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9 October Oct 2021 1843 09 October 2021 AI in Europe: not all decisions can be reduced to ones and zeros, says the EESC
In two reports on draft EU legislation on artificial intelligence, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) calls for an all-out ban on social scoring in the EU and for a complaint and redress mechanism for people who have suffered harm from an AI system.
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6 July Jul 2020 0801 06 July 2020 EESC launches "Civil society against COVID-19" web pages
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) demonstrates its members' commitment on the ground to tackling the coronavirus crisis by officially opening a special section on its website
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30 April Apr 2020 1836 30 April 2020 EESC president Luca Jahier calls for future Health Union
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) holds online debate to discuss latest developments in EU response to ongoing COVID-19 outbreak
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18 April Apr 2020 1925 18 April 2020 Luca Jahier: "The EU must rise from the ashes of the #Coronacrisis"
Luca Jahier, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC): "We have now more than ever the chance and the obligation to rise from the ashes of the Corona crisis like the Phoenix. My strong support to the European Commission and European Parliament: the EU Council cannot fail! Europe must not only be saved, it must be relaunched!" (...) "We want to be able to say, on 23 April, that the EU has been up to the challenge and has done #WhateverItTakes to save its people, relaunch its economy and show the face of a new Union, more resilient and cohesive. This will be our #rEUnaissance"
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3 April Apr 2020 1226 03 April 2020 Jahier: “Now, we are either a Union or we are nothing”
“All Member States must come together, to support each other and to coordinate a concerted action. A piecemeal approach by the individual Member States is a sure recipe for disaster. If we get this wrong, we may not have another opportunity to get it right”, says Luca Jahier, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
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27 August Aug 2019 1631 27 August 2019 Venice Film Festival: director Askold Kurov presents documentary about the case of Oleg Sentsov
In the framework of the Festival, Askold Kurov presented the documentary: “The Trial: The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov” and spoke in a live panel organised by Global Campus of Human Rights at their headquarters in Venice Lido. Dissident Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for terrorism and arms trafficking after a trial denounced as “Stalinist”. In 2018 he was awarded the Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament
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15 April Apr 2019 1400 15 April 2019 Lorent Saleh: Venezuela needs the respect of law, not military intervention
Venezuelan activist for human rights, ex political prisoner, Sakharov Prize laureate 2017 for freedom of thought, Lorent Saleh speaks about the situation of his country starting from the rise to power of Chávez, and asks for the intervention of the international community, “not to support democratic opposition in Venezuela, but to support our Constitution, guaranteeing free elections”. Here is his speech In Venice, where he was hosted by the Global Campus of Human Rights
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3 April Apr 2019 0900 03 April 2019 Civil rights in Venezuela: Sakharov Prize laureate Lorent Saleh speaks in Venice
The Venezuelan activist for human rights has been invited on the 6th of April by the Global Campus of Human Rights, a network of more than 100 universities worldwide offering postgraduate education in the field of human rights and democracy. He will participate at a round table on “How to defend the democratic change in Venezuela”
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25 March Mar 2019 1800 25 March 2019 European Philanthropy Manifesto calling for a Single Market for Philanthropy
European foundations, philanthropic organisations and policymakers have come together to jointly launch the European Philanthropy Manifesto and to advocate for an enabling environment for philanthropy in Europe. The European Philanthropy Manifesto is a call to policy makers in Europe to work towards a Single Market for Philanthropy
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20 February Feb 2019 1126 20 February 2019 No stone should be left unturned in ensuring that EU elections are accessible to all
An Eesc hearing has revealed that almost a million Eu citizens may be deprived of their right to vote in the upcoming European elections as a result of their disability, and many more may face obstacles when casting their ballots