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Identifying Challenges, Assessing Progress, Moving Forward:
Addressing Impunity and Realizing Human Rights in South Asia
9 -11 April, 2018Kathmandu Nepal
International Conference on
International Speaker/Panelist
William O’Neill
Director of the Confl ict Prevention and Peace Forum (CPPF) in New York, William O'Neill has specialized in humanitarian law, human rights and refugee law. Having worked on the areas of judicial, police and prison reforms in Burundi, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Timor Leste, Nepal and Bosnia-Herzegovina, O' Neill has written extensively on peacekeeping and peace-building. He has also developed and taught courses on human rights, rule of law and peacekeeping for several peacekeeping training centers at various
institutions including United Nations and government-sponsored training centers chiefl y participated by senior military, police and humanitarian offi cials from different countries. In 2008, O'Neill was appointed as the visiting professor of law and International Relations at the ScuolaSant’Anna, Pisa, Italy’s premier graduate faculty in public affairs to teach a course on civilians in peacekeeping operations. He has also published widely on rule of law, human rights and peacekeeping, including, Kosovo: An Unfi nished Peace and Protecting Two Million Displaced: The Successes and Shortcomings of the African Union in Darfur.
Marc Limon
Presently, Marc Limon is executive director of the Universal Rights Group (URG) -- a think tank on international human rights policy. Notably, he holds an experience of serving as a diplomat at the United Nations Human Rights Council from 2006 to 2012. Before his entry into the diplomatic service, Marc worked as a government relations consultant in Brussels, advising a range of corporate and public clients on EU external relations, human rights, trade and environmental policy. He has also written extensively
on the international human rights system. He holds Masters degrees from the University of Cambridge (UK), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) and the Libre Universite de Bruxelles (Belgium).He negotiated agreements and resolutions in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
Ashley William Gois
Mr. Ashley William Gois is the Regional Coordinator of the Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), a regional network of migrants' organizations, NGOs, advocates, grassroots organizations and trade unions. The network promotes rights and wellbeing of migrant workers and members of their families. Mr. Gois also chairs Migrants Rights International (MRI), an international non-government organization with consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). He has been working closely with UN Treaty Bodies, with the Offi ce of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Committee on Migrant Workers and other special mandates. Over the last twenty years, he has been at the forefront of international advocacy efforts engaging and infl uencing international and multilateral organizations to promote equitable and fair migration and development policies, one of which is engaging the Global Forum on Migration and Development, the only annual global platform that brings governments together to discuss migration and development.
Priscilla Hayner
Priscilla Hayner is a member of the United Nations Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers, focused on transitional justice and process design. She has worked in the fi eld of transitional justice for many years, co-founding the International Center for Transitional Justice in 2001 and publishing widely on truth commissions and other justice issues. She published her fi rst book, Unspeakable Truths: Transitional Justice and the Challenge of Truth Commissions, in 2001, with a second edition in 2011. She is now focused on justice and accountability in the context of peace negotiations. She previously served as transitional justice adviser to the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Kenyan National Dialogue, and has provided support for peace negotiations in the Central African Republic, Colombia, Cyprus, Kenya, Yemen, and elsewhere. Her second book, The Peacemaker’s Paradox: Pursuing Justice in the Shadow of Confl ict, was released in early 2018.
Dr. Sev Ozdowski
Since 2006, Doctor Sev Ozdowski is a director for
Equity and Diversity in Western Sydney University
and adjunct professor for Centre of Peace and
Confl ict Studies at University of Sydney. He was the
Australian Human Rights Commissioner and Disability
Discrimination Commissioner at the then named
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
from 2000-2005. He has also headed the Offi ce of
Multicultural and International Affairs in South Australia for fi ve years, and
since 2006 is the President of the Australian Council for Human Rights
Education. Dr. Ozdowski graduated with a Master of Laws (LLM) and Master
of Arts (MA) in Sociology from Poznań University, Poland and with a Doctor
of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of New England, Armidale, New
South Wales. In 1984 he was awarded the Harkness Fellowship for post-
graduate work at Harvard, Georgetown and Berkeley Universities in USA
(1984–86).
Sona Khan
Sona Khan is a former judge and now practices as
an Advocate before the Supreme Court of India.
