01/10/2003 – Comments from Non-Governmental Organisations for the IGC

English and Italian versions available – links below.

At the simultaneous launch in Brussels and Rome today of Amnesty International’s Six-Monthly Assessment of EU Human Rights Policy*, the organization says the European Union is lacking focus on human rights both at home and abroad, and calls for leadership from the Italian government to shape a new EU human rights agenda.

LE RICHIESTE DI AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ALLA PRESIDENZA ITALIANA DELL’UNIONE EUROPEA

25/06/2003 – Amnesty International six-monthly assessment of EU human rights policy and benchmarks for the Italian EU Presidency – “Wanted: a new EU agenda for human rights”.

19/05/2003 – 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

06/05/2003 – Amnesty International Briefing on the EU Return Plan to Afghanistan for the EU-JHA Council, 8 May 2003

Public hearing European Parliament Citizens’ Rights Committee

Amnesty International has accused the European Union of continuing to exercise double standards on human rights when, as a collective body, it demands that non-EU countries address their human rights violations, while remaining silent when human rights are violated within the EU.

Convention for the future of Europe: joint NGOs comments on the draft chapter on Justice and Home Affairs to be discussed in Plenary on 3-4 April 2003.