David Matas

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David Matas

David Matas (born August 29, 1943 in Winnipeg , Canada) is a human rights attorney and senior legal advisor to B'nai Brith Canada . Since 1979 he has run a private law firm in Winnipeg, where he specializes in refugee, immigration and human rights issues. In 2006 David Matas and human rights attorney David Kilgour gained international recognition for the publication of the Bloody Harvest investigation report and its dissemination in government, human rights and medical circles. Because of this human rights work, both were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 .

education

David Matas was born in Winnipeg, Canada. His grandparents were immigrants from Ukraine and Romania . His parents were Harry and Esther (nee Steinman) Matas. He received a Bachelor of Philosophy from the University of Manitoba in 1964 and a Master of Philosophy from Princeton University in 1965 . In 1967 he graduated from the University of Oxford in England with a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and in 1968 a Bachelor of Civil Law . 1969 Matas worked as a lawyer for the Middle Temple , one of the English Bar Associations, and joined in 1971 Bar Association of Manitoba on.

Government work

While Matas was registered as a lawyer in England in 1969, he also served as a trainee lawyer at the Supreme Court of Canada from 1968 to 1969 and was a member of the Canadian Government's Foreign Property Law Working Group . From 1971 to 1972 he served as the Second Crown Attorney for Canada .

Matas was a member of the Canadian delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations , where he worked, among other things, in the Working Group on Immigration Practices & Procedures; in the Canadian delegation to the United Nations Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court in 1998 and in the Canadian delegation to the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust . From 1997 to 2003, Matas was director of the International Center for Human Rights & Democratic Development, also known as Rights and Democracy (R&D). On November 13, 2009, Matas was appointed to the centre's board of directors, headed by Professor Aural Braun. A short time later, Matas and Braun investigated several illegal acts as well as secret grants to radical organizations by employees of the R&D. This investigation eventually led to government funding being cut and the Canadian government disbanding the R&D network in 2012.

Teaching

Matas taught Constitutional Law at McGill University and Introduction to Economics, Canada's Economic Economic Problems, International Law , Civil Rights, and Immigration and Refugee Law at the University of Manitoba .

politics

In 1979 Matas ran for the Canadian House of Commons and in 1980 in the federal elections as a candidate for the Liberals in the Winnipeg-Assiniboine district . He came second in both elections.

In 2009, David Matas co-signed a letter in which the undersigned expressed their support for UN Watch's motion that Professor Christine Chinkin was unsuitable for serving on an investigative commission of the United Nations Human Rights Council that sought to find evidence Israeli and Hamas may have been involved in war crimes during the 2008-2009 Gaza War . The letter refers to the fact that Chinkin had already signed a letter prior to the investigation, in which she "came to the conclusion that Israel had violated international law." Therefore, the signatories found that the requirements of the impartiality of the investigative commission were met by Chinkin is no longer given. However, Chinkin was not removed from the fact-finding mission and helped produce the Goldstone Report .

In his book "Aftershock: Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism" (Aftershock: Anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism), accused Matas those critics who Israel's occupation of the West Bank (the West Bank) criticized the double standards when they are not at the same time the occupation of Tibet by Would criticize China .

Human rights work

David Matas was director of the International Defense & Assistance Fund for South Africa in Canada, director of Canada-South Africa cooperation, co-chair of the Canadian surveillance group Helsinki Watch , director of the Freedom and Justice Association in Manitoba, Amnesty International , B'nai Brith Canada , the Canadian Bar Association , the International Commission of Jurists , the Canadian Jewish Congress and Director of the Canadian Refugee Council .

He represented Lai Changxing because of his extradition proceedings in Canada, which at the time attracted public and political interest due to the Chinese government's strikingly strong interest in him.

As a lawyer, David Matas represents "Justice for Jews from Arab Countries" and is co-author of "Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries: The Case for Rights and Remedies."

Regarding the legal issues relating to the prosecution of war crimes in Bangladesh and how these are to be prosecuted, Matas submitted various legal documents.

Organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China

In July 2006, David Matas published the Kilgour Matas Investigation Report together with former prosecutor and Canadian Secretary of State David Kilgour PC . In their investigation report, they mention that "the organ sources of 41,500 organ transplants from 2000 to 2005 are unclear" and that they believe "there has been and is still extensive organ harvesting from involuntary Falun Gong ." their updated investigation report in book form. After publication and delivery to the United Nations, they traveled to over 50 countries to educate governments, human rights organizations, medical circles and the public about this state-sanctioned crime that they themselves described as the "new form of evil on our planet". In 2012, Matas stated that there are still no explainable organ sources for the organ transplants that took place in China between 2000 and 2005 .

In 2012, David Matas and Dr. med. Torsten Trey in "State Bodies: Transplant Abuse in China" Articles by Professor of Medicine Dr. Gabriel Danovitch, Professor of Bioethics Arthur Caplan , Cardiopulmonary Surgeon Dr. med. Jacob Lavee, Dr. med. Ghazali Ahmad, Professor of Geriatrics Maria Fiatarone Singh, Dr. med. Torsten Trey, investigative journalist Ethan Gutmann and David Matas. Investigative journalist Ethan Gutmann interviewed over 100 witnesses and estimates that between 2000 and 2008, 65,000 Falun Gong practitioners were killed for their organs.

On November 10, 2015, David Matas and David Kilgour pointed out in their speech at TEDxMünchen that nothing has changed in the crime of state-sanctioned organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners, only some hospitals no longer continue to do so, so blatantly to advertise it. In addition, the Chinese government still fails to answer where the organs for the transplants come from.

On June 22, 2016, David Matas published the jointly prepared investigation report "Bloody Harvest / The Slaughter - An Update" together with David Kilgour and Ethan Gutmann . The 680-page report is a forensic analysis of over 2,300 Chinese documents and website information and comes to the conclusion that the real number of organ transplants in China is kept secret by the Chinese government (the report assumes 60,000 to 100,000 organ transplants annually) ; the organs for the high number of organ transplants found come from killed innocent Uyghurs , Tibetans , domestic Christians, and mainly Falun Gong practitioners; and organ harvesting is a crime in China involving the Communist Party, state institutions, the health system, hospitals and transplant doctors.

Canadian Bar Association - Constitutional Affairs Committee

David Matas is a member of the Canadian Bar Association . In 1977, following the election of the separatist Parti Québécois to government, he was asked to serve on the Constitutional Committee of the Canadian Bar Association. The committee's mandate was to conduct research and make recommendations on the Constitution of Canada . The members of the committee came from each province of Canada and consisted of two future Prime Ministers of Canadian provinces, future judges of the highest court of Canada, two future state judges and a future Canadian ambassador to the United Nations. At the next annual meeting in 1978, the committee presented its report to the Canadian Bar Association. The committee presented extensive recommendations for constitutional amendments, including a completely new constitution, the abolition of the monarchy, the amendment of the Senate, the anchoring of language rights and a corresponding bill, as well as the shift of the balance of power between the federal government and the provinces.

Publications

items

  • "China's bloody harvest," National Post, Aug 23, 2006
  • "Why We Must Protest: The Case of Falun Gong," Epoch Times, July 21, 2012
  • "Organ Harvesting, Falun Gong, and the Future of China," Epoch Times, Nov. 10, 2012
  • Assessing Evidence of Genocide, Epoch Times, Jul 4, 2013

Lectures and hearings

  • "Chinese Organ Transplant Abuse", Italian Parliament, December 19, 2013
  • "Organ Sourcing in China: The Official Version", 1st International Expert Forum "Transplantation and Human Rights" in Bern, April 16, 2015
  • “Commemorating the Holocaust”, Foundation for Free Speech, Warsaw, January 27, 2015
  • "Two Davids & Goliath", TEDxMünchen, November 10, 2015
  • U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing, June 22, 2016
  • Hearing in the EU Parliament on China's transplant abuse, June 29, 2016

Books

Awards

David Matas has received numerous honors and awards, including:

