As the United Nations Human Rights Council holds its main annual session, the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy will -- for the fourth consecutive year -- assemble hundreds of courageous dissidents and human rights victims, activists, diplomats and student leaders, in an adjacent parallel forum, to shine a spotlight and call for action on urgent human rights situations that require global attention and call for action.
The Geneva Summit, created by a coalition of 20 NGOs from around the world in March 2008, will build on the success and momentum of the previous gatherings, which have been widely acclaimed in the international human rights community.
The conference program includes planned sessions on:
• Women's Rights
• Internet Freedom
• Democracy
Human rights heroes from Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe and other countries will testify about their personal struggles for human rights, democracy and freedom, and join hands to plan action strategies.
The event has been covered by the Wall Street Journal, La Tribune de Genève, Il Legno Storto, L'Agence télégraphique suisse, Inter Press Service, Agence France Presse, Le Temps, El Financiero, EFE (Spanish news agency), Radio Free Europe, ANSA, and Television Suisse Romande.
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20 February 2012
Blogger Maikel Nabil, Just Released from Egyptian Prison, to Headline Geneva Rights Summit on March 13th, 2012
A student blogger just released from Egyptian prison, made famous by the global campaign that mobilized on his behalf, and other top-name dissidents from Syria, Burma, Iran and China are expected to be among the biggest newsmakers at the 4th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, on March 13, 2012.
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26 January 2012
Leading Dissidents to Headline Human Rights Issues at Global Summit on March 13th, 2012
Geneva Gathering Seen as Influential Complement to UN Human Rights Council Debate
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