Calls to action
Americas
Asylum and migration
Los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea (UE) y de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) deben abordar con urgencia los graves problemas de derechos humanos que afrontan sus respectivos continentes, ha declarado hoy Amnistía Internacional en una carta abierta a los líderes y...
13th July 2023
Statements And Reports
European Union Member States
Technology and human rights
As European Union institutions begin trilogue negotiations, civil society calls on EU institutions to ensure the Regulation puts people and fundamental rights first in the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). In Europe and around the world, AI systems are used to monitor and control us in public...
12th July 2023
Letters
Americas
Asylum and migration
At the forthcoming summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on 17-18 July in Brussels, Amnesty International urges both sides to prioritize human rights across all areas of their relations at a critical time for the two regions. After...
7th July 2023
Letters
European Union Member States
Asylum and migration
As Spain assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), Amnesty International calls on the Spanish government to ensure that human rights are at the forefront of the mandate. The Spanish presidency comes at a time of increased challenges in Europe: ongoing Russia’s war against...
29th June 2023
Letters
European Union Member States
EU policy on human rights
Civil Society Europe, Amnesty International, the Civil Liberties Union for Europe, the European Partnership for Democracy, ILGA-Europe and Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea) welcome the European Commission’s decision on carrying an impact assessment. We would like to highlight some key...
27th June 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
EU policy on human rights
Responding to the European Court of Human Rights’ finding today that Hungary violated transgender people’s right to respect for private life by not providing adequate procedures for legal gender recognition and the EU Court of Justice’s binding decision that Hungary violated EU law by demanding...
22nd June 2023
Statements And Reports
Europe and Central Asia
Asylum and migration
Athens, June 21, 2023: Greece must guarantee independent and effective monitoring of violations of the human rights of refugees and migrants to restore the rule of law, following the European Commission request to the Greek authorities for an investigation of a push back of refugees by the Hellenic...
21st June 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Asylum and migration
Reacting to the tragic news that almost 80 people trying to reach Europe on Tuesday have died in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece, with hundreds more still missing at sea, Adriana Tidona, Amnesty International’s researcher on migration, said: “This is a tragedy of unimaginable proportions,...
19th June 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Technology and human rights
Responding to today’s vote by Members of the European Parliament urging the European Union (EU) to more tightly regulate the use, manufacture and trade of spyware, Rebecca White, campaigner at Amnesty Tech’s Disrupting Surveillance Team, said: “This vote by the...
19th June 2023
Letters
Europe and Central Asia
Asylum and migration
Joint NGO statement by Amnesty International, Danish Refugee Council, HIAS Europe, Human Rights Watch, International Rescue Committee, Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders, Missing Children Europe, Oxfam, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages International. Once again, dozens of...
16th June 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Technology and human rights
Responding to the European Parliament’s decision to ban invasive mass surveillance technologies in its Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), Mher Hakobyan, Advocacy Advisor on AI Regulation said: “We welcome the European Parliament’s decision to adopt a ban...
14th June 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Brussels, 12th June 2023 | CASE legal experts A common position to a draft anti-SLAPP law endorsed by the EU governments on Thursday, 8 June 2023, heavily waters down the Commission’s original proposal and takes a restrictive approach on some of its key provisions which would significantly limit...
13th June 2023