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