(General Consultative Status granted in 1995)

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Introduction, aims and purposes

In accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31, the Transnational Radical Party (TRP) has the pleasure of submitting herewith its quadrennial report for the period 1995 through 1998.

The Transnational Radical Party is a nonviolent political organization founded in 1959, which was granted Category General (I) Consultative Status by the ECOSOC of the United Nations in 1995. As per its Statute, TRP has an Honorary President, Dr. Bruno Zevi, a General Secretary the Honorable Olivier Dupuis, MEP, a Treasurer Mr. Danilo Quinto and a General Council. TRP headquarter is in Rome, it also have offices in Bruxelles, Moscow and New York.

TRP is a self-funded organization which relies on membership fees and individual donations and contributions, for the last four years its ad hoc campaigns received grants both from private U.S. and European foundations and the European Union itself.

Since its affiliation with the ECOSOC, TRP has followed issues related to human rights, international drug trafficking, international criminal law and linguistic rights at several UN Commissions, such as the Commission on Human Rights and the Sub Commission on Discrimination of Minorities in Geneva, the Commission on the Status of Women in New York and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna.

Relations with other international non-governmental organizations

Since 1998, TRP is member of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (CONGO), and recently was among the founders of the New York Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Committee on Narcotics and Substance abuse, TRP is also member of the Vienna NGO Committee on Narcotics and Substance Abuse. During the past four years TRP has collaborated with several other NGOs promoting the establishment of informal networks and coalitions to better educate the public on the work of the United Nations and to optimize joint activities regarding specific issues.

In 1995, TRP was among the founders of the NGO Coalition for an International Criminal Court (CICC) and in 1997 it promoted the creation of a Coalition for an International Language (CIAL), both coalitions produce newsletters and participate in UN activities related to their mandate.

Activities during the period from 1995 to 1998

Participation in UN Commissions

Commission on Human Rights

Accredited experts and representatives from various regions of the world and delivered statements on different topic.

18 March - 26 April 1996, delivered written and oral statements on:

Fifty-second session

*Item 8 (written statement): QUESTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS SUBJECTED TO ANY FORM OF DETENTION OR IMPRISONMENT

- The denial of opinion and expression in Tibet

*Item 9 (written statement): FURTHER PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF HUMAN RIGTHS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF THE PROGRAMME AND METHODS OF WORK OF THE COMMISSION

- HIV/AIDS Discrimination

*Item 10 (written statement): QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO COLONIAL AND OTHER DEPENDENT COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

- Situation in Tibet and China

*Item 8(oral statement): QUESTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS SUBJECTED TO ANY FORM OF DETENTION OR IMPRISONMENT

- situation in Kosovo, Tibet and China

*Item 18 (oral statement): IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF INTOLERANCE AND OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF

- Kosovo, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Yugoslavia; Sudan, Indonesia, China and Pakistan; Burma and Vietnam; Iran

?Item 16: Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

?Item 20: The Rights of the Child

?China: Statement by Mrs Wei Shanshan on behalf of the TRP

10 March - 18 April 1997 delivered written and oral statements on:

Fifty-third session

Item 7 : THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO SELF DETERMINATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO PEOPLE UNDER COLONIAL OR ALIEN DOMINATION OF FOREIGN OCCUPATION

- Western Sahara, East Timor and Tibet

Item 8 : QUESTION OF THEHUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS SUBJECTED TO ANY FORM OF DETENTION OR IMPRISONMENT

- The Human Rights situation of prisoners in Tibet

Item 9 : FURTHER PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF THE PROGRAMME AND METHODS OF WORK OF THE COMMISSION

- HIV/AIDS discrimination

Item 19: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF INTOLERANCE AND OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF

- Chinese Population transfer into Tibet

?Item 21: Several areas of concerns affecting the life, survival and well-being of children

? Item 11: Condition of migrant workers in China

*Item 14 (oral statement): STATUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

- question of the death penalty

*Item 5 (oral statement): ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

- Bougainville, Ogoni, West Papua

*Item 7 (oral statement): THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO SELF DETERMINATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO PEOPLE UNDER COLONIAL OR ALIEN DOMINATION OF FOREIGN OCCUPATION

