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Letter to the new President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz
26/01/2012Amnesty International welcomes the new President of the European Parliament, also outlining several of the major challenges facing the European Union.
Open letter : Protect the authority and effectiveness of European Convention on Human Rights
23/01/2012Amnesty International calls on European parliamentarians to protect the right of individual application to the European Court of Human Rights and ensure it is fully preserved in any future reforms of the Court.
Letter to Morten Bødskov Informal Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting 26-27 January
20/01/2012
The informal meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Copenhagen on 26-27 January will discuss, among other things, a framework on genuine practical solidarity for EU countries facing pressure from mixed migration flows.
Hungary: Serious concerns over human rights impact of constitution and media laws
16/01/2012Amnesty International wishes to reiterate our concerns about the constitution and media laws, now in force in Hungary, which we previously raised in our letters and meetings in March and April 2011.
Letter to Ashton on USA Guantánamo: A decade of damage to human rights
11/01/2012
As senior EU and US officials gather for their regular meeting on 12 January, the US detention centre at Guantánamo Bay marks its tenth anniversary. Our comprehensive new report: USA Guantánamo: A decade of damage to human rights, lists ten "anti-human rights messages" which the detentions persist in transmitting.
Council of Europe's comments : future of ECtHR
11/01/2012Comments on follow up to the Interlaken and Izmir declarations on the future of the European Court of Human Rights
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PEOPLE UNDER THREAT
02/02/2012
Around the world people are suffering the consequences of having their human rights violated. Amnesty International calls on the Danish presidency to ensure the EU’s active engagement in these cases.
Recommendations to the Danish EU Presidency
04/01/2012
We present specific recommendations on human rights policy for the Danish presidency to deliver during its six-month term as President of the Council of the European Union (January-July 2012).
ACT NOW! Stop the trade in torture and death penalty equipment
04/07/2011
Add your name to our petition and demand that the Commission acts now to strengthen its ban on the trade in ‘tools of torture’!