Conference on "From Totalitarianism and Democracy: Reconciliation and Accountability in Iraq - Creating a Space for Consultation"

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- Preliminary Draft Programme -
 
 
Wednesday 6 May 2009
                                               
Arrival of participants with accreditation and registration at hotel
 
20h30 Welcome dinner
 
 
Thursday 7 May 2009
 
08h30 – 09h15 Arrival at Conference Venue and coffee
 
09h15 - 11h00 Opening Session
 
Panel on International Experiences of Transition from Totalitarianism to Democracy
Sadiq Al Mahdi, former Prime Minister, Sudan
Padraig O’Malley, Advisor to President Martti Ahtisaari, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (for Kosovo and Aceh, Indonesia), Finland
John Reid, former Minister for Federal and Provincial Affairs, Canada
Yoshiaki Sasakia, Advisor, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan
Oreib Al Rantawi, Chair, Al Quds Political Studies, Palestine/Jordan
Amina Bouayach, President, Moroccan Organisation for Human Rights (OMDH), Morocco
Juliàn Guerrero, Ministry of Justice, Colombia
Kathryne Bomberger, Director-General, International Commission on Missing Persons, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Irina Zvyagelskaya, Professor, Centre for Strategic and Political Studies, Moscow, Russia
Alison Smith, International Legal Expert, Australia
Shafeeq Ghabra, Political Science Professor, Kuwait University
Nicole Fritz, Executive Director, South African Litigation Centre
 
Welcome remarks
Kurdistan Regional Government
Iraqi Council of Representatives                                                     
Kurdistan Parliament - Iraq
Iraqi Government
Government of Italy
Government of Greece
No Peace Without Justice
International Alliance for Justice
Tolerancy International
Foundation for the Future
 
11h00 – 11h30 Coffee break
 
11h30-14h00 Plenary Session
 
Current state of accountability and reconciliation in Iraq
Co-Chairs:
Hon Sheikh Khaled Al Atiyh, first Deputy Speaker of Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon Adnan Mufti, Speaker of Kurdistan Parliament - Iraq
 
Speakers:
Ahmad Al Barrak,Chair, Property Claims Commission of ICR
Mohammed Ahmad Mahmoud, Chair, Martyrs and Political Prisoners Committee of ICR
Dr Akram Al Hakim, Chair, Reconciliation and Accountability Committee of ICR
Hon Chnar Saad, Minister of Martyrs and Anfal
Dr Fouad Massoum, Member of the ICR
Dr Ali Al Adib, Vice President of National Iraqi Coalition
Bahaa Al Aaraji, Member of the Iraqi Parliament Sadrist Group, Chair of Legal Committee
Sheikh Harith Al Ubaidy, Chair of Al Tawfoq Front of ICR
Sheikh Jamal Al Batikh, President of Aliraqia National List of ICR
Sheikh Khalaf Al Ulayan, President of National Dialogue Council of ICR
Sheikh Hassan Al Shimari, Chair of Al Fadila Group of ICR
Saleh Al Mutlaq, ICR, President of National Dialogue Front
Sheikh Abed Mutlaq Al Jubouri, ICR, former Deputy Prime Minister
Mithal Al Alousi, ICR, Iraqi Al Umma Party
Kamal Kirkuki, Deputy Speaker of Kurdistan Parliament
 
13h00 – 14h00 Discussion
 
14h00 – 15h00 Lunch, press-interviews
 
15h00 – 16h30 Parallel Thematic Sessions
               
Accountability and reconciliation: international experiences
 
(Session 1) Engaging the population in the accountability and reconciliation process
 
Chair:
Arif Tayfour, Deputy Speaker of ICR
Co-chair:
Shafeeq Ghabra, Political Science Professor, Kuwait University
Introduction:
Falah Shanshal, Chair of Accountability and Justice Committee of ICR
Rashid Al Izawi, Member of ICR
Ala Talabani, Chair of Civil Society Committee of ICR
Abdul Karim Al Yakubi, Member of the Supreme Reconciliation Committee of the Government of Iraq
Ali Al Alaq, Member of ICR
 
(Session 2) Measures and processes for accountability and reconciliation
 
Chair:
Arif Shahin, Head of Iraqi High Tribunal
Co-chair:
Nicole Fritz, Executive Director, South African Litigation Centre
Introduction:
Sheikh Kasim Al Shalani, Member of ICR
Judge Zuhair Kazim Aboud, Supreme Judicial Council
Sheikh Khairallah Al Basri, Independent Member of ICR
Muhsin Al Sadoun, Member of ICR Legal Committee
Kamal Al Sa’idi, Member of ICR Public Integrity Committee
Dorothée Marotine, Senior Associate, International Center for Transitional Justice
 
(Session 3) Redress, Recognition and Restitution
 
Chair:
Hon Safa Al Safi, Iraqi Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
Co-chair:
Brice Dickson, Queen’s University, Belfast
Introduction:
Dr Sadi Al Barzingi, Vice President of Kurdistan Alliance List of ICR
Ahmed Al Baraak, Chair of Property Claim Commission
Dr Yousef Osman, Minister of Human Rights, Kurdistan Regional Government
Shada Al Mousawi, Member of ICR
Nouradin Al Hayani, Member ofICR
 
16h30 – 16h45 Coffee break
 
16h45 – 18h15 Parallel Thematic Sessions continued
Accountability and reconciliation: international experiences
 
18h15 – 18h30 Session Closes with Announcements
 
20h00 Dinner and Cultural Evening
 
 
 
Friday 8 May 2009
 
08h45 – 09h30 Arrival at Conference Venue and coffee
 
09h30 – 11h30 Plenary Session
 
Accountability and reconciliation: Iraqi expectations and objectives
 
Co-Chairs:
Hon Sheikh Khaled Al Atiyh, first Deputy Speaker of Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon Adnan Mufti, Speaker of Kurdistan Parliament - Iraq
 
09h30 – 10h00 Report back from parallel sessions
10h00 – 11h30 Discussion
 
11h30 – 11h45 Coffee break
 
11h45 – 13h30 Parallel Thematic Sessions
 
Policy-making and the elements of accountability and reconciliation
 
(Session 1) Security and Military reorganization in the context of reconciliation and accountability
 
Chair:
Hadi Al Amiri, Chair, Security and Defence Committee
Co-Chair:
General Salvatore Carrera, expert in Iraq and former military advisor for the Italian Special Diplomatic Delegation
 
Introduction:
Abdul Karim Al Samarai, Vice President, Security and Defence Committee
Hassan Al Sunaid, Member, Security and Defence Committee
Abdul Karim Al Inizi, Member, Security and Defence Committee, former Minister of National Security
Sheikh Abed Mutlaq Al Jubouri, ICR, former Deputy Prime Minister
Sherdil Hawezi, Kurdistan Regional Government, former Minister for Pashmerga Affairs
               
(Session 2) Managing Diversity and Pluralism in Iraq: allocating competences across national, regional and provincial bodies
 
Chair:
Nasir Al Jadirji, former Member of Governing Council, President of National Democratic Party
Co-chair:
John Reid, former Minister for Federal and Provincial Affairs, Canada
 
Introduction:
Sabir Al Isawi, Mayor of Baghdad
Abdul Rahman Mustafa, Governor of Kirkuk
Judge Wail Abdullatif, Chair of Al Dawla Party, Member of ICR, former Governor of Basra and Governing Council
Fryad Rawanduzi, Spokesperson for Kurdistan Alliance List
Ambassador Mokhtar Lamani, Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation and former Ambassador of Arab League in Iraq
Afram bil Ahad, Member of ICR, Rapporteur and Chair of Chaldean Party
Dr Mamo Farhan, former Minister of Civil Society of Iraq, former Ezidi Community
 
