Click here to link to document “Concerns in Europe: January-June 2002” (AI index EUR 01/007/2002).

Presentation given by Dick Oosting, Director of Amnesty International EU Office, on human rights to the Convention on the Future of Europe. Download PDF attachement

ONE STEP TOWARDS RESTORING THE BALANCE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WELCOMES SEVILLE SUMMIT SHIFT FROM SANCTIONS TO “COOPERATION” BUT MAINTAINS CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT Commenting on the decision by European Union leaders at Seville to stop short of adding aid sanctions to their...

Amnesty International’s Comments on the Commission’s Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national [COM(2001) 447...

War Against “Illegal Immigration” Puts Human Rights At Risk A week away from the Seville summit, and on the eve of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg, Amnesty International today releases an urgent appeal to EU leaders to step back from the brink in their so-called...

EU war on ‘illegal immigration’ puts human rights at risk Amnesty International Appeal to the Seville Summit 12 June 2002 Lien pour la version FR du document Download PDF attachement

Overview of Amnesty International’s EU Office work undertaken in 2001 Download PDF attachement

Human Rights, Democracy and Conflict Prevention NGOs Joint International NGOs Submission to the Convention on the Future of the European Union May 2002 Strengthening the Value Base Complying with International Standards Delivery on the Promises Summary + Full Text – English and French...

With the release today of Amnesty International’s Annual Report 2002, the human rights organisation makes a specific plea to the European Union to provide a counter for the growing anti-immigrant and anti-asylum seeker sentiment spreading across the continent. With the theme: “No trade...

Click here to link to Amnesty International document “Concerns in Europe: July-December 2001“ (AI index EUR 01/002/2002).

Speech by Dick Oosting, Director, on the occasion of the official opening of Amnesty International’s new office by European Parliament President Pat Cox on 7 May 2002 Download PDF attachement

Speech made by Dick Oosting, Director of the Amnesty International EU Office during the public hearing held at the European Parliament’s Citizens’ Rights Committee 17 April 2002 on the subject of Fundamental Rights within the European Union. Download PDF attachement