EU Must Demand That Israel Honours Its Human Rights Commitments

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: The need for the European Union to take more effective steps to prevent members from signing US impunity agreements (AI index IOR 40/030/2002).

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Amnesty International Decries The EU’s “Poor Example”

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

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

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.

As the United Nations Security Council prepares to discuss proposals today (15.00 New York time) which would exempt UN peacekeepers from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International is calling on European Union governments to reject them.

ONE STEP TOWARDS RESTORING THE BALANCE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WELCOMES SEVILLE SUMMIT SHIFT FROM SANCTIONS TO “COOPERATION” BUT MAINTAINS CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT

In a last-minute appeal on the eve of the European Council in Seville, Amnesty International calls on all European Union leaders not to resort to measures against third countries that would further distort the human rights balance in the fight against “illegal immigration”.