She is a distinguished legal scholar, especially on
Islamic jurisprudence and is an advocate of women's
empowerment through the law. She was instrumental
in the landmark Shahbano case, which raised the issue
of how to weigh a woman's rights to maintenance after
divorce against India's separation of civil and religious law.
Khushi Kabir
In 1972, immediately after the liberation of Bangladesh,
Khushi joined one of the fi rst Bangladeshi NGOs and
became the fi rst woman to be based in the fi eld to live
and work with rural marginalized women and men,
in some of the most remote areas of Bangladesh. In
1980 she joined NijeraKori as Coordinator, a national
level NGO working with 2,37,787 rural women and
men in 1366 villages. NijeraKori believes in creating
strong autonomous organizations of the rural poor to assert their rights and
ensure their entitlements as citizens. Khushi is passionately involved in
promoting gender equality, rights of women, indigenous peoples and other
marginalized communities; land and water rights, secularism, environmental
justice, food sovereignty, ensuring democratic values and accountability at
all levels. Khushi is a graduate from Dhaka University in Fine Arts (Painting
and Drawing). Khushi coordinated OBR in Bangladesh in 2013.
Vrinda Grover
Identifi ed by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most infl uential women in 2013, Vrinda Grover is a lawyer and human rights activist and has made signifi cant contributions to the women's rights movement in India. She has actively dealt with domestic violence cases and cases involving sexual minorities. Grover has also represented victims in the SoniSori rape case, and has been infl uential in the drafting of the Criminal Law Amendment of 2013, the POCSO Act 2012 and the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010.
Raja Devasish Roy
Raja Devasish Roy, is a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer
and activist. He is a member of the United Nations
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as well as
being the current titular Raja of the Chakma Circle,
Bangladesh's largest indigenous community. Devasish
Roy is a Barrister by profession and served as a Special
Assistant to the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh (Head of
the Interim Government). He has been practising law in
the Dhaka District Court since 1988 and in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
(High Court Division) since 1991. Raja Devasish Roy holds membership of
many international, national and local voluntary organizations dealing with
indigenous peoples’ rights, human rights, development and environment.
He has conducted research on human rights, indigenous peoples’ rights,
constitutional and administrative law, land rights, forestry, environment,
culture and development.
National Speaker/Panelist
Hon. Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla
Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla is the Judge at the
Supreme Court of Nepal. In 2008, she was the joint
winner of the Gruber Prize for Women’s Rights. She
has been appointed as a member of the Committee
Against Torture (CAT) 2014-2017 term. Before her
appointment as judge of the Supreme Court of Nepal,
she was involved in almost all leading public litigation
in that country, including cases as legalization of
abortion, criminalization of marital rape, and equality in marriage and family
law. Justice Malla has worked as the president of the Forum for Women, Law
& Development and vice president of the Legal Aid Consultancy Center, and
has served as the National Coordinator for the South Asian Women’s Law
Association.
Prof. Dr. Yubaraj Sangroula
Dr. Yubaraj Sangroula is the executive director of
Kathmandu School of Law (KSL). Has been teaching
Jurisprudence (from human rights and development
perspective), Human Rights, International Law, and
Professional Ethics and Trial Advocacy at Kathmandu
School of Law and Nepal Law Campus for last 26
years. In 2011, he was appointed as Attorney General
of Nepal. Also he has experiences of having worked
as Convener of the High Level Taskforce for Reforms of Security Agencies
of Nepal, 2009, the body constituted by the Cabinet in order to remodel the
policing system in Nepal, including criminal justice system. He also headed
the Bar Council of Nepal in 2011.
CK Lal
Mr. CK Lal is a columnist for the Republica and the Nagarik Dainik newspapers. For over a decade, he has been writing regularly for the Nepali fortnightly newsmagazine Himal Khabar patrika. He has also contributed to the Himalaya Times, the Kathmandu Post and several other newspapers including Indian publications. In 2006, he was voted the most infl uential columnist of Nepal. He was an Asia Leadership Fellow in 2008 at the International House of Japan and a Poynter Fellow at Yale University in 2013. Lal’s current areas of study include the notion of nationality, functioning of the media, democratization of society, and institutionalization of inclusive democracy in multi-ethnic countries.
