The Civil Liberties Committee will hold an extraordinary meeting on

Bruxelles Thursday 26 February Room: Paul-Henri Spaak (PHS) 3C050
– Use of Passenger Name Record data (EU PNR) – discussion on a draft report by Timothy Kirkhope (ECR, UK) and decision on deadline for tabling amendments (9.00 – 10.15)
– Data protection – discussion with the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), Giovanni Buttarelli (10.15 – 11.15)
– Joint police operation “Mos maiorum” – discussion with the Council Presidency (follow-up to Council answers to a written question by Barbara Spinelli, Kostas Chrysogonos, Malin Björk, Martina Anderson, Marie-Christine Vergiat, and to a written question by Ska Keller) (11.15 – 12.00)
– Relocation and Resettlement – debriefing by UNHCR and Commission (15.00 – 16.15)
– Mechanism for dealing with mass influxes into the EU of displaced persons – discussion based on a question for written answer to the Commission by Elisabetta Gardini on the application of Directive 2001/55/EC, which introduced a special mechanism for dealing with mass influxes into the EU of displaced persons (17.00 – 17.30)
– Violation of freedom of expression and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in Lithuania – discussion based on a question for written answer to the Commission by Sophia in ‘t Veld, Ulrike Lunacek, Daniele Viotti, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Tanja Fajon, Dennis de Jong (12.00 – 12.30)
– EU accession to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) – joint meeting with the Constitutional Affairs Committee – presentation of a legal opinion on the accession to the ECHR in the presence of Hannes Krämer, negotiator on behalf of the European Commission (17.45 – 18.30, in room ASP 3G-2)
– Council of Europe Cyber-Crime Convention (ETS 185, Budapest Convention) – presentation by the EP Legal Service (16.15 – 17.00)