The Berlin International Human Rights Congress (BIHRC)
"Human Rights and Democracy in a Globalized World - Moving Towards an International Consensus"
Confirmed Speakers for the Congress include:
- Dr. Alan Berman
Senior Lecturer in Law, Newcastle University, Australia - H. E. Ambassador Dr. Alifa Chaabane Farouk
Tunisian Ambassador to Germany - Prof. Dr. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
Professor of Democracy Studies, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin - Prof. Dr. Anja Mihr
Associate Professor, Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, Utrecht - Dr. Anne V. Adams
Director of the W.E.B. Dubois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture, Ghana - Benjamin Titze
Board Member at Amnesty International Germany - H.E. Carlos dos Santos
Ambasador of the Republic of Mozambique to Germany - Cem Özdemir
Co-Leaders, German Green Party/Alliance '90 - Prof. Dr. Christian Armbrüster
Judge, Berlin Court of Justice (Kammergericht Berlin), Professor of Law, Free University Berlin - Dr. Emil Constantinescu
ICD Board Member - Former President of Romania - Prof. Dr. Heiner Bielefeld
UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief - Marianne Heuwagen
Former Director of Human Rights Watch Germany - Mark C. Donfried
Director - the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy - Markus Löning
Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid at the Federal Foreign Office - Markus Meckel
First Democratically Elected Foreign Minister of the German Democratic Republic (DDR) - Dr. Miomir Zuzul
Former Foreign Minister of Croatia, Former Croatian Ambassador to the United States - Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf
Executive Director, Democracy Reporting International - Dr. Peter Kirchschläger
Co-Director, Centre of Human Rights Education (ZMRB) Lucerne, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Sabine Berghahn
Visiting Professor in Law, Politics, and Gender at the Berlin School of Economics and Law - Stephanie Brancaforte
Campaign Director for Avaaz.org - Professor Dr. Theodor Schilling
Professor of Law at Humboldt University - Troy Davis
Lecturer in democracy engineering, University of Strasbourg (France) and University of Freiburg (Germany) - Prof. Dr. Ulrich Brückner
Jean Monnet Professor for European Studies, Stanford University in Berlin - H.E. Yasar Yakis
ICD Advisory Board Member - Turkish MP, Former Foreign Minister of Turkey