Compassion: A Journal of Falun Dafa Around the World

The legal actions against those who persecute Falun Gong in China have garnered the interest of human rights attorneys from around the world. Here are a few who are working on legal actions to bring Jiang to justice...

Georges-Henri Beauthier, Esq.

Mr. Georges-Henri Beauthier is probably best known for his role in bringing charges against former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. He also brought the first successful case under Belgium's human rights laws against two individuals for their roles in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Mr. Beauthier is chief counsel in a Belgian lawsuit charging former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and two of his senior aides with genocide, torture and crimes against humanity. He is also co-counsel for a criminal lawsuit filed in France against former Chinese Vice-Premier, Li Lanqing, on behalf of Falun Gong practitioners.

David Matas, Esq.

David Matas is Co-Chair and Senior Legal Advisor for the International Coalition against Torture. In January 2004, he joined efforts to prosecute Jiang Zemin using Canadian Law and to bar persecutors of Falun Gong from entering Canada. Mr. Matas has represented the Government of Canada in a number of delegations, such as the United Nations Conference on an International Criminal Court in 1998. He has lectured on law at both McGill University and the University of Manitoba and acted as Director of Canada's Rights & Democracy organization from 1997 to 2003.

Morton Sklar, Esq.

Morton Sklar is Executive Director of the World Organization for Human Rights USA, an organization that represents victims of grave human rights abuse and monitors U.S. compliance with the Torture and Race Conventions. Mr. Sklar has served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA, taught human rights law at Catholic University of America Law School, and participated in a year-long UN fact-finding mission to Burma to investigate forced labor there. Mr. Sklar's organization filed related lawsuits against the Deputy Governor of Liaoning Province, Xia Deren, and the former Mayor of Beijing, Liu Qi.

Wolfgang Kaleck, Esq.

Mr. Wolfgang Kaleck is a German lawyer based in Berlin. He first gained notoriety for representing German victims of former Argentine President Jorge Videla who was charged with the torture and killing of thousands during his rule in the late 1970's and early 1980's. A Nuremberg Federal Court has recently issued an arrest warrant for Videla in connection with the lawsuit. On behalf of Falun Gong practitioners, Mr. Kaleck filed a lawsuit with the German Supreme Court against Jiang Zemin and other Chinese leaders on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Geoffrey Robertson, QC

Mr. Geoffrey Robertson is Chief Justice of the UN War Crimes Commission, President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and one of the Queen's Counsels. Mr. Robertson has argued human rights cases in Commonwealth courts, the Privy Council and the European Court in Strasbourg. He has conducted a number of missions on behalf of Amnesty International to South Africa and Vietnam. Mr. Robertson is assisting an effort to bring the case of traditional Chinese artist and Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Zhang Cuiying -- an Australian citizen -- before the UN and the International Court of Justice.

Jordan Paust, Esq.

Professor Jordan Paust is a University of Houston Law Foundation Professor of Law and Director of the International Law Institute. He has written several books and over 130 articles addressing a wide array of international legal issues. He is often asked to provide expert advice to various media and organizations on international legal matters and has served on the President's Committee and Executive Council of the American Society of International Law and is currently Co-Chair of the ASIL's International Criminal Law Interest Group. Professor Paust is working with other attorneys on the class-action lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and the "6-10 Office."

William Aceves, Esq.

Professor Aceves is a Professor of Law and Director of the International Legal Studies Program at California Western School of Law. He frequently works with Amnesty International, the Center for Justice & Accountability, and the Center for Constitutional Rights on international law cases and human rights litigation. He has represented Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Advocates, the International Human Rights Law Group, and others as amicus curiae counsel in cases before the federal courts. Professor Aceves is working with other attorneys on the class-action lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and the 6-10 Office.

Carlos Iglesias Jimenez, Esq.

Carlos Iglesias Jimenez is a lawyer from Spain. During the 1980's and 1990's, Mr. Iglesias held advisory posts for a number of Ministries in the Spanish Government. Mr. Iglesias has dedicated the last several years to prosecuting individuals for violations of human rights taking place in Mainland China against Falun Gong practitioners. On October 15th 2003 he filed a criminal lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and the Vice-director of the 6-10 office Luo Gan, accusing them of heading and organizing genocide and for the illegal persecution of Falun Gong inside and outside of China.

Jaykumar Menon, Esq.

Mr. Jaykumar Menon, a former staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, studied law and international political economy at Columbia University, receiving his J.D. and a Master's in international affairs. Mr. Menon was an attorney in the landmark civil lawsuit against Li Peng -- the former Premier of China who was sued for the massacre of Chinese students during the Tiananmen Square killings of 1989. Mr. Menon is working with other attorneys on the class-action lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and the 6-10 Office.

Theresa Chu, Esq.

Ms. Theresa Chu, a member of the New York Bar, is Taiwan's spokesperson for the Attorney Group for Bring Jiang to Justice and Taiwan's representative of Global Coalition Against Article 23 Legislation. She has been invited to be a member in a task force for Taiwan's Admission to the International Criminal Court. She has worked as a Legal Specialist in the Treaties and Legal Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan. Ms. Chu is now working with other attorneys on Taiwan's first ever genocide lawsuit -- the case against Jiang Zemin, Li Lanqing and Luo Gan -- the heads of the 6-10 Office.