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List of Members Subcommittee on Human Rights Members Hélène FLAUTRE Chair Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance France Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie Richard HOWITT Vice-Chair Socialist Group in the European Parliament United Kingdom Labour Party Patrick GAUBERT Vice-Chair Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats France Union pour un Mouvement Populaire Baroness Sarah LUDFORD Vice-Chair Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe United Kingdom Liberal Democrat Party Józef PINIOR Vice-Chair Socialist Group in the European Parliament Poland Socjaldemokracja Polska Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats United Kingdom Conservative and Unionist Party Vittorio AGNOLETTO Member Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Italy Partito della Rifondazione Comunista - Sinistra Europea Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Lithuania Tėvynės sąjunga Irena BELOHORSKÁ Member Non-attached Members Slovakia Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko Marco CAPPATO Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Italy Lista Emma Bonino 25/09/2021 1 Véronique DE KEYSER Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Belgium Parti Socialiste Giorgos DIMITRAKOPOULOS Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Greece Nea Dimokratia Árpád DUKA-ZÓLYOMI Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Slovakia Strana mad'arskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja Maria da Assunção ESTEVES Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Portugal Partido Social Democrata Juan FRAILE CANTÓN Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Spain Partido Socialista Obrero Español Michael GAHLER Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Kinga GÁL Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Hungary Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség Milan HORÁČEK Member Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Germany Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Madeleine JOUYE DE GRANDMAISON Member Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left France Rassemblement Démocratique de la Martinique Sajjad KARIM Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats United Kingdom Conservative and Unionist Party Luisa MORGANTINI Member Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Italy Partito della Rifondazione Comunista - Sinistra Europea (Indipendente) Pasqualina NAPOLETANO Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Italy Sinistra Democratica 25/09/2021 2 Baroness NICHOLSON OF WINTERBOURNE Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe United Kingdom Liberal Democrat Party Raimon OBIOLS Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Spain Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya Alojz PETERLE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Slovenia Nova Slovenija Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Finland Kansallinen Kokoomus José RIBEIRO E CASTRO Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Portugal Partido Popular Frédérique RIES Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Belgium Mouvement Réformateur Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA Member Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Spain Iniciativa Per Catalunya Verds - Esquerra Unida í Alternativa Katrin SAKS Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Estonia Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond Francesco Enrico SPERONI Member Union for Europe of the Nations Group Italy Lega Nord per l'indipendenza della Padania Csaba Sándor TABAJDI Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament Hungary Magyar Szocialista Párt Inese VAIDERE Member Union for Europe of the Nations Group Latvia Pilsoniskā Savienība Riccardo VENTRE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Italy Forza Italia 25/09/2021 3 Bernard WOJCIECHOWSKI Member Independence/Democracy Group Poland - 25/09/2021 4 Substitutes Roberta ANGELILLI Substitute Union for Europe of the Nations Group Italy Alleanza nazionale Francisco ASSIS Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament Portugal Partido Socialista John ATTARD-MONTALTO Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament Malta Partit Laburista Thijs BERMAN Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament Netherlands Partij van de Arbeid Colm BURKE Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Ireland Fine Gael Party Philip BUSHILL-MATTHEWS Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats United Kingdom Conservative and Unionist Party Maddalena CALIA Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Italy Forza Italia Michael CASHMAN Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament United Kingdom Labour Party Carlo CASINI Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Italy Unione dei Democratici cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro Thierry CORNILLET Substitute Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe France Mouvement Démocrate Robert EVANS Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament United Kingdom Labour Party Claudio FAVA Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament Italy Sinistra Democratica 25/09/2021 5 Hanna FOLTYN-KUBICKA Substitute Union for Europe of the Nations Group Poland Prawo i Sprawiedliwość Jas GAWRONSKI Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Italy Forza Italia Maciej Marian GIERTYCH Substitute Non-attached Members Poland Liga Polskich Rodzin Genowefa GRABOWSKA Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament Poland Socjaldemokracja Polska Ioan Lucian HĂMBĂȘAN Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Romania Partidul Democrat-Liberal Pierre JONCKHEER Substitute Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Belgium Ecologistes Confédérés pour l'Organisation de Luttes Originales Maria Eleni KOPPA Substitute Socialist Group in the European Parliament Greece Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima Jean LAMBERT Substitute Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance United Kingdom Green Party Esther de LANGE Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Netherlands Christen Democratisch Appèl Elizabeth LYNNE Substitute Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe United Kingdom Liberal Democrat Party Véronique MATHIEU HOUILLON Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats France Union pour un Mouvement Populaire Marios MATSAKIS Substitute Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Cyprus Dimokratiko Komma 25/09/2021 6 Erik MEIJER Substitute Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Netherlands Socialistische Partij Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS Substitute Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Greece Synaspismos tis Aristeras ton Kinimaton kai tis Oikologias Bernd POSSELT Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Germany Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V. Kathy SINNOTT Substitute Independence/Democracy Group Ireland Independent Bogusław SONIK Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Poland Platforma Obywatelska Hannu TAKKULA Substitute Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Finland Suomen Keskusta Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK Substitute Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats United Kingdom Conservative and Unionist Party Feleknas UCA Substitute Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left Germany DIE LINKE. Johan VAN HECKE Substitute Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Belgium Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten - Vivant Tatjana ŽDANOKA Substitute Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Latvia Politisko organizāciju savienība "Par cilvēka tiesībām vienotā Latvijā" Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP 25/09/2021 7.
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