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Ms Laura CASTEL (Spain, UEL)

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Representative
Senator
ERC

Senado
ES - 28013 - Madrid
Spain

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2024 , 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the Unified European Left since 29/04/2022
  • Member: Group of the Unified European Left from 28/06/2021 to 28/04/2022
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 06/03/2020 to 27/06/2021

In the Assembly

  • since 06/03/2020 Representative - Spain

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

  • Member: Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (since 15/04/2024)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 25/01/2022 to 21/01/2024)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 24/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 06/03/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (since 26/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr José María SÁNCHEZ GARCÍA (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 31/05/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Iván ESPINOSA DE LOS MONTEROS (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 06/03/2020 to 23/05/2022)

Interventions

Last speeches

03/10/2024 | 17:24:49 I would like to thank the rapporteur, he's not here, but anyway, for such an important report. While supporting its proposals, I would like to highlight some challenges. Addressing hunger and malnutrition requires a strategy that focuses on human rights and government accountability. We agree with the rapporteur that anchoring the right to nutritious food and access to drinking water in our national constitution is a logical goal to pursue. However, this report leaves out the elephant in the... 03/10/2024 | 16:21:45 Thank you, Chair, and thank you, dear rapporteur, because their report underscores the vulnerability of LBQ women to anti-gender movements and the need for inclusive policies and legal protections. Rightly so, due to alarming trends worldwide. Furthermore, the varying societal attitudes towards gender identity and sexual orientation in different countries are also a cause of concern. While some regions have made significant progress in recognising gender identity, others remain highly... 02/10/2024 | 10:51:27 Thank you, Chair, colleagues, Every day we make choices that set the course of the daily lives and human rights of millions of citizens. Since I am here, I seek to do this duty with diligence and in good conscience, because, after all, if we, as the guardians of the European Convention, do not choose to secure human rights, who else will? There are a number of important areas covered in this excellent report, including transnational repression, extraterritorial application of US laws... 27/06/2024 | 19:55:07 Thank you, Chair. Are constitutional courts censoring parliamentarians' debate is a threat to freedom of expression. Do you think that parliamentary debates like the one we are having here can be prohibited by the courts? No, they shouldn't. And they should not because the limitations of debates in the parliament affect freedom of expression and parliamentary immunity. They affect Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights, because actions with political content, legislative... 27/06/2024 | 11:35:05 Thank you. Thank you, Chair. First, let me, on behalf of our group, convey our gratitude to the rapporteur for this resolution. We strongly support what the report emphasises. That is to say, the necessity for reinforced international solidarity and increased support for refugees and the internally displaced persons within Ukraine. This aggression, this war, has reinforced inequalities and suffering among the vulnerable Ukrainian population. This is why European countries and other...

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