War Against “Illegal Immigration” Puts Human Rights At Risk

EU war on ‘illegal immigration’ puts human rights at risk

Overview of Amnesty International’s EU Office work undertaken in 2001

QUESTIONS FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO: JAVIER SOLANA JOSEP PIQUE PER STIG MØLLER CHRIS PATTEN

Human Rights, Democracy and Conflict Prevention NGOs

Click here to link to Amnesty International Annual Report 2002

With the theme: “No trade off between human rights and security”, Amnesty International’s Annual Report documents human rights abuses across the world for the year 2001, including extrajudicial executions in 47 countries, judicial executions in 27 countries, “disappearances” in 35 countries, torture and ill-treatment in 111 countries and prisoners of conscience in at least 56 countries.

Click here to link to Amnesty International document “Concerns in Europe: July-December 2001” (AI index EUR 01/002/2002).

EU-LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT: THE EU MUST SET HUMAN RIGHTS BENCHMARKS

Settle the Past, Safeguard the Future: A challenge to the European Union and to Governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to Promote and Protect Human Rights in an Evolving Partnership. (AI Index AMR 01/001/2002 – format PDF/Acrobat).

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WELCOMES PLEDGE BY PAT COX TO IMPROVE THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S EFFECTIVENESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Speech by Dick Oosting, Director, on the occasion of the official opening of Amnesty International’s new office by European Parliament President Pat Cox on 7 May 2002