Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs ( English Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs , shortly LIBE ) is a committee of the European Parliament . The committee chairman has been Juan Fernando López Aguilar ( PSOE / S&D ) since July 2019 .

The committee is responsible for the protection of civil rights , human rights and fundamental rights in the European Union , which are guaranteed by the existing EU treaties and by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights . He also deals with gender equality policy within EU countries, with the exception of gender equality , for which the Gender Committee is responsible, and equality in the world of work, which falls within the scope of the Social Committee . Also data protection as well as all policy fields of the areaThe area of ​​freedom, security and justice ( judicial cooperation in civil matters , police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters and the accompanying measures on the free movement of persons , which also include migration policy ) are the responsibility of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Interior.

The Committee maintains relations between the European Parliament and the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction , the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights , Europol , Eurojust , the European Police College (EPA) and other organizations in the home and justice sector.

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs is one of the more important committees of the European Parliament because of the wide range of issues it deals with. However, the European Parliament has only had a right of co-decision in important areas of this topic - especially police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters - since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on December 1, 2009 under the ordinary legislative procedure .

The members of the European Commission responsible for the policy area of ​​the committee are the Commissioner for Home Affairs and the Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship . In the Council of the European Union , the topic falls into the formation of the Council for Justice and Home Affairs .

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  1. ↑ Parliament's committees-elect chairs and vice-chairs | News | European Parliament. July 10, 2019, accessed on July 18, 2019 .