Prof. Dr. Surya Dhungel
Dr. Surya Dhungel is a senior advocate and has served
as a constitutional legal advisor to the President
of Nepal. He has served in the United Nations
Offi ce of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
(UNOHCHR) in Cambodia from 1999 to 2006. In
2004, he was seconded to the United Nations Mission
in Liberia for two years as Rule of Law Adviser. He
has also contributed to the constitution building
support program of UNDP Nepal as Senior Project Manager for 18 months.
He has co-authored two leading books on the Nepalese Constitution and
legal system in English, and published several articles on contemporary legal
issues. He is the member of Kathmandu University School of Law Planning
Advisory Committee.
Dr. Bipin Adhikari
Dr. Bipin Adhikari is an expert of constitutional law
and Dean of Kathmandu University School of Law. He
teaches Constitutional Law and Federalism. Adhikari
is involved in numerous legal reform programs and
institution building issues in Nepal. He is also set to
implement the Masters by Research Programme of
Kathmandu University School of Law in the area of
Corporate Law, International Trade Law, International
Investment Law, Intellectual Property Law and Energy and Infrastructure Law.
Adhikari is a member of Supreme Court Bar Association. He was conferred
the title of "Senior Advocate" by the Supreme Court in August 2017. Adhikari
is also a member of Nepal Bar Council Legal Education Committee.
Dr. Bhaskar Gautam
Dr. Bhaskar Gautam is a PhD from Kyoto University,
Japan. He is also the member of Research Committee,
Masters in International Relations and Diplomacy,
Tribhuvan University. He is a visiting Faculty,
Masters in International Relations and Diplomacy,
Tribhuvan University. Dr.Gautam has been working
as a researcher in Martin Chautari, Nepal for past ten
years. He has edited and co-edited several books and
has contributed articles in various books and journals. Social movements,
revolutions, livelihoods, sociology of knowledge, and media are his areas
of studies.
Dr. Renu Adhikari
Dr. Adhikari is a founding chairperson of Women
Resource Centre (WOREC) and the National Alliance
of Women Human Rights Defenders (NAWHRD),
and a founding coordinator of the Alliance Against
Traffi cking in Women and Children (AATWIN).
Dr. Adhikari has served in a number of high profi le
appointments, including National Rapporteur against
traffi cking in women and children for the National
Human Rights Commission, Nepal and as adviser of the gender-based
violence unit within the Offi ce of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
Nepal in 2010. Most recently, she was appointed as a member of the high
level investigating committee on the key cases of violence against women
in 2013.
Akhilesh Upadhyay
He is the Chief Editor of Nepal’s leading English-
daily newspaper ‘The Kathmandu Post’. Upadhyay
has authored/edited a number of articles, reports
and books. Other than Nepal’s newspapers, he has
also written for international publications, including
The New York Times, New York Newsday, Outlook
(India) and Independent (Bangladesh). A former CNN
correspondent for Nepal, he is regularly featured in
national/regional/international newspapers/TV/radio as a commentator. A
New York University graduate, he has held several high-level positions in
the development sector.
Mandira Sharma
Mandira Sharma is pursuing PhD at the Human
Rights Centre, University of Essex, UK, researching
on transitional justice. She is the leading human rights
activist in Nepal. She is the Founder of Advocacy
Forum, Nepal. She has also received Australian
Leadership Award. She received Human Rights Watch
Defender Award, 2006. For last two decades, she has
been working to promote human rights and rule of
law in the country by monitoring and documenting cases of human rights
violations, challenging cases of human rights violations by initiating advocacy
and litigation both at national and international level. She represents the
perspective of victims of human rights violations from Nepal before the UN
Human Rights Committee and the victims who have brought cases under
universal jurisdiction, including the one in the UK.
Govinda ‘Bandi’ Sharma
Govinda leads ICJ Nepal’s work on human rights accountability and transitional justice. Before joining the ICJ in May 2007 as a legal offi cer in the Asia Pacifi c Programme, Mr. Sharma was member of a high level Detainees Investigation Task Force appointed by the Supreme Court of Nepal. He is a Fellowship recipient at Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen (Denmark) and International Service for Human Rights,
Geneva. He worked for three years with the Nepal Bar Association as a Vice President. His broad experience includes documentation of human rights violation, transitional justice, legal research, law reform, and national and international public interest litigation. Mr. Sharma received his LLM degree in Human Rights from the University of Hong Kong.