- East Turkestan, Tibet, Nigeria, Chechenya, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Papua New Guinea, East Timor

*Item 9 (oral statement): FURTHER PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF THE PROGRAMME AND METHODS OF WORK OF THE COMMISSION

- HIV/AIDS discrimination

*Item 8 (oral statement): QUESTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS SUBJECTED TO ANY FORM OF DETENTION OR IMPRISONMENT

- situation in China

*Item 10 (oral statement): QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO COLONIAL AND OTHER DEPENDENT COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES - question of Hong-Kong, situation in China, Kosovo and Sandjak

*Item 17 (oral statement): RIGHTS OF PERSONS BELONGING TO NATIONAL OR ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS AND LINGUISTIC MINORITIES

-East Turkestan, Inner Mongolia and Tibet

*Item 21 (oral statement): RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

- Burma and China

16 March - 24 April 1998 delivered written and oral statements on:

Fifty-fourth session

*Item 8 (oral statement): Question of the human rights of all persons subjected to any form of detention or inprisonment.

- Cuba

*Item 10 (oral statement): Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories.

- Kosova, Tunisia, East Turkestan, Inner Mongolia

*Item 9 (oral statement): Further promotion and encouragement of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the question of the programme and methods of work of the Commission

- Afhanistan, Kudistan, international language

* Item 12 (oral statement):Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

- Gypsies

*Item 13 (oral statement): STATUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

- question of the death penalty

*Item 16 (oral statement): Rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities.

- Macedonia

*Item 23 (oral statement): Indigenous issues

- general, Aboriginals of Australia

*Item 7 (written statement):THE RIGHT OF PEOPLES TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO PEOPLES UNDER COLONIAL OR ALIEN DOMINATION OR FOREIGN OCCUPATION

- East Timor

*Item 18 (written statement): IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF INTOLERANCE AND OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF- Tibet

*Item 22 (written statement): THE QUESTION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO MILITARY SERVICE

- Russian Federation

Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities

Forty-seventh session 1995

Item 6 : QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM, INCLUDING POLICIES OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION AND OF APARTHEID, IN ALL COUNTRIES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO COLONIAL AND OTHER DEPENDENT COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES: REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMISSION UNDER COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION 8 (XXIII)

- Question on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

5 - 30 August 1996 delivered written and oral statements on:

SUB-COMMISSION ON PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION AND PROTECTION OF MINORITIES

48th Session

Item 6 : QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM, INCLUDING POLICIES OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION AND OF APARTHEID, IN ALL COUNTRIES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO COLONIAL AND OTHER DEPENDENT COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES: REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMISSION UNDER COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION 8 (XXIII)

- A Pathway to Human Rights for Northern Iraq

- "OIL-FOR-FOOD" vs. Assyrian Property Rights in Iraq

Item 18 (b): FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT POPULATION DISPLACEMENTS

- Human Rights Dimension of Population Transfer in Tibet

4 - 29 August 1997 delivered written and oral statements on:

49th Session

*Item 4 (written statement): THE REALISATION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS: THE REALISATION OF THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT

- China

*Item 5 (oral statement) : THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN

- East Timor

*Item 7 (oral statement) : HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

- Chittagong Hill Tracts, Ogoni, West Papua

*Item 8 (oral statement): PROTECTION OF MINORITIES

- Kosovo, Macedonia

*Item 9 (oral statement): THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF DETAINEES

- question of the death penalty

*Item 10 (written statement): FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT: POPULATION DISPLACEMENT

- Tibet

*Item 11 (oral statement): ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF INTOLERANCE AND OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION AND BELIEF

- East Turkestan, Inner Mongolia, Tibet

25 - 29 May 1998 delivered written and oral statements on:

Commission on the Status of Women

42nd Session, New York, 2 - 13 March 1998

Accredited experts and delivered statements on:

item 3c Consideration of Beijing Platform for Action Critical Area of Concern: (i) Women in Armed Conflict

Special Committee of 24 (decolonization), New York 16 - 20 June 1997

Presented a Statement on the situation of East Timor

Commission on Narcotic Drugs acting as Preparatory Body for the Special Session of the General Assembly of the UN, Vienna.

accredited experts and presented written and oral statements.

