AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ECRE (European Council on Refugees and Exiles) CIMADE (Service oecumenique d’entraide) FINNISH JURISTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ILPA (Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association) JURA HOMINIS (Italian section of International Commission of Jurists) JUSTICE NJCM (Dutch section of International Commission of Jurists) STATEWATCH OMCT Europe (World Organisation Against Torture) OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE ICS (Consorzio Italiano di solidarietà) MEDICI SENZA FRONTIERE – Missione Italia ERRC (European Roma Rights Center)

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

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

Amnesty International Briefing on the EU Return Plan to Afghanistan

As the European Union prepares to launch a major programme this Thursday (EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, Brussels) to repatriate refugees to Afghanistan, Amnesty International calls on the EU to pull back from any plans for the moment. (document available link at end of page: “Amnesty International Briefing on the EU Return Plan to Afghanistan”).

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

28/03/2003 – 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. Document prepared jointly by Amnesty International, ECRE, ILPA, GISTI, Justice, Statewatch and the Standing Committee of experts on international immigration refugee and criminal law.

Amnesty International commentary on UK proposals for external processing and responsibility sharing arrangements with third countries.

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.

ADDRESSED TO: BERTIE AHERN/ JOSE MARIA AZNAR/ JAN PETER BALKENENDE/ JOSE MANUEL DURAO BARROSO/ SILVIO BERLUSCONI/TONY BLAIR/ JACQUES CHIRAC/ JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER/PAAVO LIPPONEN/ GORAN PERSSON/ ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN/ GERHARD SCHRÖDER/ WOLFGANG SCHÜSSEL/ COSTAS SIMITIS/ GUY VERHOFSTADT