List of accredited participants

LIST OF ACCREDITED PARTICIPANTS 6th session of the Forum on Minority Issues (26-27 November 2013) Ms. Hedina SIJERČIĆ

Chairperson of the 6th session of the Forum on Minority Issues

Ms. Rita IZSÁK

Independent Expert on minority issues

UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS Mr. Adama DIENG Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide Mr. Heiner BIELEFELDT Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Mr. Patrick THORNBERRY Discrimination (CERD) UN AGENCIES AND OTHERS Ms. Nicolette MOODIE UNICEF Mr. José RIERA UNHCR Mr. Claude CAHN OHCHR Moldova ASSIGNED SPEAKERS Mr. Mohamed ELTAYEB Legal Expert at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Cross-National Data and Senior Researcher at Mr. Brian J. GRIM the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life Senior Consultant on Human Rights, Peace & Reconciliation Ms. Salpy ESKIDJAN WEIDERUD at Weiderud & Associates (Chypre) Rev. Majed EL SHAFIE Founder of One Free World International Ms. Leila EL ALI Executive Director of Association Najdeh (Lebanon) Mr. Segine MANSOUR SY Vice-President of Senegal National Assembly Ms. Nazila GHANEA-HERCOCK Oxford University Lecturer International Human Rights Law Mr. Louis CLIMIS Vice-Chairman of the Iraqi Minorities Council Director of the Catholic Center for Studies and Media in Mr. Rif’at BADER Amman (Jordan) Mr. Maung TUN KHIN President of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Co-founder of the Initiative muslimischer Österreicher Ms. Carla Amina BAGHAJATI Innen and media consultant of the Islamic community Specialist in Mexican Religious Law and member of the Ms. María Concepción MEDINA GONZÁLEZ Latin American Consortium for Religious Freedom President of the Latin American Consortium for Religious Ms. Carmen ASIAÍN Freedom and Lecturer in the University of Montevideo Rev. Usman FORNAH Secretary of the Interreligious Council of Sierra Leone Rabbi Nava HEFETZ Director of Education at Rabbis for Human Rights Representative of the Bahá'í International Community Ms. Diane ALA’I before the United Nations Office at Geneva Professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Mr. Rodrigo VITORINO SOUZA ALVES Uberlândia (Brazil) Founding Director of the Women’s SAFAR and initiator of Ms. Safyia Bibi LATIF KHAN Institute for Pluralism (India) Assistant General Secretary for International Affairs and Mr. Ralston DEFFENBAUGH Human Rights at the Department for Theology and Public 1

Witness of the Lutheran World Federation Austria Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Denmark Finland Germany

Greece

Hungary

Madagascar

GOVERNMENTS Ms. Gerlinde PASCHINGER Mr Johannes Strasser H.E. Mr. Murad N. NAJAFBAYLI Mr. Ismayil ASADOV Mr. Rashad SHIRINOV H.E. Mr. Milos Prica Ms. Snezana VISNJIC Ms. Marie-Louise KOCH WEGTER Ms. Trine GRONBORG Ms. Karina Raju MANDALIA Ms. Krispa OINONEN Mr. Okan DAHER Ms. Gudrun MASLOCH Ms. Maria MAIER H. E. Mr. Alexandros ALEXANDRIS Mr. George KALANTZIS Ms. Constantina ATHANASSIADOU Mr. Metzo TZAMALI Mr. Ioannis-Miltiadis NIKOLAIDIS Ms. Magdalini NICOLAOU Mr. Ioannis TSAOUSSIS Ms. Evgenia BENIATOGLOU Ms. Vassiliki KERAMIDA H.E. Mr. Andras DEKANI Mr. Laszlo GONDA Mr. Istvan LAKATOS Ms. Alexandra PETO Ms. Annick ANDRIAMAMPIANINA Mr. Solofo RAZAFITRIMO Ms. Mialy RAMILISON Ms. Harifera RABEMANANJARA

Montenegro

H.E. Ms. Zorica MARIC-DJORDJEVIC

Norway

Mr. Geir LOKKEN

Pakistan

Poland

Russian Federation

Mr. Aamar Aftab QURESHI Ms. Saima SALEEM Mr. Jerzy BAURSKI Mr. Krzysztof DRZEWICKI Mr. Jedrzej USZYNSKI Ms. Zofia STACHOWSKA Mr. Leonid KLIMAKOV Mr. Alexey YUNOSHEV Mr. Sergei MELNIKOV Ms. Nataliya SAVELYEVA Ms. Marina KRUCHININA Ms. Olga KISELEVA Ms. Marina LUKASHEVICH 2

Ms. Larisa FALKOVSKAIA Mr. Sergey RYTENKOV Ms. Elena TCATURIAN Mr. Alekaev YURI Ms. Natalia ANTONOVA Ms. Anastasia BAGDATIEVA Mr. Alexey CHINGIN Ms. Olga KOROLEVA Ms. Aysa MUKABENOVA Mr. Yuri ALEKAEV Ms. Elena SAVELYEVA Spain

Mr. Ricardo GARCÍA GARCÍA

Sweden

Ms. Anna JAKENBERG BRINCK

Mr. Jean-Daniel VIGNY Ms. Anh Thu DUONG Mr. Mark MATTHEWS United Kingdom Ms. Teresa LÉVIGNE Ms. Ruth TURNER Ms. Laura DUPUY LASSERRE Uruguay Ms. Daniela PI Mr. Patricio SILVA Mr. Javohir NURMETOV Uzbekistan Mr. Eldiyor TOSHMATOV OBSERVER COUNTRY H.E. Mgr. Sylvano TOMASI Holy See Mr. Rubén NAVARRO OBSERVER ORGANIZATIONS H.E. Mr. Petru DUMITRIU Ms. Ninon DORNON Ms. Justine NICOLLET Council of Europe Mr. Francisco AMURRIO ALCARAZ Mr. Alexey KOZHEMYAKOV Mr. Boriss CILEVICS Mr. Hany DANIAL Egyptian Center for Human Rights Mr. Safwat AGAIBY Ms. Christina KOKKINAKIS European Union Ms. Urska CAS-SVETEK Ms. Anna-Maria LEICHTFRIED Mr. Slimane CHICK Mr. Marghoob Saleem BUTT Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Ms. Aissata KANE Mr. Hassan ABIDEEN Mr. Halim GRABUS Mr. Jean-François KAMMER Mr. Luca LAMORTE Sovereign and Military Order of Malta Ms. Elena ALLENDORFER Switzerland

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NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS Mr. Saiful I. DILDAR Mr. Nazrul ISLAM Bangladesh Human Rights Commission Mr. Nurul ISLAM Mr. Alamgir HOSSAIN National Commission for Human Rights Mr. Mehammad Imdandun RAHMAT Indonesia National Human Rights Commission of Ms. Myungsook JANG Korea Mr. Hwasuk KIM Mr. Bem Reuben ANGWE Mr. Harry Ogwuche OBE Ms. Justitia Agharese IGBE ARASE Ms. Doo ANGWE Nigerian National Human Rights Mr. Jerome Dalong GAMALIEL Commission Mr. Joash Ojo AMUPITAN Mr. Terfa Lloyd BOSSUA Mr. Paul Terwas KURA Mr. Sani Muhammad ADAM NGOs Analytical Center for Interethnic Ms. Oleksandra DELEMENCHUK Cooperation and Consultation Mr. Agit MIRZOEV Academy of Diasporic People of Champa Ms. Roza DAO Descent Mr. Daisa DAO Mr. Any MAM Afaghe Jahan Center for Culture Studies & Mr. Vahid MORADI Strategic Communication Africa Benevolent Foundation Mr. Augustine Karangwa MUGISHA African Rights Monitor Afriforum Ahwaz Human Rights Organization Al-Hakim Foundation

Alkalema Center for Human Rights All Nations in Jahaweh’s Glory International

Andalus Institute for Tolerance and AntiViolence Studies Applied Research Association on Justice, Peace and Development ARC Culture & Révendication démocratique du Peuple d’Azerbaï Arigatou Foundation

