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PROGRAMME

7-9 March 2011

The Danish Institute for Human RightsStrandgade 71, Ground Floor, 1401 Copenhagen, Denmark

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND

PEACEFUL PROTESTRights and Responsibilities of Civil Society

in a Globalised World


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This workshop is a joint initiative of

with the support of


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WELCOME

Contents

PrefaceX

Programme OverviewX

Programme Details....X

Speakers & BiosX

Moderators & Bios..X


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In a healthy democracy, there must be a balance between bona fide security and the

space for non-violent protest. There is a growing recognition among Civil Society that

the rights of association, assembly and free expression are under threat. There is a

blurring of the lines between prevention of terrorism, prevention of violent protest and

suppression of legitimate non-violent dissent. This undermines the legal and social

frameworks (where they exist) that allow Civil Society to engage at all levels in open

democratic disagreement. Without this engagement, society steps back from a full

participatory democracy. This workshop, taking place in Copenhagen, March 2011, will

bring together international officials, civil rights lawyers, activists, police and others to

initiate a dialogue between these sectors, and encourage debate and discussion about

how to maintain and expand democratic rights and freedoms. The workshop will

consider possible recommendations to be made to international and regional human

rights bodies, including the new UN Special Raporteur on Freedoms of Assembly and

Association, expected to be appointed in March 2011. It will encourage Civil Societyorganisations and police to examine their roles and responsibilities in finding the

balance between security and non-violent dissent at events such as the South Africa

climate meeting in 2011 (COP17). And it will explore potential interest on further work to

expand Freedoms of Assembly, Association and Expression around large international

meetings as well as day to day freedoms in the north and south.


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Programme

Monday the 7 th of March

19.30 Public Meeting: Democratic Space A View from Here

Tuesday the 8 th of March

09.00 09.15 Welcome

09.15 10.45 International Legal Framework on Freedom of Assembly, Association and

Expression

11:15 13:00 National and Trans-National Threats to Democracy and Civic Space

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14.00 15.30 Expanding the Democratic Space

16.00 17.30 Public Participation and Protest at International Meetings

Wednesday the 9 th of March

09.00 13.00 Protest and Security in a Democracy: Finding the Balance

(09.15 10.00) Authorities: Decisions and Actions

(10.15 11.00) Civil Society: Decisions and Actions

(11.15 13.00) A Better Balance

13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14.00 15.45 Action for Democratic Space

(14.00 15.15) Parallel Working Groups

(15.15 15.45) Break

15.45 16.15 Report Back in Plenary: Conclusions

16.15 16.45 Concluding Panel


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16.45 17.00 Thanks and Farewell

PROGRAMME

19.30

Public Meeting: Democratic Space A View from Here

This high-profile, public discussion of several key angles of democratic space and the rights and

responsibilities of Civil Society will set the context for the following two days. The meetings

panel will look at several perspectives on the freedom to express dissent, including human

rights, legal aspects, police, security and an activists viewpoint.

Speakers

Maja Daruwala Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, India

Alok Mukherjee Chair, Toronto Police Services Board, Canada

Mike Schwarz Lawyer, UK

Kumi Naidoo Executive Director, Greenpeace International, South Africa/Netherlands

Moderators

Ingrid Srinath Ingrid Srinath, Secretary General, CIVICUS, South Africa

Jonas Christoffersen Director, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark

Monday, 7 March

Tuesday, 8 March


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09.00 09.15

Welcome

Moderators

Vibeke Tuxen Chair, Projektrdgivningen - PATC, Project Advise and Training Centre,

Denmark

Mads Christensen Executive Director, Greenpeace Nordic, Denmark

NOTE: the following programme is conducted under the Chatham House Rule:

Participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the

affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant may be revealed.

09.15 10.45

International Legal Framework on Freedom of Assembly,

Association and Expression

This session will look at the existing framework for protecting the democratic space. What lawsare in place, and where? How well is the current international framework working? How could it

be changed? Three law experts from Belgium and the UK will discuss the situation with Jasper

Teulings of Greenpeace International.

Speakers

Jeremy McBride Barrister, Monckton Chambers, London, UK

Dirk Voorhoof Professor in Media Law, Copyright Law and Journalism & Ethics, Ghent

University, Belgium

Michael Bochenek Director of Policy, International Secretariat, Amnesty International, UK

Moderator

Jasper Teulings General Counsel/Advocaat, Greenpeace International, Netherlands


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11:15 13:00

National and Trans-National Threats to Democracy and Civic

Space

Looking at both the north and the south, this session will examine the types of limitations we are

encountering to open discussion and to dissent. How do these limitations affect democracy in

different places? Maja Daruwala of the Common Human Rights Initiative will try to get answers

from this sessions diverse panel.

Speakers

Bhekinkosi Moyo Director of Programs, TrustAfrica, Senegal

Peter Kessing Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark

David Moore Vice President of Legal Affairs, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law

(ICNL), Hungary

Tony Bunyan Investigative Journalist and Writer, Statewatch Director, UK

Moderator

Maja Daruwala Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, India

LUNCH BREAK

14.00 15.30

Expanding the Democratic Space

Is it possible to expand the democratic space? What specific mechanisms, measures and

processes could protect and improve freedoms of assembly, association and expression? Ingrid

Srinath of CIVICUS will ask this sessions expert panel to come up with suggestions, and discus

advantages and disadvantages.


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Speakers

Agns Callamard Executive Director, ARTICLE 19, Global Campaign for Free Expression, UK

Max Boqwana Human Rights Lawyer, South Africa

Jan Fermon Lawyer, Belgium

Moderator

Ingrid Srinath Ingrid Srinath, Secretary General, CIVICUS, South Africa

16.00 17.30

Public Participation and Protest at International MeetingsHow could the democratic space be improved around high-level international meetings? What is

the relationship between Civil Society and the organisers? Looking at the 2011 climate meeting

in South Africa (COP17) in particular, Kristin Casper of Greenpeace International discusses

these questions with four panellists close to process.

Speakers

Logie Naidoo Deputy Mayor of Durban, South Africa

Sebastien Duyck Focal Point to the UNFCCC Secretariat Youth, Finland

Rehana Dada Science and Environmental Journalist, Timberwatch Coalition, South Africa

Jrgen Maier Director, German NGO Forum Environment and Development, Germany

Pierre-Christian Soccoja - Deputy Secretary General for the French Presidency of G20 and G8,France

Moderator

Kristin Casper Legal Counsel, Greenpeace International, Netherlands


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09.00 13.00

Protest and Security in a Democracy: Finding the Balance

There is a need to balance the right to dissent and protest with bona fide protection of security,

both for the public and for political figures. This mornings three-part session asks: How do

authorities and Civil Society exercise their rights AND their responsibilities? Allan Nyring of the

Danish National Police and the UK barrister Richard Harvey chair a high-profile panel of

lawyers, police representatives and activists to find answers.

(09.15 10.00) Authorities: Decisions and Actions

How about the authorities? Do police decisions on strategy and tactics limit or allow democratic

space? How are these decisions influenced? Looking at legal limits and questions of

accountability, the panel will discuss: What is effective; what is counter-effective? What is

appropriate; what is inappropriate?

(10.15 11.00) Civil Society: Decisions and Actions

How about the Civil Society? Do decisions on strategy and tactics limit or allow democratic

space? How are these decisions influenced? Looking at legal limits and questions of

accountability, the panel will discuss: What is effective; what is counter-effective? What is

appropriate; what is inappropriate?

(11.15 13.00) A Better Balance

Drawing on the sessions two preceding parts, this interactive discussion will aim to makesuggestions on what could be done better by both authorities AND Civil Society to protect the

right to dissent while respecting legitimate security concerns.

Speakers

Wednesday, 9 March


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Johan Reimann, Commissioner, Copenhagen Police, Denmark

David Mead Senior Lecturer, UEA Law School, UK

Mike Schwarz Lawyer, UK

Jasper Teulings General Counsel/Advocaat, Greenpeace International, Netherlands

Kelly Rigg, Executive Director, Global Campaign for Climate Action (tck tck tck), Netherlands

Peter Sloly, Deputy Chief Executive Command, Toronto Police Service, Canada

Christofer Badse Special Adviser, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark

Moderators

Allan Nyring Chief Superintendent, Danish National Police, Denmark

Richard Harvey Barrister, Garden Court Chambers, London, UK

LUNCH BREAK

14.00 15.45

Action for Democratic Space

The workshops final session will try to map a way forward. How can we identify the challengesand address them in a coordinated way? How can we pool knowledge, resources and energiestowards common goals and carry out joint solidarity actions?

Erik Vithner of Projektrdgivningen and Jo Dufay of Greenpeace International will faciilitate twoparallel working groups to find good examples of best practices that can serve as generalinspiration and map the legal and political tactics that could be employed to expand thedemocratic space.

(14.00 15.15) Parallel Working Groups

1) Focussed on recommendations to be made to international and regional human rights

bodies, including the new UN Special Rapporteur on Freedoms of Assembly and Association

Facilitator


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Erik Vithner Manager of the Secretariate, Projektrdgivningen - PATC, Project Advise and

Training Centre, Denmark

2) Focussed on future work with Civil Society organisations and police to expand the democraticspace, particularly around international meetings, such as the 2011 climate change meeting in

South Africa (COP17)

Facilitator

Jo Dufay Workshop Convenor, Greenpeace International, Netherlands

(15.15 15.45) Break

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Report Back in Plenary: Conclusions

16.15 16.45

Concluding Panel

16.45 17.00

Thanks and Farewell


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SPEAKERS& BIOS

Christofer Badse

Deputy Department Director, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark

Christofer Badse has been with the Danish Institute for Human Rights since 2003. His presentposition is Deputy Department Director and Monitoring Co-ordinator. Specialising in Danishlegislation, jurisprudence and the politics of human rights, Badse has also taught as a legalexpert in international human rights law and has led human rights courses and workshops inDenmark and abroad. A full biography is available at http://badse.dk/CV_English.pdf

Michael Garcia Bochenek

Director of Policy, International Secretariat, Amnesty International, UK

Michael Garcia Bochenek is Director of Law and Policy for the International Secretariat ofAmnesty International. Prior to joining Amnesty, he spent ten years with Human Rights Watch.Bochenek has researched and reported on criminal and juvenile justice systems, the deathpenalty, the exploitation of migrant workers and other labour rights issues, prison conditions, therights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, and the use of children as soldiers.

Max Boqwana
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Human Rights Lawyer, South Africa

Max Boqwana is an Attorney of the High Court in South Africa and the Chairman of theBoqwana Loon & Connellan, a law firm practising in the area of Administrative andConstitutional Law. Previously, Boqwana was the Chairperson of Attorneys Fidelity Fund inSouth Africa and the Co-Chairperson of the South Africa Law Society.

Tony Bunyan

Investigative Journalist and Writer, Statewatch Director, UK

Tony Bunyan is an Investigative Journalist and Writer specialising in justice and home affairs,civil liberties, the state and freedom of information in the EU. He has been the Director ofStatewatch since 1990. Bunyan is the author of "The Political Police in Britain" (1977), "Secrecyand openness in the EU" (1999) and "The Shape of Things to Come" (2009). He edited "TheWar on Freedom and Democracy" (2005) and is a Visiting Fellow at London MetropolitanUniversity and the University of Bristol.

Agns Callamard

Executive Director, ARTICLE 19 Global Campaign for Free Expression, UK

Dr. Agns Callamard took up the post of ARTICLE 19 Executive Director in October 2004. Sheis a former Chef de Cabinet for the Secretary General of Amnesty International and, asResearch Policy Coordinator, led Amnestys work on womens human rights. Callamard hasconducted human rights investigations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East and has publishedwidely on human rights, womens rights, refugee movements and accountability.

