Amnesty International’s Comments on

In a last-minute appeal on the eve of the European Council in Seville, Amnesty International calls on all European Union leaders not to resort to measures against third countries that would further distort the human rights balance in the fight against “illegal immigration”.

Appeal made to the Heads of State and Goverment of the European Union. View the advertisement in PDF/Acrobat format.

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