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Chairman of the Human Rights Sub-Committee of the European Parliament, Pier Antonio Panzeri has affirmed that the State of Qatar has become a reference for human rights.
He praised Qatar for hosting of the International Conference on National, Regional and International Mechanisms to Combat Impunity and Ensure Accountability under International Law.
Speaking at a press conference, Panzeri lauded the Qatari initiative to host this conference, saying that the State of Qatar is on the right track of reform in a number of areas, and Qatar can be considered as a reference for human rights and this conference is the best indication that it is on the right track.
He described Qatar's hosting of the conference as a good start for the course of work full of efforts and requirements.
The success of the conference, he said, will open a new path in endeavours to combat impunity. 'By opening new horizons at this enormous international level, we seek to combat impunity and promote accountability, he said.
He stressed the need for a large-scale body to combat impunity and to cooperate with existing institutions and serve as a monitoring and follow-up mechanism to help achieve the desired goals.
The Chairman of the Human Rights Sub-Committee of the European Parliament pointed out that during the two-day conference, a number of key points were highlighted, including the need for a large-scale action in the fight against impunity, and that many countries are required to do so.
Responding to a question about the position of the European Parliament's Human Rights Sub-Committee towards a number of Qatari nationals detained in Saudi prisons without trial, and how the international parliament could pressure Riyadh to release them, Chairman of the Human Rights Sub-Committee of the European Parliament Pier Antonio Panzeri said that the parliament has done a lot, as a resolution related to human rights issues in Saudi Arabia has recently been approved, and has raised the issue and the need to release of those behind bars, not only them but also imprisoned women who were imprisoned for taking part in demonstrations or for wanting to drive a car.
On the solution of the Gulf crisis, he pointed out that the Gulf crisis can be solved in two ways: first, to draw a framework for balance and stability that allows an end to the conflict, and second, to find a way to resolve the crisis that is not related only to the region.
On the role of the European Parliament Sub-Committee on Human Rights in stopping the EU governments from selling arms to Saudi Arabia and following up the human rights file and releasing the detainees there, Panzeri said that they had ratified a resolution under which they called on countries at the European level not to sell arms to Saudi Arabia and it had been approved, stressing that this is a very important.
Regarding the President of the European Parliament's call on the European countries to intervene to resolve the conflict in Libya, he stressed the importance of avoiding the repetition of the Syrian scenario in Libya, indicating that there is a very complicated situation in Libya, while stressing the importance of recognizing that there are differences within the European Union itself, with regard to the Libyan issue, and these efforts should lead to a transition process towards democracy and peace.
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