SV: [hr-wsis] Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] accreditation of Human Rights in China

["Rikke Frank Joergensen" <rfj@humanrights.dk>]

hi all

I fully agree. this concerns CS as a whole, and tho it has primarily been the HR Caucus raising the issue so far, we should adress it at the general CS press conference in addition to the HR Caucus event on thursday.

best
rikke (in geneva now..)




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Fra: Meryem Marzouki [mailto:marzouki@ras.eu.org]
Sendt: ti 20-09-2005 08:02
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Emne: [hr-wsis] Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] accreditation of Human Rights in China
 
Hi all,

As far as I'm concerned, this is all what I can do before wednesday, 
being stuck in Paris for 2 full-days conference...
But the HR will indeed react, in coordination with our member HRIC.
Best,
Meryem

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> De: Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
> Date: Lun 19 sep 2005  20:27:09 Europe/Paris
> À: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Objet: Rép : [WSIS CS-Plenary] accreditation of Human Rights in China
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> Dear Bertrand and all,
>
> Of course, we will, specially since HRIC is a member of the HR caucus, 
> and that we have closely followed this issue from the beginning. This 
> is not the first time HRIC is denied accreditation at WSIS, but this 
> time we have made 'progress' in that the issue was at least discussed 
> in plenary.
> But Milton and Tracey are right: this is not only a HR caucus issue, 
> this concerns all civil society at WSIS. What happened to HRIC could 
> happen to any of us, as soon as a governement delegation is willing to 
> object. This has a name, and is called the reign of the arbitrary.
> HRIC has basically been asked to do the impossible: bring the proof 
> that they haven't received funding from government that haven't 
> actually funded them. HRIC has however done that, by providing a 
> letter of their financial auditor confirming that HRIC does not have 
> direct government funding ! But what the Chinese government actually 
> wanted is the list of anonymous INDIVIDUAL donors, which HRIC refuses 
> to disclose to protect these people from intimidation or any other 
> risk. As HRIC argued many times, governements cannot be anonymous 
> donors, in any case.
> Again, this could happen to any of us. This is the reason why we 
> should all stand with HRIC. Not to mention the fact that, to my 
> knowledge, the ES has not even made public the list of CS 
> organizations which they haven't recommended for accreditation, not 
> even mentionning that also reasons for non recommendations should be 
> disclosed. This process then lacks the minimum of transparency.
>
> HRIC representatives will have the opportunity to express themselves 
> more in details during the HR caucus panel that will be held on 
> Thursday Sept. 22 afternoon, 16:00-18:00 in Room XXII. HRIC is a 
> member of the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues, an 
> accredited NGO and a member of the HR caucus.
>
> I hope that the whole CS at WSIS will support a common statement, and 
> that this issue of HRIC denial of accreditation will be raised at the 
> CS press conference.
>
> Best,
> Meryem
>
> Le lundi, 19 sep 2005, à 16:56 Europe/Paris, Bertrand de La Chapelle a 
> écrit :
>
>> I cannot imagine that the Human Rights Caucus isn't already 
>> considering preparing such a statement right away ?
>>  
>> Bertrand 
>>
>>  
>> On 9/19/05, Tracey Naughton <tracey@traceynaughton.com> wrote:
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>> Milton et all,
>>
>> I was thinking the same thing last night. I prepared the
>> accreditation request for the Media Institute of Southern Africa,
>> when I worked there. While the submission was thoughtfully and
>> carefully prepared I have no doubt at all that hours more work could
>> have gone into it to ensure that all details of the organisation and
>> its sources of income were included. This was not a matter of non-
>> disclosure, but an approach of adequate disclosure to present the
>> nature of work and main income sources of the organisation. The
>> submission passed through without any further interrogation, let
>> alone to the extent that Human Rights in China's submission is being
>> examined.
>>
>> Clearly the Human Rights in China application has been singled out
>> for particular and microscopic attention for political reasons.
>>
>> I think it would be appropriate to formulate a statement noting that
>> the level of interrogation of this 'file' is not in proportion to
>> that afforded to other 'files'.
>>
>> Tracey Naughton
>>
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