Patrons and the Support Committee

The Support Committee is under the patronage of:

• Ken Coates (†) Chairman of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, UK
• Nurit Peled Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2001, Israel
• Leila Shahid General Delegate of Palestine to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg, Palestine

Members of the Support Committee

• Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, Medical Doctor and Author, Palestine
  
• Gilbert Achcar Professor, UK
• Tariq Ali Writer, UK
• Henri Alleg Journalist, France
• Martin Almada Lawyer, Writer, Right Livelihood Award 2002, Paraguay
• Kader Asmal Professor, Former Minister, MP, South Africa
• Alaa Al Aswany Writer, Egypt
• Raymond Aubrac (†) – and Lucie Aubrac (†) – Former Members of the French Resistance, France
• Agnès B Fashion Designer, France
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali Former Secretary General of the United Nations, Egypt
• Ahmed Ben Bella (†) First President, Algeria
• Saleh Bakri Actor, Palestine
• Etienne Balibar Professor Emeritus, France
• Anna Balletbò President of Fundació Internacional Olof Palme, Spain
• Russell Banks Writer, USA
• Mohammed Bedjaoui Former President of the International Court of Justice (The Hague), Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Algeria
• Harry Belafonte, American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist
• Tony Benn Peace activist, UK
• Amar Bentoumi President Emeritus of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, Algeria
• John Berger Writer, UK
• Karl Blecha Former Minister of Interior of Austria, Austria
• Juan Diego Botto Actor, Argentina
• Howard Brenton Writer, UK
• Breyten Breytenbach Author, France-South Africa
• Carmel Budiardjo Right Livelihood Award 1995, UK
• Judith Butler Professor, USA
• Eric Cantona Actor and Film producer, France
• Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaragua
• Franco Cavalli Former President of International Union Against Cancer, Switzerland
• Monique Chemillier-Gendreau Professor Emeritus, France
• Manu Chao, French singer and composer of Spanish descent
• Noam Chomsky Professor MIT, USA
• Ramsey Clark former US Attorney General
• Vincenzo Consolo Writer, Italy
• Julie Christie Actress, UK
• Jonathan Cook Writer, Journalist, UK
• Georges Corm Writer, Former Minister of Finance, Lebanon
• Mairead Corrigan Maguire Nobel Peace Prize 1976, Northern Ireland
• Raymond Deane Composer and author, Ireland
• John Dugard Former Special Rapporteur of UN on Palestine, South Africa
• Geraud de Geouffre de la Pradelle Professor Emeritus, France
• Andy de la Tour Actor/Screenwriter, UK
• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Writer, USA
• Salim El Hoss Former Prime Minister, Lebanon
• Sonallah Ibrahim Elorfally Writer, Egypt
• Miguel Angel Estrella Pianist, Former Ambassador to UNESCO, Argentina
• Irene Fernandez Right Livelihood Award 2005, Malaysia
• · Jean-Pierre Filiu French scholar specialized in contemporary Islam, Professor at Sciences Po Paris
• Norman Finkelstein Writer, USA
• Cees Flinterman Director of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Netherlands
• Eduardo Galeano Writer, Uruguay
• Johan Galtung Founder and co-director of Transcend, Right Livelihood Award 1987, Norway
• Costa Gavras Film director, France
• Susan George Writer, France
• Neve Gordon Political Scientist, Israel
• Juan Goytisolo Writer, Spain
• Trevor Griffiths Writer, UK
• Juan Guzman Tapia Judge, Chile
• Gisele Halimi Lawyer, Former Ambassador to UNESCO, France
• Denis Halliday Former UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, Ireland
• Jeff Halper Coordinator of ICAHD, Israel
