2009年2月8日 星期日

「台灣民眾贊助支持全球漢生病隔離史蹟共同登錄世界遺產」之全民運動方式

《台灣與全球連結---國際理想、世界一家協力計劃》【募款信】
「2009台灣,全球漢生病人權保障與歷史紀念世界遺產保存登錄策略—國際工作坊及學術研討會」
經費募集中…因為您的贊助,促成樂生院與全球漢生病歷史紀念公衛世界遺產共同保存登錄…..。
若您長期關心樂生院,請不要錯過參與這次深具意義的活動
我們將募集至少一百位贊助者,盼涓滴匯流,眾志成城
一起寫下這頁世界漢生人權史,最感人美麗的篇章
各位朋友:

漢生病人在全世界被大規模隔離邊境,流放孤島的歷史,源於十九世紀末興起的帝國主義殖民地醫療公衛錯誤管理政策,根據WHO相關資訊得知,造成世界各地有數十萬病友以及家屬因此終生「以院/島」作家或流放邊境墾殖與世隔絕,並受到許多非人道對待,這種集中迫害病人異己的型態甚至更早於已列為世界遺產的波蘭納粹「奧許維斯猶太集中營」,相當不人道。禍延百年至今,是二戰後至今為決的重要人權侵害事件,世界人權組織紛起呼籲:你我不該漠視世界歷史如此黑暗的一頁。

晚近幾十年,在全世界也曾發生類似樂生院內漢生病友因為經濟開發,被迫驅離之事,而引發國際組織紛紛持續關切抗議,最終呼籲各國立法保障人權,居住權,保存史蹟見證無道歷史以留予後世反省誌念。經各界奔走多年,美國、韓國早已將隔離島設立國家公園以紀念這段歷史,保障人權。此外日本、菲律賓、巴西、挪威近年來也紛紛設立博物館記錄歷史。去年馬來西亞毛糯病院抵抗拆除運動,前週捎來佳音,已被成功被列入國家歷史保存項目,風行草偃另人相當振奮與安慰。

世界潮流驅向保存史蹟,台灣衛生署、台北捷運工程局及北縣文化局卻將於今年三月底前,(未作任何拆遷重組及世遺申報評估)卻急著粗暴地再持續拆除9棟樂生院區古蹟,擺明圖利捷運公司趕工,破壞歷史遺址完整全貌之事,已經引發各國關切。

國際愛地芽總會也因此呼籲聯合國及各地相關NGOs能於今年三月前來台灣關切樂生院民晚年人權及院區史蹟保存問題,並協助促成三月由本會(IDEA Taiwan分會)/樂生保留自救會主辦,台灣歷史資源協會,台大城鄉所及OURS專業者改革組織,崔媽媽基金會等協辦,在台北舉辦的「全球漢生病人權保障與歷史紀念世界遺產保存登錄策略—國際工作坊及學術研討會」,本次會議將邀集各國的工作者進行人權、醫療、與家屬關係等項目的經驗交流,並且探討未來串連全球「共同申請世界文化遺產」的可能性,活動相當具有意義。

目前已有美國、日本、韓國、亞塞拜然、馬來西亞、關島、挪威、巴西、中國、夏威夷等國二十幾位代表表明前來參加會議。曾擔任聯合國教科文組織顧問的西村幸夫先生也將出席本會議,針對「國際串連推動漢生人權地景入世界文化遺產」事項給予技術指導。

本工作坊希望能夠達到兩目標:
一、建立各國漢生人權處境的經驗交流國際聯繫網。
二、針對全球漢生病世界文化遺產的推動提出聯合宣言,並具體擬定國際聯合推動計畫。

由於來參加會議的多為多年來堅困求存、持續不卸的各國漢生病人權NOGS組織者,在經費拮拘下若希望來台與會多有困難,但本次會議相當有意義,多所期待參與。因此目前由IDEA Taiwan在台協助募款,須要募集約五十萬元機票費。因此台大劉可強教授率先贊助一萬元,並倡導以發起「台灣民眾贊助支持全球漢生病隔離史蹟共同登錄世界遺產」之全民運動方式,向長期關心樂生院人權史蹟的各位師長與朋友尋求贊助 (小額捐款無妨) 盼涓滴匯流,一起襄助經費拮拘組織者之機票,協助順利來台。活動由於由台灣發起,您的贊助將有機會促成未來全球漢生世界遺產指定,若能有成,也能略表台灣善盡國際公民之責,拓展國民外交網絡,增進台灣國際形象,意義非凡。

聯絡我們:國際大會聯絡處 idea.taiwan@gmail.com
募款聯絡人:是否請馨文擔任是最佳人選。

贊助項目

國際講者交通津貼 人(4天) 15 40000 600000 實支實銷
國際講者食宿津貼 人(4天) 15 10000 150000 實支實銷

贊助本次國際大會,敬請劃撥

• 郵政劃撥帳號:50050247
• 戶名:國際愛地芽協會台灣分會
• 統一編號 45549714
• 轉帳號700(郵局代號) -0311919-0058760
• 匯款時請洽0968464099宗先生,或02-82099882李添培理事長
• 北辦地址:新莊市中正路796組合屋區C09


