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PRESS ADVISORY
(November 2000)
1. We are expecting more than 450 overseas participants for the Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal, including media, and over 60 participants for the International Public Hearing on Crimes Against Women in Recent Wars and Conflicts. The following tables show participants for the Tribunal.a. Survivors: Total 78
Country
Korea
North Korea
China
Taiwan
Philippines
Indonesia
East Timor
The Netherlands*
Number
31
2
9
15
14
4
2
1
*Currently Australian resident
b. Participants from participating victimized countries (including survivors): Total 364
Country
Korea
North Korea
China
Taiwan
Philippines
Indonesia
East Timor
The Netherlands*
Number
223
10
32
50
32
10
5
2
*Currently Australian resident
c. General participants from overseas (and counting):
Asia Pacific: Thailand, 3; Cambodia, 1; Malaysia, 1; East Timor, 2; Jordan, 1; Azerbaijan, 1; Uzbekistan, 2.Australia, 2
Africa: South Africa, 2; Tanzania, 1; Kenya, 1;
Europe: Germany, 8; Sweden, 1; Austria, 1; Switzerland, 2; Ukraine, 1; Former-Yugoslavia, 1; Bosnia, 1
America: USA, 18; Canada, 2.
2. VIPs
We are expecting the following VIPs to come and have received word that many more internationally well-known persons are preparing to join the Tribunal.
Congresswomen:
Lee Mi Kyung (Korea)
Takako Doi, Kiyomi Tsujimoto, Masako Owaki, Mizuho Fukushima, Tomoko Abe, Renko Kitagawa, Keiko Yamauchi (Japan)
Legal Advisors:
Theo Van Boven, Netherlands (Maastricht University)
Rhonda Copellon, USA (City University of New York)
Betty Murungi, Kenya (Federation of Women's Lawyers)
International Advisory Committee:
Edna Aquino, Philippine, (Amnesty International)
Ariane Brunet, Canada (International Center for Women’s Human Rights and Democratic Development)
Charlotte Bunch, USA (Center for Women’s Global Leadership)
Eugenia Piza Lopez, Mexico/England (International Alert)
Marieme Helie Lucas, Algeria/France (Women Living Under Muslim Laws)
Lepa Mladjenovic, Former-Yugoslavia (Autonomous Women’s Center Against Sexual Violence)
Vahida Nainar, India (Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice)
Julie Shaw, USA (Urgent Action Fund)
Felicity Hill, Australia/USA (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom)
Regan Ralph, USA (Human Rights Watch)
Experts:
Fritz Kalshoven, Netherlands (Leiden University)
Gay McDougall, USA (UN Special Raporteur on Systematic rape, sexual slavery and slavery-like practices during armed conflict)
Akira Yamada, Japan (Meiji University)
Hirofumi Hayashi, Japan (Kanto Gakuin University)
Lepa Mladjenovic, Former-Yugoslavia (Autonomous Women’s Center Against Sexual Violence)
Yoshiaki Yoshimi, Japan (Chuo University)
Yuki Fujime, Japan (Kansai Gaigo University)
Rhadika Comaraswamy, Sri Lanka (UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women) for the International Public Hearing on December 12, 2000
3. The events of the Tribunal will be internet-broadcasted. The broadcast will be accessible through the homepage of VAWW-NET Japan at www.jca.apc.org/vaww-net-japan. A digest edition of the broadcast will be accessible for a month after the Tribunal takes place.
4. The time schedule of the demonstration announced to take place on November 29, 2000 by the pervious press release has been changed as shown below.
13:00 - Lobbying to the public offices.
18:00 - Meeting for the Tribunal at Kinro-Fukushi Kaikan, Shibuya, Tel 03-3426-2511
19:30 - Demonstrating in Shibuya
5. Demonstration in Germany
Japanese women living in Germany are going to have a press conference on November 21, 2000 at 11am in the Bank of Socialekonomie (Oranienburger Str. 13/14, 10117 Berlin) to show their supports for the Tribunal. Speakers will include Dr. Monika Hauser, (Media Mondiale), Ms. Irmgart Muenzer (Projektgroup Womenstribunal 2000 of the ecumenical center of the protestant church of Hessen and Nassau), a member of the Korean Womens group Germany, and a member of the Japanese Womensinsiativ Berlin. Following to the press conference will be a demonstration in front of the Japanese embassy in Berlin on November 22, 2000 at 2p.
Issued by VAWW-NET Japan
Contact: Matsumoto/Hara
Fax 03 5337 4088,
Email vaww-net-japan@jca.apc.org
URL www.jca.apc.org/vaww-net-japan