Dossier · Own-initiative report
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.
- Referred to committee (done) 12 July 2023
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 28 November 2023
- Tabled for plenary (done) 8 December 2023
- Plenary vote (done) Adopted 28 February 2024
- 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
- Rapporteur
- Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR (S&D)
- 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.
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.
Adopted by Parliament28 Feb 2024
Adopted text TA9-0106/2024 TA-9-2024-0106
Tabled for plenary8 Dec 2023
Report A9-0424/2023 A-9-2023-0424
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.
What changed
Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.
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
28 February 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 28 Feb 2024 Report A9-0424/2023Adopted text TA9-0106/2024
27 February 2024
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
8 December 2023
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps · 10 Jul 2023–28 Nov 2023
28 November 2023
Committee vote: report adopted
AFET (Foreign Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
7 November 2023
Committee opinion adopted
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
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.
10 July 2023
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in AFET (Foreign Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
Connections
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Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- 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)}
}