Address of Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy to the 6th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights Series: “International Migration and Human Rights”
Summary: Address of Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy, Vice-President of the International Commission of Jurists and former UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers. Address given at the ASEM Seminar on Human Rights Series in Suzhou, People’s Republic of China.
International Migration and Human Rights [full text, PDF]
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