  • Governor General's Confederation Medal in 1992
  • Award for excellence from the Manitoba Confederation of Liberty Rights in 1996
  • Human Rights Award from the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada, Midwest Region, 1999
  • Vancouver Interfaith Brotherhood Person of the Year 2006
  • Manitoba Bar Association Distinguished Service Award 2008
  • Appointed to the Order of Canada on December 30, 2008.
  • Canadian Bar Association National Citizenship and Immigration Section Achievement Award 2009
  • Human Rights Award 2009 from the International Society for Human Rights in Switzerland for David Matas and David Kilgour for their research and educational work on organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China
  • Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2010 for David Matas and David Kilgour for their research and educational work on organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China (nominated by Boris Wrzesnewskyi )
  • University of Manitoba Distinguished Alumni Award for Lifetime Achievement 2014
  • Carthage International Award for Peace and Defense of Human Rights, Rome, July 10, 2014
  • Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize 2016

literature

Matas was the protagonist in the following documentaries:

  • "Red Reign: The Bloody Harvest of China's Prisoners" (2013),
  • "Davids and Goliath" (2014).

Web links

  • David Matas University of Winnipeg biography
  • David Matas biography of the Canadian Political Science Students' Association

Footnotes

Remarks

  1. ↑ in German

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Matas, David Matas: Revisiting Human Rights . August 29, 2010.
  2. ^ Biography of David Matas ( Memento September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Canadian Jewish Law Students' Association, accessed September 7, 2016
  3. ↑ a b c David Matas, The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Program , accessed September 7, 2016
  4. ↑ David Matas, The Rights and Democracy twist , The Globe and Mail, February 26, 2010, accessed December 16, 2016
  5. ↑ Terry Glawin, Replace Rights and Democracy ( June 14, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ), Ottawa Citizen, March 21, 2012, accessed December 17, 2016
  6. ↑ Steven Seligman, Gerald Steinberg, The Politics of Canadian Government Funding for Advocacy NGOs , NGO Monitor, 2012, accessed December 17, 2016.
  7. ^ Letter to Professor Chinkin , September 8, 2009, accessed on September 7, 2016
  8. ↑ David Matas, Aftershock: Anti-zionism and Anti-semitism , Dundum, September 3, 2005, accessed September 7, 2016
  9. ↑ Bill Benedict, “China's most wanted man admits guilt,” cleveland.com, August 9, 2009, accessed September 7, 2016
  10. ↑ a b David Kilgour, David Matas, "Bloody Harvest - Investigation Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners in China" (expanded edition , Jan. 31, 2007) , organharvestinvestigation.net, July 6, 2006, accessed Aug. September 2016
  11. ↑ David Kilgour, David Matas "Bloody Harvest, The killing of Falun Gong for their organs," seraphimeditions.com, 2009, p. 232, ISBN 978-0-9808879-7-6 , accessed September 7, 2016
  12. ^ A b Aldo Santin, “Crusader up for Nobel Prize, Lawyer lauded for investigating abuses in China” , Winnipeg Free Press, February 20, 2010, accessed September 7, 2016
  13. ↑ Killed for Organs: China's Secret State Transplant Business , NTDTV, YouTube-Video, 2012, 8 minutes, accessed September 7, 2016
  14. ↑ Danovitch G., G Danovitch article , US National Library of Medicine (State Library of Medicine USA), Pubmed.gov January 4, 2016 Retrieved on September 7, 2016
  15. ↑ Caplan AL, AL Caplan Article , US National Library of Medicine, Pubmed.gov, 2016, accessed September 7, 2016
  16. ↑ J Lavee article , US National Library of Medicine, Pubmed.gov, 2016, accessed on September 7, 2016
  17. ^ G Ahmad article , US National Library of Medicine, Pubmed.gov, 2016, accessed September 7, 2016
  18. ↑ M Fiatarone Singh article , US National Library of Medicine, Pubmed.gov, 2016, accessed on September 7, 2016
  19. ^ T Trey article , US National Library of Medicine, Pubmed.gov, 2016, accessed September 7, 2016
