News in Brief May-June 2002
01 June 2002
June 2002
Danish Presidency programme for justice and home affairs:
Details
Free movement of families of Union citizens: Commission pursues infringement proceedings against Spain:
Press release
Case in European Court of Human Rights to determine right to protect sources:
Report
CJFE, RSF raise press-freedom concerns as G8 Summit nears:
Report
European Commission: Green Paper on a "Community return policy on illegal immigrants", COM (2002) 175:
Full-text (pdf)
Report that USA to introduce data retention denied:
Link
Full-text of the revised (dated 18.6.02) proposed EU Directive on asylum procedures, COM (2002) 326:
Document and Comments
Council of the European Union, proposal for a: "Council Directive on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals and stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection" - re-defining who is a "refugee". The text is "partially accessible" (meaning that the names of the EU Member States have been deleted), doc 7882/02:
Text (Word 97)
Text (pdf)
May 2002
Amnesty International Annual Report 2002 contains detailed reports on all European countries including their reactions to 11 September as regards civil liberties:
European country reports &
Full Annual Report
New Statewatch bulletin published:
Contents
Surveillance in the USA - interesting article from Village :
Link and for their coverage of the "Attack on civil liberties" see:
Voice
EU: European Commission Communication to the Convention on the future of the EU:
Link
UK: Final draft of code of practice on interception under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA):
Text
EU documents reveal details of its demands for so-called "opening up" of Third World markets:
Report