16/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - Barbara Lochbihler elected chair of human rights sub-committee. At the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday 15 September, Barbara Lochbihler (Greens/EFA, Germany) was elected by acclamation as the new chairwoman of the human rights sub-committee. She takes over from Finnish Green MEP Heidi Hautala, who resigned in June to become Finland's minister for development. “There is a clear lack of co-ordination of human rights...