01/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - Amnesty International has sent the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU a detailed memorandum with proposals for improving the EU's human rights record, both within Europe and beyond its borders (see http://www.amnesty-eu.org ). Unveiling the memorandum last week in Copenhagen, Irene Khan, Amnesty International Secretary General said "We have witnesses how fragile the EU's human rights commitments can be, in particularly since September 11". The memorandum urges Denmark to make the eradication of torture a key priority and secure adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture; to prevent torture by immediately following up reports of arrests or "disappearances"; and using high level political dialogue to persuade countries to sign up or adhere to international commitments on eradicating torture.