Working Group

Mariclaire Acosta, Mexico, Director, Department for the Promotion of Good Governance, Secretariat for Political Affairs, organization of American States

Miguel Darcy de Oliveira, Brazil, Director, Institute for Cultural Action

Clarence Dias, United States, Director, International Center for Law in Development; Chair of the Board, Human Rights Internet

Camelia Doru, Romania, Director, ICAR Foundation

Basil Fernando, China, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission

Claudine Haenni, Switzerland, Research Fellow, University of Bristol

Bahey El Din Hassan, Egypt, Director, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Somchai Homlaor, Thailand, Executive Director, Asian Institute for Human Rights

Salma Khan, Bangladesh, former Chair and current member, United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women; board member, Women for Women, Bangladesh

Morten Kjaerum, Denmark, Director, The Danish Institute for Human Rights

Norine MacDonald, Canada, Executive Director, The Gabriel Foundation

Sofia Macher, Peru, former member, Truth & Reconciliation Commission; former Executive Director, National Coordinator of Human Rights

Liam Mahony, United States, strategic consultant to NGOs in human rights and conflict transformation; Board Member, Peace Brigades International

Pat Naidoo, Kenya, Associate Director, Rockefeller Foundation, Africa Regional Office

Joseph Otteh, Nigeria, Director, Access to Justice

Boris Pustintsev, Russia, Chairman, Citizens’ Watch

Mark Ritchie, United States, President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Sir Nigel Rodley, United Kingdom, former Special Rapporteur on Torture for the United Nations and Member, United Nations Human Rights Committee

Kailash Satyarthi, India, Chairman, South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude

Rajesh Tandon, India, Executive Director, Society for Participatory Research in Asia

Patricia Valdez, Argentina, Executive Director, Memoria Abierta

Glenda Wildschut, South Africa, former Member, Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Michael Windfuhr, Germany, Human Rights Director, Bread for the World