29/09/2003 – Briefing note to the European Union EU-Tunisia Association Council 30 September 2003

Amnesty International today calls on the Italian EU Presidency to urgently address the continuing serious human rights situation in Algeria, in view of the EU-Algeria Association Agreement, signed in April 2002 and soon to be ratified by all parties.

16/09/2003 – Rapport d’Amnesty International index MDE 28/005/2003

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

At the simultaneous launch in Brussels and Rome today of Amnesty International’s Six-Monthly Assessment of EU Human Rights Policy*, the organization says the European Union is lacking focus on human rights both at home and abroad, and calls for leadership from the Italian government to shape a new EU human rights agenda.

Click to view document – AI index MDE 30/001/2003 dated 10/06/2003

Click to view document – AI index MDE 30/014/2003 dated 10/06/2003

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 sent an urgent letter to the President of the European Council, George Papandreou, calling on the European Union and EU Member States on the United Nations Security Council, to actively support the inclusion of the following human rights provisions in the Draft UN Security Council Resolution on Iraq.