EU: Human Rights Should Be Priority at GCC Summit

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Participants in the 27th Joint GCC-EU Ministerial Council pose for a group photo in Muscat on October 10, 2023. © 2023 AFP via Getty Images (Brussels) – European Union and member states’ leaders should urge their Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) counterparts to release unjustly jailed critics and commit to substantive human rights reforms at an October 16, 2024 summit, Human Rights Watch said today. The EU should also push for structural reforms on freedom of expression, freedom of association, labor rights, and women’s rights in negotiations for partnership agreements.The…

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