• Mohammed Harbi Historian, Algeria
• Eric Hazan Writer, France
• Chris Hedges Journalist, Author and War Correspondent, USA
• Stephane Hessel French Ambassador, France
• François Houtart Professor Emeritus, Belgium
• Nouri Abdel Razzaql Hussein Secretary General of Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organisation, Egypt
• Albert Jacquard Professor, France
• Hina Jilani Lawyer and human rights activist, Pakistan
• Alain Joxe Director of Studies at the EHESS, France
• Hatim Kanaaneh Author, Palestine
• Milan Ku-can Former President, Slovenia
• Ghada Karmi Professor and author, Palestine
• Ronald Kasrils writer and activist, South Africa
• Assaf Kfoury Professor, USA
• Naomi Klein Writer, USA
• Ken Livingstone Politician and former Mayor of London, UK
• Erwin Lanc Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Austria
• Felicia Langer Lawyer, Writer, Right Livelihood Award 1990, Germany
• Paul Laverty Screenwriter, UK
• Mike Leigh Filmmaker, UK
• Ken Loach Filmmaker, UK
• Donal Lunny Folk and Traditional Musician, Ireland
• Alice Mahon Former Member of Parliament, UK
• Henning Mankell Writer, Sweden
• Miriam Margolyes Actress, UK
• José Antonio Martín Pallín Emeritus Juge, Chamber II, Supreme Court, Spain
• Nur Masalha Director of the centre for Religion and History, Palestine
• François Maspero Writer, France
• Gustave Massiah Chairman of CRID, France
• Avi Mograbi Filmmaker, Israel
• Luisa Morgantini Activist, Italy
• Peter Mullan Filmmaker and actor, UK
• Karma Nabulsi Academic and author, Palestine
• Radhia Nasraoui Human Rights Lawyer, Tunisia
• Susie Orbach Professor, UK
• Willibald Pahr Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Austria
• Ilan Pappe Professor, Israel
• Simone Paris de Bollardière Movement for Non-violence Alternative, France
• Norman Paech Former German MP, Germany
• Tamar Pelleg-Sryck Human Rights Lawyer, Israel
• Adolfo Péres Esquivel Nobel Peace Prize 1980, Argentina
• Arthur Pestana “Pepetela” Writer, Angola
• Jeremy Pikser Writer, USA
• John Pilger Journalist, author, film maker, Australia
• Harold Pinter (†) Writer, Nobel Prize in Literature 2005, UK
• Majid Rahnema Writer, former member of Unesco’s executive board, Iran
• François Rigaux Professor Emeritus, Belgium
• Jacqueline Rose Professor, UK
• Eric Rouleau Writer, Former Ambassador, France
• François Roux Lawyer, France
• Jean Salmon Professor Emeritus, ULB, Belgium
• Elias Sanbar Writer, Palestine
• José Saramago (†) Nobel Prize Literature 1998, Portugal
• Aharon Shabtai, Poet, Israel
• Jitendra Sharma Lawyer, President of International Association of Democratic Lawyers, India
• Cindy Sheehan Peace activist and author, USA
• Juliet Stevenson Actress, UK
• Raji Surani Vice-President Of the FIDHs, Palestine
• Vandana Shiva Right Livelihood Award 1993, India
• Sulak Sivaraksa Professor, Right Livelihood Award 1995, Thailand
• Ahdaf Soueif Writer, UK
• Philippe Texier Magistrate and Member of the UN Human Rights Committee, France
• Nguyên Thi Bình Former Vice-President, Vietnam
• Gerard Toulouse Physicist, France
• Sir Brian Urquhart Former Undersecretary-General of the United Nations, UK
• Puthan Veetil Rajagopal President of Ekta parishad, India
• Heikelina Verrijn Stuart Lawyer and Philosopher of Law, Holland
• Itala Vivan Professor, Italy
• Peter Mullan Playwright/Screenwriter, USA
• Michel Warschawski Activist, Israel
• Alice Walker Author and Poet, USA
• Francisco Whitaker Right Livelihood Award 2006, Brazil
• Betty Williams Nobel Peace Prize 1976, Northern Ireland
• Jody Williams Nobel Peace Prize 1997, USA
• Jean Ziegler Sociologist, Switzerland
• Howard Zinn (†) Author, USA
• Zebda Music group, France.
• Andreas Van Agt Former Prime Minister, Netherlands