20/01/2009 – Amnesty International calls on EU Foreign Ministers, meeting on 21, 25 and 29 January 2009, to make a clear call for investigation and accountability for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, including war crimes, committed by both parties to the conflict...

As EU Foreign Ministers meet in Prague, Amnesty International urges them to spare no efforts to pressure Israel to end attacks which are directed at civilians or civilian buildings in the Gaza Strip or are disproportionate, and to allow much needed humanitarian access to the region. In a letter...

07/01/2009 – Letter to EU-Troika on the need for increased EU action to address the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Gaza.

With this document Amnesty International presents specific recommendations, achievable within a six-month EU presidency, on a range of pressing human rights issues where the Czech Republic is uniquely placed to effect change. These include offering assistance to the United States to close its...

16/12/2008 – Amnesty International is disappointed to learn that the Conference of Presidents refused to table two oral questions on Guantanamo and CIA renditions for debate in plenary this week. This sends a disturbing signal that these issues are not a priority for the European Parliament...

(Brussels, 16 December) By not allowing oral questions on Guantanamo and CIA illegal renditions in this week’s plenary session, the European Parliament (EP) is directly avoiding its responsibilities, says Amnesty International. “At a time when there are concrete developments one would...

15/12/2008 – The French Presidency of the EU has made violence against women a general priority in its work on human rights. Ahead of the final summit of this Presidency, we urge you to take action on this issue, by raising specific concerns about violence against women with the government of...

60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Time to Deliver (Brussels, 9 December) Amnesty International today called on the EU to make tomorrow’s 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) a time for action as well as celebration. Although the EU has...

01/12/2008 – Following on from our letter of 11 June 2008, Amnesty International would like to urge the EU once again to ensure that concrete human rights provisions and measurable benchmarks are included in the revision to the Action Plan, currently being discussed.

01/12/2008 – In view of the upcoming EU-Georgia Association Council on 8 December 2008, Amnesty International would like to draw attention to our key concerns regarding the human rights situation in Georgia, which we urge to raise with your Georgian counterparts.

25/11/2008 – Joint NGO-letter to the French EU-Presidency on the situation in the Palestinian refugee camps on the borders of Syria and Jordan

EU-Russia Summit Build a Partnership that respects human rights In order for the EU to genuinely engage in a constructive relationship with Russia there are serious human rights issues that should be addressed, says Amnesty International ahead of tomorrow’s summit in Nice where the EU is...