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 policies and practices.

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 policies and practices.

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 provided by the European Parliament’s adoption, on 13 March 2007, of the report “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): a new partnership”.

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

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 what may broadly be described as “tools of torture”. However, the EU commitment is not yet strong enough to adequately prevent this trade.

22/01/2007 – In 2007, the European Union holds the Presidency of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. To date, this mechanism that was created to eliminate conflict diamonds from the diamond trade has not been enforced effectively enough, and conflict diamonds are still in circulation, as the new film ‘Blood Diamond’ highlights.

(Paris/Brussels, 24 March 2006) The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Amnesty International express their disappointment regarding the long-awaited Communication of the European Commission entitled “Implementing the partnership for growth and jobs: making Europe a pole of excellence on Corporate Social Responsibility” published on 22 March 2006.

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01/09/2004 – Presentation by Dick Oosting, Director, Amnesty International EU Office to the European Parliament Subcommittee on Security and Defence (Word document).

Arms exports controls in the expanded European Union are dangerously ineffective and stringent new regulations are urgently needed to protect human rights and safeguard people’s security.