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Recommendations to the European Union During the Hungarian Presidency
04/01/2011The 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 dodge by hiding behind laudable work on the external front. Europe’s human rights landscape has also been altered. Discrimination against minorities, and racism in law enforcement and criminal justice, have grown so much that they are too overwhelming for member states to tackle singlehandedly. In particular the situation of the Roma people and the grave violations they are facing throughout Europe, have spelt an end to the previous and all-too-convenient impasse EU presidencies have cited to allow them to avoid confronting the human rights situation in the EU.
Amnesty International Report ‘Standing up for justice and dignity - Human Rights defenders in Mexico
22/01/2010Ahead of the upcoming EU-Mexico Summit in May, Amnesty International wants to highlight the dire situation faced by human rights defenders in Mexico, which is one of the most dangerous countries in the Americas for human rights defenders. The report 'Standing up for Justice and Dignity - Human Rights Defenders in Mexico' identifies a sustained pattern of killings, threats, intimidation, harassment and arbitrary detention of Human Rights Defenders being committed by state and non-state actors in Mexico. This became painfully true when Josefina Reyes, another human rights defender, was killed on 3 January.
Review of the EU arms embargo on Uzbekistan
EU Brazil Summit
30/09/2009Amnesty International addresses EU Brazil summit ,calling for a frank discussion of human rights involving both parties.
Briefing for the EU-ASEAN summit
25/05/2009Amnesty international submits a briefing on key human rights concerns in the ASEAN region which it calls on the EU to address at forthcoming summit.
New Amnesty International report on President Obama’s first 100 days in office
27/04/2009A new report, to be published this week, entitled ‘Mixed Messages: Obama’s First 100 days’, shows that although there has been some progress under the new administration in changing the counter- terrorism policies and practices of the previous administration, serious challenges still remain. The EU, as a key strategic partner for the US, both under the former and the current administrations, has an important role to play in meeting these challenges.
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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’!