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Amnesty International Limited

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Amnesty International is a global movement campaigning for human rights and international standards.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath) and Human Rights Watch

11 Dec 2025 · debrief of Commissioner McGrath's visit to China

Meeting with Robert Biedroń (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Dec 2025 · Human rights in Europe

Meeting with Krzysztof Śmiszek (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Dec 2025 · Gender justice in Europe

Meeting with Leoluca Orlando (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Dec 2025 · Developments in Lebanon

Meeting with Christine O'Dwyer (Cabinet of High Representative/ Vice-President Kaja Kallas)

4 Dec 2025 · VTC Meeting - Update on the human Rights situation in Lebanon

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

17 Nov 2025 · Sustainability omnibus - update for civil society

Meeting with Chloé Ridel (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2025 · Human rights

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament) and Caritas Europa and

6 Nov 2025 · Discussion on current migration policies

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Nov 2025 · Amnesty Report on Tunisia

Meeting with Ilaria Salis (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Nov 2025 · Migration

Meeting with Lena Schilling (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Nov 2025 · COP30

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

3 Nov 2025 · Sustainability omnibus - update for civil society

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and The German Marshall Fund of the United States - The Transatlantic Foundation

27 Oct 2025 · State of Democracy

Meeting with Simon Mordue (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and Human Rights Watch and

22 Oct 2025 · Meeting ONGs on Middle East situation Trade with the Israeli settlements in West Bank SOTEU (Middle East) Package US Peace Plan for the Middle East

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union and

17 Oct 2025 · NGO-Workshop

Meeting with Terry Reintke (Member of the European Parliament) and Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. and

17 Oct 2025 · EU Initiatives for Civil Society and Democracy

Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament) and Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union and

17 Oct 2025 · Europagruppe Grüne: Austausch mit NGOs

Meeting with Marta Kos (Commissioner) and

16 Oct 2025 · Meeting with Serbian civil society organisations

Meeting with Bernard Guetta (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2025 · Hong Kong's special status

Meeting with Charmaine Hili (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

8 Oct 2025 · Meeting with Civil Society Organisations regarding human rights in Egypt

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

2 Oct 2025 · Sustainability omnibus - update for civil society

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2025 · Tech policies, DSA

Meeting with Alex Agius Saliba (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2025 · Gender based violence on platform X and enforcement DSA

Meeting with Cecilia Strada (Member of the European Parliament) and EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits and

25 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on human rights of minorities in Egypt and general overview of the country situation in terms of democracy, rule of law and protection of fundamental rights

Meeting with Engin Eroglu (Member of the European Parliament) and Reporters sans frontières

23 Jul 2025 · Discussion on civil resilience, disinformation and information operations, information manipulation & information literacy

Meeting with Johannes Luchner (Deputy Director-General Migration and Home Affairs), Johannes Luchner (Deputy Director-General Migration and Home Affairs) and

9 Jul 2025 · Discussion on the Commission's proposals on the Return Regulation, the Safe Third Country Concept and on the Safe Countries of Origin

Meeting with Rasmus Nordqvist (Member of the European Parliament) and Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union

27 Jun 2025 · Rule of law

Meeting with Hadja Lahbib (Commissioner) and

27 Jun 2025 · Mission to Budapest – meeting with CSO,s in the margins of the Budapest Pride

Meeting with Mélissa Camara (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

11 Jun 2025 · Droits des exilés

Meeting with Valentina Auricchio (Head of Unit European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations)

11 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on the humanitarian situation in Venezuela

Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament) and Germanwatch and

6 Jun 2025 · Delegationsklausur, Treffen mit Interessensverbänden

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and Germanwatch and

6 Jun 2025 · Delegationsklausur

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE and

19 May 2025 · Sustainability omnibus

Meeting with Mélissa Camara (Member of the European Parliament) and Save the Children Europe and

14 May 2025 · Mise en oeuvre du Pacte Asile Migration

Meeting with Thomas Waitz (Member of the European Parliament)

9 May 2025 · Menschenrechte

Response to New comprehensive strategic approach towards India

7 May 2025

Ahead of their forthcoming Joint Communication on a new Strategic EU-India Agenda and a jointly agreed five-year Roadmap with India, Amnesty International urges the EU and its member states to ensure that human rights and rule of law commitments are reinforced and placed squarely at the centre of their relations with India. With serious, mounting concerns about human rights and the rule of law in India along with rising authoritarianism, contestation of the international human rights law framework and attacks on the rule of law across the globe - the EU can no longer limit human rights exchanges with India to a human rights dialogue and cooperation at multilateral human rights fora. Instead, the EU and its member states must fully use the opportunity of the forthcoming Joint Communication to set the ambitious groundwork for a concerted mainstreaming of human rights across EU-India relations, in the Roadmap and all the other key next steps in EU-India relations. Even at a time of volatility and vast geopolitical changes, the EU cannot afford to tone down its engagement with India on the rule of law and human rights for short-term political expediency. In the Joint Communication, it will be primordial for the EU and its member states to maintain a wider vision over the next five years and beyond, moving past perceived geopolitical constraints to effectively respond to a rapidly worsening human rights situation in India. As the EU and India deepen their relations, both sides must re-assert how shared values and interests converge around human rights and the rule of law across all areas of relations to achieve a partnership that can truly serve the EU, India and their people. As key global players, the ability of both sides to engage effectively on human rights and the rule of law should be treated as an important measure of the quality of the EU-India partnership. The Joint Communication must envisage opening spaces for dialogue on the rule of law and human rights across all areas of relations from security and defence, trade and technology, to work on climate or at multilateral fora. Both the Joint Communication and the Roadmap must affirm both sides commitment to the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of rights and the respect and fulfillment of rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly as enshrined in national and international law. In jointly shaping their partnership, the EU and India must publicly recognize the work of civil society and human rights defenders in their societies and foreground the importance of preserving a safe and enabling environment for their work, in recognition of the contribution they make to the strengthening of societies based on the rule of law. With its increasing role on the global stage, India must rise to the responsibility of respecting, upholding and championing human rights and the rule of law and as Indias partner, the EU must robustly hold the Indian authorities to account to deliver on their stated commitments in practice. Only with the rule of law and human rights at the core of their joint commitments will both sides and the EU-India partnership itself be equipped to confront the challenges of the coming years, at home and in the wider world. Read Amnesty Internationals full submission here: https://www.amnesty.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Amnesty-International-Submission-EU-India-strategy-7-May-2025.pdf
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Meeting with Hilde Vautmans (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Apr 2025 · Djalali

Meeting with Maria Walsh (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Apr 2025 · Amnesty International

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Caritas Europa and

14 Apr 2025 · Facilitation Directive Rapporteur's Draft (staff-level)

Response to Commission Delegated Regulation amending certain annexes of the ‘Anti-Torture’ Regulation'

2 Apr 2025

Amnesty International is attaching a file with our response to the European Commission public consultation process on its proposed revisions to the EU Anti-Torture Regulation.
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Meeting with Robert Biedroń (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Mar 2025 · Human rights violations

Meeting with Hilde Vautmans (Member of the European Parliament) and Human Rights Watch and

19 Mar 2025 · The situation in DRC

Meeting with Katerina Wolfova (Head of Unit Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf) and EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits

19 Mar 2025 · Meeting with CSOs on Med Pact, DG Sannino’s visit to Tunisia, overall concerns and suggestions.

Meeting with Maria Zafra Saura (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)

18 Mar 2025 · Rule of law, democracy, civic space, fundamental rights

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament) and EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

17 Mar 2025 · Egypt MFA

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Caritas Europa and

17 Mar 2025 · Facilitation directive; entry-exit-system

Meeting with Silvia Michelini (Director Migration and Home Affairs) and OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE and

13 Mar 2025 · Discussion on the implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum in Italie

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament) and Committee to Protect Journalists and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

7 Mar 2025 · MFA Egypt

Meeting with Mélissa Camara (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Feb 2025 · Situation in poland

Meeting with Maria Walsh (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Feb 2025 · Migration and Return Hub's and US-EU Relations

Meeting with Marta Kos (Commissioner) and Belgrade Centre for Security Policy and

20 Feb 2025 · Exchange on the developments in Serbia, Serbia’s accession process and role of the CSOs in the process.

Meeting with Esther Pozo Vera (Head of Unit Migration and Home Affairs) and Human Rights Watch and

19 Feb 2025 · Consultation with civil society organisations on the review of the safe third country (STC) concept

Meeting with Rita Wezenbeek (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

11 Feb 2025 · Opening Session: DSA roundtable discussions on online advertising (Article 46 DSA)

Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

3 Feb 2025 · Anti-discrimination and fundamental rights

Meeting with Helmut Brandstätter (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jan 2025 · Exchange on Amnesty's latest Report on Gaza strip

Meeting with Johannes Luchner (Deputy Director-General Migration and Home Affairs) and

