Panel Session Five
Resource Extraction, Land Disputes, and Marginalized Communities
Organized by the Asia Democracy Network
Corinna Lopa, Regional Coordinator, South East Committee for Advocacy (SEACA)
Sherine Xavier, Executive Director, Home for Human Rights in Sri Lanka
Tsering Tsomo, Executive Director, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
Heng Pheakdey, Deputy Director, NGO Forum on Cambodia; co-convener, Finance for Development (FfD) working group of the Asia Development Alliance
P.V. Rajagopal of the Ekta Parishad
Moderator: Corinna Lopa, Regional Coordinator, The South East Asian Committee for Advocacy
For a detailed program of the event, see here: [ Ссылка ]
The Strengthening Democracy in Asia: Inclusion, Participation, and Rights conference sought to strengthen relationships and networks among civil society organizations, media practitioners, politicians, and other champions of democracy.
Featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Kailash Satyarthi, the conference highlighted challenges faced by activists, best practices in addressing them, and ideas for promoting democratic change within society. The event also served as an opportunity to honor the historic work of George Fernandes in support of labor rights in India and democracy and human rights in Tibet and Burma.
The conference was jointly organized by the Institute of Social Sciences, the Asia Democracy Network (ADN), and the World Movement for Democracy, and was held at the India International Center, located at 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi.