Mr. Ahmed Mohamed YUSUF Mr. Abdullahi MOHAMED Ms. Alana BAILEY Mr. Ernst ROETS Mr. Amir SAEDI Mr. Saleh HAMID Mr. Karwan ABDUL-KARIM Mr. Azad GOLAI Mr. Gihad KANHO Mr. Mamdouh Nakhla GHOBIRYAL Mr. Meldove BRIMA Mr. Abubakar SHAW Mr. Osman SESAY Ms. Fatou SAMBA Ms. Kholoud HASSAN Ms. Manel BENT NAJI Ms. Jaleh RAZMI Ms. María Lucía URIBE TORRES 4

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Mr. Andrew SMITH

Asabe Shehu Yar’Adua

Assam Minorities Development Board

Mr. Christian ONYENEKWU OBINNA Mr. Chisoma KELVIN AMADI Mr. Ighedose Mitchel AZIEGBEMI Mr. Diego Mauricio BETANCOURT TORO Mr. Enrique MONTES PÉREZ Mr. Abdur Rashid MANDAL

Association Arkestra Brasil

Ms. Maria LEMOINE

Association de Femmes de Kabylie Association mauritanienne pour la promotion du droit Association of Human Rights of Kurdistan of Iran-Geneva

Ms. Taous Nait SID

Asociación Miraismo Internacional

Association pour la promotion de la francophonie en Flandre Association pour le développement global des Batwa du Rwanda Assyrian Democratic Party

Assyrian Universal Alliance America’s Chapter Autistic Minority International Baloch Voice Association

Mr. Mohamed ABEIDY Mr. Ozcan YILMAZ Ms. Persheng SHARIFI Mr. Rahim MOHAMMADI Ms. Kalaivani KARUNANETHY Ms. Roonak ALIASSI Mr. Edgar FONCK Mr. Mathieu NDAYIZERA Mr. Ninous ICHO Mr. Louis ASHO Mr. George STIFO Mr. Alen MIRZA Ms. Jennifer BABAIE Mr. Erich KOFMEL

Baptist World Alliance

Mr. Munir MENGAL Mr. Dr. Ali AKBAR Mr. Rais Allah Rakhio Maree BALOCH Mr. Bilal BALOUCH Mr. Amarendra ROY Mr. Banna ROY Mr. Enayetur RAHIM Mr. Ronald Shane McNARY

Budapest Centre for Human Rights

Mr. Enzo Maria LE SEVRE

Capemisa Social Center for Environmental and Management Studies Centre d’accompagnement d’alternatives locales de développement Centre for Human Rights and Development (CHRD) Centre Zagros pour les droits de l’homme

Ms. Claudia BONMARTIN

Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist & Christians Unity Council

Centro Imam Ali (As) in Ticino

Mr. Gilles DESMADRYL Mr. Gervais NZOA Ms. Niranjala ARULNANDHY Mr. Golmorad MORADI Mr. Mohammad Azad SALAWATI Mr. Baban ELIASSI Mr. Seyed ALI HOSSEINI Mr. Abbas KAMALINEJAD 5

Chin

Ms. Mapaw CHHACHHAI

Chin Human Rights Organization

Ms. Rosalinn ZAHAU

Chin National Front

Mr. Salai VAI THANG

Christian Solidarity International Citizens Rights Trust

Ms. Luise FAST

Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation Civic Integration Foundation, Georgia

Mr. Sergei RIAKHOVSKII

Columbia University Comité des Observateurs des droits de l’homme Company of the Daughters of Charity of Vincent de Paul Coordination européenne pour la liberté de conscience (FRAN) Democratic Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz

Ms. Agnes CALLAMARD

Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte Ecclesiastic Heritage of Saint Paul Ecumenical Federation of Constantinopolitans

