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...

Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have sent an urgent appeal to the European Parliament to reconsider its decision not to create a fully-fledged Human Rights Committee. Link to English text at bottom of page. Amnesty...

Letter to Mr Louis Michel, President of the Council of the European Union and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium. Subject: Amnesty International’s concerns regarding crisis in Israel and Occupied Territories. Click here to link to the annex, Amnesty International’s Report...

On the eve of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, the Secretary General of Amnesty International, Irene Khan, in Brussels for talks with EU policy-makers, issued a strong appeal for the European Union to take a global lead in efforts to protect human rights in the aftermath of the 11 September...

Security and refugee protection: the human rights agenda for the Laeken Summit and Appeal by Amnesty International Download PDF attachement

Security, refugee protection and the human rights agenda after 11 September: Amnesty International’s concerns regarding EU policies. Download PDF attachement

Security and Refugee Protection: Amnesty International’s comments on the relationship between safeguarding internal security and complying with international obligations of protection towards refugees and asylum-seekers. Download PDF attachement

Click here to link to the annex – document “Amnesty International’s position on arms transfers and military aid to Afghanistan” (AI index ACT 30/033/2001). Download PDF attachement

Click here to link to the Amnesty International report: “Appeal to the European Union and Commonwealth” (AI Index AFR 46/010/2001).

Amnesty International is issuing an urgent appeal to European Union leaders to exert their influence through the Cotonou Agreement, following the arrest yesterday of the head of Amnesty International in Gambia, Mr Lamine Sillah, and 13 others including a leading member of Gambia’s opposition...

Comments by Amnesty International on the proposal by the European Commission for a Council Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant and the Surrender Procedures between the Member States [COM(2001) 522 final] Download PDF attachement