Inter-Governmental Regional Conference on Democracy, Human rights and the Role of the International Criminal Court

Republic of Austria

Government Delegation
 
Ambassador Hans Winkler
Director General for International Law Affairs
Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Belgium

Mr. Patrick Deboeck
Deputy Head of Mission - Embassy of Belgium in Riyadh

Canada

Governmental Delegation
 
Ambassador John Holmes
Ambassador
Canadian Embassy in Jordan
 
Ambassador Roderick Bell
Ambassador
Canadian Embassy in Saudi Arabia
 
Mr Abdul Malik Zabarah
Honorary Consular of Canada in Yemen
 
Ms Emily King
Third Secretary , Political Affairs
Canadian Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 
Ms Vera Nicholas-Gervais
Political and Trade Relations (Bahrain and Yemen )
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
 
Civil Society and Individual Experts
 
Mr Fouad Gohery
Canada Fund Coordinator
 
Ms Kathleen Mahoney
Chair
Rights and Democracy
 
Mr Jean-Louis Roy
President
Rights and Democracy

Republic of Chile

Governmental Delegation
 
Ambassador Alberto Van Klaveren
President in the office of the Convening Group of the Community of Democracies
Embassy of the Republic of Chile in Belgium

Czech Republic

Governmental Delegation
 
Mr Pavel Vosalik
Vice Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Mr Karel HEJC
Undersecretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Mr Vaclav Matousek
Czech Ambassador to Yemen

Denmark

Governmental Delegation
 
Mr Kresten Kruse Due
Minister Consellor and Deputy Head of Mission
Royal Danish Embassy – Riyadh
 
Mr Lars Adam Rehof
Senior Advisor
Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Republic of Finland

Governmental Delegation
 
H.E. Heikki Puurunen
Ambassador
Finland Embassy in Riyadh Saudi Arabia

France

Governmental Delegation
 
Amb. Gabriel Keller
Under Secretary of State for Human Rights
 
Amb. Alain Moureau
Ambassador
French Embassy
 
Mr Oliver Barrat
Legal Counselor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Mr Claude Berengier
Attache
French Embassy
 
Mr Alain Joly
Counselor
French Embassy
 
Civil Society and Individual Experts
 
Professor Monsieur Denis Bauchard
President
Institute du Monde Arabe
 
Mr Nasser EL Ansary
Directeur General
Institute du Monde Arabe
 
Ms Jeanne Sulzer
Legal adviser, International Justice Department
Federation International des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme
 
Mr Jean Lambert
Director
French Center for Social Science

Germany

Governmental Delegation
 
H.E. Kerstin Muller
Minister of State
Federal Foreign Office
Berlin, Germany
 
Mr Frank Marcus Mann
Ambassador
German Embassy in Yemen
 
Mr Hans-Werner Bussmann
Commissioner for the ICC
Federal Foreign Office
 
Ms Gudrun Isphording
Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission
German Embassy in Yemen
 
Mr Tobias Tunkel
First Secretary, Head of Legal Section
German Embassy in Yemen
 
Ms. Ulrike Rheinhardt
Head of Yemen and Gulf Section
Federal Foreign Office
 
Ms Annette Ludwig
Private Secretary to the State Minister
Federal Foreign Office
 
Ms Anne Rubesame
Legal Adviser to the delegation and the organizers
 
Parliamentary Delegation
 
Ms Antje Hermenau
Member
Parliament of Germany
 
Civil Society and Individual Experts
 
Mr Ahmed Ali AlYamani
Project Office Manager
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

Hellenic Republic

Governmental Delegation
 
Ms Phani Dascalopulou-Livada
Legal Adviser and head of Section of Public International Law
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Mr George Dogoritis
Minister Consellor, Head of the General Counsulate of Greece in Jeddah

Hungary

Governmental Delegation
 
Dr. Tybore Satamari
Charge D'Affaires
Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Yemen

Ireland

Governmental Delegation
 
H.E. Conor Murphy
Ambassador of Ireland to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 
Mr James W. Kingston
Deputy Legal Adviser
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Mr Brendan McMahon
Assistant Legal Adviser
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Italy

Governmental Delegation
 
H.E. Alfredo Mantica
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
 
H.E. Giacomo Sanfelice di Monteforte
Italian Ambassador to Yemen
 
Mr Claudio Bisogniero
Deputy Director General for Multilateral, Political Affairs and Human Rights
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
 
