Gender based violence
FGM
Turkey Ratifies Convention on Violence Against Women
14/03/2012Amnesty International welcomes Turkey's ratification of the Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
Time for European commitment to banishing violence against women
08/03/2012On International Women's Day, Amnesty International has challenged the European Union to show tangible progress in freeing Europe from violence against women. T
Does the EU have zero vision on ending female genital mutilation?
03/02/2012Ahead of the International Day of Zero Tolerance of female genital mutilation (FGM), Amnesty International and the European Women’s Lobby challenged the European Union to lay out its vision and commitment for ending female genital mutilation and other forms of violence against women.
Hungary’s EU presidency should strive for ‘Europe with a human rights touch’
04/01/2011
As Hungary takes the chair of the European Union’s six-month rotating presidency for the first time, Amnesty International has challenged the country’s government to improve the EU’s defence of human rights worldwide, and today presented a list of recommendations to Dr Róbert Répássy, the Hungarian Junior Minister for Justice.
Buzek, Reding and people of Europe support EU action on female genital mutilation
09/12/2010On the eve of Human Rights Day, Amnesty International’s END FGM European Campaign is calling on the European Union to heed the voices of over 24,000 people across Europe who signed a rose petal to support an EU-wide strategy against female genital mutilation. Rose petals were also signed by a number of EU officials such as the European Parliament’s President Jerzy Buzek* and vice President Isabelle Durant, the European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding* and the Belgian vice Prime Minister and representative of Belgian Presidency of the EU Joëlle Milquet.
"Don't short-change human rights", Amnesty International tells EU's new diplomats
30/11/2010On the day the European Union’s new diplomatic body, the European External Action Service (EEAS), is launched, Amnesty International has expressed deep concern that the EU’s human rights capacity will be drastically diminished under the new system.
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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).