The Petition Signatories

The first signatories of the call

United States

David Auburn – Playwright, Pulitzer Prize winner
Judy Blume – Writer, young adult fiction
Wendy Brown – Professor political sciences, University of California, Berkeley
Philip Caputo – Writer, journalist
Noam Chomsky – Philosopher, professor Emeritus at MIT
Michael Cunningham – Writer, Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award winner
Edwige Danticat – Writer
Robert Darnton - Director of the University Library of Harvard University
Junot Díaz – Writer, Pulitzer Prize winner
Pamela Druckerman – Freelance journalist, writer
Jennifer Egan – Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction and laureate of the National Book Critics Circle Award
David Eggers – Writer
Jeffrey Eugenides – Writer, Pulitzer Prize winner
Eugene Fidell – Professor at the Yale University Law School
Owen Fiss – Professor at the Yale University Law School
Henry Louis Gates – Literary critic, Harvard professor and director of the W.E.B du Bois Institute for African and African American Research
Arthur Goldhammer – Professor, Harvard University
Judith Goldstein – Founder and director of Humanity in Action
Paul Harding – Musician and Pulitzer Prize winner
John Irving – novelist, script-writer, Oscar award winner in 2000
Stephen King – Writer
Dean Kootz – Writer
Zachary D. Kaufman – Attorney and chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Friends of the Kigali Public Library
Lawrence Lessig – Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Founder of Creative Commons
Toni Morrison – Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Veronique Munoz-Darde – Professor of Philosophy at the University College London and the University of California, Berkeley
Joyce Carol Oates – Winner of the National Book Award
Thomas Pogge – Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University
Annie Proulx – Writer, Pulitzer Prize-winner
David Rieff – Journalist and writer
Saskia Sassen – Professor of Sociology at Columbia University
Richard Sennett – Professeur de sociologie à London School of Economics and Political Science
Anne-Marie Slaughter – Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University
Fritz Stern – Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University
Charles Kenneth Williams – winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award
Jody Williams – Nobel Peace Prize laureate and political activist

Canada

Arash Abizadeh – Professor of Philosophy, McGill University
Margaret Atwood – Writer, poet, and literary critic
Manon Bauchemin - Librarian
Joseph Carens –¨Professor of Political Sciences, University of Toronto
Yolaine Carrier – Story-teller
Ryoa Chung - Professor of philosophy, University of Montreal
Andrée-Anne Cormier – PhD student in philosophy and education, University of Montreal
Peter Dietsch – Professor of philosophy, University of Montreal
Marc-Antoine Dilhac – Post-doctorate researcher in philosophy, Centre of Ethics Research, University of Montreal
Jeanine Dion
Valéry Giroux – Bar of Montreal, PhD in philosophy, director of the Centre of Ethics Research, University of Montreal
Vincent Guillin – Professor of philosophy, University of Quebec, Montréal
Eric T. Jennings – Professor of history, University of Toronto
Hélène Lépine – Writer
Geneviève Lévesque
Dominique Leydet – Professor of philosophy, University of Quebec, Montreal
Colin Macleod – Professor of philosophy, University of Victoria
Jocelyn Maclure - Professor of philosophy, University of Laval
Tristan Muller – Member of the Foundation for a global library
Christian Nadeau - Professor of philosophy, University of Montreal
Attala Nora – Writer and poet
Ingrid Parent – President of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations)
David Robichaud – Professor of philosophy, University of Ottawa

Mauro Rossi – Professor of philosophy, University of Quebec, Montreal
Réjean Savard – Professor at the School of Bibliotheconomy and Information Sciences, University of Montreal
Robert Sparling – Postgraduate researcher in philosophy, Centre of Research in Ehtics University of Montreal
Christine Tappolet – Professor of philosophy, University of Montreal
Patrick Turmel – Professor of philosophy, University of Laval
Vardit Ravitsky – Professor of bioethics, University of Montreal
Jean-Philippe Royer – PhD in philosophy, University of Montreal
Lionel Villalonga – Member of the foundation for a global library
Mélanie Vincelette – Novelist and publisher
Daniel Weinstock – Professor of law philosophy, McGill University

United Kingdom

Todd Landman – Professor director of the "Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution", University of Essex
Doris Lessing – Nobel Prize in Literature
Salman Rushdie – Writer

