AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

22/02/2011 – Ahead of the next Justice & Home Affairs Council’s anticipated discussions on the migration challenges following recent unrest in Tunisia and other North African countries, we are submitting a series of recommendations on how the EU and member states should respond.

21/01/2011 – Amnesty International has urged José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, who will receive a visit on 24 January by President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, to make human rights central to their discussions.

03/12/2010 – On International Human Rights Day, India and the EU meet in Brussels to further build on their strategic partnership. We recall the need to place the promotion and protection of human rights at the centre of all policies and cooperation. With this letter, we highlight specific issues requiring attention at the Summit and beyond: tackling discrimination, ensuring human rights are upheld in security and counter-terrorism operations, and the crucial role of India and the EU in advancing human rights in international fora.

16/11/2010 – In a letter sent to the President of the European Council on the occasion of the EU – US Summit on 20 November, Amnesty International reiterates the importance of ensuring accountability and transparency for human rights violations committed in connection with counter-terrorism operations, including the need to address complicity by EU Member States in these operations. Ensuring accountability for past human rights violations is key – not only in providing redress to victims of human rights violations, but also for the credibility of the EU and the USA as global actors in their efforts to ensure respect for human rights worldwide.

16/11/2010 – European Commission, EP-LIBE, EU Presidency. Each letter contains a different set of recommendations.

16/11/2010 – After nearly a decade of widespread impunity and absence of remedy for human rights violations – including enforced disappearance and torture – that have occurred in the context of US-led counter-terrorism operations, however, the legal obligation to look back and ensure full accountability for such violations has been ignored by these governments for too long.

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