LEGAL ACT on REFUGEES

CASE 38-2018: Thailand, King Maha Vajiralongkorn & Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

LEGAL ACT on REFUGEES

On October 19, 2018, a Legal Act of International Repudiation was made toward the policy of arbitrary detention of refugees in Thailand, whose government had previously been sentenced by the Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights as RESPONSIBLE for the charges of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, Violation of the International Human Rights Law and Violation of Buddhist Law.

Because the government of Thailand has recently carried out arbitrary detentions of more than 200 refugees in the Suan Phlu Immigration Detention Center (IDC), carrying out mass deportations of asylum seekers coming from Cambodia, Vietnam and Pakistan, including babies and children who are detained and separated from their parents, the Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights affirms that Thailand is committing Violations against the Rights of Refugees and Violations against the Rights of the Child. Even the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has recognized that the majority of people detained by Thailand are people who need special protections under International Law, so that they should not be arrested for allegedly not complying with the Immigration Act. In fact, since Thai law does not recognize or protect the rights of refugees, not being a signatory party to the UN Convention on the Status of Refugees, then Thailand will continue to arbitrarily detain and deport refugees in a systematic and widespread way, which constitutes an aggravation of the pattern of crimes against humanity.

Always with spirit of reconciliation (maitri),

Master of Maitreya Samyaksambuddha

President of the International Buddhist Ethics Committee & Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights

Official Statement on Attacks against Journalism

CASE 36-2017: Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon (Myanmar) & His Eminence Cardinal Charles Maung Bo

Official Statement on Attacks against Journalism

The Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights, on October 16, 2018, decides to reaffirm the Judgment against the Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon (Myanmar) for being Responsible for Complicity with Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes against Humanity, Complicity with Crimes Against Peace, and Spiritual Fraud. At the same time, it is confirmed the fact that acts of Complicity with Dictatorship and Complicity with Violations of Fundamental Freedoms are also being committed, which can be demonstrated by the fact that Cardinal Charles Maung Bo supports the de facto government of Myanmar, which has decided to cover up its corruption and human rights violations by means of criminal prosecution against journalists, making illegal detentions in order to undermine freedom of expression and information. In fact, on October 9, 2018, the Myanmar police arrested several journalists for revealing and publishing how members of the government misappropriated public funds from the State. The journalists would have been arrested under the charge of defamation, and they would have been even deprived from access their lawyers, which demonstrates the deeply anti-juridical, authoritarian and anti-democratic character of the Myanmar government. Although governments have the right to sanction possible acts of defamation, an adequate punishment must be the processes of Civil Law instead of resorting to criminal punishments that are only useful to violate the right to freedom of expression.

The Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights confirms that these arbitrary detentions of journalists are not an isolated episode of the Myanmar government, and are actually part of a systematic and dictatorial pattern of Violations against Fundamental Freedoms, which is evident when recalling that during December 2017 the Myanmar government had already made illegal detentions of international journalists who revealed evidence of the massacre against members of the Rohingya People. Ultimately, without a free press there is no real democracy.

Always with reconciliation (maitri),

Master Maitreya Samyaksambuddha

President and Spiritual Judge of the Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights

Legal Act on Konex Award

CASE 45-2018: Mercado Pago & Marcos Galperin

Legal Act on Konex Award

Dear Konex Foundation, on October 17, 2018, the International Buddhist Ethics Committee, hereby, is communicating in order to make an international repudiation with regards to the Konex Platinum 2018 Award given to Marcos Galperín. This repudiation is due to the fact that Marcos Galperín and his company, Mercado Pago, have been sentenced by the Ethics Committee as Responsible for committing crimes of Scam and Corruption, which arose after having analyzed the way how fraudulent acts against a Buddhist Temple were carried out by this businessman and his company, and also because of the way in which he associated himself with the government of President Macri to defraud the State and thus avoiding to pay multimillion-dollar taxes.