Brabim Kumar
Mr. Brabim Kumar is a writer, political activist, and
a communication specialist, currently serving as the
president of Association of Youth Organization Nepal
(AYON), a national network of youth that unites 92
youth organizations in Nepal. He has a decade of
commitment to youth-led activism in Nepal, which
includes the founding of Creative Youth Society
and a national radio show called Youth Vision, in
2004. Kumar holds a Master’s degree in Sociology and Anthropology,
and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences, both from Tribhuwan
University.
Advocate Shankar Limbu
Mr. Shankar Limbu is an advocate. Limbu is a human
rights attorney with the Lawyers’ Association for Human
Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP) and
a leader in his fi eld. LAHURNIP provides free legal aid
services and promotes the human rights of indigenous
peoples in Nepal. He is an expert on Social Inclusion.
He has worked as an expert in the National Inclusion
Commission (NIC), Commissioned by Nepal Government.
Comprehensive study on Indigenous Peoples' in state restructuring process was
prepared and submitted to the Nepal Government by NIC. He is currently a PIL
Net Fellow at Columbia Law School.
Suman Adhikari
Confl ict victim Suman Adhikari established Confl ict
Victim Orphan Society for campaign to justice.
Suman Adhikari is the Chairperson of Confl ict Victims
Common Platform (CVCP). He served as a member of
Expert Task Force formed by Nepal Government in
2014, to prepare draft of Disappearance Commission
and Truth and Reconciliation Commission as per the
Supreme Court verdict of January, 2014.
Ram Kumar Bhandari
Ram Kumar Bhandari is a human rights activist of Nepal.
He has led the struggle to secure justice for victims of
Nepal’s confl ict for over a decade. His involvement
with the victims’ movement began when his own father
disappeared in 2001. He has helped to launch the
community Radio station, national network of families of
the disappeared and missing (NEFAD), the Committee for
Social Justice, the National Victims Alliance, the Confl ict
Victims Common Platform for transitional justice and the several community
groups. He has written extensively on disappearances, victim movement,
transitional justice, human rights and nonviolent confl ict in English and Nepali,
and has a range of published and unpublished papers. He is a PhD Researcher
in transitional justice at NOVA School of Law in Lisbon and can be reached at
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of N
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The
plen
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Hon
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Dr.
Sim
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, Afg
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IHRC
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Hon
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Hon
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Hon
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Anu
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n Ju
stic
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li N
awaz
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wha
n, N
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7.
Hon
. Cha
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son
Dr.
Dee
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gam
a, H
RC S
ri La
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of
NH
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insig
hts
into
tw
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ajor
pro
blem
s th
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have
face
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nd o
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rea
of s
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ss in
hu
man
rig
hts
cont
ext.
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plen
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is ex
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ed to
pro
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a b
ackg
roun
d to
the
succ
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scus
sions
, an
d to
co
ncur
rent
ly m
ull o
ver
futu
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trate
gies
to
com
bat h
uman
righ
ts vi
olat
ions
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Keyn
ote
spea
kers
thr
ow l
ight
on
wha
t ch
alle
nges
hu
man
rig
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insti
tutio
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have
be
en
faci
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in
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and
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to
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need
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stitu
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th
at
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the
type
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ight
s vi
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t be
st pr
actic
es
in
coop
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acro
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insti
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to
cond
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inve
stiga
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in
to H
R vi
olat
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, and
pro
tect
ion
wor
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and
afte
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puni
ty
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on. C
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nup
Raj
Shar
ma,
NH
RC N
epal
Hon
. Cha
irper
son
Dr.
Dee
pika
U
daga
ma,
HRC
Sri
Lank
a
This
se
ssio
n th
row
s lig
ht
on
the
issu
e of
le
gal
safe
guar
ds
and
the
regu
latio
n of
pol
ice
pow
ers;
pol
ice
acco
unta
bilit
y;
the
use
of
tortu
re;
impu
nity
an
d na
tiona
l se
curit
y ac
ts
and
acce
ss
to
rem
edie
s (d
ue
proc
ess
for
both
vic
tims
and
alle
ged
perp
etra
tors
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Pape
rs b
y Ex
perts
an
d Q
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Inte
rnat
iona
l/Spe
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sM
s. V
rinda
Gro
ver,
Law
yer a
nd
Hum
an R
ight
s A
ctiv
ists
, Ind
ia
(Nat
iona
l sec
urity
and
its r
elat
ion
to h
uman
righ
ts a
nd g
ende
r) N
atio
nal
Prof
. Dr.