13 Jan 2025 · Meeting on the right to asylum

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Dec 2024 · situation in Egypt

Meeting with Céline Imart (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Human Rights Watch

11 Dec 2024 · MFA Egypt + MFA Jordan

Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Nov 2024 · Legal pathways/migration

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Nov 2024 · situation in MENA region

Meeting with Ana Catarina Mendes (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Reporters sans frontières and

18 Nov 2024 · Exchange of views on the Rule of Law Report 2024

Meeting with Thijs Reuten (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Nov 2024 · Human rights situation in Western Balkan

Meeting with Ilaria Salis (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Nov 2024 · LIBE/DROI

Meeting with David Cormand (Member of the European Parliament) and La Quadrature Du Net

30 Oct 2024 · Utilisation d'algorithme discriminatoire en Europe

Meeting with Lena Schilling (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Oct 2024 · human rights violations in Azerbaijan

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament) and EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits

17 Oct 2024 · Human rights in Egypt

Meeting with Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

17 Oct 2024 · Situation of HR in Egypt

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and Human Rights Watch and

16 Oct 2024 · Cooperation on LIBE related matters

Meeting with Pierre Fermigier (Cabinet of High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles)

16 Oct 2024 · EU-Egypt strategic partnership

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament) and Human Rights Watch and

16 Oct 2024 · LIBE Civil Society Meeting

Meeting with Sebastian Everding (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2024 · Introductory Meeting - Sakharov prize and Western Balkan

Meeting with Mounir Satouri (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

15 Oct 2024 · Droits humains

Meeting with Saskia Bricmont (Member of the European Parliament) and Human Rights Watch and Danish Refugee Council Brussels

9 Oct 2024 · Migration policy

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Oct 2024 · Briefing on digital rights

Meeting with Kim Van Sparrentak (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Oct 2024 · Technology and Human Rights

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Oct 2024 · Exchange on macro-financial assistance to Egypt

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Working visit Hungary

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs and

1 Oct 2024 · Visionary roundtable: building an EU digital enforcement strategy

Meeting with Leoluca Orlando (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Sept 2024 · Meeting with Amnesty international Egypt experts

Meeting with Catarina Vieira (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Sept 2024 · Human rights situation in Egypt

Meeting with Rima Hassan (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2024 · Situation des droits humains en Palestine et en Egypte

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner) and

25 Sept 2024 · Meeting to discuss on LGBTIQ issues.

Meeting with Mounir Satouri (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

25 Sept 2024 · Situation des droits humains en Egypte

Meeting with Bernard Guetta (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2024 · Human rights in Egypt

Meeting with Marina Kaljurand (Member of the European Parliament) and The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association

24 Sept 2024 · LGBTI rights

Meeting with Alessandro Zan (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2024 · meeting on the LGBTQIA rights in Bulgaria

Meeting with Helmut Brandstätter (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Sept 2024 · Exchange on Unjust Imprisonment

Meeting with Matjaž Nemec (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Sept 2024 · Priorities for the new Parliamentary term

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament) and Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

3 Jul 2024 · RoL Hungary Event

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament) and Save the Children Europe and Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants

12 Jun 2024 · Outreach and awareness in the next mandate

Meeting with Nikolaj Villumsen (Member of the European Parliament)

23 May 2024 · Next mandate

Meeting with Kim-Tobias Eling (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

26 Apr 2024 · Humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Meeting with Malin Björk (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

4 Apr 2024 · The Migration Pact

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament) and Brot für die Welt and Bischöfliches Hilfswerk Misereor e.V.

20 Mar 2024 · Externalizing migration control and protection

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament) and Human Rights Watch

6 Mar 2024 · Developments in the Middle East

Meeting with Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová) and Human Rights Watch

21 Feb 2024 · Rule of Law, Media Freedom

Meeting with Moritz Körner (Member of the European Parliament) and Human Rights Watch

20 Feb 2024 · Middle East

Meeting with Francisco Guerreiro (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

14 Feb 2024 · UNWRA funding

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

6 Feb 2024 · New Pact, inkl. Screening (Staff-level)

Meeting with Evin Incir (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

15 Jan 2024 · Directive violence against woman (APA level)

Meeting with Mikuláš Peksa (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Dec 2023 · Human rights

Meeting with Aleska Simkic (Cabinet of Commissioner Janez Lenarčič)

30 Nov 2023 · Situation in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and Ethiopia and more specifically EU’s position on these crises.

