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Arms export controls in the expanded European Union are dangerously ineffective and stringent new regulations are urgently needed to protect human rights and safeguard people’s security, Amnesty International said today.

27/04/2004 – English summary

18/03/2004 – In an Open Letter to the Irish EU Presidency (see below), Amnesty International is calling on the EU to reconsider its apparent decision not to push for United Nations’ monitoring of the human rights situation in Iraq. With EU Foreign Ministers due to discuss this issue at their meeting on Monday (22 March), Amnesty International today releases its report Iraq: One year on which states that the human rights situation in the country remains dire

As the Italian Presidency and the European Commission prepare for tomorrow’s EU-Tunisia Association Council in Brussels, Amnesty International has released a briefing paper detailing its concerns about draft “anti-terrorism” legislation currently before the Tunisian parliament which could be used to stifle freedom of expression, and may increase the use of military courts.

Briefing note to the European Union EU-Tunisia Association Council 30 September 2003

Note d’Amnesty International à l’Union européenne Conseil d’association UE-Tunisie 30 septembre 2003

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