A beefed-up United Nations presence, to be led by Ian Martin, a veteran of the transition in East Timor, and now head of a much-praised UN human-rights operation in Nepal, is to be announced shortly.Every element of this seemingly neat arrangement, however, is uncertain.
According to historians and human rights groups, Operation Condor was a cooperative effort that involved the military, the police and intelligence forces of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
In 2006, the House of Lords unanimously dismissed the pair's case with this: " In particular, the Law Lords were doubtful whether an ordinary superficial search of the person could be said to show a lack of respect for private life, so as to bring article 8 of the European convention on human rights into operation.
Elliott Abrams, a former assistant secretary of state under Ronald Reagan, was appointed earlier this summer by Mr Bush to the office for democracy, human rights and international operations.
The Congo resolution, introduced by Nancy Soderberg, the African expert at the United States mission to the United Nations, would let the peacekeepers use force to protect themselves and 500 monitors and officials from relief, human rights and medical operations.
Elliott Abrams, a prominent figure in the Iran-contra scandal of the 1980's, was appointed to President Bush's national security council on Thursday as the director of its office for democracy, human rights and international operations, officials said today.
VERY interesting," Abrams, the former White House director for democracy, human rights and international operations, wrote.
They reaffirm existing state obligations and make clear that all companies have a responsibility to respect human rights throughout their operations and supply chains.
Shareholders are using their voting power to join the movement for corporate accountability and the most recent company to serve up policies and practices on human rights in its operations may be just around the block.
"From a human rights perspective, the operation has been catastrophic," concluded Philip Alston, a senior United Nations investigator.
