Saturday, February 19, 2005

Office of the UN High Commisioner for Human Rights

Answering my own question re whether Indonesia is part of the UN: YES. Therefore, Schapelle's trial comes under their jurisdiction, and she can apply there for more help. I gather it must be proven that a treaty (an agreement) between the UN and the country in question is being broken... but surely the glaring oversights in Schapelle's case and the shocking neglect of her basic right to defend herself must be relevant!

So -- documents and links to various Human Rights commitees are presented on the Contact page of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

There are guidelines for complaints, sample forms, and other relevant pieces of information here, much to go through, make sure you also visit the page for Indonesia on the site, but I will be researching these over the next week & urge anyone else concerned about Schapelle's plight to do the same.

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