Date: 23/03/2015
Organised by: International Association of Democratic Lawyers and Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the UN in Geneva
Location: Room XXIV – Palais de Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Antoine Deltour, Herve Falciani… The increasing attacks on Western whistleblowers, journalists and publishers pose a serious threat to democracy and human rights. Who are the whistleblowers? Why are their revelations important? Do they deserve protection? What role should Human Rights mechanisms, regional bodies, states and NGO’s play in this struggle?
With:
JULIAN ASSANGE
Founder of WikiLeaks from his asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London (video link)
BALTASAR GARZON REAL
Spanish judge
H.E. MARIA FERNANDA ESPINOSA
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the UN in Geneva
ALFRED DE ZAYAS
Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order
EVA JOLY
Member of the European Parliament (Greens) and former French judge
GLENN GREENWALD
Journalist and founding member of The Intercept
Chaired by: Micól Savia (Permanent Representative of IADL at the UN Geneva)