AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND THE OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE

EU-Ukraine Summit: Raise Human Rights Deficiencies

Annual Report 2006-07 : Human Rights and the EU

Amnesty International Report 2007 shows EU in denial of its human rights problems

(Brussels, 21 March) While the EU celebrates the Year of Equal Opportunities for all, racism and discrimination remains severe and widespread as a fundamental human rights problem across the EU, says Amnesty International on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) is a step in the right direction but today’s human rights challenges in Europe call for a much stronger mechanism, says Amnesty International on day of the opening of the new Agency in Vienna. (To access the Amnesty International “speech” click here)

(Brussels, 26 February) The EU cannot continue to ignore the plight of thousands of citizens who are still living in legal limbo or awaiting compensation from the Slovenian authorities for being denied their most basic rights, says Amnesty International.

Discrimination against Roma persists in various forms in several European countries. Amnesty International launches a new report on the discrimination of Roma children in primary education. This report looks at the youngest victims of discrimination in three countries of the former-Yugoslavia: Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia.