JURIST - Paper Chase: Annan proposes international committee to prevent genocide

In Monday's human rights news, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has proposed the establishment of a UN committee to help prevent world genocide. Speaking at the annual Stockholm International Forum, he suggested the appointment of a special rapporteur who would report massive human rights violations and threats to international peace directly to the UN Security Council. AP has more.... Amnesty International, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, the Moscow Helsinki group, and Human Rights Watch have appealed to the Council of Europe for a fair non-political trial of Russian scientist Igor Sutyagin. Sutyagin was charged with selling information on nuclear submarines and missile warning systems to a British company that turned out to be the CIA’s intelligence cover. AP has more.

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