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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2023

Reference
2023/2118(INI) Own-initiative report
Where it stands
Parliament adopted the text on 28 February 2024. This is its final position on the matter.
Stage
Parliament’s position
Lead committee
Foreign Affairs AFET
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR
Shadow rapporteurs
5 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
FEMM

Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 12 July 2023
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 28 November 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 8 December 2023
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 28 February 2024
  5. Parliament’s position (done) Final

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Foreign Affairs AFET
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197777 (EPP) former member, MEP #124887 (ECR) former member, MEP #197511 (Renew) former member, MEP #2054 (Greens) former member, MEP #131507 (The Left) former member
Opinion: FEMM
Women’s Rights and Gender Equality · rapporteur Arba KOKALARI (EPP)

Decisions in plenary, 0

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.

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Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.

No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.

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Versions, 3

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament28 Feb 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0106/2024 TA-9-2024-0106

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary8 Dec 2023

    Report A9-0424/2023 A-9-2023-0424

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  3. Committee draft10 Jul 2023

    Draft report (AFET) AFET-PR-751673

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA9-0106/2024: Parliament's resolution on human rights and democracy in the world and the EU's policy on the matter – annual report 2023 sets out Parliament's position on global human rights trends and the EU's response.
  • Report A9-0424/2023: Parliament's annual resolution on human rights and democracy in the world reviews global trends and sets out what the EU should do. It condemns violations worldwide, including Russia's war in Ukraine, and calls for accountability.

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What changed

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No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.

Timeline, 7

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Plenary stage 3 steps · 8 Dec 2023–28 Feb 2024
  1. 28 February 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 28 Feb 2024 Report A9-0424/2023Adopted text TA9-0106/2024

  2. 27 February 2024

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 27 Feb 2024 Report A9-0424/2023

  3. 8 December 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A9-0424/2023

Committee stage 4 steps · 10 Jul 2023–28 Nov 2023
  1. 28 November 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 7 November 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    FEMM-AL-754846

  3. 12 July 2023

    Referred to the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) gives an opinion.

  4. 10 July 2023

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (AFET)

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Sources & citation

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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
26 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2023”. Dossier. reference 2023/2118(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-2118 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/2118(INI), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F2118(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2023-2118,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-2118}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-2118},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/2118(INI). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F2118(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}