The Great Lakes
Pact – Two Years On
Issues of Implementation and Enforcement
29th-30th May 2009
The International and Humanitarian Law Project held a successful two-day Conference on the 29-30 May 2009 on The Great Lakes Pact – Two Years On. Issues of Implementation and Enforcement.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Day 1 (29 May 2009)
Part 1: Implementing the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region
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Welcome address: |
Professor Janet Hartley, Pro-Director (LSE) |
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Keynote address: |
Hon. Richard Onyonka, Kenyan Assistant Foreign Minister |
Panel 1. : Achievements and Challenges
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Chair: |
Professor Christine Chinkin (LSE) |
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Speakers: |
Executive Secretary of the Great Lakes Conference, Ambassador Mulamula Kenya National Co-ordinator for the ICGLR, Ambassador Josephine Gaita DRC National Co-ordinator for the ICGLR, Mr Hamuli Baudouin |
Panel 2. : What Role for External Actors
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Chair: |
Andrew Lang (LSE) |
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Speakers: |
Chair of the APPG on the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Eric Joyce MP Political Affairs Officer, Africa Division, United Nations, Ellen R. Alradi Regional Human Rights Adviser for the Great Lakes Region, OHCHR, Isabell Kempf |
Part 2 : IHL and IHR in the Great Lakes Process
Panel 3. : From Implementation to Enforcement and Accountability
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Chair: |
Susan Marks (KCL) |
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Speakers: |
The Role of the Secretariat – Stephen Singo, Co-ordinator for the Peace and Security cluster, Great Lakes Secretariat The ICC in the Great Lakes Region – Pascal Turlan, Office of the Prosecutor, ICC Confronting Sexual Violence in the DRC – Nicola Dahrendorf, Kings College London The ICGLR and the challenges of civilian protection in the DRC, Anneke Van Woudenburg, Human Rights Watch |
Panel 4. : A Dialogue with the Executive Secretary and Ambassador Gatete of Rwanda
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Chair: |
Nico Krisch (Hertie School of Governance) |
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Speakers: |
Executive Secretary of the Great Lakes Conference, Ambassador Mulamula Ambassador of Rwanda to the UK, Ambassador Claver Gatete |
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Closing Remarks: |
Chaloka Beyani (LSE) |
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Day 2 (30 May 2009)
Part 1 : Is Implementation Possible?
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Chair: |
Chaloka Beyani (LSE) |
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Speakers: |
Anna Sundstrom (Former Political Advisor to the EU Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region)
ICGLR in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo: A
Potentially Powerful African Actor The Juba Peace Process and
Establishment of Uganda’s First War Crimes Court: Assessing Uganda’s
Implementation of the Protocol for the Prevention and Punishment of
Genocides and International War Crimes under the Great Lakes Pact Beyond Noble Intentions? Translating Democratic Commitments into Action through the Great Lakes Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance |
Part 2 : From the Promise of Implementation to a Commitment to Enforce
2.1 Human Security
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Chair: |
Virginia Mantouvalou (University of Leicester) |
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Speakers: |
Marta Iniguez de Heredia (International Relations Dept, LSE) Putting Words To Work: Human Security in the
Great Lakes Pact The Protocol on the Suppression and Prevention
of Sexual Violence Against Women and Children: Opportunities and
Challenges |
2.2 Refugees and IDPs
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Chair: |
Nicolas Lamp (LSE) |
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Speakers: |
Jennifer Strickland (Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE) Dar es Salaam Three Years On:
Refugee Participatory Decision-Making in Zambia and the DRC What Pact, What Protocol? The Uselessness of the Protocol on the Protection and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons in addressing Kenya’s Post-Election Humanitarian Crisis |
Part 3 : Enforcement
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Chair: |
Elizabeth Wilmshurst (Chatham House) |
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Speakers: |
Chris Gevers (Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE) The Protocol on Non-Aggression and
the UN Charter Enforcing
International Criminal Justice in the Great Lakes Region Enforcement: Prospects and Choices |
