-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: Bob Gonsalves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 10:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FWD: "KISSINGERWATCH"
PREMIERE OF "KISSINGERWATCH" An excellent new email bulletin has been launched to provide information and facilitate exchanges among activists and scholars on the subject of Henry Kissinger. Brussels-based International Campaign Against Impunity has teamed up with the East-Timor Action Network and the Instituto Cono Sur to produce KissingerWatch, which will be distributed several times per year. Below is the editors� introduction to the first issue, followed by the table of contents. To subscribe to KissingerWatch (free of charge), send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************** Kissinger Watch ( www.icai-online.org/kissingerwatch ) - a joint project of East-Timor Action Network International Campaign against Impunity Instituto Cono Sur ****************************************** Dear readers, In the past few years, the international movement against the impunity of public officials has gained unprecedented momentum; activists worldwide have made significant efforts to assure that these high-ranking politicians and soldiers will be held accountable for their acts, which include crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture, and genocide. General Pinochet was detained in London for more than 500 days and escaped extradition to Spain only after a dubious medical assessment found him unfit to stand trial. Slobodan Milosevic was extradited last June to the Hague Tribunal (ICTY) on charges of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. A second international ad hoc tribunal (ICTR) has been established for Rwanda and tries suspected perpetrators of the genocide. Support for the establishment of similar tribunals for Sierra Leone, Cambodia, and East Timor is strong. In the last week of February 2002, Portugal and Ecuador joined the International Criminal Court (ICC). Only eight ratifications remain before the ICC treaty enters into force. Impunity, however, is not limited to those countries that are placed under the label of the "second" or "third world." The West must also confront its criminals; it cannot remain blind to the crimes of its officials. For this reason and with this issue, we launch KissingerWatch. To many, Henry Kissinger epitomizes the failure of the Western world to pay serious attention to the grave crimes committed by its leadership. In response, KissingerWatch is designed to examine this specific case of impunity, to provide information about Kissinger's alleged role in the violation of human rights worldwide, to kindle debate, and to facilitate the exchange of opinions among experts and activists. Inspired by the success of the Pinochet Watch bulletin (http://www.tni.org/pinochet/), KissingerWatch will be published as an email bulletin that will be distributed several times per annum. The first issue aims at providing a comprehensive - but far from complete - overview of Kissinger's past and present activities. It also serves to introduce other initiatives that raise awareness on Kissinger's alleged involvement in crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Future issues will be more concise and hence more easily digestible. To subscribe to KissingerWatch (free of charge), send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We also welcome your active participation in this project. We encourage all readers to share the results of their research with us. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thank you, and we appreciate your readership. Michael Schmitt, The International Campaign against Impunity, ( www.icai-online.org ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Miller, East-Timor Action Network ( www.etan.org ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] G�rman Westphal, Instituto Cono Sur [EMAIL PROTECTED] TABLE OF CONTENTS *********************** 1.HOLDING INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLATION OF CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW The US-bombing of Cambodia and Laos (summary) 2.FORD AND KISSINGER GAVE GREEN LIGHT TO INDONESIA'S INVASION OF EAST-TIMOR IN 1975 New Documents Detail Conversations with Suharto Source: Press release by National Security Archive 3.THE ASSASSINATION OF GENERAL SCHNEIDER / LAWSUIT FILED IN THE US by ICAI 4.FRENCH AND CHILEAN JUDGES TRY TO INTERROGATE KISSINGER Source: Pinochet Watch 36 5.KISSINGER HAD A HAND IN "DIRTY WAR" By Martin Andersen & John Dinges Source: Insight Magazine, The Washington Times 6.RESOLUTION OF THE GENEVAN PARLIAMENT By Antonio Hodgers (Member of Genevan Parliament) 7.NPR RADIO INTERVIEW: "I AM NOT A CRIMINAL" 8.THE PITFALLS OF UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION by Henry Kissinger Source: Foreign Affairs, July / August 2001 9.THE CASE FOR UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION By Kenneth Roth (Executive Director of Human Rights Watch), Source: Foreign Affairs, July / August 2001 10.WEBSITES RELATING TO HENRY KISSINGER 11.FAIR USE NOTICE ----------------------------------------- In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. 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