a resolution The Parliamentary Assembly must contribute to restoring peace in Ukraine

Votes on adopted texts

30/01/2020 | Doc. 15055, vote on the draft text for resolution International obligations concerning the repatriation of children from war and conflict zones 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15055, vote on the draft text for recommendation International obligations concerning the repatriation of children from war and conflict zones 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15020, vote on the draft text for resolution Reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15020, vote on the draft text for recommendation Reported cases of political prisoners in Azerbaijan 29/01/2020 | Doc. 15015, vote on the draft text for resolution The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace