!! 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...

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

(Brussels 5 March) Amnesty International today called on the European Union through its Police Mission in Bosnia to give more concrete direction to the Bosnian authorities to tackle the vast number of outstanding cases of ‘disappearances’ in the war-torn country outlined in a new...

Russian Federation: Update on human rights in Chechnya and Russia’s response to the hostage incident Download PDF attachement

EU-Putin Summit and Chechnya: A Test Of EU Credibility Amnesty International Urgent Appeal Brussels (8 November) As European Union leaders prepare to meet the Russian President Vladimir Putin at their summit in Brussels on Monday, Amnesty International appeals to the EU to break its silence on...

Amnesty International appeal to the European Union on the eve of the EU-Russia Summit to be held in Brussels on 11 November 2002. Click link at end of page to view. Download PDF attachement

ONE STEP TOWARDS RESTORING THE BALANCE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WELCOMES SEVILLE SUMMIT SHIFT FROM SANCTIONS TO “COOPERATION” BUT MAINTAINS CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT Commenting on the decision by European Union leaders at Seville to stop short of adding aid sanctions to their...