  20. ↑ David Matas and Dr. Torsten Trey, "State Organs: Introduction" ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , seraphimeditions.com, ISBN 978-1-927079-11-9 , accessed September 7, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / seraphimeditions.com
  21. ↑ Rebeca Kuropatwa, "Matas New book Reveals transplant abuse" ( Memento of 2 April 2015, Internet Archive ), Jewish Tribune, September 19, 2012 Retrieved on September 7, 2016
  22. ↑ Mark Colvin, “Parliament to Hear Evidence of Transplant Abuse in China,” Australian Broadcasting Corporation, November 27, 2012, accessed September 7, 2016
  23. ^ Matthew Robertson, "Book Exposes Organized Killing for Organs in China," The Epoch Times, August 31, 2012, accessed September 7, 2016
  24. ↑ David Matas, Dr. Torsten Trey, State Organs, Transplant Abuse in China ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , seraphimeditions.com, 2012, page 144, ISBN 1-927079-11-X , accessed September 7, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / seraphimeditions.com
  25. ↑ Jay Nordlinger, "Face The Slaughter. The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting, and China's Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem, by Ethan Gutmann," National Review, August 25, 2014, accessed September 7, 2016
  26. ↑ Viv Young, “The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting, and China's Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem,” New York Journal of Books, August 12, 2014, accessed September 7, 2016
  27. ↑ Barbara Turnbull, “Q&A: Author and analyst Ethan Gutmann discusses China's illegal organ trade,” The Toronto Star, October 21, 2014, accessed September 7, 2016
  28. ↑ Ethan Gutmann, The Slaughter (German version): Mass Murders, Organ Harvesting and China's Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem, August 12, 2014, ISBN 978-3862391059 , excerpt: “Average Number of Falun Gong in the Laogai System at a Set Time”, low Estimate 450,000, high estimate 1,000,000, page 320. "Best estimate of victims between 2000 and 2008: 65,000", page 322
  29. ↑ David Kilgour, David Matas, "Two Davids & Goliath, TEDxMünchen 2015" ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , November 10, 2015, accessed September 7, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tedxmuenchen.de
  30. ↑ David Kilgour, David Matas, Etham Gutmann, Blood Harvest / The Slaughter - An Update (PDF) , End Organ Pillaging, page 428, accessed September 21, 2016
  31. ↑ CBA Resolution 77-01-A: Constitution of Canada - Special Committee; reproduced in Canadian Bar Association: Towards a new Canada - Committee on the Constitution, p. xv.
  32. ^ Commentary on Towards a new Canada: a study by the Committee on the Constitution of the Canadian Bar Association , Toronto Public Library, accessed November 11, 2016
  33. ^ Will Pavia, Calum MacLeod: China is 'transplanting organs of executed prisoners'. The Times, June 23, 2016, accessed August 26, 2016 .
  34. ↑ Hearing in the EU Parliament on China's transplant abuse. Epoch Times, June 29, 2016, accessed August 16, 2016 .
  35. ↑ a b c d David Matas , Seraphim Edition, accessed December 16, 2016
  36. ↑ David Matas , IRAN Roundtable, accessed December 16, 2016
  37. ^ Governor General Announces New Appointments to the Order of Canada , accessed September 7, 2016
  38. ↑ a b David Matas, “Distinguised Alumin Award for Lifetime Achievement,” University of Manitoba, April 28, 2014, accessed September 7, 2016
  39. ↑ Omid Ghoreishi, Carthage International Award for Peace and Defense of Human Rights , Epoch Times, July 16, 2014, accessed September 7, 2016
  40. ↑ Press Release , Mahatma Gandhi Center of Canada, March 20, 2017, accessed June 14, 2017
  41. ↑ David Matas, David Matas receives Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award . August 29, 2010.
  42. ↑ "Red Reign trailer" , (4 minutes) youtube, July 30, 2013, accessed on September 7, 2016
  43. ↑ Red Reign (the movie) , Masha Savitz, accessed September 7, 2016
  44. ↑ “Davids and Goliath” (part 1 of 5) , (14 minutes) youtube, November 28, 2014, accessed on September 7, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Matas, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian human rights attorney, legal counsel for B'nai Brith Canada
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Canada