GAAMAC III Agenda
08:30 - 10:00
OFFICIAL OPENING
Welcome message
Welcome messages (video) by
Keynote message by Ms. Mô Bleeker, GAAMAC Chair, Special Envoy for Dealing with the Past and Prevention of Atrocities, Switzerland
Keynote speech by Mr. Adama Dieng, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General for the Prevention of Genocide, Senegal
Opening speech by The Right Honorable Mr. Kirunda Kivejinja, Second Deputy Prime Minister, Government of the Republic of Uganda
10:30 - 12:30
PREVENTION: IMPACT OF SUCCESS - CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE
Keynote speakers and participants reflect on what success looks like and how it can be achieved.
Keynote speakers
14:00 - 15:30
PREVENTING RECURRENCE IN CONTEXTS AFFECTED BY ATROCITIES
Mr. Adama Dieng presents the latest UN report on the contribution of transitional justice to the prevention of gross violations and abuses of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law.
Participants reflect on how countries dealing with a legacy of past atrocities can prevent the recurrence of these atrocities.
16:00 - 17:45
ENGINEERING PREVENTION: LEARNING FROM OTHER PREVENTION SYSTEMS
Participants are introduced to other prevention systems and architectures through parallel workshops.
Participants reflect on what the atrocity prevention community can learn from these mechanisms and architectures.
18:30
WELCOME RECEPTION
08:30 - 09:00
GAAMAC - A LEARNING COMMUNITY
Participants recap observations and lessons learned from Day 1.
09:00 - 10:30
TOWARDS NATIONAL PREVENTION POLICIES AND ARCHITECTURES
The African Working Group presents its Draft Manual on “The establishment and management of national mechanisms for genocide and mass atrocities prevention”.
Introductory note by Ms. Liberata Mulamula, Tanzania
Commentaries
11:00 - 12:30
PREVENTION IN ACTION: CREATING NATIONAL ARCHITECTURES
Participants reflect on conditions, prerequisites and good practices in the establishment of national architectures for the prevention of atrocities. They identify key issues, lessons learned and discuss regional experiences which can inspire and guide the creation of such architectures and policies.
14:00 - 15:45
WORKSHOPS SHARING EXPERTISE, LEARNING AND GOOD PRACTICE (I)
16:15 - 18:00
WORKSHOPS SHARING EXPERTISE, LEARNING AND GOOD PRACTICE (II)
19:00 - 20:30
INNOVATION BIG TENT AND GOOD PRACTICE MARKETPLACE
Participants engage in lively exchanges; they share about specific knowledge, good practice and experience in atrocity prevention, which they would either like to offer or acquire.
The event presents an opportunity to network, to access to knowledge and good practices about atrocity prevention from different regions of the world.
Participants recap observations and lessons learned from Day 2
09:00 - 11:30
GAAMAC - AN INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY
Participants work to develop innovative prevention initiatives, which could serve the global atrocity prevention community in the future.
Participants present the result of their work in plenary.
An initiative is chosen to be implemented and its result to be presented during GAAMAC IV.
11:45 - 12:45
CLOSING CEREMONY