Date: Saturday 22 May, 14:00 – 17:00
Venue: Room 8101, Building No.8, Ikebukuro Campus,
Rikkyo (St. Paul’s) University
7 minutes walk from the West
Exit of Ikebukuro Station
(JR, Tobu Line, Seibu Line,
Marunouchi Line, Yurakucho Line and Fukutoshin Line)
Map: http://english.rikkyo.ac.jp/access/pmap/ikebukuro.html
Language: English and Japanese
Entry Free: ¥500
Contact: 03-3835-2110, info@ngo-hrn.org (Human Rights Now) *No
reservation is required.
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Special Lecture of Palestinian Lawyer, Raji
Sourani
“Peace and Human Rights:From Gaza to the World”
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From December 2008 to January 2009, the Israeli
military attacked the Gaza Strip. It is reported that more than 1,400 people died and
5,000 people wounded, including a number of women and children. The closure has been still imposed on Gaza by Israel and there has always been the supply shortage of daily
commodities for people in Gaza. Consequently, Gaza has remained destructed since the
Israeli attacks. Israel also has constructed a “Wall” inside the West
Bank, which fragments the West Bank and separates Israeli
illegal settlements from the rest of the West Bank, ignoring the UN
resolutions. Israeli government and military have constantly
violated human rights of Palestine people.
Human Rights Now invited a foremost human rights
lawyer of the Gaza Strip, Raji Sourani and will be hosting
Mr. Sourani’s special lecture on the human rights situation in Palestine for peace
of Palestine.
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Contents
＊Reports on current situations of Gaza
Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC)
Campaign for the Children of Palestine
＊ Special Lecture: Mr. Raji Sourani
＊ Dialogue: Mr. Raji Sourani ×
Mr. Nobuhisa Degawa
(Coordinator:
Ms. Kazuko Ito, Secretary General of HRN)
＊ Q & A
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■ Mr. Raji Sourani
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Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Now (Gaza-based Human Rights Organization)
http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/
He is one of
the most famous human rights lawyers in the occupied Palestine, and a founder
and director of the PCHR whose head office is in the Gaza Strip. Since
the 1980s, he has been widely known as a human rights lawyer in the
occupied Palestine as well as outside Palestine, defending Palestinians’
rights in the Israeli military court. Due to his energetic work and
efforts seeking for human rights for Palestinians, he was detained
several times by the Israeli occupation authority. He was also detained by
the Palestinian Authority as he had criticised its policy.
the followings, Amnesty International Prisoner of
Conscience (1985, 1988), Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for
Human Rights (1991), French Republic Human Rights Award (1995), Bruno Kreisky Prize for Human Rights (2002).
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■ Mr. Nobuhisa Degawa
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NHK News Commentator
He graduated from the University of Tokyo and started
working for NHK in 1985. He held positions such as NHK
chief correspondent in Jerusalem and Cairo. He has reported the Middle East
Peace Process since the Oslo Agreement and interviewed both Israeli and
Palestinian leaders.
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■ Co-sponsored by:
Human Rights Now (HRN)
Ayus Buddhist International Cooperation
Network
Japan International Volunteer Center
(JVC)
Nippon Sei-Ko-Kai Diocese of Tokyo
Campaign for the Children of Palestine
Peace Boat
Volunteer Center, Rikkyo University
■ Support Organizations:
YMCA Japan
Japanese Committee for the Children of
Palestine
■ Granting Organization:
Ohdake Foundation
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[Event] Special Lecture of Palestinian Lawyer, Raji Sourani “For the Sake of Peace in Palestine” in Osaka
Date: Sunday 23 May, 13:30 – 16:30
Venue: Osaka Central Public Hall (Nakanoshima Kokaido)
5 minutes walk from Yodoyabashi Station (Midosuji Line and Keihan Line)
Entry Free: ¥500
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Free Palestine
Do you know the reality of Palestine?
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Special Lecture of Palestinian Lawyer, Raji Sourani
“For the Sake of Peace in Palestine”
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From December 2008 to January 2009, the Israeli military attacked the Gaza Strip. It is reported that more than 1,400 people died and 5,000 people wounded,including a number of women and children. The closure has been still imposed on Gaza by Israel for more than 3 years which causes the constant supply shortage of daily commodities and reconstruction in Gaza. Consequently, Gaza has remained destructed since the Israeli attacks. Israel also has constructed “Wall” inside the West Bank, which fragments the West Bank and separates Israeli illegal settlements from the rest of the West Bank, ignoring the UN resolutions. Israeli government and military have constantly violated human rights of Palestine people.
Human Rights Now invited a foremost human rights lawyer
of the Gaza Strip, Raji Sourani and will be hosting Mr. Sourani’s special lecture
on the human rights situation in Palestine.
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■ Mr. Raji Sourani
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Leading Palestinian lawer
Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Now,
(Gaza-based Human Rights Organization)
http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/
He is one of the most famous human rights lawyers in the occupied Palestine,
and a founder and director of the PCHR whose head office is in the Gaza
Strip. Since the 1980s, he has been widely known as a human rights lawyer
in the occupied Palestine as well as outside Palestine, defending
Palestinians’ rights in the Israeli military court. Due to his energetic
work and efforts seeking for human rights for Palestinians, he was
detained several times by the Israeli occupation authority. He was also
detained by the Palestinian Authority as he had criticised its policy.
He received several awards including the followings,
Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience, 1985, 1988,
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Human Rights, 1991
French Republic Human Rights Award, 1995
Bruno Kreisky Prize for Human Rights, 2002
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■Host: Human Rights Now
Marukou Bldg. 3F, 1-20-6, Higashi-Ueno
Taitou-ku, Tokyo 110-0015 Japan
Phone: +81-3-3835-2110 Fax: +81-3-3834-240
hrn_kansai@yahoo.co.jp
■Co-Host: Palestine Forum Japan
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[Event] “Human Rights Condition and Peace for Gaza – What was achieved from Oslo Agreement until the Gaza War?” (Lecture by Mr.Raji Sourani)
◇Date: 6-8pm. 21st May, 2010
◇Entrance fee: Free
◇Language: English Only (no Japanese translation)
◇Place: Room 333, Medical Library, Faculty of Medicine, Central Building
Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo
(10 min. walk from Hongo-san-chome station, Marunouchi-line & Oedo-line)
Hongo Campus Access : http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/map01_02_e.html
Map in Hongo Campus: http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_02_01_e.html
Raji Sourani (Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights) will
give a talk on the situation of the Gaza Strip and its humanitarian crisis
imposed on Gazans under the prolonged Israeli siege and blockade for more
than 3 years, focusing on violation of international human rights law.
He is one of a few precious persons who are able to explain its situation
from legal aspects and significance of full implementation of human rights
law in context of Palestine issues.
He will also talk about human rights abuses against Palestinians under
the occupation from legal aspects, since he has dozens of knowledge and
experiences of actual court cases dealt in the Israeli military courts
as a lawyer and director of the Palestine Center for Human Rights.
◇Co-sponsored by:
・Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine,
The University of Tokyo
・NIHU Program: Islamic Area Studies, IAS Center at the University of Tokyo
(TIAS) Group 2, Research Group on Palestinian Studies
・Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC)
・Human Rights Now (HRN)
・Seminar of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University
of Tokyo
◇Profile:Mr.Raji Sourani (Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human
Rights(PCHR): http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/
He is one of the most famous human rights lawyers in the occupied Palestine,
and a founder and director of the PCHR whose head office is in the Gaza
Strip. Since the 1980s, he has been widely known as a human rights lawyer
in the occupied Palestine as well as outside Palestine, defending
Palestinians’ rights in the Israeli military court. Due to his energetic
work and efforts seeking for human rights for Palestinians, he was
detained several times by the Israeli occupation authority. He was also
detained by the Palestinian Authority as he had criticised its policy.
He is the 1991 recipient of the 1991 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Award, Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience 1985, 1988 award,
and a member of International Commission of Jurists EXCO and IDAL EXCO.
■ For those who wish to attend this lecture, please contact us via e-mail
or by phone at the secretary office of NIHU Program: Islamic Area Studies,
IAS Center at the University of Tokyo (TIAS), Group 2 “Structural Change
in Middle East Politics”.
Email: iaschuto@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp Telephone: 03-5841-8953
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[Event] Charity Party with Mr. Raji Sourani in Tokyo
Date: Tuesday 25 May, 19:00-21:00 (Open 18:30)
Venue: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Izumi Garden Tower,
21st Floor,
1-6-1 Roppongi
Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6021
Map: http://www.skadden.com/Index.cfm?contentID=236&officeID=19
Fee: 10,000 yen
* Meals and drinks included.
* The fees will be used for HRN Palestine Project, including the invitation of Mr. Sourani.
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Human Rights Now-sponsored
Charity Party with Mr. Raji Sourani,
Director of Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Attorney at Law
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Human Rights Now, an international human rights NGO, invited Mr. Raji Sourani, a leading Palestinian lawyer and will be hosting Mr. Sourani’s lectures in Tokyo and Osaka.
For more information please take a look at http://hrn.or.jp/eng/.
It is our pleasure to inform you that we will be holding a charity party with lawyers, journalists and people with special interest in human rights on May 25, 2010.
We look forward to seeing you.
President Kohki Abe
Secretary General Kazuko Ito
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■ Program
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18:30 Opening
19:00 Opening speech by HRN Secretary Genral Ito
19:20 Speech by Mr. Raji Sourani
20:00 Free time
21:00 Closing
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■ Reservations
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Human Rights Now, Tokyo Office
E-mail: info@ngo-hrn.org or
Tel: 03-3835-2110 Fax: 03-3834-2406
* Please email or fax with your name, affiliation and contact
as well as “Charity Party with Mr. Raji Sourani” in the subject heading by 20 May.
* If you have any questions, do not hesitate contact to us.
* Please pay for your fee at the venue.
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■ Supporters
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Board of Directors of Human Rights Now
Makoto Ito (President, Ito-juku)
Toshiro Ueyanagi (Attorney at Law, former Director of the Office of the International Affairs, JFBA, Professor of Law, Waseda University School of Law)
Osamu Shiraishi (Director of Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center, former Human Rights Officer of OHCHR Geneva)
Setsuo Miyazawa (Professor of Law, Aoyama Gakuin University School of Law)
Yasushi Higashizawa (Attorney at Law, Professor of Law Meiji Gakuin University School of Law)
Kanae Doi (Attorney at Law, Tokyo Director of Human Rights Watch)
Chihiro Ito (Journalist)
Counsel of Human Rights Now
Osamu Niikura (Professor of Law, Aoyama Gakuin Universitys’ Law-School)
Itsuo Sonobe (Attorney at Law, Former Justice of Supreme Court of Japan)
Management Counsel of Human Rights Now
Nobuhisa Ishizuka (Attorney at Law, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP)
Shigeaki Itoh (Attorney at Law, City-Yuwa Partners)
Harumichi Uchida (Attorney at Law, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto)
Tatsu Katayama (Attorney at Law, Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune)
Hideaki Kubori (Attorney at Law, Hibiya Park Law Offices)
Masahiro Shimojo (Attorney at Law, Nishimura & Asahi)
Katsumi Shirai (Attorney at Law, TMI Associates)
Kunio Hamada (Attorney at Law, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto)
Hisashi Hara (Attorney at Law, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu)
Peter J. Stern (Attorney at Law, Morrison & Foerster LLP)
Members of Human Rights Now
Shigekazu Iwai (Attorney at Law, former vice-president of Japan Federation of Bar Associations, HRN member)
Shogo Watanabe (Attorney at Law, HRN Advisor)
Kazuhiko Shimokobe (Attorney at Law, ormer vice-president of Japan Federation of Bar Associations, HRN member)
Kensuke Tanba (Attorney at Law, former vice-president of Japan Federation of Bar Associations, HRN member)
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■ Mr. Raji Sourani
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Leading Palestinian lawer
Director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (Gaza-based Human Rights Organization)
http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/
He is one of the most famous human rights lawyers in the occupied Palestine, and a founder and director of the PCHR whose head office is in the Gaza Strip. Since the 1980s, he has been widely known as a human rights lawyer in the occupied Palestine as well as outside Palestine, defending Palestinians’ rights in the Israeli military court. Due to his energetic work and efforts seeking for human rights for Palestinians, he was detained several times by the Israeli occupation authority. He was also detained by the Palestinian Authority as he had criticised its policy.
He received several awards including the followings, Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience (1985, 1988), Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Human Rights (1991), French Republic Human Rights Award (1995), Bruno Kreisky Prize for Human Rights (2002).
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■ Host: Human Rights Now
■ Sponsor: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & From LLP
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