Photo by Giuseppe Matese. Property of End FGM European Network. The root causes of gender-based violence and restrictions of women and girls’ sexual and reproductive rights are the same – systematic gender discrimination rooted in patriarchal structures that control women and...

Amnesty International The EU must step up and strengthen its standards on hate crime. This is key to ensuring that any discriminatory motive is duly taken into account across the whole of the EU. Amnesty International Press Release Brussels 28 October 2014 The European Union (EU) and its member...

Amnesty International The UK is signed up to international agreements to protect women and girls rights to life and health. This should mean all women and girls in the UK, not just some of us. Amnesty International UK Press Release 21 October 2014 Politicians in Northern Ireland ‘way out of...

29/08/2014 – In its submission, Ammesty International takes the position that the general measures the Polish Government reports having taken do not adequately execute the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment with respect to its obligation to ensure access to lawful abortion.

Credit: Demotix AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 24 July 2014 The Irish authorities must take urgent action to bring the country’s flawed abortion laws in line with its international human rights obligations, Amnesty International said following the UN Human Rights Committee’s...

06/06/2014 – Amnesty International today expressed concern that the definition of marriage included in a new constitutional amendment contravenes international and European human rights law, and will discriminate against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) individuals on...

In some countries, there is a marked lack of will to tackle homophobia and transphobia. © Amnesty International / Rachel Banfield It’s outrageous that in 2014 authorities around the world are failing to legislate against or investigate homophobic and transphobic hate crimes. Even more...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL  PRESS RELEASE   EU to support UN call to end female genital mutilation   (Brussels, 19 December 2012) European countries are expected to join the UN call for intensified efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM), a human rights violation which affects...

21/11/2011 – It is difficult to imagine any likely context in which either forced or involuntary sterilisation would be justified.

  Amnesty International EU Office Press Release Mother’s Day: The EU must recognize global health as a human rights issue! (Brussels, 6 May) In the run-up to this year’s Mother’s Day, Amnesty International wants to capture the attention of EU leaders to the need of improving maternal health...

04/02/2010 – Ahead of the European Forum Beijing+15, Amnesty International takes the opportunity to remind the EU of the crucial role it has to play in the advancement of women’s rights, especially sexual and reproductive health and rights. Hosted by the Spanish Presidency, this Forum is set...

Representatives of women NGOs and survivors of rape visit Brussels During the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), thousands of women were raped by members of military groups, armies and police forces. Fourteen years later, these women are still waiting for justice – successive...