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