Mr Gian Michele De Maio
Private Assistant to Senator Mantica

Kingdom of Netherlands

Governmental Delegation
 
Mr Edmond H. Wellenstein
Director-General ,  International Criminal Court Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
H.E. Bert J. Ronhaar
Ambassador
Ambassador to Yemen, Royal Netherlands Embassy
 
Mr Yvette Soraya
Advisor for Islamic World
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Mrs Désirée Bonis
Head of Peace Building and Governance Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Mr Sander H.H Janssen
Second secretary
Royal Netherlands Embassy

Poland

Governmental Delegation
 
H.E. Jakub Wolski
Vice Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Ambasador Tadeusz Strojwas
Ambassador of Poland in Yemen
 
Mr Andrzej Misztal
Deputy Director of Legal Dept.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 Romania

Governmental Delegation
 
H.E. Dan Mihai Barliba
Ambassador of Romania to Saudi Arabia

 Russia

Governmental Delegation
 
H.E. Mr Alexander Zasypkin
Ambassador
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Mr Lev Voloshin
Minister Plenipotenciary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Mr Oleg Mironov
Human Rights Commissioner of Russian Federation
 
Ms. Ella Pamifiluvna
Human Rights Committee Representative
 
Mr Leonid Syukiyaynen
Professor State and Law Institute in the Russian Science Academy
 
Ms. Diana Eloeva
Third Secretary
Ministry of Foreig Affairs
 
Mr Rashid Feyzukhanov
Assistant
Human Rights Commissioner of Russian Federation

 Kingdom of Spain

Governmental Delegation
 
Ms Maria Jose Garcia Beato
Under-Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
 
H.E. Ramon Ansoain
Ambassador
Embassy of Spain in Yemen
 
H.E. Juan-Antonio Yanez-Barnuevo
Ambassador
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Mr Felix Fernandez-Shaw
General-Director of the Legislative Policy and International Legal Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Dr. Guillemo Ardizone
Vice-Director of Foreign Policy for the Middle East
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Civil Society and Individual Experts
 
Mr Jose - Luis Herrero
Director General
Fride - Fundacion Para Las Relaciones Internationales y el  Dialogo Exterior

Swiss Confederation

Governmental Delegation
 
Ambassador Blaise Godet
Head of Political Affairs
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland

Governmental Delegation
 
Rt. Hon. Lord Goldsmith
HM Attorney General
London, United Kingdom
 
HE Frances Guy
Ambassador to Yemen
 
Ms Cathy Adams
Legal Advisor
Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers
 
Mr Anthony McDermott
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
 
Mr Patrick Tobin
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Parliamentary Delegation
 
Mr Keith Vaz
Member of Parliament, Chairman of the British-Yemen Parliamentary Group at the British Parliament
 
Mr Tony Colman
Member
British Parliament
 
Civil Society and Individual Experts
 
Dr Hussein Assad Ahmed Hassan
Dean and Fellow In Law
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
 
Mr Kevin Boyle
Essex University
London
 
Mr Abdelwahab El-Affendi
Centre for the Study of Democracy
University of Westminster
 
Mr David French
Chief Executive
Westminster Foundation for Democracy
 
Dr Nadim Shehadi
Director
Centre for the Lebanese Studies
 
Mr Mohamed Al-Hashemi Al- Hamdi
Editor in Chief
Al-Mustakilah Newspaper
 
Mrs Henrietta McMillian-Scott
Human Rights Lawyer
 
Dr Ghanim Jawad
Head of Culture and Human Rights
Al Khoei Foundation
 
Mr Chris Doyle
Director
Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding
 
Mr Khair Allah Khair Allah
Writer and political Analyist

United States

Governmental Delegation
 
Amb. Edmund j. Hull
Ambassador
US Embassy Yemen
 
Mr Alan G. Misenheimer
Deputy Chief of Mission
US Embassy Yemen
 
Ms. Catherine Westley
Deputy Chief P/E Section
US Embassy Yemen
 
Civil Society and Individual Experts
 
Mr Raymond Shonholtz
President
Partners for Democratic Change
 
Ambassador Harriett C. Babbitt
Member of Board of Dir.
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
 
Dr John Duke Anthony
Chairman
The National Council on US - Arab Relations
Washington
 
Ms Judith Kipper
Director
Centre for Strategic and International Studies
Washington
 
Mr Joydeep Sengupta
Outreach Liaison
Coalition for the International Criminal Court
 
Mr Robin Madrid
Director
National Democratic Institute