With the theme: “No trade off between human rights and security”, Amnesty International’s Annual Report documents human rights abuses across the world for the year 2001, including extrajudicial executions in 47 countries, judicial executions in 27 countries, “disappearances” in 35 countries, torture and ill-treatment in 111 countries and prisoners of conscience in at least 56 countries.

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

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.

Race-related Torture and Ill-treatment by State Agents.

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Speech by Amnesty International:

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.

Security and refugee protection: the human rights agenda for the Laeken Summit and Appeal by Amnesty International

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]