Yuba
raj S
angr
oula
, Ex
ecut
ive
Dire
ctor
, Kat
hman
du
Scho
ol o
f Law
(Rol
e of
Sec
urity
For
ces i
n Pr
omot
ing
or C
halle
ngin
g Im
puni
ty: N
epal
's Pe
rspe
ctiv
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Inte
rnat
iona
lM
r. W
illia
m O
’Nei
ll, D
irect
or,
Con
fl ict
Pre
vent
ion
and
Peac
e Fo
rum
(CPP
F)(N
atio
nal S
ecur
ity a
nd H
uman
Ri
ghts
)
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– 1
2:30
pm
Fund
amen
tal R
ight
s an
d H
uman
Rig
hts
Prof
. D
r. Se
v O
zdow
ski
Form
er C
omm
issi
oner
, Aus
tralia
n H
uman
Rig
hts
Com
mis
sion
(H
uman
Rig
hts a
s an
Inst
rum
ent o
f So
cial
Coh
esio
n in
Sou
th E
ast A
sia)
Prof
. Dr.
Sury
a D
hung
el, S
enio
r A
dvoc
ate,
Sup
rem
e C
ourt
of N
epal
This
se
ssio
n sh
eds
light
on
th
e re
latio
nshi
p be
twee
n fu
ndam
enta
l rig
hts
and
hum
an
right
s.
It al
so
disc
usse
s ho
w h
uman
rig
hts
is a
n in
stru
men
t of
so
cial
co
hesi
on
in
Sout
h A
sia
Pape
r pre
sent
atio
n by
Exp
erts
follo
wed
by
Q/A
12:3
0 pm
– 1
:00
pmC
oncl
udin
g Re
mar
ks b
y th
e C
hair(
s) o
f the
Ses
sion
follo
wed
by
Q &
A
1:00
pm
– 2
:00
pmLu
nch
2:00
pm
– 2
:45
pmTh
e vo
ices
of
hum
an r
ight
s:
Free
dom
of
expr
essi
on a
nd it
s m
eani
ng in
Sou
th
Asi
a
Cha
irJu
stic
e Ke
dar N
ath
Upa
dhya
y,Fo
rmer
Cha
irper
son
of N
HRC
N
epal
.
This
ses
sion
thr
ows
light
on
the
role
of
NH
RIs
and
HRD
s in
defi
nin
g an
d de
fend
ing
freed
om
of
expr
essi
on.
Pred
omin
ant
area
s of
di
scus
sion
co
mpr
ise
priv
acy,
sur
veill
ance
, an
d th
e pe
rsec
utio
n of
tho
se w
ho s
peak
ou
t aga
inst
pow
erfu
l ins
titut
ion.
Expe
rt pa
nelis
ts
com
pris
e of
re
pres
enta
tives
from
la
w e
nfor
cem
ent,
jour
nalis
m, a
nd
acad
emia
, as
wel
l as
an a
ctiv
ist/a
dvoc
ate/
prac
titio
ner.
Spea
kers
Mr.
CK
Lal (
Writ
er/C
olum
nist
)M
r. A
khile
sh U
padh
yay
(Chi
ef E
dito
r at T
he K
athm
andu
Po
st)
UN
ESC
O- S
outh
Asi
a Re
pres
enta
tive
The
sess
ion
also
list
s ou
t ben
chm
arks
th
at c
ould
be
deve
lope
d to
ass
ess
freed
om
of
expr
essi
on
in
Sout
h A
sia,
and
wha
t ar
e th
e co
re a
ctio
ns
and
allia
nces
tha
t N
HRI
s sh
ould
be
invo
lved
in.
At le
ast o
ne p
anel
ist
will
be
aske
d to
pro
vide
re
com
men
datio
ns o
n ho
w
activ
ists a
nd in
depe
nden
t co
mm
issio
ns c
an p
rom
ote
and
prot
ect h
uman
righ
ts w
ith h
igh
leve
l of s
ecur
ity
in m
oder
n te
chno
logi
cal
era.
2:45
pm
– 3
:15
pmQ
&A
Ses
sion
3:15
pm
– 4
:45
pm
Righ
ts o
f Wom
en
and
Mar
gina
lized
C
omm
uniti
es
and
Cha
lleng
es
of C
omba
ting
Impu
nity
Cha
ir(s
)H
on. C
hairp
erso
n D
r. Si
ma
Sam
ar, A
PF a
nd A
fgha
nist
an
IHRC
Hon
. Pre
side
nt A
min
ath
Eena
s,
HRC
Mal
dive
sM
r. C
hara
n Pr
asai
(R
epre
sent
ativ
e of
Civ
il So
ciet
y/H
uman
Rig
hts
Act
ivis
t) Ke
y N
ote
Spea
ker
Hon
. Jus
tice
Sapa
na M
alla
, Su
prem
e C
ourt
of N
epal
(wom
en’s
righ
ts a
nd
mar
gina
lized
com
mun
ities
)In
tern
atio
nal
Dr.
Sona
Kha
n, A
dvoc
ate
Supr
eme
Cou
rt of
Indi
aM
r. Sh
anka
r Lim
bu, A
dvoc
ate,
N
epal
Ms.
Khu
shi K
abir
Wom
en's
Rig
hts
Act
ivis
ts,
Bang
lade
shM
r. Ra
ja D
evas
ish
Roy,
Chi
ef
Cha
kma
Adm
inis
trativ
e C
ircle
, Ba
ngla
desh
(Issu
e of
Indi
geno
us/
Mar
gina
lized
Com
mun
ities
)
This
se
ssio
n hi
ghlig
hts
the
right
s of
w
omen
an
d m
argi
naliz
ed
com
mun
ities
an
d al
so
pres
ents
su
cces
s st
orie
s of
im
pact
in
spec
ifi c
cont
exts
of
ac
cess
to
ju
stic
e an
d ad
voca
cy w
ork
agai
nst i
mpu
nity
.
Con
clud
ing
Rem
arks
by
the
Cha
ir(s)
of t
he S
essi
on fo
llow
ed b
y Q
& A
4:45
pm
– 5
:00
pmC
offe
e br
eak
5:00
pm
– 6
:00
pmM
igra
tion
and
livel
ihoo
dC
hair
(s)
Hon
. Mem
ber J
ustic
e D
. M
urug
esan
, NH
RC In
dia
Hon
. Mem
ber S
udip
Pat
hak,
N
HRC
, Nep
alSp
eake
rsD
r. Re
nu A
dhik
ari,
Hum
an
Righ
ts D
efen
der
Mr.
Bra
bim
Kum
ar, Y
outh
A
ctiv
ist/R
esea
rche
rIn
tern
atio
nal
Mr.
Will
iam
Goi
s, R
egio
nal
Coo
rdin
ator
, Mig
rant
For
um in
Asi
a
To
cons
ider
, in
ta
ndem
, th
e ne
eds
of
mob
ile
popu
latio
n –
refu
gees
/asy
lum
se
eker
s/disp
lace
d w
ho h
ave
been
for
ced
to fl
ee
thei
r co
untri
es o
f or
igin
, or
hom
e di
stric
ts, o
n th
e on
e ha
nd, a
nd ‘v
olun
tary
’ or
‘ec
onom
ic’
mig
rant
s, in
clud
ing
wor
ker
popu
latio
n, o
n th
e ot
her.
In d
oing
so,
this
sess
ion
thro
ws
light
on
the
core
issu
es o
f in
stabi
lity
and
hum
an ri
ghts
viol
atio
ns th
at
driv
e al
l typ
es o
f mig
ratio
n, a
nd th
e se
ssio
n al
so a
ims
to p
rovi
de w
ays
to a
ddre
ss th
ese
vuln
erab
ilitie
s.
