C O N F E R E N C E   P R O G R A M


OPENING SPEAKER:  MR. PAT DOHERTY

Mr. Doherty is vice-chairperson of Sinn Féin.
He is also an MP and MLA for West Tyrone, Ireland.

PLENTARY SPEAKER:  LORD AHMED NAZIR

 Lord Nazir Ahmed is the first Pakistani member of the House of Lords. He founded the British Muslim Councillors’ Forum, and is a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission. He has previously served as Chair for the South Yorkshire Labour Party and as Vice-Chair of the South Yorkshire Euro-constituency Party.

 THEME I
Under what politico-legal circumstances is the right to self-determination recognized or encouraged by existing UN instruments?

MODERATOR: Donna Scott, Chief Commissioner, Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission

Andre Frankovitz
André  Frankovits is Executive Director of the Human Rights Council of Australia, Inc. and consultant on the Human Rights Strengthening Project (HURIST) for the UNDP and the Office of the High Commissioner.

His paper, Towards a Mechanism for the Realization of the Right to Self-determination, served as recommended reading for the First International Conference on the Right to Self-determination. 

Karen Parker
Karen Parker is Chief/Delegate of the International Educational Developmental/Humanitarian Law Project at the UN.  She is an attorney specializing in human rights and humanitarian (armed conflict) law.  Her annual "Armed Conflict Around the World:  A Country by Country Review" is published by the Parliamentary Human Rights Group (UK).

Dr. G. N. Fai
Dr. Fai is Executive Director of the Kashmiri American Council, Washington. Since 1989, he has been Editor in Chief of the Kashmir Report. He is the founding chairman of the UK-based Kashmir Press International.

INTERVENTIONS/Questions
 THEME II
Are most national liberation movements catalysts for systemic  restorative justice as well as for nationalism? 

MODERATOR:  Chief Justice Judge Gerald I. Seniuk

Marquetta L. Goodwine/Queen Quet

Enstooled as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation in July, 2000, Marquetta L. Goodwine acts as a liaison between the Gullah-Geechee Nation and other nations of the world, as well as media, government and educational institutions.

Ragnhild L. Nystad

Ragnhild L. Nystad is Vice President of the Sami Parliament in Norway.

Victoria Schofield

Victoria Schofield is a former BBC journalist and author of numerous books on Asia, including Kashmir in the Crossfire, Kashmir in Conflict, Bhutto: Trial and Execution, The United Nations, Old Roads, New Highways: Fifty Years of Pakistan.

Prof. James Craven (Blackfoot name: Omahkohkiaayo i'poyi)
James Craven is an official spokesperson for the Blackfoot Nation, and a longtime activist for indigenous rights.  He is Professor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department and Chairman of the Business Division at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington.

INTERVENTIONS/Questions

 THEME III
Can we build democratic international civil assistance   mechanisms (civil tribunals) to enhance the effectiveness of UN self-determination assessment for conflict resolution?

MODERATOR: Frank Schwalba-Hoth, Abdul Satar

Dr. Henry Thiagarai

 

Gohar Ayub Khan
 

Prof. N.A. Shawl

Professor N.A. Shawl is the Executive Director of the Kashmir Centre and the Justice Foundation in London.  International human rights activist for various organizations, including IFHR, IED and the World Society of Victimology, Prof. Shawl has a broad media background as a journalist, directing editor and television analyst.

INTERVENTIONS/Questions
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 THEME IV
What initiatives can civil society engage in, in order to increase its influence on UN decision-making?

MODERATOR:

Pert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practise, Princeton University, a prolific writer, speaker and activist of world affairs and the author or co-author of more than 20 books, among them “Crimes of War”, “Revolutionaries and Functionaries”, “The War System”, “A Study of Future Worlds”, “The End of World Order”, Revitalizing International Law”, “Nuclear Weapons and International Law” and “On Human Governance”. Founding member of IALANA and of the World Order Models Project, WOMP

Farooq Siddiqi
Farooq Siddiqi is Convenor of the JKLF Central Diplomatic Bureau. Persecuted as a political activist and now living in exile, Mr. Siddiqi has promoted international awareness of political and human issues through his work in numerous organizations.

Lars Rise
Lars Rise is a Member of Parliament, Norway, belonging to the Christian People’s Party

Dr. Ramon Nenadich


Joseph Wronka

INTERVENTIONS/Questions
 THEME V
Should this conference attempt to establish and finance an  International Civil Tribunal on the Right to Self-determination to assist the processes of nonviolent conflict resolution within the context of international systemic justice?

MODERATOR:

CHAIR, IHRAAM: Dr. Y. N. Kly

CHAIR and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ICHR:  Majid Tramboo


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CLOSING SPEAKER: CLOSING PLENARY
Dr. Y. N. Kly
CLOSING SPEAKER: Sardar Mohammad Anwar

Sardar Mohammad Anwar is President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Barrister M. Tramboo

UNSCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS
During the dinners and reception periods of the Conference, there will be short unscheduled presentations by visiting United Nations and international  dignitaries, noted scholars and well-known human rights activists on behalf of nations, peoples and minority rights.


 
 

 
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