Amnesty International Briefing on the EU Return Plan to Afghanistan

As the European Union prepares to launch a major programme this Thursday (EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, Brussels) to repatriate refugees to Afghanistan, Amnesty International calls on the EU to pull back from any plans for the moment. (document available link at end of page: “Amnesty International Briefing on the EU Return Plan to Afghanistan”).

06/05/2003 – Amnesty International Briefing on the EU Return Plan to Afghanistan for the EU-JHA Council, 8 May 2003

Public hearing European Parliament Citizens’ Rights Committee

Amnesty International has accused the European Union of continuing to exercise double standards on human rights when, as a collective body, it demands that non-EU countries address their human rights violations, while remaining silent when human rights are violated within the EU.

24/04/2003 – Public hearing European Parliament Citizens’ Rights Committee – 24 April 2003

Convention for the future of Europe: joint NGOs comments on the draft chapter on Justice and Home Affairs to be discussed in Plenary on 3-4 April 2003.

28/03/2003 – Convention for the future of Europe: joint NGOs comments on the draft chapter on Justice and Home Affairs to be discussed in Plenary on 3-4 April 2003. Document prepared jointly by Amnesty International, ECRE, ILPA, GISTI, Justice, Statewatch and the Standing Committee of experts on international immigration refugee and criminal law.

Amnesty International commentary on UK proposals for external processing and responsibility sharing arrangements with third countries.

At a time when war in Iraq may result in a massive exodus of refugees, Amnesty International has described British proposals to be discussed at EU level tomorrow on processing refugees “in the region”as totally inappropriate, legally flawed and says they risk undermining the Tampere process.

27/03/2003 – Amnesty International commentary on UK proposals for external processing and responsibility sharing arrangements with third countries.

Amnesty International has today released a Memorandum to the European Union and EU member states (available see 1 & 2 at end of page) calling for the EU’s urgent attention to the plight of human rights defenders, during a series of meetings with Latin American and Caribbean ministers this week.