14/06/2012 – With the imminent hearing on 21 June by the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights on the Guidelines to European Union (EU) policy towards third countries on torture, and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (hereafter ’torture and ill-treatment‘ and ’Torture Guidelines‘), we are sending our views on the Torture Guidelines as updated on 15 March this year.

13/06/2012 – Amnesty International’s report We can run away from bombs, but not from hunger: Sudan’s refugees in South Sudan documents widespread human rights violations faced by civilians from Sudan’s Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states owing to the continuing conflict there, and the human rights abuses and humanitarian challenges which confront them in the refugee camps to which they are fleeing.

07/06/2012 – As the 2012 Split Pride approaches, we should like to draw your attention to our latest report launched this week.

26/04/2012 – In June 2012, the Council of the European Union will approve the extension of the mandate of the EU-led rule of law mission in Kosovo, (EULEX). In this report, Amnesty International advocates that the new mandate should include specific measures to ensure that EULEX, as a matter of urgency, prioritizes the investigation and prosecution of crimes under international law, including war crimes and crimes against humanity.

20/04/2012 – With this letter, we would like to draw your particular attention to the plight of Afghanistan’s substantial displaced population, as documented in Amnesty International’s report Fleeing war, finding misery: The plight of the internally displaced in Afghanistan’. We call on you to pledge the EU’s continued support to IDPs and returning refugees, including through humanitarian assistance. We further encourage you to put displacement high on the agenda of the Tokyo Donors’ Conference in July. With this letter, we would like to draw your particular attention to the plight of Afghanistan’s substantial displaced population, as documented in Amnesty International’s report