Monday, December 10, 2007

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Algeria

Mr. Sofiane Chouiter
Lawyer, Court of Constantine

Mr. Abdelmoumene Khelil
Director of Documentation

Bahrain

Ms. Zainab Ebrahim Isa Ebrahim Alderazi
Head of Training and Educational Committee, Bahrain Human Rights Society

Egypt

Mr. Ayman Saber Taha Mostafa Okeil
Director, MAAT Center for Judicial & Constitutional Studies

Mr. Atef Sayed Hafez Youssef
Project Manager, Legal Assistance Department, Human Rights Association for the Assistance of Prisoners

Jordan

Ms. Reem Oklah Abu Dalbouh
Lawyer, Jordanian National Commission for Women

Morocco

Mr. Zouhair Brahim
Judge

Qatar

Mr. Saoud Saadoum M J Al-Adba
Lawyer

Mr. Saleh Naji A S Al-Khulani
Human Rights Committee, Ministry of Interior

Tunisia

Mr. Sami Nasr
Researcher, National Council of Liberties in Tunisia

United Arab Emirates

Mr. Farooq Mohammad Abbs Dehdar
General Manager, Government Relations & Human Resources

West Bank

Ms. Luna D A Iriqat
Legal Advocate, Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counseling, Ramallah

Ms. Rafeef Fawzi Mjahad
Director, Legal Unit, Al-Haq, Ramallah

Yemen

Mr. Mohamed Moqbel Al-Hemyari
Member, Yemen Parliament

Friday, November 30, 2007

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United States

Dr. Bereket Habte Selassie
William E. Leuchtenburg Professor of African Studies, and Professor of Law, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Chairman of the Constitutional Commmission of Eritrea (1994-1997). Spoke on Drafting the Eritrean Constitution.

Monday, October 29, 2007

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India

Mr. Zulfiquar Memon
Attorney

Kazakhstan

Mr. Yerlanbek Zhusspov
Managing Partner, Zanger Law Firm

Laos

Mr. Somphou Keomounmany
Executive Committee, Laos Bar Assocation

Lativa

Mr. Imants Bergs
Vice-Rector, Study Development and International Relations, School of Business Administration, Turiba

Mexico

Mr. Ruben Fernando Benitez Alvarez del Casti
Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Ibero-American University, Norwestern Region

Sri Lanka

Mr. Brian Nimalasenan Thomboo
Attorney at Law & Visiting Lecturer of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

West Bank

Mr. Alaa K H Ghanayim
Consultant, Bethlehem District Central Election Committee (CEC), Bethlehem

Friday, October 5, 2007

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Austria

Professor Wolfram Karl
Professor of International Law,
University of Salzburg
Director of the Austrian Human Rights

Thursday, September 27, 2007

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Ghana

Ms. Joyce Opuku-Boateng
Lawyer, Private Legal Practice and Consultant Child Rights and Gender
(formerly) Legal Officer, Ministry for Women and Children's Affairs

Israel

Ms. Ziva Agami-Cohen
Head, Economic Crime Unit

Lesotho

Ms. Pulane Lechesa
Legal Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mexico

Mr. Artu De Jesus Gonzales Ocampo
Sub-Delegate, National Institute of Migration, Secretariat of the Interior, Guadalajara's International Airport

Moldova

Ms. Irina Todorova
Director Assistance Coordinator, Counter-Trafficking Unit, International Organization for Migration

Spain

Ms. Gentiana Susaj
Coordinator, Spanish Network against Trafficking in Persons

United Kingdom

Mr. Bill Skelly
Chief Superintendent, Lothian and Borders Police

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

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India

Professor Kannamma Raman
University of Mumbai, Working on Human Trafficking Project

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

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United States

Dr. Kevin Bales
President of Free the Slaves
Expert on Modern Slavery

Thursday, August 23, 2007

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Mexico

Mr. Alexandro Escudero Nahon
Assistant Director, Attnetion to the National Program of Human Rights - Unit for the Promotion and Defense of the Human Rights, Secretariat of the Interior

Mr. Francisco Rodrigo Cruz Iriarte
Visiting Judge, Cultural and Indigenous Rights, State Commission of Human Rights, Oaxaca

Mr. Jesus Alfredo Lopez Garcia
Lawyer, Indigenous Organizations, Oaxaca

Venezuela

Mr. Ruben De Dios Abad Garcia
Prevention and Education Coordinator, Human Rights Vicariate, Caracas Archdiocese

