Press Releases
European Union Member States
Asylum and migration
Responding to news that European leaders have agreed a negotiating position on the ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’ that would reduce standards of protection for people at arriving at the European Union’s borders, Eve Geddie, Director of Amnesty International’s European Union Office said: “People...
9th June 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Asylum and migration
Reacting to a new investigation from Lighthouse Reports that reveals new details about the February shipwreck of Steccato di Cutro in Italy, which resulted in the death of at least 94 people despite EU Border Agency Frontex and Italian authorities being aware they were in danger, Eve Geddie,...
2nd June 2023
Statements And Reports
European Union Member States
Sexual and reproductive rights
Amnesty International welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence (COM (2022) 105 final, 8 March 2022) (hereinafter “draft Directive”). As this draft Directive is negotiated, we urge the Parliament, Council, and the...
1st June 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Business and Human Rights
Reacting to a vote in the European Parliament today in favour of a draft bill governing the responsibilities of corporations towards human rights and the environment, known as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, Hannah Storey, Amnesty International Policy Advisor on Business and...
1st June 2023
Letters
European Union Member States
EU policy on human rights
As the next EU General Affairs Council prepares to hold a hearing on 30 May 2023 on the situation in Poland and Hungary under the Article 7.1 TEU procedure, the undersigned civil society organisations would like to draw the attention to recent developments regarding the rule of law and human rights...
31st May 2023
26th May 2023
Letters
Americas
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Ahead of the forthcoming EU-Cuba Joint Council on 26 May, Amnesty International and 7 NGOs urged High Representative Borrell to ensure that human rights remain at the very centre of the EU’s relations with Cuba, at a crucial moment for the country’s human rights defenders. Amid the ongoing...
22nd May 2023
Opinion
Europe and Central Asia
Originally published in Politico. By Nils Muižnieks, Europe Regional Office Director, Amnesty International and Rita Patrício, Senior Executive Officer for the Council of Europe, Amnesty International Today, for only the fourth time since its foundation in 1949, the heads of state of the Council of...
16th May 2023
Opinion
Europe and Central Asia
Climate change
This blog is authored by Sébastien Duyck, Senior Attorney; Campaign Manager Human Rights & Climate, Center for International Environmental Law, Amy Jacobsen, Legal Counsel Communications, Greenpeace International, Katharina Rall, Senior Researcher in the Environment and Human...
15th May 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Business and Human Rights
New legislation governing the human rights and environmental obligations of businesses in the EU, known as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, risks being undermined by exemptions and loopholes, Amnesty International said today. A new report issued today, Closing the loopholes:...
15th May 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Technology and human rights
Responding to the European Parliament’s vote on how artificial intelligence systems should be governed under the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), Mher Hakobyan, Advocacy Advisor at Amnesty International, said: “Today the European Parliament sent a strong signal that...
11th May 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Technology and human rights
Responding to the final recommendations and report published today by the European Parliament’s PEGA committee, which urges the European Union (EU) to more tightly regulate the use, manufacture and trade of spyware, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, Head of Amnesty International’s Security Lab, said: ...
9th May 2023