If interested, please email Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org> directly. As well, please feel free to forward the email (below) to others who you think might be interested .


Refs:


- http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/ebadi-bio.html (Bio, English)

- http://www.fidh.org/article.php3?id_article=458

- http://www.fidh.org/article.php3?id_article=2661 (“Our Challenge : Voices for Peace, Renewal and Partnership", 58e Conference ONU/DPI/ONG 7/09/2005, in English)


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Paris, October 12, 2005


Mr. Yoshio Utsumi

Secretary-General

World Summit on the Information Society


Re: Human Rights Caucus nomination of Shirin Ebadi for WSIS opening ceremony


Dear Mr. Utsumi,


The WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus would like to submit to your consideration the proposal to have Ms. Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Peace Nobel Prize winner, as civil society speaker for the WSIS opening ceremony in Tunis.


Ms. Ebadi has welcomed this nomination from the Human Rights Caucus, and has committed to be present in Tunis to speak at the Summit opening ceremony, would she receive your agreement.


As soon as it received today Ms. Ebadi’s confirmation of availability and willingness to accept the offer, the Human Rights Caucus has started collecting support to Ms. Ebadi’s nomination among other civil society entities participating to the WSIS process. The list of these supports will be forwarded to you soon. We would also like to mention that Ms. Renata Bloem and Mr. Roberto Bissio, who both were on the list recommended to you, have announced that they would be happy to step aside to allow Ms. Ebadi be the civil society speaker proposed for the opening ceremony.


We are confident that you will share our conviction that having Ms. Shirin Ebadi selected as civil society speaker at WSIS opening ceremony would be the strongest symbol that the information society should be based on human rights and social justice foundations. This is exactly the issue Ms. Ebadi would like to address at the WSIS opening ceremony.


Sincerely,


Meryem Marzouki

Human Rights Caucus Co-chair

and

President, IRIS - Imaginons un réseau Internet solidaire

[details]


Copies:

This letter is also being sent to Ambassador Janis Karklins, President of the WSIS process


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From: Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org>

Date: October 15, 2005 7:25:55 AM EDT (CA)

To: plenary@wsis-cs.org

Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports


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Dear all,


In order to minimize the files to be send to MM. Utsumi and Karklins, and since many supports are still being sent to me while we are now on the week-end, I'll send the list of supports to Shirin Ebadi nomination only on Sunday evening, so that it can be received and read on Monday morning. This list of supports will also be forwarded to government delegations, in addition to the direct lobbying being made by many of us.


So please keep sending any support to me (marzouki@ras.eu.org) and to the plenary list, until Sunday, October 16, 19:00 Paris time (17:00 GMT/UTC).


Below the list of supports received as for now.


Many thanks and best regards,

Meryem Marzouki

HR caucus co-chair


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Shirin Ebadi as Civil Society Speaker for WSIS Tunis Opening Ceremony

Nominated on October 12, 2005 by WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus

List of CS supports, as of October 15, 2005, 11:30 GMT


WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:

1. Community Media Working Group

2. Cultural Diversity Caucus

3. Gender Caucus

4. Financing Mechanisms Working Group

5. Human Rights Caucus

6. Internet Governance Caucus

7. Media Caucus

8. North American & European Family

9. West-Asia Family

10. Youth Caucus


CS Organizations and Coalitions:

1. AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France

2. Alliance Rights, Nigeria

3. AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires), Worldwide

4. APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide

5. Article 19, Worldwide

6. CMIC/WFCN (Carrefour Mondial de l’Internet Citoyen), Worldwide

7. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio Télévision), Worldwide

8. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society), Switzerland

9. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide

10. CSDPTT (Coopération, Solidarité, Développement aux PTT), France

11. Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark

12. DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark

13. EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe

14. FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana

15. FIDH (Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme), Worldwide

16. Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders), Worldwide

17. GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan), Japan

18. IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide

19. IGP (Internet Governance Project), USA

20. IRIS (Imaginons un Réseau Internet Solidaire), France

21. Isis-WICCE (Isis-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange), Worldwide

22. ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria

23. ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay

24. IWTC (International Women's Tribune Centre), Worldwide

25. LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia

26. Norwegian PEN, Norway

27. OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide

28. Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia

29. Ouvaton, France

30. Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland

31. PEN Club, Worldwide

32. SIGNIS(World Catholic Association for Communication), Worldwide

33. Soroptimist International, Worldwide

34. UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA

35. UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela

36. UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association), Denmark

37. WPFC (World Press Freedom Committee), Worldwide


In their individual capacity (only people whose organization is not listed, or who are participating in WSIS in their individual capacity):


1. Vittorio Bertola, Italy

2. Elizabeth Carll, USA

3. Larbi Chouikha, Tunisia

4. Avri Doria, Sweden

5. Jeanette Hofman, Germany

6. Bertrand de La Chapelle, France

7. Françoise Massit-Folléa, France

8. Lee W. McKnight, USA

9. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, USA

10. Francis Muguet, France

11. Tracey Naughton, South Africa

12. Claudia Padovani, Italy

13. Joseph Sarr, Senegal


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