Refugee family reunification remained difficult due to legislative and practical obstacles. Intimate partner violence against women increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many social security benefits remained inadequate.

The passing of legislation in Finland that abolishes the harmful requirements for trans people to endure invasive medical and psychiatric procedures before they can have their gender recognized is a major victory for equality, Amnesty International said today. The new law – passed by 113 votes to...

As the European Court of Human Rights considers a landmark case on climate change brought by six young people from Portugal against 33 European countries, Amnesty International and other human rights organizations and academics have intervened in the case today. They have provided the Court with...

Europe: Mass protests provide hope as rights and judicial independence eroded People’s rights are being violated by governments in Europe and Central Asia, who are cracking down on protests and seeking to erode the independence of the judiciary to avoid accountability, Amnesty International said...

Amnesty International urges the government to recognise that sex without consent is rape Spokespeople available Following the publication today of a new Council of Europe report which finds that Finland is failing survivors of rape, Amnesty International’s women’s rights researcher in Europe, Anna...

A few weeks ago, an ordinary-looking man in a grey suit came on the television and said something which made me cry. The man was Danish Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, announcing that his government would introduce new consent-based rape laws. To understand why the news of some legislation...

Despite being among the top-ranking countries in the world in terms of gender equality, four Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) have disturbingly high levels of rape and survivors of sexual violence are being failed by their justice systems, Amnesty International said in a...

A woman from Finland who came out as transgender during her marriage should be allowed to be legally recognized as a female without changing her marital status, Amnesty International said today after the European Court of Human Rights ruled against her.Because of Finland’s prohibition on same-sex...

The failure of an official investigation to uncover hard evidence of Finland’s alleged role in the US-led programmes of rendition and secret detention a decade ago is deeply disappointing, said Amnesty International today.  While the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s investigation found no evidence that...

European countries must investigate their alleged involvement in CIA renditions, Amnesty International said today, as a hearing into a new report on the EU’s complicity got underway.The report on the illegal transfer, disappearance, and torture of detainees in Europe is being prepared by the...

Denmark must conduct an independent, thorough and effective investigation into the use of its territory for US-led rendition flights, rather than just review previously available documents, Amnesty International said today.Denmark’s foreign minister announced last week that an independent review of...

The Finnish authorities must further investigate newly released data to determine if USA rendition flights landed in the country, Amnesty International said today. The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs published information last week revealing some 150 landings in Finland by aircraft connected...

European companies are participating in the global trade in types of equipment widely used in torture or other ill-treatment, according to evidence presented in a new report by Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation. Fixed wall restraints, metal “thumb-cuffs”, and electroshock...