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31/03/2015 – This report covers the judicial use of the death penalty for the period January to December 2014. As in previous years, information is collected from a variety of sources, including: official figures; information from individuals sentenced to death and their families and representatives; reporting by other civil society organisations; and media reports.

30/03/2015 – Statement by Iverna McGowan, acting Director of Amnesty International European Institutions Office during the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Hearing: ‘The situation of fundamental rights in the European Union’, on 30 March 2015

27/03/2015 – As NGOs present at the Brussels conference on the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights, we welcome the draft Declaration’s deadline of June 2016 to improve the execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, but regret that it does not set out the specific measures that states and the Committee of Ministers should take to improve implementation.

Today is a dark day for Spain with these reforms representing a multi-pronged attack on a raft of rights.

Love does not discriminate, and neither should our laws.

If the Azerbaijani regime is really serious about human rights, it will release all the prisoners of conscience immediately and unconditionally.

19/03/2015 – The German Constitutional Court ruling striking down a blanket prohibition for teachers to wear religious and cultural symbols or dress in North-Rhine Westphalia, the most populous German state, is an important step towards combating discrimination based on religion or belief.

19/03/2015 – Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists comment on the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism in advance of the third meeting of the Committee on Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Related Issues. They set out a short overview of some of the main concerns raised by the proposed text, including the excessively broad scope of application of the draft Protocol and the speed of the process itself which does not allow for an appropriate degree of consultation and debate on this complex topic. It has been noted that the principle of legality in respect of criminal offences, and the right to a fair trial, are of particular importance for this Protocol.

In order for surveillance to be lawful, it must be targeted, based on reasonable suspicion, and subject to prior judicial authorisation.

18/03/2015 – Amnesty International welcomes Italy’s acceptance of numerous recommendations made during its review on refugees and migrants — including on protection, reception conditions and unaccompanied minors — and calls on Italy to implement these urgently.