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Death penalty
Letter to President Borroso - Halting the EU trade in torture and death penalty equipment 270411
05/05/2011It has now been over a year since Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation published the report ‚From Words to Deeds: making the EU ban in ‘tools of torture’ a reality”.
Death Sentences and Executions 2010
28/03/2011At least 23 countries were known to have carried out judicial executions in 2010. This is four more than 2009, when Amnesty International recorded the lowest number of executing countries since the organisation began monitoring death penalty figures.
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.
Death sentences and executions 2009
30/03/2010The world witnessed further progress towards ending judicial killings by states in 2009. For the first time since Amnesty International started keeping records, not a single execution was carried out in all of Europe, while important steps were taken to turn the United Nations General Assembly resolutions calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions into reality.
Report on Death Sentences and Executions 2009: letter to Baroness Ashton
30/03/2010 Amnesty International would like to draw attention to the attached report Death Sentences and Executions 2009, which is published on 30 March 2010. The report documents the annual statistics of death sentences and executions carried out around the globe, concluding that in 2009 the world has witnessed further progress towards ending judicial killings by states, with more than two-thirds of the countries of the world having abolished the death penalty in law or in practice.
Droits Humains: Joindre les actes aux paroles
23/06/2009 Pendant la présidence suédoise, l’Union européenne va devoir faire face à des changements mondiaux et institutionnels. La crise économique et financière va exiger des réponses évitant l'agitation sociale; la sauvegarde des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels sera un élément déterminant. Une nouvelle Commission et un nouveau Parlement européens offrent de nouvelles possibilités pour débloquer la réforme institutionnelle, sous la direction déterminée de la présidence. À ces efforts devraient s’ajouter une réflexion renouvelée autour des politiques de l’Union européenne relatives aux droits humains et sur la manière de développer ses mécanismes internes, ainsi que des outils de consultations de la société civile plus transparents.
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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’!