19/03/2003 – Amnesty International’s 10-point appeal to all parties involved in possible military action in Iraq

Amnesty International calls on European Union leaders to seize the chance to show unity on Iraq by putting the plight of the people of Iraq and surrounding countries at the top of their agenda for Monday’s emergency EU summit.

EU Must Demand That Israel Honours Its Human Rights Commitments

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Link to Amnesty International document (AI index MDE 02/005/2002, 30 September 2002) – click on title.

Brussels (30 Sept.) As EU foreign ministers meet today to decide the EU’s response to US bilateral agreements aimed at exempting US personnel from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International has handed the Danish foreign minister, Per Stig Moller, the results of its global petition calling on all governments to refuse to enter into any agreement that grants effective immunity from prosecution for crimes under international law.

Amnesty International Decries The EU’s “Poor Example”

Amnesty International report: “People’s Republic of China: serious human rights violations and the crackdown on dissent continue” (AI index AFR 17/047/2002).

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’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

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL RELEASES DETAILED LEGAL ANALYSIS TO EU COUNCIL