Delegates
Sheikh Mohammed Mohammed Ali
Islamic scholar, researcher and politician, human rights and political activist in Iraqi opposition
Iraq/United Kingdom
Edith Awino
Students’ Forum 2000 delegate
Kenya
Prince Hassan bin Talal
Chairman, West Asia-North Africa Forum
Jordan
Akin Birdal
Former President of the Human Rights Association of Turkey
Turkey
Shunling Chen
Students’ Forum 2000 delegate
Taiwan
Bill Clinton
42nd President
USA
Frederik Willem de Klerk
Former President, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Republic of South Africa
Waris Dirie
Activist and fashion supermodel
Somalia
Albert Friedlander
Rabbi of the Westminster Synagogue in London
United Kingdom
Francis Fukuyama
Writer and political scientist
USA
Jostein Gaarder
Writer
Norway
Timothy Garton Ash
Historian and Political Writer
United Kingdom
Joachim Gauck
Former Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Files
Germany
Árpád Göncz
Former President
Hungary
Teofisto T. Guingona
Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
Philippines
Tomáš Halík
Sociologist, President, Czech Christian Academy
Czech Republic
Václav Havel
In Memoriam
Hazel Henderson
Futurist, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media
USA
Noerine Kaleeba
Renowned activist fighting HIV/AIDS
Uganda
Dani Karavan
sculptor
Israel
Kenzo Kiikuni
Professor at Tokyo Women's Medical University
Japan
Bernard Kouchner
Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
France
Serguey Kovalyov
Deputy Russia´s State Duma and human rights activist
Russia
Meena Krishnamoorthy
Students’ Forum 2000 delegate
Australia
Martin Kryl
Students’ Forum 2000 delegate
Czech Republic
Anwei Law
Founder of Hansen's Disease Association
USA
Adam Michnik
Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza
Poland
Peng Ming-min
Political scientist and former dissident
Taiwan
H.E. Sheikh Abbas Mohajerani
Professor and leading Iranian-born Islamic scholar
Iran
Jelena Panza
Students’ Forum 2000 delegate
Austria
Jiří Pehe
Director, New York University, Prague
Czech Republic
Shimon Peres
President, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Israel
Tomáš Pojar
Vice President for International Relations, CEVRO Institute
Czech Republic
José Ramos-Horta
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, President
Timor-Leste
Kelly Cristine Ribeiro
Students’ Forum 2000 delegate
Brazil
Jacques Rupnik
Political Scientist
France
Elizardo Sánchez Santa Cruz
Dissident
Cuba
Yohei Sasakawa
Chairman, The Nippon Foundation
Japan
John Shattuck
President and Rector, Central European University
Hungary/USA
Vandana Shiva
Writer and internationally renowned environmentalist and feminist
India
Martin Jan Stránský
Neurologist and publisher
Czech Republic
Anne Summers
Board Chair of Greenpeace International
Australia
Veton Surroi
Journalist, Politician
Kosovo
Vincuk Viacorka
Leading opposition politician
Belarus
Antje Vollmer
Theologian and Deputy Speaker of the German Federal Assembly
Germany
Richard von Weizsäcker
In memoriam
Germany
Marion Wiesel
Elie and Marion Wiesel Foundation
USA
Elie Wiesel
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
USA
Grigory Yavlinsky
Economist, Politician
Russia
Min Zin
pro-democracy student activist
Burma