10/07/2008 – A letter to the French Presidency, expressing serious concern at the lack of a human rights dimension in the ‘Union for the Mediterranean’.

EU-Israel: Upgrade commitment to human rights

Barroso’s visit to China: test case for EU’s human rights rhetoric

23/04/2008 – The briefing provides background information on five key human rights concerns in Egypt.

23/04/2008 – Letter to the Presidency to raise the following five current human rights concerns in Egypt: counter-terrorism and state of emergency; freedom of expression, association and assembly; lethal and excessive use of force against migrants and refugees; courts; and men convicted of ‘debauchery’.

Media advisory

15/02/2008 – Letter to the Presidency to highlight the continuing discrimination faced by Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.

06/02/2008 – Letter to the Presidency to raise the following three critical issues of cross-regional importance – the crisis in Darfur; the isolation of Gaza; and the imposition of the death penalty on children.