We_Have_A_Dream:_A_Global_Summit_Against_Discrimination_and_Persecution

We Have A Dream: A Global Summit Against Discrimination and Persecution

We Have A Dream: A Global Summit Against Discrimination and Persecution

International summit organized by UN Watch


We Have A Dream: Global Summit Against Discrimination and Persecution was an international summit organized by the Geneva-based non-governmental organization UN Watch, and attended by an international collection of non-governmental organizations to discuss issues of discrimination and persecution, particularly those of racism, sexism, homophobia, and discrimination against minorities.[1] It occurred over two days, September 21 and 22 of 2011, across the street from a United Nations conference referred to as Durban III.[2][3]

The summit was created in response to the United Nations' inclusion of countries that commit particularly atrocious human rights abuses, especially in the Human Rights Council, such as China, Syria, Sudan, Zimbabwe, North Korea, and Iran.[4][5] This claim has been supported by the Human Rights Foundation, a partner of the summit, whose President, Thor Halvorssen, refers to Durban III as “the last act in a tragicomedy” that underscores the UN's complacency with “despotic regimes which speak pretty words about human rights while they kill, torture, or jail their opponents”.[6]

Speakers

Burma

  • Thaung Htun: Activist

Canada

China

Cuba

Darfur

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Judith Registre: Women for Women International

France

  • Anna-Isabelle Tollet: Journalist and author
  • Phillipe Robinet: Publisher, co-founder of Oh! Editions

Iran

North Korea

  • Ma Young Ae: Defector, former intelligence officer

Rwanda

  • Bertha Kayitesi: Genocide survivor

South Sudan

  • Luka Biong Deng: Director of KUSH, former minister
  • John Dau: Genocide survivor, human rights activist

Syria

  • Nasser Weddady: Civil Rights Outreach Director, AIC
  • Rami Nakleh: Dissident

Tibet

  • Ngawang Sandral: Activist

Uganda

United States

Uyghur

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

  • Grace Kwinje: Dissident and journalist

References

  1. "Official Website". NGO Summit. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. "Dissidents with a dream speak out at UN". UN Watch. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  3. Horn, Jordana. "NGOs to hold counterpoint to UN Durban commemoration". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  4. "25 rights groups to hold victim summit in parallel to Durban III". UN Watch. 13 June 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  5. "HRF's Response to Durban III: Partnership with "We Have A Dream" Global Summit". The Human Rights Foundation. Retrieved March 23, 2013.

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