Human Rights Accountability Now !

  HDHRC press Conference in Davos
22  January 2008/ 1pm to 5pm

In view of the upcoming 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and of the opening of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008, the
HDHRC is organizing a media event in Davos – Switzerland on 22 January 2008,
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m, at the “Evangelisches Kirchgemeindehaus - Obere Strasse 12,
Davos Platz”.

The focus of this event will be on the theme of Human Rights Accountability, in
particular issues of States and Corporations Human Rights Accountability in
Environmental matters.

PARTICIPANT

MS NATHALIE BERNASCONI-OSTERWALDER, MANAGING ATTORNEY, THE CENTER FOR

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (CIEL) / SWITZERLAND, WWW.CIEL.ORG

MS MEGAN BROWN, PROJECT OFFICER, EQUALINRIGHTS / THE NETHERLANDS,

WWW.EQUALINRIGHTS.ORG

MS SHAMINA DE GONZAGA, CHAIR OF THE UPCOMING 61ST ANNUAL UN DPI/NGO CONFERENCE

ON HUMAN RIGHTS, WWW.UN.ORG/DPI/NGOSECTION/INDEX.ASP

MR YVES LADOR, UN REPRESENTATIVE, EARTHJUSTICE / SWITZERLAND, WWW.EARTHJUSTICE.ORG

(TO BE CONFIRMED)

MR DAVINDER LAMBA, PRESIDENT, HABITAT INTERNATIONAL COALITION (HIC), WWW.HICNET.

ORG AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MAZINGIRA INSTITUTE / KENYA, WWW.MAZINST.ORG

MR KUMI NAIDOO, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CIVICUS - WORLD ALLIANCE FOR CITIZEN

PARTICIPATION / SOUTH AFRICA, WWW.CIVICUS.ORG

MR ALBERT NZAMUKZEREKA, LA BENEVOLENCIJA / RWANDA, WWW.LABENEVOLENCIJA.ORG

MR LUIS GUILLERMO PEREZ, SECRETARY-GENERAL, INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR HUMAN

RIGHTS (FIDH) / BELGIUM, WWW.FIDH.ORG

MR PETER PROVE, ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND

HUMAN RIGHTS, THE LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION (LWF) / SWITZERLAND,

WWW.LUTHERANWORLD.ORG

MR AHMAD SULAIMAN, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR AFGHAN WOMEN (HDCAW) /

AFGHANISTAN

MR PIM VERHALLEN, SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR, INTERCHURCH ORGANISATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

CO-OPERATION (ICCO) / NETHERLANDS, WWW.ICCO.NL

MR GEORGES WEISS, DIRECTOR, LA BENEVOLENCIJA / NETHERLANDS,

WWW.LABENEVOLENCIJA.ORG

MR RAED Al-MICKAWI, DIRECTOR, BUSTAN / ISRAEL, WWW.BUSTAN.ORG

MR MICHAEL WINDFUHR, HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR, BROT FÜR DIE WELT / GERMANY,

WWW.BROT-FUER-DIE-WELT.ORG

 1 P.M. - 1.45 P.M.

STATES AND CORPORATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

1.45 P.M. - 2.15 P.M.

Q&A WITH THE MEDIA

2.15 P.M. - 2.45 P.M.

OPEN DISCUSSIONS ON STATES AND CORPORATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY

2.45 P.M. - 3 P.M.

Q&A WITH THE MEDIA

1 P.M. - 5 P.M.

OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS WITH THE PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATION

REPRESENTATIVES

CONTACT PERSON:

7270 DAVOS PLATZ MR SÉBASTIEN RAMU, HDHRC

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