12/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - The second international conference on the right to self-determination, organised by the International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM0 and the International Council of Human Rights (ICHR) in Geneva on 6/8 August, adopted a resolution calling for the establishment of an International Civil Society Tribunal for identifying international legal norms for self-determination and supervising the results of conflict resolution processes. A press release explains that the resolutions were adopted by representatives from around the world, including Kashmiris from Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Indian Occupies Kashmir; Dalits and Skeikhs from India; the Sami of Norway and Scandinavia, the Blackfoot of the North American plains, First Nations from Canada, the Gullah/Geechee from the low country and sea islands off Georgia and South Carolina, and the Arawak of Puerto Rico. During the debate, the President of Human Rights Australia, Andre Frankovitz, highlighted the need for a mechanisms for obtaining self-determination 'anchored in the United Nations'. Karen Parker, an attorney specialising in human rights and armed conflict law, spoke about Kashmir, which she described as a victim of 'imperfect colonialism'. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Editor-in-Chief of Kashmir Report, called for a free, fair and impartial referendum to ensure Kashmir's future is decided by its people. Giving the examples of East Timor, Namibia and Iraq, where unlike in Kashmir, UN resolutions have been implemented, he asked whether the blood of a Kashmiri inhabitant was worth less than the oil of Kuwait and Iraq. Former MEP Frank Schwalba-Hoth (German Green) launched a photo book at the conference, "A Valley of Tears", the preface of which was written by his former EP colleague, Swedish citizen Per Gahrton.