05/06/2013 – Letter to Alan Shatter TD Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence on Council Conclusions on Fundamental Rights & Rule of Law. Amnesty International welcomes the Irish presidency’s initiative of adopting conclusions on fundamental rights and the rule of law at the June JHA Council meeting.

SOS EUROPE: European Parliament must stand up for migrants

08/04/2013 – South African law enforcement officials are increasingly violating the right to life and the right not to be subjected to torture in the context of the “war against crime” and in the policing of protests over socio-economic conditions.

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.