Pape
r Pre
sent
atio
n by
Exp
erts
follo
wed
by
Q/A
6:00
pm
– 6
:30
pmC
oncl
udin
g Re
mar
ks b
y th
e C
hair
(s) o
f the
Ses
sion
follo
wed
by
Q &
A
6:30
pm
onw
ards
Follo
wed
by
Film
sc
reen
ing
and
Din
ner
Mov
ie o
n M
igra
tion
issu
e
Day
3A
pril
11, 2
018
Tim
eTh
eme
spea
kers
Des
crip
tion
Form
at
8:0
0 am
– 9
:00
amBr
eakf
ast
9:00
am
– 1
0:10
am
(Ple
nary
)O
peni
ng o
f the
ple
nary
ses
sion
by
Mr.
Bed
Bhat
tara
i Sec
reta
ry o
f NH
RC
Nep
al
Cha
ir(s
)H
on. C
hairp
erso
n D
r. Si
ma
Sam
ar, A
PF a
nd A
fgha
nist
an IH
RC
Hon
. Mem
ber N
urun
Nah
er
Osm
ani,
Bang
lade
sh N
HRC
Goo
d pr
actic
es
in
colla
bora
tion
with
th
e go
vern
men
t an
d pu
blic
im
pact
s.
Ram
yata
Li
mbu
- M
oder
ator
Expe
rien
ces
and
chal
leng
es o
f H
uman
Rig
hts
Org
aniz
atio
ns in
ad
voca
cy a
nd w
ork
agai
nst i
mpu
nity
, an
d be
st p
ract
ices
, inc
ludi
ng
colla
bora
tion
with
NH
RIs
Inte
rnat
iona
l/Spe
aker
sM
s. P
ip D
arga
n, D
eput
y D
irect
or,
APF
Dr.
Bipi
n A
dhik
ari,
Dea
n,
Kath
man
du U
nive
rsity
Sch
ool o
f Law
Dr.
Bhas
kar G
auta
m, S
enio
r Re
sear
cher
Mr.
Mar
c Li
mon
, Exe
cutiv
e D
irect
or,
Uni
vers
al R
ight
s G
roup
(URG
)
Pip
Dar
gan
will
pro
vide
an
ov
ervi
ew/b
ackg
roun
d in
form
atio
n on
cu
rren
t pra
ctic
es o
f NH
RIs
in S
outh
Asi
an c
onte
xt.
10:1
0 am
-10:
30 a
mC
oncl
udin
g Re
mar
ks b
y C
hair(
s) o
f the
ses
sion
and
Q/A
10:3
0 am
-10:
45 a
mC
offe
e br
eak
10:4
5 am
-12:
30 p
m
Trut
h an
d Re
conc
iliat
ion:
C
omm
issi
ons,
less
ons
lear
nt, a
nd
wha
t not
to d
o to
pro
mot
e im
puni
ty
Chai
r(s)
Hon
. Cha
irper
son
Dee
pika
Uda
gam
a,
HRC
Sri
Lank
aH
on. C
hairp
erso
n Ju
stic
e A
li N
awaz
C
how
han
, NH
RC P
akis
tan
Spea
kers
Hon
. Atto
rney
Gen
eral
Agn
i Kha
rel,
Gov
ernm
ent o
f Nep
alM
r. Su
rya
Kira
n G
urun
g, C
hairp
erso
n of
Tru
th a
nd R
econ
cilia
tion
Com
mis
sion
(TRC
), N
epal
Hon
. Cha
irper
son
Loke
ndra
Mal
lick,
C
omm
issi
on o
f Inv
estig
atio
n on
En
forc
ed D
isap
pear
ed P
erso
ns (C
IED
P)
Nep
alM
r. Su
man
Adh
ikar
i, C
hairp
erso
n,
Con
fl ict
Vic
tims
Com
mon
Pla
tform
Mr.
Ram
Kum
ar B
hand
ari,
Hum
an R
ight
s A
ctiv
ist
Mr.
Gov
inda
'Ban
di' S
harm
a, H
uman
Ri
ghts
Act
ivis
tM
s. M
andi
ra S
harm
a, H
uman
Rig
hts
Act
ivis
tIn
tern
atio
nal
Ms.
