mardi 4 décembre 2012

One year ago: IRAQI TURKMEN HEARING AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT


One year ago, a Public Hearing on Human Rights Situation of the Turkmen in Iraq was held at the European Parliament in Brussels.

PARLIAMENTARY HEARING

SUBCOMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (DROI)
PUBLIC HEARING ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION OF TURKMEN IN IRAQ
5 December 2011

 

Public Hearing on

 Human rights situation of Turkmen in Iraq

 5 December 2011

  15.30 – 16.30

 Room: Altiero Spinelli (ASP) 1 G 2

 European Parliament, Brussels

 Programme

1.  Introductory remarks by Mr Metin Kazak, MEP

 2.Professor Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham,

 On minority rights in Iraq and prospects for the Iraqi Turkmen within Iraq

3. Mr Hasan Özmen, Member of Parliament, Council of Representatives of Iraq,

 On the plight of the Iraqi Turkmen since 2003

  4. Professor Ibrahim Sirkeci, Director of the Centre for Transnational Studies at Regent’s College,

 On the effects of migration and the future security of the Iraqi Turkmen

  5. EEAS Representative

  6. Discussion

 7. Concluding remarks by Ms Barbara Lochbihler, Chair



Interviews after the conference (in Turkish):
Iraqi Parliamentarian Mr HASAN ÖZMEN
Member of the European Parliament Mr METIN KAZAK
Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) EU Representative Dr HASSAN AYDINLI









to watch the Public Hearing on EU Parliament website :
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-live/EN/committees/video?event=20111205-1500-COMMITTEE-DROI&vodtype=Vod




ITF EU representative met with MEP Metin Kazak

Mr. Metin Kazak, MEP announces Hearing "Iraq's Forgotten people?- The Turkmen of Kirkuk" at the EU Parliament


Iraq's minorities need action from EU, By Metin KAZAK, Bulgarian MEP from ALDE

http://turkmenfriendship.blogspot.be/2011/12/iraqs-minorities-need-action-from-eu-by.html


Below is the letter which Ms Barbara LOCHBIHLER The Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Human Rights, wrote to Dr Hassan AYDINLI,  EU Representative Iraqi Turkmen Front Brussels after the hearing:

Dear Dr. Aydinli,

As Chairwoman of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights, I am writing in response to your letter concerning the situation of the Turkmen community in Iraq, which was forwarded to me by Professor BUZEK, President of the European Parliament, and which I have carefully considered.

As you are undoubtedly aware, the Subcommittee on Human Rights recently (on 5 December 2011) held a hearing on the human rights situation of Turkmen in Iraq, as it is clear that on a significant number of levels the Turkmens' human rights are precarious at best, a situation exacerbated by the lack of security which you refer to in your letter.  At our hearing, we were pleased to welcome Mr. Hasan Özmen, representative in the Iraqi Parliament and of Turkmen ethnicity, who, together with Professor Stefan Wolff and Professor Ibrahim Sirkeci provided us with detailed information and a more comprehensive understanding of the current state of play.  For your information, I include the link to the recording of the hearing below.

You can rest assured that the security and human rights of the Turkmen in Iraq are on the European Parliament's radar, and we continue to follow up on the situation closely, especially in the light of the increased volatility in the region since the withdrawal of foreign troops.

Thank you again for writing to the European Parliament.

Yours sincerely,

Barbara LOCHBIHLER 


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