Amnesty International Memorandum to the European Union and EU Member States: addressing dangers and difficulties faced by human rights defenders in Latin America and Caribbean States.
25/03/2003 – Amnesty International Memorandum to the European Union and EU Member States: addressing dangers and difficulties faced by human rights defenders in Latin America and Caribbean States.
ADDRESSED TO: BERTIE AHERN/ JOSE MARIA AZNAR/ JAN PETER BALKENENDE/ JOSE MANUEL DURAO BARROSO/ SILVIO BERLUSCONI/TONY BLAIR/ JACQUES CHIRAC/ JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER/PAAVO LIPPONEN/ GORAN PERSSON/ ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN/ GERHARD SCHRÖDER/ WOLFGANG SCHÜSSEL/ COSTAS SIMITIS/ GUY VERHOFSTADT
(Brussels 5 March) Amnesty International today called on the European Union through its Police Mission in Bosnia to give more concrete direction to the Bosnian authorities to tackle the vast number of outstanding cases of ‘disappearances’ in the war-torn country outlined in a new 63-page report (Bosnia-Herzegovina: Honouring the ghosts: Confronting impunity for “disappearances”) available, see link at end of page.
(Brussels 26 February) On the eve of tomorrow’s meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers in Brussels, Amnesty International calls on the EU not to agree to anything in the proposed EU/USA Cooperation Agreement in Criminal Matters and on Extradition that does not explicitly prohibit the imposition of the death penalty in relation to anyone extradited from the European Union to the United States.
Amnesty International’s Comments on the Amended Proposal for a Council Directive on Minimum Standards on Procedures in Member States for Granting and Withdrawing Refugee Status – COM(2002) 326 Final
19/02/2003 – Amnesty International’s Comments on the Amended Proposal for a Council Directive on Minimum Standards on Procedures in Member States for Granting and Withdrawing Refugee Status – COM(2002) 326 Final
Amnesty International calls on European Union leaders to seize the chance to show unity on Iraq by putting the plight of the people of Iraq and surrounding countries at the top of their agenda for Monday’s emergency EU summit.
Brussels (13 January) With the presentation tomorrow by the Greek prime minister Costas Simitis of his country’s EU Presidency programme to the European Parliament, Amnesty International has released a detailed set of recommendations under the theme: