Conference Program

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

NB: Please be advised that this is a provisional program and that conference content, programming and participating speakers may be subject to change.

TUESDAY, 29TH OCTOBER 2013
Time

Afternoon Delegate arrival
Evening Welcome Reception and Conference Registration hosted by the City of The Hague


WEDNESDAY, 29TH OCTOBER 2013
Time

09h00 Opening of the Conference
Morning

FIRST PANEL:  ARMED Conflict and Human Rights Abuses
Opening of plenary session

Plenary session to discuss thematic issues (outlined below), with a selection of specialist panelists and to be moderated by an ICMP Representative
1. Aligning global and national initiatives

  • Enhancing international community efforts to build national capacity to address the issue of persons missing from conflict and human rights abuses
  • Enforcing human rights
2. Ensuring national ownership

  • Creating political momentum to account for missing persons from violent conflict and human rights abuses
3. Building local capacity to account for missing persons and responding to the needs of relatives and others

  • The rights and responsibilities of civil society, including survivors
4. Implementation of the Rule of Law

  • Legal frameworks and victims (survivor rights)
  • Challenges in prosecuting perpetrators in missing persons cases
5. Resolving missing persons cases as means to prevent future conflict

  • Does accounting for the missing deter or prevent future conflict or human rights abuses?
6. Conclusion of session and floor open for discussion
LUNCH

Afternoon

SECOND PANEL: DISASTERS AND MASS CALAMITIES

Opening of plenary session

Plenary session to discuss thematic issues (outlined below), with a selection of specialist panelists and to be moderated by an ICMP Representative
1. Harmonizing assistance to countries following disaster to meet local capacity and needs

  • The challenges in coordinating response mechanisms
  • The role of public authorities, including law enforcement
2. The rights of family and next of kin in disasters

  • Locating and identifying the missing
  • Compensation
3. Preparedness

  • How to ensure improved coordination between international and domestic actors to respond to future disasters

4. Conclusion of session and floor open for discussion
17h00 End of the proceedings for the second day
Evening Conference Dinner, hosted by the City of The Hague


THURSDAY, 31ST OCTOBER 2013
Time

09h00 Opening address
Morning

THIRD PANEL: ORGANIZED VIOLENCE AND MIGRATION

Opening of plenary session
Plenary session to discuss thematic issues (outlined below), with a selection of specialist panelists and to be moderated by an ICMP Representative
1. Challenges in locating and identifying missing persons from organized crime, including drugs and human trafficking
2. Locating persons missing from migration and displacement

LUNCH
Afternoon

FOURTH PANEL: CHALLENGES TO GLOBAL EFFORTS TO LOCATE THE MISSING

Opening of plenary session
Plenary session to discuss thematic issues (outlined below), with a selection of specialist panelists and to be moderated by an ICMP Representative
1. Capacities to locate and identify the missing

  • International capacities
  • Domestic capacities
2. Accessing and processing missing persons data (databases and data systems)
3.Applications and implications of new technologies
4. Standards, ethics and data protection
5. Conclusion of session and floor open for discussion

PM

Evening at leisure


FRIDAY, 1ST NOVEMBER 2013
Time

09h00 Opening address
Morning Reports by the Chairs of the Daily Plenary Sessions
Chairs podium sessions


CLOSING SESSION: THE MISSING: AN AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE

(KEY NOTE/SUMMARY OBSERVATIONS BY THE RAPPORTEUR)

Summary observations by the rapporteur

Closing remarks

11h30

End of program

12h00

Press conference