凡贊助超過1000元,免交參加大會報名費,並可獲得大會手冊一份。

贊助名單,我們將列於大會手冊以為誌念!
盼眾志成城,一起寫下這頁世界漢生人權史,最感人美麗的篇章….。

2009年1月18日 星期日

請苦勞轉貼:社運公佈欄

呼籲北縣府文化局末作『世界遺產殺手』,立即停止拆除樂生院古蹟。

IDEA Taiwan分會,樂生保留自救會
聯絡< idea.taiwan@gmail.com>

《全球紀念漢生病人權、歷史,世界遺產登錄策略,2009年國際工作坊暨研討會》已經確定首屆全球推動大會師,將於今年2009,3月6、7、8三天在台灣台北舉辦。這場大會的標題是《尋找被遺忘的世界:漢生病隔離病院,墾殖村,流放孤島》目地是呼籲聯合國(UNESCO)將樂生院與全球散落各國的漢生病隔離病院,墾殖村,流放孤島共同提報『世界遺產』登錄。這場大會由聯合國漢生病特別咨詢機構IDEA總會共同發起,本會承辦,許多與WHO關係密切的國際NGO’s,IDEA、、ILA、ILEP、日本財團,都將與會共商推動事宜,而樂生院人權與史蹟維護將列為他們優先監察對象。

換言之,樂生院將與全球各地漢生病上百年的隔離遺址,共同提報列入聯合國教科文組織(UNESCO)登錄的『世界遺產』,也將成為台灣首例『公共衛生世界遺產』,甚為殊榮,相當受到各界期待。屆時大會將有來自夏威夷Kalaupapa(卡魯帕帕島),南菲Robin Island(羅伯島),菲律賓(Culion),馬來西亞毛糯病院,巴西、韓國小鹿島,羅馬尼亞,日本、英國ILEP、ILA等國際代表來台,大會將對台灣社會各界開放,誠摯邀請各界與會,台灣的醫療、公衛、建築,古蹟、文化資產界的學者、教授、學生都應該來參加,因為有許多第一手的資訊,相當保貴絕不能錯過。

然而,儘管大會籌備工作已經如火如涂進行,外界也相當期待,我們在台灣的籌備小組於去年12月底在立法院內,也請林淑芬、田秋堇、鄭麗文等立委召集公聽會,要求文建會與北縣文化局曾繼田科長允諾『拆除現有施工圍離』『暫緩樂生院拆遷重組工作』,而且北縣府目前還未完成『都市計劃』及『重組計劃』,僅配合擴大內須而倉促拆除,顯然是『假保留,真拆除』將使古蹟『世界遺產』價值全失,相當不宜。

因為拆遷9棟樂生院古蹟,將可能使樂生院就因此尚失『世界遺產』指定的可能性。我們也請求立委裁示『請文建會儘速邀集建築古蹟學者,現勘研擬9棟古蹟現地保全方案』。

會後,文建會也正式發文北縣府『須待完成都市更新及重組計劃,才能拆遷』。我們原本以為保留樂生院完整全貌還有機會。我們也靜待文建會能出面把關。

而我們目前在行政館已籌設一年多的『樂生博物館,故事館』,內典藏有500萬年化石,200年古物,昭合總督府憲澤亭物品,以及進全球漢生人權運動記錄,原本也正請文建會,樂生院方出面協調另處安放當中。

沒想到上週週末,北縣府文化局竟然又私下要求承包商笙原營造廠商進場拆除樂生院行政大樓屋頂,昨天寶貴古物收藏處屋頂被掀。目前所有典藏文物將受到曝晒雨淋,後續損失將持續擴大,樂生的文物將因此蒙受重大浩劫。

去年漢生法案在立法院通過,已明定文建會著手協助古蹟保存,醫療園區規劃,文物資料典藏、記錄片建檔工作,如今各項計劃方興未艾,文建會還在規劃工作進行,然而今天北縣府卻私下要求廠商,盡速在3月9日前完成『樂生院9棟古蹟』拆除工作,真的要做作『樂生院世界遺產殺手』嗎,不能保全這項台灣重要文化資產嗎?

日前北縣文化局長李斌也封殺補助,不配合文建會籌備『樂生與全球漢生世界遺產大會』。據聞北縣文化局還要求廠商過年期間趕工,希望趕在3月9日完成拆遷,這分明就是要趁著國際人士來台前把樂生院拆光光,聯合國世界遺產專家到台灣來看時,只看到樂生全景全被破壞,世界遺產價值被完全毀滅,一堆樂生院廢墟、遺骸,是要證明台灣是比中國還沒有人權與文化的國家嗎?

這樣做,會讓台灣很丟臉,也是讓馬英九總統丟臉。試問李彬文化局長,曾繼田科長,北縣府真的要這樣做嗎?

