A Seminar on the topic of “An End to Genocide in the 21st Century” was held
at the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney last night. The aim of the
legal seminar was to inform the Australian public of genocide and crimes against
humanity, committed by former Chinese leader, Jiang Zemin and his regime.
During the seminar, Falun Dafa practitioner John Deller introduced the Lawsuits filed by Falun Dafa practitioners in various countries against Chinese Leader, Jiang Zemin, for genocide and crimes against humanity. Esther Wang, a Falun Gong practitioner, also spoke about her personal experiences and how her whole family became seriously affected by the persecution of Falun Gong in China, and how she got involved in the “Global Mission to Rescue Falun Gong Family Members” campaign.
Evidence and background information on the persecution of Falun Dafa in China since 1999 was also given by Qiwen Yao of the ‘World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong'(WOIPFG). A six minute video of media analysis about the staged tragedy “Self-immolation”, by the Jiang’s regime was shown to the audience.
The seminar was successfully presented by distinguished guest speaker, Mr Grant Niemann, LLB (Sydney) LLM (Adelaide) GradDipPubLaw (Adelaide) who was the Senior Trial Attorney for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at The Hague, The Netherlands. Mr Niemann’s specific interests include criminal law (national and international); international humanitarian law; advocacy; criminal procedure and practice. He especially made the trip from Adelaide, South Australia to join the seminar for the night.
Mr Niemann explained thoroughly the options and possible outcomes of legal action taken as a step to end genocide; the Alien Torts Claim Act and the Torture Victims Protection Act, referring to the current US Case, i.e. A-F v. Jiang Zemin. He also talked about the different stages of the process and possible outcomes with reference to past cases regarding Genocide, International Criminal Law, and International Humanitarian Law. Mr Niemann pointed out that the key process of dealing with the case is to bring a wide awareness to the people of the world so that the lawsuit can be brought to the International Criminal Court.
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| Key Speaker: Grant Niemann | Falun Dafa introduction | Personal account of the persecution |
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| Investigation of Jiang’s Crimes against Humanity | Mr Niemann gives thorough explanation on the Alien Tort Claim Act and the developement of Genocide in the world today |
Speakers answer the questions from the audience |
Posting date: 11/June/2003
Original article date: 11/June/2003
Category: Australian News
