Interim assessment of the Spanish Presidency’s first three months

Europe must break cycle of discrimination facing Roma

 Amnesty International EU Office Press Release

Amnesty International EU Office Press Release ‘Flaws in EU’s asylum policy leave refugees trapped in Greece without protection’

22/03/2010 – Amnesty International is concerned that state parties to the European Union (EU) Dublin Regulation continue or have resumed the return of asylum-seekers under this Regulation to Greece despite continuing serious concerns with regard to the treatment of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants in Greece.

25/02/2010 – In advance of the JHA Council on 25-26 February, which will include consideration of the proposed Internal Security Strategy (ISS), Amnesty International calls on the Ministers to recommit to upholding human rights in the context of countering terrorism and to seek accountability for Member States’ alleged complicity in the US-led rendition and secret detention programmes.

(Brussels, 17 November) The EU must convey in the strongest possible terms its concern for the successive killings of human rights defenders in Russia and the absence of credible investigations, says Amnesty International ahead of tomorrow’s EU-Russia Summit.

13/11/2009 – Amnesty International welcomes the European Investment Bank (EIB) public consultation on its revised drafts (Draft II) of the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) Complaints Mechanism Principles, Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure and of its Transparency Policy. This review offers an important opportunity for the EIB to ensure that its principles and policies explicitly recognise the founding principle of the European Union (EU) to respect human rights.