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EU-US: NGOs call for clear plan of action to close Guantánamo Bay detention centre

Jun 6, 2007

Ahead of the European Union-United States summit in Washington on 30 April, a number of NGOs urged EU leaders to insist on a clear plan of action on the closure of the Guantánamo Bay detention centre.

European Union: Data protection supervisor issues two new opinions

Jun 6, 2007

On 11 April, EU Data Protection supervisor Peter Hustinx published an opinion criticizing the Prüm Treaty, an EU treaty on data-sharing related to terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal immigration. In the opinion, he urges for the treaty, currently adopted by...

European Union: Council to inform listed individuals or groups of grounds for their listing

Jun 6, 2007

During a summit in Luxemburg on 24-25 April, the EU Council decided that, as part of the reviewing process of the EU terrorist list, it will inform the listed persons, groups and entities about the reasons for their listing through a “statement of reasons”. The...

United Nations: High Commissioner says “war on terror” an excuse to violate human rights

Jun 6, 2007

At a press conference upon her return from visits to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said that Central Asian states continue to use the “war on terrorism” as an excuse to violate human rights....

United Nations: Human rights expert visits South Africa and the United States

Jun 6, 2007

In a visit to South Africa in April, Special Rapporteur Martin Scheinin examined the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Act of 2005. In a preliminary report on his visit to the United States, the expert raised a number of...