我們的訴求:

一、 三月國際大會將要舉辦,為了保護樂生院這處台灣首例『世界文化遺產物World Heritage』我們呼籲文建會,北縣文化局,末作『世界遺產殺手』,暫緩拆除樂生院工作,盡速召集古蹟專家研擬樂生保全方案,推動世遺工作。
二、 希望發起籌組『全民巡守樂生世界遺產』部落客巡守隊,只要看到有工人拆除樂生院建築,就將照片發給部落客,公告週知。
三、 呼籲更多社會各界,加入『全球漢生世界遺產國際工作坊¬—國際志工隊』協助推動工作,守護台灣重要文化資產。


會議訊息:http://ideataiwan2009.blogspot.com/
Culion島介紹:file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/losheng/%E6%A1%8C%E9%9D%A2/imgres.htm

2009年1月15日 星期四

<招募籌備志工>樂生與國際串聯,全球漢生世界遺產推動三月來台全面開跑,有您就會成功!

2009-01-07
<招募籌備志工>樂生與國際串聯,全球漢生世界遺產推動三月來台全面開跑,有您就會成功!


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<招募籌備志工>樂生與國際串聯,全球漢生病世界遺產登錄推進工作坊三月在台舉辦。
<全球漢生世界遺產推動全面開跑,有您就會成功>
活動發起: IDEA International &IDEA Taiwan / 樂生保留自救會 / 樂生活文化聚落
預定舉辦時間:2009年3月初。
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首次活動說明會:2009/1/11(日)AM:11:00 ~13:00 樂生院內(七星舍)集合/請自備中餐
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International Workshop & Symposium for Hansen’s Disease/Leprosy Issue, March 2009, Taiwan:

International Workshop & Symposium for

Hansen’s Disease/Leprosy Issue, March 2009, Taiwan:

Ensuring the Rights of the Older Generation Affected by Hansen's Disease/Leprosy. Memorizing Human Rights, History,

Strategy for Registration of World Heritages.

I . THEMED

The Right to Home, The Right to Family, The Right to be Part of History(Strategy for Registration of World Heritages).The Role of Sdates,Medical and Social Work

II. SUMMARIZING


An international conference is being convened by the residents of Lo Sheng in Taiwan in order to promote the discussion of "Ensuring the Rights of the Older Generation of Persons Affected b

y Hansen's Disease/Leprosy throughout the World". Participants from at least 10 countries are being invited to come to Taiwan to discuss the most basic human rights of individuals around the world who were forcibly taken from home and family decades ago and are now being forced to relocate once again from the places they regard at home. The workshop will discuss ways by which some countries have creatively come up with solutions to enable the older generation to remain in the places that have become their homes. It will also discuss the importance of restoring family ties for the older generation and what is being done in some countries to bring families together after decades of separation.
Finally, the workshop will look at the importance of preserving historic sites related to the history of leprosy and how places like Lo Sheng can be promoted as important national historic monuments or world heritage sites to ensure that this most important history is preserved in Taiwan and throughout the world.

III. BACKGTOUND

Since the earlier years of last century, Hansen’s disease patients had been segregated due to Colonialism and Imperialism, such as in the United States, England, Spain, Portugal, Japan, France, and other places. At that time, some countries in order to eliminate this disease, patients were drifted away in the ocean. In the United States, patients once sent to Kalaupapa, Hawaii and Culion Islands, Philippines and these islands were turned into Leprosy Communities segregated with the rest of the countries. Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlements was built in 1930 by British Government in Malaysia. Japanese Colonial Government also built several sanatoriums in Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan and other places to segregate patients.

These segregation policies made the public in the world panic and discriminate against leprosy patience’s and their families and affected hundreds of thousands people for over a century, many people lived in stigma without human rights and dignity. This is a dark page in human history.

We discovered that some kinds of those segregation sites even more early than Nazi's concentration camp which UNESCO have designated to be the World Heritage for educating the next generations.

A fames historian, Michel. Foucault had talking about the background and symbolisms of such segregation policies for leprosy in” Madness & Civilization”. It was indicating that the global leprosy segregated sites are very important for the development of human civilization to thinking one more and more again.” What his words also indicating the history and the memory sites are very worth to be appointed to be the World Heritages.

In the 17th world leprosy congress 2008 in India, many Countries reported were engaged in cultural heritages preservation with their segregation sites for Hansen’s Disease, such as Brazil, the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Portugal etc. These segregation sites once like Nazi's concentration camp but now people there always force evictions because of the developments with economics.

From 2004 the residents who lived in Lo-Sheng Sanatorium more over one-half scenery in Taiwan, started campaign for save their Sanatorium and Appeal to human rights. One more and more times fight the force evictions from Taipei MRT Company and government, event appeal to social people and international NGOs, the ex-patients, lawyers, communions and members in IDEA all over the world to help to Protect the Sanatorium, which was built in 1930 by Japan colonial government in Taiwan.

We believed Lo-Sheng like other HD segregation sites all over the World are all worth to be appointed as World Heritages left to posterity, but unfortunately, at the end of 2008, December 3, there were almost 500 polices began to force to evict the left residents . The two sides deadlocked for 1 hour to exhaust all efforts, at the end, the left residents , about 40 elder persons, had been related to another area at the top edge of the hill slope angle, MAT company made Residents and the left 34 monuments buildings was surrounded by layers of barbed wire. This case is a serious persecution for the leprosy ex-patients, all leprosy elders’ human rights and the right of residence.

