3 - 5 March 2010

Co-organized by the governments of Tanzania, Argentina and Switzerland

In complement to the formal statements found here-below, a number of additional articles on this theme have been published in the journal Politorbis 2/2009 - Genocide prevention. You can download this issue of Politorbis as a pdf file by clicking on the pertinent icon in the right-hand column.

Programme

March 3

06.30 p.m. 
Welcoming of participants and guest experts.
Cultural event and reception offered by Honourable Seif Ali Idd (MP), Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Republic of Tanzania

March 4

8.30 – 9.00 a.m. 
Registration

9.10 – 10.00 a.m. 
Official opening programme
Official opening by:
Honourable Seif Ali Idd (MP), Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, United Republic of Tanzania 
 Statement by Honourable Seif Ali Idd (pdf, 133 Kb)
Ambassador Daniel Chuburu, Argentina 
 Statement by Ambassador Daniel Chuburu (pdf, 108 Kb)
Ambassador Adrian Schläpfer, Switzerland 
 Statement by Ambassador Adrian Schläpfer (pdf, 138 Kb)

10.30 – 12.30 a.m. 
Panel I: What is genocide and how to prevent it

Prevention instruments of the international community. Where are we? / How to improve. Lessons learned. Difficulties and challenges regarding ethical, political and cultural issues in the responses to genocide. Transitional justice: contributions to genocide prevention. 

Moderator: H.E. Benjamin W. Mkapa, Former President, United Republic of Tanzania
Francis Deng – UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide 
 Statement by Francis Deng (pdf, 23 Kb)
Andrea Bartoli – Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR), George Mason University 
 Statement by Andrea Bartoli (pdf, 44 Kb)
 Annexe to the statement by Andrea Bartoli
Navanethem Pillay – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 
 Video-Statement by Navanethem Pillay (video)
 Statement by Navanethem Pillay (pdf, 116 Kb)

12.30 – 2.00 p.m. 
Lunch

2.00 – 4.00 p.m. 
Panel II: Preventing genocide: role and responsibilities of state and international actors and ways forward
Challenges and opportunities in the prevention of genocide in the viewpoint of an international actor. What needs to be done in order to strengthen the capacities of states to protect their own population? The role of international organizations and regional initiatives. Recommendations for the security sector. Roles and challenges of international justice.

Moderator: Mô Bleeker, Senior Adviser for Dealing with the Past and Genocide Prevention, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
Akua Kuenyehia – Judge, International Criminal Court 
 Statement by Akua Kuenyehia (pdf, 182 Kb)
Mike Pryce - Author of Mass Atrocity Prevention Planning Guide, President of COA NonProfit 
 Statement by Mike Pryce (pdf, 111 Kb)
Paul F. Seils - Chief of the Rule of Law and Democracy Section, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

4.30 – 6.30 p.m. 
Panel III: Preventing genocide: role and responsibilities of non-state actors and ways forward
Role of the media, the private sector and the civil society in the incitement and/or prevention of genocides. Main challenges and opportunities.

Moderator: Ambassador Begum Taj, Director, Multilateral Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, United Republic of Tanzania
Théodore Simburudali - President of Ibuka (Survivors Organization in Rwanda).
Salil Tripathi - Policy Director, Institute for Human Rights and Business 
 Statement by Salil Tripathi (pdf, 295 Kb)
Daniela Kroslak - Deputy Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group 
 Statement by Daniela Kroslak (pdf, 140 Kb)

March 5

9.00 – 11.00 a.m. 
Panel IV: Africa. Experiences and visions for the future
African prevention experiences. Failures and success. The roots of genocides. What did and what didn’t work? How to deal with the legacy of past genocides.

Moderator: Commissioner Bahame Tom Nyanduga; Advocate, High Court of Tanzania, former Member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Hassan Bubacar Jallow - Chief Prosecutor ICTR 
 Statement by Hassan Bubacar Jallow (pdf, 167 Kb)
Tom Ndahiro - Journalist, Rwanda 
Liberata Mulamula – Ambassador, Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region 
 Statement by Liberata Mulamula (pdf, 194 Kb)

11.30 – 12.30 a.m. 
Discussion

2.00 – 4.00 p.m. 
Panel V: Asia, Latin America and Europe. Experiences, lessons learned and ways forward
Exchange of experiences and lessons learned from other continents. Assessment of prevention efforts. R2P and genocide prevention: challenges, risks and opportunities.

Moderator: Eduardo Acevedo Díaz - Director General for Human Rights, Ministry of foreign affairs, Argentina
Yehuda Bauer - Professor, Academic Adviser, Jerusalem 
 Statement by Yehuda Bauer (pdf, 131 Kb)
Socheata Poeuv – CEO of “Khmer Legacies”, Genocide Studies Program, Yale University 
 Statement by Socheata Poeuv (pdf, 140 Kb)
Rodolfo Mattarollo - Advisor of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Coordinator of the UNASUR Commission to the violence in Pando. 
 Statement by Rodolfo Mattarollo (pdf, 138 Kb)
Edward Luck – Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General, Responsability to Protect 
 Statement by Edward Luck (pdf, 127 Kb)

4.00 – 5.00 p.m. 
Final session

Begum Taj, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Mô Bleeker.
 Conclusions and main recommendations (chairman statement) (pdf, 141 Kb)
Announcement of next regional forum.
Closing remarks.

5.00 p.m. 
End of programme