The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to inform you about the side event of the 13th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on
The Global Phenomenon of Enforced Disappearances and the Entry Into Force of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
jointly organized by ALRC, AFAD, APDH, and FEMED, In Cooperation With FEDEFAM, NVI, PHILRIGHTS, and INFID.*
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
United Nations Office at Geneva, Room XXVII, Palais des Nations
PROGRAM
3.00 3.10: Welcome Remarks, Mr. Jeremy J. Sarkin, Chairperson, UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
3.10 4.20: Testimonies of Experts and Family Representatives of the Disappeared
- Buried Evidence, A Report on Mass Graves in Kashmir Dr. Angana Chatterji, Coconvener, International Peoples Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir and Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, United States
- The Case of Maina Sunwar, Nepal Mrs. Devi Sunwar, Mother of Maina Sunwar, and Mr. Govinda Bandi
- Enforced Disappearances in the Philippines Ms. Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso, Secretary-General, AFAD
- Enforced Disappearances in Latin America Ms. Jenny Bettancourt, FEDEFAM
- Enforced Disappearances in Argentina Ms. Victoria Pais Demarco, APDH
- Enforced Disappearances in the Euromediterranean Mr. Wadih Al-Asmar, FEMED
- Enforced Disappearances in the Sahara Mr. Rachid El Manouzi, FEMED
- Enforced Disappearances in Morocco Ms. Djimi Elgalia, Comite De Familiares de Desaparecidos en El Sahara Occidental
- Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Dr. Gabriella Citroni, Professor, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy and Legal Adviser, FEDEFAM
4.20 4.40: Responses from Governments of Argentina and France
4.40 5.00: Open Forum and Closing Remarks, Mr. Michael Anthony, ALRC
Light refreshments will be served
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ALRC: Asian Legal Resource Centre
AFAD: Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances
APDH: Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
FEMED: Euromediterranean Federation Against Forced Disappearances
FEDEFAM: Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared-Detainees
NVI: Nonviolence International
PHILRIGHTS: Philippine Human Rights Information Center
INFID: International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development
The Global Phenomenon of Enforced Disappearances
and the Entry Into Force of the
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
