Agenda

October 30, 2011

8:30 – 9:30 Welcome and Registration

9:30 – 11:00 Opening Session

  • Judge Hussam Al-Gharyani, President of the Supreme Judicial Council (tbc)
  • Bahieddin Hassan, Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
  • David Tolbert, President of the International Center for Transitional Justice

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11.15 – 1:00 Addressing Past violations: Truth, Justice and accountability

  • Moderator Hany Megally
  • Marcie Mersky, Truth Seeking
  • Nick Koumjian, Criminal Justice
  • Commentator to be confirmed

1:00 – 2:30 Lunch Break

2:30 – 4:00 Redressing Past Violations

  • Moderator : Magdy Abdel Hameed
  • Ruben Carranza, Reparations
  • Kelli Muddell, Gender Justice
  • Yasmin Sooka
  • Commentators : Dr. Gaber Gad Nassar and Mozn Hassan

4:00-4:30 Coffee Break

4:30-6:00 Preventing Violations: Vetting and Institutional Reform

  • Moderator: Amr Hamzawi or Amr Salah
  • Rumin Serge, Vetting mechanisms
  • Dylan Hendrickson, Security Sector Reforms
  • Commentator : Dr. Nour Farahat

October 31 2011

09.00 – 10.30 Domestic trials in Egypt and Tunisia: Challenges and opportunities

  • Moderator: Souhir Belhassen
  • Ziad Abdel Tawab, Egypt
  • Ayashi El Hamami / Omar Safraoui: Tunisian perspective on trials
  • International commentators: Richard Rogers and Basma Kodmani

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.30 Preventing abuse in Egypt and Tunisia: how to exclude perpetrators and reform the security sector?

  • Moderator : Mervat Reshmawi – confirmed
  • Hossam Bahgat, Egypt
  • Lazhar el Akermi, Tunisia
  • International Commentator to be confirmed

12:30-2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 3:30 Dealing with past abuse while fighting corruption: the cases of Egypt and Tunisia

  • Moderator : Noha Al Mekkawy – UNDP Egypt
  • Wahid Ferchichi, Tunisia
  • Dr. Ahmad Sayed El Naggar, Egypt
  • International commentator: Ruben Carranza

3:30-4:00 Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:30 The ICC, Complementarity and Strengthening the Rule of Law in the MENA context

  • Moderator : Salah Nasraoui
  • Tarek Eldoum , Libya
  • Magdy Naeem, Sudan
  • International commentator : David Tolbert and Ambassador Nabil Fahmy or Amal Basha

5:30 – 6:15 Voices on Justice from Region (Bahrain, Syria, Yemen)

  • Moderator: Nassera Dutour
  • Hazem Nahar , Syria
  • Yecine El Kabati, Yemen
  • Mariam El Khawaga, Bahrain

6:15 – 6:30 Wrap up and Conclusions CIHRS and ICTJ