Brian Durant is a a human rights, democratization and non governmental organization professional. He has an M.Sc. degree in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen and is currently working with inter-cultural and interfaith issues. He has worked at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1990) and done various forms of human rights monitoring, election monitoring, as well as project initiation and development for various organizations including the World Health Organization (WHO). He believes strongly in combating all forms of racism and promoting inter-cultural and interfaith understanding, social justice and empowerment.