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.
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.