Before April,2009 It will be in urgent once again, the authorities of central and local governments remain will build MRT on our sanatorium and continue to destroyed 9 buildings, Lo-Sheng maybe will disappear at that time.

Moreover, there are also have more and more eviction cases happened in other countries with HD ex-patients all over the world, such as Sudan and Sungai Buloh, Leprosy Settlement in Malaysia from 2007.

We think just through” International Workshop & Symposium “we can appeal to more of the international social supports and let UNESCO, WHO, ICOMOS to note those crisis recently.

IV. OBJECTIVES

1 Invite HD ex-patients who continued engaged the topics, such as Brazil, India, the Philippines, Malaysia ,South Korea, Japan, Hawaii US,UK, Norway, Portugal, Nigeria, Sudan,etc as we know to exchange experiences.

2 Invite international organization who concerned the topics, such asWHO, UNESCO, ICOMOS, NIPPON FOUNDATION, ILA, IDEA, ILEP, CHORE.etc to be the participators and to be the organizers of this program.

3 Collaborative partnerships in favors of World Heritage conservation, talking about what will we do to follow-up after the workshop & Symposiums to connect a Global Network in future.


III. Conference Agenda (The draft)

Time6-11, Marcn,2009, Taiwan .(need to make shure date again.)

Tursday, 5th, March, 2009 siteLo-Sheng Sanatorium

1300-1500 Hrs Pre Congress Workshop for The Participators

Friday, 6th, March , 2009

900-1030Hur Congress Inauguration Hall-1

Moderator:

Lee, Ten-Pei, President of IDEA.Taiwan

Chiu, Y.L. Fred, Co-host, IHRMT

Suggested Presenters:

a) Preventatives from government, Taiwan,R.O.C

b) Yukio Nishimura, ICOMOS former Vice-President.

c) Lim Doo-sung, Members of Parliament, Soth Korea.

d) Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii members of Congress, US.

e) Shyu Jong-shyoung, Lin Shu-fen and Tien Chiu-chin, Legislator.Taiwan..

f) Lei Qian, the former Legislators.

g) Chou,fu-tzu,lyrics Poet singer, resident in losheng, Taiwan.

h) Other inviting…

1030-1230 Hur The Right to Home Hall-1

Discussion of the right of the older generation of people affected by leprosy to remain in the places that have become their homes. The right not to be uprooted yet again from home.

Suggested Presentaers:

a) Lee, Ten-Pei, director of IDEA.TaiwanResisting Closure of Losheng Sanatorium in Taiwan.

b) Michihiro Koh – General Secretary, Zen Ryo Kyo, Japan – speaking about what they are doing in Japan to ensure they can remain in the places that have become their homes

c) S.K. Jung – South Korea – speaking about the situation at Sorok Island, which probably has the largest population of elderly people affected by leprosy in the world

d) Malavika Vartak – COHRE- The right to housing in United Nations Convention.

e) Dr. Razvan Va siliu, director of Tichilesti Leprosy Hospital, Romania(he has worked hard to create a situation where the people at this hospital can live out their lives there)

f) Mahmud Mahmudov – Poet, Azerbaijan

1400-1700 Hrs The Right to Family Hall-1

The Restoration of Family Ties: Discussion of how it is important to try and encourage the restoration of family ties with the elderly residents of leprosy communities around the world. How the preservation of history can also result in the restoration of family ties, which is an important component of getting rid of stigma.

Moderator:

Suggested Presenters:

a) Miyoji Morimoto, IDEA Japan – discussing his experience with his family and the challenge facing people in Japan

b) Valersie Monson, Hawaii – Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa – a non-profit organization made up of Kalaupapa residents, family members and other interested persons. Founded to ensure that the people of Kalaupapa could live out their lives at Kalaupapa and that the history of Kalaupapa is preserved through the words and lives of the people who lived there.

c) Lu Johnson,resident in losheng,Taiwan

d) Shulinlin& Lee minin Families in Lo-Sheng past, now and future.

e) Anwei Law – The restoration of family ties in different parts of the world as an important means of getting rid of stigma and ensuring the right to family.

f) Sigurd Sandmo, Norway – Curator, The Leprosy Museum, Bergen, Norway – how they are preserving the history of leprosy in Norway and how this is also helping with the restoration of family ties.

1030-1700 Hrs The Role from Medical, Social works Hall-2

open secessions/ Call for Papers

Moderator:

Suggested Presenters:

States

a) Takuda, representative of Japan Lawyer’s Group for Leprosy.—States have a legal obligation to protect the ex-patients affected from Hansen’s disease.

b) Doo-Sung Lim, South Korea –Ensuring Human Rights through Legislation.

c) Xuzhong Xiong, Qiu Jin Tian,Taiwan,–About the significance and practice in Taiwan from Hansen’s Disease Human Rights Protection and Compensation Ordinance.

d) X,Hawaii members of Congress, US.

e) Others inviting or Call for Papers

Medical

Religions engaged in care of leprosy ex-patients in the near future direction of reform

f) Dr. Michel chan,IDEA China Future of the last leprosy communities in China

g) Inviting….

Social works

Youth union for HD Human Rights in Japan, Taiwan, China-What social education we did for discrimination and stigma

h) Inviting….