7 - 9 July 1997, the overall TRP position on the matter and documents on Amphetamine-type Stimulants, and on Precursors (Measures to enhance the control and monitoring of precursors frequently used in the manufacture of illicit drugs);

7 - 9 October 1997, on Item 1: Promotion of Judicial Cooperation; item 3 Figtht Against Money Laundering;

13-17 October 1997: Intergovernmental working group to review and further advance work on the draft declaration on the guiding principles of reduction of illicit demand for drugs. Statement on Demand Reduction

3-4 December 1997, on Eradication of illicit narcotic crops and promotion of alternative development programmes

11 - 13 March 1997 CND regular session

16 - 20 March 1998 CND Second Session acting as preparatory body for the Special Session of the UN

1998

Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations

TRP submitted a proposal for an Agenda Item for the ECOSOC before the June 1996 Session on the eventual experimentation of an International Auxiliary Language.

Participation in other UN Conferences and Fora

50th Annual DPI-NGO Conference 10 -12 September 1997.

Circulated literature in its UN-related activities

51st Annual DPI-NGO Conference 14 - 16 September 1998.

Circulated literature in its UN-related activities

UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs, UNHQ New York, 6 - 8 June 1998.

Delivered an oral a Statement before the Committee of the Whole on behalf of other organizations. For the whole duration of the UNGASS, TRP organized and took active part in all NGO activities at the Church Center such as panel discussions and round tables on drug-related issues. Distributed a 20-page briefing paper on the documents presented by UNDCP as well as some other position papers.

Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the establishement of an International Criminal Court (ICC)

TRP accredited experts to observe the negotiations on the draft Statute of the ICC prepared by the International Law Commission. PrepCom sessions were: 25 March -April 16, 1996; 15 -31 August 1996; 11 - 21February 1997; 4 - 22 August 1997.

UN Diplomatic Conference for the establishment of an ICC, Rome, 15 June - 17 July 1998.

Presented a Statement during the Opening Session. Aired on Radio Radicale (Radical Radio) and webcast (www.radicalparty.org/icc) the plenary sessions of the Conference

Other relevant activities

To better achieve the objectives indicated in the motion adopted by its Congress, since the beginning of the 1990s TRP has launched several ad hoc campaigns aimed at targeting civil society, the media, as well as decision makers all over the world for the prompt realization of those goals. The two major UN-related campaigns are called: No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ), for issues concerning the establishment of an effective system of international criminal justice, and Hands Off Cain (HOC) for the adoption by the UNGA of a resolution on an international moratorium on capital executions.

Through its NPWJ Campaign TRP has promoted the convening of a UN Diplomatic Conference to adopt the Statute of the permanent Court. In collaboration with the Italian Government an agreement was found to host the event in Rome. The final stages of the NPWJ campaign comprised a series of international conferences held in various capitals of the world: Paris, Bruxelles, La Valletta, Montevideo, Rome, Geneva, Washington and Dakar to urge international support to the proposed Court and for the convening of a successful Diplomatic Conference at the FAO premises in Rome in June 1998.

In order to facilitate the widest possible participation in the works of the Plenipotentiaries' Conference, inexpensive fares and special accommodations rates were found for delegates from least developed countries and some 30 young experts in international law and international humanitarian law were provided for the whole duration of the Conference to a dozen delegations to better participate in the various working groups. The so-called Judicial Assistance Programme has continued to date for four delegations (Bosnia Herzegovina, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Trinidad and Tobago) for the session of the Preparatory Commission of the Annexes to the ICC Statute.

Hands Off Cain

TRP operates a web site www.radicalparty.org that has a main page for the latest action alerts and other sectors on the different issues contained in its congressional motion: the establishment of the ICC, the abolition of the death penalty, narcotics as well as human rights in non democratic countries.

All sections of the web are divided into sub-sessions where TRP as well as UN Member States' statements are posted when relevant UN Commissions meet. The site also provides a forum for interaction with internet users on different topics and has links with organizations that share perspectives on different issues. The website also contains information on TRP, its members and its political background.