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...

21/01/2011 – Amnesty International has urged José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, who will receive a visit on 24 January by President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, to make human rights central to their discussions.

04/01/2011 – The changes brought by the Lisbon Treaty have radically transformed the EU presidency’s task. It now focuses far more on internal affairs. So one of the main challenges confronting the Hungarian presidency on the human rights front will be something its predecessors were able to...

© AP Photo/Abdel Magid al Fergany AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Press Release Not all in the same boat: Migrant families separated off Maltese coast   (Brussels, 14 December 2010)  In July, Maltese coastguard vessels arbitrarily split a group of Somali asylum-seekers, condemning the...

14/12/2010 – The European Roma Policy Coalition (ERPC) is deeply disappointed that the agenda of the fourth meeting of the Integrated European Platform for Roma Inclusion has not been aligned with the process initiated by the European Commission to develop and adopt by April 2011 a European...

AI AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   Croatia must speed up war crimes prosecutions   (Brussels 9 December 2010) The Croatian authorities should prioritise and speed up the prosecution of war crimes suspects, Amnesty International has said in a report, Behind a wall of silence:...

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.

16/11/2010 – After nearly a decade of widespread impunity and absence of remedy for human rights violations – including enforced disappearance and torture – that have occurred in the context of US-led counter-terrorism operations, however, the legal obligation to look back and ensure full...

16/11/2010 – In a letter sent to the President of the European Council on the occasion of the EU – US Summit on 20 November, Amnesty International reiterates the importance of ensuring accountability and transparency for human rights violations committed in connection with...

© Nancy Ross / iStockphoto Amnesty International challenges EU: “Pursue justice for CIA renditions and detention victims” In the week before the European Union-US summit, Amnesty International has called on the EU and its member states’ governments to deliver justice for the victims of the CIA’s...

15/11/2010 – The European Union-United States Summit in Lisbon represents an important opportunity for these global actors to reassert that there can be no security without respect for human rights.

Humanitarian concerns on EU’s southern frontier Amnesty International has expressed its anxiety over arrangements for the Rapid Border Intervention Team (RABIT) which is being deployed along the Greek-Turkish border. The organisation has strong misgivings over a policy which is entirely...