UN HRC 60th Session Side-event Human Rights In Pakistan

Invitation: UNHRC 60th Session Side Event

Human Rights in Pakistan

Europe’s Dilemma: Pakistan, GSP+ & Human Rights

Join CAP Liberté de Conscience, European Facilitation Platform (EFP) and EU Today. for an exclusive documentary premiere and expert discussion on the EU’s GSP+ trade preferences, Pakistan’s compliance with human rights conditionality, and the implications for EU oversight and enforcement.

Date: 1 October

Time: 12:00 – 13:00

Venue: Room Concordia 1 Palais des Nations (UN Geneva)

Speakers

Moderator: Ms Christine Mirre, Director CAP Liberté de Conscience
Keynote Remarks: Ms Barbara Bonte, MEP
- Human Cost of Europe Funding Pakistan’s Radical Jihadi Education
Expert Presentation: Ms Inna Chefranova, Executive Director, European Facilitation Platform (EFP); Director of the documentary
- EU GSP+ to Pakistan: Human Rights Conditionality and Terror-Finance Safeguards

Exclusive Documentary Premiere

Documentary Premiere | Europe’s Dilemma: Pakistan, GSP+ & Human Rights
An investigative 15-minute film on the EU’s GSP+ instrument, administered by the European Commission. It examines whether Pakistan, a major beneficiary since 2014, has met conditional commitments on human rights, labour protections, environmental standards, and good governance, and assesses oversight and enforcement practice.

The film covers:

Use and alleged misuse of EU funding and GSP+ trade preferences.
Pakistan’s human rights record, including blasphemy laws, restrictions on freedoms, and religious persecution.
Concerns about EU aid reaching educational institutions alleged to have extremist links.
Repeated calls in the European Parliament to suspend Pakistan’s GSP+ status, and the European Commission’s position to date.
Related debate in the UK and Commonwealth on Pakistan’s standing.

Featuring contributions from:
Willy Fautré (Director, Human Rights Without Frontiers); Ján Figeľ (Former European Commissioner; former EU Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief); Members of the European Parliament; and human rights defenders.