Pris
cilla
Hay
ner,
Seni
or M
edia
tion
Adv
iser
, UN
Sta
ndby
Tea
m o
f M
edia
tion
Adv
iser
s
Less
on
lear
nt
and
way
s fo
rwar
d w
ith c
ase
stud
ies
from
Nep
al,
Paki
stan
an
d Sr
i La
nka
Ram
yata
Li
mbu
- M
oder
ator
Ram
yata
Li
mbu
- M
oder
ator
12:3
0 am
-1:3
0 pm
C
oncl
udin
g Re
mar
ks b
y th
e C
hair(
s) o
f the
Ses
sion
follo
wed
by
Q&
A
1:00
pm
– 2
:00
pmLu
nch
2:00
pm
– 2
:30
pmRe
gion
al n
etw
orki
ng a
nd K
athm
andu
D
ecla
ratio
n
Alte
rnat
ive:
-- "
Arc
hite
ctur
e fo
r hu
man
righ
ts: B
uild
ing
and
mea
surin
g ca
paci
ty in
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
hu
man
righ
ts s
tand
ards
")
Cha
ir
Hon
. Com
mis
sion
er
Gen
eral
Mou
sa S
ulei
man
Th
any
Bura
yzat
, Jor
dan
Nat
iona
l Cen
tre fo
r H
uman
Rig
hts
Ms.
Pip
Dar
gan,
Dep
uty
Dire
ctor
, APF
Ms.
Kat
harin
a Ro
se,
Repr
esen
tativ
e of
G
AN
HRI
This
se
ssio
n ad
dres
ses
how
N
atio
nal
Hum
an
Righ
ts
Inst
itutio
ns,
as
wel
l as
ot
her
hum
an r
ight
s or
gani
zatio
ns a
nd
this
se
ssio
n se
eks
to
iden
tify
a co
mm
on se
nse
of p
riorit
ies t
o fi g
ht
impu
nity
and
way
s fo
rwar
d ac
ross
th
e re
gion
for
the
pro
mot
ion
and
prot
ectio
n of
hum
an ri
ghts
.
(Alte
rnat
ive:
W
orks
hop
to
refl e
ct
on
the
less
ons
of
the
past
tw
o da
ys,
and
to
deve
lop
som
e co
mm
on
benc
hmar
ks
for
asse
ssin
g th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of
hum
an r
ight
s ac
ross
the
reg
ion.
Th
is
sess
ion
also
in
clud
es
reco
mm
enda
tions
on
how
the
se
conv
ersa
tions
can
be
cont
inue
d af
ter t
he c
onfe
renc
e.)
Ram
yata
Li
mbu
- M
oder
ator
s
2:30
pm
– 3
:00
pmC
offe
e br
eak
Side
line
mee
tings
w
ith
NH
RIs
Cha
irper
son/
Repr
esen
tativ
es
and
Obs
erve
rs
3:00
pm
– 4
:00
pmC
oncl
udin
g re
fl ect
ions
and
dis
cuss
ion
This
fi na
l ses
sion
is a
n op
portu
nity
fo
r th
e pa
rtici
pant
s to
refl
ect
on
the
pane
ls o
f th
e pa
st t
hree
day
s an
d to
pr
ovid
e an
y co
mm
ents
or
fe
edba
ck
and
also
to
ra
ise
any
fi nal
po
ints
fro
m
prev
ious
se
ssio
ns.
By
Mod
erat
ors/
Faci
litat
ors
4:00
pm
- 4:
45 p
mPr
ess
conf
eren
ce
Join
t Ini
tiativ
e
Join
t In
itiat
ive
4:45
pm
- 6:
00 p
mC
losi
ng C
erem
ony
Rt. H
on. P
rime
Min
iste
r of
Nep
al, K
.P. S
harm
a O
li
Join
t Kat
hman
du
Dec
lara
tion
Clo
sing
Rem
arks
by
Ms.
V
aler
ie Ju
llian
d, U
N
Resi
dent
Coo
rdin
ator
Clo
sing
Rem
arks
by
Ms.
C
arol
ine
Van
dena
beel
e,
Gov
erna
nce
Faci
lity-
Hea
d
Clo
sing
Rem
arks
by
Hon
. Cha
irper
son
Dr.
Sim
a Sa
mar
of A
PF a
nd
Afg
hani
stan
IHRC
Clo
sing
Rem
arks
by
Hon
. C
hairp
erso
n A
nup
Raj
Shar
ma,
NH
RC N
epal
Faci
litat
ed b
y M
oder
ator
6:00
pm
onw
ards
Clo
sing
Din
ner