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View EU statements on human rights issues worldwide, including democracy, election observation missions, racism and xenophobia, human trafficking, abolition of the death penalty, and more.

• European Commission supports additional assistance for reconciliation of societies affected by human rights abuses 1/7/2008
• Zimbabwe: Statement by EU Commissioner Michel 28/6/2008
• EUHR Solana on run-off presidential election in Zimbabwe 27/6/2008
• Statement by EU Commissioner Michel on situation in Zimbabwe 22/6/2008
• Zimbabwe: EU Commissioner Michel expresses deep concern over crackdown 20/6/2008
• 2008 EU-US Summit Declaration 10/6/2008
• Statement by Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, on the situation in Kenya 3/4/2008
• EU Council Conclusions on Zimbabwe 10/3/2008
• International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2007 – Message from EU Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner 7/12/2007
• Kenya: EU deploys Election Observation Mission 13/11/2007
• Sakharov Prize 2007 for Freedom of Thought awarded to Sudanese lawyer Salih Mahmoud Osman 25/10/2007
• Togo: EU Presidency Declaration on parliamentary elections 19/10/2007
• Somalia: EU Presidency Declaration on violence against the media 27/9/2007
• Sierra Leone: EU Presidency Declaration on Presidential elections 21/9/2007
• Eritrea: EU Presidency Declaration on political prisoners 18/9/2007
• EU Parliament on Human rights: Burma/Myanmar, Bangladesh, war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone 6/9/2007
• Somalia: EU Presidency Declaration condemning killings of two journalists 21/8/2007
• EU Presidency Declaration on Sierra Leone elections 17/8/2007
• Sierra Leone: EUHR Solana on success of 11 August elections 13/8/2007
• Democratic Republic of Congo: EU Presidency Declaration on combating impunity in journalists' murders 3/8/2007
• EU Commission welcomes abolition of death penalty in Rwanda 26/7/2007
• Rwanda: EU Presidency Declaration concerning formal abolition of the death penalty 26/7/2007
• Ethiopia: European Commission welcomes release of opposition leaders 20/7/2007
• EU Presidency Declaration on Togo 11/7/2007
• Sierra Leone: EU to observe Presidential and Parliamentary Elections 11/7/2007
• Timor-Leste: EU Presidency Declaration on legislative elections 5/7/2007
• Timor-Leste: EU Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner welcomes peaceful development of Parliamentary elections 2/7/2007
• European Parliament to send delegation to Darfur 27/6/2007
• Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on developments in the Republic of Fiji Islands 21/6/2007
• Mali: EU Presidency Declaration concerning presidential elections 16/5/2007
• Timor-Leste: EU Presidency Declaration on second round of presidential election 16/5/2007
• RDC: La Commission européenne se félicite de l'acquittement de Me Nlandu, ancienne candidate à l'élection présidentielle 2/5/2007
• Human rights and wrongs: EU Parliament looks back over 2006 2/5/2007
• Nigeria: EU Presidency Declaration on elections 27/4/2007
• EU Parliament takes stock of EU record on human rights protection in 2006 26/4/2007
• EU Council Conclusions on Zimbabwe 23/4/2007
• EU Conclusions on the Opening of Consultations with Fiji under Article 96 of Cotonou Agreement 19/4/2007
• Timor-Leste: EU Commission welcomes peaceful development of Presidential elections 12/4/2007
• Timor-Leste: EU Presidency Declaration on first round of presidential election 12/4/2007
• EU Commission congratulates Mauritanian people and authorities on smooth running of presidential elections 2/4/2007
• La Commission européenne félicite le Premier ministre de Guinée pour la nomination de son Gouvernement 2/4/2007
• EU record on human rights protection in 2006 under scrutiny 28/3/2007
• Statement by EUHR Solana on presentation of Human Rights Council report on Darfur 16/3/2007
• EU Parliament resolutions on human rights: killings in Guatemala and Cambodia, abuses in Nigeria 15/3/2007
• Nigeria: EU deploys Election Observation Mission for General Elections 15/3/2007
• La Commission UE félicite le peuple mauritanien pour le bon déroulement du premier tour de l'élection présidentielle 15/3/2007
• Timor Leste : EU deploys Election Observation Mission 14/3/2007
• «La gouvernance est une exigence démocratique" – discours de Commissaire Michel 7/3/2007
• EU Presidency Declaration on the situation in the Comoros 19/2/2007
• Guinée: La Commission européenne condamne la suspension des libertés fondamentales 14/2/2007
• Mauritania: EU to deploy Election Observation Mission for Presidential Elections 8/2/2007
• Burundi: EU Presidency Declaration on the acquittal of five accused persons 19/1/2007
• Fiji: EU Commission proposes opening consultations following military take-over 17/1/2007
• EUHR Solana welcomes decision to send UN high-level mission to Darfur 13/12/2006
• EU Council Conclusions on implementation of EU policy on human rights and democratisation in third countries 11/12/2006
• EU Presidency Declaration on elections in Mauritania 28/11/2006
• RDC: La Commission européenne salue l'annonce des résultats de la présidentielle 27/11/2006
• EU Parliament observes "better" elections in Congo 7/11/2006
• Solana, le Haut Représentant de l'UE pour la PESC, salue le bon déroulement des élections en République Démocratique du Congo 30/10/2006
• RDC: La Commission européenne félicite le peuple congolais pour son civisme et sa participation à l’élection présidentielle 30/10/2006
• Zimbabwe: EU Presidency Declaration on suppression of demonstrations 22/9/2006
• EU Presidency Declaration on political prisoners in Eritrea 18/9/2006
