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The status of occupied Tibet under international law. by Andrew McAlister (Eva Herzer, a mediator and attorney in Berkeley, California, is president of the International Committee of Lawyers for Tibet) Is this difference in the world's response to the occupation of Tibet justified based on differences in the legal status of Tibet, Kuwait and Afghanistan before invasion. An examination of pertinent international law reveals that the answer is negative. Tibet, like these other nations, was …

…look regretfully, or with a pointed finger, to the past, such as the annihilation of the Native American populations or the German Holocaust, but to stop todays human rights violations through decisive and coordinated international actions. We believe it is our individual moral responsibility to persuade our governments to monitor human rights violations internationally, to openly censor violators and to promote an effective system for enforcement of international law. http://www.tibeticlt.org/materials/govngo/