10/12/2003 – Amnesty International welcomes the European Commission Communication on the application of Article 7 TEU in October 2003 as a first step towards acceptance of a key element in Article 7 TEU, that of adequate monitoring of the situation regarding fundamental rights in the EU in...

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The submission includes a brief note on general EU concerns and a set of country reports for EU and candidate countries which will form part of Amnesty International’s report “Concerns in Europe and Central Asia”. Documents: Submission to the EU Network of Independent Experts in...

30/09/2003 – The submission includes a brief note on general EU concerns and a set of country reports for EU and candidate countries which will form part of Amnesty International’s report “Concerns in Europe and Central Asia”. Submission to the EU Network of Independent...

AMNESTY LAUCHES 40-PAGE ANALYSIS IN LEAD-UP TO EU SUMMIT ALSO RELEASED: OPEN LETTER TO EU HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ON THE COMMON ASYLUM POLICY With this week’s Thessaloniki EU summit set to discuss UK/European Commission proposals on extra-territorial processing of asylum claims, Amnesty...

Amnesty International Launches 40-Page Analysis in Lead-Up to EU Summit Also Released: Open Letter to EU Heads of State and Government on the Common Asylum Policy Click links below to view documents: Cover page for document “UK/EU/UNHCR: Unlawful and Unworkable- extra-territorial processing...

STRICTLY EMBARGOED 0800HRS BRUSSELS TIME FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2003 On the eve of the European Union summit meeting with Russia in St. Petersburg, Amnesty International has challenged the EU, in its dialogue with the Russian President Vladimir Putin, to push harder for concrete improvements in the human...

STRICTLY EMBARGOED 0800HRS BRUSSELS TIME FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2003 On the eve of the European Summit meeting with the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg (31 May 2003), Amnesty International calls on EU to urge President Vladimir Putin to put human rights at the heart of the agenda for peace in...

28/05/2003 – On the eve of the European Summit meeting with the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg (31 May 2003), Amnesty International calls on EU to urge President Vladimir Putin to put human rights at the heart of the agenda for peace in Chechnya

26/05/2003 – Amnesty International EU AssociationAnnual Report 2002

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 Click on this link to view the EC Green Paper COM(2003) 75 Download PDF attachement

24/04/2003 – Public hearing European Parliament Citizens’ Rights Committee – 24 April 2003