Ms. Jessy KURIAN Mr. Tengiz AKHMEDOV Mr. N’Sii LUANDA SHANDWE Ms. Marie RAMZA KARAM Ms. Monique JAVOUHEY Mr. Thierry BÉCOURT Mr. Vejdan EFRAVI Mr. Mohammad Ms. Shima SILAVI Mr. Sebastian Müller Ms. Lantceva VALENTINA

European Centre for Minority Issues

Ms. Dominique MORABITO Mr. Nicolaos ANAGNOSTOPOULOS Mr. Nikolaos OUZOUNOGLOU Mr. Filippo BUZZINI Ms. Lucie WIRZ Mr. Raul CARSTOCEA

European Centre for Minority Issues

Ms. Giorgi SORDIA

Faith matters

Ms. Iman ABOU ATTA

Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)

Mr. Melek KIRMACI ARIK Mr. Memet Ritvan CHATZIMPENTEL Mr. Sampachentin APTOURACHMAN Mr. Abdullahi HUSSAIN MAIBASIRA Ms. Olorunda JOHANNA Mr. Gbenga OLORUNDA Mr. Ekene AMAECHI ONOVO Ms. Bamola GOWIN SOLOMO Mr. Amen HOWARD Mr. Youssef HIMMAT

Euforia

Feed One to Feed a Family

Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations GA pour la promotion socioculturelle et l’alphabétisation

Geneva for Human Rights – Global Training

Ms. Julia NGAMBI NDONDO Ms. Mamie KIMBINGA MPULULU Mr. Guylith KASEREKA LWALEGHA Mr. Pericles KAMAMONA KIMFUEMA Ms. Aneri DESAI Ms. Amanda EDWARDS Ms. Prema RAHMAN 6

Georgia Evangelical Baptist Church

Ms. Martina TARLÁ Ms. Erinn BENEDICT Ms. Rusudan GOTSIRIDZE

GIMUN

Ms. Tuuli ORASMAA

Good News Organization Greek Helsinki Monitor

Ms. Mariam AWAD

Groupe Communication Internationales en Technologie, Culture IIDA Women’s Development Organization

Mr. Moussa LO

Indira Gandhi Integral Educational Centre

Mr. Aswini Kumar PATI

Indonesia National Commission on Violence Against Women Institute for International Law and Human Rights International Association for Religious Freedom

Mr. Asfinawati AJUB Ms. Kunthi TRIDEWIYANTI Mr. Najim Jaber Kadhim AL-KHAFAJI

International Centre for Advocates against Discrimination International Development Law Organisation International Federation for Human Rights Leagues International Human Rights Observer (IHRO) Pakistan

International Institute Maria Ausiliatrice

International Institute of Humanitarian Law

International Office of Champa

International Organization for the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination International Organization for the Right to Education and Freedom of Education (OIDEL)

Mr. Panayote DIMITRAS

Ms. Deqa Yasin Hagi YUSUF

Mr. Willy FAUTRÉ Ms. Patricia DUVAL Ms. Kylie PEARCE Mr. Arben SULEJMANI Mr. Ranjit Goraya SINGH Mr. Lyal SUNGA Ms. Pamela KOVACS Ms. Penelope FAULKNER Mr. Saray THUN Mr. Khalid Pervaiz SULEHRI Mr. Umaid Ahmed MALIK Mr. Adil KHAN Mr. Noman KHAN Ms. Maria GRAZIA CAPUTO Mr. Ricardo MORALES KUHN Ms. Emanuela DI PAOLA Mr. Michel VEUTHEY Ms. Caroline ROY Ms. Nargiz ARUPOVA Ms. Eveline HOPLI Ms. Khaleelah PO ROME Ms. Azizah AHMAD Ms. Julie Thi UNDERHILL Ms. Daniela DONGES Mr. Kamil ALBOSHOKA Mr. Yaqoub Hor SHMAIEL NEISI Ms. Tomader GOHAR Mr. Alfred FERNÁNDEZ Ms. Claire DE LAVERNETTE Ms. Ana María VEGA GUTIÉRREZ Mr. Jaime ROSELL GRANADOS Ms. Esther DROSS COUTURIER 7

