Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Reprieve, and the Center for Constitutional Rights held a Press Conference ahead of next week’s meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers on: Closing Guantanamo: How can the EU and its Member States help end a human rights scandal       Speakers:     Zachary Katznelson, Reprieve Reed Brody, Human Rights Watch Camilla Jelbart, Amnesty International Irena Sabic, Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative, Center for Constitutional Rights

24/02/2009 – Ahead of the discussions of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council next week on how to help the US close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, this is a letter from an international coalition of non-governmental organisations actively involved in advocacy and litigation on the closure of Guantanamo.

European Parliament Resolution on CIA renditions: Positive step after two years

(Brussels, 26 January) EU Foreign Ministers should deliver a clear call for investigation and accountability of violations of international law, including possible war crimes, committed by both parties during the conflict in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel.

Offer Humanitarian Protection to Detainees Who Risk Torture or Persecution at Home

22/01/2009 – Joint letter of members of an international coalition of non-governmental organizations on Guantanamo.

Ahead of tonight’s and Sunday’s meetings with EU Foreign Ministers and Israeli and Palestinian counterparts, Amnesty International calls on the EU to deliver a strong message that crimes committed by all parties during the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip must be investigated and those responsible held accountable. Click here to read the Amnesty International EU Office letter.

Amnesty International welcomes President Obama’s first act in office: the call for a temporary halt and review of all military tribunals. This is an important signal of recognition by the new US administration that trials taking place under the Military Commissions Act are deeply flawed and fall far short of international fair trial standards.

20/01/2009 – Amnesty International calls on EU Foreign Ministers, meeting on 21, 25 and 29 January 2009, to make a clear call for investigation and accountability for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, including war crimes, committed by both parties to the conflict in Gaza.

07/01/2009 – Letter to EU-Troika on the need for increased EU action to address the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Gaza.

With this document Amnesty International presents specific recommendations, achievable within a six-month EU presidency, on a range of pressing human rights issues where the Czech Republic is uniquely placed to effect change.