International Tribunal for East Timor's Campaign

The East Timorese Women's Network (Rede Feto) send a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Mary Robinson, asking her support for the establishment of the International Tribunal for East Timor's campaign. The East Timorese Women's Network expressed their rejection of the Ad Hoc Human Rights Tribunal in Jakarta for its inability to bring justice to victims, specially women, and asked Ms. Robinson support to pressure the international community and the UN Security Council to fulfil their responsability regarding the crimes against humanity in East Timor. They also requested Ms. Robinson support in encouraging East Timor government and national parliament to ratify various international conventions relating to human rights, including the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).