EU policies and declarations on UN-related issues
human rights - 2008

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
• International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – EU Presidency Declaration 26/6/2008
• Statement by EU Commissioner Michel on situation in Zimbabwe 22/6/2008
• Zimbabwe: EU Commissioner Michel expresses deep concern over crackdown 20/6/2008
• European Union deploys Election Observation Mission to Cambodia 19/6/2008
• EU Council Conclusions on the Great Lakes Region 16/6/2008
• EU Council Conclusions on 10th anniversary of the EU Guidelines on Death Penalty and adoption of updated guidelines 16/6/2008
• EU Commission joins celebrations of World Day Against Child Labour 12/6/2008
• Former UN human rights chief Robinson debates with EU Parliamentarians 10/6/2008
• 2008 EU-US Summit Declaration 10/6/2008
• former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: EUHR Solana condemns violence during elections 2/6/2008
• Burma/Myanmar: EU Presidency Declaration on extension of house arrest of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi 29/5/2008
• Follow-up to the EU strategy on the rights of the child 26/5/2008
• Iran: EU Presidency Declaration on imminent execution of Behnoud Shojaee and Saeed Jazee 23/5/2008
• Colombia: EU Presidency Declaration on the situation of human rights defenders 19/5/2008
• EU Presidency Declaration on the resumption of executions in the USA 14/5/2008
• EUHR Solana congratulates Serbian people on peaceful conduct of Parliamentary elections 12/5/2008
• European Commission supports worldwide press freedom 3/5/2008
• EU Commissioner Louis Michel calls for assurance on Gaza fuel supply 24/4/2008
• Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal 16/4/2008
• European Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner on the elections in Nepal 12/4/2008
• Follow-up to the EU strategy on the rights of the child 10/4/2008
• Our commitment to the Millennium Development Goals – milestones 4/4/2008
• Statement by Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, on the situation in Kenya 3/4/2008
• European Parliament reviews progress on human rights in the world in 2007 2/4/2008
• Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on Belarus 28/3/2008
• The European Commission supports committed journalism: launch of Lorenzo Natali Prize 27/3/2008
• EU Council Conclusions on Zimbabwe 10/3/2008
• EU Commissioner Špidla to visit Israel and the Palestinian Territory 7/3/2008
• “Women: Stabilizing an Insecure World” – Speech by EU Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner 6/3/2008
• The European Forum for the rights of the child: a commitment for our future 4/3/2008
• "Europe as the guardian angel of all children" – Speech by EU Commissioner Frattini 4/3/2008
• Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on Belarus 28/2/2008
• Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the EU concerning death sentences in Iran 7/2/2008
• Speech by EU Commissioner Frattini - “From the outside, looking in: international perspectives on the Middle East; Israel at 60: test of endurance” 22/1/2008
• Opening remarks by EU Commissioner Frattini for the second EC - Israel Seminar on the fight against racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism 22/1/2008
• Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on closure of the regional offices of the British Council in Russian Federation 18/1/2008
• Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the Presidential elections in Georgia on 5 January 2008 7/1/2008

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