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Mr Muto Ichiyo is well known in Japan as a scholar of contemporary Japanese politics and society, and for his involvement in peace movements and people’s movements. He was a prominent member of the 1960s anti-Vietnam War movement Beiheiren. In 1973 with others established the Pacific Asia Resources Centre, and in 1998 he was a founder of the People’s Plan Research Centre, of which he is currently co-representative. He has been a lecturer at New York State University, Binghampton. His publications include Seijiteki sozoryoku no fukken (The Re-establishment of the Political Imagination, 1998) and "Sengo Nihon kokka" no mondai (The Problem of the "Post-war Japanese State", 1999).
Mr Park Won-Soon has been involved in legal support activities for political prisoners and in the 1980s made a great contribution to the democratization movement in Korea. The PSPD, which Mr Park Won-Soon helped form in 1994, monitors power abuse or corruption, presents alternative policies, and encourages social participation by the people. In 2000, Mr Park Won-Soon acted as representative of the "Citizens’ Alliance for the 2000 General Election" in the nationwide campaign for a fair election.
Professor Roland Simbulan has been teaching full-time at the University of the Philippines in Manila for the past 20 years (1981-2001). He is currently Full Professor in Development Studies at the Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, U.P. Manila, Chair of the Board of Directors, Ibon Databank & Research Center, and a Senior Political Consultant to the Philippine Senate, Congress of the Republic of the Philippines. His publications include The Bases of Our Insecurity (1983,1985, 1987); A Guide to Nuclear Philippines(1989); Struggle for an Independent Philippine Foreign Policy(1991, 1995). He also acts as Editor in Chief, Yonip.com (a Philippine peace website specializing in sovereignty issues, Philippine-U.S. relations, Philippine foreign policy, defense & security issues and the impact of globalization policies on the Filipino people).
Professor Sugita Atsushi teaches and researches in the Faculty of Law at Hosei University. He is well known for his writings on political thought and constitutional issues in Japan. His publications include Kenryoku no Keifugaku (The Genealogy of Power) (1998) and Kenryoko (Power) (2000).
Ms Bivitri Susanti is a legal researcher working in a non-governmental organisation focusing in public interest research, namely the Centre for Indonesian Law and Policy Studies (PSHK). She is the Head of Constitutional Law Division in PSHK and an active member of the Non-Governmental Organisation Coalition for New Constitution. She has been taking part in most of the research conducted by PSHK as well as that organised by other institutions. She conducted public advocacy activities on the issues of a new constitution, bicameral parliament, a Bill on foundations (charity organisations), and direct presidential election.
Professor Brij Tankha is an Indian scholar of the history of modern Japanese thought. At present he is professor at . Amongst other things, he is known for his work on the Japanese nationalist thinker Kita Ikki.
Mr Ramdas Tikamdas is an Advocate & Solicitor and is also a qualified Mediator with the Nationwide Mediation Academy, UK/USA. He has been involved in the civil society movement in human rights and consumerism for many years. He is the President of the National Human Rights Society (HAKAM). He is also the Legal Advisor of the Federation of Malaysia Consumers Association (FOMCA) and Advisor of Education And Research Association For Consumers, Malaysia (ERA Consumer). He is also the co-editor of the book "Human Rights and the National Commission" and has written many articles on human rights in various publications.
Professor George Williams is the Anthony Mason Professor and Director of the Gilbert & Tobin Centre of Public Law at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales. He has held visiting positions as the Laskin Professor of Public Law at Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto and as Visiting Scholar at the Human Rights Institute, Columbia University Law School, New York. George is the author of books including A Bill of Rights for Australia (UNSW Press, 2000), Human Rights Under the Australian Constitution (OUP, 1999) and Australian Constitutional Law and Theory: Commentary and Materials (Federation Press, 3rd ed 2002, with Tony Blackshield), and is an editor of the Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia (OUP, 2001, with Michael Coper and Tony Blackshield). George also practises as a barrister and has appeared in High Court cases that have raised issues such as freedom of communication, freedom from racial discrimination and the separation of powers. In 2000 he appeared in the High Court of Fiji and in 2001 in the Court of Appeal of Fiji (with Geoffrey Robertson QC) in the matter of Fiji v Prasad, in which the legality of the 1997 Fijian Constitution was upheld. He has been employed as a consultant by organisations including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ATSIC and the Federal Parliament.