24/07/2009 – On 18 May 2009 the European Investment Bank (EIB) launched a public consultation to review its transparency policy, public disclosure policy and complaints mechanism policy. This briefing paper is Amnesty International’s submission to the EIB consultation on these three policies.

24/07/2009 – Amnesty International welcomes the European Investment Bank (EIB) public consultation on its revised Transparency, Public Disclosure and Complaints Mechanism Policies. 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.

EU: Close human rights gaps in the Stockholm Programme

30/06/2009 –  Oil has been extracted commercially in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, for half a century. The massive oil deposits have generated billions of dollars in revenues for the country yet the vast majority of people living in the oil producing areas live in poverty. Oil may have brought wealth to the few, but it has brought impoverishment, conflict, human rights abuses and despair to many.

30/06/2009 – Oil has been extracted commercially in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, for half a century. The massive oil deposits have generated billions of dollars in revenues for the country yet the vast majority of people living in the oil producing areas live in poverty. Oil may have brought wealth to the few, but it has brought impoverishment, conflict, human rights abuses and despair to many.

30/06/2009 – Joint Amnesty International and ECCJ submission on the Green Paper on the Review of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and recognition and enforcement of judgements in civil and commercial matters.

15/06/2009 – Human rights must be on the agenda at June Ministerial Meeting.

08/06/2009 – Amnesty calls for prison conditions and use of the death penalty to be discussed at Ministerial Meeting.