Saturday ,7th, March , 2009

0900-1600 Hrs The Right to be a Part of One’s Own History Hall-1

Discussing the possibilities with regard to preserving different leprosy communities/facilities around the world as part of the history of leprosy and the history of social justice in general. Discussion of how a movement can be created to ensure that some leprosy sites become World Heritage Sites.

Moderator:

Anwei Law

Alice Ru-hua Chiu,Co-host, IHRMT

Suggested Presenters:

a) Yukio Nishimura, ICOMOS former Vice-President–How a movement can be created to ensure that some leprosy sites become World Heritage.Sites.

b) Cristiano Torres, MORHAN, Brazil – The preservation of the sites of former colonies in Brazil

c) Henry Law, USA – First Superintendent, Kalaupapa National Historical Park

d) Dr. Arturo Cunanan, Philippines– Efforts regarding the preservation of the history of Culion

e) Yu, Chao-ching&Liu, John K. C–Efforts regarding the preservation of the history of last communities, Lo-Sheng Sanatorium, Taiwan.

f) Representative from Malaysiathe situation happened in Malaysia Sungai Buloh Hospital.

g) Professor Feng Fujino, JapanHistorical investigation for Human Rights.

h) Representative from JapanJapan’s Museums related to leprosy

i) Rlene Santos Steffy, Guam – Efforts regarding the preservation of the history of leprosy in Guam, Tinian and Palau, including the importance of oral history

j) Deirdre Prins-Solani or other representative from Robben Island, South Africa

k) Pam Parlapiano – Preserving the history of the people through dignified photographs

Sunday,8th, March , 2009 siteLo-Sheng Sanatorium

0900-12000 Hrs summation and recommendations

The Role of Leprosy-focused Organizations in Ensuring that the History of Leprosy is Preserved for the Education of Present and Future Generations.

Moderator:

Anwei Law

Lai, Tse Chun

Suggested Presenters:

a) Dr. Marcus Virmond, Brazil – President of the ILA (International Leprosy Association) – How the ILA can be involved in ensuring that the history of leprosy and those affected by the disease can be preserved

b) Douglas Soutar, U.K. – General Secretary, ILEP – how can ILEP be involved in ensuring that the history of leprosy and those affected by the disease can be preserved.

c) Kay Yamaguchi, Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation, Japan

d) David Hall, Executive Director, The Leprosy Mission New Zealand

e) S.K. Jung and Anwei Law, IDEA.

f) Othes Inviting…

1500-2000 Hrs A Memorial Concer

Monday 9th~10th, March , 2009

Visit Historical Sites (13-14, March, 2009)

Wensday11th , March , 2009

Have a press Conference for Hansen’s Human Rights Day In the Legislative Yuan.

Ending

Sunday1th-11 th, March , 2009

Exhibition

Wish you can bring your Photographs and Records about HD Human Rights movements happened in your country for us to exhibit in Lo-Sheng HD Human Rights Museum…

IV. ORGANIZERS

IDEA Taiwan & IDEA International

V. CONTACT PERSONS:

IDEA Taiwan office<idea.taiwan@gmail.com>

International coordinator

Lai, Tse-Chun(賴澤君)<sawalai@gmail.com>

Soda Masato(宗田昌人)<changrenf.masato@gmail.com>

Tel+886_968464099

Tel/Fax +886_86775887

Address

Lo-Sheng Sanatorium

796 Jhong jheng Road

Sin jhuang City,Taipei County, Taiwan

Solidarité Internationale pour la Défense de Lo-sheng- 楽生院を救え!国際連帯 - 搶救樂生國際鬥陣

http://blog.roodo.com/hansentaiwan

TYULR( Taiwan Youth Union for Leper's Rights)<happylosheng4@gmail.com>

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/happylosheng

VI. Call For Papers

Call for Papers include all topics

Sent to us<idea.taiwan@gmail.com>

VII. CO-HOST ORGANIZERS

Invite you to attend to be the Co-host organizer of this program

□Yes. □ No.

Organization

Representative

E-mail

Tel/Fax

Contact

Address

Introduction

VIII. PARTICIPANTS

We will invite HD ex-patients who continued engaged the topics, such as Brazil, India, the Philippines, Malaysia ,South Korea, Japan, Hawaii US,UK, Norway, Portugal, Nigeria, Sudan.etc we know. We also will invite international organization who concerned the topics, such as WHO, NIPPON Foundation, ILA, IDEA, CHORE.etc to be the participators and to be the organizers of this program.

The participants will also include site managers and experts from each State, as well as international experts in heritage management and new technology application.

You will attend:

□Yes. □No.

Organization

Representative

E-mail

Tel/Fax

Contact

Address

Introduction:

IX. Fund-raising

About the fund-raising , we plan to if possible the air tickets and hotel findings will cost by the participants yourselves, except air tickets you also need about $50 U.S. dollar one day for hotel in Taiwan.

If couldn't, we will make fund-raising at least about US.$ 30000 from Taiwan or other sponsors to support the lectures , maybe 10 persons in workshop at that time.

□By myself □Need grants

Contactidea.taiwan< idea.taiwan@gmail.com>

X. Reference

http://www.idealeprosydignity.org/

http://culion.net/

http://www.leprosyhistory.org/

http://www.leprosy-ila.org/aboutus.php

http://www2.pref.shimane.jp/ginzan/e/news/n160206.html

International Workshop & Symposium for Hansen’s Disease/Leprosy Issue, March 2009, Taiwan:

International Workshop & Symposium for

Hansen’s Disease/Leprosy Issue, March 2009, Taiwan:

Ensuring the Rights of the Older Generation Affected by Hansen's Disease/Leprosy. Memorizing Human Rights, History,

Strategy for Registration of World Heritages.

I . THEMED

The Right to Home, The Right to Family, The Right to be Part of History(Strategy for Registration of World Heritages).The Role of Sdates,Medical and Social Work

II. SUMMARIZING


An international conference is being convened by the residents of Lo Sheng in Taiwan in order to promote the discussion of "Ensuring the Rights of the Older Generation of Persons Affected b

y Hansen's Disease/Leprosy throughout the World". Participants from at least 10 countries are being invited to come to Taiwan to discuss the most basic human rights of individuals around the world who were forcibly taken from home and family decades ago and are now being forced to relocate once again from the places they regard at home. The workshop will discuss ways by which some countries have creatively come up with solutions to enable the older generation to remain in the places that have become their homes. It will also discuss the importance of restoring family ties for the older generation and what is being done in some countries to bring families together after decades of separation.
Finally, the workshop will look at the importance of preserving historic sites related to the history of leprosy and how places like Lo Sheng can be promoted as important national historic monuments or world heritage sites to ensure that this most important history is preserved in Taiwan and throughout the world.

III. BACKGTOUND

Since the earlier years of last century, Hansen’s disease patients had been segregated due to Colonialism and Imperialism, such as in the United States, England, Spain, Portugal, Japan, France, and other places. At that time, some countries in order to eliminate this disease, patients were drifted away in the ocean. In the United States, patients once sent to Kalaupapa, Hawaii and Culion Islands, Philippines and these islands were turned into Leprosy Communities segregated with the rest of the countries. Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlements was built in 1930 by British Government in Malaysia. Japanese Colonial Government also built several sanatoriums in Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan and other places to segregate patients.

These segregation policies made the public in the world panic and discriminate against leprosy patience’s and their families and affected hundreds of thousands people for over a century, many people lived in stigma without human rights and dignity. This is a dark page in human history.

We discovered that some kinds of those segregation sites even more early than Nazi's concentration camp which UNESCO have designated to be the World Heritage for educating the next generations.

A fames historian, Michel. Foucault had talking about the background and symbolisms of such segregation policies for leprosy in” Madness & Civilization”. It was indicating that the global leprosy segregated sites are very important for the development of human civilization to thinking one more and more again.” What his words also indicating the history and the memory sites are very worth to be appointed to be the World Heritages.

In the 17th world leprosy congress 2008 in India, many Countries reported were engaged in cultural heritages preservation with their segregation sites for Hansen’s Disease, such as Brazil, the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Portugal etc. These segregation sites once like Nazi's concentration camp but now people there always force evictions because of the developments with economics.

From 2004 the residents who lived in Lo-Sheng Sanatorium more over one-half scenery in Taiwan, started campaign for save their Sanatorium and Appeal to human rights. One more and more times fight the force evictions from Taipei MRT Company and government, event appeal to social people and international NGOs, the ex-patients, lawyers, communions and members in IDEA all over the world to help to Protect the Sanatorium, which was built in 1930 by Japan colonial government in Taiwan.

We believed Lo-Sheng like other HD segregation sites all over the World are all worth to be appointed as World Heritages left to posterity, but unfortunately, at the end of 2008, December 3, there were almost 500 polices began to force to evict the left residents . The two sides deadlocked for 1 hour to exhaust all efforts, at the end, the left residents , about 40 elder persons, had been related to another area at the top edge of the hill slope angle, MAT company made Residents and the left 34 monuments buildings was surrounded by layers of barbed wire. This case is a serious persecution for the leprosy ex-patients, all leprosy elders’ human rights and the right of residence.

Before April,2009 It will be in urgent once again, the authorities of central and local governments remain will build MRT on our sanatorium and continue to destroyed 9 buildings, Lo-Sheng maybe will disappear at that time.

Moreover, there are also have more and more eviction cases happened in other countries with HD ex-patients all over the world, such as Sudan and Sungai Buloh, Leprosy Settlement in Malaysia from 2007.

We think just through” International Workshop & Symposium “we can appeal to more of the international social supports and let UNESCO, WHO, ICOMOS to note those crisis recently.

IV. OBJECTIVES

1 Invite HD ex-patients who continued engaged the topics, such as Brazil, India, the Philippines, Malaysia ,South Korea, Japan, Hawaii US,UK, Norway, Portugal, Nigeria, Sudan,etc as we know to exchange experiences.

2 Invite international organization who concerned the topics, such asWHO, UNESCO, ICOMOS, NIPPON FOUNDATION, ILA, IDEA, ILEP, CHORE.etc to be the participators and to be the organizers of this program.

