Speech made by Dick Oosting, Director of the Amnesty International EU Office during the public hearing held at the European Parliament’s Citizens’ Rights Committee 17 April 2002 on the subject of Fundamental Rights within the European Union.
The Director of Amnesty International’s EU Office has warned an EU Conference in Brussels today on association negotiations with the Mercosur countries and Chile, that human rights are still being left off the agenda.
Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have sent an urgent appeal to the European Parliament to reconsider its decision not to create a fully-fledged Human Rights Committee.