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.

Letter to Mr Louis Michel, President of the Council of the European Union and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium.

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

Click here to link to the annex – document “Amnesty International’s position on arms transfers and military aid to Afghanistan” (AI index ACT 30/033/2001).

Click here to link to the Amnesty International report: “Appeal to the European Union and Commonwealth” (AI Index AFR 46/010/2001).

Amnesty International is issuing an urgent appeal to European Union leaders to exert their influence through the Cotonou Agreement, following the arrest yesterday of the head of Amnesty International in Gambia, Mr Lamine Sillah, and 13 others including a leading member of Gambia’s opposition Dr Moudou Manneh.

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]

Comments by Amnesty International on a proposal by the European Commission for a Council Framework Decision on combating terrorism [COM(2001) 521 final]

The continued deterioriation of the human rights situation in Tunisia – Joint letter by human rights organizations to Louis Michel, President-in-office of the Council and Belgian Foreign Minister.

In the lead-up to this week’s series of extraordinary EU meetings to discuss anti-terrorism measures, including tomorrow’s special Justice and Home Affairs Council, Amnesty International has outlined its concerns over the potential of these new measures to infringe basic human rights.