International Service for Human Rights

Mr. Sam Edward KERIO

Iraqi Minorities Council

Mr. Hunain Mahmoud Ahmed AL-QADDO

Islamic Religion Teachers and Officers Associaion Jaffna Civil Society for Equality

Mr. Chousein Chouse MEMET Mr. Fachri RAIM Mr. Fasleem Suhood

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main Khmers Kampuchea Krom Federation

Mr. Ugo CARUSO

Kurdish Committee for Human Rights

Ms. Thach Ngoc THACH Ms. Nga Thi THACH Ms. Thi Vanada KIM Ms. Janda AHMAD Mr. Jwan MIRO Mr. Vindar SIDO Ms. Ibish ROBAR Ms. Shahnaz SHIKHA Ms. Avin MAHMOUD

Kurdocide Watch

Mr. Kardo SARBAZ

Major & Co Solicitors

Ms. Attieh TAVANAYAN FARD

Media House Middle East Concern

Mr. Fadi HAROUN

Minority Rights Group International

Ms. Nicole GIRARD Ms. Evelin VERHAS Ms. Zsófia FARKAS Mr. Christopher CHAPMAN Mr. Glenn PAYOT Ms. Carmen Estermann Ms. Inas ZEINEDDINE Ms. Johaira WAHAB Mr. Carl SODERBERGH Mr. Hannum HURST Ms. Mihlar FARAH Mr. Kelechi Christian IMEBUOGU Mr. Eze Christian NJOKU Mr. Ituk VAUGHAN Mr. Bhakta Bahadur BISHWAKARMA Mr. Dev Narayan BISHWAKARMA Mr. Ahmad Zawab ALAZIZ Ms. Jamila Farhan ALAIED Mr.Azab Thawab ALAZIZ Mr. Mikhaeel Dawoud Ms. Rinya Hanna Ms. Maria LUNDBERG

Kurdish Center for Legal Studies & Consultancies

Movement for the Protection of African Child Nepal National Dalit Social Welfare Organization Network of International Diplomacy of International Law and Human Rights Nineveh Center for Research and Development Norwegian Centre for Human Rights Norwegian Humanist Association Ogaden Youth & Student Union

Ms. Suzanne NOUKAHOUA

Ms. Lisbeth HOLAND Ms. Bente SANDVIG Ms. Aliya ALI Ms. Aniisa HAYLE 8

Organization for Defending Victims of Violence Orient News OSS Outreach Social Care Project

Ms. Halima SHARIF Ms. Haliima ALI Ms. Juweria ALI Mr. Mustaf YASSIN Ms. Sahra HASSAN Mr. Sharmarke DHAXIIR Mr. Maxamed XUSSEN Mr. Sagal DAYIB Mr. Badar WABERI Mr. Jama ABDIRISAK Mr. Hossein NAJAFI Mr. Siavash Rahpeik HAVAKHOR Ms. Theresa Karolina SCHIEDER Mr. Hassan FARTOUSI Mr. Maksim ALISSA Mr. Jean OMAR Ms. Nazia HUSSAIN Mr. Patrick Newton GONDO

Pakistan Christian Study Centre

Mr. Imran MUNAWAR

Prevention Association of Social Harms RADDHO

Ms. Mahsa MOGHADASZADEH

Religious Board of Muslims of the European Part of Russia Réseau d’éducation et de défense des droits humains

Rhodes, Kos and the Dodecanese Turks Culture and Solidarity Russia, Youth Human Rights Movement

Mr. Abdul Hamid KHAN Mr. Gul Nawaz KHAN Ms. Amiira NEFF Mr. Damir KHAYRETDINOV Mr. Damir MUKHETDINOV Mr. Yengo Papitsho BALUMUENE Ms. Mbumba Ernestine KONDE Ms. Noelly LANDU MANZUETU Ms. Landu Sandrine TENDE Mr. Mustafa KAYMAKCI Ms. Milana FAULKNER

Russia, Youth Human Rights Movement

Ms. Milana MAZAEVA

Shahid Rehmat of Pakistan / Interfaith Youth Action (IYA) Sociological Resource Center

