12/04/2010 – Amnesty International would like to draw your attention to its report on the recent developments with respect to the use of diplomatic assurances by European states: ‘Dangerous Deals: Europe’s Reliance on ‚Diplomatic Assurances‛ Against Torture’. The report documents that there are serious deficiencies with diplomatic assurances and calls on European countries to reject once and for all the dangerous practice of relying on feeble promises from governments with proven records of torture.

12/04/2010 – This report focuses exclusively on recent developments with respect to the use of diplomatic assurances against torture and other ill-treatment by European governments. It is not a comprehensive survey of all cases in the Council of Europe region, but an effort to select key cases and initiatives in European countries to highlight the growing use of assurances in the name of countering terrorism;

Interim assessment of the Spanish Presidency’s first three months

Europe must break cycle of discrimination facing Roma

 Amnesty International EU Office Press Release

30/03/2010 – The world witnessed further progress towards ending judicial killings by states in 2009. For the first time since Amnesty International started keeping records, not a single execution was carried out in all of Europe, while important steps were taken to turn the United Nations General Assembly resolutions calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions into reality.

Amnesty International EU Office Press Release ‘Flaws in EU’s asylum policy leave refugees trapped in Greece without protection’

22/03/2010 – Amnesty International is concerned that state parties to the European Union (EU) Dublin Regulation continue or have resumed the return of asylum-seekers under this Regulation to Greece despite continuing serious concerns with regard to the treatment of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants in Greece.

Legal loopholes allow European companies to trade in ‘tools of torture’