Ensuring corporate accountability for environmental impacts in the upcoming EU directive on sustainable corporate governance As the European Union (EU) develops a directive on sustainable corporate governance, this briefing outlines why and how environmental protection must be integrated into...

by Claudia Prettner, Legal/Policy Adviser – Technology, Data Protection, Human Rights, Amnesty International This opinion piece was originally published on Social Europe. New EU digital rules need to tackle the business model of surveillance capitalism. Last December the European Commission...

Civil society statement on the adoption of European Parliament Thursday, 11 March, 2021 Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted with a large majority, 504  in favour, 79 against and 112 abstentions, the Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) legislative own-initiative report by MEP...

This afternoon, the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament adopted an important report requesting the European Commission to submit a formal proposal for an EU due diligence law. The law requires business enterprises, including financial institutions, to address human rights,...

To: Ms Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President A Europe Fit for the Digital Age and Competition European Commission Friday, 27 November 2020 Dear Executive Vice-President Vestager, I am writing to you to raise Amnesty International’s serious concerns over Google’s planned takeover of the...

To: Ms Christina Decker, Director of Foreign Trade and Payments Controls/Law Mr Adrian Toschev, Chair of the Working Party on Dual Use Goods German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Dear Ms. Decker and Mr. Toschev, We, the undersigned organisations, write to ask you to reconsider the final...

Joint open letter by: Action Aid, Amnesty International, Anti-Slavery, CIDSE, Clean Clothes Campaign, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, European Coalition for Corporate Justice, FIDH, Friends of the Earth Europe, Global Witness and Oxfam. All around the world, businesses are...

We the undersigned civil society organisations and trade unions, are calling for effective EU legislation that establishes a mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence framework for business, companies and financial institutions operating, or offering a product or service, within the...

The European Union (EU) and its member states are falling short on their commitment to support and protect human rights defenders (HRDs) who are facing mounting deadly threats and attacks, a new Amnesty International report out today shows.  ...

Dear Prime Minister, As the Finnish government prepares to assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), Amnesty International calls on you to ensure that human rights are at the forefront of your mandate. The Finnish Presidency comes at a key moment of institutional transition...

JOINT POLICY NOTE 25 APRIL 2019 The extraction, transport, and trade of minerals have been linked to conflict, corruption, and human rights abuses for decades. The minerals trade has financed armed groups, bankrolled oppressive security forces, facilitated money laundering and corruption, and...

• Amnesty International spokespeople available for interview • Press conference opposite administrative court of Paris at 11.00 25 April Amnesty International will today (Thursday April 25) legally challenge the French government’s decision to donate six boats to the Libyan Navy, which includes the...