3 Collaborative partnerships in favors of World Heritage conservation, talking about what will we do to follow-up after the workshop & Symposiums to connect a Global Network in future.


III. Conference Agenda (The draft)

Time6-11, Marcn,2009, Taiwan .(need to make shure date again.)

Tursday, 5th, March, 2009 siteLo-Sheng Sanatorium

1300-1500 Hrs Pre Congress Workshop for The Participators

Friday, 6th, March , 2009

900-1030Hur Congress Inauguration Hall-1

Moderator:

Lee, Ten-Pei, President of IDEA.Taiwan

Chiu, Y.L. Fred, Co-host, IHRMT

Suggested Presenters:

a) Preventatives from government, Taiwan,R.O.C

b) Yukio Nishimura, ICOMOS former Vice-President.

c) Lim Doo-sung, Members of Parliament, Soth Korea.

d) Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii members of Congress, US.

e) Shyu Jong-shyoung, Lin Shu-fen and Tien Chiu-chin, Legislator.Taiwan..

f) Lei Qian, the former Legislators.

g) Chou,fu-tzu,lyrics Poet singer, resident in losheng, Taiwan.

h) Other inviting…

1030-1230 Hur The Right to Home Hall-1

Discussion of the right of the older generation of people affected by leprosy to remain in the places that have become their homes. The right not to be uprooted yet again from home.

Suggested Presentaers:

a) Lee, Ten-Pei, director of IDEA.TaiwanResisting Closure of Losheng Sanatorium in Taiwan.

b) Michihiro Koh – General Secretary, Zen Ryo Kyo, Japan – speaking about what they are doing in Japan to ensure they can remain in the places that have become their homes

c) S.K. Jung – South Korea – speaking about the situation at Sorok Island, which probably has the largest population of elderly people affected by leprosy in the world

d) Malavika Vartak – COHRE- The right to housing in United Nations Convention.

e) Dr. Razvan Va siliu, director of Tichilesti Leprosy Hospital, Romania(he has worked hard to create a situation where the people at this hospital can live out their lives there)

f) Mahmud Mahmudov – Poet, Azerbaijan

1400-1700 Hrs The Right to Family Hall-1

The Restoration of Family Ties: Discussion of how it is important to try and encourage the restoration of family ties with the elderly residents of leprosy communities around the world. How the preservation of history can also result in the restoration of family ties, which is an important component of getting rid of stigma.

Moderator:

Suggested Presenters:

a) Miyoji Morimoto, IDEA Japan – discussing his experience with his family and the challenge facing people in Japan

b) Valersie Monson, Hawaii – Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa – a non-profit organization made up of Kalaupapa residents, family members and other interested persons. Founded to ensure that the people of Kalaupapa could live out their lives at Kalaupapa and that the history of Kalaupapa is preserved through the words and lives of the people who lived there.

c) Lu Johnson,resident in losheng,Taiwan

d) Shulinlin& Lee minin Families in Lo-Sheng past, now and future.

e) Anwei Law – The restoration of family ties in different parts of the world as an important means of getting rid of stigma and ensuring the right to family.

f) Sigurd Sandmo, Norway – Curator, The Leprosy Museum, Bergen, Norway – how they are preserving the history of leprosy in Norway and how this is also helping with the restoration of family ties.

1030-1700 Hrs The Role from Medical, Social works Hall-2

open secessions/ Call for Papers

Moderator:

Suggested Presenters:

States

a) Takuda, representative of Japan Lawyer’s Group for Leprosy.—States have a legal obligation to protect the ex-patients affected from Hansen’s disease.

b) Doo-Sung Lim, South Korea –Ensuring Human Rights through Legislation.

c) Xuzhong Xiong, Qiu Jin Tian,Taiwan,–About the significance and practice in Taiwan from Hansen’s Disease Human Rights Protection and Compensation Ordinance.

d) X,Hawaii members of Congress, US.

e) Others inviting or Call for Papers

Medical

Religions engaged in care of leprosy ex-patients in the near future direction of reform

f) Dr. Michel chan,IDEA China Future of the last leprosy communities in China

g) Inviting….

Social works

Youth union for HD Human Rights in Japan, Taiwan, China-What social education we did for discrimination and stigma

h) Inviting….

Saturday ,7th, March , 2009

0900-1600 Hrs The Right to be a Part of One’s Own History Hall-1

Discussing the possibilities with regard to preserving different leprosy communities/facilities around the world as part of the history of leprosy and the history of social justice in general. Discussion of how a movement can be created to ensure that some leprosy sites become World Heritage Sites.

