Statements And Reports
European Union Member States
Sexual and reproductive rights
Amnesty International welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence (COM (2022) 105 final, 8 March 2022) (hereinafter “draft Directive”). As this draft Directive is negotiated, we urge the Parliament, Council, and the...
1st June 2023
Letters
European Union Member States
Economic, social and cultural rights
15 organisations united under the European Coalition on Sex Workers’ Rights and Inclusion and the 170 organisations signatories call on all Members of the European Parliament to support sex workers’ rights and their inclusion and to reject any attempts to criminalise sex work as a part of the...
12th January 2023
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Economic, social and cultural rights
“I won’t stop speaking out for women’s rights” vows woman rights defender An activist who faces a potential fine after speaking about abortion rights and women’s rights at a United Nations forum, should have the defamation charge against her dropped, Amnesty International said ahead of the...
16th December 2022
Press Releases
European Union Member States
EU policy on human rights
The Polish Constitutional Tribunal’s ruling to invalidate the constitutionality of access to abortion on the ground of “severe and irreversible fetal defect or incurable illness that threatens the fetus’ life” (1) will further harm women and girls and violates their human rights, Amnesty...
23rd October 2020
Statements And Reports
European Union Member States
Sexual and reproductive rights
Amnesty International, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Human Rights Watch will be sending independent expert monitors to the forthcoming hearing of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal as the court prepares to issue a decision regarding the constitutionality of access to abortion on the ground...
20th October 2020
Press Releases
Europe and Central Asia
Asylum and migration
People’s rights are being violated by governments in Europe and Central Asia, who are cracking down on protests and seeking to erode the independence of the judiciary to avoid accountability, Amnesty International said today as it published its annual review of human rights in the region. The...
16th April 2020
Press Releases
Europe and Central Asia
Sexual and reproductive rights
100 groups call for urgent measures to safeguard access to abortion Poland prepares to debate draconian law to further restrict abortion European governments should urgently guarantee safe and timely access to abortion care for women and girls in the region during the COVID-19 pandemic, 100...
9th April 2020
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Sexual and reproductive rights
Following a vote today rejecting a that would have forced women seeking an abortion to view an ultrasound scan of the embryo or foetus, Amnesty’s Senior Campaigner on Women’s Rights, Monica Costa Riba, said: “Today’s vote is a victory for women and for reproductive rights. By rejecting this bill,...
5th December 2019
Press Releases
Europe and Central Asia
Discrimination
Reacting to the news that an Ankara administrative appeals court has today lifted the blanket ban on all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex events in place in the capital since November 2017, Fotis Filippou, Campaigns Director for Europe at Amnesty International said: “One of the...
19th April 2019
Press Releases
Sexual and reproductive rights
• Spokespeople available In an important step forward in the fight against gender-based violence against women, the Irish government has ratified the Istanbul convention today, to ensure better protection and support for victims of such violence. Reacting to the news that Ireland has become the...
8th March 2019
Press Releases
European Union Member States
Sexual and reproductive rights
Women in Poland are strong and determined and we will defeat this threat. But we should not have to fight our own members of parliament to get our basic rights. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY 22 March 2018 Poland: Mass demonstrations against dangerous abortion restrictions Spokespeople...
22nd March 2018
Press Releases
Europe and Central Asia
EU external relations
Last year our world was immersed in crises, with prominent leaders offering us a nightmarish vision of a society blinded by hatred and fear. This emboldened those who promote bigotry, but it inspired far more people to campaign for a more hopeful future, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE STRICTLY...
22nd February 2018