Documents
Council of Europe
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
Letter to CoE Secretary General on police impunity in Ukraine
14/10/2011
On 12 October, Amnesty International published the report No Evidence of a Crime: Paying the Price for police impunity in Ukraine. Many people in Ukraine still face arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment, and other human rights violations at the hands of the police.
Comments on the Draft Declaration for the Izmir High Level Conference
14/06/2011
In this document we wish to highlight several of our principal concerns with the current draft of the Declaration and Plan of Action.
The AIRE Centre and Amnesty International's submission to CDDH-UE May 2011
20/05/2011
The AIRE Centre and Amnesty International address these comments to the Informal Working Group on the Accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights (‘CDDH-UE’) on the occasion of this week’s meeting.
Fees: A barrier to justice
15/04/2011
Imposing a fee on applicants to the European Court of Human Rights may deny victims of human rights violations access to justice, based on their ability to pay.
Joint statement distributed at the Izmir Conference
15/04/2011
The European Court of Human Rights is at the heart of the system for the protection of human rights in Europe. Its role is to ensure the observance of the obligations of the 47 states which are party to the European Convention on Human Rights for some 800 million people.
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Spotlight
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’!