Press release
Cairo:25/2/2003

From Guantanimo Bay to a war against Iraq:

A post New World Order?

 On Sunday 2^nd March 2003, EOHR will hold a roundtable discussion entitled “From Guantanimo Bay to War with Iraq: A post New World Order?”. A number of  intellectuals, academics and journalists will participate in the discussions.  

The objective of the roundtable is to discuss changes in international relations post September 11 and the possible war against Iraq. The questions to be examined include whether the current climate is a post New World Order era or rather the extension of a past era. The future of the United Nations and international human rights law, as well as  the establishment of the International Criminal Court, will be discussed.  

Further, EOHR aims to discuss issues such as the future of international structures and standards and the challenges to these following the Cold War and the so-called New World Order.  EOHR remains deeply concerned at the erosion of international legal structures such as the United Nations.  Ironically, such challenges to the international rule of law are occurring alongside the emergence of the International Criminal Court.

EOHR hopes that this meeting will contribute to finding solutions to present day challenges.