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

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. The report underlines that...

(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. In particular, Amnesty...

04/05/2004 – 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 candidate for the next wave of EU expansion

04/05/2004 – 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

03/05/2004 – The official accession to the European Union of ten new member states on 1 May ought to be good news for human rights. Protection of fundamental rights was a critical aspect of the accession process. Candidate countries were scrutinized for years to ensure that their laws and...

EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON REFUGEES AND EXILES AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH In an unprecedented move, refugee and human rights organisations across Europe are jointly calling on the European Union to scrap one of the key elements leading to the proposed Common European Asylum System. The...

Refugee and human rights organisations across Europe are jointly calling on the European Union to scrap one of the key elements leading to the proposed Common European Asylum System. View the joint letter to Commissioner Mr Antonio Vitorino (European Commission). See also the joint press release,...

10/03/2004 – Amnesty International’s comments on the follow up to the study on the single asylum procedure: «”one stop shop” against the background of the Common european asylum system and the goal of a common asylum procedure» (Word document)

 !! Update 10/3/04 – EU-Russia talks postponed – new date to be confirmed !! FIRST TEST FOR THE EU’s “NEW” APPROACH TO RUSSIA SAYS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (Brussels, 9 March 2004) Amnesty International today called on the Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen,...

!! Mise à jour 10/3/2004 – UE-Russie – réunion remise, une nouvelle date sera confirmée ultérieurement !! Réunion des ministres des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne et de la Russie jeudi 11 mars : premier test pour la « nouvelle » approche de l’Union européenne...

On the eve of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, Amnesty International calls on the Presidency to act, as a matter of urgency, to fill the legislative gap left in European Union judicial cooperation in criminal matters by the Commission’s failure, to date, to produce a proposal for a...