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Council of Europe
Amnesty International briefing on ‘Unfinished business: Combating torture and ill-treatment in Moldova’
03/04/2012
On 3 April, in Chisinau, Amnesty International will launch the briefing Unfinished Business: Combating Torture and Ill-treatment in Moldova. The briefing updates previous reports we have produced on torture and other ill-treatment in Moldova, and examines actions by the Moldovan authorities to address human rights violations committed by police in April 2009 following the election demonstrations.
Speech: What is new on the alleged CIA illegal detention and transfers of prisoners in Europe?
27/03/2012Julia Hall, Amnesty International’s expert on counter-terrorism and human rights, gives a speech at the LIBE hearing on 27 March, 2012
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.
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Music album for International Roma Day
06/04/2012
To coincide with International Roma Day, Amnesty International proudly presents its Roma music album. Music is a vital ...
PEOPLE UNDER THREAT: Fatima Hussein Badi, Death Penalty, Yemen
26/03/2012
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).