Civil Society Letter to Latvian Presidency of the EU on the fight against impunity

REDRESS in collaboration with partner organisations, has urged Latvia – the current holder of the EU Presidency – to prioritise the fight against impunity for serious international crimes at the upcoming Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council meeting, in order to raise awareness of the challenges faced by national criminal justice authorities of the EU in investigating, prosecuting and punishing serious international crimes. Other organisations supporting the letter are the Fédération Internationale des ligues des droits de L’Homme (FIDH), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), Amnesty International (AI), Track Impunity Always (TRIAL), Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) and RCN Justice & Démocratie.