02/09/2009 – Letter and report on “The US Embargo against Cuba: its Impact on Economic and Social Rights” to Commissioners Karel De Gucht and Benito Ferrero-Waldner
02/09/2009 – Letter and report on “The US Embargo against Cuba: its Impact on Economic and Social Rights” to Commissioners Karel De Gucht and Benito Ferrero-Waldner
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.
31/07/2009 – Amnesty International has recently launched a new report entitled The total abortion ban in Nicaragua: Women’s lives and health endangered, medical professionals criminalized. This report is being published on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the revised Penal Code of...
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,...
09/07/2009 – Amnesty International is publishing a new report today on maternal health in Peru which documents progress in tackling maternal mortality since the 2006 report, Peru: Poor and excluded women – Denial of the right to maternal and child health.
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...