Foreign Policy
Asia/Pacific
Letter to Van Rompuy on EU-India Summit - Retain human rights at the heart of relationship
08/02/2012
The 12th EU-India Summit, to be held in New Delhi on 10 February, offers both sides an opportunity to demonstrate that human rights are genuinely at the heart of this important strategic partnership, particularly while discussing human rights concerns in India and the EU, cooperation in multilateral fora, and the future EU-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Letter to Ashton on the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan
30/11/2011
The Bonn Conference on 5 December is a key moment to discuss the status of the transition and reconciliation process in Afghanistan, and to decide on important foundations for the future of Afghanistan. The reconciliation process must result in justice for past human rights violations, in order to build a peaceful and sustainable Afghanistan.
Letter to van Rompuy: Place human rights on the EU-China agenda
20/10/2011
The 14th EU-China Summit, to be held in Tianjin on 25 October 2011, presents an invaluable opportunity to demonstrate that human rights are genuinely at the heart of the European Union’s foreign policy.
Letter to Ashton on human rights lawyers in China
01/07/2011
Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the current situation of human rights lawyers in China, and urges the EU to call on the Chinese government to guarantee space for lawyers to exercise their profession. Human rights lawyers are at serious risk of being picked up and vanishing into a legal limbo, with forcible disappearance or arbitrary detention on the increase. Alarmingly, incidences of torture and other ill-treatment appear to be on the rise.
Letter to Van Rompuy on the EU-Japan Summit
25/05/2011
The EU–Japan Summit in Brussels is an excellent opportunity for these two global actors to reiterate and act on their commitment to protecting and promoting human rights at home and abroad. Japan and the EU must take a clear stand on the need to fight impunity and ensure accountability for human rights abuses, such as in Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Japan and the EU must also ensure accountability for their own past human rights violations.
Letter to Van Rompuy on his visit to China
11/05/2011
Ahead of European Council President Van Rompuy’s visit to China, Amnesty International urges him to raise human rights concerns at the highest level of leadership. While China is emerging as a global power, the human rights situation in the country is deteriorating. We are deeply concerned about the widening crackdown on dissent and the impact on freedom of expression within Chinese society, and the continuing persecution of religious and ethnic minority groups.
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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’!