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:...

25/11/2010 – As European and African leaders take stock of the Joint Africa EU Strategy at the Summit in Tripoli, we urge for increased consideration of human rights in all future cooperation efforts. We also urge both sides to do their utmost in addressing the peace and security situations...

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...

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...

09/11/2010 – The forthcoming Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting on 8 and 9 November is expected to discuss ‚migration flows and border control at the EU’s eastern and south-eastern borders‛. This discussion is timely given the recent deployment by Frontex of a Rapid Border Intervention...

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...

Wrong message: Roma coalition deplores Commission findings on France (Brussels, 19 October 2010) Following today’s announcement by the European Commission on the situation of Roma in France, the EU Roma Policy Coalition has expressed its dismay at the Commission’s silence over...

AP Graphics Press Release France targets Roma camps Brussels, 13 September 2010. The European Roma Policy Coalition has expressed its concern that the French Interior Minister has instructed prefects systematically to evict settlers from illegal traveller settlements, giving “priority to...