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Democracy Coalition Project
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- Open Society Institute - Soros Foundations
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- New York NY
- United States 10019
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- +1.212548069
Description
Ms. Jahangir is the Co-Founder of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the Women’s Action Forum. Ms. Jahangir is a leading human rights lawyer and has spearheaded advocacy efforts on children’s rights, prisoner’s rights, women’s rights and on judicial and constitutional reform. In 1998 she was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Killings. Asma Jahangir is the recipient of several international awards and prizes including the 1998 King Baudouin International Development Prize and the 1999 Human Rights Award by Lawyers Committee for Human Rights most recently she was awarded the UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) Millennium Peace Prize in 2001.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is the Secretary-General of the National League for Democracy in Burma. Aund San Suu Kyi has been an active promoter of democracy, justice and human rights for the people of Burma and as a result been placed under house arrest several times, most recently released in May 2002 after 19 months of imprisonment. In 1991 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her tireless effort in the struggle for democracy in Burma.
Mr. Geremek is the former foreign minister of Poland and a former member of Parliament. He is a founding member of the Democratic Union and from 1994-1997 he chaired the Freedom Union’s Parliamentary Caucus. In August 1980 Professor Geremek became a senior advisor to the Gdansk Strike Committee and helped found the independent trade union Solidarnosc (Solidarity). After his detainment under martial law in December 1981 and release a year later, he became an advisor to the clandestine Solidarity Provisional Committee and an aide to Lech Walesa. He has received numerous awards and honorary doctoral degrees.
