Meeting program

Experts:

• Hon. Kasthuri Patto, MP Malaysia
• Dip. Esther Cuesta Santana, MP Ecuador

Moderator: Lord Purvis of Tweed MP, UK

This workshop was led by Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA).

Experts:

• Dr. Zarije Seizović, Professor at the International Law Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo
• Ms. Marlies Stappers, Executive Director, Impunity Watch
• Mr. Henri Myrttinen, Lead Associate Gender Associations

 Moderator: Mr. Haris Lokvancic, Head of Diplomatic Affairs Embassy of Switzerland in Bosnia and Herzegovina

 This workshop was led by the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Experts:

• Mr. Atta ul Haq Khaderzai, Founder & Chief Executive Officer Youth Association for Development (YAD)
• Ms. Rita Izsak-Ndiaye, OSCE personal representative on Children and Security

Moderator: Ms. Devon Gulbrandsen, Program Associate International Coalition of Sites of Conscience

This panel showcased conceptual approaches, frameworks, normative frameworks, and good practices from the Swiss National Commission Against Racism, the Danish National Institute for Human Rights, and the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.

Chair and Moderator: Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, GAAMAC Chair

Panellists: 

• Martine Brunschwig Graf, President of the Swiss National Commission Against Racism
• Nanna Krusaa, Senior adviser and team leader for Ethnicity, Equal Treatment at the Danish Institute for Human Rights
• Elzbieta Kuzborska-Pacha, Senior legal Adviser at the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.

This panel showcased conceptual approaches, frameworks, normative frameworks, and good practices from national, regional, and international organisations such as the Ghana Peace Council, the OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council.

Chair and Moderator: Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, GAAMAC Chair

Panellists: 

• Dr. Ernest Adu-Gyamfi, Chairman of the Ghana Peace Council
• Eduardo Bertoni, Representante – Coordinator, Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos
• Vitit Muntarbhorn, Professor Emeritus and former Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia

Experts:

• Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Director, Polarisation and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL) Center for University Excellence (CUE), Professor in the School of Public Affairs and School of Education, Department of Justice, Law and Criminology, American University and lead-author of the UNESCO/UN policy guide on addressing hate speech through education
• Naomi Kikoler, Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Freddy Mutanguha, Executive Director, Aegis Trust

Moderator: Karel Fracapane, Programme Specialist, Global Citizenship and Peace Education Section, UNESCO

This workshop was led by UNESCO (Division for Peace and Sustainable Development).

Experts:

• Mr. Victor Madrigal-Borloz, UN Independent Expert on violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
• Ms Lilit Martirosyan, TRANS activist Founder and President of Right Side Human Rights Defender NGO

Moderator: Amb. Bahia Tahzib-Lie, Dutch Human Rights Ambassador

This workshop was led by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Experts:

• Ms. Magda Matache, Director of the Roma Program at Harvard FXB
• Dr. Kate Ferguson, Co-Executive Director and Head of Research and Policy Protection Approaches

Moderator: Federica D'Alessandra, Executive Director Oxford Programme on International Peace and Security (IPS)

Experts:

• Prof. Azza Karam, Secretary General Religions for Peace
• Mr. Bruno Gbiegba, President of the National Committee for the Prevention of Genocide in the Central African Republic

Moderator: Mr. Andrea Bartoli, President of the Sant'Egidio Foundation for Peace and Dialogue

Experts:

• Ms. Sophie Achermann, Co-Cheffe de Projet Stop hate speech
• Christopher Tuckwood, Executive Director The Sentinel Project

Moderator: Ms. Marie Lamensch, Project Coordinator Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS)

This panel framed the Breakout Out Sessions on GAAMAC Regional / Thematic Initiatives by highlighting the track record and added value of GAAMAC Regional Working Groups in supporting and strengthening national atrocity prevention efforts and mechanisms in the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

Chair and Moderator: Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, GAAMAC Chair

Panellists:  

• Justice Jamila Mohammed, Chair of the GAAMAC Africa Working Group and Chairperson of the Kenya National Committee on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and All Forms of Discrimination under the auspices of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)
• Mô Bleeker, former GAAMAC Chair and Special Envoy for Dealing with the Past and Prevention of Atrocities at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)

SHAPING ATROCITY PREVENTION FROM THE GROUND UP: GOOD PRACTICES FROM GAAMAC REGIONAL INITIATIVES AND WAYS FORWARD

SHAPING ATROCITY PREVENTION FROM THE GROUND UP: GOOD PRACTICES FROM GAAMAC REGIONAL INITIATIVES AND WAYS FORWARD

The results of the group discussions in the Break Out Rooms were presented in the plenary.

Experts:

• Dr. Eyal Mayroz, Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
• Ms. Rebecca Hamilton, Associate Professor of Law American University Washington College of Law

Moderator: Tetsushi Ogata, Genocide Prevention Advisory Network (GPANet)

Experts:

• Ms. Rachel Brown, Founder and Executive Director Project over zero
• Ms. Nyon Nyin Toh, Member of the Asia Pacific Centre for R2P Youth Core Group on Atrocity Prevention (YCGAP) as well as the Global Focal Points for YR2P with UNMGCY
• Ms. Gaia Michelle Benjamin, Member of the Asia Pacific Centre for R2P Youth Core Group on Atrocity Prevention (YCGAP) as well as the Global Focal Points for YR2P with UNMGCY

Moderator: Ms. Maria Westergren Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect

Experts:

• Simona Cruciani, Political Affairs Officer, United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect
• Velma Šarić, Founder & President at The Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC)

Moderator: Mr. Martin Mennecke, Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark, and R2P Researcher, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

This workshop was led by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect.

Experts:

• Mr. Kyle Matthews, Executive Director Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS)
• Mr. Enzo Le Fevre Cervini, Director of Research and Cooperation of the Budapest Centre for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities

Moderator: Mr. Christian Schläpfer, First Secretary Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Affairs, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)

Experts:

• Mr. Wichert ten Have, Special Adviser IHRA
• Ms. Veerle Vanden Daelen, Deputy director, Director Collections & Research Kazerne Dossin
• Ms. Hélène Dumas, researcher at the French Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Centre d'études sociologiques et politiques Raymond Aron (CESPRA-EHESS)

Moderator: Ms. Mô Bleeker, former GAAMAC Chair and Special Envoy for Dealing with the Past and Prevention of Atrocities at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)

This workshop was led by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).

Experts:

• Ms. Garifallia Anastasopoulou, Coordinator Racist Violence Recording Network of Greece
• Ms. Tinatin Khatchvani, Head of Donor Coordination Unit Government of Georgia

Moderator: Mr. Tome Shekerdjiev, Project Manager at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)

This workshop was led by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).

Experts:

• Shara Duncan, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of the Republic of Costa Rica to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

• Mr. Bakari Sidiki Diaby, Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and Vice-Chair of the AWG

Moderator: Carlota Maldonado Montserrat, Project Officer Platform for Peace and Humanity

ADDRESSING HATE SPEECH AND PREVENTING INCITEMENT AND DISCRIMINATION: FROM REFLECTION TO ACTION                          

GAAMAC Chair, Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, drew the main take-aways from GAAMAC IV. Focusing on concrete results and recommendations put-forward by GAAMAC’s community, this closing plenary gave a preview of the outcome document of the Fourth Global Meeting.

Chair and Moderator: Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, GAAMAC Chair