Meeting with Vladimír Bilčík (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Nov 2023 · Human rights situation in Serbia

Meeting with Tomáš Zdechovský (Member of the European Parliament, Delegation chair)

8 Nov 2023 · Meeting with human rights activist from Mongolia

Meeting with Nikolaj Villumsen (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Nov 2023 · Vidensuddeling om situationen i Gaza

Meeting with Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

11 Oct 2023 · Situation in Hungary

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Sept 2023 · Big tech & DSA enforcement

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Human Rights Watch and

14 Sept 2023 · Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence

Meeting with Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union and

7 Sept 2023 · Situation in Hungary

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament) and Human Rights Watch

4 Sept 2023 · Memorandum of Understanding Tunisia

Meeting with Udo Bullmann (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair) and Human Rights Watch and International Federation for Human Rights

31 Aug 2023 · European Parliament’s priorities at UN human rights forum

Meeting with Kim Van Sparrentak (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Jul 2023 · Online violence

Meeting with Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union and

14 Jul 2023 · Situation in Hungary

Meeting with Pedro Marques (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Jul 2023 · Tunisia & Palestine

Meeting with Hannah Neumann (Member of the European Parliament) and Heinrich Böll Stiftung e.V.

6 Jul 2023 · Speaker at event on Pegasus spyware

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

3 Jul 2023 · CSDDD

Response to European Critical Raw Materials Act

30 Jun 2023

To ensure a just transition, the following changes must be made to the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA)*: Certification schemes: The CRMA must remove the reliance on certification schemes to demonstrate Strategic Project compliance with project requirements. These schemes vary significantly in their transparency, requirements and frequency and quality of assessments. Research by Amnesty International and others has shown that membership of such schemes does not indicate that a company has done adequate human rights due diligence, nor does it demonstrate compliance with scheme requirements. For instance, Amnesty International identified severe labour rights abuses on several Indonesian oil palm plantations in 2016 which were certified as producing sustainable palm oil by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. Weak sustainability criteria and reliance on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD): The CRMA states that Strategic Project sustainability will be assessed considering compliance with EU corporate accountability legislation, including the CSDDD, and international business and human rights standards but it is unclear how compliance will be assessed. The reliance on the CSDDD is also problematic as it not yet finalised and Amnesty International has raised concerns that proposed loopholes could weaken the effectiveness of the directive in tackling corporate-related human rights abuses (see Closing the Loopholes; Recommendations for an EU Corporate Sustainability Law which works for rights holders). The CRMA must explicitly state that a project will only be recognized as sustainable if it meets the requirements laid out in international business and human rights standards, including conducting human rights due diligence in relation to all human rights risks and impacts. SMEs: The scope of the CSDDD remains under negotiation but even under the widest proposed scope only companies with >250 employees and 40 million turnover will have to implement the requirements of the directive. Therefore, the CRMA should establish an obligation for project promoters of any size to respect human rights throughout their operations and value chain, and to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence in line with international standards. Consultation: As outlined in international business and human rights standards, consultation with rightsholders and civil society is crucial to identifying the human rights and environmental risks and impacts of Strategic Projects. The CRMA proposal uses very vague language regarding consultation. The CRMA must require safe, meaningful, and ongoing engagement with rightsholders and civil society throughout the lifecycle of a project (including pre-approval) in alignment with international standards. Member states should ensure sufficient resources (including financing and timely, accessible information about the risks/benefits of a project) are available to communities who may be impacted by proposed Strategic Projects. Indigenous peoples: Indigenous peoples have the right to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) for projects which will impact their rights, territories and resources as derived from their right to self-determination. The CRMA does not require EU member states or project promotors to respect these rights despite the risk that it will increase pressure on the lands of Indigenous peoples in and outside of the EU. The CRMA must require project promoters to respect the rights of Indigenous peoples including their right to be consulted, through their representative institutions, in order to obtain their FPIC for Strategic Projects, ensuring that these communities have the time and opportunity to reach an informed conclusion based on their own forms of decision making. Remedy: Where rights are breached project promotors must provide remedy to those affected in line with their international obligations. *This is a non-exhaustive list
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Meeting with Philip Holzapfel (Cabinet of High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles)

30 Jun 2023 · Situation in oPt

Meeting with Mounir Satouri (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Jun 2023 · Usages de la reconnaissance faciale et droits humains

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Digital Rights

6 Jun 2023 · Meeting with NGOs on Remote Biometrical Identification (RBI) prohibition

Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament)

