Meetings
The Kashmir Council-EU interacts with stakeholders in Europe in various formats and at various levels, including officials, dedicated human rights institutions notably the European Parliament, the European External Action Service (EEAS), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), civil society representatives and the broader public. Each year, the Council has raised our concerns with the human rights issues in high-level and other bilateral meetings with Members of the European Parliament and the EEAS. Since 2009, the EU’s approach is to include human rights as an ‘essential element’ in EU political framework agreements with third countries. The Indian government needs to uphold the principles of human rights, good governance and the rule of law in order to be a true democracy and a valuable EU trading partner.
Since the 8th parliamentary term, the Chairman has already met with the following Members of the European Parliament:
- Alex Mayer MEP (Socialist and Democrats)
- Anthea McIntyre MEP ( European Conservatives and Reformists Group)
- Ana Maria Gomes MEP (Socialist and Democrats)
- Baroness Nosheena MOBARIK MEP (European Conservatives and Reformists Group)
- Bernard Guetta MEP (Renew Europe Group)
- Chris Davies MEP (Renew Europe)
- David Lega MEP (Group of the European People Party)
- György Hölvényi MEP (Group of the European People Party)
- Isabel Wiseler-Lima MEP (Group of the European People Party)
- Irina Von Wiese ( Renew Europe Group)
- Javier Nart MEP (Renew Europe Group)
- John Howarth MEP (Socialist and Democrats)
- José Inácio Faria MEP (Group of the European People Party)
- Jean Lambert MEP (Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance)
- Julie Ward MEP (Socialist and Democrats)
- Klaus Buchner MEP (Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance)
- Livia Jàroka MEP (Vice-President of the Parliament – Group of the European People Party)
- Richard Corbett MEP (Socialist and Democrats)
- Lukas Mandl MEP (Group of the European People Party)
- Marcel Kolaja MEP (Vice-President of the Parliament – Group of the Greens)
- Maria Arena MEP (Socialist and Democrats)
- Márton Gyöngyösi MEP (Non-attached Member)
- Michael Gahler MEP (Group of the European People Party)
- Phil Bennion MEP (Renew Europe)
- Pier Antonio Panzeri MEP (Chair Subcommittee on Human Rights, Socialist and Democrats)
- Sajjad Karim MEP (European Conservatives and Reformists Group)
- Shaffaq Mohammed MEP (Renew Europe Group)
- Theresa Griffin MEP (Socialist and Democrats)
- Wajid Khan MEP (Socialist and Democrats)
- Witold Waszczykowski MEP (European Conservatives and Reformists Group)
European External Action Service
- Dietmar Krissler (Head of Division – Political relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan)
- Franck-Olivier Roux (European Union Delegation to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan)
- Thomas Gnocchi – (Deputy Head of Division, EEAS, ASIAPAC.2)
- Márta Szilagyi – (EEAS, ASIAPAC.2)
- Lovisa Orming – (EEAS, ASIAPAC.2)
- Benedikt Poetz – (EEAS, ASIAPAC.1)
UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR)
Regional Office for Europe
- Paul d’Auchamp (Deputy Regional Representative for Europe of the UN Human Rights Office)
- Birgit Van Hout (Regional Representative for Europe, UN Human Rights Office)
- MCGOWAN Iverna
Flemish Parliament (Vlaams Parlement)