UPDATE ~ UN Security Council puts East Timor tribunal report on hold News
UPDATE ~ UN Security Council puts East Timor tribunal report on hold

[JURIST] Despite calls for urgent action by advocacy groups [JURIST report] and a UN panel recommendation, UN officials indicated Wednesday that the UN Security Council was moving slowly on the establishment of a tribunal in investigate the East Timor violence of 1999 [BBC backgrounder], waiting to publish the full UN panel report proposing the establishment of a tribunal [JURIST report] until both Indonesia and East Timor have added their views. The decision to hold off on publication came at the request of the US, China, and Russia. The report, leaked but not officially published, has already been rejected by Indonesia [JURIST report]. Reuters has more.