Ms. Linda Carali Giotia Gracia
Public Defense Lawyer III, Legal Services Coordination, Venezuelan Ombudsman Office (Defensoria del Pueblo)

Dr. Ingrid Carolina Graterol Morillo
Director, Caritas (Catholic Church Organization), Machiques de Perija, Zulia State, since February 2005

Mr. Andres Truillo Dominguez
Director, Civil Association "VIVE" (Venezuelan Victims of Human Rights Violations)

Thursday, June 21, 2007

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Rwanda

Mr. Emmanuel Gakwaya
Chief Superintendent and Regional Police Commander of Eastern Rwanda

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

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Germany

Ms. Kirsten Brueckmann
Criminal Investigator, Hesse Bureau of Investigation

Jamaica

Ms. Andrea Veronia Downer
Reporter/Producer, Gleaner Company and Power 106 News Centre

Kosovo

Mr. Kujtim Kerveshi
Senior Legal Advisor to the Minister of Justice

Madagascar

Mr. Albert Rakotondravao
Director, Judiciary Police, Ministry of Public Security

Nigeria

Ms. Victoria Ijeoma Nwogu
National Project Coordinator, Program Against Forced Labor and Human Trafficking in West Africa, International Labor Organization (ILO)

Sri Lanka

Mr. Sinnavan Stephen Sunthararaj
Child Rights Officer

Toronto

Mr. Nart Villeneuve
Director of Technical Research, Citizen Lab, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto

Yemen

Mr. Mohammed Mohammed Al Kebsi
Chief, Department of Arab and Foreign Affairs, Immigration Authority

 

Ms. Linping Ma
Senior Partner, Wang, Wu, Yang & Ma Law Firm

Thursday, February 22, 2007

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Namibia

Mrs. Chiku Mnubi Mchombu
Senior Librarian/Documentalist at the Human Rights and Documentation Centre (HRDC) of the University of Namibia (UNAM)

Thursday, February 15, 2007

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Turkmenistan

Ms. Selbi Akmuradova
Director of NGO "Mercy Without Borders"

Ms. Yekaterina Berkeliyfva
Member of Civic Group "Yashil"

Mr. Yazmyrat Hommadov
Teacher, Information Sciences and Chemistry

Mr. Valeriy Kotvin
Director, NGO "Agama"

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

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Peoples Republic of China

Sun Xinqiang
Shandong University

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

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Egypt

Mr. Ahmed Farag
Andalus Institute for Tolerance and Anti-Violence Studies

Indonesia

Ms. Husna Mulya
Coordinator, Legal Reform Division, National Commission on Violence Against Women

Liberia

Mrs. Rosana Schaack
Executive Director, THINK, Inc.

Malaysia

Ms. Li Seah
Coordinator, Documentation and Monitoring, Suara Rakyat

Nigeria

Mr. Joseph Sangosanya
Chairman, Network of Civil Societies

Palestine

Saleem Dabbour
General Manager, Association of Women Committees for Social Work

Poland

Ms. Magdalena Piasecka
Volunteer Coordination and Managing Board Assistnat, Municipality of Wroclaw

South Africa

Mr. Eric Nene
Strategy Planner, Human health Development Trust

Turkey

Ms. Serra Titiz
Secretary General, KAGIDER Women Entrepreneurs Association

November 7, 2006

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Peoples Republic of China

Zhu Erjun
Deputy Director, The People's Supreme Court Research Office

October 2006

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Burma

Aung Ye Tun
Blending Burma's IT sector and Human Rights Issues

Kentucky

Nick Clooney
Cincinnati and Kentucky Post journalist speaks about the current humanitarian crisis in Darfur

Monday July 10, 2006

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Botswana

Ms. Dimpho Margaret Mathumo
Botswana Local Police Training Commandant, Botswana Police College

Croatia

Ms. Ivana Petrovic
Editor, World News Dest, NOVA TV, Zagreb

New Zealand

Mr. Gavin Ross Jones
District Commander Auckland City District Police

Thailand

Mr. Vitaya Suriyawong
Director, Justice Officials Training Institute, Ministry of Justice

Trinidad and Tobago

Mr. Harold Orlando Phillip
Assistant Superintendent, Trinidad and Tobago Police Service

Ukraine

Dr. Olena Shostko
Associate Professor, Department of Criminology and Penitentiary Law, Yaroslav Mudry National Law Academy of Ukraine (Kharkiv)

Thursday June 29 2006

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Azerbaijan

Mr. Elnur Ixtiyar Oglu Sultanov
Acting Head, Division of Human Rights and Democratization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

Laos

Mr. Khamkheuang Bounteum
Deputy Director, Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

Sri Lanka

Mr. Badoordeen Mohamed Mershideen
Media Consultant, Center for Policy Alternatives, since 2005

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Ms. Nicole Sylvester
President, St. Vincent & the Grenadines Human Rights Assn.

Tunisia

Ms. Monia Bent Bechir Ammar
Representative, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights

Zimbabwe

Mr. Trust Maanda
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights

November 7, 2006

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Bahrain

Dr. Banna Bu Zaboon
Chief Clinical and Educational Psychologist, President, Bahraini Society to Resist Family Violence

Egypt

Mr. Hassan Youssef
Director, National Center for Human Rights and Care for Disabled People (SHUMUU)

Jordan

Mr. Jamal Al-Rifai
Researcher, Writer and Political Analyst

Ms. Mona Sh. Tougan
Advocate and Member, Higher Committee of Youth Programs

Morocco

Ms. Maria Moukrim
Journalist, Al Ayyam (an independent Arabic-language weekly), Casablanca

Palestine

Ms. Malvina Khoury
Legal Consultant, Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center

Mr. Ahmad M. Rwaidy
Legal Adviser and Project Manager, Arab Thought Forum and Citizens' Rights Center

Saudi Arabia

Mr. Mansour B. AL Baker
Human Rights Activist

Syria

Mr. Mohammad Fawaz
Member, Human Rights Association

Tunisia

Mr. Lotfi Hidouri
Journalist, Kalimatunisie

Yemen

Mr. Mohammed Al Wajih
Secretary and Translator, National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms (HOOD)

Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Ahmed Kathrada, Activist, working against the apartheid system in South Africa for many years, served 26 years on Robben Island with Nelson Mandella. When released he served as Head , ANC Public Relations, Served on ANC National Executive Committee, 1991, 1994; Member of Parliament, 1994-1999.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Myroslava Antonovych is Associate Professor, Law School University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine. She has an LL.M. from McGill University and Candidate of Science from Kiev Linguistic University.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

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Bolivia

Mr. Juan Roman Pea Rojas
Director, Office of Trafficking in Persons
Technical Judicial Police

Colombia

Ms. Bibiana Marcela Mercado Rivera
United Nations Coordinator for Communications
Area of Human Development

Ecuador

Mr. Douglas Eugenio Quintero Tenorio
National Director, Defense
Afro-Ecuadorians at Defensoria del Pueblo

El Salvador

Ms. Vilma Guadalupe Portillo Cienfuegos
Leader
International Labor Organization (ILO/IPEC)

Honduras

Mr. Jose Gustavo Zelaya
Program Coordinator for Legal Assistance
Casa Alianza

Mexico

Mr. Victor Hugo Castillo Lopez
General Secretary of Section 5
Informal Economy Market Workers' Union (STRACC), Mexico City

Peru

Mr. Luis Felipe Jimenez Bazan
Congressional Coordinator
Ombudsman's Office

Venezuela

Mr. Jesus Jose Ollarves
Higher Criminal Court Judge of Appeals
Second Chamber

Venezuela

Ms. Maria Lorena Sanchez
Coordinator of International Affairs
Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP)

Monday, February 20, 2006
Alessandra Aula , Franciscans International, Geneva, coordinates the organization's human rights advocacy efforts at the United Nations. Ms. Aula has directed FI's program on human trafficking.

Tuesday, December 6, 2005 - Visitors from Turkmenistan
Natalya Anikina, Chairperson, NGO "Sakhy", since January 2002 and Director, company "Kuantur", since 1996.
   Previous Positions: Legal Consultant and Judge, Ashgabat City Court, 1990-96; Head of Human Resources Department, Ashgabat Mayor's Office, 1986-90; Inspector and Head of Human Resources Department, Regional Executive Committee, 1980-86.

Hojamurad Byashimov, Leader of Center for Social Adaptation "Umyt," Balkan Province, since 1998 and Coach, Sports Club for the Disabled, Balkanabat City, since 2003.

