Were tortured, killed, and disappeared under military dictatorships. Van boven our primary duty is towards the peoples in whose name the United Nations charter was written. Bertie ramcharan he was by far the greatest human rights leader the u. N. Has ever had. Van boven my name is dale van boven. I was the director of the United Nations for human rights from 1977 to 1982. Tom mccarthy there was a lot of pressure of all kinds from certain governments, having their secret Service Agents in the corridors looking after what we were doing, following what the ngos were doing, threatening people, putting pressure on other governments. Latin america had strong dictatorships. Ngos couldnt mention government names in the commission for violations. Van boven it is inexplicable and indefensible for the United Nations not to react urgently to situations of gross violations of human rights. Ramcharan it was entirely unheard of that a human rights director would take vigorous positions. Everything th
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Dear Editor,
In a terse statement on December 22, 2020, the Guyana Government stated that it did not share the reservations expressed by Dr. Bertie Ramcharan concerning the perspective that the ICJ has taken in establishing a framework for a final legal resolution of the 1899 Arbitral Award based on the Geneva Agreement. It should be noted that Dr. Ramcharan is not questioning the legality of the ICJ’s jurisdiction to handle the case, but rather the manner in which the International Court has defined and framed the issue upon which it will determine the final settlement.
To understand Dr. Ramcharan’s misgivings, it is important to revisit the application that was filed by Sir SS Ramphal and a battery of international lawyers on March 29, 2018 on behalf of Guyana, seeking intercession by the ICJ to draw a legal conclusion to the validity of the Arbitral Award of October 3, 1899. The requests are for ICJ to adjudicate and declare: