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Petr Ježek
Born in Prague in 1965. A graduate of Prague’s University of Economics, Petr Ježek joined his country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as a diplomat. For some ten years, he held relatively high posts related to the country’s ties with the EU, e.g. heading the Foreign Ministry’s European Integration Department and serving as Deputy State Secretary for European Affairs. He also worked as chief of staff of then Czech Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla. In 2014, Petr Ježek was elected Member of the European Parliament on the ballot of the ANO 2011 party.
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A group of 28 members of the European Parliament led by ALDE MEP Petr Ježek have called on EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Federica Mogherini to demand the release of a report by the African Union on violence and atrocities committed during the civil war in South Sudan.
The report was compiled by the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, set up to investigate violence committed against the civilian population during the South Sudanese conflict. The report was to be released at the Council’s session in Addis Ababa on January 29; however, the council controversially decided to postpone its publication until after peace is achieved.
The MEPs are urging Ms Mogherini to push for the release of the report which they see as a necessary condition to identify and punish the perpetrators of the crimes which killed at least 10,000 people.
UN Assistant Secretary General Ivan Simonovic, the international rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch, and other organisations have also called for the release of the report. The MEPs believe the report’s publication could break the cycle of impunity in South Sudan and also prevent such atrocities from occurring again in the future.
The letter to HR Federica Mogherini can be viewed here.