30 May 2023 · Transnational threats faced by Iranian activists in Europe

Meeting with Karin Karlsbro (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Apr 2023 · The imprisonment of Ahmadreza Djalali

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Apr 2023 · Situation of migrants in Lampedusa ahead of work visit

Meeting with Marc Botenga (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Apr 2023 · Iran

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Apr 2023 · Situation of migrants in Lampedusa ahead of work visit

Meeting with Thijs Reuten (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Apr 2023 · Political prisoners in Iran

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

24 Apr 2023 · Defence of democracy

Meeting with Salima Yenbou (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne

29 Mar 2023 · DROI opinion on the regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Mar 2023 · Border cooperation with Libya

Meeting with Karen Melchior (Member of the European Parliament) and European Coalition for Corporate Justice and

27 Feb 2023 · Discussion of importance of multi-tier compliance obligation, clear definitions and NGO concerns in CSDDD.

Meeting with Grace O'Sullivan (Member of the European Parliament) and Avaaz Foundation

22 Feb 2023 · Situation of think thanks and NGOs on the ground

Meeting with Salima Yenbou (Member of the European Parliament) and Avaaz Foundation and

22 Feb 2023 · DPAL Mission to Palestine

Meeting with Rosa D'Amato (Member of the European Parliament) and Housing Europe - European Federation for Public, Cooperative and Social Housing

20 Feb 2023 · COVI Report

Meeting with Grace O'Sullivan (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Feb 2023 · Amnesty's work in Palestine & the Middle East

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Feb 2023 · Frontex

Meeting with Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Jan 2023 · Situation of Russian Human Rights Activists & Ukrainian Refugees in the EU

Meeting with Tineke Strik (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Jan 2023 · Frontex

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Global Witness and

13 Jan 2023 · Due Diligence (staff level)

Meeting with Damien Carême (Member of the European Parliament) and Friends of the Earth Europe and

13 Jan 2023 · Le devoir de vigilance des entreprises

Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and Global Witness and

13 Jan 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

8 Dec 2022 · Migration, EU external borders

Meeting with Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson) and Human Rights Watch

29 Nov 2022 · Amnesty International and HRW: Reports on Turkey

Meeting with Dietmar Köster (Member of the European Parliament) and Human Rights Watch

29 Nov 2022 · Unlawful returns of Afghans from Turkey and Iran

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Friends of the Earth Europe and

15 Nov 2022 · NGO roundtable on Due Diligence

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE and

15 Nov 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Pierre Karleskind (Member of the European Parliament) and AIDES and Network of European LGBTIQ* Families Associations

9 Nov 2022 · LGBTI rights in Europe

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

9 Nov 2022 · Menschenrechtslage in Ägypten

Meeting with Bas Eickhout (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair) and Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

8 Nov 2022 · COP27

Meeting with Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Human Rights Watch and

7 Sept 2022 · Situation in Hungary

Amnesty International demands tougher rules for corporate human rights accountability

23 May 2022
Topic — New EU initiative to improve corporate governance and sustainable value creation across global supply chains.
Message — Amnesty requests removing barriers to justice and expanding the scope to include more companies and sectors. They argue due diligence should follow a risk-based approach regardless of the length of business relationships.12
Why — Strengthening these rules would help Amnesty's constituents successfully obtain judicial remedies for corporate human rights abuses.34
Impact — Companies would lose legal loopholes that allow them to bypass oversight through short-term business arrangements.5
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Meeting with Anna Júlia Donáth (Member of the European Parliament)

18 May 2022 · Pegasus Committee

Meeting with Maria Arena (Member of the European Parliament)

18 May 2022 · Spyware

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner) and Human Rights Watch and

6 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Dalli invited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to discuss concerns equality and non-discrimination CSOs are raising regarding the situation of people fleeing from the Ukraine

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs and

10 Mar 2022 · Digital Services Act

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

19 Jan 2022 · Rule of Law

Meeting with Hannah Neumann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Global Witness and

7 Dec 2021 · Expert Round Table on EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders

Meeting with Irena Joveva (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Nov 2021 · Activities of Amnesty International Slovenia

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

30 Nov 2021 · i) Situation at the EU borders with Belarus, ii) Amnesty’s concerns with current proposals and narrative on migration, and iii) Amnesty's support for Commissioner’s efforts to advance a fair and balanced policy response.

