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...

30/06/2009 – In this letter, Amnesty International calls on the Swedish EU Presidency to act on its commitment to progress the debate on business and human rights and to include those concrete measures in the agenda of the Conference on Business and Human Rights that will be hosting in...

12/05/2009 – In a debate on business and human rights at the Council of the EU working group on human rights, Amnesty International presented a joint position paper together with the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ). We called on the Council to integrate better corporate...

17/11/2008 – Cover letter; see also “Comments on EIB public consultation on the second draft of Environmental and Social Statement”

17/11/2008 – AI welcomes the EIB’s second round of public consultation on its Statement of Environmental and Social Principles and Standards, and is encouraged by the positive amendments in relation to human rights in the second draft of the document. However, there remain some critical gaps...

18/07/2008 – A letter highlighting the ongoing abusive conditions suffered by women domestic migrant workers in Jordan.

02/07/2008 – Following European Investment Bank’s initiative to open a public consultation on its Statement of Environmental and Social Principles and Standards, Amnesty International calls on the EIB to use this opportunity to ensure respect for human rights is placed at the core of EIB...

02/07/2008 – Following European Investment Bank’s initiative to open a public consultation on its Statement of Environmental and Social Principles and Standards, Amnesty International calls on the EIB to use this opportunity to ensure respect for human rights is placed at the core of EIB...

24/05/2007 – The debate on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the EU comes after a year of stalemate brought about by the Commission’s Communication on CSR (COM 0249 of March 2006) which failed to address the backbone of accountability. An opportunity to overcome this impasse has been...

01/03/2007 – Report on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): a new partnership – Plenary session 12 March 2007

EU regulation does not prevent trade in tools of torture “When I was in Guantánamo Bay, one of the things I pointed out to my lawyer was how it was ironic that these shackles were made in England, just like me and him. It was very bizarre. Those shackles would often cut into my arms […]

27/02/2007 – At a time when the use of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment  remains widespread in many countries and has even been justified as part of the “war on terror”, governments of the European Union (EU) have made a commitment to prevent the trade in...