A diamond mine in the Central African Republic. ©Amnesty International

The EU-China Summit offers a crucial opportunity to put human rights at the top of discussions, and move forwards with clear action.

29/06/2015 – On the day of the EU-China Summit, Amnesty International has joined forces with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Watch and the International Campaign for Tibet to call on the EU and China to ensure human rights lead the Summit discussions.

A Congolese artisan mine worker shows a small peice of gold found after water processing, in Chudja, Democratric Republic of the Congo (DRC). The UN reveals that a lot of gold is still financing armed groups in DRC. Credit: EPA

20/04/2015 – Ahead of your engagement in the Strategic Dialogue in China on 5-6 May, Amnesty International calls on the European Union (EU) and its member states to ensure that human rights remain at the front and centre of this and all other exchanges with the Chinese government.

04/12/2014 – Amnesty International urges the European Union (EU) and its member states to engage with the Philippines government over the widespread use of torture or otherwise ill-treatment by its police. Released today, Amnesty International’s report, Above the law: Police torture in the Philippines, reveals that, despite the passage of the Anti-Torture Act criminalising torture in the Philippines in November 2009, torture is still rife and appears to be routine during interrogations in some police stations.

01/09/2014 – Amnesty International, FIDH (the International Federation for Human Rights), and its member organization, the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma) today call on the European Union (EU) and its member states to ensure continued international engagement on the human rights situation in Myanmar by again introducing a resolution on the country at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in October 2014.

28/03/2014 – Ahead of President Xi Jinping’s March visit to the European Union (EU), Amnesty International is urging you to put human rights at the centre of EU relations with China. There are urgent human rights concerns that must remain at the top of the EU-China dialogue and agenda.

21/03/2013 – Ahead of the EU-Japan Summit, and following Japan’s rejection of key recommendations made in the 14th session of the Universal Periodic Review related to the death penalty, the daiyo kangoku substitute detention system, and justice for survivors of Japan’s military sexual slavery system, Amnesty International calls on the EU to press Japan to address its serious human rights failings. We particularly urge you to raise the following concerns.