Archivos por año: 2014

Securing a Better Future For Mothers in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Evaluating the ICPD Operational Review

By Stefano Gennarini, J.D. and Rebecca Oas, Ph.D. Preparations for the post-2015 development agenda have led to several inputs from governments, international institutions, civil society and the private sector. This paper evaluates certain aspects of the UNFPA’s operational review of the Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Populations and Development held at Cairo, following General…

Citizens' Initiative "One of Us" for the respect of human life. Next Step: European Commission decision.

The European Commission (EU) must decide before May 28 on how it intends to take action concerning the request of the European Citizens’ Initiative «One of Us» to introduce into the European regulatory an ethics clause explicitly excluding European Union funding any activity that destroys or involves the destruction of human life at the embryonic…

One of Us Public Hearing in the European Parliament

The public hearing in the European Parliament on the citizen’s initiative “One of Us” was a great success, with more than five hundred participants actively discussing about the dignity of the human embryo and the protection that he deserves on our societies.

“One of Us” Citizens’ Initiative – Public Hearing

On 10 April 2014, a public hearing will be held at the EP in Brussels (Room József Antall 4Q2) 09:00 to 12.30 (CET) to allow for the presentation of the Citizens’ Initiative ‘One of Us’. The initiative requests the prohibition of EU financing of activities which involve the destruction of human embryos, especially in the…

“One of Us” Citizens’ Initiative – Public Hearing, 10.04.2014

A public hearing on the European Citizens’ Initiative “One of Us” will be organised on 10.04.2014 in the European Parliament’s premises in Brussels, room JAN 4Q2, from 09.00 to 12.30. The initiative asks the EU to prohibit the financing of activities which presuppose the destruction of human embryos, especially in the areas of research, development…

The European Parliament will organize a public hearing for the ECI "One of Us"

On April 10th the European Parliament will organize a public hearing for the ECI «One of Us». Organizers will present a legal proposition, which will hopefully become an European law.

European Citizens' Initiative One of Us received by Commission

The Commission has officially received the second successful European Citizens’ Initiative, with properly validated support from at least one million European citizens in at least seven Member States. Support for the One of Us ECI, whose organisers call on the EU to ‘establish a ban and end the financing of activities which presuppose the destruction…

ONE OF US is confirmed as the first European Citizens Initiative in number of statements of support

ONE OF US is confirmed as the first European Citizens Initiative in number of statements of support collected from the European Citizens. The European Citizens Initiative (ECI) One of Us has finished the signatures collected verification and validation phase by the National Authorities of each Member State. Over 1,901,947 signatures collected 1,742,156 have been validated.…

BIG ECI DAY: First Public Hearing February 17th 2014

The Public Hearing for ECI Right2Water – Europe’s first successful European Citizens’ Initiative – will take place Monday, 17 February from 15h00 to 18h30, in room JAN4Q2 in the European Parliament. It will be chaired by the Environment Committee and will also involve the Petitions Committee (PETI), the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO), and the Development Committee (DEVE).