Rehana Dada

Science and Environmental Journalist, Timberwatch Coalition, South Africa

Rehana Dada is a South African science and environmental journalist active with theTimberwatch Coalition, an alliance of South African NGOs concerned about the negativeimpacts of industrial tree plantations on people and the environment. Dada works for television,the web and in print. Her current focus is on climate change and wetlands.

Sebastien Duyck

Focal Point to the UNFCCC Secretariat Youth, Finland

Sbastien Duyck is a doctoral candidate at the University of Lapland in Finland, where he iswriting his dissertation on procedural rights in international environmental governance. Forseveral years, he has been active in NGOs, particularly in relation to the facilitation and supportof youth participation in inter-governmental forums.


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Jan Fermon

Lawyer, Belgium

Jan Fermon is a Brussels-based lawyer specialising in European and international criminal law,international humanitarian law and immigration law. He is a member of the Progress LayersNetwork and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and has recently co-

authored the book Political Defense, which also discusses the work of defense lawyers in

criminal cases against social and political activists.

Peter Kessing

Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark

Peter Vedel Kessing (LLM, Ph.D.) is a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for Human

Rights, doing research in security, counter-terrorism, human rights and humanitarian law. Hehas been working with international projects on human rights and humanitarian law for severalyears and is external lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Copenhagen University. Some of his papersare available here: http://www.humanrights.dk/research/staff

Jrgen Maier

Director, German NGO Forum Environment and Development, Germany

Jrgen Maier is the Director of the German NGO Forum on Environment & Development. TheForums main focus is to prepare joint NGO position papers and strategies, especially around

G8 and G20 summits, and to coordinate the input of German NGOs into the internationalnegotiation processes. It was founded 1992, following the UN Conference on Environment andDevelopment.

Jeremy McBride

Barrister, Monckton Chambers, London, UK

Jeremy McBride is a barrister at Monckton Chambers, London, and a co-coordinator at theExpert Council on NGO Law of the Council of Europe. McBride is the Chair of the Scientific

Committee of the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency and the Chair and co-founder ofINTERIGHTS, which works to promote respect for human rights through the use of law. He is aVisiting Professor at Central European and Oxford universities.

David Mead

Senior Lecturer, UEA Law School, UK


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David Mead is a senior lecturer in the UEA Law School at the University of East Anglia,

Norwich. He specialises in protest, policing and human rights. His book The New Law of

Peaceful Protest: Rights and Regulation in the Human Rights Act Era was published in 2010.

He has provided advice to the Home Office and to Chief Constables and has submitted

evidence to the UK Parliaments Human Rights Committee. Mead is a regular contributor to The

Guardians Comment Is Free/Liberty Central website.

David Moore

Vice President of Legal Affairs, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), Hungary

David Moore is Vice President of Legal Affairs with the International Center for Not-for-ProfitLaw (ICNL), where he has worked since 2001, supporting legal reform affecting Civil Society ina diverse range of contexts around the world. Moore has trained Civil Society representativesand UN Civil Society staff on legal issues. He teaches Civil Society Law at Budapests CentralEuropean University.

Bhekinkosi Moyo

Director of Programs, TrustAfrica, Senegal

Dr. Bhekinkosi Moyo is a Director of Programs at TrustAfrica, a pan-African Foundation based

in Dakar, Senegal, which is dedicated to securing the conditions for democracy. He recently

edited the volume DisEnabling the Public Sphere: Civil Society Regulation in Africa.

Alok Mukherjee

Chair, Toronto Police Services Board, Canada

Dr. Alok Mukherjee, Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board since 2005, is a writer, speaker,trainer and consultant in human rights, equity, diversity and organisation change. Mukherjee hasalso held several public appointments, including Member of the Ontario Civilian Commission onPolice Services and Acting Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission.

Kumi Naidoo

Executive Director, Greenpeace International, South Africa/The Netherlands

Dr. Kumi Naidoo is Executive Director of Greenpeace International. Born in SouthAfrica, Naidoo became actively involved in the countrys liberation struggle at theage of 15. Naidoo has held leadership positions with CIVICUS, GCAP and the GCCA.In 2003 he was appointed to the Eminent Persons Panel on UN Civil SocietyRelations.


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Logie Naidoo

Deputy Mayor of Durban, South Africa

Logie Naidoo is the Deputy Mayor of Durban, South Africa. Following a corporate career withstops at Mercedes Benz and La Mercy Beach Hotel, he served as Executive Chair of the North

Local Council until 2000. After the killing of Soweto students in 1976, Naidoo took the painfuldecision to join the underground military wing of the African National Congress (ANC).

Johan Reimann

Commissioner, Copenhagen Police, Denmark

John Martini Reimann became the Copenhagen Police Commissioner in July 2009. Prior to that,he was the director of the North Zealand Police. A law graduate, Reiman has in the past workedfor the Danish governments justice department and has served as the Danish representative tothe European Unions Eurojust Unit in The Hague. Reimann is a lecturer at Copenhagen

University and the Danish police school.

Kelly Rigg

Executive Director, Global Campaign for Climate Action (tck tck tck), Netherlands

Kelly Rigg is the Executive Director of the GCCA (tcktcktck), a global alliance of 270organisations. She has led international campaigns for nearly 30 years on climate, energy,oceans, Antarctica and other issues. She is the co-founder of the Varda Group, a consultancythat provides campaign and strategic advice to a wide range of NGOs.

Mike Schwarz

Lawyer, UK

Mike Schwarz is a London-based defence lawyer who has acted for political activists andcampaigners on issues such as the environment, animal rights, peace/disarmament, race andsocial justice. He is the joint author of The Law of Public Order and Protest (OUP, 2010).Schwarz is particularly concerned with citizens freedom of expression and freedom ofassembly. He advises and trains campaign groups and NGOs on criminal and public order law.

Peter Sloly

Deputy Chief Executive Command, Toronto Police Service, Canada

Deputy Chief Peter Sloly has worked 23 year with the Toronto Police Service (TPS). He holds aBachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Masters in Business Administration along with several otheracademic certificates. Peter has held a variety of senior operational and administrative roles in


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the TPS. He has also served as a UN Peacekeeper and has been active on many communityboards. A full biography is available at http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/bios/sloly.php

Pierre-Christian Soccoja

Deputy Secretary General for the French Presidency of G20 and G8, France

Pierre-Christian Soccoja is a Medical Doctor, Senior Civil Servant and Diplomat and formerSecretary General of the Central Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, He joined the Ministryof Justice in 2000, when he left the Ecole Nationale dAdministration, as Deputy Head of Officeof Human Rights at the European and International Affairs Service.

Dirk Voorhoof

Professor in Media Law, Copyright Law and Journalism & Ethics, Ghent University, Belgium

Dirk Voorhoof is a Professor for courses in Media Law, Copyright Law and Journalism & Ethicsat Ghent University, Belgium, and a Lecturer at Copenhagen University, Denmark. He is afounding member of Legal Human Academy. Recent articles include Freedom of Expressionunder the European Human Rights System (Inter-American and European Human RightsJournal, 2009/1-2, 3-49, September 2010). His website can be viewed athttp://www.psw.ugent.be/dv

MODERATORS& BIOS

Kristin Casper

Legal Counsel, Greenpeace International, Netherlands

Kristin Casper is legal counsel for Greenpeace International. She advises on international

environmental law and legal aspects of campaigning in the areas of climate change, energy,toxics, and water and on Arctic-related issues. She is a registered attorney with the State of

Colorado Bar.

Mads Flarup Christensen

Executive Director, Greenpeace Nordic, Denmark
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Mads Flarup Christensen is the Executive Director of Greenpeace Nordic, a position he took up

in 2008. Christensen has been with Greenpeace for more than 15 years and has been

responsible for a wide range of campaigns and actions. He graduated in Political Science from

the University of Copenhagen and lives with his wife and two children in Copenhagen.

