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UNESCO Chair &

Institute of Comparative Human Rig

University of Connecticut,

Storrs, USA

Institute of Human Rights and Peac

Studies

Mahidol University

Bangkok, Thailand

Primary Sponsor:

Asia Regional ForumUNESCO Chair International Regional Training Program

A Global Intergenerational Fo

November 1-10, 2

GENERATION

UNESCO


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About the ForumThe International Leadership Training Programme, organized asa forum, is premised on a three-fold understanding of the vitalrole leaders play in society. The first is that every new generationof human rights leaders builds on the work of those who camebefore it. The second is that in today's increasinglyinterdependent global world, where actions or events in any partof the global system have impact on people in other regions ofthe world, there is a need to build a network of solidarity and to

nurture a new cadre of human rights leaders who can educateothers and provide enlightened leadership to meet the complexand multifaceted challenges of the new millennium. The third isthat young people are a force to be reckoned with and that thefuture belongs to them. In order, therefore, to ensure that theyare effective leaders for a better future, todays leaders have aduty to impart their knowledge to the younger generation ofleaders and to alert them of the pitfalls of the past. This isbecause, although the circumstances under which the newgeneration of leaders operates/will operate are different, theissues that confront them are not fundamentally new tohumanity. Accordingly, the types of strategies that would helpthem tackle the various issues need not be completely reinvented

but innovatively adapted to new circumstances.A principal reason why the Intergenerational Forum focuses onyoung leaders specifically is because, more than any other group,their training will most likely have great and ripple impact onsociety. For this reason, the Forum will place premium onnurturing and developing young people for local and globalleadership and in building bridges and a network of solidarity,which promote the sharing of experiences and understanding of,and provide an impetus for, the empowerment of young leaders.This should enable them to play a crucial and constructive rolein the development of human rights in their communities andthe world at large. The forum will provide tools and a platformfor open debates about policies, programs, activities and

processes necessary for human rights leadership.It is therefore in appreciation of the dynamics of aninterdependent world, that the UNESCO Chair hosts annuallyan intergenerational forum that brings together young leadersfrom all regions of the world in the field of human rights. Theforum is held in August of each year to coincide with theInternational Youth Day, which is commemorated at the UnitedNations Headquarters in the USA. To complement the annualforum, regional fora are envisaged to be held on variouscontinents.

Approach and ObjectivesThe leadership development programme is informed by the

principle of reciprocal consultation, learning and empowerment

and cross pollination of ideas and ideals.

The main objectives of the Forum are to: involve young leaderin finding solutions to emerging human rights problems; nurtureindividuals to be effective leaders in the field of human rightspromote the sharing of experiences and understanding; provide

an impetus for and the empowerment of youth leaders that wilenable them to play a crucial and constructive role in thedevelopment of human rights in their communities; build anetwork of solidarity among future leaders in the field of humanrights; hone the skills and expand the knowledge relevant tohuman rights practice; and provide tools and a platform foropen debates about policies, programmes, activities, andprocesses necessary for human rights leadership.

Participants at the conference should be individuals (ages 18-35from all over the world who have been involved in somecapacity in human rights work in their communities. During theForum, various workshops are planned, which include trainingin areas such as grassroots organizing, building coalitions

effective communication, use of media for human rightseducation, and understanding of the processes and relevance ofrestorative justice. It is planned that discussions would beconducted under the rubric of the following principal areaspoverty, education, health, conflict resolution and/ortransformation, the rights and plight of children, refugees andwar, hunger, HIV/AIDS, gender discrimination, peace educationand environmental concerns. Discussions of these topics shouldbe informed by an understanding of the principles outlined inthe Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and theMillennium Development Goals.

Selected young people will engage through dialogue withexperienced and older human rights practitioners to gain

management skills and techniques and a greater understanding ohuman rights issues on a global level. Apart from nurturingindividuals to be effective leaders in the field of human rights, itis intended that the forum serves as an avenue to globalizeethical values. Conference presenters/speakers/facilitators havebeen asked to serve in an ongoing capacity as mentors to theyoung participants upon their return to their home communitiesand countries.

OutcomesNetworking: To continue dialogue and exchange of ideas amongthe participants and to enable mentors to share their insights, alistserv will be established to facilitate on-going communication.

Publication: A summary of the highlights of the forum will bepublished together with contributions from participants who wilbe asked to write essays about the practical application of thelessons learnt during the forum to their areas and communitiesof engagement. Ten to twenty of the best and mosrepresentative essays will be selected for publication annually forwider dissemination. The publication will track progress made byparticipants, as well as serve as a record of activities byparticipants. Action plans worked out collectively by participantwill be widely disseminated.


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Message from the Chair

On behalf of the UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative HumanRights, as well as on behalf of the International Planning Committee,

welcome to the Global Intergenerational Leadership Training Programme:Asia Region Forum.

We are aware that in order to come here, you have had to forego certainactivities which you would probably be doing. In a way then, your presencehere is a testimony to your strong commitment to the causes of humanrights and solidarity.

We are most grateful to Mahidol University for partnering with us to hostthis Forum. As a leader in the field of human rights in Asia, the Universityprovides an atmosphere that we hope will enable you to engagemeaningfully in dialogue(s) on various issues with your peers and with moreseasoned human rights practitioners and leaders.

It should be pointed out from the outset that the Forum is inspired by anunderstanding of human rights as practical idealism and grounded in thenotion ofinformed empathy. Participants who embraced both have in the pastseveral years transcended their provincial conditioning and successfullyblended idealism with the practical. In the process, they managed to renewtheir faith and sense of optimism in human rights as the highest commondenominator. We suggest that this is a lesson worth drawing on for thisyears participants.

The immediate principal objectives of conducting intergenerationaldialogues, sharing and learning are:

1) To hone and sharpen leadership skills not as an end but asmeans to enhance effective engagement for the purpose of fostering aglobal culture of human r ights.

2) To build networks of intellectual and practical solidarity, whichsupport not only the realization of your dreams, but also the fashioning of amore humane and better world.

3) To make a modest contribution in discharging our duty ofresponsibility to the future, as we realize that each succeeding generation ofleaders has always stood on the shoulders and learnt from its predecessors.

We hope, therefore, that the Forum offers you an ideal opportunity to meetwith people who are different from you but are the same in essentialhumanity and dignity with you. As indicated above, the meeting of newpeople and the renewing of old friendships should not be an end it itself;but rather, it should serve as means of exploring new ideas and methods ofproviding effective human rights leadership in an increasingly

interdependent world.As practical aspects of embracing the notion of human rights as practicalidealismand developinginformed empathy, we urge you to demonstrate respectfor each and every person you meet and interact with. Even when youdisagree with other people, do show them the respect and courtesy you

would like yourself to be shown. Also, please try your best to meet peoplefrom different regions, cultures or racial classifications without the fog ofstereotypical images you might have gained from the media or otherinstitutions. We are confident that if you free yourself from the shackles ofthe past and treat people with simple respect and courtesy, you will besurprised how easy and uplifting it is to get along well with other people.

We hope that at the end of the Forum, we will all have achieved in somemeasure an overarching objective of being here: that is to build strongintellectual and moral solidarity based on shared ethical values in the serviceof a common humanity. From this basis, we should be able not only to

expand the frontiers of human rights but also to bring about the floweringof human solidarity for a better, more caring and compassionate world.

During the Forum, we ask you to do the simple things in life: have openminds and soft hearts. These should enable you to put a smile on the facesof other people during the Forum. Remember that the way we conductourselves and how we interact with one another and each other speak moreeloquently about our characters than sweet words we utter.

Enjoy yourselves and make the best of everything during the Forum. Maythe sun shine on you!

Amii Omara-Otunnu, D. Phil. (Oxon.),UNESCO Chair-holder & Executive Director,Executive Director, UConn-ANC Partnership,Professor of History

Message from the President

On behalf of all at the Institute of Human Rights and PeacStudies and Mahidol University, I would like to welcome you to the AsiaRegional Forum - International Leadership Training Programme on Human Rightand Peace: A Global Intergenerational Forum. This third regional Forum itimely, as significant changes are taking place at both the national andregional levels. For instance, the international community is closelyfollowing the process of greater transparency and openness that is occurringin our neighboring countries and the development of human right

mechanisms across Southeast Asia.As you join us from different parts of the world, I believe tha

you bring not only your experiences and knowledge with you, but also youcommitment to human rights, your solidarity, and your readiness to affirmshared purposes and join common causes. I am confident that yourparticipation in this Forum will be mutually beneficial and enriching and wilhelp strengthen your professional networks. I hope that these wilcontribute to supporting human rights and building a culture of peacearound the world.

Human rights and peace have always been a priority at MahidoUniversity. For example, the Master in Human Rights was the first course oits kind in Asia. Launched in 1999, it was soon followed by the introductionof the PhD in Human Rights and Peace Studies and the Master in HumanRights and Democratisation. These three graduate programs attract studentfrom different parts of the world, in particular Asia. Furthermore

responding to the needs of the Thai society, an additional Master Programin Human Rights and Peace Studies taught in Thai was established

Together, these four graduate programs aim to not only produce humanrights graduates who are capable of applying knowledge to their fields o

work, but also use their wisdom to advance human rights and peace insociety at large. This Forum is one of the various activities through whichMahidol University aims to achieve these goals.

I would like to express our sincere thanks to Prof. Dr. AmiOmara-Otunnu - UNESCO Chair and his Team for their confidence andfor inviting Mahidol University to co-organize the Asia Regional Forum. believe that the International Leadership Training Programme wilstrengthen human rights and peace education throughout the region andbeyond.

I would like to end by reminding you that human rights andpeace do not arrive by accident. Instead, we all are responsible for our right

and must nurture peace through greater knowledge and commitmentHowever, both knowledge and commitment are useless without action

Therefore, I wish you all a very successful meeting and hope that you returnto your countries with new insights and put your efforts for the bettermentof society.

Prof. Dr. Rajata RajatanavinPresident of Mahidol University, Thailand


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and I didnt speak up,

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because I wasnt a Jew.

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Thursday, November 1, 2012Check-in/Registration/Accommodations forinternational travelers:

Check-in Address:Salaya Pavilion (Mahidol UniversityInternational College)999 Buddhamonthon 4 RoadSalaya Nakhonphathom 73170 THAILAND

Telephone: (66) 2441 0568-9

11:00AM -1:30PM LunchLocation: Room 408, 4th Floor, Graduate StudiesBuilding

2:00PM Campus TourMeeting Location: Front of Salaya Pavilion

4:30PM -7:00PM DinnerLocation: Room 408, 4th Floor, Graduate StudiesBuilding

7:00PM

-8:30PM

Scheduling Option: FilmLocation: Salaya Cinema, Film Foundation

Friday, November 2, 2012Check-in/Registration/Accommodations for allconference participants

6:30AM9:30AM BreakfastLocation: Herb Garden Restaurant, 2nd Floor,Salaya Pavilion

10:00AM Poster/NGO Display Tables

Location: Salaya Pavilion

11:00AM12:30PM Tour of Campus/CityMeeting location: Salaya Pavilion

12:00AM-2:00PM LunchLocation: Dining Room, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

2:00PM-3:00PM Overview of Schedule and Best PracticesTim Aye-Hardy, Chair, International ForumPlanning CommitteeLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

3:00PM Introduction to Resolution ProcessProf. Jonathan Stubbs, University ofRichmond School of LawLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

4:30PM-6:00PM Caf AmiLocation: Dinner Room, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

Friday, November 2, 2012 continued

6:00PM-8:00PM Welcome Dinner ReceptionWords of welcome by President of MahidolUniversity, Dr. Rajata RajatanavinandDr. Amii Omara-Otunnu, UNESCO Chair-holder in Human Rights

Keynote Address:Ajarn Jon Ungpakorn

Introduction by Sriprapha PetcharamesreeIHRP, Mahidol UniversityLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

8:00PM-9:00PM Short Film and Discussion: The Makingof the Universal Declaration of Human RightsLocation: Movie Room, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

Saturday, November 3, 2012

6:30AM-8:30AM Breakfast (7:30-8:30 facilitator meeting)Location: Herb Garden Restaurant, 2nd Floor,Salaya Pavilion

8.30AM - 9.00AM Depart to Sampran Riverside(Rose Garden)

Meeting Point: In front of Salaya Pavilion

Team Building/Problem SolvingActivitiesLocation: Sampran Riverside Resort

LunchLocation: Sampran Riverside Resort

2:00PM-3:30 AM Opening forum for young leaders: Sharingof experience and PerspectivesLocation: Sampran Riverside Resort

Return to Mahidol University

4.00PM-6.00PM Movie screening (Emmanuels Gift)Introduction by Ms. Kate Alyzon RamilLocation: Movie Room, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

6.00PM -7.30PM DinnerLocation: Dining Room, 3rd floor, Mahidol Learning

Center

7.30PM -9.00PM Facilitated Group MeetingsLocation: 3rd floor, Salaya Pavilion

9:00PM-11:00PM Scheduling Option 1: Game room availableSalaya Pavilion Ground FloorScheduling Option 2: Film:Location: Movie Room, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter


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Sunday, November 4, 2012Human rights, concepts and mechanisms


9:00AM-10:30AM Lecture: Foundations of Human RightsLeadership and Ethics

Prof. Amii Omara-Otunnu,UNESCO Chair- holderIntroduction by Ms. Neeti BabuLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

10:30AM Break

11:00AM-12:30PM Presentation: Relinking the MDGAcceleration Framework with Human Rightsand Democratic Governance: Proposals forwidening the scope of the MDG agenda inAsia-PacificDr. Marcus Brand, Rule of Law, Justice and

Human Rights, Asia-Pacific Regional CentreUnited Nations Development ProgrammeIntroduction by Ms. BidyaLaxmi SalamLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

12:30PM LunchLocation: Dining Room, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

2:00PM-3:30PM Panel: Environmental Justice and ClimateChange

Matthew Baird, Chair, Environment andPlanning Law Group,Law Council of

AustraliaDr. Crelis Rammelt, Institute of EnvironmentalStudies at the University of New South Wales(UNSW), Australia)Moderated by Tim Aye-HardyIntroduction by Mr. Dickens Osano MoloLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

3:30PM Break

4:00PM-5:30PM Regional Group DiscussionsLocation: Graduate Studies Building, 4th Floor

5:30PM Break

6:00PM-7:30PM DinnerLocation: Dining Room, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

7:30PM-9:00PM Facilitated Group MeetingsLocation: 3rd floor, Salaya Pavilion


Monday, November 5, 2012Human rights and peace - checking conceptual links


9:00AM-10:30AM Peace and Conflict: Conceptual

ClarificationsProf. Dr. Chaiwat Satha-Anand,Thammasat University, ThailandIntroduction by Mr. Vukasin GrozdanovicLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

10:30AM Break

11:00AM-12:30PM Human Rights and Peace: CheckingConceptual LinksProf. Dr. Chaiwat Satha-Anand,Thammasat University, ThailandLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol Learning

Center


2:00PM-5:00PM Panel Discussion on Human Rights andPeace in Asia: A Reality CheckProf. Surichai Wun-GaeoChulalongkornUniversity (Thailand)Ms. Gayathry VenkiteswaranExecutive Directorof SEAPADr. Sam Zarifi, Regional Director of ICJ

Moderated by Sriprapha PetcharamesreeIHRP, Mahidol UniversityIntroduction by Ms. Khi Pyar Chit SawLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

Break from 3:30PM-3:45PM

5.30PM -7.00PM DinnerLocation: Dining Room, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

7.00PM -9.00PM Facilitated Group MeetingsLocation: 3rd floor, Salaya Pavilion



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Tuesday, November 6, 2012Human Rights in Asia and Latin American


9:00AM-10:30AM Human Rights in AsiaProf. Vitit Muntarbhorn

Chulalongkorn University, ThailandIntroduction by Ms. Dilyara TektigulovaLocation:Room 101, PrachasangkhomUdomphat, Institute for Population andSocial Research

10:30AM Break

11:00AM-12:30PM Development of Human RightsMechanisms in AsiaDr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree, IHRP, MahidolUniversity, ThailandIntroduction by Mr. Joel Mark BarredoLocation:Room 101, PrachasangkhomUdomphat, Institute for Population andSocial Research

12:30PM LunchLocation:Prachasangkhom Udomphat,Institute for Population and Social Research

2:00PM-3:30PM Indigenous and Minority Rights: CaseStudy, Latin AmericaProf. Anabella Maria Giracca de Castellanos,UNESCO Chair of Communication for theStrengthening of Cultural Diversity andDirector of the Institute of Linguistics and

Interculturality, University Rafael Landivar,GuatemalaIntroduction by Ms. Marie McCainLocation:Room 101, PrachasangkhomUdomphat, Institute for Population andSocial Research

3:30PM Break

4:00PM-5:30PM Regional Group DiscussionsLocation: Graduate Studies Building, 4th floor

5:30PM Break

6:00PM-7:30PM DinnerLocation:Prachasangkhom Udomphat,Institute for Population and Social Research



Wednesday, November 7, 2012Field Study to Mahachai/Migrant Workers (Detailedprogram attached)


8:00AM Depart Mahidol University for Mahachai

Departure Location: In front of Salaya Pavilion

8:45AM Arrival

9:00AM-12:00PM Briefings by Labor Rights PromotionNetwork (LPN)Location:25/17-18 Mahachai MuangthongVillage, Sahakorn Road, Bang Yah Praek Sub-District, Samut Sakhon Province,74000 THAILANDTel: +66.34.434.726, +66.86.163.1390

12:30PM LunchLocation:LPN office, Mahachai

2:00PM-5:30PM Community Service activitiesLocation:LPN community schools, Mahachai

5:30PM Depart Mahachai

6:00PM-7:30PM Dinner

Location:Larn Tae Restaurant, Mahachai

7:30PM-9:00PM Depart for Mahidol University

9:00PM-11:00PM Scheduling Option 1: Game room availableSalaya Pavilion Ground Floor

Scheduling Option 2: Film:Location: Movie Room, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter


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Thursday, November 8, 2012Global Justice


9:00AM-10:30AM Ms.Heike Alefsen, Deputy Head ofOHCHR-Southeast Asian Regional Office

Introduction byMs. Kate Alyzon RamilLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

10:30AM Break

11:00AM-12:30PM Human Security in Cross Border Areas:Case Study, ManipurProf. Amar Yumnam, Dean, School of SocialSciences and Director, Centre for ManipurStudiesIntroduction byDr. Shukhdeba SharmaLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter


2:00PM-3:30PM Panel: Role of NGOs in DevelopingCountriesUrikhimbam Nobokishore, Secretary, Centre forSocial Development, Imphal and Secretary,United NGOs Mission, ManipurDr. Kyaw Yin Hlaing, Assistant Professor,Department of Asian and InternationalStudies and Associate Director, SoutheastAsia Research Centre (SEARC), The City

University of Hong Kong and Director of theNational Economic and Social AdvisoryCouncil in Myanmar

Mr. Shiwei Ye, Regional Director FIDHModerated by Mark Capaldi, IHRP, MahidolUniversityIntroduction byMs. Ntombi McoyiLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

3:30PM Break

4:00PM-5:30PM Regional Group DiscussionsLocation: Graduate Studies Building, 4th Floor

5:30PM Break

6:00PM-7:30PM DinnerDining Room, 3rd floor, Mahidol Learning Center



Friday, November 9, 2012Use of Media and Human Rights


9:00AM-10:30AM Social Media and Human RightsReporting

Elaine Pearson, Deputy Director of HumanRights Watchs Asia DivisionIntroductionMr. Vo Tran Trung NhanLocation: Conference Room, 6th floor, Salaya Pavilion

10:30AM Break

11:00AM-12:30PM Panel Discussion: Human TraffickingKaren Zusman(writer and independent, multi-media journalist focusing on humantrafficking as it relates to refugees, migrantsand people displaced by conflict)

Anna Olsen, ILO (Tripartite Action to Protectthe Rights of Migrant Workers from Labour

Exploitation)Phil Robertson(HRW Deputy Director based inBangkok)Moderated by Vatchararutai BoontinandIHRP, Mahidol UniversityIntroductionMs. Rajin Al-QallihLocation: Conference Room, 6th floor, Salaya Pavilion

12:30PM LunchLocation: Conference Room, 6th floor, SalayaPavilion

2:00PM-3:30PM Participant Presentations:

Hang HybunnaRight to Water and SanitationNtombi McoyiHealth and Human Rights (specificallyHIV/AIDS)

Andrea LandryIndigenous Gender Equality/IndigenousGender-Based ViolenceIntroduction and Moderate byMs. Bea

AbrahamsLocation: Conference Room, 6th floor, Salaya Pavilion

3:30PM Break

4:00PM-5:30PM Regional Group DiscussionsLocation: 4th Floor, Graduate Studies Building

5:30PM Break


7:30PM-11:30PM Dinner and Multicultural Night ShowcaseLocation: Conference Room, 6th floor, SalayaPavilion


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Saturday, November 10, 2012The Way Forward


9:00AM-12:00PM Final Facilitated Group MeetingsLocation: Salaya Pavilion


2:00PM Reports/ Group PresentationsSharing/ReflectionsNext StepsLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

5:30PM EvaluationsLocation: Room 322, 3rd floor, Mahidol LearningCenter

6:30PM-10:00PM Farewell Dinner and Closing CeremonyPresentation of Gifts and CertificatesIndividual ReflectionsLocation: Salaya Pavilion

Sunday, November 11, 2012Departures

Recognition of the inherent dignity

and of the equal and inalienable

rights of all

members of the human family is the

foundation of freedom, justice and

peace in the world.

-Preamble,

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The worth of the individualhuman being is the most uniqueand precious of all our assets andmust be the beginning and end of

all our efforts. Governments,systems, ideologies and

institutions come and go, buthumanity remains.

- U Thant, UN Secretary-General (1961-1971)


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RESOLUTION of theGlobal Intergenerational Forum: Empowering Young

Leaders to be Agents of Positive Change

(European Region)

Adopted on the 7th of May 2011 in San Marcello Pistoiese, Italy.

We, the participants in the Global Intergenerational Forum: EmpoweringYoung Leaders to be Agents of Positive Change, organized by theUNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights,confident that young leaders have new and unique perspectives onpersistent and emerging problems, and assembled in the spirit ofintergenerational, moral and intellectual solidarity:

Recalling that the United Nations exists to serve multiple purposes,such as maintaining international peace and security, promotingfundamental human rights for all humans, and recognizing equalityand self determination of all nations and peoples;

Committedto UNESCOs analysis that the wide diffusion of culturalknowledge and human rights education is essential for justice,liberty, peace and human dignity, and that promoting suchknowledge and education constitute a solemn duty that all nationsand individuals must fulfill through reciprocal respect, assistance,concern and solidarity;

Reaffirming the universality, interdependence and indivisibility of allhuman rights (A/CONF.157/23);

Acknowledging the important role of European countries played inthe evolution of human rights frameworks and anticipating theircourageous and compassionate leadership in local and global humanrights issues so that Europe may exemplify its commitment to ourcommon humanity, democracy, justice and rights;

Mindful of the progress of previous generations in developingprogressively inclusive international agreements, including theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), The Convention onthe Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948),

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of DiscriminationAgainst Women (1979), The Convention Against Torture and OtherCruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1985), theConvention on the Rights of the Child (1989), The MillenniumDeclaration (2000) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons

with Disabilities (2006), amongst others;

Aware of our diverse cultural backgrounds, life experiences,understandings of human rights and concerns to forge a commonhumanity;

Strongly committed to protecting the human rights of every humanbeing without distinction of any kind under Article 14 of theEuropean Convention on Human Rights and Article 2 of theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights, we call upon allgovernments to adopt and implement national policies that promotegender equality and recognize individual human rights withoutdiscrimination on any ground, including sexual orientation, age anddisability;

Reaffirming the need for the international community, includinggovernments and civil society, to prioritize the development of on-going age appropriate human rights curricula with the purpose ofmaximizing our individual and collective human potential bypromoting diversity, tolerance and respect in formal and informaleducation programmes;

Affirmingthat limited respect and knowledge of each other's culturehas been a common cause for conflicts throughout the world andbelieving that respect for cultural diversity enriches our lives andsocieties, we urge governments, civil society and institutions toadopt proactive educational and employment strategies that combaignorance of each others ways of life, and advance appreciation forthe importance of religious and cultural practices;

Asserting the compelling need to implement concrete measures tocombat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, cultural andreligious intolerance, for example Islamophobia, so that individualsand society can benefit from greater productivity and socialcohesion, we urge greater attention to and implementation of theInternational Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of RaciaDiscrimination and the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action(DDPA);

Recognizing that every person possesses rights as an individual, notonly as a citizen of a particular state, we call upon governments tocombat human trafficking and to establish and implemenmigration, asylum and refugee policies and practices that abide fullyby human rights standards;

Concerned by the increasing marginalization of some minoritiesincluding Roma people, and consciousof the Decade of Roma Inclusion

2005-2015, we call upon governments to respect and enforce therights of all minorities, particularly in the areas of education, healthemployment, housing and political participation;

Conscious that a world connected by trade and technology must bebound by human values, we stress the need for transparent and fairtrade relations, particularly with respect to natural resources andagricultural products, and greater protection of human securityincluding freedom from violence and individual rights to privacyand data protection;

Acutely aware of the power of media in human interactions, we urgemembers of the media to play a constructive role in responsiblycommunicating information about human rights;

Concernedby global conflicts and desiring to encourage a culture o

peace, for example through dialogue, we urge all governments toevaluate their priorities, decrease their military budgets over timeand invest in programs such as human rights education, health caredelivery (especially for mothers and children), sociaentrepreneurship, employment of youth, and environmentapreservation and programs designed to eliminate violence against

women and children;

Recognizingthe need for careful planning for a sustainable future andthe role that youth can play in this process, we recommend thatpeople in positions of authority open legitimate channelsof communication and actively engage in meaningful dialogue withyoung people during this United Nations International Year of Youthand in the future. Further, we recommend that they invest inprograms that encourage intergenerational solidarity at local

regional, and international levels;Committed to building on the efforts of our predecessors, we wilfocus upon implementing human rights laws so that words agreedupon may be translated into practical deeds that improve peopleslives;

Determinedto transcend our individual and collective boundaries, wecommit to working toward re-imagining systems, buildingpartnerships and maximizing our full individual and collectivepotential. We will act in the spirit of informed empathy and with asense of urgency in order to create an enlightened world confidentand willing to build a future of respect, rights and justice for all.


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Speakers

Dr. Amii Omara-Otunnu (Convenor)Professor Omara-Otunnu is the first UNESCO Chair in HumanRights in the United States of America, and FoundingCoordinator of the Coali-tion of Human Rights Organizations inNew England. He also serves as Executive Director of theUConn-ANC Partner-ship with South Africa, which consists of

three projects: compara-tive human rights, oral history, andarchives. Dr Omara-Otunnu is a scholar activist committed to aninclusive approach for the causes of social justice and democraticpluralism.Professor Amii Omara-Otunnu, who earnedacademic degrees inSocial Studies, Law andHistory from HarvardUniversity, the LondonSchool of Economicsand Oxford University, isa ten-ured faculty

member in theDepartment of Historyat the Univer-sity of Connecticut. His areas of academic interestinclude: Inter-national Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Pan-Africanism, and Civil-Military Relations. He was recently givenThe Luminary Award by the World Affairs Council. The Awardwas created to honor those who have profoundly impactedglobal affairs with an emphasis on the overall betterment of theworld. Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland (1990-1997)and former United Na-tions High Commissioner for HumanRights (1997-2002) was the keynote speaker during the Awardceremony.

Dr. Sriprapha PetcharamesreeDr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree is currently a full time facultymember at the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies,Mahidol University, Thailand. She served as a social worker atthe UNICEFs Emergency Operations for Cambodian Refugees.Since 1990s she has been active in human rights field bothamong academic community and human rights activists both atnational and regional levels, Her recent works focus, amongothers, on issue of citizenship, migration, statelessness, rights todevelopment, and human rights in international relations. SinceOctober 2009, she was appointed by the Thai government as theThai Representative to the ASEAN IntergovernmentalCommission on Human Rights for a period of three years.

Ajarn Jon UngphakomJon Ungphakorn, a former Senator for Bangkok, is a

Thai social activist who has spent most of his life working withThai NGOs on human rights and development issues. Hisparticular interests during the past 25 years have beenHIV/AIDS (prevention, treatment, and rights), access to health,development of the welfare state, and development of civilsociety media.

In 1991 Jon founded and was the first executivedirector of the AIDS Access Foundation, a Thai NGO which

provides confidential counselling services for people withHIV/AIDS and their families, gives training and support toorganisations of people living withHIV/AIDS, campaigns against publicstigma of AIDS, and advocates therights of everyone to effective andaffordable health treatment. In 2000 hewas elected to the Thai Senate for sixyears with the support of the NGOand HIV/AIDS communities, and in

2005 he was a recipient of the RamonMagsaysay Award (a prestigious Asianaward) for his advocacy work onhuman rights.

Jon was an active participant in the civil society movementwhich successfully campaigned for a universal health service inThailand, and is an advocate for Thailand and other developingcountries to make full use of flexibilities allowed under the WTOTRIPS agreement and the 2001 Doha Declaration in order toprovide their citizens with access to life-saving medicines thatare readably available in developed nations. At present he isVice-Chairperson of the Thai Foundation for AIDS Rights, amember of the National Human Rights Committees Sub-

Committee on Civil and Political Rights, and Executive Directorof Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw).

Dr. Marcus BrandDr. Marcus Brand (Austria) has been a democratic governanceexpert affiliated with UNDPs Asia Pacific Regional Centre(APRC) in Bangkok since 2011. He provided advice onintegrating a human rights perspective in MDG accelerationefforts, and helped put together a publication on Ways andMeans to Strengthen Social and Economic Rights. In 2011, he

also provided advice to UNDP onsupporting the constitutionareform process in Tunisia. He mos

recently coordinated APRCs workon developing a supporprogramme for Myanmardemocratic transition and co-led ademocratic governance and rule oflaw assessment mission there. From2008 to 2011 he served as seniorconstitutional advisor and policyspecialist in UNDPs toConstitution Building Suppor

Programme in Kathmandu, Nepal. In that capacity, he was incharge of coordinating international assistance to Nepals postconflict constitution building process, and led the work on staterestructuring (federalization) and transition planning. Previouslyhe has held assignments with the UN in Nepal as HumanitarianAffairs Analyst for the UN Office for the Coordination oHumanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and with the UN ResidentCoordinators Unit. Before moving to Nepal, Dr. Brand worked

with UNDPs Governance Group in New York, withassignments in the Gulf Region and Central Asia, focusing onsupport to new and restored democracies, and the linkagesbetween human development and democratic governance.Prior to his engagements with the UN, he served for severayears (1999-2006) with the Organization for Security andCooperation in Europe (OSCE), including as Special Advisor tothe Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and


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Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw, and as an Advisor to theHead of Mission of the OSCE in Kosovo, where he worked onthe establishment of democratic institutions in the post-warperiod. For the OSCE, he has also served on a number ofElection Observation and Assessment Missions. He has alsoworked for the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vienna,the European Stability Initiative (a think tank focusing on SouthEastern Europe), the Yale-Soros Civic Education Project inBulgaria, and the Robert Schuman Centre at the EuropeanUniversity Institute Florence. Dr. Brand holds a doctoral degree

in international and constitutional law from the University ofVienna (2002), where he also obtained his master degree in lawearlier (1994). He also holds degrees from the EuropeanUniversity Institute (EUI) in Florence (LL.M., 1997) and fromthe Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced InternationalStudies (SAIS) in Bologna (1995).

Prof. Anabella Maria Giracca de CastellanosProfessor Anabella Giracca, currently the Director of theInstitute of Linguistics and Inteculturality at the UniversityRafael Landivar, is also the Director of the UNESCO ChairOffice of Communication for the Strengthening of Cultural

Diversity in Guatemala.She lectures both nationally andon the international circuit and isthe author of numerous essays andbooks. These include manychildrens books, some translatedinto Mayan languages. ProfessorGiracca is a columnist at PrensaLibre (Free Press), El Periodico(The Newspaper) and for othermedia.Professor Giracca is an advocatefor collective human rights with anemphasis on indigenous andchildrens rights. She serves as an

advisor on topics of education, interculturality, andcommunication and is a member of numerous counsels,commissions, associations on education, justice andmulticulturalism within Guatemala.

Professor Vitit MuntarbhornProfessor Vitit Muntarbhorn, M.A.B.C.L. (Oxon.) is Professor of Law atthe Faculty of Law, ChulalongkornUniversity, Thailand. For his entireprofession, he serves as a specialist on

Human Rights issues by volunteering innumbers of activities, domestically,regionally and internationally, includingCommissioner of the United NationsCommission of Inquiry on Syria (Sep2012 till present), Member of the

Committee of Experts on the Application of Recommendationsand Conventions at the International Labour Organization (2009till present), Chairman of the United Nations Commission ofInquiry on the Human Rights Situation in the Ivory Coast(2011), United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation ofhuman rights in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea(20042010), United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Sale of

Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (1990 1994). Furthermore, he is a Co-Chair of Working Group for anASEAN Human Rights Mechanism, Co-Writer of YogyakataPrinciples and also a speaker in many conferences in Thailandand abroad. He still contributes with his greatest effortconsistently.

Ms. Elaine PearsonMs. Elaine Pearson, acting director

of Human Rights Watch's AsiaDivision, supervises work acrossAsia, especially South East AsiaBased in New York, Pearsonregularly briefs members of themedia, government and UN officialsregarding the organization's work inAsia. Prior to joining Human RightWatch in 2007, she lived and workedin Asia for six years includingBangkok, Hong Kong, andKathmandu. Pearson has specialized

expertise in human trafficking and migration. She worked as aconsultant for the International Labour Organization, the United

Nations Development Fund for Women, and was researchcoordinator for the Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons ProjectShe led the first Trafficking Program at Anti-SlaveryInternational in London. Pearson writes frequently for numerouspublications, and her articles have appeared in Human RightsQuarterly, the Wall Street Journal, and the Far EasternEconomic Review. Pearson holds degrees in Law and Arts(English and Comparative Literature) from Murdoch UniversityAustralia.

Mr. Shiwei YeMr. Shiwei Ye is the Southeast Asia regional representative o

the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights(FIDH), an internationalumbrella organization with 164local human rights groups as itsmembers in over 100 countries.He works closely with FIDH'smember and partnerorganizations in ASEANcountries to monitor, report, andinvestigate human rights abuses.Prior to FIDH, Shiwei workedwith an Asia-Pacificparliamentarian network that advocates for sexual andreproductive health and rights, maternal health and other

population and development issues. Shiwei has also worked forthe New York-based NGO Asia Catalyst and helped theorganization to build a Chinese-language website that providesChinese activists with news on environmental justice and right tohealth in other Asian countries. Shiwei holds a master's degree ininternational affairs with a focus on human rights from theSchool of International and Public Affairs at ColumbiaUniversity in New York City. Shiwei is fluent in EnglishMandarin, and Cantonese.


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Prof. Dr. Chaiwat Satha-AnandProf. Dr. Chaiwat Satha-Anand, a political scientist and aprominent peace scholar. Currently, he is Professor of politicalscience at Thammasat University, Thaniland, and Director of theThai Peace Information Centre at the Foundation forDemocracy and Development Studies. He is an expert on non-violence, theory as well as activism, and on Islam. He haspublished numerous articles and book chapters on the military,alternative defence, religion and peace, Islam and non-violence,

and modern political philosophy. For several years he directedthe International Peace Research Associations (IPRA)commission on non-violence and he serves at the ScientificCommittee of the International University for Peoples Initiativefor Peace, (IUPIP), in Rovereto, Italy. He serves, on pro bonobasis a number of international and regional NGOs.

Ms. Anna OlsenAnna is an Australian lawyer who has spent the last 8 years

working on issues of human trafficking,

labour migration, child protection and

womens rights. She was based in

Cambodia for 5 years, working with theMinistry of Womens Affairs as a

technical assistance to the Minister, The

Asia Foundation as the Prosecution

Project Officer for the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Project

and more recently with UNICEF and ILO as a child protection

and legal consultant. In 2012, she accepted as position as the

Technical Officer with the Tripartite Action to Protect Migrant

Workers within and from the Greater Mekong Sub-Region from

Labour Exploitation (TRIANGLE) project with the ILO. In this

role, she works on legal and policy development, assisting with

capacity building activities and managing grants for direct

support to migrant workers in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam,Thailand and Malaysia.

Prof. Surichai WunGaeoProf. Surichai WunGaeo is a sociologue. He is a Professor at theDept of Sociology and Anthropology, and was the formerProgram Director, MAIDS, Faculty of Political Science,Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He is currently Director, ofthe Center for Peace and Conflict Studies. His research interestsfocus mainly on sociology of development, environmentalismand sustainable development, social movements and peoplesparticipation, endogenous social theory. As an engaged

academic, he has been working closely with NGOs andgrassroot organisations. He is also the Chair of the RotaryCentre for Peace and Conflict Studies based at ChulalongkornUniversity.

Mr. Phil RobertsonPhil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asiadivision, oversees the organization's work throughout Asia,especially in Southeast Asia, North Korea and Japan.Prior to joining Human Rights Watch in 2009, he worked formore than a decade in Southeast Asia on human rights, laborrights, protection of migrant workers, and counter-human

trafficking efforts with a variety of non-governmentalorganizations, international andregional trade union federations, andUN agencies. As program manager ofthe UN Inter-Agency Project onHuman Trafficking (UNIAP), heoversaw the successful negotiation ofthe first regional inter-governmentalagreement on human trafficking in thegreater Mekong sub-region. Prior to

UNIAP, he led the Mainland SoutheastAsia office of the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center, working ontrade union rights, democratic political reform, and rights ofmigrant workers, focusing primarily on Burma, Cambodia, Laos,Malaysia, and Thailand. A 1997 graduate of the Johns HopkinsSchool of Advanced International Studies, he is fluent in Thaiand Lao.

Ms. Karen ZusmanKaren Zusman is a writer and independent, multi-mediajournalist focusing on human rightsabuses and issues related to peoplefrom Burma. Her investigative story-telling has been featured on WorldFocus (broadcast on PBS stations) andWitness.org and her Burma-relatedjournalism has appeared in the pagesand websites of The Christian Science

Monitor, World Focus, The Huffington Post, abcnews.com, USA TodayThe Democratic Voice of Burma, Relief Web, and Refugees InternationalShe has been interviewed by The World Vision Report, PacificaRadio and WKCRabout her work concerning Burmese refugeesin Malaysia.

In 2009 she wrote and produced the multi-media documentaryPlease Dont Say My Name: The Plight of Burmese Refugees in Malaysia

which centers around one small group of refugees who worktogether in a downtown restaurant in Kuala Lumpur andexposes how the Malaysian government has been complicit inthe selling of Burmese refugees to human traffickers at the Thai-Malaysia border.

Dr. Crelis RammeltDr. Crelis Rammelt is a lecturer at theInstitute oEnvironmental Studiesat theUniversity of New SouthWales(UNSW), Australia, where he coordinates courses andconducts research in the field of environment and development

He is co-founder of theArsenic Mitigation and ResearchFoundation, a Dutch-Bangladeshi organization working on safedrinking water in rural areas. In addition Dr Rammelt holds aPhD degree inEnvironmental Policy and Management, fromUNSW and a MSc inIndustrial Design EngineeringfromDelfUniversity of Technology(DUT), Netherlands. He began hisacademic career with theFaculty of Technology, Policy andManagement(DUT) where he pursued an active researchinterest in the role of technology in development. Dr Rammelregularly lectures courses related to environment, developmentglobalization and sustainability.
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Ms. Gayathry VenkiteswaranGayathry Venkiteswaran is ExecutiveDirector of the Southeast Asian PressAlliance, a network representing mediafreedom groups in the region. Beforethis, she was director of the Centre forIndependent Journalism, a not-for-profitorganization dedicated towardsadvancing media freedom and peoples

access to information in Malaysia. Shehas worked as a journalist and has also

taught journalism and media history in several Malaysianinstitutions of higher learning in Malaysia. She has an MAInternational Relations from the Australian National Universityand a Bachelor in Mass Communication from Universiti SainsMalaysia.

Saman Zia ZarifiSaman Zia Zarifi is the Regional Director of Asia and thePacific for the International Commission of Jurists. Between

2008 and 2012, he was Amnesty

International's Asia and Pacificdirector. Before that, he was deputydirector of Human Rights Watch'sAsia program. Since 2000, he hasworked in and on critical conditionsthroughout Asia, including in Iraq,Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, India,the Philippines, and ChinaMr. Zarifi served as Senior ResearchFellow at Erasmus University in theNetherlands where he conducted a

special project on business and human rights. He is coeditor ofLiability of Multinational Corporations under International Law(Kluwer

2000) and is author of several articles on the human rightsobligations of multinational corporations. He served as acorporate defense litigator in Los Angeles after receiving theJuris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School in 1993. Hereceived an LL.M. in International Law from New YorkUniversity School of Law in 1997, and his Bachelor of Artsdegree from Cornell University in 1990.

That since wars begin in the minds

of men, it is in the minds of menthat the defenses of peace must be

constructed.

- Preamble,

UNESCO Constitution

Matthew Baird, MEIANZMatthew Baird is an Australia barrister specializing in

environmental and planning law, including environmental

criminal law, with over 25 years involvement in planning and

environmental law. He has been involved in successful

challenges to major projects based on climate change grounds.

He has an extensive background in public participation and the

due process rules relating to the assessment of major projects

and critical infrastructure projects. Forthe past 3 years his expertise in climate

change litigation has been recognized as

the only barrister in Best Lawyers

AustraliaClimate Change. Matthew

first international paper was at the

LAWASIA conference in Colombo, Sri

Lanka in 1993 on Agenda 21. Matthew

has consulted on EIA training in

Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar.

Matthew conducted the first training

session on EIA for civil society groups in Yangon, Myanmar. He

has also been working on the re-drafting of the EIA Law forCambodia in conjunction with the Ministry of the Environment

and Vishnu Law Group. He is also Australias foremost

presenter on nuclear law issues. He is the Chair of the Law

Council of Australias Planning and Environmental Law Group

and Deputy Chair of the LAWASIA Standing Committee on

Environmental Law. He is a member of the Commission of

Environmental Law of IUCN involved in the specialist working

group on compliance and enforcement. He is also a Certified

Environmental Practitioner and member of the Environment

Institute of Australia and New Zealand.

All human beings are born free and equalin dignity and rights. They are endowed

with reason and conscience and should

act towards one another in a spirit of

brotherhood.

-Article I, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Leadership Team (Facilitators)

Ms. Bea Abrahams (Co-Rapporteur)Ms. Bea Abrahams is an independentcontractor, specializing in the designand implementation of research andcapacity development programmes onpsychosocial support to survivors of

human rights abuse and torture; forcedmigration; peace-building andcommunity-centred truth-seeking andsocial justice initiatives. She hasextensive experience in themanagement of large-scale, multiple-partner, multi-country programmes and

has worked with international, national and local non-governmental organizations in South Africa, Mozambique,Angola, Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Shealso served as the Country Director in Sierra Leone for the USA-based Centre for Victims of Torture. She is presently the NelsonMandela Foundations Implementing Partner on a two-yearprogramme to explore and address the underlying causes ofviolence and to promote social cohesion in South Africa. She hasa Masters Degree in Psychology from the University of Sofia inBulgaria, and holds a post-graduate Certificate in Family Therapyfrom the Zimbabwe Institute for Systemic Therapies.

Ms. Tim Aye-Hardy (Chair, IFPC)Tim Aye-Hardy was born and raisedin Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar). Timgrew up under multiple repressiveregimes in the country wherefundamental human rights are taboo.Tim actively participated and spokeout during 1988 student-led protests

in Burma by giving speeches tothousands of students on humanrights and oppressions while he wasattending Rangoon Art and Science

University (R.A.S.U). Later, he was expelled from the universitydue to his involvements and participations during the protests.He narrowly escaped multiple arrests and crackdowns by theBurmas military regime for speaking out against the regimesrepressions and raising awareness about human rights abuses.Tim left Burma to the US in 1989 after another brutal militarycoup took control of the country. He attended CaliforniaPolytechnic University, Pomona and San Diego State University,and earned B.S. and M.S in Computer Science in 1998 and 2007

respectively.Tim has been a member of Amnesty International since 2001,where he actively participates, organizes and advocates variousHuman Rights campaigns. Tim is also Co-Founder and Co-Chair, CEGUN (www.cegun.org) - to advocate to end theGenocide in Northern Uganda through a campaign to createawareness and mobilize support of advocacy. He has workedwith various refugee resettlement agencies, such as CatholicCharities, International Rescue Committee, and Alliance forAfrican Assistance in San Diego from 2003-2008 where heassisted and counseled refugees from all around the world.

Tim has served as Planning Committee member to UNESCOChairs Global Forum since 2006, and currently as Chair of the

International Forum Planning Committee. He is a recipient othe 2009 Carl Wilkens Fellow, Genocide Intervention Network(www.genocideintervention.net) - Seeking to bridge the gapbetween thought and action in the anti-genocide movement. Heis a member of the Central Working Committee and New YorkCoordinator for Citizen of Burma (www.CitizenOfBurma.org)Burmese helping Burmese in humanitarian needs, as well asDirector of Outreach with the Burma Global Action Network

(www.Burma-network.com), which serves to campaign the USCongress and the Administration, and international communityon Burma issues.

Ms. Marie McCain (Chief Rapporteur)Marie McCain, Ed.M, L.P.C., counselorand educator at the University oConnecticut, has been involved inUConn's human rights initiative fromthe outset. As counselor, she has workedwith students from low-income familiesnontraditional students as well as thosefrom other underrepresentedpopulations on Connecticut's collegecampuses, providing critical suppor

services throughout the collegiate years.As educator and affiliate of Facing History and Ourselves, shehas taught courses specifically designed to draw first and secondyear students into the human rights community at the Universityof Connecticut as they begin their college careers. MarieMcCain's undergraduate work was completed at WesleyanUniversity in Middletown, CT, and her graduate work at HarvardUniversity's Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, MA.

Mr. Dickens Osano MoloMr. Dickens Osano Molo is agraduate of Egerton University inKenya, specialized in Food,

Nutrition and Dietetics. He isactively involved in grassrootsmobilization of youth forenvironmental conservation andsustainability. He is an alumnus ofthe Youth Encounter forSustainability (YES) course inSwitzerland (2006). He is currently the president of the 18th Shipfor the World Youth Kenya Alumni program (SWYP) thattraveled to Japan, India, Kenya, Mauritius and Singapore in(2006) to promote global peace and cultural exchangeprogramme, The co-founder of an indigenous youth centre forsustainability, in Kenya (www.tembeayouth.org) He is an ex

participant of UNESCO Global leadership Forum University ofConnecticut 2008. He has completed an Internship with WorldVision International working with local communities onimproving food security and sanitation in western Kenya

Dickens is also an accomplished hockey player.
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Mission

The UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights are committed to:

Promoting reciprocal learning on issues of human rights

Raising moral consciousness around the ideals of human rights

Facilitating the preservation and writing of history related to human rights

Contributing to educational efforts that lay the foundation for harmonious human relations

Fostering mutual understanding and cooperation between people of different backgrounds

Developing strategies for peaceful resolution of conflicts

Primary Sponsor:

Special Thanks to the International Forum Planning and Application Review Committee:

Mr. Tim Aye-Hardy (Chair, IFPC),Burma/U.S.A

Ms. Bea Abrahams, South AfricaMs. Marie McCain, U.S.A

Mr. Shukhdeba Shrama, ManipurMs. Angie Lai, China

Mr. Gregory S. Fink, U.S.A

Ms. Rayila Muhammad, China

Dr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree,Thailand

Mr. Dickens Osano Molo, KenyaKate Alyzon Ramil, Philippines

Mr. Vukasin Grozdanovic, SerbiaMs. Wassakanit Lakkham, ThailandMs. Watcharin Sangkara, Thailand

Ms. Kannika Janchidfa

Mr. Rafael Perez-Segura, U.S.AMs. Saksinee Emasiri Thanakulmas

(Ying), ThailandMs. Dilyara Tektigulova,

KazakhstanMs. Phunyanuch Pattanotai,

Thailand

Ms. Natasha Lewis, New Zealand

Our deep gratitude and appreciation to the following supporters:

Mr. Robert ForresterPresident Rajata RajatanavinDr. Parichart Suwanbubbha

Ms. Lisa Walker

UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights

233 Glenbrook Road Unit 4124, Storrs, CT 06269-4124Phone: 860.486.0647 Fax: 860.486.2545www.unescochair.uconn.edu

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