Friday 9^th December 2011 saw the beginning of the European Leadership Conference 2011 in London. The conference was co-organised by the Universal Peace Federation and the Women’s Peace Federation; both international organisations with values of peace, freedom and justice at the core of their goals. The conference was truly international in nature and brought together individuals from all over the world from different walks of life; including students, government officials, former heads of states, NGO representatives, charity directors, international diplomats amongst others. Restless Beings was privileged enough to have been invited to participate in the conference taking place in the Houses of Parliament and the Universal Peace Federation’s headquarters in London.

To celebrate international Human Rights day, Restless Beings invited Poetic Pilgrimage to perform to a Gala Dinner with delegates from the European Leadership Conference at the House of Lords. After the main performance as everyone cleared away, we were treated to this awesome coming together of creative minds :)

On Friday 9th December, to mark International Human Rights day, more than 200 delegates from across the globe, from UN delegates to former heads of states to the leading youth thinkers, gathered at the European Leadership Conference held at the House of Lords in London.

Restless Beings were approached in the immediate aftermath of Human Writes 2 and were asked to speak on panel to discuss the issue of 'How to make dignity a reality?'

I delivered a short speech on this, and have uploaded the transcript below. The important message to bear in mind, is that to be able to discuss human Rights, we must first start at dignity and its validity towards measuring progress.

Restless Beings have been invited to the European Leadership Conference due to be held in London on 9th, 10th and 11th December to coincide with International Human Rights day on December 10th.

We've been invited to speak on a panel at the House of Lords on Friday 9th December to discuss 'How to make dignity a reality?'.  This is huge news for us, as, with your continued support over the last three and a half years, we are are able to raise awareness and voice the voiceless of the most marginalised communities across the world.  It is a huge achievement that this International Human Writes day, the organisation that you guys have been supporting and watching make small pathways on the frenzy that is mainstream media, together, we are able to stand tall in our achievement of taking our humble projects and their beneficieries all the way to the House of Lords.

Babar Ahmed is still fighting extradition to the USA, under the controversial no-evidence-required Extradition Act 2003, a legislation that allows the US to seek extradition of British citizens without having to provide any evidence first. This is all despite the fact that the UK Crown Prosecution Service declared in July 2004 and December 2006, as did the UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith in September 2006, that there was 'insufficient evidence' to charge Babar Ahmad with any criminal offence under UK law.