16/04/2013 – We consider it fundamental that article 1 of draft Protocol 15 recalls the supervisory jurisdiction of the Court and recognizes that the Court remains the sole institution impowered to define, develop and apply tools of judicial interpretation such as the margin of appreciation...

Ground-breaking step for human rights protection    (Brussels, 5 April 2013) Today in Strasbourg negotiators from Council of Europe member states and the European Union have reached agreement on the European Union’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights following nearly...

21/03/2013 – This submission provides information on individual cases to highlight some of Amnesty International’s main concerns regarding violations of freedom of expression and assembly and the imprisonment of journalists and human rights defenders following unfair trials in Azerbaijan.

01/03/2013 – Amnesty International submits this contribution to the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) in the context of the evaluation of the implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec (2010)5 on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity (in...

26/02/2013 – This briefing is submitted in accordance with Rule 9(2) of the Rules of the Committee of Ministers for the supervision of the execution of judgments and with the terms of friendly settlements adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 10 May 2006.

26/02/2013 – This briefing is submitted in accordance with Rule 9(2) of the Rules of the Committee of Ministers for the supervision of the execution of judgments and of the terms of friendly settlements adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 10 May 2006.

07/02/2013 – Amnesty International is concerned about the recent arrests of peaceful protesters in Baku on Saturday 26 January, in the aftermath of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s discussion on Azerbaijan.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   Second-class education for Czech Republic’s Roma children   (Brussels, 7 December 2012) The Council of Europe has called on the Czech Republic to end the segregation of Romani school children. Meeting last week, the Committee of Ministers urged...

03/12/2012 – In its decision in June 2012 with respect to the execution of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic, the Committee of Ministers asked the Czech Government to submit a “consolidated act

15/11/2012 – Joint submission sent by the European Roma Rights Centre, Open Society Justice Initiative, Amnesty International, Česká Odborná Společnost Pro Onkluzivní Vzdělávání (COSIV) and the League of Human Rights [Czech Republic] (LIGA) to the CoE...

13/11/2012 – The undersigned Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) welcome the resumed progress of the discussions on the European Union’s (EU’s) accession to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and are grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   Czech Government still discriminates against Romani school children   (Brussels, 8 November 2012) Five years after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that sending Romani children in the Czech Republic to ‘special’ and Roma-only...