Foreign Policy
North America
Guantanamo : A decade of damage to human rights
10/01/2012This report highlights the unlawful treatment of Guantánamo detainees and outlines 10 ‘anti-human rights’ messages the detention centre continues to send out to the world.
Letter to Van Rompuy on the EU-US Summit
18/11/2011
The EU-US Summit on 28 November is set to assess the progress on addressing global challenges and strengthening the security of citizens since last year’s Summit in Lisbon. This must be done in a frank and honest manner, with both EU and US leaders looking at whether their “conviction that respect for fundamental rights and freedoms and joint efforts to strengthen security cooperation are mutually reinforcing” – as stated in the Joint Declaration adopted in Lisbon – is fulfilled in practice.
Investigation into Polish complicity in the US-led rendition programmes must lead to accountability
03/08/2011
Following the Polish Prosecutor General’s decision to extend for a further six months the investigation into the involvement of Polish authorities in the US-led rendition and secret detention programmes, Amnesty International calls on the Prosecutor General’s office to ensure that the investigation is full, independent, impartial, and effective, and results in real accountability.
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.
Letter to Van Rompuy on EU-US Summit: Accountability and transparency long overdue
15/11/2010The European Union-United States Summit in Lisbon represents an important opportunity for these global actors to reassert that there can be no security without respect for human rights.
Visit of US Vice-President Joe Biden to Brussels on 6 May 2010
05/05/2010In view of the up-coming visit of US Vice-President Joe Biden to Brussels, Amnesty International urges the EU to use this opportunity to engage in an open and frank discussion with the United States (US) on the human rights implications of its counter-terrorism policies.
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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’!