Tuesday, 24 June 2008: Day 1
12.00pm – 1.30pm Lunch and Registration
Welcome and Introduction (10 minutes)
1.30pm – 2.30pm Learning contract, brief self-introduction of participants, observers and speakers, Dr. Rebecca Spence, Senior Lecturer in Peace Studies at the University of New England; Peaceworks
I. Promotion and protection of Democracy, Rule of Law and Human Rights
2.30pm – 4.45pm Panel 1: The essence of democracy, rule of law, human rights and transitional justice, Justice Andrew Wilson (2 ¼ hours)
The importance, indivisibility and interrelationship of democracy, rule of law and human rights, Geoffrey Robertson QC, Barrister, United Kingdom
An introduction to transitional justice, Abdul Rahim Kamara, Executive Director, Manifesto 99
The need for consideration of all of society throughout transitional justice initiatives, Alison Smith, No Peace Without Justice
--Brief Coffee Break --
4.45pm – 5.15pm Break out session: Democracy; Human Rights; Rule of Law
5.15pm – 5.35pm Plenary: Drawing together reactions to the concepts raised, issues arising, potential strategies and solutions, Dr. Rebecca Spence
7.00pm Conference Dinner
Wednesday, 25 June 2008: Day 2
8.30am Coffee and Tea
9.00am – 12.45pm Panel 2: Actors and accountability - Civil society – human rights reporting, the United Nations and community based action; the legal profession; and the media, Alison Smith, No Peace Without Justice (3 ¾ hours)
- Aasiya Riaz, Deputy Director, Pakistan Institute for Legislative Development and Training
- Dr. Niccolò A. Figà-Talamanca, Programme Director, No Peace Without Justice
- Hon. Gerard Winter
- Rhoda Belden, Peace Foundation Melanesia
- Geoffrey Robertson QC
- William Parkinson, Media owner, Fiji
- Richard Naidu, Lawyer, Fiji
-- Lunch -- Break out session: Various actors in the peace and democracy building process and strengthening linkages between civil society and other actors
2.15pm – 2.30pm Plenary: Drawing together reactions to the concepts raised, issues arising, potential strategies and solutions, Dr. Rebecca Spence
2.30pm – 4.30pm Panel 3: National accountability mechanisms, the Judiciary, Constitutions and independent, state-funded monitors, Abdul Rahim Kamara, Executive Director, Manifesto 99 (2 hours)
- Justice Andrew Wilson
- Prof. Rajeev Dhavan, ICJ Commissioner
- Human Rights Commissioner, Timor Leste
4.30pm – 5.15pm Break out session: Accountability mechanisms
5.15pm – 5.30pm Plenary: Drawing together reactions to the concepts raised, issues arising, potential strategies and solutions, Dr. Rebecca Spence
Thursday, 26 June 2008: Day 3
II. Transitional Justice Mechanisms
8.30am Coffee and Tea
9.00am – 12.00pm Panel 4: Criminal Justice Systems, Peter Ridgway (3 hours)
- Abdul Rahim Kamara, Executive Director, Manifesto 99
- Isabel Guterres, Former Commissioner for the ICTJ, Head of Timor Red Cross
-- Lunch -- Break out session: Transitional Justice
1.30pm – 1.45pm Plenary: Drawing together reactions to the concepts raised, issues arising, potential strategies and solutions, Dr. Rebecca Spence
1.45pm – 4.00pm Panel 5: Truth Telling Mechanisms and Preserving the memory, considering the South African, Timor-Leste and Kenyan experiences, Dr. Niccolo A. Figa-Talamanca, Programme Director, No Peace Without Justice (2 ¼ hours)
- Isabel Guterres, Former Commissioner for the ICTJ, Head of Timor Red Cross
- Alison Smith, No Peace Without Justice
4.00 – 5.00 Break out session: Strategies and Structures to preserve memory
5.00pm – 5.15pm Plenary: Drawing together reactions to the concepts raised, issues arising, potential strategies and solutions, Dr. Rebecca Spence
Friday, 27 June 2008: Day 4
8.00am Coffee and Tea
8.15am – 10.30 Panel 6: Reconciliation and Reparations, considering the Indigenous Australian, Solomon Islands and Bougainville experiences, Dr. Rebecca Spence (2 ¼ hours)
- Jack Beetson, Australia
- Alison Smith, No Peace Without Justice
- Sir Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands
- Helen Hakena, Bougainville
-- Morning Tea -- Break out session: Reconciliation – Challenges and strategies
11.00am – 11.15am Plenary: Drawing together reactions to the concepts raised, issues arising, potential strategies and solutions, Dr. Rebecca Spence
11.15am – 1.30pm Panel 7: Institutional Reform, Aasiya Riaz, Deputy Director, Pakistan Institute for Legislative Development and Training (2 ¼ hours)
- Prof. Rajeev Dhavan, ICJ Commissioner
- Jean-Luc Stalon, UNDP
- Dr. Jon Fraenkel
-- Lunch -- Break out session: Major Challenges; Potential strategies
3.00pm – 3.30pm Plenary: Drawing together reactions to the concepts raised, issues arising, potential strategies and solutions, Dr. Rebecca Spence
3.30pm – 3.45pm Close
4.00pm Transport begins departing
