Meeting programme
Tuesday 2nd February 2016
What Would Successful National Atrocity Prevention Architecture Look Like?
08:30 - 09:00
Registration
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Ballroom A, 7th floor
WELCOME – OPENING PUBLIC SESSION
10:00 - 11:00
Room: Ballroom A, 7th floor
PLENARY - Preventing mass atrocities: what exists, what have we learned, what do we need?
11:00 - 11:45
Room: Ballroom B, 7th floor
Break
11:45 - 12:15
Room: Ballroom A, 7th floor
Participant introductions
12:15 - 13:00
Room: Ballroom A, 7th floor
What would a successful national prevention of atrocity policy and architecture look like?
13:00 - 14:30
Room: Ballroom B, 7th floor
Lunch
14:30 - 15:45
Room: Aloe, 9th floor
GROUP SESSION I
Successes, challenges and dilemmas, lessons learned, needs and proposed action steps in supporting the development of national atrocity prevention architectures
Group session 1: Learning from experience in Asia and Latin America
Room: Verbena, 9th floor
Group session 2: Learning from experience in Africa, Europe, and MENA region
Room: Kashmir, 9th floor
Group session 3: Sub-regional initiatives as a support to national architectures
Room: Freesia, 9th floor
Group session 4: Early warning assessment tools and the UN Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes
15:45 - 16:15
Room: Lobby, 9th floor
Break
16:15 - 17:30
Room: Aloe, 9th floor
GROUP SESSION II
Group session 5: The inclusion of women and protection of their rights as full and equal actors
Room: Freesia, 9th floor
Group session 6: The potential of social media and new technologies to inhibit and prevent atrocities
Room: Kashmir, 9th floor
Group session 7: Youth and education as drivers of prevention
Room: Verbena, 9th floor
Group session 8: National engagement as a motivator of regional action
19:00 - 21:00
Room: Ballroom B, 7th floor
Welcome cocktail reception
Cocktail reception courtesy of the Government of the Philippines
Wednesday 3rd February, 2016
Strengthening National Architectures
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Ballroom A, 7th floor
Overview of Day 1
09:30 - 11:00
Room: Ballroom A, 7th floor
PLENARY – Strengthening national architectures of atrocity prevention: key building blocks of national prevention architectures
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Lobby, 9th floor
Break
11:30 - 12:45
Room: Aloe, 9th floor
GROUP SESSION III
Group session 9: Building capacity in the security sector to prevent atrocity crimes
Room: Freesia, 9th floor
Group session 10: Combating incitement of hate speech & the role of local dialogue in atrocity prevention as a key inhibitors
Room: Verbena, 9th floor
Group session 11: Atrocity prevention in special circumstances
Room: Kashmir, 9th floor
Group session 12: National and international justice and accountability mechanisms as keys to prevention
12:45 - 14:15
Room: Ballroom B, 7th floor
Lunch
14:15 - 15:30
Room: Aloe, 9th floor
GROUP SESSION IV
Group session 13: The challenge of armed, non-state actors in the prevention/commission of atrocities and how national/regional actors can engage
Room: Verbena, 9th floor
Group session 14: Atrocity prevention and post-conflict recovery: the link between transitional justice and sustainable peace
Room: Freesia, 9th floor
Group session 15: Anti-discrimination laws and constructive policies for minorities and indigenous peoples
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Ballroom B, 7th floor
Break
16:00 - 17:30
Room: Ballroom A, 7th floor
PLENARY - Early detection, decision, action: developing capacity as a critical element in the prevention of atrocities
Thursday 4th February, 2016
Key Actors in Prevention: How Can States Work Most Effectively with Prevention Partners
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Ballroom A, 7th floor
Overview of Day 2
09:30 - 11:00
Room: Ballroom A, 7th floor
PLENARY - Strengthening partnership and cooperation between states and civil society to leverage good practice, address needs and contribute to preventing atrocities
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Ballroom B, 7th floor
Break
11:30 - 12:15
Room: Ballroom A, 7th floor
THE WAY FORWARD
12:15 - 12:30
Room: Ballroom A, 7th floor
CLOSING CEREMONY
12:30
Room: Ballroom B, 7th floor
Closing Lunch