As the European Commission finalizes its 2002 progress reports on EU Candidate Countries, Amnesty International releases a new report showing that systematic torture in Turkey is continuing despite recent legal reforms. Amnesty International calls on the EU to urge Turkey to set a date for the...

Click here to link to the Amnesty International document, “Turkey: Systematic torture continues in 2002”, (AI index EUR 44/040/2002), September 2002.

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

Amnesty International’s concerns regarding the discussion paper issued by the Danish Presidency concerning recognition rates on Convention refugees and persons in need of protection in Member States and (the road towards) a common understanding of international protection, To be discussed at...

Amnesty International’s concerns regarding amendments to the draft report on the proposal for a Council directive on a minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals and stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection (PE...

Amnesty International’s observations regarding the “Discussion Paper of key elements for a future Repatriation/ Return program on the basis of the Commission Green Paper” in relation to returns to Afghanistan To be discussed at the informal JHA meeting, Copenhagen 13-14 September...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL RELEASES DETAILED LEGAL ANALYSIS TO EU COUNCIL Amnesty International has today released a 30-page legal analysis showing in detail how bilateral agreements being pursued by the United States with individual countries, including EU member states, violate both the spirit...

AI Index IOR 40/025/2002 Click here to link to full document. See also our press release (02/09/2002) with links to other documents on this subject (go to “press releases” tab).

Amnesty International today launched an urgent appeal to the EU to call on the newly inaugurated President Uribe of Colombia to prioritise human rights. In letters to the Danish Presidency (available at end of page) and other EU leaders the organization stressed in particular the need to end...

As the United Nations Security Council prepares to discuss proposals today (15.00 New York time) which would exempt UN peacekeepers from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International is calling on European Union governments to reject them. Amnesty International is...

On the eve of Denmark’s accession to the Presidency of the European Union, Amnesty International has addressed a detailed memorandum to the Danish EU Presidency with proposals for improving the EU’s human rights record, both within Europe and beyond its borders. In the document:...

Memorandum – A Human Rights Agenda to the 2002 Danish Presidency Download PDF attachement