Meeting with Asa Webber (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson) and Human Rights Watch and

10 Nov 2021 · Preparation of mission to Egypt

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President) and Civil Society Europe and

9 Nov 2021 · Rule of Law

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

8 Nov 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Valérie Hayer (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Nov 2021 · Echange sur les droits LGBT et liberté de la presse en Hongrie

Meeting with Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton), Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

22 Sept 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Amnesty International demands ban on facial recognition and biometric surveillance

6 Aug 2021
Topic — EU proposal for regulation of artificial intelligence systems and their risks.
Message — The organization demands an outright ban on facial recognition and remote biometric technologies enabling mass surveillance, third-party verification for all high-risk AI systems, and mandatory human rights due diligence. They seek stronger transparency, oversight mechanisms, and a complaints system for individuals harmed by AI.12345
Why — This would protect their organizational mission of promoting human rights and preventing discriminatory surveillance practices.67
Impact — Technology companies and law enforcement agencies lose flexibility to deploy biometric surveillance systems.89
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Meeting with Charmaine Hili (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

13 Jul 2021 · Amnesty International's Plan of Action on how to protect people on the move along the Central Mediterranean route

Meeting with Alexandra Cupsan-Catalin (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Raül Hernández Sagrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)

7 Jul 2021 · Discussion on migration cooperation along Central Mediterranean route.

Meeting with Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Mar 2021 · Uyghurs and Human Rights violations in China

Meeting with Asa Webber (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Brian Synnott (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Tom Snels (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)

23 Mar 2021 · Meeting with Ms. Eve Geddie and the representatives from Amnesty International in the Frontex Consultative Forum to discuss human rights concerns at the external borders

Meeting with Raül Hernández Sagrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)

18 Mar 2021 · VTC: Migration management cooperation with Western Balkans

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

18 Mar 2021 · Substainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Brian Synnott (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Raül Hernández Sagrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)

21 Jan 2021 · Western Balkans

Meeting with Helena Dalli (Commissioner) and Human Rights Watch and

8 Dec 2020 · CCIF and the situation for civil society organisations in France.

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

4 Dec 2020 · Substainable corporate governance

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Friends of the Earth Europe and

30 Nov 2020 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Alexandra Cupsan-Catalin (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Asa Webber (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Brian Synnott (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Raül Hernández Sagrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Tom Snels (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)

19 Nov 2020 · Human rights concerns at Greece’s land and sea borders” but some other topics of interest for the Amnesty International were also raised.

Response to Sustainable corporate governance

7 Oct 2020

Amnesty International welcomes the Commission’s intention to launch a legislative initiative establishing mandatory rules for corporates not to harm human rights and the environment and to carry out due diligence and to request corporate directors to integrate wider societal and sustainability interests into business decisions. We share the Commission’s assessment that voluntary approaches have proven insufficient to ensure that business enterprises address human rights and environmental risks and adverse impacts in their operations and value chains. Amnesty International also believes that the EU carries a particular responsibility to show leadership in the promotion and protection of human rights and the environment against adverse business-related impacts: its role as the world’s largest economy provides it with significant economic and political power to influence and shape the fair regulation of the global market. Effective, mandatory rules to ensure corporates’ respect for human rights and environment are urgently needed. Amnesty International’s expectations for such a legislation at the EU level are: • An obligation to respect human rights and the environment: The legislation must apply across all sectors to all business enterprises, whether domiciled or otherwise operating within the EU, independent of their form or size. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) must not be excluded from the scope of the legislation. Instead, Member States should have the competences to adapt due diligence requirements to the special needs of SMEs. The legislation should provide how sectoral regimes may complement this obligation for better protection of human rights and the environment. • Due diligence requirements that ensure that business enterprises effectively and continuously identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for how they address potential and actual human rights and environmental adverse impacts in their global operations, value chains and business relationships, in accordance with international standards. An important element of due diligence is the consultation of and communication with actual and potentially affected stakeholders and rightsholders at all stages of due diligence. The due diligence obligation applies to all business decisions and activities – including the business’ underlying business model, purchasing and investment practices and other strategic decisions. • Access to remedy for those harmed: Where a business enterprise has caused or contributed to human rights or environmental harm, it must provide for or cooperate in the remediation of adverse impacts in their global value chains and within their operations and business relationships. As one instrument of remediation, Member States should ensure civil liability of business enterprises for harm that they, or entities that they control or have the ability to control, including those domiciled in different jurisdictions, have caused or contributed to. The legislation must also address procedural and practical obstacles to access to remedy, including rules on disclosure of evidence and statute of limitations. • A robust enforcement mechanism: The legislation must request Member States to pro-actively ensure compliance of business enterprises with the due diligence requirements and provide competent authorities with effective instruments to do so, including through civil, administrative and criminal liability. Competent authorities should be able to investigate compliance on their own initiative and acting on information by third parties. • Transparency and access to information: Transparency of value chains and access to information for those potentially and actually affected by business activities are essential for a meaningful due diligence process and to ensure accountability. The legislation should therefore entail clear communication, disclosure and reporting requirements for business enterprises.
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Meeting with Asa Webber (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson), Raül Hernández Sagrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson)

