New analysis from Amnesty International released today

31/05/2005 – Human rights are often portrayed as a potential barrier to effective protection from “terrorist” acts rather than a pre-requisite for genuine security. The central argument of Amnesty International’s analysis is that it is in the breach, not in the respect of human rights, that security is put at risk. Executive summary (EN) (FR) (ES) Full report (EN)

12/05/2005 – This document aims to answer some of the most common questions concerning Amnesty International’s position on the human rights implications of the Constitution.

26/04/2005 – Presentation by Dick Oosting, Director of Amnesty International EU Office at a European Parliament public seminar taking place on 25-26 April 2005.

20/04/2005 – As part of the consultation regarding the development of a European policy plan on legal migration, Amnesty International takes the opportunity of the Commission Green Paper to address some of the key issues surrounding the debate on EU migration policy. Amnesty International’s contribution focuses on the human rights aspects of the approach put forward by the Commission and consider in particular the issues of migrant workers rights and co-operation with third countries.

Amnesty International briefing to EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers

12/04/2005 – Amnesty International briefing ahead of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, 14 April 2005, on the future orientations of the EU’s engagement and co-operation with Libya as regards illegal immigration.

(Brussels, Wednesday 6 April, 2005) Serious human rights abuses in one EU Member State should be of concern to the EU as a whole, Amnesty International said today on the release of its report detailing police brutality in France over the past decade.

06/04/2005 – 30 cases of young people who were subjected, or allegedly subjected, to serious human rights violations by French police officers between 1991 and 2005. Such violations included unlawful killings, excessive use of force, torture or ill-treatment and racist abuse.