AMNESTY EXHORTE L’UE À MAINTENIR SES FORCES SUR PLACE TANT QUE LA FORCE DE L’ONU N’EST PAS PLEINEMENT OPÉRATIONNELLE

Colombia: Amnesty International Briefing to the European Union

In the lead-up to Thursday’s meeting on International Support for Colombia, in which the European Commission, and representatives of EU Member States will participate, Amnesty International has called on the EU to guarantee that any further aid to Colombia will not be diverted to activities or groups which may contribute to the worsening human rights crisis in the country.

07/07/2003 – Colombia: Amnesty International Briefing to the European Union

The Justice and Home Affairs Council of 5-6 June 2003 is due to approve the EU-US Agreements on Extradition and on Mutual Legal Assistance, Amnesty International releases its own analysis which points to serious concerns and omissions.

Amnesty International has today released a Memorandum to the European Union and EU member states (available see 1 & 2 at end of page) calling for the EU’s urgent attention to the plight of human rights defenders, during a series of meetings with Latin American and Caribbean ministers this week.

Amnesty International Memorandum to the European Union and EU Member States: addressing dangers and difficulties faced by human rights defenders in Latin America and Caribbean States.

Strengthen policing to protect human rights

Amnesty International Decries The EU’s “Poor Example”

On the eve of the summit in Copenhagen between European Union leaders and the Chinese prime minister Zhu Rongji, Amnesty International calls on the EU to put an end to the situation where the so-called dialogue on human rights is in effect a monologue which China ignores. Amnesty International urges the Danish EU Presidency to convey to the Chinese leadership that it will no longer accept a dialogue that produces no results whatsoever.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL RELEASES DETAILED LEGAL ANALYSIS TO EU COUNCIL

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 impunity, to confront and dismantle army-backed paramilitary organizations and to guarantee the safety of human rights defenders and other vulnerable sectors of the civilian population.