!! Update 10/3/04 – EU-Russia talks postponed – new date to be confirmed !!

!! Mise à jour 10/3/2004 – UE-Russie – réunion remise, une nouvelle date sera confirmée ultérieurement !!

On the eve of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, Amnesty International calls on the Presidency to act, as a matter of urgency, to fill the legislative gap left in European Union judicial cooperation in criminal matters by the Commission’s failure, to date, to produce a proposal for a Framework Decision on minimum standards for suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings.

18/02/2004 – On the eve of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, Amnesty International calls on the Presidency to act, as a matter of urgency, to fill the legislative gap left in European Union judicial cooperation in criminal matters by the Commission’s failure, to date, to produce a proposal for a Framework Decision on minimum standards for suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings

EL GOBIERNO COLOMBIANO NO DICE TODA LA VERDAD, AFIRMA AMNISTÍA INTERNACIONAL: SE SIGUE AMENAZANDO A LOS DEFENSORES DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS Y A LA POBLACIÓN CIVIL

COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT NOT GIVING THE WHOLE STORY SAYS AMNESTY: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND CIVILIANS STILL UNDER THREAT

LE GOUVERNEMENT COLOMBIEN NE DIT PAS TOUT  : DES DEFENSEURS DES DROITS HUMAINS ET DES CIVILS SONT TOUJOURS MENACES

With EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers expected to revisit the issue of sending asylum seekers to “safe third countries” (JHA Council Dublin 22-23 January), Amnesty International has released an analysis paper expressing its concerns that common EU standards may be agreed which breach international refugee and human rights law, and which shift responsibility to countries outside the EU without proper safeguards.

With EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers expected to revisit the issue of sending asylum seekers to “safe third countries” (JHA Council Dublin 22-23 January 2004), Amnesty International has released an alaysis paper expressing its concerns that common EU standards may be agreed which breach international refugee and human rights law, and which shift responsibility to countries outside the EU without proper safeguards.

Lors du Conseil Justice et Affaires intérieures qui doit se réunir à Dublin les 22 et 23 janvier 2004, les ministres de la Justice et de l’Intérieur de l’Union européenne devraient se pencher une nouvelle fois sur la question de l’envoi des demandeurs d’asile dans des ” pays tiers sûrs “.