{"id":11909,"date":"2014-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/european-parliaments-tibet-intergroup-hosts-100th-meeting\/"},"modified":"2014-02-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T23:00:00","slug":"european-parliaments-tibet-intergroup-hosts-100th-meeting","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/european-parliaments-tibet-intergroup-hosts-100th-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament\u2019s Tibet Intergroup Hosts 100th Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/european-parliaments-100th-tibet-intergroup-meeting\/flyer-100-tig\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5745\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5745\" title=\"Flyer-100 TIG\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flyer-100-TIG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\"><\/a>On February 19, the offices of <strong>MEP Thomas Mann<\/strong> (Germany, EPP), the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and the Office of Tibet in Brussels jointly organized a special event to mark the 100<sup>th<\/sup> meeting of the European Parliament\u2019s Tibet Intergroup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>His Holiness the Dalai Lama<\/strong> sent a message addressing the Intergroup\u2019s meeting, underlining how the future of Tibet should concern humanity at large, not only the Tibetan people. Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping\u2019s first official visit to Europe, the Dalai Lama also stressed that it is the international community\u2019s responsibility to work on resolving the Tibetan issue through a peaceful and constructive dialogue with China (see the message at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/european-parliament-marks-its-100th-meeting-on-tibet-with-strong-statements-and-a-message-from-his-holiness-the-dalai-lama\/\">http:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/european-parliament-marks-its-100th-meeting-on-tibet-with-strong-statements-and-a-message-from-his-holiness-the-dalai-lama\/<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event mixed politics, human rights and a rich cultural programme, including a Tibetan prayer and Tibetan dance and music performance. Besides Thomas Mann, who chaired the meeting, several MEPs, such as <strong>Ryszard Czarnecki<\/strong> (Poland, ECR), <strong>Lidia Geringer De Oedenberg<\/strong> (Poland,S&amp;D), <strong>Nathalie Griesbeck<\/strong> (France, ALDE), <strong>Eva Lichtenberger<\/strong> (Austria, Greens), <strong>Edward MacMillan-Scott<\/strong> (UK, ALDE) and <strong>Csaba Sogor<\/strong> (Romania, EPP), gave statements about their connection to Tibet and the importance of the European Parliament\u2019s Intergroup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mr. Matteo Mecacci<\/strong>, ICT\u2019s President, addressed the audience and formally launched ICT\u2019s campaign ahead of the European Parliament\u2019s elections, \u20182014 for Tibet\u2019 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.2014fortibet.eu\">http:\/\/www.2014fortibet.eu<\/a>), thanking the European Parliament and the Tibet Intergroup for its active support of the Tibetan cause for 25 years and pointing out the importance of the Intergroup\u2019s reestablishment after the European elections of May 2014. Mr Mecacci said: <em>\u201cIt is very important for Europeans to identify causes with which we can unite as European citizens, in which we can reassert not only the importance of Tibetan issue but also our own values, what we stand for.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special Representative of the Dalai Lama in Europe <strong>Mr. Kelsang Gyaltsen<\/strong> gave a statement in which he expressed his deep gratitude to the European Parliament for its support for Tibet, and about the current political situation, drawing hope from the spirit of resilience of the Tibetan people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keynote speakers were <strong>Mr. <\/strong><strong>Jos\u00e9 El\u00edas Esteve Molt\u00f3<\/strong>, main research lawyer and author of the two ground-breaking law suits in Spain, <strong>Mr. Alan Cantos<\/strong> from Comit\u00e9 de Apoyo Al Tibet (CAT) in Madrid, Spain\u2019s Tibet Support Committee, which has pioneered the two cases, and <strong>Mr. Thubten Wangchen<\/strong>, Tibetan Parliamentarian and co-plaintiff.&nbsp; They highlighted the fact that cases such as the Tibet law suits in Spain, culminated with orders of arrest being issued in Madrid for five former Chinese leaders, cannot be considered merely symbolic but that their significance \u2013 and the significance of universal jurisdiction as a whole \u2013 is about truth, redress for victims of human rights abuses and accountability. Quoting Council decision 2003\/335\/JHA on the investigation and prosecution of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (<a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/LexUriServ\/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:118:0012:0014:EN:PDF\">http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/LexUriServ\/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:118:0012:0014:EN:PDF<\/a>), Mr. Esteve said that <em>\u201cinternational crimes must not go unpunished\u201d<\/em> and called upon members of the European Parliament to take action against and publicly voice their concern about the bill proposed by the Spanish government after direct Chinese pressure with the aim of reforming Spanish law on universal jurisdiction and substantially restricting its application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On February 10, over 90 NGOs, including ICT and the Spanish Tibet Support committee, signed a joint NGO statement, urging the Spanish government to uphold its international obligations and ensure that any reforms to its universal jurisdiction laws are consistent with international law (<a href=\"http:\/\/fidh.org\/IMG\/pdf\/ngo_joint_statement_ujreform_spain_en_.pdf\">http:\/\/fidh.org\/IMG\/pdf\/ngo_joint_statement_ujreform_spain_en_.pdf<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the meeting, several MEPs signed ICT\u2019s pledge targeting candidates to the European elections to take a stand for Tibet during the next European Parliamentary mandate should they be elected. This was followed by the screening of an ICT video, shot during the 2013 EU Tibetan Youth Leadership Program, a 3-day capacity building program aimed at training Tibetan students residing in Europe to become advocated of the Tibetan cause at EU level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 19, the offices of MEP Thomas Mann (Germany, EPP), the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and the Office of Tibet in Brussels jointly organized a special event to mark the 100th meeting of the European Parliament\u2019s Tibet Intergroup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11910,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[691],"news_tag":[665],"class_list":["post-11909","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-news","news_tag-europe-and-tibet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>European Parliament\u2019s Tibet Intergroup Hosts 100th Meeting - 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