Marou Amadou Minister of Justice, Niger Bakhtiar Amin former Minister of Human Rights, Iraq Armando Armas Founding member of Voluntad Popular, Venezuela Norman Baker former Home Office Minister, United Kingdom Ingrid Betancourt Senator, writer, human rights activist André Gattolin Senator, France Sid Ahmed Ghozali former Prime Minister, Algeria Michel Korinman Professor emeritus at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV, France Lord Steel of Aikwood former Leader of the Liberal Party, United Kingdom Louis Michel MEP, Former European Commissioner and Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Belgium Sam Rainsy Leader in exile of the democratic opposition, Cambodia Paul Strauss Senator, Washington D.C. U.S.A. Najima Thay Thay Rhozali former Secretary of State for Literacy and non-formal Education, Morocco Vo Van Ai Founder and President of Quê Me: Action for Democracy, Vietnam Thubten Wangchen Monk, Member of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile Jianli Yang President of “Initiatives for China”, China Elena Kostioukovitch Essayist, literary translator Russia Roberto Rampi former Senator Italy