Moderator:

Anwei Law

Alice Ru-hua Chiu,Co-host, IHRMT

Suggested Presenters:

a) Yukio Nishimura, ICOMOS former Vice-President–How a movement can be created to ensure that some leprosy sites become World Heritage.Sites.

b) Cristiano Torres, MORHAN, Brazil – The preservation of the sites of former colonies in Brazil

c) Henry Law, USA – First Superintendent, Kalaupapa National Historical Park

d) Dr. Arturo Cunanan, Philippines– Efforts regarding the preservation of the history of Culion

e) Yu, Chao-ching&Liu, John K. C–Efforts regarding the preservation of the history of last communities, Lo-Sheng Sanatorium, Taiwan.

f) Representative from Malaysiathe situation happened in Malaysia Sungai Buloh Hospital.

g) Professor Feng Fujino, JapanHistorical investigation for Human Rights.

h) Representative from JapanJapan’s Museums related to leprosy

i) Rlene Santos Steffy, Guam – Efforts regarding the preservation of the history of leprosy in Guam, Tinian and Palau, including the importance of oral history

j) Deirdre Prins-Solani or other representative from Robben Island, South Africa

k) Pam Parlapiano – Preserving the history of the people through dignified photographs

Sunday,8th, March , 2009 siteLo-Sheng Sanatorium

0900-12000 Hrs summation and recommendations

The Role of Leprosy-focused Organizations in Ensuring that the History of Leprosy is Preserved for the Education of Present and Future Generations.

Moderator:

Anwei Law

Lai, Tse Chun

Suggested Presenters:

a) Dr. Marcus Virmond, Brazil – President of the ILA (International Leprosy Association) – How the ILA can be involved in ensuring that the history of leprosy and those affected by the disease can be preserved

b) Douglas Soutar, U.K. – General Secretary, ILEP – how can ILEP be involved in ensuring that the history of leprosy and those affected by the disease can be preserved.

c) Kay Yamaguchi, Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation, Japan

d) David Hall, Executive Director, The Leprosy Mission New Zealand

e) S.K. Jung and Anwei Law, IDEA.

f) Othes Inviting…

1500-2000 Hrs A Memorial Concer

Monday 9th~10th, March , 2009

Visit Historical Sites (13-14, March, 2009)

Wensday11th , March , 2009

Have a press Conference for Hansen’s Human Rights Day In the Legislative Yuan.

Ending

Sunday1th-11 th, March , 2009

Exhibition

Wish you can bring your Photographs and Records about HD Human Rights movements happened in your country for us to exhibit in Lo-Sheng HD Human Rights Museum…

IV. ORGANIZERS

IDEA Taiwan & IDEA International

V. CONTACT PERSONS:

IDEA Taiwan office<idea.taiwan@gmail.com>

International coordinator

Lai, Tse-Chun(賴澤君)<sawalai@gmail.com>

Soda Masato(宗田昌人)<changrenf.masato@gmail.com>

Tel+886_968464099

Tel/Fax +886_86775887

Address

Lo-Sheng Sanatorium

796 Jhong jheng Road

Sin jhuang City,Taipei County, Taiwan

Solidarité Internationale pour la Défense de Lo-sheng- 楽生院を救え!国際連帯 - 搶救樂生國際鬥陣

http://blog.roodo.com/hansentaiwan

TYULR( Taiwan Youth Union for Leper's Rights)<happylosheng4@gmail.com>

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/happylosheng

VI. Call For Papers

Call for Papers include all topics

Sent to us<idea.taiwan@gmail.com>

VII. CO-HOST ORGANIZERS

Invite you to attend to be the Co-host organizer of this program

□Yes. □ No.

Organization

Representative

E-mail

Tel/Fax

Contact

Address

Introduction

VIII. PARTICIPANTS

We will invite HD ex-patients who continued engaged the topics, such as Brazil, India, the Philippines, Malaysia ,South Korea, Japan, Hawaii US,UK, Norway, Portugal, Nigeria, Sudan.etc we know. We also will invite international organization who concerned the topics, such as WHO, NIPPON Foundation, ILA, IDEA, CHORE.etc to be the participators and to be the organizers of this program.

The participants will also include site managers and experts from each State, as well as international experts in heritage management and new technology application.

You will attend:

□Yes. □No.

Organization

Representative

E-mail

Tel/Fax

Contact

Address

Introduction:

IX. Fund-raising

About the fund-raising , we plan to if possible the air tickets and hotel findings will cost by the participants yourselves, except air tickets you also need about $50 U.S. dollar one day for hotel in Taiwan.

If couldn't, we will make fund-raising at least about US.$ 30000 from Taiwan or other sponsors to support the lectures , maybe 10 persons in workshop at that time.

□By myself □Need grants

Contactidea.taiwan< idea.taiwan@gmail.com>

X. Reference

http://www.idealeprosydignity.org/

http://culion.net/

http://www.leprosyhistory.org/

http://www.leprosy-ila.org/aboutus.php

http://www2.pref.shimane.jp/ginzan/e/news/n160206.html

Important

聯合國痲瘋人權諮詢機構IDEA給樂生居民的邀請函.doc

COHRE will join IDEA in a press release regarding the situation at Lo Sheng中英.doc

20080204LEE-2.ppt

FE Presentation at 17th ILC.doc

4-04.jpg

4-02.jpg

IDEA會員國合影.jpg

Important:

聯合國痲瘋人權諮詢機構IDEA給樂生居民的邀請函.doc

COHRE will join IDEA in a press release regarding the situation at Lo Sheng中英.doc

20080204LEE-2.ppt

FE Presentation at 17th ILC.doc

4-04.jpg

4-02.jpg

IDEA會員國合影.jpg