Human Rights Approach to Conflict Situations in the Arab Region
-INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCESHERATON HOTEL - QATAR-DOHA
20-21 FEBRUARY 2017
09.00-10.00
Day One
Opening Session
H.E.Ali Bin Samikh Al- Marri - Chairman of the Qatari National Human
Rights Committee
H.E.Kate Gilmore - Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
H.E.Mohammed Bin Ali Koman - Secretary General of General
Secretariat of the Arab Interior Ministers’ Council
H.E.Al-Tayyeb Al-Bakoush – Representative of Arab Maghreb Union
H.E.Hamad Bin Rashid Al- Marri – Assistant Secretary General for Legal
Affairs of the Gulf Cooperation Council
H.E.Mishaal Bin Fahd Al-Salmi- Speaker of the Arab Parliament
H.E.Issa Bin Said Al-Kayyumi- Chairman of Arab Network for National
Human Rights Institutions
10.00-10.30
Coffee Break
Panel One
10.30 – 13.00
Interactive Debates
Respecting Human Rights, As A Preventive Approach
Ms. Kate Gilmore – Deputy High Commissioner, OHCHR
Ms. Fatou B. Bensouda, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court
Prosecutor
Ms.Sarah Leah- Middle East Director, Human Rights Watch
Mr. Abd Elbaset Hasan, Chairman, Arab Institute for Human Rights
Moderator: Mr. Mohammed Ali Alnsour- Chief, Middle East and North
Africa Section, OHCHR
13.00-14.30
Lunch Break
Panel Two
14.30-16.00
Human Rights Responsive Approach in Conflict Situations
Mr. Francesco Motta, Director of Human Rights Office,UNAMI
Mr. Roberto Ricci- Chief, Rapid Response Section, OHCHR
Mr. Matthias Behnke, Syria Team Coordinator, OHCHR
Mr. Elobaid Elobaid, Head of Yemen Office, OHCHR
Moderator: Mr. Fatsah Ouguergouz, Chairman of the Commission of
Inquiry on Burundi
Panel Three
Human Rights in Conflict Resolution
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16.00-17.30
Mr. James Heenan, Head of Occupied Palestinian Territory OHCHR
Office
Mr. Claudio Cordone, Director of Human Rights Office, UNSMIL
Council for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Mr. Scott Weber, Director-General, Interpeace
Moderator: Mr. Abdel Salam Sidahmed, Regional Representative,
OHCHR Beirut Regional Office
17.30-19.00
Meeting of the Drafting Committee
19.00
Dinner at the Museum of Islamic Art
09.00-09.30
Day Two
Registering for the Working Groups
Working
One
09.30-12.30
Group Protection of Women, Children and Minorities in Conflict Situation
Moderator: Mr. Muhsin Awad, Egypt National Council for Human Rights
Rapporteur: Mr. William Khammo Wardah, Chairman of the Alliance of Iraqi
minorities
International Mechanisms For the Protection of Minorities Rights
Ms. Mariam Puttick, Civil Rights Officer, Minority Rights Groups
Women- Yezidi Case
Ms.Roueida El-Hage, Senior Human Rights, UNAMI
Protection of Children in Conflict
Rifat Kassis, General Commissioner for Defense for Children
International in MENA
Working
Two
09.30-12.30
Group Education under Attack: How Right to Education is affected by an armed
conflict?
Moderator: Ms. Maleiha Malik, Executive Director, Protect in Insecurity and
Conflict (PEIC)
Rapporteur: Ms.Rebecca Schillings, Assistant Professor at College of Law
and Public Policy of the Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Legal Accountability for Violations of the Right to Education
Ms. Jill E.B. Coster van Voorhout , Hague Institute for Global Justice
Avoiding the use of schools for military purposes and the Safe Schools
Declaration
Mr. Peter Klanduch, Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict, Education
Above All
Engaging with Armed Non-State Actors
Mr. Hichem Khadraoui, Geneva Call
Advocacy with Civil Society
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Ms. Chloe Jane Dennis, Lawyers for Justice in Libya
Working
Three
09.30-12.30
Group Human Rights Approach to Transitional Justice
Moderator: Mr. Mohammed Amin Al-Madani, Head of Arab Centre for
International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Rapporteur: Ms. Hanan Rabbani, Regional Director of International
Development Law Organization
United Nations Approach to transitional justice –Guidance Note of the SG
Ms. Mona Rishmawi, Chief of Rule of Law, Equality and Non-Discrimination,
OHCHR
Comparative Overview of Successful Approaches to Transitional Justice
Kora Andrieu, Transitional Justice Expert
Transitional Justice in Morocco
Mr. Shawqi BinYob, National Human rights Advisor
National reconciliation in Algeria
Mr. Abdelwahab Merdjana, Secretary General of National Consultative
Commission for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights of Algeria
Working
Four
09.30-12.30
Group Humanitarian Aid in Conflict Affected Areas in the Arab Region
Moderator: Mr. Saleh Al Suheibani, Secretary-General, Arab of the Red Cross
and Red Crescent Organization
Rapporteur: Ms. Kolshan Saghlam, Head of Basma International
Organization
International Organizations Humanitarian Appeals: Success and Lessons
Learned
Mr. Peter Jan Graaff, Deputy-Executive Director, Health Emergencies
Programme, World Health Organization
Addressing Humanitarian Challenges: ICRC perspective
Mr. Yahya Al-Oleibi, ICRC Head of Mission in GCC
Humanitarian Aid Challenges in Internally Displaced and Refugees Situations
Mr. Amin Awad, Director of Middle East and North Africa, Office of the High
Commissioner for Refugees
12.30-13.30
Closing Session
13.30-15.00
Lunch Break
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