19/03/2015 – Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists comment on the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism in advance of the third meeting of the Committee on Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Related Issues. They set out...

© REUTERS/Zoran Milich In order for surveillance to be lawful, it must be targeted, based on reasonable suspicion, and subject to prior judicial authorisation. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY (London, 18 March 2015) A new Intelligence Bill to be put before the French Cabinet tomorrow...

18/03/2015 – Amnesty International welcomes Italy’s acceptance of numerous recommendations made during its review on refugees and migrants — including on protection, reception conditions and unaccompanied minors — and calls on Italy to implement these urgently.

16/03/2015 – The European Court of Human Rights ruling striking down a sterilisation requirement for transgender individuals who wish to access gender reassignment surgery is an encouraging step towards equality for transgender people in Europe.

© Amnesty International Keeping an innocent man in prison is an ultimate act of disrespect for fundamental human rights. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 13 March 2015 The government of Azerbaijan must comply with international demands and immediately set free prominent opposition leader,...

Of course, governments all over the world would love to keep court findings of their illegal activity behind closed doors, but that’s not how open justice works. Amnesty International UK PRESS RELEASE (London, 13 March 2015) “Of course, governments all over the world would love to...

Credit: Jonathan McIntosh https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ It’s vital that surveillance measures don’t ride roughshod over the rights of the very people they're supposed to protect. Amnesty International UK PRESS RELEASE (London, 12 March 2015) “There is...

Romani pupils during class activities in grade 3 of the special class for pupils with “mild mental disabilities” at the elementary school in Krivany, Slovakia, April 2010. Credit: Amnesty International By Barbora Černušáková, Amnesty International researcher on Slovakia and Lenka...

Italian coast guard vessels, Lampedusa. Credit: Amnesty International AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE (Brussels, 12 March 2015) European Union (EU) governments should hang their heads in shame at the ongoing reluctance of many to ensure a collective and concerted search and rescue...

Protesters clash with authorities in Baku. Credit: Demotix By Natalia Nozadze, Amnesty International’s Researcher on Azerbaijan Baku is a city of contrasts. Elegant parks with elaborate fountains sit alongside abandoned plots of land covered with mud and rubble. Glass towers soar over the...

10/03/2015 – Last night the European Parliament’s Development Committee has voted, with a significant majority, for mandatory conflict minerals regulation in the EU. Justice et Paix, Global Witness and Amnesty International welcome this strong political signal.

06/03/2015 – In their preliminary public observations to the members of the Committee on Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Related Issues (COD-CTE) of the Council of Europe on the terms of reference to draft an Additional Protocol supplementing the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention...