Dear all,
China government has not accredited the Human Rights in China (HRIC) for
this PrepCom2. I resend the message for signature to the petition in
support of HRIC accreditation to WSIS. FMA has already endorsed.
- Taratta
Forwarded by Hamada Tadahisa <taratta@jca.or.jp>
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From: Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
To: hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
Cc: plenary@wsis-cs.org,
wsis-euc@fsfeurope.org
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:38:49 +0100
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [English] Please sign on - Petition in support =
of HRIC accreditation to WSIS
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Dear all,
As mentionned in the quick report of HR caucus activities (see CS=20
plenary list), you'll find hereafter a petition initiated by the caucus=20
in support of Human Rights in China (HRIC) Accreditation to WSIS.=20
Please send the signature of your organization, providing its=20
country/region of operation and website URL if any.
Signatures should be sent ASAP to : Meryem.Marzouki@iris.sgdg.org
The petition and signatures will then be sent to Mr Geiger, head of=20
WSIS executif secretariat, so that it can be added to HRIC=20
accreditation file, as well as to Ambassador Karklins (president of=20
WSIS 2nd phase process), and certainly head of government delegations,=20
including China. It will also be widely distributed.
We would like to collect as many signatures as we can before Wednesday=20
February 23rd, so as to be able to send the petition to the press with=20
a first list of signatories before the end of PrepCom2. Please feel=20
free to redistribute the petition and this message to other contacts=20
and mailing lists.
The petition is online at:
(English):=20
http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis/petition-hric-en.html
(French):=20
http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis/petition-hric-fr.html
Translation into any other language is most welcome.
Thank you in advance,
Meryem Marzouki,
HR caucus co-chair
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Petition from Civil Society Organizations
in Support of Human Rights in China (HRIC) Accreditation to WSIS
February 18, 2005
The civil society organizations present in Geneva for PrepCom2 of the=20
second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) have=20
learnt that Human Rights in China (HRIC) was not on the list of NGOs=20
recommended for accreditation, due to concerns expressed by the Mission=20
of the People's Republic of China. This is the second time HRIC has not=20
been put forward for WSIS accreditation.
HRIC is an international monitoring and advocacy non-governmental=20
organization based in New York and Hong Kong. Founded in March 1989 by=20
Chinese scientists and scholars, it conducts research, education and=20
outreach programs to promote universally recognized human rights and=20
advance the institutional protection of these rights in the People's=20
Republic of China.
A member of the WSIS civil society human rights caucus, HRIC has=20
15-year record of working constructively in areas relevant to WSIS.=20
HRIC is an active and constructive contributor to multilateral and=20
bilateral processes, including the WTO, the Berne Process, and the=20
EU-China Dialogue Human Rights Seminars. HRIC has been present in the=20
WSIS process, since its first phase and including in this PrepCom2, as=20
an affiliate NGO of the International Federation of Human Rights=20
Leagues (FIDH). Its participation and contributions have been highly=20
appreciated by governments and civil society.
The undersigned civil society organizations consider that the exclusion=20
of an independent and critical voice such as HRIC raises serious=20
concerns about the inclusiveness, the transparency and the legitimacy=20
of the WSIS process.
As HRIC is again applying for accreditation to PrepCom3 of WSIS second=20
phase, the undersigned civil society organizations express their=20
support to HRIC and call to ensure that the future review of HRIC and=20
any NGO accreditation application be fairly conducted and not be=20
subject to a politicized intervention.
Petition proposed for signatures by the WSIS civil society Human=20
Rights Caucus. For more information, see:
- HRIC: www.hrichina.org
- FIDH: www.fidh.org
- HR Caucus: www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis
Please send signatures to HR caucus coordinators, Rikke Frank Jorgensen=20
(DIHR, Denmark) and Meryem Marzouki (IRIS, France) to the following=20
mail address: Meryem.Marzouki@iris.sgdg.org
List of first organizations endorsing this statement:
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