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Amnesty International slams SPP secrecy in letter to Bush, Calderon and Harper

April 21, 2008
Posted by Pierre-Yves Serinet

Amnesty International has sent Prime Minister Harper and his U.S. and Mexican counterparts a letter condemning the secrecy behind the SPP and demanding that it be brought to each country's respective legislatures "to facilitate meaningful public debate."

“The secrecy and lack of accountability that has marked development of the SPP … leave insufficient room for informed involvement of civil society,” Amnesty International leaders wrote in their letter. “The glaring lack of human rights commitments and an effective institutional means to monitor and enforce those commitments is unacceptable,” the directors of Amnesty International of Canada, Mexico and the United States wrote. “We repeat our call to you to take steps to ensure that initiatives being shaped under the framework of the SPP are brought to the Canadian, Mexican and the United States legislatures to facilitate meaningful public debate.”

To read the full letter, click here.
It is available in French here.

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