Impact
Africa
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Saving lives, changing laws and protecting human rights – Amnesty International and its supporters have been busy racking up the wins this year…
July 11, 2023
News
Europe and Central Asia
EU
Responding to the European Court of Human Rights’ finding today that Hungary violated transgender people’s right to respect for private life by not providing adequate procedures for legal gender recognition and the EU Court of Justice’s binding decision that Hungary violated EU law by demanding...
June 22, 2023
News
Europe and Central Asia
Business and Human Rights
Responding to today’s vote by Members of the European Parliament urging the European Union (EU) to more tightly regulate the use, manufacture and trade of spyware, Rebecca White, campaigner at Amnesty Tech’s Disrupting Surveillance Team, said: “This vote by the European Parliament sends a strong...
June 15, 2023
News
Belgium
Business and Human Rights
Responding to the European Parliament’s decision to ban invasive mass surveillance technologies in its Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), Mher Hakobyan, Advocacy Advisor on AI Regulation said: “We welcome the European Parliament’s decision to adopt a ban on abusive mass surveillance technology...
June 14, 2023
News
Asylum
The European Parliament must use a plenary vote cementing its final position on the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) to ban racist and discriminatory profiling systems that target migrants and other marginalized groups, Amnesty International said today, ahead of the vote on 14...
June 13, 2023
News
Business and Human Rights
New legislation governing the human rights and environmental obligations of businesses in the EU, known as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, risks being undermined by exemptions and loopholes, Amnesty International said today.
May 15, 2023
News
Europe and Central Asia
Discrimination
Responding to the European Parliament’s vote on how artificial intelligence systems should be governed under the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), Mher Hakobyan, Advocacy Advisor at Amnesty International, said: “Today the European Parliament sent a strong signal that human rights must...
May 11, 2023
Research
Americas
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Ahead of the forthcoming European Union (EU)-Cuba Joint Council on 26 May, our organizations are writing to urge you to ensure that human rights remain at the very centre of the EU’s relations with Cuba, at a crucial moment for the country’s human rights defenders. The magnitude of Cuba’s human...
May 2, 2023
News
Europe and Central Asia
Asylum
Ahead of the European Parliament’s vote on the AI Act in May, the European Union (EU) has a significant opportunity to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in order to protect and promote human rights, said Amnesty International in an open letter to Members of Parliament’s leading...
April 26, 2023
Research
Europe and Central Asia
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Amnesty International is presenting this submission to the European Commission ahead of the preparation of its 2023 Enlargement Package, including the Opinion on application for Serbia’s membership in the European Union.
April 17, 2023
News
India
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Responding to a report by the Financial Times that India is searching for alternative spyware technology to replace NSO Group’s Pegasus surveillance software, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, Head of the Security Lab at Amnesty International, said: “It is chilling that instead of respecting human rights and...
March 31, 2023
News
Europe and Central Asia
Arms Trade
Reacting to reports that proposed EU business legislation will exempt companies from addressing the human rights risks linked to how their products are used, including arms, tools of torture or surveillance equipment, Amnesty International’s Policy Advisor on Business and Human Rights Hannah Storey...
March 31, 2023