Venue: CIRDAP Auditorium
Agenda of the Conference
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| Thursday, 30 July, 2009 |
| 9:30 AM |
Openning Session |
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Master of Ceremony |
Mofidul Hoque, Co-ordinator
Second International Conference on Genocide Truth and Justice |
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Address of Welcome |
Akku Chowdhury, Trustee
Liberation War Museum |
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Speakers |
Dr. Suzannah Linton
Dr. David Matas
Helmut Scholz |
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Guest of Honor |
Barrister Shafique Ahmed, Honorable Minister
Ministry of Law and Parliamentary Affairs |
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Chair |
Prof. Salahuddin Ahmed |
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| 11:00 AM |
Tea-break |
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| 11:15 AM |
Plenary Session 1 |
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Rumana Islam |
Department of Law, Dhaka University
Trial of War Criminals of 1971: An Appraisal |
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A.B.M Abu Noman |
Chittagong University:
Transitional Justice and Witness Protection: Bangladesh Perspective |
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Dr. David Matas |
International Tribunals: Lessons Learned |
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Open Discussion |
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Chair |
Dr. Suzannah Linton, Hong Kong |
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| 1:00 PM |
Lunch-break |
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| 2:00 PM |
Plenary Session 2 |
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Dr. Syed Anwar Hossain |
Genocide in Bangladesh, 1971: Fixing Responsibility |
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Helmut Scholz |
Member, EU Parliament, Germany |
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Ahmed Salim |
Pakistan:
Documents and Statements from the Pakistan Press in 1971 |
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Open Discussion |
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Chair |
Dr. Chanwahn Kim, Korea |
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| 3:30 PM |
Tea-break |
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| 3:45 PM |
Plenary Session 3 |
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Prof. Chanwahn Kim |
Korea:
The Role of India on the Prisoners of the Korean War |
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Bina D’Costa |
Research Fellow, The Australian National University:
Partnership with Transnational Networks for a Gender Sensitive Justice Mechanism |
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Constanze Oehlrich &
Nafia Tasmin Din |
Cambodia:
Victims Unit and role of the victims in the Cambodian Court of Trial |
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Open Discussion |
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Chair |
Ms. Halina Wawzyniak, Germany |
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| 5:15 PM |
Closing |
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| Friday, 31 July, 2009 |
| 9:30 AM |
Plenary Session 4 |
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Prof. Ohashi Masaaki |
Japan:
Japan’s Indigenous People and Unrecorded Slow Genocide |
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Lt. Gen. (Retd.)
Harun-ur-Rashid |
Sectors Commanders Forum:
Bangladesh Genocide and the Campaign for the Trial |
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Dr. Mizanur Rahman |
Dept. of Law, Dhaka University:
Genocide 1971: Bringing the Perpetrators to Justice |
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Barrister Amir-UL Islam |
Bringing the perpetrators of Genocide to Justice |
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Open Discussion |
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Chair |
Dr. David Matas, Canada |
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| 11:00 AM |
Tea-break |
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| 11:15 AM |
Plenary Session 5 |
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Rubaiyat Hossain |
Trauma of the Birangana,
Trauma of the Nation: A Feminist Discourse of Izzat |
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Nayanika Mookherjee |
United Kingdom:
Ethical Features and representation of narratives of Sexual Violence of the Bangladesh War of 1971 |
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Dr. Nasima Selim |
BRAC University:
Ekattorer Debdas: The "unusual" protest and plight of a "living martyr" of the Liberation War |
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Open Discussion |
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Chair |
Constanze Oehlrich, Cambodia |
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| 1:00 PM |
Lunch-break |
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| 2:00 PM |
Plenary Session 6 |
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Halina Wawzyniak |
Human Rights Lawyer, Germany |
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Ansar Ahmed Ullah |
United Kindom:
Building an International Network: Campaign to seek justice & the efforts in the UK |
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Patrick Burgess |
Asia Director, ICTJ:
An Informal Reflection on Truth and Justice in Bangladesh |
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Dr. Suzannah Linton |
Dealing with the Legacies of the Past:
Thoughts on the Way Forward for Bangladesh |
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Open Discussion |
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Chair |
Helmut Scholz, Germany |
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| 3:30 PM |
Tea-break |
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| 3:45 PM |
Round Table Discussion on the
Process of Trial in Bangladesh and the Role of the Civil Society |
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Adoption of the Declaration |
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| 5:00 PM |
Closing Session |
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Master of Ceremony |
Aly Zaker, Trustee
Liberation War Museum |
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Special Guest |
Captain (Retd) A B Tazul Islam
State Minister for Liberation War Affairs |
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Chair |
National Professor Kabir Chowdhury |
