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

AMNESTY LAUCHES 40-PAGE ANALYSIS IN LEAD-UP TO EU SUMMIT

Amnesty International Launches 40-Page Analysis in Lead-Up to EU Summit

STRICTLY EMBARGOED 0800HRS BRUSSELS TIME FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2003

STRICTLY EMBARGOED 0800HRS BRUSSELS TIME FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2003

28/05/2003 – On the eve of the European Summit meeting with the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg (31 May 2003), Amnesty International calls on EU to urge President Vladimir Putin to put human rights at the heart of the agenda for peace in Chechnya

26/05/2003 – Amnesty International EU AssociationAnnual Report 2002

Amnesty International’s response to the European Commission’s Green Paper on Procedural Safeguards for Suspects and Defendants in Criminal Proceedings throughout the European Union – COM(2003)75

24/04/2003 – Public hearing European Parliament Citizens’ Rights Committee – 24 April 2003

At a time when war in Iraq may result in a massive exodus of refugees, Amnesty International has described British proposals to be discussed at EU level tomorrow on processing refugees “in the region”as totally inappropriate, legally flawed and says they risk undermining the Tampere process.

27/03/2003 – Amnesty International commentary on UK proposals for external processing and responsibility sharing arrangements with third countries.

(Brussels 5 March) Amnesty International today called on the European Union through its Police Mission in Bosnia to give more concrete direction to the Bosnian authorities to tackle the vast number of outstanding cases of ‘disappearances’ in the war-torn country outlined in a new 63-page report (Bosnia-Herzegovina: Honouring the ghosts: Confronting impunity for “disappearances”) available, see link at end of page.