“I find the ideas, suggestions and recommendations that emerge from Forum 2000 Conference very interesting and enriching indeed.”
Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 2004

Participants

Maureen Aung-Thwin

Director, Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative, Open Society Institute

Burma/USA

Petr Bratský

Member of Parliament

Czech Republic

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Spiritual Leader, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Tibet

Frederik Willem de Klerk

Former President, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Republic of South Africa

Kanak Mani Dixit

Journalist and civil rights activist

Nepal

Doan Viet Hoat

Civil rights/human rights activist, dissident

Vietnam

Paula Dobriansky

Fomer Undersecretary of State

USA

Martin Hála

Sinologist, Special Advisor for Nepal and Bhutan, Open Society Institute

Czech Republic

Václav Havel

Former President

Czech Republic

Jana Hybášková

Politician and diplomat

Czech Republic

Chih-Chieh Chou

Associate Professor, National Cheng Kung University

Taiwan

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Dissident and intellectual

Iran/Canada

Rebiya Kadeer

Human rights advocate

USA/China

Ondřej Klimeš

Sinologist and researcher, Oriental Institute, Academy of Sciences

Czech Republic

Blanka Knotková-Čapková

Women’s rights activist, researcher and translator

Czech Republic

Karel Kovanda

Former Deputy Director-General, DG External Relations, European Commission

Belgium/Czech Republic

Olga Lomová

Associate Professor, journalist and author

Czech Republic

George Mathew

Founding Director, Institute of Social Sciences

India

Robert Ménard

Journalist, founder of Reporters Without Borders

France

Khin Ohmar

Former Burmese student activist, founding member of the Women’s League of Burma

Burma

Zoya Phan

International Coordinator, Burma Campaign

Burma/United Kingdom

Roland Rich

Executive Head, UN Democracy Fund, former diplomat

Australia

Maran Turner

Executive Director, Freedom Now

USA

Jan Urban

Journalist

Czech Republic

Jody Williams

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

USA

Peace, Democracy and Human Rights in Asia (September 10–11, 2009)

Supported by

Nippon Foundation

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