(Session 3) Iraqi Foreign Relations & Neighbourhood Policy
 
Chair:
Safia Al Suhail, Member of ICR
Co-chair:
Ambassador Maurizio Melani, Italian Ambassador to Iraq
Introduction:
Sami Al Askari, Member of the ICR Foreign Relations Committee
Ambassador Hamid Al Sunni, Ambassador of the Organisation of Islamic Conferences
Claude Poulet, Cultural and Cooperation Counsellor, French Embassy, Iraq
Achim Ladwig, European Commission Delegation, Iraq
Judith Yaphe, Professor, Centre for Strategic Studies, United States
Irina Zvyagelskaya, Professor, Centre for Strategic and Political Studies, Moscow, Russia
 
13h30 – 14h45 Lunch
 
14h45 – 16h30 Parallel Thematic Sessions
 
Policy-making and the elements of accountability and reconciliation
 
(Session 1) Cultural, social and educational aspects of accountability and reconciliation
 
Chair:
Abdul Hussein Al Hindawi, UNAMI
Co-chair:
Moheb Zaki Yacoub, Senior Advisor, Ibn Khaldun Centre, Egypt
Introduction:
Falakadi Kakayi, Minister of Culture, Kurdistan Regional Government
Sheikh Hamid Al Muhallah, Member of ICR, Head of Islamic Supreme Council’s Media Department
Falih Abdul Jabar, Director, Iraqi Institute for Strategic Studies and Thinker
Sheikh Fatih Kashif Al Ghutta, Advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister
Mufid Aljazairi, Chair of Cultural and Media Committee of the ICR, former Iraqi Minister of Culture
Shawqi Abdul Amir, former UNESCO Secretary-General’s Advisor and Writer
Ismail Zair, Editor in Chief, Al Sabah Al Jedid Daily Newspaper
Dr Abdullah Al Shalaby, Ibn Khaldun Centre, Egypt
 
(Session 2) Economic reconstruction and oil and gas laws in the context of reconciliation
 
Chair:
Dr Haidar Al Ibadi, Chair of Economic Committee of ICR
Co-Chair:
Robert Daudlin, International Election Monitoring Institute
Introduction:
Ali Hussein Balo, Chair of Oil and Gas Committee
William Spencer, Executive Director Institute for International Law and Human Rights-Baghdad
Dr Mahdi Al Hafiz, former Iraqi Minister of Planning, Member of ICR
Mahmoud Ahmed Uthman, Member of the Strategic Review Board for Reconstruction of Iraq
Fryaad Omar, Member of ICR, Turkmen Community
 
(Session 3) Justice for victims, including IDPs, refugees, and past and present detainees
 
Chair:
Abdul Khaliq Zangana, Chair of Refugees and IDPs Committee
Co-chair:
Amina Bouayach, President, Moroccan Organisation for Human Rights (OMDH)
Introduction:
Dr Salim Abdullah Al Jubouri, Spokesperson, Al Tawafuq Front, Member of the ICR
Leyla Al Khafaji, Member of ICR
Azhar Al Samarai, Member of ICR, Tawfoq Group
Mustapha Bouchachi, Chair, Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights
                               
16h30– 16h45 Coffee break
 
16h45 – 18h00Plenary Session
 
Policy-making and the elements of accountability and reconciliation
 
Co-Chairs:
Hon Sheikh Khaled Al Atiyh, first Deputy Speaker of Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon Adnan Mufti, Speaker of Kurdistan Parliament - Iraq
 
16h45 – 17h15 Reports from parallel thematic sessions
17h15 – 18h00 Discussion
 
20h00 Dinner
 
 
Saturday 9 May 2009
 
08h30 – 09h00 Arrival at Conference Venue and coffee
 
09h00 – 11h00 Fourth Plenary Session
 
Structuring Iraq’s transitional justice process to meet its goals
 
Co-Chairs:
Hon Sheikh Khaled Al Atiyh, first Deputy Speaker of Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon Adnan Mufti, Speaker of Kurdistan Parliament - Iraq
 
09h00 – 10h15 Discussion of Outcomes from Plenaries and Thematic Sessions
10h15 – 11h00 Conclusions
 
11h00 – 12h00 Press Conference
 
12h00 – 13h30 Lunch
                               
 
 
Simultaneous Interpretation will be available in Arabic, English and Kurdish