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Amnesty International, in a comprehensive analysis of the European Union’s human rights policies, calls on the Belgian EU Presidency to make human rights an explicit priority saying the gap between policy and practice is still too wide. Amnesty International’s Memorandum to the Belgian...

Amnesty International says EU leaders must tell the US President he is on a collision course with Europe and much of the rest of the world, on key human rights issues such as the death penalty and the establishment of the International Criminal Court. With Juan Raul Garza due to be executed under...

Amnesty International has expressed alarm at proposals to be discussed (and possibly adopted) at this Monday’s EU Justice and Homes Affairs Council to introduce new immigration and asylum measures which the organisation says contravene international human rights and refugee standards....

“Relations between the Parties, as well as all the provisions of the Agreement itself, shall be based on respect for human rights and democratic principles, which guides their internal and international policy and constitutes an essential element of this Agreement.” (Article 2....

(Brussels, May 8, 2001) Three leading international human rights organisations congratulate the European Commission for today’s communication on EU human rights policy, but urge the Council of Ministers to show the political will to act on it. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the...

Amnesty International congratulated the European Union for the adoption by the General Affairs Council today (9 April) of guidelines on the prevention and eradication of torture in third countries and called on governments around the world to follow the EU’s example. “The adoption of...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, AVOCATS SANS FRONTIÈRES, EURO-MED HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK, INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (FIDH), HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, OBSERVATORY FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, WORLD ORGANIZATION AGAINST...

As EU leaders prepare to meet the Russian President Vladimir Putin at their summit in Stockholm, Amnesty International demands that they send the Russian leader home with a clear message. “EU leaders must press the Russian President to agree to an international investigation into human rights...

As EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers prepare to meet in Brussels, Thursday (15 March), Amnesty International warns that measures against illegal immigration to be discussed at their meeting may breach the international human rights commitments of EU Member States. According to Amnesty...

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