17/04/2013 – Amnesty International has acknowledged the European Commission’s proposal yesterday which would require large European companies to disclose information on environmental and social matters, including human rights, in their annual reports.

18/12/2012 – During the past decade, the public debate in Italy on migration from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East has been characterised by stigmatization of immigrants by the media and politicians, and shaped by increasing xenophobic sentiments among the general public. Against this background, the Italian government has linked immigration control with public security, reinforcing the public perception that the country’s security is threatened by an uncontrollable wave of dangerous “clandestine” migration.

01/10/2012 – Amnesty International (AI) welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the European Parliament’s resolution on the European Commission’s Communication A renewed EU strategy 2011-2014 for Corporate Social Responsibility (the Communication). The resolution offers an excellent opportunity to foster an open debate between stake-holders on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the role the EU could and should play in responding to the challenges it presents.

31/07/2012 – When EIB president Mr. Werner Hoyer met with Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Mr. Salil Shetty, on Monday 23 July they discussed concerns related to the failure of the Serbian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP) and relevant municipalities in southern Serbia to deliver on measures required by the EIB to overcome human rights violations resulting from the Gazela Bridge Rehabilitation Project.

29/06/2012 – This report presents findings by Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation (Omega) from their on-going assessment of the efficacy and implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 of 27 June 2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (the Regulation). The report includes new evidence that companies operating in a number of Member States have marketed or promoted equipment that is prohibited under the Regulation. Other companies have traded in equipment which although not currently prohibited by the Regulation can be readily used to facilitate torture or ill-treatment, and should either be banned or stringently controlled forthwith.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL