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EU-US Extradition Agreement Still Flawed on Human Rights - Recommendations to JHA Council 5-6 June 2003
04/06/2003The Justice and Home Affairs Council of 5-6 June 2003 is due to approve the EU-US Agreements on Extradition and on Mutual Legal Assistance, Amnesty International releases its own analysis which points to serious concerns and omissions
EU-US Extradition Agreement: Amnesty International Calls On The EU Not To Compromise On The Death Penalty
26/02/2003On the eve of tomorrow's meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers in Brussels, Amnesty International calls on the EU not to agree to anything in the proposed EU/USA Cooperation Agreement in Criminal Matters and on Extradition that does not explicitly prohibit the imposition of the death penalty in relation to anyone extradited from the European Union to the United States
EU-China Summit: EU leaders must highlight deteriorating human rights situation in China
04/09/2001Amnesty International calls on the European Union to uphold its own human rights principles by raising China's deteriorating human rights record at the highest level during the EU-China summit in Brussels on Wednesday 5 September
EU-Bush Summit, Goteborg: Tell the President: Stop Federal Executions, Support the International Criminal Court
13/06/2001Amnesty International says EU leaders must tell the US President he is on a collision course with Europe and much of the rest of the world, on key human rights issues such as the death penalty and the establishment of the International Criminal Court
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Music album for International Roma Day
06/04/2012
To coincide with International Roma Day, Amnesty International proudly presents its Roma music album. Music is a vital ...
PEOPLE UNDER THREAT: Fatima Hussein Badi, Death Penalty, Yemen
26/03/2012
Around the world people are suffering the consequences of having their human rights violated. Amnesty International calls on the Danish presidency to ensure the EU’s active engagement in these cases.
Recommendations to the Danish EU Presidency
04/01/2012
We present specific recommendations on human rights policy for the Danish presidency to deliver during its six-month term as President of the Council of the European Union (January-July 2012).