16/11/2010 – After nearly a decade of widespread impunity and absence of remedy for human rights violations – including enforced disappearance and torture – that have occurred in the context of US-led counter-terrorism operations, however, the legal obligation to look back and ensure full accountability for such violations has been ignored by these governments for too long.

05/07/2010 – Our organisations have advocated the need for legislative action at European Union level on defence rights since the European arrest warrant was proposed. We have steadfastly supported the efforts of the Commission in that direction through the proposal for a framework decision on certain procedural safeguards in criminal proceedings, through the Swedish roadmap, and to the adoption of Measure A on interpretation and translation.

25/02/2010 – In advance of the JHA Council on 25-26 February, which will include consideration of the proposed Internal Security Strategy (ISS), Amnesty International calls on the Ministers to recommit to upholding human rights in the context of countering terrorism and to seek accountability for Member States’ alleged complicity in the US-led rendition and secret detention programmes.

22/10/2009 – On 8 July 2009, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Council Framework Decision1 on the right to interpretation and to translation in criminal proceedings (the proposal). On 15 July the Swedish EU Presidency published a draft resolution which contains directions for Member States with a view to promoting the effective implementation of the rights contained in the Commission’s proposal (the resolution).

09/07/2009 – Ahead of the  Council working group discussions on a roadmap for procedural safeguards, Amnesty International,  FTI, JUSTICE, OSJI and ICCL call on a clear commitment to adopt legally binding instruments for each fair trial right proposed. We also urge the Council to ensure that these objectives are incorporated into the Stockholm Programme to be adopted at the end of the year, in order to provide the highest political endorsement of the importance of procedural safeguards for achieving a genuine area of freedom, security and justice.

Amnesty International welcomes President Obama’s first act in office: the call for a temporary halt and review of all military tribunals. This is an important signal of recognition by the new US administration that trials taking place under the Military Commissions Act are deeply flawed and fall far short of international fair trial standards.

05/11/2008 – In view of the upcoming EU-Tunisia Association Council on 11 November, Amnesty International would like to bring to your attention the following key human rights concerns in Tunisia, and we hope you will take the opportunity to raise them with your Tunisian counterparts.

14/02/2008 – Letter to the Presidency to highlight three current human rights concerns in Montenegro – the new Constitution; impunity for war crimes, including the right to redress and reparation for the families of the “disappeared”; and torture, ill treatment and unfair trials.