The Director of Amnesty International’s EU Office has warned an EU Conference in Brussels today on association negotiations with the Mercosur countries and Chile, that human rights are still being left off the agenda. Speaking in response to a speech by External Affairs Commissioner Chris...

Amnesty International statement on EU-Mercosur and EU-Chile Association Negotiations Second Conference with representatives of European civil society, business and academic communities Download PDF attachement

Document on Rights at Risk in aftermath of 11 September Amnesty International’s concerns regarding security legislation and law enforcement measures. Click here to link to Amnesty International document library to view document (AI index ACT 30/002/2002 dated 18/01/2002) containing regional...

Letter on human rights concerns in the aftermath of 11 September Download PDF attachement

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EU OFFICE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (FIDH) REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS WORLD ORGANISATION AGAINST TORTURE (OMCT) PRESS RELEASE:BRUSSELS, MONDAY 28 JANUARY, 2002 EU-TUNISIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL: STOP TRADING HUMAN RIGHTS FOR...

As the Spanish prime minister José Maria Aznar prepares to address the European Parliament in Strasbourg tomorrow (Wednesday 16 January), Amnesty International asks: why are human rights absent in the list of Spanish Presidency priorities In a document entitled: “The Human Rights Agenda for...

Spanish Presidency Priorities: Where are Human Rights Click here to link to the Amnesty International Spanish Section web site for information and documents in Spanish. What can you do Why not send a letter to the Spanish Presidency of the EU – Click here to link to model letter in English...

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As the European Commission and the President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika prepare to initial an EU-Algeria Association Agreement in Brussels tomorrow (Wednesday 19 December), Amnesty International says the fact this event is going ahead shows the EU’s human rights clause is now clearly not worth...

Speech by Amnesty International: Foreign Policy and Refugee Protection: Essential Elements. ECRE Conference Brussels, 10 December 2001 Download PDF attachement

As Justice and Home Affairs Ministers begin their last Council meeting tomorrow before the Laeken EU summit, Amnesty International has issued a final plea to ensure that security is not achieved at the expense of the human rights the EU seeks to safeguard. The JHA Council meets on 6-7 December to...

AIDE-MEMOIRE Comments by Amnesty International on the proposals for a Framework Decision on Combating Terrorism and for a Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant and the Surrender Procedures between the Member States before the Justice and Home Affairs Council 6-7 December 2001 the...