Representative
Senator
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)
Senate - Eerste Kamer der Staten Generaal
NL - 2500 EA - The Hague
Netherlands
Working language: English
16/03/2021 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development ‘Would you call this home?’ – hearing on the deinstitutionalisation of people with disabilities 31/01/2020 - Session Towards a legally-binding Council of Europe treaty against trafficking in human tissues and cells 13/05/2019 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development PACE committee calls for an end to coercive practices in mental health 26/11/2018 - Election observation PACE to observe the 2nd round of the presidential election in Georgia 12/10/2018 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Rapporteur proposes fresh approach to involuntary measures in psychiatry
22/06/2021 | 17:15:01 Thank you Chair. Good afternoon to you all. On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe I want to congratulate the Rapporteur Mr Andrej HUNKO on this report in which he sets out the socio-economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. Every state is confronted with the consequences of the measures taken to control the pandemic, which had an enormous impact on social life and slowed down economic developments. Unfortunately, we also experienced that several parts of the... 31/01/2020 | 12:35:42 Thank you, Chair and thank you all colleagues for this debate and your support. I also want to thank you die hard colleagues for your patience to stay with us during this final debate in the last part of the session of PACE 2020. I first start to apologise that Mr Stefan SCHENNACH because he has to leave down to the schedule change from this meeting this morning. He had to leave to catch his transport back home. I'll try to answer where possible on both the reports. But as I said, I am glad... 31/01/2020 | 12:02:43 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, At first, I would like to thank Mr Stefan SCHENNACH for presenting his excellent report on "Organ transplant tourism". It reads like a medical thriller, when it was not that this is about real lives, real lives getting destroyed when we do not continue our fight against illegal activities like organ trade. As Mr Stefan SCHENNACH stated in his report, "a solid legal framework regarding organ transplant already exists". This in contrast to the limited... 26/06/2019 | 11:46:12 Thank you Chair. Dear colleagues, first of all I want to thank you for participating in this very interesting debate and for all your strong support and sharing experiences from your own country and situations which show the importance of this report. Both situations. Situations that are not good yet and hopeful situations like what I heard from Hungary. I want to address a special word of thanks to the Commissioner of Human Rights, Ms Dunja Mijatovic, for supporting this report. Also for her... 26/06/2019 | 10:14:54 Thank you, Madam President, Fifty-five steps, uphill, counted Eleanor Riese, every time she forced her sick body up to the Courthouse, to battle for her right to refuse medical treatment as a psychiatric patient. In fact, while the patient’s rights to be informed about the consequences and side effects of a treatment, and to refuse or consent to treatment, have become a common practice in most healthcare settings, during the last decades, Eleanor’s case was different. That is because she had...
03/01/2020 | Doc. 15022 | Report Combating trafficking in human tissues and cells 22/05/2019 | Doc. 14895 | Report Ending coercion in mental health: the need for a human rights-based approach
08/12/2020 | Doc. 15193 | Motion for a resolution Finding solutions for marital captivity 07/10/2020 | Doc. 15162 | Motion for a resolution The impact of Brexit on human rights on the island of Ireland 01/10/2020 | Doc. 15155 | Motion for a resolution Poisoning of Alexei Navalny 04/02/2020 | Doc. 15071 | Motion for a resolution Prevention of abuse of mutual legal co-operation with respect to refugees and asylum seekers 03/02/2020 | Doc. 15067 | Motion for a resolution Enhancing participation of women from vulnerable groups in political and public decision-making
22/06/2021 | Doc. 15310, vote on the draft text for resolution Overcoming the socio-economic crisis sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic 22/06/2021 | Doc. 15310, vote on the draft text for recommendation Overcoming the socio-economic crisis sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic 22/06/2021 | Doc. 15311, vote on the draft text for resolution Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children’s rights 22/06/2021 | Doc. 15311, vote on the draft text for recommendation Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children’s rights 21/06/2021 | Doc. 15307, vote on the draft text for resolution Should politicians be prosecuted for statements made in the exercise of their mandate?