Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian AidThe Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid has been a permanent Bundestag committee since its establishment in 1998. TasksThe Bundestag Committee is dedicated to human dignity and human rights. Its agenda includes correcting domestic violations, safeguarding human rights in the fight against international terrorism, prevention through humanitarian aid and working on national, European and international instruments for the protection of human rights. To this end, the committee regularly works together with non-governmental organisations. With the ‘Parliamentarians Protect Parliamentarians’ programme, Member of parliament support threatened parliamentarians and human rights defenders in other countries.[1] Members in the 20th legislative periodThe 19 members of the committee in the 20th legislative period consist of six members of the SPD parliamentary group, five members of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, three members of the Green Party faction, two members each of the FDP parliamentary group and the AfD parliamentary group and one member of the Left Party parliamentary group.[2] The chairperson is FDP MP Renata Alt, her deputy is CDU MP Norbert Altenkamp.[1]
Members in the 19th legislative periodThe 17 members of the committee in the 19th legislative period consisted of six members of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, three members of the SPD parliamentary group and two members each of the Left Party parliamentary group, the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group, the AfD parliamentary group and the FDP parliamentary group. The chairperson was Gyde Jensen (FDP).[3]
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