6th Annual Geneva Summit

9:00 Welcome

• Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer)
  Executive Director of UN Watch, on behalf of the NGO Coalition

9:10 Opening Speech: Political Prisoners and The Legacy of Nelson Mandela

• Prof. Irwin Cotler (@IrwinCotler)
  Canadian MP, former Justice Minister, lawyer for Nelson Mandela

9:30 Women’s Rights, Human Dignity and Equality

Moderator: Daniel Schwammenthal, Journalist

• Dalia Ziada, Egyptian human rights activist
• Dr. Rakhshinda Perveen, Pakistani women’s rights activist
• Annick Cojean, Author of “Kaddafi’s Harem” on Qaddafi’s rape victims
• Tenzin Dhardon Sharling, Youngest MP, Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

11:00 24H reality or Propaganda? Russia Today, Iran’s Press TV and the Battle for Objectivity

Moderator: Guy Mettan, President of the Swiss Press Club

• James Kirchick, Journalist who hijacked Russia Today interview to expose anti-gay laws
• Potkin Azarmehr, Iranian activist and journalist

12:00 The 2014 Geneva Summit Courage Award 

Presented by Ambassador Alfred Moses, UN Watch Chair

• Chen Guangcheng, Escaped Chinese dissident, known as the “Barefoot Lawyer”

Response and conversation with Madeleine Brot, TSR

———————— 13:00 Networking Lunch ————————

14:30 The Fight for Fundamental Freedoms

Moderator: Philippe Robinet, Editor

• Nagmeh Abedini, Wife of jailed Iranian Pastor Saeed Abedini
• William Browder, The man behind the Magnitsky List
• Biram Dah Abeid, Mauritanian anti-slavery activist, UN human rights prize winner 2013
• Dang Xuong Hung , Vietnamese Diplomat who defected

16:00 Resisting Authoritarianism

Moderator: Alana Goodman, Journalist

• Damarys Zoya Portieles, Leader of the Opposition Central Coalition, former prisoner
• Ahn Myong Chul, North Korean defector, Former Prison Guard (tbc)
• Moayad Salah Skaif, Syrian activist
• Ali Al Ahmed, Saudi dissident and human rights activist (via Skype)

17:00 Action: How Diplomats, MPs and Activists Can Make a Difference

Moderator: Hillel Neuer, UN Watch

• Ambassador Hanns Heinrich Schumacher, Permanent Representative of Germany
• Mu Sochua, Cambodian MP, Chair of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrat’s Women Caucus and Representative of Liberal International
• Yang Jianli, Chinese dissident and founder of Initiatives for China 
• Taha Bana, Founder of Goodwall
• Jacob Mchangama, Co-founder of The Freedom for Rights Project and Director of legal affairs of the think-thank CEPOs

———————— 18:00 Signing of Outcome Declaration ————————