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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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France: Further Information: Eviction forces up to 200 from their ...
19 April 2013

Up to 200 people have been forcibly evicted from an informal settlement in Ris-Orangis, on the outskirts of Paris, France. Eight families have begun legal proceedings ...

Urgent Action       EUR 21/006/2013

Europe: End forced evictions of Roma in Europe
15 April 2013

European governments forcibly evict thousands of people from their homes, ignoring their obligations under international law. Most of those forcibly evicted are ...

Document       EUR 01/004/2013

France: the dismissal of an employee wearing the headscarf is ...
10 April 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. France: the dismissal of an employee wearing the headscarf is discriminatory. On 19 March ...

Public Statement       EUR 21/005/2013

Europe: Human rights here, Roma rights now: A wake-up call to the ...
4 April 2013

Thirteen years after the introduction of the Race Equality Directive, discrimination against Roma in Europe remains widespread. EU member states must respect international ...

Report       EUR 01/002/2013

France: Over 200 people face forced eviction
2 April 2013

Over 200 people living in an informal settlement in Ris-Orangis on the outskirts of Paris face imminent forced eviction following a decision taken by the municipality ...

Urgent Action       EUR 21/003/2013

Major powers fuelling atrocities: Why the world needs a robust ...
12 March 2013

Every year, thousands of people are killed, injured, raped and forced to flee from their homes as a result of abuses and atrocities committed with conventional ...

Document       ACT 30/001/2013

The 'big five' in Arms Trade Treaty negotiations
11 March 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA BRIEFING. 11 March 2013 AI Index: ACT 30/017/2013. The 'big five' in Arms Trade Treaty negotiations. ...

PressItem       ACT 30/017/2013

Submission to the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) of ...
20 February 2013

Amnesty International submits this contribution in the context of the evaluation of the implementation of the Recommendation on measures to combat discrimination ...

Report       IOR 61/003/2013

France: authorities should ensure that Romani pupils are not ...
14 February 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index : EUR 21/002/2013. 14 February 2013. France: authorities should ensure that Romani ...

Public Statement       EUR 21/002/2013

Submission to the European Commission on the implementation of the ...
31 January 2013

Amnesty International submits this contribution to the European Commission on the occasion of its monitoring report on the implementation of the Race Equality Directive ...

Report       IOR 61/002/2013