France

Farid Abdelouahab – Writer
Eliette Abécassis – Writer
Olivier Adam – Writer
Emmanuel Arnaud – Writer
Elisabeth Badinter – Writer, philosopher
Etienne Balibar – Professor at Colombia University, New York
Azouz Begag – Writer, politician
Tahar Ben Jelloun – Writer and poet
Jean Manuel Bourgois – Publisher, former president of the Syndicat National de l'Edition
Monique Bourin – Historian, Professor Emeritus at the Sorbonne University Paris 1
Serge Bramly – Writer, essayist and art critic
Geneviève Brisac – Writer
Jean-Marc Brisson – In charge of rooms and meetings, Actes Sud
François Busnel – Journalist
Evelio Cabrejo Parra – Linguist and psychoanalyst
Cabu – Illustrator
Barbara Cassin - Philologist and philosopher
Jean-Marc Coicaud – Law professor, Rutgers University
Collectif 129 (Lyor, Néobled, Rouda) – Slammers-rappers collective
David Chaillou – Composer
Roger Chartier – Historian, professor at the College de France
Yves Coppens – Paleontologist et paleoanthropologist, honorary professor at the College de France
Vincent Crouzet – Writer
Catherine Cusset – Writer
Geneviève d'Angenstein – founder of the French School of Etiquette and Protocol
Marie Darrieussecq – Writer
Anne-France Dautheville – Writer and journalist
Maylis de Kerangal – Writer
Didier Daeninckx – Writer and politician
Arnaud Delalande – Writer
Delphine de la Panneterie – Manager of audovisual services at Robert Laffront Publishing
Christophe Deloire – Writer and journalist, Director-General of Reporters Without Borders
Patrick Deville – Writer
Emmanuel de Waresquiel – Historian
Rokhaya Diallo – Radio and television commentator
Arthur Dreyfus – Writer
Stéphane Durand-Souffland – Judicial columnist
Gad Elmaleh – Comedian, actor, director
Jacques Expert – Journalist
Olivier Faron – General Director of ENS in Lyon
Didier Fassin – Anthropologist, Director of Studies at EHESS and IRIS
Jérôme Ferrari – Writer, Prix Goncourt 2012
Jean-Louis Fournier – Writer, comedian and filmmaker
François-Xavier – Journalist
Thierry Fremaux – Director of the Institut Lumière and General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival
Patrice Gelinet – Member of the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA),
Sylvie Germain – Writer
Hervé Ghesquiere – Journalist
Valentine Goby – Writer
Jean-Louis Gouraud – Writer and publisher
Anne Goscinny – Writer
Robert Guediguian – Filmmaker, producer and scriptwriter
Sophie Guérard de Latour – Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Alban Guillemois – Comics illustrator
Denis Gombert – Writer and publisher
Serge Hefez – Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
Stéphane Hessel – Former French ambassador and writer
Fabrice Humbert – writer
Jean-Noel Jeanneney – Former president of the National Library of France
Jacques Lamalle – Writer and journalist
Olivier Lassu – Filmmaker and scripwriter
Xavier Le Clerc – Writer
Martine Lemalet – Director-General of Éditions Le Manuscrit
Alain Mabanckou – Writer, poet and Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles
Bernard Magnier – Writer and director of the collection "Lettres Africaines" at Actes Sud
Jean Malaurie –Ethnologist, geographer and writer
Jean-Pierre Marielle – Writer
Noëlle Meimaroglou – Editorial Director at Éditions Flammarion
Eric Milet – Writer and Sahara specialist
Olivier Mongin – Director of the journal Esprit
Marie Rose Moro – Writer and doctor of medicine and social studies
Agathe Natanson – Actress
Pierre-Yves Néron – Associate Professor of Business Ethics at Université Catholique de Lille
Florence Noiville – Writer and journalist
Dominique Noguez – Philosopher and writer
Olivier Nora – CEO of Éditions Grasset et Fayard
Xavier North – Senior civil official and head of the General Delegation for the French language and the languages of France
Erik Orsenna – Writer and member of the French Academy
Michèle Petit – Anthropologist and honorary research engineer at the French National Center for Scientific Research
Philomène Piegay – Journalist and head of the culture section at Elle
Gilles Pécout – Historian and professor at the École Normale Supérieure
Nicolas Philippe – Founder of Éditions Le Manuscrit
Hubert Prolongeau – Journalist
Anne Rabinovitch – Writer
Jean Reno – Actor
Pierre Rosanvallon – Historian and professor at the Collège de France
Jean-Marie Rouart – Writer and member of the French Academy
Jean-Christophe Rufin – doctor, novelist and former president of Action Against Hunger France
Gonzague Saint-Bris – writer
Jacques Schwartz-bart – Musician
Fabienne Servan Schreiber – Producer and Director of Cinétévé
Ian Soliane – Writer
Joy Sorman – Writer
Yvan Tessier – Photographer and librarian
Olivier Tinland – Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Montpellier
David Thomas – Writer
Lilian Thuram – President of the Lilian Thuram Foundation
Louis-Georges Tin – Professor of Literature at the Université d’Orléans
Emmanuel Todd – Historian and demographer at the Institut national d'études démographiques
Todorov Tzvetan – Essayist, philosopher and historian
Jean-Noël Tronc – Director-General of SACEM
Sebastian Veg – Researcher and Director of the French Center for Research on Contemporary China in Hong Kong
Abdourahman A. Waberi – Writer
Loïc Wacquant – Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley
Bernard Werber – Writer
Denis Westhoff – Photographer

