Foreign Policy
Balkans & Turkey
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.
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.
Burying the past
08/06/2009Ten years after the end of the war in Kosovo impunity for enforced disappearances and abductions remains one of the most serious violations of human rights arising from the armed conflict and its aftermath. Enforced disappearances constitute a crime and, in certain circumstances defined in international law, a crime against humanity or a war crime.
Open letter to the EU on fourth anniversary of mass killings in Andizhan
13/05/2009On the fourth anniversary of the mass killings in Andizhan in 2005, Amnesty International calls on the EU to use all opportunities available to continue to demand an independent international investigation into these events.
EU and Human Rights Making the Impact on People Count
03/04/2009To complement Amnesty International’s programme for the rotating EU presidencies, the following document is intended to address our broader human rights concerns to the full range of EU policy makers and actors. It is additionally directed at relevant EU decision makers that do not necessarily have a background in human rights, but whose work nonetheless can potentially create a real impact.
Czech Presidency Memorandum
23/02/2009Read the Amnesty International recommendations to the Czech Presidency of the EU
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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’!