20/05/2011 – The AIRE Centre and Amnesty International address these comments to the Informal Working Group on the Accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights (‘CDDH-UE’) on the occasion of this week’s meeting.

15/04/2011 – Imposing a fee on applicants to the European Court of Human Rights may deny victims of human rights violations access to justice, based on their ability to pay.

15/04/2011 – The European Court of Human Rights is at the heart of the system for the protection of human rights in Europe. Its role is to ensure the observance of the obligations of the 47 states which are party to the European Convention on Human Rights for some 800 million people.

20/03/2011 – The AIRE Centre and Amnesty International consider that the accession of the European Union (‘EU’) to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (‘ECHR’ or ‘Convention’) could and should improve...

17/03/2011 – On International Women’s Day 2011, Amnesty International expressed its profound concerns at last minute efforts by some Council of Europe member states to unravel key provisions in a new European treaty on violence against women.

25/01/2011 – The European Court of Human Rights vindicates the rights of asylum-seekers in the EU. The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, by a majority, ruled in the case of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece that Belgium and Greece had each violated the European Convention for...

16/11/2010 – Committee of Ministers, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe & Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. Each letter contains a different set of recommendations.

22/10/2010 – Amnesty International’s written contribution to the Counvil of Europe High-level meeting on Roma and Travellers held in Strasbourg on 20 October 2010. The organization welcomed the timely initiative and urged the Secretary General, Mr Thorbjørn Jagland and Chairman of the...

20/10/2010 – NGOs’ perspective on the EU accession to the ECHR: The proposed co-respondent procedure and consultation with civil society  

12/04/2010 – This report focuses exclusively on recent developments with respect to the use of diplomatic assurances against torture and other ill-treatment by European governments. It is not a comprehensive survey of all cases in the Council of Europe region, but an effort to select key...

01/02/2008 – As human rights NGOs active against trafficking in human beings, we welcome the entry into force of the Council of Europe’s Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings as a major step forward in the struggle to ensure the protection of the human rights of trafficked...

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe has confirmed Amnesty International’s concerns that many states across Europe may be facilitating secret detention, unlawful renditions and other human rights violations through their own legal shortcomings and practices. The Secretary...