• EU Parliament – 2006 Sakharov prize nominees 13/9/2006
• Mauritania: EU to deploy Election Observation Mission 13/9/2006
• EU Presidency Declaration on situation in Burundi 11/8/2006
• Sao Tome and Principe: EU Presidency Declaration on elections 4/8/2006
• DRC: EU Presidency Declaration on elections 4/8/2006
• RDC: UE Commissaire Ferrero-Waldner sur les élections 3/8/2006
• RDC: HR Solana salue la tenue dans de bonnes conditions des élections 31/7/2006
• RDC: Déclaration de Commissaire européen Michel sur les élections 31/7/2006
• EU Parliament – MEPs hopeful that Congolese elections will be success 28/7/2006
• Human rights in East Timor, Syria and North Korea 15/6/2006
• Speech by EU Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner: “Situation of Prisoners in Guantanamo” 31/5/2006
• EU Council Conclusions: The EU-Caribbean Partnership 10/4/2006
• Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean – working together for greater social solidarity 24/3/2006
• Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the second round of the presidential election in Benin 22/3/2006
• Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union following the presidential election in Haiti 21/2/2006
• Déclaration des Commissaires Michel et Ferrero-Waldner sur les élections en Haïti 13/2/2006
• EU deploys Election Observation Mission to Uganda 13/2/2006
• EU Presidency Declaration on announcement of Somali Parliamentary session venue and date 10/2/2006
• EU Presidency Statement on new Prime Minister in Côte d'Ivoire 15/12/2005
• EU Presidency Declaration on Damas de Blanco 14/12/2005
• Conclusions de l’UE – Ouverture des Consultations avec la partie ACP sur la République Islamique de Mauritanie au titre de l'article 96 de l'Accord de Cotonou 1/12/2005
• EU Election Observation Mission deployed for DRC 18/11/2005
• EU Presidency Statement – Elections in Liberia 11/11/2005
• Additional €60m for DRC elections approved by EU Commission 10/11/2005
• EUHR Solana contacts Ethiopian PM Meles 4/11/2005
• EU Parliament - 2005 Sakharov prize winners 26/10/2005
• EU Presidency Declaration on Togo 24/10/2005
• EU Presidency Statement on Freedom of expression in DRC 17/10/2005
• EU Presidency Statement on Liberia elections 14/10/2005
• EU Presidency Declaration – Political Prisoners in Cuba 29/9/2005
• Liberia: EU Election Observation Mission for Presidential and Parliamentary Elections 16/9/2005
• EU Presidency Statement on Ethiopian Elections 29/8/2005
• Solana adresse ses félicitations à Nkurunziza, nouveau Président du Burundi 29/8/2005
• EU Presidency Statement on Presidential elections in Burundi 23/8/2005
• EU support for elections in Côte d’Ivoire 11/8/2005
• La Commission européenne appelle au retour à l'ordre constitutionnel en Mauritanie 3/8/2005
• EU Presidency Statement on elections in Guinea-Bissau 1/8/2005
• Zimbabwe – Restrictive measures against certain persons 29/7/2005
• GAERC Conclusions on Zimbabwe 18/7/2005
• EU Presidency Statement on killing of Somali peace activist 15/7/2005
• EU Presidency Declaration on Parliamentary Elections in Burundi 8/7/2005
• Déclaration du Commissaire Michel au sujet des élections législatives au Burundi. 7/7/2005
• EU Election Observation Mission deployed for Burundi 14/6/2005
• EU Presidency Declaration on Ethiopia 13/6/2005
• EU Presidency Declaration on elections in the Central African Republic 10/6/2005
• EU Presidency Declaration on Ethiopia 10/6/2005
• European Commission urges compromise to resolve Ethiopian crisis 9/6/2005
• EU Presidency Declaration on elections in Central African Republic 8/6/2005
• EU Presidency Declaration concerning recent events in Zimbabwe 7/6/2005
• EU Election Observation Mission for Guinea Bissau 3/6/2005
• EU Presidency Declaration on Guinea-Bissau 1/6/2005
• EU Presidency Declaration on elections in Ethiopia 24/5/2005
• EU Parliament says fresh elections needed in Togo 12/5/2005
• Déclaration du Commissaire européen Louis Michel au sujet du résultat de l’élection présidentielle au Togo 10/5/2005
• EP - ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2004 7/3/2005
• EP - MEPs say EU must take lead at UN Human Rights Commission 19/1/2005
• EU Presidency declaration on the abolition of the death penalty in Senegal 15/12/2004
• Commission proposes consultations with Côte d'Ivoire on human rights, democracy and rule of law 10/8/2004
• EU Presidency declaration on human rights in Cuba 13/5/2004
• EP - Preparations for the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights 10/2/2004
• World Human Rights Day 10/12/2003
• EU Presidency declaration on freedom of press in Zimbabwe 18/9/2003
• EU Presidency declaration on the peace process in Sudan 8/8/2003
• EU Presidency declaration on Human Rights Tribunal in East Timor 6/8/2003
• Commissioner Patten's Speech on Current and future trends of the human rights' agenda 14/7/2003
• Commission supports rooting out torture 26/6/2003
• Presidency declaration on Cuba 5/6/2003
• EP - Motions for resolutions for 59th Session of UNCHR 30/1/2003
• EU Presidency statement on the 59th Session of the UNCHR 29/1/2003
• EU Presidency declaration on human rights in Sudan 3/1/2003
• EU Presidency declaration on the elections in Equatorial Guinea 18/12/2002
• EU Presidency declaration on human rights in Liberia 30/7/2002
• EP - Resolution on Equatorial Guinea 13/6/2002
• EU Presidency declaration on Equatorial Guinea 10/6/2002
• EU launches eight international conferences on human rights and democracy 10/6/2002
• EU financial assistance to improve democracy and human rights 8/5/2002
• EU Presidency declaration on corporal punishment in Nigeria 30/1/2001

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