29 Sept 2020 · Amnesty report on Malta

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and Avaaz Foundation and

15 Jul 2020 · Responsibility and accountability of online platforms

Response to Modernising the EU’s batteries legislation

9 Jul 2020

As the European Commission (EC) looks to modernize the EU’s batteries legislation, Amnesty International calls on the EC to ensure that human rights and environmental protection go hand-in-hand with the EU’s efforts to transition to green alternatives and address climate change. Amnesty International is encouraged by the EC’s commitment to ensure responsible sourcing and address environmental and human rights risks linked to the battery value chain. Such commitments are crucial given that Amnesty International’s research has shown that businesses across different sectors are failing to carry out basic investigations into the impacts of their operations, products, services and business relations on human rights and the environment throughout their value chains. For instance, our research has shown that a significant portion of the world’s cobalt, a critical mineral for rechargeable battery production, is mined by children and adults in extremely hazardous conditions in the informal mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Amnesty International traced the cobalt supply chain and found that this cobalt is entering the supply chains of some of the world’s largest electronics and electric vehicle manufacturers, many of which are headquartered or have subsidiaries and offices in Europe. Amnesty International has also found serious concerns around lithium mining in South America.Amnesty International’s investigations have revealed breaches of the rights of Indigenous Peoples to Free, Prior and Informed Consent in relation to lithium mining projects on or near their territories in Argentina. Amnesty International would urge the EC to address the following concerns when reviewing the EU’s batteries legislation: • Mandatory due diligence: As outlined by the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, businesses have a responsibility to respect human rights. The new law should ensure the enforcement of this responsibility and legally require businesses to carry out due diligence to identify, cease, prevent, mitigate and account for potential and actual human rights and environmental harm. • Addressing risks throughout the entire value chain: Serious risks and abuses can arise at any stage in the value chain, not only when sourcing materials. The law should therefore not only focus on responsible sourcing but on responsible business conduct throughout the entire battery life cycle (that is, from extraction to manufacturing and through to disposal and recycling). • Businesses’ responsibility to engage and cooperate in remedy: The law must enforce businesses’ responsibilities to engage and cooperate in remedy in case harm has occurred. It should establish liability not only for businesses’ own operations, services and products, but also for those business relationships in which they hold control or are able to control, for instance as a parent company. The law should further ensure access to remedy by those who have been harmed, for instance through a reversal of the burden of proof, choice of applicable law and adequate statutes of limitation. • Strengthening supply chain resilience against abuse and environmental harm/reporting: The law should strengthen the resilience of value chains through greater transparency of the chains, including greater transparency of customs information, and require businesses to report on their due diligence processes, their outcomes, how they address human rights and environmental risks and impacts and how they monitor their performance. • Enforcement: Competent member state authorities should have the power to investigate potential due diligence failures on their own initiative as well as on complaints of alleged harmed rights-holders and third parties. The authorities should have adequate instruments available, including sanctions, to ensure compliance by businesses.
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Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

25 Jun 2020 · HU Rule of Law

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

5 Jun 2020 · Sustainable corporate governance

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

5 May 2020 · Migrants’ challenges in the current COVID-19 crisis and their contribution to economic recovery

Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

27 Feb 2020 · Human rights issues, rule of law and non-discrimination

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

20 Feb 2020 · Consultations on the New Pact on Migrations

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

14 Feb 2020 · Consultations on the New Pact on Migrations

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and

12 Feb 2020 · New Pact on Migration

Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and Save the Children Europe and

6 Feb 2020 · Discussions on the New Pact on Migration

Meeting with Natasha Bertaud (Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas)

4 Feb 2020 · New Pact on Migration and Asylum

Meeting with Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Open Society European Policy Institute

7 Nov 2019 · Rule of Law

Meeting with Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Human Rights Watch and

6 Mar 2019 · Rule of Law

Meeting with Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

18 Oct 2018 · Discussion of situation in Member States as regards EU values and rule of law

Meeting with Oliver Rentschler (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

