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
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (FIDH) Two human rights organisations have labelled the European Parliament’s draft Annual Report on Human Rights in the World as a “serious disappointment” which they say shows up the Parliament’s failure to assume its proper role of...
Speech by Amnesty International: Foreign Policy and Refugee Protection: Essential Elements. ECRE Conference Brussels, 10 December 2001 Download PDF attachement
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...
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
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
Comments by Amnesty International on a proposal by the European Commission for a Council Framework Decision on combating terrorism [COM(2001) 521 final] Download PDF attachement