Amnesty International EU Association

Arms export 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, Amnesty International said today.

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.

14/05/2004 – 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

Protecting the human rights of women and girls trafficked for forced prostitution in Kosovo

Amnesty International today calls on the EU to step up its financial and legal support for the fight against trafficking in women, following the release of a new Amnesty report detailing the suffering of women who are trafficked and forced into prostitution in Kosovo.

06/05/2004 – Protecting the human rights of women and girls trafficked for forced prostitution in Kosovo. Amnesty International considers that the trafficking of women into forced prostitution is one of the most widespread and pervasive forms of violence against women. In this report, the organization identifies trafficking as a series of abuses and violations of the human rights of trafficked women and girls, both at the hand of their traffickers and subsequently, within the criminal justice system.

Într-un raport dat publicitãþii în Bruxelles la doar câteva zile dupã extinderea istoricã a Uniunii Europene, Amnesty International aduce în centrul atenþiei problemele existente în spitalele de psihiatrie din România, candidatã la urmãtorul val al extinderii UE.

In a report released in Brussels only days after the EU’s historic enlargement, Amnesty International has turned the spotlight on human rights issues in psychiatric hospitals in Romania, which is candidate for the next wave of EU expansion.

(Bruxelles 4 mai, 2004) Într-un raport dat publicitãþii în Bruxelles la doar câteva zile dupã extinderea istoricã a Uniunii Europene, Amnesty International aduce în centrul atenþiei problemele existente în spitalele de psihiatrie din România, candidatã la urmãtorul val al extinderii UE.

(Brussels 4 May, 2004) In a report released in Brussels only days after the EU’s historic enlargement, Amnesty International has turned the spotlight on human rights issues in psychiatric hospitals in Romania, which is a candidate for the next wave of EU expansion.