Previous Positions: Procurement Assistant, State Oil Corporation "Turkmen Vostok", Seidi City, 1998 ; Director, Water Sports Base, Turkmenbashi City, 1996-97.

Igor Sasin, Member, Journalists Association "Shamchyrag", since 2000 and Stringer, Agence France-Presse, since 2000.
  Previous Positions: Editor, National Tele-Radio Company of Turkmenistan, 1994- 2000; Correspondent and Editor, State Tele-Radio Council under the President's Administration, 1992-94; Editor, Turkmen branch of "Soyuzblanizdat" (publishing house), 1991-92.

Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Mr. Sacha Sergio Llorentty Soliz, President, Permanent Assembly for Human Rights

Mr. Jorge Agreda Gomez, Technical Advisor, Division of Roads and Highways, Ministry of Public Works

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - A Group of Visitors from Belarus
Rev. Andrew Karnly, Apostolic Administer for the Archdiocese of Monrovia. Rev. Karnly directors the Justice and Peace Commission and radio Veritas, two major institutions in the human rights movement in Liberia.

Mr. Maksim Ahurtsou, Legal Advisor, RubyRose Group, Ltd.

Mr. Aleh Hrableuski, Director, Legal Department, Filon Kmita Support Center for Democratic Changes

Mr. Dzmitry Salauyou, Chair, Novopolotsk Branch, Vyasna Human Rights Center

Ms. Valiantsina Savastsiuk, Head Lawyer, Belarusian Helsinki Committee, Center of Legal Rights

Ms. Liudmila Shcherbakova, Head, Borisov Branch, Belarusian Organization of Working Women (BOWW)

April 21, 2005
The Hon. Ms. Unity Dow, Judge of the High Court of Botswana.

March 31, 2005
Judge Juan Guzman, the courageous judge who has tried the Pinochet cases, will be speaking at the law school on March 31, at 4:00 PM. His speech is entitled "The Pursuit of Justice in Chile."

February 7, 2005 - Human Rights Advocacy and Awareness: A Regional Project for the Near East
Algeria: Malika Benaouda Zouaoui, Doctoral Program Coordinator, Dept. of Law, University of Blida

Egypt: Mahmoud Mohamed Hassan Kandil, Lawyer and
Judge Joseph Edward Zaky Mikhail, Judge North Cairo Court

Morocco: Mohammed Zainabi, Human Resources Manager, Morocco's National Railways

Syria: Koumai Al-Melhem, Journalist, Al-Thara Magazine

Tunisia: Moncef Achour, Vice President, Tunisian Organization for Education and Family

West Bank: Iyad A.M. Haddad, Field Researcher, B'tselem (The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in Occupied Territories, Jerusalem)

Yemen: Wameed Mohammed Shaker, Program Officer, Gender Equity/Violence Against Women, Oxfam

February 4, 2005 - Urban Morgan Institute Lecture
Rebecca J. Cook, Professor and Chair in International Human Rights Law, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, presented "The Impact of US Foreign Aid on Women's Health"

October 14, 2004 - Distinguished Visitors from Ecuador
Walter Oswaldo Tapia Garafalon, Director of International Relations, Ministerio de Trabajo y Recuros Humanos, Ecuador, (a labor lawyer interested in child labor).

August 30, 2004 - Distinguished Visitors from Indonesia
Mr. Nezar Patria, Editor For Politics Desk, Tempo Newsweekly Magazine, Jakarta, 2004, Concurrent Position: Secretary General, the Alliance of Independent Journalists, Jakarta, 2003, Founder, Imparsial, The Indonesian Human Rights Monitor, Jakarta, 2002

Mr. Teuku Ardiansyah, Executive Director, Kata Hati Foundation, Banda Aceh; Concurrent Position: Chairman, Operations Committee for Consultation on Good Governance Reform, Banda Aceh

Mr. Risman A. Rachman, Secretary, Aceh Working Group, 2003 - Present; Concurrent Position: Publication Manager "acehkita.com" (internet news outlet)

Mr. Arie Maulana, Director, Aceh Liaison Office and Aceh NGO Alliance, Jakarta

Mr. Iqbal Farabi, Director, Independent Election Monitoring Committee

Mr. Teuku Achmad Fuad Haikal, Executive Director of the Aceh NGO Forum, Banda Aceh.