The presence of the Transnational Radical Party in the UN Commission on Human Rights
Geneva, 22 March - 30 April 1999
Public initiatives (press conferences, public meetings, briefings)
31 March, 1p.m. - 3p.m.
- Kosovo, democracy for Serbia, indictment of Milosevic by ICTY
6 April, 1p.m. - 3p.m.
- Situation in China - joint briefing with HRIC and FIDH
14 April, 1p.m. - 3p.m.
- Situation in Hong Kong
21 April, 1p.m. - 3p.m.
- Moratorium on capital executions in 1999
22 April, 1p.m. - 3p.m.
- International Criminal Court, campaign for ratification of the Rome statute
Written statements:
7. The right to development (already accepted by the UN)
- North Korea, Vietnam, Tibet, East Turkestan, Inner Mongolia
14. Specific groups and individuals (already accepted by the UN)
- exoduses in Congo and Rwanda, Kurds in Iraq and Turkey (and in Syria and Iran)
11. Civil and political rights (g) Conscientious objection to military service):
- Russia
12. Integration of the human rights of women and a gender perspective
- East Timor
Oral statements:
5. The right of peoples to self-determination and its application to peoples under colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation.
- Kosova
6. Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination.
- Gypsies
9. Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world:
- China, Tibet, East Turkestan, Inner Mongolia
10. Economic, social and cultural rights
- transnational corporations (West Papua, Nigeria)
11. Civil and political rights (d) Independence of the judiciary, administration of justice, impunity
- Tunisia
12. Integration of the human rights of women and a gender perspective:
- Afhanistan
13. Rights of the child.
- Burma, some Arab states, (Europe)
15. Indigenous issues.
- Aboriginals of Australia, Papua New Guinea, West Papua
17. Promotion and protection of human rights:
- moratorium, death penalty (China, Arab states)
18. Effective functioning of human rights mechanisms:
- ICC, Universal Court of Human Rights