Because in recent days Mercado Pago company has illegally retained economic funds ($ 1200) from the same Buddhist Temple to which it had previously cheated, this systematic behavior shows that the company is rather an Illicit Association, which during the Argentine economic crisis it seems to have started a process of collecting money by illegal means in order not to have economic losses in their corporate balance sheets. The procedure is obviously clever: illegally collecting small funds from hundreds of thousands of clients, most of whom will not initiate legal measures not only for the amount of money but also because the Argentine justice guarantees the impunity of those rich and powerful.

In conclusion, after receiving this international repudiation, the Konex Foundation should begin a process of investigation of Marcos Galperín's criminal behavior, canceling the award given to whom, despite boasting to be an innovative entrepreneur, would not be more than an unscrupulous businessman.

Always with spirit of reconciliation,

Maestro Maitreya Samyaksambuddha

President of the International Buddhist Ethics Committee and Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights

LEGAL WARNING to Mastercard

Case No. 45/2018: Mercado Pago & Marcos Galperín

LEGAL WARNING to Mastercard

Dear Mastercard company, as a result of the multiple acts of Scam, Corruption, Illicit Association and Fraud that Mercado Pago Company has been carrying out through the illegal charge of nonexistent purchases, the International Buddhist Ethics Committee requires the immediate intervention of Mastercard Company due to the fact that these criminal acts by Mercado Pago would be carried out by means of the Prepaid Mastercard. The Ethics Committee has multiple evidences of fraudulent acts of Mercado Pago against a Buddhist Temple, which merits international intervention. In addition, as the Mercado Pago Company enjoys total impunity in Argentina, as a result of acts of corruption with the Argentine government of President Macri, it is essential that there is supervision by the Mastercard Company so that its logo is not used with the purpose of masking criminal acts.

With spirit of reconciliation (maitri),

Master Maitreya Samyaksambuddha

President and Spiritual Judge of the International Buddhist Ethics Committee (IBEC) & Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights (BTHR)

Official Statement on Bloomberg

CASE 45-2018: Mercado Pago & Marcos Galperin

Official Statement on Bloomberg

The International Buddhist Ethics Committee, on October 18, 2018, decides to reaffirm once again that it does not endorse the acts of Scam, Corruption and Illicit Association carried out unscrupulously by Mercado Pago company under the supervision of its CEO Marcos Galperín, reason by which the Bloomberg organization is advised in order to remove the position of Marcos Galperín from the list of the 50 world business leaders published in November 2017. Thus, the Bloomberg organization should thoroughly investigate business leaders; otherwise it would be endorsing illegal behaviors of Fraud like those of Mercado Pago’s which are systematically repeated thanks to the impunity granted by the Argentine State.

Always with reconciliation (maitri),

Master Maitreya Samyaksambuddha

President and Spiritual Judge of the International Buddhist Ethics Committee & Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights

Judgment on Atlantic Council

CASE 46-2018: Atlantic Council

ETHICAL JUDGMENT

Dear Prosecutor, Public Defender, Ambassador, Secretary and Jury Members of the International Buddhist Ethics Committee (IBEC) and Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights (BTHR), regarding Case 46-2018 against "Atlantic Council", On October 10, 2018, it is hereby recorded that the trial has been concluded to analyze the violation of Human Rights and of Buddhist Ethics carried out by the accused. This Case has been carried out as a consequence of the previous Myanmar Case; Argentina Case; the UN case & Japan Case.

After analyzing the presentation of the Case and the validation of evidence, the Tribunal has proceeded with the vote of 6 members of the Jury, confirming that there were 6 votes declaring the "Atlantic Council" as Responsible for the serious crimes of Unethical Leadership, Complicity with Violations of Human Rights and Complicity with Crimes against Peace and Freedom.

The Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights has been able to verify that the "Atlantic Council" has provided direct support to international criminals, even though they have been clearly involved in international crimes such as genocide, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, war crimes, violations of tribal peoples, violations against childhood and women, corruption, ecocides and supreme offenses against international morality and the sanctity of life. First, the "Atlantic Council" has delivered the Global Citizen Award to Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar), Mauricio Macri (Argentina) and Shinzo Abe (Japan), showing then a direct endorsement of the genocide against the Rohingya People, a direct endorsement of crimes against humanity against the Argentine prison population, and a direct endorsement of the ecocide against the whale communities. Secondly, the "Atlantic Council" has delivered the Distinguished Leadership Award to George W. Bush Junior (USA), Tony Blair (UK) and Ban Ki-moon (United Nations), showing then a direct endorsement of the genocides, war crimes and crimes against humanity against the peoples of Afghanistan and Iraq. Third, the "Atlantic Council" has delivered the Freedom Award to Madeleine Albright (USA), showing a direct endorsement of the genocidal economic sanctions that this official implemented and which caused the death of more than 500 thousand Iraqi children.

Because the "Atlantic Council" is an international non-governmental organization, this institution should be regulated by the principles of human rights, and should cancel any type of award given to those who violate International Law. In fact, just as in September 2018 the Congress of Ecuador respected a ruling of the Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights of 2015 and decided to cancel a decoration to former President Cristina Kirchner for her multiple acts of corruption, it is concluded that the "Atlantic Council " - like the Norwegian Nobel Committee - does not have any valid excuse to deliver and maintain awards to international criminals, because as the Ecuadorian Assemblywoman Ana Galarza has expressed, there is always the possibility of annulling important decorations given to those personalities who betrayed the public faith.

The Maitriyana teaches that not only the States must fulfill and protect human rights, but non-governmental organizations and citizens should also do so, thus expanding the requirements of International Law in pursuit of the coexistence of the civilized human community, respecting the rights to life, integrity, dignity and freedom of all sentient beings. Thus, the responsibility of States, organizations and citizens is strengthened so that the fulfillment of human rights is not banalized and unprotected, preventing a transgression of the fundamental ethical norms of humanity. Therefore, the Buddhist Law constitutes a binding force referred to a customary and protective juridical structure, possessing a political, philosophical and ethical content that transcends the conventional dimension of ordinary legal codifications. The Maitriyana vindicates the obligation of the States, organizations and citizens to respect human rights, which is tantamount to consecrating a radical equality throughout the international community, not only in the philosophical and ethical field, but also in the social operational field, respecting and protecting the essential values of humanity in order not to depend on the weak and inadequate structures of the States. For this reason, it is evident that the States are not the only ones that violate human rights, but the latter are also violated by those organizations that reward criminal leaders, and are also violated by citizens who approve or keep silent about such crimes. The State is not the legitimating principle of the rights of the people, but it is the other way around, the State is actually a structure of power that is legitimized by the fundamental rights of people or organizations. The Buddhist Law affirms then that not only the States have the duty to protect the victims of human rights violations, but also the non-governmental organizations and the citizens must do it, allowing the States not to banalize human rights and by making the latter to have full operational value. The Maitriyana explains that justice implies something more than the state operative exigibility and includes the ethical enforceability, which is vindicable before people or private organizations, because it would legitimize the fact that the State does not concentrate all the responsibility of protection of the fundamental rights, but also that organizations and citizens do so. In this sense, there is not only state justice but also private justice, the latter being a very important practice in the context of mediation, conciliation and arbitration. The legal tradition of Buddhist Law affirms that human rights are superior than State, so this supra-State legality must be vindicated by all organizations and persons, since they are rights of members of the entire human species and not the rights of members of a certain country.

In conclusion, the Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights has the Purpose (Dharma) to protect the spiritual legacy of the Great Master Gautama Samyaksambuddha, developing ethics that evolves to the International Human Rights Law. The Purpose (Dharma) of the Maitriyana's spiritual movement is to protect the fundamental values of peace and freedom by ethically judging and sentencing those who commit international crimes in the name of sacred values. Following Master Gautama, who developed the most important International Spiritual Community in the history of the world, the Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights supervises that non-governmental organizations do not attempt against ethics and human rights, never providing impunity to international criminals, so that the "Atlantic Council" has been sentenced as Responsible for Unethical Leadership, Complicity with Human Rights Violations and Complicity with Crimes against Peace and Freedom.

With spirit of reconciliation (maitri),

Master Maitreya Samyaksambuddha

President and Spiritual Judge of the Buddhist Tribunal on Human Rights