Roundtable Lunch: Achieving Collective Democratic Gains in the Buildup to the Third Summit for Democracy

Monday May 15

13:05 –

14:30

This roundtable is organized in collaboration with the Global Democracy Coalition. Learn more here: https://globaldemocracycoalition.org/

Elisenda Ballesté Buxó (Moderator)

Project Coordinator, Global Democracy Coalition

Kevin Casas-Zamora

Secretary-General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Hardy Merriman

President, The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC)

Nicole Bibbins Sedaca

Executive Vice President, Freedom House

Leopoldo Lopez

National Coordinator of Voluntad Popular for Freedom Activist and Co-founder of the World Liberty Congress

Christopher Le Mon

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S Department of State

Nathan Law

Democracy activist, frm. Member of Parliament, Hong Kong

Jorge Jraissati

Freedom Advocate and Director for Alumni for Liberty

Veronica Tsepkalo

Chair, Belarus Women's Foundation

Peter Søndergaard

Director of Programmes, European Endowment for Democracy

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