Mr. Shahid REHMAT

Solidarité pour un monde meilleur

Mr. Emmanuël TSHIBANGU NTITE Mr. Erwin ILUNGA DIBA Ms. Judith BABELANA MATUFUENI Mr. Pericles MAMAMONA KIMFUEMA Ms. Noëlle MUKENDI Mr. Ette Otun AYAMBA Mr. John Enow Eyong OBI Ms. Tambi Grace MPEH Ms. Abrelegkii NGOASONG Mr. Zsolt István ÁRUS Mr. Attila DABIS

Southern Cameroons National Council

Szekler National Council

Mr. Serik AIDOSSOV

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Mr. Balázs Árpád IZSÁK The Cham National Federation of Cambodia

The European Union of Coptic Organisations for Human Rights Theologische Hochschule Friedensau UN Women Union of Arab Jurists United Copts GB UNPO

Urban and Rural Development Growth Academy

Mr. Tam KEAY Mr. Mot MAT Mr. Sreng LIM Mr. Tam MAN Ms. Teyhaer SLEH Mr. Medhat Habib KELADA Mr. Horst Friedrich ROLLY Mr. Stefan LEAHU Ms. Rebecca TAVARES Ms. Gulnoz SAYDAMINOVA Mr. Ibrahim Habib IBRAHIM Mr. Pierre HEGAY Mr. Michael PHILLIPS Mr. Mehmet OMER KANAT Ms. Rebiya KADEER Ms. Sarah LAEVENS Mr. Javed ANIS

World Evangelical Alliance

Ms. Kimolo MADUFUANA Ms. Paulin KALUBI BALAYI Ms. Joseph MAGHOMA Mr. Boniface KANKU Ms. Lucie YAMBO MALENGA Ms. Patience KUNGWA VUMILIA Mr. Maurice Kyungu NGANGOLE MONGA Ms. Mireille BATULY MPEMBE Ms. Patience KABULA Ms. Leyla SALICH OGLOU Ms. Pervin CHAIROULA Mr. Ali Chousein OGLOU Mr. Tzemil KAPZA Mr. Sanjoy BARUA Mr. Upli Nanda SRAMON Mr. Milky BARUA Mr. Zulkifli ABIDIN Ms. Nattasha Mohamed HARUN Mr. Arie DE PATER

World Sindhi Institute

Mr. Ayzad HYDER

World Uyghur Congress

Mr. Alim SEYTOFF Mr. Asgar CAN Mr. Seyit TUMTURK Mr. Dolkun ISA

Village Suisse ONG

Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association

World Barua Organization

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Ankara University Brunel University

Collège Sainte-Croix (Université de Fribourg)

University of Athens University of Oslo

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS Mr. Hasan Sayim VURAL Ms. Alexandra XANTHAKI Mr. Timothy MÜLLER Mr. Anh Trung NGUYEN Mr. Mathias ILUNGA NSENDA Mr. Lionel QUARTENOUD Mr. Pascal ROTZETTER Mr. Antoine ROY Mr. Paul SPICHER Mr. Tristan TARASI Ms. Elisa VETTERLI Mr. Louis WÉRY Ms. Nida-Errahmen AJMI Mr. Jérémie BIELMANN Ms. Johanne BOUCHARD NEFF Ms. Julien CARREL Mr. Jonas DUPRAZ Mr. Edouard FASEL Ms. Martine FLÜELER Mr. Max JACQUIER Mr. Laurent MOUSSON Ms. Thalia DRAGONA Ms. Anna FRAGKOUDAKI Mr. Yong ZHOU

ACADEMICS, EXPERTS AND OTHERS Mr. Alan PHILLIPS Mr. Fernand DE VARENNES Mr. Timothy WOOD Mr. Otto KÖLBL Ms. Smruthi RAMMOHAN Ms. Paloma XAVIER SANTOS VITORINO Mr. Tim FAWCETT Ms. Liliana MOTA Ms. Tsu-Ching YU Mr. Haiham MALEH

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