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Missions

AFRICA DIVISION

Angola:

Research on internally displaced persons (May).

Belgium:

Advocacy (March, June); monitoring Rwanda genocide trial (June); advocacy (SeptemberOctober).

Burundi:

Research on war crimes (February); workshop with local NGOs on human rights monitoring (March, July); research on progress toward a peace agreement and reduction in civilian killings (June); research on government-sponsored paramilitary forces and advocacy regarding issues of justice and im-punity (September).

Canada:

Annual meeting of the Coalition on Women in Conflict on advocacy on prosecution of gender-based crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (November).

Côte d'Ivoire:

Investigation of election-related violence and massacres (February-March).

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC):

Investigation of Ugandan-occupied areas (December 2000); work with local NGOs (March, July); advocacy and research on child soldiers and armed groups (July); investigation of sexual violence and related workshops (October-November).

France:

Advocacy (March, June).

Gambia:

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (October).

Guinea:

Investigation of abuses against Sierra Leonean and Liberian refugees (May); investigation of human rights conditions in refugee camps (July).

Italy:

Advocacy related to the DRC (July).

Kenya:

Conference presentation on human rights and oil in Sudan (May); workshop on the DRC and research (November).

Nigeria:

Observer at "Shell stakeholders consultation workshop" in Warri, Delta State, and research on current situation in the delta (March); presented paper on corporate social responsibility at Britain-Nigeria Law Week, Abuja (April); investigation of vigilantism (June); investigation of intercommunal killings in Jos and vigilantism in southeast (September-October).

Rwanda:

Research on local elections (February); work with local NGOs (March, July); research and advocacy (June); investigation of popular justice, advocacy (September).

South Africa:

Research on violence in commercial farming areas (February); advocacy and workshop with NGOs (August); presentation to government conference on rural safety (October).

Sudan:

Conference of the Wunlit Peace Council (April).

Switzerland:

Advocacy at U.N. Human Rights Commissions meeting on the issue of national human rights commission in Africa (April).

Tanzania:

Investigation of election-related massacres and human rights violations on the semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar and Pemba (July-August); meetings with ICTR trial teams (September-October).

Togo:

Third regional meeting of African national human rights institutions (March).

Uganda:

Investigation of pre-election human rights environment (February-March); work with local NGOs (March, August).

Zambia:

Work with southern African human rights network (August).

Zimbabwe:

Research on human rights abuses related to land seizures (July-August).

AMERICAS DIVISION

Argentina:

Research on the progress of court investigations into human rights violations under the military dictatorship (April, July).

Chile:

Advocacy launch of Progress Stalled: Setbacks in Freedom of Expression Reform in Chile (March); Liberty and Ethics seminar, University of Chile (November).

Colombia:

Research on military-paramilitary ties (January); meetings with Colombian officials and public release of The Sixth Division (October).

Dominican Republic:

Research on the treatment of Haitian migrants and Dominico-Haitians (June).

Ecuador:

Research on child labor and obstacles to freedom of association in the banana sector (May).

Haiti:

Interviews with Haitians deported from the Dominican Republic, as well as human rights monitors who work with recent deportees (June).

Mexico:

Assessment of impact of the change in government on human rights conditions (December 2000); research on military abuses in Guerrero, and failure to properly investigate and prosecute such abuses (March/April, June); research on violence against and harassment of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender persons (September).

Peru:

Research on progress of rule of law and accountability issues under the new government of Alejandro Toledo (September).

Uruguay:

Participation in Human Rights Conference sponsored by U.S. Southern Command in Montevideo (October).

Venezuela:

Investigation into the implementation of Venezuela's new constitution and violations of labor rights and free expression (January).

ASIA DIVISION

Cambodia:

Attend trial in Kampot, concerning murder of a Commune Council Candidate (March); attended indigenous land rights trial in Ratanakiri, (March); researched ethnic minority asylum seekers from Vietnam and advocacy in regard to Cambodian government and UNHCR policies towards them (March, September); trial observation of Cambodian Freedom Fighters in Phnom Penh (June).

East Timor:

Research on justice system (December 2000).

Hong Kong:

Advocacy on human rights concerns (April).

India:

Attended the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights' Global Conference Against Caste Discrimination in New Delhi (March); researched allegations of caste and religious discrimination in the distribution of earthquake relief in Gujarat (March).

Indonesia:

Research in Aceh (December 2000); research in Papua (February-March); research in Aceh and training of Acehnese NGOs in Jakarta (May); further training of Acehnese NGOs in Jakarta and research in Aceh (August).

Japan:

Advocacy focusing on Japanese foreign policy and domestic trafficking (April).

Malaysia:

Attendance at an Asia-Pacific intergovernmental workshop, facilitated by the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights on the impact of globalization; meetings with key human rights defenders and the families of activists detained under the Internal Security Act (May).

Pakistan:

Research to interview refugees forcibly displaced by the Taliban in Afghanistan's Bamiyan and Balkh provinces, and refugee protection issues in Pakistan (August).

Sri Lanka:

Subregional NGO workshop on South Asia; research on internally displaced people in Sri Lanka (February); research on abuses against civilians by all parties to the conflict (October-November).

Thailand:

Research in northern Thailand on displacement of ethnic Shan villagers from Burma and of Shan refugees in Thailand (February); attendance at the Ninth Asia-Pacific Workshop on Regional Cooperation for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, (February-March); NGO training on the Thai-Burmese border (August); participation in the Asia-wide consultation in Bangkok between NGOs and Hina Jilani, special representative of the U.N. secretary-general on human rights defenders (November).

United Kingdom:

Advocacy and development meetings with British government officials on British policy in Asia (November 2000); attendance at a meeting of the International Dalit Solidarity Network (October).

United Nations World Conference Against Racism:

Attendance at the Asian regional preparatory meeting (Tehran, Iran, February); attendance at the second regional preparatory meeting (Geneva, Switzerland, May); attendance at the third regional preparatory meeting (Geneva, August); attendance at the WCAR (South Africa, August-September).

EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA DIVISION

Albania:

Research on freedom of expression issues, including civil and criminal defamation lawsuits brought against journalists and threats to their personal security and ability to work free of fear (November).

Armenia:

Attended and addressed strategy session of Caucasus region Soros Foundations (June).

Austria:

Meetings at the OSCE to advocate for the OSCE Assistance Group's redeployment to Chechnya, Vienna (March); meetings at the OSCE to discuss mission activities in Chechnya, Macedonia (June, July, October).

Belgium:

Responded to release of E.U. Accession Partnership for Turkey, Brussels (November 2000); responded to E.U. internal security measures after September 11, Brussels (October); advocacy on the prison situation in Turkey as well as Turkey's E.U. membership, Brussels (April, May).

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Follow-up research for a report on the return of refugees who were displaced from their homes during the 1992-1995 conflict (September).

Croatia:

Research on the return of Croatian Serbs since January 2000 obstruction of return (August-September).

Czech Republic:

Advocacy on Chechnya at the UNCHR, Prague (March).

France:

Joint advocacy to lobby Council of Europe regarding the prison crisis in Turkey (March); advocacy at Parliamentary Assembly sessions regarding Russian abuses in Chechnya (January, April); migrants coalition work at European preparation meeting for WCAR (May).

Georgia:

On-going research and advocacy from Tblisi office, including on religious freedom.

Greece:

Research on migrants' human rights (November 2000).

Macedonia:

Three research missions to investigate abuses by the Macedonian government and the National Liberation Army (NLA) (May-August); meetings with government officials, Skopje (October).

Netherlands:

Meetings on Chechnya at the Dutch Foreign Ministry, Amsterdam (October).

Norway:

Advocacy effort to gain support for a resolution on Chechnya at the UNCHR, Oslo (March).

Poland:

Advocacy effort to gain support for a resolution on Chechnya at the UNCHR, Warsaw (March).

Romania:

Advocacy at the IHF Executive Committee quarterly meeting, a conference on minority rights in the region, and with the Romanian Foreign Ministry (February).

Russian Federation:

Research on continuing abuses, mass graves, forced disappearances, and sweep operations, Ingushetia (November-December 2000, February-March, June-July); attended the opening of the trial of Col. Yuri Budanov, Rostov-on-Don (February).

Spain:

Research on child migrants' human rights (July-August); research on admission, detention, and expulsion of adult migrants (October-November).

Sweden:

Advocacy effort to gain support for a resolution on Chechnya at the UNCHR, Stockholm (March).

Switzerland:

Advocacy on Chechnya at the UNCHR, Bern (March) and at the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, Geneva (April); advocacy on migrants, Geneva (May).

Tajikistan:

Monitored human rights abuses in northeast Afghanistan and assessed the human rights situation in Tajikistan (October-November).

Turkey:

Participated in Initiative for Freedom of Expression event, Istanbul and Ankara (November 2000); joint research and advocacy on December prison massacre (January); research on government's village return program, southeast Turkey (June-July).

United Kingdom:

Advocacy on Chechnya, London (February, October); annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London (April); advocacy on U.K. anti-terror and immigration restrictions after September 11, London (October).

Uzbekistan:

Research on humanitarian law violations (May-June); attended the trial of seventy-three men on charges of collaboration with IMU fighters (May-June).

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia:

Researched the transition following the defeat of Slobodan Milosevic in the October 2000 presidential election (November 2000); released report on abuses committed during the 1999 war in Kosovo, Pristina, Djakovica, and Belgrade (October).

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA DIVISION

Egypt:

Research on political arrests and freedom of expression issues; advocacy for report, Underage and Unprotected: Child Labor in Egypt's Cotton Fields (January-February); research on deaths in custody and government accountability mechanisms; meetings with government officials and attendance at regional NGO conference for the World Conference Against Racism (July); trial observations (January, April, August, October-November).

Iran:

Sought meetings with government officials and attended regional U.N. conference for the World Conference Against Racism (February).

Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan:

Research on internally displaced persons (March).

Israel, the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Palestinian Authority Territories:

Research on human rights and humanitarian law abuses related to the Intifada (October 2000, November 2000, February, June-August); advocacy for report, Center of the Storm: Human Rights Abuses in Hebron (April); advocacy (May-June); research on the administration of justice by the Palestinian Authority (August-September).

Morocco:

Observation of the trial of thirty-six human rights activists in Rabat (February); attendance of the appeals hearing of the same case (September); attendance of the appeals hearing in the case of Ahmed Boukhari (September).

Tunisia:

Research (February).

ARMS DIVISION

Argentina:

Participation in regional Landmine Monitor researchers meeting and International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) advocacy events (November 2000).

Armenia:

Participation in regional Landmine Monitor researchers meeting and ICBL advocacy events (November).

Belgium:

Participation in regional Landmine Monitor Core Group meeting (October); participation in meeting of Facilitation Committee of the International Action Network on Small Arms (October).

Canada:

Participation in Mine Ban Treaty Implementation Seminar (April); participation in United Nations Mine Action Strategy Seminar (June).

Czech Republic:

Research on arms trade policy and practices (June-July).

Djibouti:

Participation in regional Landmine Monitor researchers meeting and a regional government conference on landmines (November 2000).

Ethiopia:

Participation in small arms conference hosted by the Bonn International Center for Conversion, advocacy (April).

Japan:

Participation in regional Landmine Monitor researchers meeting and ICBL advocacy events (November 2000).

Republic of Korea:

Participation in regional Landmine Monitor researchers meeting and ICBL advocacy events (October).

Lebanon:

Participation in regional Landmine Monitor researchers meeting and ICBL advocacy events (January).

Mali:

Participation in diplomatic All-Africa Regional Landmine Conference (February).

New Zealand:

Participation in U.N. Asia-Pacific Regional Disarmament Conference (March).

Nepal:

Participation in regional Landmine Monitor researchers meeting and ICBL advocacy events (January).

Nicaragua:

Participation in the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty and Global Landmine Monitor researchers meeting (September).

Poland:

Research on arms trade policy and practices (June).

Romania:

Advocacy and research, meetings on arms export practices in Central/Eastern Europe (April).

Slovakia:

Research on arms trade policy and practices (July).

South Africa:

Participation in regional Landmine Monitor researchers meeting (January).

Switzerland:

Participation in intersessional Standing Committee meetings on the Mine Ban Treaty (December 2000); regional Landmine Monitor researchers meeting (December 2000); Second Annual Conference of States parties to Protocol II to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) (December 2000); meeting of Landmine Monitor Research Coordinators (December 2000, May); International Committee of the Red Cross, Experts Seminar on Antivehicle Mines and Antihandling Devices (March); participation in Prepcom for the CCW Review (April); intersessional Standing Committee meetings on the Mine Ban Treaty, ICBL Coordination Committee meeting and Landmine Monitor Core Group and Coordination Team meetings (May); CCW Prepcoms (August, September).

United States:

Participation in "Ban Landmines Week" in Washington, D.C., including Global Landmine Monitor researchers meeting, International Campaign to Ban Landmines General Meeting and U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines events (March); meeting of the Facilitation Committee on the International Action Network on Small Arms (November 2000); advocacy on U.N. Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons and Prepcoms (January, March, July); advocacy meetings with United States government and United Nations officials on report on military assistance to parties to Afghanistan's civil war (August-September).

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS DIVISION

Belgium:

Participation in European Parliament hearing on lesbians and gay men in the E.U. accession countries (June).

Ecuador:

Research on child labor in Ecuador (May).

Israel, the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Palestinian Authority Territories:

Research on discrimination against Palestinian Arab children in Israeli schools (November-December 2000); consultations with government and NGO representative regarding the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (April).

Kenya:

Research on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the rights of children in Kenya (February-March).

Japan:

Participation in symposium on the rehabilitation of child soldiers (November 2000).

Jordan:

Participation in the Amman Conference on the Use of Children as Soldiers (April).

Spain and Morocco:

Research on unaccompanied migrant children in Spain (October-November).

Switzerland

: Advocacy at U.N. Commission on Human Rights (April); advocacy to release report on violence against children; participation in Committee on the Rights of the Child theme day on violence against children (June).

United States:

Testimony before Maryland House Judiciary Committee on juvenile justice issues (February); participation in preparatory sessions for the U.N. Special Session on Children (January-February, June); testimony before Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee on the death penalty and juvenile offenders (April); advocacy and release of report on violence and discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, California (May, August).

WOMEN'S RIGHTS DIVISION

Bosnia and Hercegovina:

Research trafficking of women from former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe for forced prostitution (March-April).

Egypt:

Research of torture (March-April).

Greece:

Advocacy on trafficking of persons (November 2000).

Jordan:

Research on "honor" crimes (October).

Pakistan:

Research on newly arrived Afghan women refugees to ascertain conditions for women inside Afghanistan (August).

South Africa and Namibia:

Research on state-sponsored discrimination and violence against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender persons in southern Africa (July).

Tanzania:

Research on prosecution of gender-based crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda (July).

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE

International Criminal Court (ICC) Advocacy

Africa:

Gambia, Senegal, Mali, and Burkina Faso, (October/November); Democratic Republic of Congo, (June/July); Namibia, SADC Meeting for the ICC (May); Tanzania and Zambia, including meetings with government officials, parliamentarians, and media (May); Namibia, Malawi, and South Africa, including meetings with parliamentarians (October 2000).

Americas

: Peru, ICC ratification and implementation conference for the Andes region (October); Paraguay, Workshop on Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court into domestic law (August); Mexico (July); Argentina, Regional Seminar For the Ratification and Implementation of the Statute Of the International Criminal Court (June); Bolivia (June); Jamaica, CARICOM Conference on the International Criminal Court, promoting the ratification and establishment of the ICC in the Caribbean (May); Ecuador and Peru (February).

Asia and South Pacific Region:

Australia and Thailand (September); Australia and the Cook Islands (October 2000).

Europe:

Hungary (October); Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia (April); The Hague, Netherlands (January).

Prosecutions

Belgium:

Meetings with lawyers and Belgian authorities on case against Hissène Habré (June, July, October, November).

Chad:

Research into crimes by Hissène Habré (March-April), joint mission with FIDH to document Habré's crimes (July-November).

Netherlands:

Observation of trial of Slobodan Milosovic at The Hague (October 2000, August, July).

Senegal:

Court hearings on case against Hissène Habré (May), consultations on extradition of Habré (October).

Other

Costa Rica:

OAS/ICRC International Humanitarian Law Regional Meeting (March).

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