The 2012 International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights

Social & Cultural Inequality: Innovative Strategies to Promote Access to Human Rights and Equalize Globalization

(Berlin; June 1st - 4th, 2012)

Symposium Speakers

The speakers during the conference will include leading figures and experts from international politics, academia, the diplomatic community, civil society and the private sector, from across the world. These speakers will include a number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board.

To learn more about the ICD Advisory Board please click here

A Selection of Speakers for the Symposium Includes:
  • Catherine Casey
    West Africa Manager, Acumen Fund
  • Judge Daniel Nsereko
    Judge of the International Criminal Court from Uganda, and President of the Appeals Chamber
  • H. E. Amb. Dietrich von Kyaw
    Former German Ambassador to the European Union
  • Dr. Emmanuel Franklyne Ogbunwezeh
    Head, Africa Department, International Society for Human Rights
  • Floribert Nyamwoga
    Program Director, Development Objective Communities NGO, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Günther Schaefer
    Photographer, Artist and Berlin Ambassador
  • Hassan Shire Sheikh
    Coordinator of the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
  • Pastor Jacques Kamba
    Pastor, DRC
  • John Eichler
    President, JE Strategie GmbH
  • H. E. Amb. Karl-Erik Normann
    Secretary General of the European Cultural Parliament, Former Swedish Ambassador
  • Prof. Katlijn Malfliet
    Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Leuven
  • Dr. Sabine Grund
    Freelance Journalist
  • H. E. Amb. Sarojini, Seeneevassen-Frers
    Ambassador of Mauritius to Germany
  • Sonia Ndikumasabo
    Vice President of the Independent National Commission for Human Rights of Burundi
  • Prof. Dr. Ulrich Brückner
    Jean Monnet Chair Professor, European Studies, Stanford University