Date
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 12:00amLocation
Speakers Include:
Lucas Benitez
Co-Founder, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, USA
Maria Lourdes Cipriano
National Coordinator, Philippines Misereor Partnership, Philippines
Sergio Cobo
Director, Fomento Cultural y Educativo, Mexico
Souleymane Konaté
President, Abobo Car Mechanics Cooperative, Cote d’Ivoire
Hassan Jabir Salman
Iraqi Plaintiff in civil action against Blackwater in USA
Drissa Traore
Lawyer and President of Mouvement Ivoirien des Droits de l'Homme, Cote-d’Ivoire
Bhuja Wadaka
Member, Dongria Kondh tribe in Orissa, India
Featuring
Welcome Statement by Vebjørn Heines
Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Norway
Remarks by John Ruggie
Special Representative to the Secretary General on Business and Human Rights
Comments by Elin Wrzoncki (Moderator)
Program Officer for Globalization and Human Rights,
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
* Light refreshments and sandwiches will be served *
12-2 PM
Contact: Carlos Lopez of ICJ at 022 979 3816 carlos.lopez@icj.org Simia Ahmadi of FIDH at 078 718 1646or Denise Auclair of CIDSE at 32.478.962.013 auclair@cidse.org