The Decision on December 8, 2022, by the Council of the European Union to admit Croatia into the Schengen area despite substantiated reports of frequent breaches of EU and international human rights law by Croatian authorities and its border guards shows disregard for the EU’s commitment to...

Ahead of a court hearing on Monday in Istočno Sarajevo, Amnesty International urges BUK, a  hydropower company owned by Belgian-based Green Invest to drop their defamation suits against two local activists who publicly expressed concerns about the potential environmental impact of the...

The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) has crossed the finish line, with the European Parliament adopting the proposal in a vote on 5 July 2022. This landmark digital regulation has gone through the legislative process in record speed and is expected to be of similarly transformative force as the EU’s...

As the Czech Republic government prepares to assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), Amnesty International calls to ensure that human rights are at the forefront of the Czech presidency’s mandate. This presidency comes at a time of increased challenges in Europe, including...

European Union institutions are failing to end the rampant human rights violations committed with spyware, Amnesty International said today, after the organization independently confirmed new attacks using Pegasus spyware against prominent Catalans. New research by the Citizen Lab has revealed how...

New Law Includes Obligation to Address Abuses in Battery Supply Chains The European Union’s proposed batteries regulation should require importers and manufacturers to source the bauxite, copper, and iron used in batteries responsibly, a coalition of 13 organizations said today. The coalition...

Amnesty International and partners are calling on European Union member states to ensure the upcoming Digital Services Act (DSA) contains robust human rights protections, in an open letter published today. The letter – signed by 72 European civil society organizations – is calling for the DSA to be...

Responding to the publication of the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, Patrick Wilcken, Head of Business and Human Rights at Amnesty International said:  “The EU Commission’s decision to develop a directive marks a milestone on the road...

Amnesty has written to UK and EU negotiators to guarantee human rights protections secured under the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol ‘The rights of people in Northern Ireland cannot be allowed to become a casualty of any trade war’ – Patrick Corrigan Amnesty International has written to UK and EU...

We, the people of Europe, demand technology that serves us, instead of putting us, our communities and our democracies at risk. We call for an end to Big Tech’s destructive business model which has turned our own data into weapons against us. We demand a better internet, where citizens are able to...

Amnesty International and partners have expressed serious concerns regarding the position of theEuropean Commission on efforts to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and othermedical goods by means of a temporary waiver of certain provisions of the Trade Related Aspects ofIntellectual...

Esther Kiobel has been fighting for a long time to hold those accountable who are responsible for the unlawful killing of her husband Dr Barinem Kiobel and 8 other men in 1995 in Nigeria. The struggle is ongoing. It took two decades, only for her to be allowed to give testimony of what happened in...