Bangladesh

 

Rakib Ahsan

Organization: The AsiaFoundation, Bangladesh

Position or title: Program Officer, Human Rights and Criminal Justice Program

Human rights areas of concern: Social and political rights, criminal justice and standards of police conduct and performance

Workshop Role: Presenter

Tactic Description: "Building a sustainable model of community-oriented policing that improves police and community relations and promotes public security."

 

Motahar Uddin Akand

Organization: AIN O SALISH KENDRA (ASK)

Position or title: Coordinator( Popular Theatre Unit)

Human rights areas of concern: HR Promotion and Facilitating Community Activism

Workshop Role: Trainer

Tactic Description: "Using alternative theater to analyze a specific social problem and stimulate a community solution."

 

Syed Asif Altaf

Organization: NGO Service Delivery Program (NSDP)

Position or title: HIV Coordinator

Human rights areas of concern: Right to health care

Workshop Role: Presenter

Tactic Description: "Engaging key stakeholders—transport union and workers, transport company and NGOS on HIV/AIDS education and health services"

 

Tofazzel Hossain

Organization: Resource Integration Center, RIC

Position or title: Executive committee member of Resource Integration Center –RIC Responsibilities: Representing Executive committee both in policy making and implementation.

Human rights areas of concern: i) Analyses and monitoring Human rights situation by setting human rights standards (Conventions treaties) ii) Scale up Programming on rights based approach iii) Place Human rights education as a key to success of Human rights education iv) Rights to works especially peasants rights in WTO era

Workshop Role: Presenter

Tactic Description: "Engaging key stakeholders—community and absentee landlords—for land use resolution."

 

Cambodia

 

Keo Chenda

Organization: Enfant & Developpement (E&D)

Position or title: Program Manager for Life Opportunity Program

Human rights areas of concern: Child protection and child right awareness raising

Workshop Role: Presenter

Tactic Description: "Creating a children’s board and village child protection networks to combat child abuse."

 

Chun Phaly

Organization: ADHOC

Position or title: President

Human rights areas of concern: Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description:

 

Bunthan Ung

Organization: Cambodian Leagues for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)

Position or title: Consultant, Documentations Resources Office

Organizational website: http://www.licadho.org

Human rights areas of concern: General Human Rights in Cambodia-focusing Women, Children, Vulnerable people and indigenous groups’ rights; and civil political rights and social cultural economical rights

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Use of radio with VAW victims (FA & CVT partner org)

 

Canada

 

Philippe Duhamel

Organization: Operation SalAMI

Position or title: Founding Member

Human rights areas of concern: Globalization

Workshop Role: International Facilitator

Tactic Description: Use of nonviolent "dilemma" demonstrations

 

Larry van der Est

Organization: Forum-Asia

Position or title: Intern with the Program for anti-discrimination, minorities and vulnerable groups

Workshop Role: Village Facilitator

 

China

 

Pengpeng Feng

Organization: Sex/Gender Education Forum, SunYatsen University, Guangzhou, China

Position or title: Project Assistant

Human rights areas of concern: Women’s rights, gender equality, gay and lesbian, civic education, labor’s rights (women labors especially)

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Public theater and documentaries on women’s rights

 

Denmark

 

Tina Pihl

Organization: DanChurchAid

Workshop Role: Sponsor and Participant

 

India

 

Jesurajan Chelliah

Organization: People’s Watch – Tamil Nadu

Position or title: State Co-ordinator, Campaign against Torture, People’s Watch – Tamil Nadu & Director, Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims, People’s Watch – Tamil Nadu

Human rights areas of concern: a) Monitoring, legal intervention and rehabilitation in cases of police torture against the marginalized sections of the society (Women, Dalits, Tribals and Minorities) b) Campaigning and networking to combat torture at the state level.

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Door-to-door anti-torture campaign

 

Kanarindhana "Rindhu" Kannapiran

Organization: Forum-Asia

Position or title: Intern with Women’s Rights and Gender Program

Workshop Role: Village Facilitator

 

Sowmya Kidambi

Organization: Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), Rajasthan, India

Position or title: Member

Human rights areas of concern: Right to Information (to ensure that there is a legislationthat is enacted to ensure an accountable and transparent system of governance through access to information), Employment Guarantee (to ensure that there is a national legislation whereby poor people and people of need get employment), Food Security (to ensure that people of need get access to food grains through various schemes. For example the food for work programme)

Workshop Role: Presenter

Tactic Description: "Using budgets to document and monitor corruption."

 

Priti Sharma

Organization: Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)

Position or Title: Programme Coordinator—PRIA Rajasthan

Human rights areas of concern: Inclusion of marginalized sections such as women and dalits in the process of governance by building their capacities.

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Building pre-election voter awareness to promote electoral participation of marginalized populations

 

Indonesia

 

Willy Balawala

Organization: Yayasan Kesehatan untuk Semua/Health for All (YKS/HfA)

Position or title: Executive Director

Human rights areas of concern: Awareness raising education on the human rights to health

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Participatory health education to connect people to rights and services

 

Mashadi Said

Organization: National Working Group for the socialization of human

rights values through education, Directorate of Human Rights, Department of Law and Human rights & Gunadarma University, Jakarta, Indonesia

Position or title: Member of National Working Group & Curriculum Designer

Human rights areas of concern: Implementing Human Rights Education for future generations

Workshop Role: Presenter

Tactic Description: "Implementing human rights education for future generations in cooperation with academics and community and religious leaders."

 

Asfinawati

Organization: Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta)

Position or Title: Coordinator Study and Policy Advocacy

Human rights areas of concern: Economic, Social and Cultural (Ecosoc) Rights and Fair Trial

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Creating advocacy against judicial corruption based on community to stimulating fulfillment of economy, social and cultural rights

 

Korea (South)

 

Eunyoung Kim

Organization: People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD)

Position or title: Chief Coordinator, Department of Making Policy

Human rights areas of concern: Democracy, corruption

Workshop Role: Presenter

Tactic Description: "Building credible documentation for drawing up a ‘blacklist’ of individuals whose corrupt conduct rendered them unacceptable as democratic political candidates."

 

Jee Hyeon Kim

Organization: Korean Women Workers Associations United (KWWAU)

Position or title: Director of Publicity & International Solidarity

Human rights areas of concern: Women

Workshop Role: Trainer

Tactic Description: "Engaging the public and media awareness to change minimum wage policy for sub-contract workers."

 

Laos PDR

 

Bundith Prathoumvanh

Organization: Lao Women’s Union

Position or title: Director General, Department of Development, Lao Women’s Union

Website: www.grid-lwu.org

Human rights areas of concern: All human rights of women

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Incorporating gender mainstreaming in key ministries in Lao PDR.

 

Malaysia

 

Rashid Kang

Organization: Forum-Asia

Position or title: Program Coordinator, UN Advocacy Program

Workshop Role: Observer

 

Shanon Shah Mohd. Sidik

Organization: Sisters in Islam (SIS)

Position or title: Associate Member

Human rights areas of concern: Gender; Sexuality; Freedom of Religion; Progressive Islam

Workshop Role: Trainer

Tactic Description: "Creating an association to challenge Shari’ah and secular laws that violate human rights in the name of moral policing."

 

Chubashini Suntharalingam

Organization: South East Asian Council for Food Security & Fair Trade (SEACON)

Position or title: Research Manager

Human rights areas of concern: Trade, food, agriculture, fisheries

Workshop Role: Trainer

Tactic Description: "Building credible region-wide documentation through participatory research for agriculture and trade policy advocacy in the Asiaregion."

 

Mongolia

 

Khishigbayar Enkhbat

Organization: Mongolian Gender Equality Center

Position or title: Children’s Programme Coordinator, Social worker

Human rights areas of concern: Not specified

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Creating special child report rooms in police stations for sensitive documentation of evidence from victims of violence.

 

Jargal Purev

Organization: Amnesty International Mongolia

Position or title: Campaign and Media Coordinator

Human rights areas of concern: All areas of human rights

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Creating a human right training program for journalists and developing the media monitoring on human right.

 

Nepal

 

Jiyam Shrestha

Organization: Concern for Children and Environment Nepal (CONCERN-Nepal)

Position or title: Programme Manager

Human rights areas of concern: Child rights (internal displacement of children)

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Creation of "children’s clubs" for providing education and support for displaced and migrating children.

 

Dinesh Narayan Suddhakar

Organization: CVICT

Position or title: Coordinator, Rapportuer, Reporting and Data Administration

Organizational website: www.cvict.org.np

Human rights areas of concern: Torture treatment, community mediation

Workshop Role: Trainer

Tactic Description: "Instituting rights-based community mediation committees to advance human rights education and reduce violence and torture."

 

Pakistan

 

Shazia Azhar

Organization: SACH-Struggle for Change

Position or title: Project Coordinator Advice and Legal Aid Center for Afghan Refugees (ALAC)

Human rights areas of concern: Torture/Violence, Direct service delivery, Trainings and advocacy.

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Building collaborative partnerships with police to respond to refugee population needs.

 

Mohammad Waseem Nizami

Organization: Interactive Resource Centre

Position or title: Director

Human rights areas of concern: Womens Rights, Bonded Labour, Farmers Rights, Conflict Resolution

Workshop Role: Presenter

Tactic Description: "Creating meaningful dialogue at the grass roots through interactive theatre and participatory video techniques to prompt community participation and social mobilization."

 

Philippines

 

Mucha-Shim Quiling Arquiza

Organization: Lumah Ma Dilaut Center for Living Traditions, Inc., Zamboanga City, Philippines

Position or title: Program Director

Human rights areas of concern: Environmental rights and claim for IP ancestral domain; Women’s human rights in the context of tradition and customoary laws; Right to education, culture and development of indigenous and minority populations

Workshop Role: Presenter

Tactic Description: "Budget-watching to monitor government spending of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) and foreign debts for advocating equity in development financing and inclusion of minority rights in development."

 

Ma. Janet Geneblazo-Buelo

Organization: Tanggol Kalikasan

Position or title: MEIEC Specialist

Human rights areas of concern: Not specified

Workshop Role: Presenter

Tactic Description: "Engaging the media to build environmental awareness into the daily lives of citizens by informing them of the effects of their production and consumption patterns on the environment."

 

Niza Concepcion

Organization: Forum-Asia

Position or title: Program Coordinator, Democratization and the Rule of Law Program

Workshop Role: Observer

 

Sammy Gamboa

Organization: Forum Asia

Position or title: Training Department Staff

Human rights areas of concern: Not specified

Workshop Role: Staff—Village Facilitator

Tactic Description: Host Organization

 

Edgardo P. Legaspi

Organization: Mahidol University, Thailand

Position or Title: Masters student on Human Rights

Workshop role: Workshop Documenter, and Village Facilitator

 

Estela Patalinghug-Vasquez

Organization: Task Force Detainees of the Philippines - Central & Eastern Visayas

Position or title: Regional Coordinator - Centeral & Eastern Visayas

Organizational website: http://doteasy.tfdp.org

Human rights areas of concern: Seeking Justice for Victims of Human Rights Violations, Elimination of Torture, Fulfillment of Rights (specifically on right to food and housing)

Workshop Role: Trainer

Tactic Description: "Building collaborative partnerships to create a Local Housing Board towards stopping development-related demolitions and fulfillment of the right to housing"

 

Singapore

 

Tony Soh Kok Leng

Organization: Think Centre

Position or title: Project HEART coordinator, Artivist

Human rights areas of concern: Children and women

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Creating fun, participatory and enticing human rights education through art based activities and tours.

 

Sri Lanka

 

Thusitha Priyadarshana Aluthpatabendige

Organization: People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL)

Position or title: Consultant

Human rights areas of concern: Advocacy in minority rights, economic social and cultural rights, and civil and political rights

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Utilizing existing governance committees to provide human rights education and connection to services.

 

Rukshan Fernando

Organization: Forum-Asia

Position or title: Program Coordinator, Human Rights Defenders Program

Workshop Role: Observer

 

Thailand

 

Cholpon Akmatova

Organization: AsiaPacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), Thailand

Position or title: Resource Officer

Human rights areas of concern: Women’s human rights in Asia Pacific countries: violence against women, migrants’ rights, rights of rural and indigenous women, Dalit women’s rights, women in public life.

