Updated on 4 November 2005 |
AGENDA |
MONDAY, 7 November |
8 - 10 a.m. | Registration of participants and distribution of documents |
10 - 10.30 a.m. | Inaugural session
- Mr. Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary General of the IPU
- Mr. Goran Fejic, Head of Programme, Democracy Building and Conflict Management, International IDEA
- Ms. Immaculée Nahayo, President of the National Assembly of Burundi
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10.30 - 10.45 a.m. | Procedural matters: Election of the President and Rapporteur of the Seminar, adoption of the agenda and the rules of procedure
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10.45 - 11 a.m. | Coffee break |
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Session I: The need to address the scars of the past
- Reconciliation as a goal and a process, Mr. Goran Fejic
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2.30 - 4 p.m. | Session II: Parliament in the aftermath of conflict
- The relationship between national parliaments and locally elected bodies, Mr. Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, Senator and former President of Burundi
- Cooperation between parliament, civil society and the media in the promotion of reconciliation, Mr. Louis-Marie Nindorera, Global Rights, Burundi Programme Director
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4 - 4.15 p.m. | Coffee break |
4.15 - 5.30 p.m. | Continuation of Session II
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6 p.m. | Reception |
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TUESDAY, 8 November |
9.30 - 11 a.m. | Session III: Women and gender in post-conflict situations
- Ensuring women's involvement in the full reconciliation process, Ms. Megan Bastick, Special Programmes Coordinator, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
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11 - 11.15 a.m. | Coffee break |
11.15 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Session IV: Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
- The role of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in the struggle against impunity: Presenting a realistic vision of what they can achieve, Mr. Jean-Marie Ngendahayo, Member of the National Assembly, Burundi
- The importance of an inclusive and consultative approach to commissioner selection, and of ensuring follow-up to commission recommendations, Ms. H.C. Mgabadeli, Member of the National Assembly, South Africa
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2.30 - 4 p.m. | Session V: Trials
- The functioning of the gacaca system and the experiences gained thus far, Mr. Augustin Iyamuremye, Senator, Rwanda, Vice-President of the Committee on Political Affairs and Good Governance
- The International Criminal Court or the creation of hybrid national-international courts as an alternative, Judge Mandiaye Niang, Special Assistant to the Registrar at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
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4 - 4.15 p.m. | Coffee break |
4.15 - 6 p.m. | Session VI: Justice versus amnesty
- Amnesties as a last resort? Judge Mandiaye Niang
- The issue of amnesties revisited: What has been their long term effect?, Ms. Hope Kivengere, Member of the Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies
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WEDNESDAY, 9 November |
9.30 - 11 a.m. | Session VII: Reparations
- Providing reparation: The Moroccan experience, Mr. Belhaj Dermoumi, Member of the House of councillors, Morocco
- The challenge of determining appropriate compensation, Ms. Hope Kivengere
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11 - 11.15 a.m. | Coffee break |
11.15 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Session VIII: Institutional reforms
- Ensuring an effective justice system, Mr. Didage Kiganahe, Second Vice-President of the National Assembly, Burundi, former Minister of Justice
- Security sector reform and parliamentary oversight, Mr. Norbert Mao, Member of Parliament, Uganda, Chairman of the AMANI Forum - The Great Lakes Parliamentary Forum on Peace
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2.30 - 4 p.m. | Session IX: International initiatives in support of reconciliation
- What role for the international community? Mr. Goran Fejic
- The example of the AMANI Forum - The Great Lakes Parliamentary Forum on Peace, Mr. Norbert Mao
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4 - 4.15 p.m. | Coffee break |
4.15 - 6 p.m. | Concluding session
- Summing-up by the Rapporteur
- Mr. Goran Fejic
- Mr. Gervais Rufyikiri, President of the Senate, Burundi
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6 p.m. | Reception |