Jonas Christoffersen

Director, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark

Dr. Jonas Christoffersen was appointed Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights inJanuary 2009. He is a lawyer with entitlement to plead before the High Court and previouslyheld the position of acting High Court Judge at the Danish Eastern High Court. Christoffersenhas written extensively on national and international human rights. He was awarded a Doctor ofLaws degree for his dissertation on the European Court of Human Rights.

Maja Daruwala

Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Denmark

Maja Daruwala is Director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, a non-partisaninternational NGO focused on human rights education and advocacy. Daruwala is the founderand Chair of the People's Watch Tamil Nadu, a human rights advocacy organisation based inSouth India, and sits on several governing boards and advisory councils, including the NewDelhi-based Voluntary Action Network, an umbrella organisation aimed at strengthening CivilSociety in India.

Jo Dufay

Workshop Convenor, Greenpeace International, Netherlands

Jo Dufay has thirty years of campaign leadership, working on disarmament, environment,international trade agreements, corporate control and reproductive rights issues. A freelanceconsultant, Dufay has worked with NGOs in Fiji, Korea, Iran, Israel, Europe and North America.She provides campaign training and direction, strategy development, project management andmeeting facilitation.

Richard Harvey

Barrister, Garden Court Chambers, London, UK

Richard Harvey is a barrister at Garden Court Chambers, London, and lead defence counsel atthe International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague. He has conductednumerous cases involving excessive use of force, most notably the Bloody Sunday Inquiry inDerry, Northern Ireland. Harvey advised Greenpeace International in the Tokyo Two case,which saw two anti-whaling activists face trial in Japan.
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Allan Nyring

Chief Superintendent, Danish National Police, Denmark

Allan Nyring, Chief Superintendent of the Danish National Police, has been in police servicesince 1980. Nyring served in the police of Copenhagen before moving to a smaller police districtand, in 2007, to the police for North Zealand. He has been with the National Danish Police sinceNovember 2009. He is married and has three daughters.

Ingrid Srinath

Secretary General, CIVICUS, South Africa

Ingrid Srinath is the Secretary General of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. Itsmembers and partners make up an influential network of organisations dedicated to

strengthening Civil Society throughout the world. Srinath also serves on the board of the IANGOAccountability Charter and on the World Economic Forum NGO Advisory Group. Prior to joiningCIVICUS in May 2008, she served as Chief Executive of Indias leading child rights advocacyorganisation, Child Rights and You.

Jasper Teulings

General Counsel/Advocaat, Greenpeace International, Netherlands

Jasper Teulings is General Counsel/Advocaat at Greenpeace Internationals legal unit, whichdevelops pro-active litigation strategies to support Greenpeace campaigns and provides pre-

publication reviews of potentially contentious publications, such as campaign reports onenvironmental crimes. Jasper sits on the Board of the INGO Accountability Charter andregularly speaks on a wide range of topics, including free speech and peaceful protest.

Vibeke Tuxen

Chair, Projektrdgivningen - PATC, Project Advise and Training Centre, Denmark

Vibeke Tuxen is Chair of Projektrdgivningen - PATC, Project Advise and Training Centre. Witha background in anthropology, she has worked with indigenous peoples' rights and promotedsocial and environmentally sustainable development in developing countries for twenty years.

Tuxen is engaged in improving the political and economic conditions for the development ofCivil Society organisations, as well as in their rights and responsibilities. She represents theDanish environmental NGO Nepenthes.

Erik Vithner


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Manager of the Secretariate, Projektrdgivningen - PATC, Project Advise and Training Centre,Denmark

Erik Vithner is the Manager of the Secretariate at Projektrdgivningen - PATC, Project Adviseand Training Centre, an independent association of more than 250 Danish Civil SocietyOrganisations engaged in development work in Asia, Africa or Latin America. Prior to that

Vithner was Manager at the Secretariate of Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke (ActionAid Denmark). Hisparticular focus is on management, strategies and external cooperation.

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