AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

The Director of Amnesty International’s EU Office has warned an EU Conference in Brussels today on association negotiations with the Mercosur countries and Chile, that human rights are still being left off the agenda.

Amnesty International statement

Document on Rights at Risk in aftermath of 11 September

Letter on human rights concerns in the aftermath of 11 September

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EU OFFICE

As the Spanish prime minister José Maria Aznar prepares to address the European Parliament in Strasbourg tomorrow (Wednesday 16 January), Amnesty International asks: why are human rights absent in the list of Spanish Presidency priorities

Spanish Presidency Priorities: Where are Human Rights

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As the European Commission and the President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika prepare to initial an EU-Algeria Association Agreement in Brussels tomorrow (Wednesday 19 December), Amnesty International says the fact this event is going ahead shows the EU’s human rights clause is now clearly not worth the paper it is written on.

Speech by Amnesty International:

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.