Re: [hr-wsis] Proposal - Speakers list for the summit

[alliance rights <all_aidsng@yahoo.co.uk>]

Quite revealing,i mean the Tunisian angle.

Lets hope Shirin is available.

Her willingness is also essential.

Cheers,

Oludare Odumuye[Ashoka Fellow]

CEO.

Alliance Rights,Nigeria.

Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Those of you who are subscribers to the CS plenary list may have noted 
> that the proposed list of speakers for the summit is currently under 
> hot discussion: not only the nomination process is at stake (specially 
> since CS hasn't had enough time to propose speakers, see a very 
> interesting note from Robert Guerra on this issue), but the result 
> isn't really agreed by all, to say the least. I share these many 
> concerns.
>
> One speaker has been proposed by the caucus (Bruna Faidutti, from the 
> Geneva office of the WFUNA, proposed by Jane and Ginger), and her name 
> hasn't been selected.
> Another speaker (myself) has also been proposed by the caucus, but 
> apparently too late to be taken into account in the list of proposed 
> speakers.
> I would like to thank Rikke, who proposed my name, and all of you who 
> supported this pro!
> posal.
>  However, I have no intention to speak at the 
> summit (not to mention the fact that I would never be selected, being 
> confident that there would be many objections, specially from the 
> Tunisian side, as well as from some CSB members side (as attacks 
> directed towards the caucus have shown during prepcom1 - Hammamet - 
> prepcom2 and prepcom3. Rikke and myself have personnaly been the 
> targets of such unacceptable attacks).
>
> I have another idea, that I would like to share with you, so that it 
> could become an HR caucus proposal if no objections are risen 
> (otherwise, it would be a proposal from some members of our caucus). 
> Some of us are trying to check with Shirin Ebadi, a woman, Iranian, 
> human rights defender, 2003 peace Nobel prize winner, if she would be 
> available for the summit. We would hopefully hear from her tomorrow. 
> Some of you may remember that Shirin has been an option considered for 
> the Geneva summit by CS as a whol!
> e. But
>  she was unavailable at that 
> time for a very good reason, i.e. she was in Oslo to receive her prize !
> More info at: http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/index.html
>
> Again, provided that she could go to Tunis for the Summit, having 
> Shirin Ebadi speaking (she would be proposed for the opening ceremony, 
> of course) would be the strongest symbol of the importance of human 
> rights in the information society.
>
> FYI, current selection for the opening ceremony is: Adama Samassekou 
> (this raised many concerns w.r.t. CS proposing the president of phase 1 
> process, i.e. governement representative. this selection is indeed 
> quite surprising, leaving aside Adama's many qualities) and... Renata 
> Bloem (CONGO), which also appears quite a strange choice.
>
> Please let us know on this list if there are any objections to Shirin 
> Ebadi proposal. In the mean time, we're trying to get her answer on her
>  
> availability.
>
> Best,
> Meryem
>
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