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Advisory Council Summary

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	Aitzaz Ahsan is one of the leading constitutional, commercial, corporate and human rights attorneys in Pakistan.		Beate Arnestad is a Norwegian film maker.
	Lakhdar Brahimi is former Foreign Minister of Algeria, Ambassador and international diplomat		Brahma Chellaney is Professor of Strategic Studies at the Centre for Policy Research
	Adele Barker Adele Barker is Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.		Damien Kingsbury Professor Damien Kingsbury holds a Personal Chair in the School of International and Political Studies at Deakin University
	Basil Fernando is the Executive Director of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)		Noam Chomsky is a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, political activist, author and lecturer
	Charles Glass is an Author, journalist, and broadcaster specialising in the Middle East		Michael Grodin is an internationally renowned medical specialist in the relationship of health & human rights.
	Bruce Haigh is a former Australian diplomat		Carolyn Hayman OBE* is a specialist in conflict resolution and peace-making and has direct experience of building coalitions for peace in Sudan
	Bianca Jagger has worked as a human rights advocate for over thirty years, campaigning in defence of human rights, civil liberties, peace, social justice and environmental protection		Antony Loewenstein is an independent freelance journalist, author and blogger
	Jake Lynch is Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney		Chibli Mallat is Presidential Professor of Law and Professor of Middle Eastern Law and Politics at the University of Utah
	Rajan Menon is an American foreign policy specialist		Edward Mortimer CMG* is Senior Vice-President and Chief Programme Officer at the Salzburg Global Seminar and chair of the Advisory Council
	Craig Scott* is Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School (York University, Toronto)		Teesta Setalvad is a renowned journalist and human rights activist based in Mumbai
	Roma Tearne is a Sri Lankan born writer and artist living in Britain		Stuart Rees is Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation (founder of the Sydney Peace Prize) at the University of Sydney, Australia.