Workshop Role: Special Participant

Tactic Description: Using international mechanisms for monitoring and promoting human rights (UN system mechanisms).

 

Saw Rocky Khu Bittakah

Organization: Committee for the Protection and Promotion of Child Rights (Burma) CPPCR

Position or title: Joint Secretary, Office Administrator

Human rights areas of concern: Burmese Migrant Workers and Refugees

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Birth certificate registration among refugees to plan for citizen rights.

 

Somchai Homlaor

Organization: Asian Institute for Human Rights & Forum Asia

Position or title: Executive Director

Workshop Role: Strategy Trainer

Tactic Description: "Strategy for building the collaboration and institution of a training program for police on human rights, as successfully practiced by Forum-Asia in Thailand as a pilot-country."

 

Angkana Krabuansaeng

Organization: Forum Asia

Position or title: Capacity Building Trainer

Workshop Role: Staff

Tactic Description: Host Organization

 

Anselmo Lee

Organization: Forum Asia

Position or title: Executive Director

Workshop Role: Host

Tactic Description: Host Organization

 

Kulavir Prapapornpipat

Organization: Women’s Studies Center

Position or title: Researcher/Lecturer

Human rights areas of concern: Religious Rights of Buddhist Women, Sexual Rights of Thai People

Workshop Role: Special Participant

Tactic Description: Using religious mechanisms to develop women’s standing in Budhism.

 

Chutamas Wangklon

Organization: Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)

Position or title: Acting Southeast Asia Coordinator

Human rights areas of concern: Not specified

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Development of membership services for building stronger relationships among members.

 

The Netherlands

 

Arie Bloed

Organization: Forum AsiaFoundation

Position or title: Police Program Advisor

Human rights areas of concern: Human rights and police; minority rights

Workshop Role: Strategy Trainer

Tactic Description: "Strategy for building the collaboration and institution of a training program for police on human rights, as successfully practiced by Forum-Asia in Thailand as a pilot-country."

 

Timor Leste

 

Endah Pakaryaningsih

Organization: Faculty of Public Health, Dili Univerity - Timor Leste

Position or title: Lecturer

Human rights areas of concern: Rights of AIDS victims and children’s rights

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Creating community based counseling groups to support victims HIV/AIDS and provide education.

 

Daniel Pereira

Organization: Kdadalak Sulimutuk Institute (KSI) Conflict Transformation and Action Research

Position or title: Researcher and Housing Program Manager

Human rights areas of concern: Housing Right and eviction

Workshop Role: Participant

Tactic Description: Using traditional leaders to resolve land and housing conflicts.

 

United States

 

Ali Gharavi

Organization: Center for Victims of Torture

Position or title: Director of Technology

Workshop Role: Staff

 

Mark Holterhaus

Organization: Center for Victims of Torture-New Tactics Project

Position or title: New Tactics Communications Coordinator

Workshop Role: Staff

 

Nicole Palasz

Organization: Center for Victims of Torture-New Tactics Project

Position or title: New Tactics Project Associate

Workshop Role: Staff

 

Nancy L. Pearson

Organization: Center for Victims of Torture-New Tactics Project

Position or title: New Tactics Training Manager

Workshop Role: Staff

 

Jennifer Rasmussen

Organization: Global Rights

Position or title: Deputy Director of Programs, Core Program Design

Human rights areas of concern: Not specified

Workshop Role: International Participant

Tactic Description: Using New Tactics methodology for internal organizational understanding and clarification.

 

Viet Nam

 

Nguyen Thi Thu Ha

Organization: Oxfam Great Britain

Position or title: Project Officer of Right to be Heard Programme

Human rights areas of concern: To promote all poor and marginalized people to have an effective voice in influencing decisions affecting their lives, to achieve their civil and political rights and to enjoy equal status with others.

Workshop Role: Trainer

Tactic Description: "Building the capacity of community-based water users associations to monitor and operate small-scale development infrastructures."