3 Oct 2018 · human rights situation in Saudi Arabia

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)

17 Sept 2018 · Rule of Law

Meeting with Jani Taivalantti (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

7 Jun 2018 · Human rights situation in Russia

Meeting with Igor Driesmans (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini) and Human Rights Watch and International Federation for Human Rights

24 May 2018 · Meeting ahead of EU-China Strategic Dialogue

Meeting with Michael Shotter (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker), Stefano Grassi (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

28 Feb 2018 · Protection of fundamental rights and values

Meeting with Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

15 Feb 2018 · The situation in Hungary

Meeting with Stefano Grassi (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

12 Dec 2017 · Presentation of the new report on Libya

Meeting with Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

12 Dec 2017 · migration

Meeting with Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini), Igor Driesmans (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

28 Nov 2017 · Myanmar

Meeting with Anna Vezyroglou (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

28 Sept 2017 · Turkey

Meeting with Dimitris Avramopoulos (Commissioner) and EuroMed Rights / EuroMed Droits and

8 Mar 2017 · Migration

Meeting with Liene Balta (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

1 Mar 2017 · Asylum and migration issues in the Balkan region

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and

26 Jan 2017 · Protection of fundamental rights and rule of law

Meeting with Ingrid Bellander Todino (Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King)

11 Jan 2017 · meeting on counter-terrorism & human rights

Meeting with Milica Petrovic (Cabinet of Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos)

11 Jan 2017 · Migration

Meeting with Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Open Society European Policy Institute and Save the Children International

20 Dec 2016 · Fundamental rights strategy

Meeting with Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini) and CARE International Aisbl and

25 Nov 2016 · Niger Compact

Meeting with Ingrid Bellander Todino (Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King)

26 Oct 2016 · Counter-terrorism Directive

Meeting with Colin Scicluna (Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn)

17 Oct 2016 · exchanges of views

Meeting with Emma Udwin (Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn)

28 Jun 2016 · Civil society in Egypt

Meeting with Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

16 Jun 2016 · Migration Situation

Meeting with Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)

3 May 2016 · promotion/marketing of tools of torture

Meeting with Cecile Billaux (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström) and Global Witness

28 Apr 2016 · conflict minerals

Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

25 Apr 2016 · Migrants and Roma integration

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

15 Mar 2016 · Refugee crisis

Meeting with Richard Szostak (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

11 Mar 2016 · Refugee Crisis

Meeting with Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

2 Mar 2016 · Migration

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

17 Feb 2016 · Roundtable

Meeting with Carlo Zadra (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

16 Nov 2015 · EC Migration Policy

Meeting with Christos Stylianides (Commissioner) and

10 Nov 2015 · regugee crisis

Meeting with Michael Curtis (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

22 Oct 2015 · Trade in torture and human rights issues

Meeting with Oliver Rentschler (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

2 Sept 2015 · Amensty International Representative came to share a report on the use of the death penalty in Saudi Arabia.

Meeting with Federica Mogherini (High Representative / Vice-President)

2 Sept 2015 · Amnesty International Representative came to share a report on the use of the death penalty in Saudi Arabia.

Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

23 Jul 2015 · Infringment cases

Meeting with Federica Mogherini (High Representative / Vice-President)

17 Jun 2015 · Human rights

Meeting with Anna Vezyroglou (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

16 Jun 2015 · Meeting with Amnesty International Turkey expert

Meeting with Fabrizia Panzetti (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

15 Jun 2015 · Preparation of the meeting of the HR/VP Federica Mogherini with Amnesty International Secretary General, Mr Salil Shetty

Meeting with Diane Schmitt (Cabinet of Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos)

29 May 2015 · Migration Policy

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and Human Rights Watch and

5 May 2015 · Upcoming migration agenda

Meeting with Igor Driesmans (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

23 Apr 2015 · Human Rights in China

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and

14 Apr 2015 · Annual Colloquium on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and Open Society European Policy Institute and

16 Feb 2015 · Equal Treatment Directive

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner)

5 Feb 2015 · Fundamental Rights and Hate speech

Meeting with Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

20 Jan 2015 · Protection of fundamental rights

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

20 Jan 2015 · Fundamental rights

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and Human Rights Watch and

9 Jan 2015 · Roundtable with NGO's on fundamental rights

Meeting with Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

7 Jan 2015 · Fundamental rights, Gender equality

Meeting with Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

19 Dec 2014 · First discussion of areas of common interest

Meeting with Cecile Billaux (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

18 Dec 2014 · Human Rights and Trade