A highly respected human rights and development consultant and champion, the Rt Hon. Lord Frank Judd of Portsea has been a member of the House of Lords, UK, since 1991. He was a member of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Council of Europe where, until 2003, he was Rapporteur on the conflict in Chechnya. From 1966-79, Lord Judd was a Member of Parliament for Portsmouth, serving consecutively as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence, Minister for Overseas Development, and Minister of State at the Foreign Commonwealth Office. He was Director of Voluntary Service Overseas from 1980-85 and Director of Oxfam from 1985-91. Currently he is a member of the Joint Committee (Lords and Commons) on Human Rights and of the Ecclesiastical Committee in the House of Lords; a trustee of the Ruskin Foundation and of Saferworld (an independent think tank on international security matters); a governor of the London School of Economics and Political Science; a member of Court of Lancaster University and of the University of Newcastle; and President of YMCA England. He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law at Greenwich University and Honorary Doctorates of Literature at Bradford and Portsmouth Universities, and is Freeman of the City of Portsmouth.
Harriet Mayor Fulbright has spent the majority of her adult life in the fields of education and the arts. From 1997 until 2000 she was the Executive Director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, whose mission is to encourage partnerships between the public and private sectors in order to enhance cultural life in America. Prior to this position she served as “Unofficial Ambassador” for the 50th anniversary of the Fulbright Program and in that capacity she traveled to numerous countries on all five major continents and all over the United States to speak about the importance of international education exchange and the pivotal role played by the Fulbright Program. Other positions she has held include: Assistant Director of the Congressional Arts Caucus; Executive Secretary of the International Congress of Art Historians at the National Gallery’s Center for the Advanced Study in the Arts; Executive Director of the Fulbright Association; and President of the Center for Arts in the Basic Curriculum. In addition, Ms. Fulbright has taught in Korea, Moscow, and the U.S., and lectures throughout the world. She has a BA from Radcliffe College and an MFA from the George Washington University, as well as Honorary Degrees: a Doctorate in Law from the University of Scranton, and Doctorates in Humane Letters from Long Island University and from the Bank Street College of Education. Panama presented her with its highest civilian award – El Orden de Manuel Amador Guerrero - and the Republic of Hungary gave her a similar honor – the Middle Cross of the Order of Merit. Ms. Fulbright serves on a number of boards, including the Wendy and Emory Reves Center for International Studies, the International Child Arts Foundation, and the International Institute of Leadership and Public Affairs where she is chairman; the Academy of Educational Development and the National Foreign Language Center.
Saisuree Chutikul has worked tirelessly throughout her career as a champion of women’s and children’s rights. She is Member, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and was Member of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women from 1989-2000. In Thailand, she currently serves as Member, National Commission on Women’s Affairs; Member, National Youth Commission; Member, National Education Commission; Chairperson, Committee on Eradication of Trafficking in Children and Women; Chairperson, Task Force on Revision of Laws related to the Rights of the Child; Adviser, National Committee on the Rights of the Child; Chairperson, Committee on National Review of the Plan of Action of the World Summit for Children; Member, National Committee on Drafting the National Policy and Plan of Action on Human Rights for Thailand (responsible for chapters on children’s rights, women’s rights and human rights education); and Chair, Board of Trustees of Payap University. When she served as Cabinet Minister responsible for children, youth, women, education and social development (1991-1992) and as Senator and chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Women, Children and Youth and the Elderly (1996-2000), Saisuree Chutikul initiated changes in many laws and regulations for the benefit of women and children.
One of India’s most celebrated film directors, Aparna Sen is the daughter of renowned film historian, critic and filmmaker, Chidananda Dasgupta. Her directorial debut in 1981 was an English film, 36 Chowringhee Lane, which she also wrote. The film won the Golden Eagle (the Grand Prize) at the Manila International Film Festival and the Golden Lotus for Best Direction at the National Awards in India. Her directorial work includes such memorable films as Sati, Paroma, Picnic, Ugant, Paromita’r Ek Din, and her latest film, Mr and Mrs Iyer. Mr and Mrs Iyer, which stars her daughter, Konkona Sen Sharma, and Rahul Bose, won several national and international awards and has been showcased in innumerable film festivals all over the world. Retrospectives of Aparna’s films have been held in London, Munich, and at Nandan in Kolkata. Aparna Sen is also one of India’s finest actors. The celebrated Satyajit Ray introduced her in his film Samapti. She has since acted in several films and won several awards and accolades. She has served on juries at many international film festivals and is the editor of Sananda, a major Bengali magazine. Aparna has been honoured with some of India’s most prestigious awards, including the Padmashree Award for Contribution to Cinema by the President of India, and the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award.
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