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Ref:: 142011OHCHR
4 January 2010
Humanitarian Resource Institute
Phone: (203) 668-0282
Url: www.humanitarian.net
United Nations Arts Initiative
Arts Integration Into Education
Url: www.unarts.org
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Humanitarian Intervention Initiative (H-II)
Url: http://www.unarts.org/H-II
Dear Colleagues and Human Rights Advocates:
The death of Neda Agha-Soltani, [1] blood gushing from her body as she
died, was aired by media networks "In a Death Seen Around the World, a
Symbol
of Iranian Protests." [2]
Neda's death represented the starting point for
intensive Human Rights Reporting, Evidence Collection and Witness
Protection, [3] in every UN member country.
Recent efforts to advance formal legal action for Crimes Against
Humanity, including Genocide within the country of Iran, has focused
international
attention on the substance of the UN Declaration on Human Rights
and
related conventions not being signatory documents and therefore have no
enforcement
mechanism. This oversight is now viewed as the variable that has
facilitated
widespread atrocities across the globe, shielding crimes against
humanity
[4] from formal legal action. The scope of this oversight in nothing
short
of incomprehensible.
Actions to hold the Iranian regime and its members individually to
account for their crimes represents a new legal reference point
for the advancement of international law [5,6,7] as supported by the
International Bar Association Human Rights Institute.[8]
Looking forward to collaboration and progress,
Stephen M. Apatow
Founder, Director of Research & Development
Humanitarian Resource Institute
Humanitarian University Consortium Graduate Studies
Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
Phone: 203-668-0282
Email: s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
Internet: www.humanitarian.net
References:
1. Death of Neda Agha-Soltan: Wickpedia. Url:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neda_Soltani
2. In a Death Seen Around the World, a Symbol of Iranian
Protests: New York Times, 22 June 2009.Url:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/world/middleeast/23neda.html?ref=middleeast
3. H-II: G-192 Human Rights Reporting - Evidence Collection -
Witness Protection, Humanitarian Resource Institute Humanitarian
Intervention Initiative, 23 June 2009. Url:
http://www.unarts.org/news/nedasoltan_6232009.html
4. Crimes Against Humanity: Wickpedia. Url:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_against_humanity
5. H-II: International Human Rights Law: Cases and Materials:
Humanitarian Resource Institute Humanitarian Intervention Initiative.
Url: http://www.unarts.org/H-II/hrlaw.html
6. International Criminal Court: Cases: Url:
http://www.icc-cpi.int/Menus/ICC/Situations+and+Cases/
7. International Criminal Court: Legal Texts & Tools: Url:
http://www.icc-cpi.int/Menus/ICC/Legal+Texts+and+Tools/
8. International Bar Association Human Rights Institute: Url:
http://www.ibanet.org/IBAHRI.aspx
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