Refugee and human rights organisations across Europe are jointly calling on the European Union to scrap one of the key elements leading to the proposed Common European Asylum System. View the joint letter to Commissioner Mr Antonio Vitorino (European Commission). See also the joint press release,...

10/03/2004 – Amnesty International’s comments on the follow up to the study on the single asylum procedure: «”one stop shop” against the background of the Common european asylum system and the goal of a common asylum procedure» (Word document)

 !! Update 10/3/04 – EU-Russia talks postponed – new date to be confirmed !! FIRST TEST FOR THE EU’s “NEW” APPROACH TO RUSSIA SAYS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (Brussels, 9 March 2004) Amnesty International today called on the Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowen,...

!! Mise à jour 10/3/2004 – UE-Russie – réunion remise, une nouvelle date sera confirmée ultérieurement !! Réunion des ministres des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne et de la Russie jeudi 11 mars : premier test pour la « nouvelle » approche de l’Union européenne...

On the eve of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, Amnesty International calls on the Presidency to act, as a matter of urgency, to fill the legislative gap left in European Union judicial cooperation in criminal matters by the Commission’s failure, to date, to produce a proposal for a...

Amnesty International today called on the EU Council of Ministers to develop ways in which accountability at EU level for human rights abuses within EU borders can be addressed, following the release today of a new report alleging abuses by police officers in Germany. Amnesty International’s...

Amnesty International report: “Back in the Spotlight: Allegations of police ill-treatment and excessive use of force in Germany” (AI index EUR 23/001/2004 dated 14 January 2004) 2-page summary of document Cover page for document 77-pages text of document

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...