Open letter to Heads of State and Government of the European Union to ban CIA renditions

(18/06/2007) One year ago, Amnesty International addressed an open call to the European Council to ban the unlawful practice of rendition by which individuals have been illegally detained and secretly flown to third countries where they have been subjected to torture and disappearance. read more

EU guidelines report 2007

(11/05/2007) "Human rights defenders and victims of human rights violations in different parts of the world expect a lot from the EU. Rightly so: the EU as a value-based community can be expected to further the cause of human rights and democracy with great ambition." read more

Act now to make Germany act!

(11/04/2007) Sign the online petition! AI Germany, with help from all other Amnesty sections, is undertaking a range of measures to call the German government's attention concerning human rights abuses in Russia. read more

FRA-Note for Inauguration

(01/03/2007) The speech that Amnesty International would have made at the inauguration of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) in Vienna read more

Amnesty Internationals Empfehlungen an den Deutschen EU Ratsvorsitz

(11/01/2007) Die Ambivalenz der Menschenrechtspolitik der Europäischen Union. read more

Amnesty International's recommendations to German EU Presidency

(11/01/2007) The ambivalent state of EU human rights policy Amnesty International’s ten-point programme for the German Presidency of the European Union. read more