05/08/2004 – In preparation for consideration of the multiannual programme building the area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ) which will take place in autumn 2004, Amnesty International (AI) takes this opportunity to put forward certain areas that it considers to be of paramount importance in the development of the AFSJ. Amnesty International is encouraged by the fact that the Presidency document in preparation of the political orientations for the multiannual programme includes adequate access to justice and the protection of rights as the first key area to be addressed in this next stage of development of the AFSJ.
