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Subject: Statewatch News Online, 15 May 2006 (11/06)
Statewatch News Online, 15 May 2006 (11/06)
Full contents see: http://www.statewatch.org
1. EU: Statewatch analysis: Transferring the Third Pillar
2. EU: No Fortress Europe - Appeal: Join the campaign
3. Greece: Minister urged to quit over "abduction"
4. EU-USA: Washington visit shows CIA investigation must continue
5. EU: Communication from the Commission: The Period of reflection
6. Libya-Lampedusa: Report
7. UK: Two reports on the London bombings on 7 July 2005
8. Italy: Extraordinary renditions: Collusion in CIA kidnapping
9. EU: "Role of Internal Security in Relations between the EU and
its Neighbours"
10. European Parliament: Interim report: CIA alleged flights,
rendition & secret prisons
11. EU: Draft Common Manual for Immigration Liaison Officers (ILOs)
12. EU: Commission evaluation of on combating trafficking in human being
13. EU: Commission proposal on criminal measures and intellectual
property rights
14. EU: Article 29 Working Party: proper safeguards on mandatory data
retention
15. EU: Commission: A report on exchange of data with Interpol
16. European Ombudsman Annual Report for 2005
17. UK: Sixty-eight racist murders since Stephen Lawrence
18. EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 27-28 April 2006
19. Denmark: "Rebellion" case goes to Supreme Court
1. Statewatch analysis: Transferring the Third Pillar by Professor
Steve Peers, Department of Law, University of Essex:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/may/analysis-3rd-pill-transfer-may-2006.
pdf
Background documents:
a) European Commission Communication: Citizens' Agenda: Delivering
results for Europe:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/may/com-211-10.05.06.pdf
b) Current Title VI of the TEU (third pillar)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/may/title-VI-TEU.htm
c) Articles III-270 to III-277 of the proposed EU Constitution
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/may/igc-jha-renumbered.pdf
2. No Fortress Europe - Appeal: Join the campaign to shut down
temporary holding centres for migrants in Europe by signing this
petition The campaign will be officially launched in Stasbourg on 17
May 2006: http://www.no-fortress-europe.eu/
3. Greece: Minister urged to quit over "abduction" of Pakistani
immigrants (Independent on Sunday, link):
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article364615.ece
See also: Greece: 5,432 immigrants questioned in massive security
sweep in July-August 2005 at request of MI6 - 28 Pakistani men
abducted, held in secret houses, questioned and subjected to
violence:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/jan/08greece-security-sweep.htm
4. EU-USA: MEPs say Washington visit shows CIA investigation must
continue - press statement 12 May 2006 from the delegation from the
Committee of Inquiry into flights and detention (TDIP):
http://www.statewatch.org/cia/documents/TDIP-in-Washington-12-05-06.pdf
5. EU: Communication from the Commission to the European Council: The
Period of reflection and Plan (COM 212) (pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/may/com-212-10-05-06.pdf
6. Libya-Lampedusa: Report from the Central European University
Centre, Open Society Institute, by Rutvica Andrijasevic: How to
Balance Rights and Responsibilities on Asylum at the EU's Southern
Border of Italy and Libya:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/may/andrijasevic-Libya-Lampedusa.pdf
7. UK: Two reports on the London bombings on 7 July 2005:
Intelligence and Secuiity Committee: Report into the London Terrorist
Attacks on 7 July 2005:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/may/isc-7july-report.pdf
Report of the Official Account of the Bombings in London on 7th July 2005:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/may/7-july-report.pdf
8. Italy: Extraordinary renditions: Collusion by Italian personnel in
CIA kidnapping:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/may/02italy-cia-rendition.htm
9. EU: A Ministerial Conference on the "Role of Internal Security in
Relations between the EU and its Neighbours" was held on 4-5 May 2006
in Vienna, Austria: Vienna Declaration on Security Partnership:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/may/01vienna-declaration.htm
10. European Parliament: Interim report on CIA alleged flights,
rendition and secret prisons in the EU:
English:
http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/ep-cia-interim-report-english.pdf
French:
http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/ep-cia-interim-report-french.pdf
German:
http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/ep-cia-interim-report-german.pdf
Italian:
http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/ep-cia-interim-report-italian.pdf
Polish:
http://www.statewatch.org/cia/reports/ep-cia-interim-report-polish.pdf
11. EU: Draft Common Manual for Immigration Liaison Officers (ILOs)
posted abroad by the Member States of the European Union (132 pages):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/eu-draft-ILO-manual-8418-06.pdf
12. EU: European Commission evaluation of on combating trafficking
in human beings:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/com-traff-eval-187-06.pdf
13. EU: European Commission proposal on criminal measures aimed at
ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/com-IP-rights-168-06.pdf
14. EU: Article 29 Working Party on Data Protection calls for proper
safeguards and controls on the national implementation of the EU
Directive on mandatory data retention: WP 119:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/wp119.pdf
For full background and documentation see Statewatch's Observatory on
the Surveillance of telecommunications in the EU:
http://www.statewatch.org/eu-data-retention.htm
15. European Commission: A report on application of the Common
Position on exchange of data with Interpol (COM 167, 2006)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/com-interpol-common-position-167-06.
pdf
16. European Ombudsman Annual Report for 2005 (pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/eu-ombuds-rep05.pdf
Statistical Annex (pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/eu-ombuds-rep05-stats.pdf
17. UK: Sixty-eight racist murders since Stephen Lawrence (IRR News
Service, link):
http://www.irr.org.uk/2006/april/ha000031.html
More details (link):
http://www.irr.org.uk/2002/november/ak000008.html
18. EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 27-28 April 2006 in
Luxembourg: Press release (pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/jha-27-28-april-press-rel.pdf
B Points agenda:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/jha-2-28-april-B-point-agenda.pdf
A Points agenda (adopted without debate):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/jha-2-28-april-A-point-agenda.pdf
Background Note:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/jha-agenda-background-note-27-28-Apr
il.pdf
The agenda for discussion includes a number of issues on which there
appears to be no agreement between the EU governments. For example,
an amendment to the Schengen Agreement on police cooperation: EU doc
no 8459/06:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/8459-06.pdf
and an extraordinary Declaration by the Czech Republic, Latvia,
Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania and Slovakia delegations backing the "use
of biometrics" to "promote EU security" and for "flexibility" on the
contested legal basis for SIS II: EU doc no: 8610/06:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/8610-06.pdf
see EU doc no 8537/06 for the substantive issues:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/8537-06.pdf
The same goes for the proposed Framework Decision on procedural
rights in criminal proceedings, such are the differences that some
governments (UK, Czech Republic, Ireland, Malta, Cyprus and Slovakia)
are suggesting a non-binding measure be adopted instead: EU doc no 8466/06:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/8466-06.pdf
And for the mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters
imposing custodial sentences: EU doc no: 8426/06:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/8426-06.pdf
Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor, comments:
"All of these measures concern substantive differences on fundamental
issues yet all of these documents are secret, surely we have a right
to know what is being decided in our name?"
19. Denmark: "Rebellion" case goes to Supreme Court:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/apr/denmark-%27Rebellion%27-case-goes-to
-supreme-court.pdf
See also Statewatch's: "Terrorist" lists: monitoring proscription,
designation and asset-freezing:
http://www.statewatch.org/terrorlists/terrorlists.html
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