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European Union Member States

Technology and human rights

Human rights and justice must be at the heart of the upcoming Commission guidelines on the AI Act implementation

The following statement has been written collectively by the AI Act civil society coalition and the #ProtectNotSurveil coalition following the European Commission consultation on the AI Act prohibitions and AI system definition. On 11 December 2024, the European Commission’s consultation on its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act guidelines closed. These guidelines will determine how those…

16th January 2025
Letters

European Union Member States

Armed conflict

Amnesty International Recommendations to the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

As Poland assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 January 2025, Amnesty International sets out recommendations for its mandate in a letter to Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland. Dear Prime Minister Tusk, Poland assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) at a critical moment, and…

6th January 2025
Press Releases

European Union Member States

Armed conflict

If the EU won’t stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza, member states must go it alone

Ursula von der Leyen knows that the EU’s reputation as a credible actor for human rights and international law is in tatters over the horrors in Gaza. EU leaders and officials have gone from privately condemning the EU’s double standards behind closed doors to publicly lamenting them. Instead of tackling these double standards however, the European Commission President rebranded them…

20th December 2024
Press Releases

Europe and Central Asia

Armed conflict

Europe: Safety of Syrians in Europe must not be sacrificed to political interests

Responding to the decision of several European governments to suspend asylum applications of Syrians following the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad, Director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office, Eve Geddie said: “The situation in Syria is extremely volatile. Five decades of brutality and repression cannot be undone overnight. But European governments have wasted no time halting…

10th December 2024
Statements And Reports

European Union Member States

Asylum and migration

EU Leaders should Uphold Right to Asylum in Europe

10 steps for the EU to ensure sustainable and rights-based asylum systems In light of recent policies aimed at preventing the arrival in the EU of individuals seeking international protection and safety, over 40 humanitarian and human rights organizations working to protect the rights of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, call on EU member states…

12th November 2024
Statements And Reports

Europe and Central Asia

Climate change

EU: Raise Human Rights Crisis in Azerbaijan during COP29

Together with 16 other international human rights organizations, Amnesty International calls on EU leaders attending COP29, the 29th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, to raise directly with the Azerbaijani authorities the cases of those imprisoned on politically motivated grounds and aim to secure their release. In this joint statement, our organizations call…

6th November 2024
Press Releases

European Union Member States

Asylum and migration

EU: New commissioners must urgently reject calls to offshore asylum and returns

Ahead of today’s European Commissioner hearings, Amnesty International is calling on Commissioner-designates for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica, and for Internal Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, to urgently reject calls to offshore asylum and returns and firmly uphold a rights-based asylum and migration policy in Europe. “As the EU’s disregard for human rights in its migration…

5th November 2024
Letters

Africa

Censorship and Freedom of Expression

The EU must champion civic space in Burundi ahead of next year’s elections

Dear High Representative Borrell, In light of the European Union’s leadership in ensuring the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Burundi at the current 57th session of the Human Rights Council, Amnesty International is writing to urge you to lead EU and member state efforts to champion civil society…

18th October 2024
Press Releases

European Union Member States

Asylum and migration

Poland: Plans to suspend the right to seek asylum ‘flagrantly unlawful’

Reacting to the Polish government’s new migration strategy which cites the threat of Russia and Belarus using migration to ‘destabilize the country’ and proposes temporary suspension of the right to seek asylum, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe, Dinushika Dissanayake said: “Suspending the right to seek asylum is flagrantly unlawful and Prime Minister Tusk…

16th October 2024
European Union Member States

Asylum and migration

European Commission’s ‘shameful U-turn’ on return hubs is ‘alarming’

Ahead of the meeting of Heads of State or Government of EU member states this 17-18 October, Amnesty International urges European leaders to focus their efforts on humane and sustainable policies towards refugees and migrants, and to firmly reject proposals to establish ‘return hubs’ outside the EU. ‘Return hubs’ are incompatible with EU and international…

16th October 2024
Letters

European Union Member States

Armed conflict

Middle East: Letter ahead of Foreign Affairs Council and European Council

On 11 October, Amnesty International shared a letter with EU leadership, heads of EU governments and EU foreign affairs ministers, as they prepared to discuss the situation in the Middle East at the 14 October Foreign Affairs Council and the 17-18 October European Council. Dear President Michel, Dear President von der Leyen, Dear HR/VP Borrell,…

16th October 2024
Statements And Reports

European Union Member States

EU policy on human rights

A Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society Organisations in Europe

Along with Civil Society Europe and the European Civic Forum, and an informal coalition of Civil Society Organisations, Amnesty International presents the Mapping paper and the Pathways paper for a Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society Organisations in Europe. The papers aim to map the existing protection landscape and, based on the…

8th October 2024