6th Annual Geneva Summit
February 2014
25
Tuesday
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 ————————