15/09/2009 – In Spain, people held in incommunicado detention may be deprived of effective access to a lawyer as well as access to a doctor of their own choice, and are unable to inform their family and friends of their detention. Under Spanish law, incommunicado detention can be imposed...

06/09/2009 – Letter & briefing on EU-Central Asia Foreign Ministerial & EU-Uzbekistan Cooperation Councilnisterial.

07/08/2009 – Letter to the Swedish Presidency accompanying the report assessing the current situation and developments over the past year in Georgia and including specific recommendations to all parties, and to the European Union in its own important and growing role in the region.

24/07/2009 – On 18 May 2009 the European Investment Bank (EIB) launched a public consultation to review its transparency policy, public disclosure policy and complaints mechanism policy. This briefing paper is Amnesty International’s submission to the EIB consultation on these three policies.

24/07/2009 – Amnesty International welcomes the European Investment Bank (EIB) public consultation on its revised Transparency, Public Disclosure and Complaints Mechanism Policies. This review offers an important opportunity for the EIB to ensure that its principles and policies explicitly...

EU: Close human rights gaps in the Stockholm Programme As EU justice and home affairs ministers gather in Stockholm to start negotiations on a road map detailing continued EU cooperation in the areas of asylum and migration, criminal law and policing for the next five years, Amnesty International...

14/07/2009 – The following is a response by Amnesty International, based on the Communication of the Commission, analyzing the Stockholm Programme from a human rights perspective. The briefing is split into two sections, the first focuses on general concerns in the area of rights and justice,...

30/06/2009 – Joint Amnesty International and ECCJ submission on the Green Paper on the Review of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and recognition and enforcement of judgements in civil and commercial matters.

09/06/2009 – Amnesty International is writing a letter ahead of the parliamentary vote in the Lithuanian Parliament on the proposed amendment to the “Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information” that will take place on 11 June 2009. It...

08/06/2009 – Ten years after the end of the war in Kosovo impunity for enforced disappearances and abductions remains one of the most serious violations of human rights arising from the armed conflict and its aftermath. Enforced disappearances constitute a crime and, in certain circumstances...

EU JHA Ministers: Commit to a common asylum policy that effectively respects human rights (Brussels, 3 June) EU Home Affairs Ministers should give a clear political signal that they are committed to create a common asylum policy based on high standards of protection for those fleeing persecution...

03/06/2009 – At their meeting on 4 and 5 June 2009 JHA Ministers will have a political debate on the Asylum Proposals presented by the Commission in December 2008 and February 2009, as well as the recent developments with regard to the return to Libya of asylum-seekers, migrants and refugees...