Belgium

Laurent de Briey – Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Namur
Jacques Joset – Professor at the Université de Liège
Khedim Simon
Justine Lacroix - Philosopher et Senior Lecturer in political sciences at the Université libre de Bruxelles
Liegeois Eric
Nezirovic Marija
Amélie Nothomb – writer
Persson
Pawula Anna
Stech George
Welter Marie-José

Bulgaria

Elena Kodinova – Journalist
Nikolay Petev – Writer and President of the Bulgarian Writers' Union
Julia Spiridonova – Children's author
Mario Trifonov – Writer and journalist

Denmark

Jakob Broager – European Commission

Germany

Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt – Writer and translator

Greece

Vassilis Alexakis – Writer and winner of the Prix Goncourt des lycéens

Ireland

Seamus Heaney – Poet, Nobel Prize in literature

Italy

Canfora Luciano – Demographer, historian

Netherlands

Benny Brunner – Director
Georg Frerks – Professor of "Conflict and Disaster Studies" at the universities of Utrecht and of Wageningen, and expert in humanitarian emergency situations
Peter Geschiere – Professor of African anthropology, University of Amsterdam
Ramsey Nasr – Poet, writer and actor
Eduard Nazarski – Director of Amnesty International, the Netherlands
A.C.G.M. Robben – Professor of anthropology at the University of Utrecht
Harry van Bommel – MP for the socialist party
Frieda Menco-Brommet – Former radio journalist

Poland

Zygmunt Bauman – Professor of sociology, University of Leeds

Sweden

Tomas Tranströmer – Winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature

Chile

Isabel Allende – Writer, National Prize for literature

Cuba

Pedro Juan Gutiérrez – Writer
Christina Garcia – Writer and former journalist

Haiti

Laeneck Hurbon – Sociologist
Dany Laferriere – Writer
Kettly Mars – Writer
Makenzy Orcel – Writer
Jean-Euphèle Milcé – Writer
Guy Régis Junior – Writer, translator
Marvin Victor – Writer, painter

Peru

Mario Vargas Llosa – Writer, Nobel Prize in Literature

South Africa

Frederik Willem de Klerk - Nobel Peace Prize laureate, former President of the Republic of South Africa
JM Coetzee - Nobel Prize in Literature

Ghana

Kwame Anthony Appiah - Professor of philosophy, Princeton University

Uganda

Jessica Kaahwa – Senior Lecturer, School of Liberal & Performing Arts, Makerere University
Beatrice Lamwaka – Writer and journalist
Mahmood Mamdani – Director of the Makere Institute of Social Research and Professor of Government at Columbia University

Iran

Rami Parham – Writer

Lebanon

Amin Maalouf – Writer

Palestine

Sam Bahour – Activist and writer

South Korea

To Hyung Baik – Professor of Philosophy at Soongsil University
Hong Sik Cho – Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Soongsil University
Jeong Hun Han – Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Soongsil University
Yoo Junghwan – Director of the Life and Healthcare Center, National Medical Center
Chi-Wook Kim – Assistant Professor of International Relations at Ulsan University
Kyung Mee Kim – Associate Professor at Soongsil University
Chull Lee – Associate Professor of Christian Studies at Soongsil University
Jae Lyong Lee – Professor of French Literature and Language at Soongsil University
Jung-chul Lee – Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Soongsil University
Sangeun Lee – Associate Professor at Soongsil University
Seungjoo Lee – Professor of Political Science at Chungang University
Jung Hyun Lim – Associate Professor at Soongsil University
Dahn Park – Professor of History at Sogang University
Park Ji Hyun – Contract Lecturer in History at Sogang University
Min Ho Whang – Professor of History at Soongsil University
Chulgu Woo – Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Yeungnam University and former president of the Korean International Studies Association
Jin Kuk Yang – Associate Professor of Chemistry at Soongsil University
Seo-Koo Yoo – Associate Professor at Soongsil University

Russia

Oleg Sokolov – Historian and Professor of French Civilization at the University of Saint Petersburg

Vietnam

Dào Thanh Huyên – Journalist

Australie

Peter Singer – Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University