These continuing civilian deaths – a predictable result of such attacks – are inexcusable and those responsible on both sides must be held accountable.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

06/11/2014 – The AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe), ECRE (European Council on Refugees and Exiles) and Amnesty International welcome the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment in the case of Tarakhel v Switzerland, in which the organizations had intervened jointly with the assistance of lawyers from across Europe in February 2014.

03/11/2014 – While Amnesty International welcomes the continued attention given to hate crime by EU member states, we are concerned that relevant discussions and conferences have not been followed-up with any commitments to take action at EU level. We believe that the working party should serve to promote much needed new steps in EU policy-making on hate crime.

03/11/2014 – Amnesty International calls on the European Union (EU) and its member states to place human rights at the centre of exchanges during the forthcoming visit of Colombia’s President, Juan Manuel Santos.

Operation Triton is a clear testimony to EU member states’ continuing preoccupation with protecting borders over people

Sending people straight back to Morocco without any procedural safeguards is a clear breach of European and international human rights law.

Amnesty International

30/10/2014 – Amnesty International welcomed the decision today from the Court of Appeal in London in the case of Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and Fatima Boudchar v Straw and Ors in which the Court permitted the Belhaj lawsuit to proceed. Amnesty International had intervened in the case, jointly with the International Commission of Jurists, JUSTICE, and REDRESS.

The EU must step up and strengthen its standards on hate crime. This is key to ensuring that any discriminatory motive is duly taken into account across the whole of the EU.

Joint Amnesty International AIRE Centre Public Statement

23/10/2014 – On 21 October 2014, the European Court of Human Rights released its Chamber judgment in the case of Sharifi and Others v. Italy and Greece (application no. 16643/09). The ruling emphasizes that European Union (EU) member states cannot ignore or circumvent their obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights when implementing EU law or bilateral agreements aimed at returning asylum-seekers to another EU country.