05/12/2013 | elperiodic.com
The professor of the University of Valencia José Elías Esteve Moltó has been elected judge of the Permanent Court of the Peoples –better known as Russell Court– for the session that between the 7 and the 10 December will be held in Bremen (Germany) And in which it will be determined if genocide is being committed against the Tamil people in Sri Lanka.
In an official note, The Permanent Court of Peoples, The trajectory of José Elías Esteve as an international jurist and legal expert about Tibet, as well as his status as the main lawyer who investigated and written two complaints for international crimes committed by China leaders in Tibet and a recent one for crimes in Burma. Professor of International Law at the University of Valencia, Researcher and Secretary of the Institute of Human Rights of the University of Valencia, José Elías Esteve will be the only Spanish jurist who will be part of the court.
The Russel Court was founded by the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell with the contest of writers such as Jean-Paul Sartre, James Baldwin and Julio Cortázar following the Vietnam War. In a session, celebrated 2010 In Dublin (Ireland), The court ruled that, During the final months of the war in Sri Lanka, war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Tamil population had been committed. He also argued that the pressure of the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States contributed to the rupture of the peace process of 2002 Among the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Government of Sri Lanka, What precipitated the war. Despite the accusations presented to the special group, At that time the procedure did not contain the accusation of genocide, But because of the character of the evidence before them, The Judges Panel determines now that greater investigation may be necessary in relation to the question of genocide.
About the HDI
Created in the year 2005, and currently directed by Professor Consuelo Ramón, The Institute of Human Rights of the University of Valencia (IDH) He has received from the Ministry of Education the mention of excellence for his doctoral human rights program, International Democracy and Justice. The HDI obtained in 2008 An aid within the Consolider-Ingenio program 2010. The Institute is part of a project in which twelve research groups from different Spanish universities participate, Coordinated by the Bartolomé Human Rights Institute of the Casas of the Carlos III University of Madrid. The selected project is called ‘Right time’ And his principal researcher has been Professor Gregorio Peces-Barba. CONSOLIDE-INGENIO 2010 It is the main way of financing of the National Scientific Research Plan, TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION 2008-2011 For high quality projects. It was the first time that a team formed by researchers belonging to the legal field obtained this type aid, mostly aimed at scientific contexts away from the humanities and social sciences.
