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Mr Henk OVERBEEK (Netherlands, UEL)

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Senator
Socialist Party (SP)

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

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2019 , 2018

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Group of the Unified European Left from 23/01/2017 to 29/09/2019

In the Assembly

  • from 23/01/2017 to 29/09/2019 Substitute - Netherlands

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

  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 25/04/2017 to 29/09/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on relations with the OECD and the EBRD (from 24/01/2017 to 24/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (from 24/01/2017 to 23/01/2018)
  • Alternate of Ms Vicky MAEIJER (Full Member): Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 09/10/2017 to 29/09/2019)
  • Alternate of Mr Anne MULDER (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 23/01/2017 to 29/09/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Tineke STRIK (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 23/01/2017 to 24/04/2017)

Interventions

Last speeches

25/01/2019 | 10:32:02 An increasing number of countries, including my own native Netherlands, have recently introduced new legislation enabling the withdrawal of nationality for suspected or real involvement in terrorist activities or have intensified the use of existing legislation. It is obvious that this raises a number of legal concerns regarding proportionality, the right to an effective remedy, the obligation to avoid statelessness, arbitrary treatment, and potential discrimination. The explanatory... 24/01/2019 | 10:16:40 The incident in the region of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait on 25 November 2018 constitutes a serious escalation of the ongoing conflict between two member States of our Organisation: Ukraine and the Russian Federation. It is of the utmost importance that this new conflict be resolved peacefully as soon as possible and not be used to permanently intensify the wider conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine even further. We are grateful to the rapporteur for putting before us... 22/01/2019 | 16:52:32 I thank the rapporteur for tabling an interesting memorandum and for drawing up the clear resolution before us. The members of our group fully share this Assembly’s commitment to fight against impunity for perpetrators of serious human rights violations and serious forms of corruption that undermine the rule of law. However, most members of our group have serious doubts about whether the draft resolution on the table is the right way to implement that commitment. The first reservation...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions