The Responsibility to Protect at 10: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities in the Asia Pacific, Sofitel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia February 2015

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1 The Responsibility to Protect at 10: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities in the Asia Pacific, Sofitel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia February Feb 2015 Conference Day Registration of participants Venue: Foyer Arrival of His Excellency Samdech Hun Sen Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia (Participants are requested to be seated at this time) Opening Session Master of Ceremonies: H.E. Amb. Pou Sothirak, Executive Director, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace Salute the National Anthem of Cambodia Welcome Remarks Professor Tim Dunne Executive Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Queensland (on behalf of the international conference partners) HRH Samdech Norodom Sirivudh Chairman of the Board, Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) Opening Keynote Address: His Excellency Samdech Hun Sen Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia Introduced by HRH Samdech Norodom Sirivudh Chairman of the Board, Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) and Patron, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Venue: Sofitel Ballroom 2 1

2 Coffee Break Keynote Address (by video) The Honourable Julie Bishop, MP Foreign Minister of Australia Introduced by Ambassador Alison Burrows Australian Ambassador to Cambodia Introduced by Dr. Charles Hunt Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Group Photo Plenary Session One: Assisting States to Fulfill Their Responsibility to Protect Chair: Mr. Keith Porter, President and CEO, Stanley Foundation Speaker: Professor Jennifer Welsh Special Adviser to the UN Secretary- General on the Responsibility to Protect Followed by remarks by panelists: 1. Dr. Rahmat Mohamad, Secretary- General, Asian- African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO), Professor of International Law at MARA University of Technology 2. Mr. Yang Yi, Secretary- General, China Institute of International Studies 3. H.E. Amb Pou Sothirak, Executive Director, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace 4. Dr. Sachiko Ishikawa, Senior Advisor on Peacebuilding and South- South Cooperation, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Open Discussion Moderated by the Chair Venue: Sofitel Ballroom Lunch Venue: TBC Plenary Session Two: Mainstreaming the Responsibility to Protect in Southeast Asia: National Commitments, Regional Aspirations (Presentation of the Report of the High Level Advisory Panel on RtoP in Southeast Asia) Venue: Sofitel Ballroom 2 Chair: Mr. Rafendi Djamin, Indonesia s representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Speakers: 1. Ambassador Dr. Makarim Wibisono, Special Rapporteur to the UN Human Rights Council on the situation in the Palestinian Territories 2. Ambassador Nguyen Duy Hung, former Ambassador of Viet 2

3 Nam to Cambodia and Thailand Open Discussion Moderated by the Chair Coffee Break Foyer Plenary Session Three: Preventing Atrocities and Protecting the Vulnerable: Progress and Challenges after Ten Years of R2P Venue: Sofitel Ballroom 2 Chair: Dr. Jason Ralph, EU Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow at the Asia- Pacific Centre for R2P. Video message by Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor, the International Criminal Court: The Responsibility to Protect: Born Out of Necessity Speakers: 1. Dr. Edward C. Luck, former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary- General on the Responsibility to Protect 2. Ambassador Kak-soo Shin, Korea National Diplomatic Academy, Republic of Korea Another New Decade for R2P: What the International Community Should Do to Achieve the Cause of R2P 3. Prof. Mely Caballero-Anthony, Secretary of the High Level Advisory Panel on R2P in Southeast Asia, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Open Discussion Moderated by the Chair Plenary Session Four: The Experience of Genocide: Lessons from Cambodia Hosted by the Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace Chair: Mr. Pou Sothirak, Executive Director, Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace Speakers: 1. Dr. Sorpong Peou, Professor and Chair, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University, Canada Mass Atrocities under the Khmer Rouge Regime: Lessons for R2P 2. Dr. Sophal Ear, Associate Professor (Tenured), Stuart Chevalier Department of Diplomacy & World Affairs,Occidental College, Los Angeles, US Cambodia's R2P Experience in Comparative Perspective: Past, Present, and Future Open Discussion Moderated by the Chair Venue: Sofitel Ballroom 2 3

4 Dinner Hosted by the Stanley Foundation R2P: Looking Forward, Looking Back Keynote address by The Hon. Prof. Gareth Evans, Chancellor of the Australian National University and former Foreign Minister of Australia Introduced and moderated by Mr. Keith Porter, President and CEO of The Stanley Foundation Venue: Sofitel Ballroom 1 27 Feb 2015 Day Parallel Session One: Group A: Building National Architecture on Mass Atrocities Prevention and the Role of R2P Focal Points Chair: Mr. Simon Adams, Executive Director, Global Centre for R2P Speakers: 1. H.E. Ambassador Youssoufou J Bamba, R2P Focal Point for Côte d Ivoire Advancing R2P in West Africa 2. Ms. Joo Yeon Kang, Director for the UN, Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Korea 4. Mr. Nicholas Purtell, R2P Focal Point for Australia, Acting Assistant Secretary, International Organisations Branch in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 5. Ms. Savita Pawnday, Director of Programs, Global Centre for R2P Current Practice and Future Challenges Open Discussion Moderated by the Chair Group B: The Roles of Civil Society in Implementing the Responsibility to Protect (Hosted by the International Coalition on the Responsibility to Protect) Chair: Mr. William Pace, International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect Speakers 1. Ms. Yuyun Wahyuningrum, Senior Advisor on ASEAN and Human Rights at the Human Rights Working Group Indonesia The Role of Civil Society in Advancing the Responsibility to Protect 2. Mr. Gus Miclat, Executive Director at Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) The Role of Civil Society in Conflict Resolution and Venue: Group A: Sofitel Ballroom 2 Group B: Do Forni Room 4

5 Peacebuilding 3. Ms. Debbie Stothard, Coordinator for the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN- Burma) Civil society s Role in monitoring and documenting atrocity risks and occurrences in country situations: The Case of Burma/Myanmar 4. Prof. Sovachana Pou, CICP Deputy Director in Charge of Research and Publication Promoting and Advancing the Responsibility to Protect in Cambodia: What Role for Academia? Open Discussion Moderated by the Chair 10: Coffee Break Foyer 11: Parallel Session Two Group A: Strengthening Women s Rights: The Prevention of sexual violence in armed conflict and humanitarian emergencies Group A: Sofitel Ballroom 2 Chair: Mr. Julio Amador III, Foreign Service Institute, The Philippines. Video message: Ms. Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the UN Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict 1. Ms. Devanna De La Puente, Regional GBV Humanitarian Advisor, United Nations (Bangkok) Addressing Gender based Violence in humanitarian situations in the Asia Pacific Region 2. Ms. Mudjiati, Deputy Minister for Women' Protection, Republic of Indonesia 3. Dr. Ma. Lourdes Veneración-Rallonza, Ateneo de Manila University and Consultation on the WPS National, Action Plan, The Philippines Mapping Collaborative Initiatives on Women, Peace and Security in the Philippines and Exploring Institutional Entry Points for Women's Protection in Armed Conflict in the ASEAN Open Discussion Moderated by the Chair Group B: The Role of Regional Institutions in Implementing the Responsibility to Protect Group B: Do Forni Room Chair: Professor Rosemary Foot, Professor of International Relations, St Antony s College, Oxford Speakers: 1. Mr. Rafendi Djamin, Indonesia s representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) 5

6 2. Ambassador Ma Zhengang, Chairman of China National Committee, CSCAP and Member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Group, Ministry of Foreign Affairs China A Chinese Perspective on the Role of Regional Institutions in Implementing R2P 3. Dr. Noel M. Morada, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect ASEAN Regionalism and the Implementation of R2P in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Prospects 4. Ms. Ibu Wiwiek Setyawati Firman, Senior Advisor for Political, Legal and Security Issues for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Nurturing a Democratic Culture for Good Governance and to Strengthen Regional Collective Responsibility Open Discussion Moderated by the Chair Lunch Working Lunch Seminar: Training and Educating for Prevention: Lessons Learned, Future Directions Hosted by the Stanley Foundation Chair: Ms. Angela Bruce-Raeburn, Stanley Foundation Speakers: 1. Ms. Sarah Teitt, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect 2. Mr. Frank Okyere, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Ghana 3. Ms. Samantha Capicotto, The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation The Academic Programming of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation: Methodology and Lessons Learned in the Training of Civil Servants for the Prevention of Atrocity Crimes 4. Dr. Patrick Travers, United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and R2P Building Sustainable Capacity: Training for Atrocity Crime Prevention Plenary Session Three: Leveraging Domestic Institutions to Support the Prevention of Genocide, War Crimes, Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity Chair: Dr. Phil Orchard, Research Director, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Speakers: 6 Venue: Sofitel Ballroom 1 Venue: Sofitel Ballroom 2

7 1. Dr. Kwesi Aning, Director Academic Affairs and Research, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre Responsibility to prevent: leveraging domestic institutional capacity to mitigate atrocity risk 2. Ma. Loretta Ann P. Rosales, Chairperson Commission on Human Rights, Philippines 3. Dr. Kok-Thay Eng, Research Director of Documentation Centre- Cambodia Ending the Khmer Rouge Genocide: The Case of Vietnamese Military Action in December 1978 and January The Honourable Judge Jean-Marc Lavergne, International Judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) Accountability in fighting impunity and strengthening judicial mechanisms: the ECCC experience in a R2P perspective 5. Prof Vitit Muntarbhorn, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the DPRK Domestic institutions to support the prevention of atrocities: Reflections and Orientations Open Discussion Moderated by the Chair Coffee Break Foyer Concluding Session Venue: Sofitel Ballroom The Way Forward: R2P In the Next Decade Chair: Ms. Shazelina Zainul Abidin, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia Opening remarks 1. Mr. Keith Porter, CEO and President, The Stanley Foundation 2. Mr. Pou Sothirak, Executive Director, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace 3. Dr. Simon Adams, Executive Director, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect 4. Mr. William Pace, International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect 5. Professor Alex Bellamy, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Open Discussion 7

8 Closing Remarks HRH Samdech Norodom Sirivudh Chairman of the Board, Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) and Patron, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Professor Tim Dunne Executive Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Queensland (on behalf of the international conference partners) 1730 Conference Close 8

9 Presenters (In order of appearance) H.E. Amb. Pou Sothirak, Executive Director, Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace H.E. Mr. Pou Sothirak received a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oregon State University in U.S.A and subsequently worked as an engineer at Boeing Company in Seattle Washington, U.S.A. He then returned to his home country to work as a Humanitarian Coordinator in the field of education and community development with USAID at one of the refugee camps along the border between Thailand and Cambodia. Subsequently, he was twice elected as Member of Parliament; during part of this time, he served as Minister for Industry, Mining and Energy of the Royal Government of Cambodia. Thereafter, he was appointed as Ambassador of the Royal Government of Cambodia to Japan. He was a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. At present Mr. Pou Sothirak is the Executive Director of the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace and serving as Adviser to the Royal Government of Cambodia with a rank of a Minster. Professor Tim Dunne, Executive Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Queensland Tim Dunne is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations (IR) at The University of Queensland (UQ). He is also a Senior Researcher at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (AP R2P). Previously he was Director of Research for AP R2P from HRH Samdech Norodom Sirivudh, Chairman of the Board, Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) Prince Norodom is the son of the late Majesty King Norodom Suramarit and the late Look Khun Tep Kanha Sophear, and half- brother of His Majesty King Norodum Sihanouk. He received his Master s Degree in Economics at Paris IX of Dauphine University in 1976 and joined the National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC) in In July 2003 General Elections, Prince Norodom was elected as Member of Parliament for Kandal Province of the third legislature and was nominated as Deputy Prime Minister and Co- Minister of Interior of the Royal Government until March From March 2006, Prince Norodom is Privy Counselor to His Majesty the King and Member of Parliament. In May 2010, King Norodom Sihamoni appointed Prince Norodom as a new member of the Constitutional Council. Prince Norodom is a patron of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. His Excellency Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia On September 25, 2008, after winning the general elections of July 27, 2008 in which the Cambodian People's Party won 90 from the 123 seats in the National Assembly, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen has been re- elected by the Fourth Legislature of the National Assembly and approved by HM the King, Preah Karuna Preah Bat Sâmdech Preah Bâromneath Norodom Sihamoni, as Prime Minister for the next five- year term ( ). Hun Sen was re- elected in Born on August 5, 1952 in Peam Koh Sna Commune, Stoeung Trang District of Kampong Cham Province, upon completion of his local primary schooling, in 1965 Hun Sen came to Phnom Penh to continue his secondary education in the Lycée Indra Devi. He resided in Neakavoan Pagoda. In 1970 Cambodia was plunged into war. Responding to the appeal of Prince Sihanouk to Cambodians to join the war against 9

10 the imperialists, at the age of 18, Hun Sen joined the struggle movement, which liberated the country on April 17, One day before the victory, on April 16, 1975, Hun Sen was wounded in the left eye. Recovering after months of treatment, he married Bun Rany (Hun Sen and Bun Rany have three sons and three daughters one of whom is adopted Hun Manet, Hun Mana, Hun Manit, Hun Mani, Hun Mali, and Hun Malis.) The Honourable Julie Bishop, MP, Foreign Minister of Australia Julie Bishop is the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Australia's Federal Coalition Government. She is also the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party and has served as the Member for Curtin in the House of Representatives since Minister Bishop was sworn in as Australia's first female Foreign Minister on 18 September 2013 following four years in the role of Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. Ambassador Alison Burrows, Australian Ambassador to Cambodia Ms Burrows is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and is currently Australia's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia. Ms Burrows has previously served as Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in Brussels, First Secretary at the Australian Embassy in Manila and in earlier postings to Suva and Rome. Dr. Charles Hunt, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Charles Hunt is a Lecturer in International Security at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect where he is involved in the program on Regional Diplomacy and Capacity- Building. He is responsible for the delivery of professional level training courses on diplomacy and security in Australia, the Asia Pacific and Africa. Charles was previously a Research Associate at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Accra, Ghana and subsequently a consultant with the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States engaged in research, training and policy development on a wide range of issues relating to African peace and security. Charles has worked closely with the Australian government on assessing their role in international peace operations and continues to perform consultancy roles with the UN and a number of international humanitarian NGOs. Mr. Keith Porter, President and CEO, Stanley Foundation Keith Porter became president and chief executive officer of the Stanley Foundation in February Previously, he was the director of policy and outreach for the foundation. In that post, he played a leadership role in the foundation s transition toward a dynamic, advocacy organization focused on specific multilateral policy- change goals. Porter was coproducer and co- host of the foundation s nationally syndicated public radio program on world affairs, Common Ground, from 1988 to He also served as coproducer and reporter for a number of radio documentaries on vital international issues. During his tenure at the foundation, several organizations have recognized him for excellence in broadcast journalism, including the National Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, the National Headliner Awards, the New York Festivals, and the United Nations Correspondents Association. Professor Jennifer Welsh, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect Jennifer M. Welsh is Professor and Chair in International Relations at the European University Institute and a Senior Research Fellow at Somerville College, University of Oxford. She was previously 10

11 a Professor in International Relations at the University of Oxford, and co- director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict. In 2013, she was appointed by the UN Secretary General to serve as his Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect. Professor Welsh is a former Jean Monnet Fellow of the European University Institute, and was a Cadieux Research Fellow in the Policy Planning Staff of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs. She has taught international relations at the University of Toronto, McGill University, and the Central European University (Prague). Dr. Rahmat Mohamad, Secretary-General, Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) Professor of International Law at MARA University of Technology Dr. Rahmat Mohamad is the current Secretary- General of the Asian- African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO). He is also a Professor of International Law at MARA University of Technology, Malaysia. He started his teaching career in 1986 and in 2008 was seconded by the Government of Malaysia to fill the position of the Secretary- General of the AALCO. He completed his first term of office in 2012 and presently is in his second and final term of office. He is the author of several authoritative books and articles on Dispute Settlement in ASEAN Post Westphalia International Law and the Role of the Asian- African States. His publications includes his book entitled Asian- African Perspective on International Law in the Post- Westphalian Era: Some Reflections is dedicated to the work of AALCO. He is currently embarking on several projects namely the work of International Law Commission (ILC), and AALCO s work programs including Cyberspace and International Law. Mr. Yang Yi, Secretary-General, China Institute of International Studies Mr. Yang Yi is the Secretary General of China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), the think tank of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China. He graduated from Beijing University with a Master Degree in history. He joined the CIIS in 1997 and has been the editor of International Studies, Deputy Director & Director of the Secretariat of China National Committee, Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP China), Director of the Office of International Exchanges. He worked as Vice- Consul for Political & Press Affairs in Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles from Dr. Sachiko Ishikawa, Senior Advisor on Peacebuilding and South-South Cooperation, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Dr. Sachiko Ishikawa is Senior Adviser on peacebuilding and south- south cooperation at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). She worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Sasakawa Peace Foundation prior to her current post. Ishikawa has contributed a number of articles related to the issues of Mindanao peacebuilding and ASEAN, including The Role of a Development Agency in Peacebuilding: Track One- and- a- Half Mediation in Mindanao in Asian Journal of Peacebuilding (2014) and Towards a People- Centric ASEAN: A Challenge for ASEAN in a New Era in Harvard Asia Quarterly (2011). Mr. Rafendi Djamin, Indonesia s representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) He is the representative of Indonesia to the newly- formed ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), the first regional human rights mechanism in Asia since 2009, served as Chair of AICHR in year He also serves as Executive Director of the Human Rights Working Group (HRWG), a Jakarta based coalition of Indonesian NGO for international human rights advocacy. Serves as guest- lecture in various National and international High learning Institutions After completing his master s degree in Development Studies, Rafendi established in 1993 an Amsterdam based Indonesian human rights lobby organisation (Indonesia s Forum for Human Dignity), with a 11

12 wide network in the Indonesian archipelago and in some European cities, which was established to strengthen Indonesian human rights and humanitarian NGOs, by providing expertise on international Lobby work and campaigning. Ambassador Dr. Makarim Wibisono, Special Rapporteur to the UN Human Rights Council on the situation in the Palestinian Territories Makarim Wibisono (Indonesia) assumed the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 in June Prior to this, he was Executive Director of the ASEAN Foundation from 2011 to He served as Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations in Geneva and Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York. In 2005, he served as Chair of the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Commission. Ambassador Nguyen Duy Hung, former Ambassador of Viet Nam to Cambodia and Thailand Currently Senior Advisor of the Institute of Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies under the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. Prior to this, he served as the Representative of Vietnam in the ASEAN Inter- Governmental Commission for Human Rights. He has served in various Vietnam diplomatic missions abroad including as Deputy Director General ( , ), Director General ( , ), Attache (Norway, ), Counsellor (Indonesia, ), and as Ambassador to Cambodia ( ) and Ambassador to Thailand ( ). Dr. Jason Ralph, EU Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Centre for R2P Jason Ralph is a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow and Professor of International Relations at the University of Leeds. His work at the Asia Pacific Centre involves a study of liberal responsibilities in IR theory and an application of normative theory to assess liberal state responses to the conflict in Syria in the context of shifting power balances and the ongoing war on terror. Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor, the International Criminal Court On 12 December 2011, Mrs. Fatou Bensouda was elected by consensus by the Assembly of States Parties to serve as the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Between 1987 and 2000, Mrs. Bensouda was successively Senior State Counsel, Principal State Counsel, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Solicitor General and Legal Secretary of the Republic, and Attorney General and Minister of Justice, in which capacity she served as Chief Legal Advisor to the President and Cabinet of The Republic of The Gambia. She has also served as a General Manager of a leading commercial bank in The Gambia. Her international career as a non- government civil servant formally began at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where she worked as a Legal Adviser and Trial Attorney before rising to the position of Senior Legal Advisor and Head of the Legal Advisory Unit (2002 to 2004), after which she joined the ICC as the Court s first Deputy Prosecutor. Mrs. Bensouda has served as delegate to United Nations conferences on crime prevention, the Organization of African Unity s Ministerial Meetings on Human Rights, and as delegate of The Gambia to the meetings of the Preparatory Commission for the ICC. Dr. Edward C. Luck, former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect From , Professor Edward Luck served as the first Special Adviser for the Responsibility to Protect to the UN Secretary General, and was a key figure in the conceptual and institutional development of the responsibility to protect in the UN system. Professor Luck s previous posts include 12

13 Senior Vice President of International Peace Academy, Director of the Center on International Organization and Director of the UN Studies Program in the School of International and Public Affairs at Colombia University. Ambassador Kak-soo Shin, Korea National Diplomatic Academy, Republic of Korea Ambassador Shin is Director of the Center for International Law of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy. During his diplomatic career, since he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1977, Ambassador Shin has held various positions including Director- General of the Treaties Bureau ( ), Deputy Permanent Representative at the Korean Mission to the United Nations ( ), Ambassador to the State of Israel ( ), First Vice- Minister ( ) and Second Vice- Minister ( ) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador to Japan ( ). Currently, Ambassador Shin is also affiliated at the Institute of Japanese Studies at the Seoul National University as a Special Research Fellow. He is also a Korean member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, a board member of the Community Chest of Korea, and an advisor to the Citizen s Alliance for North Korean Human Rights. Professor Mely Caballero-Anthony, Secretary of the High Level Advisory Panel on R2P in Southeast Asia, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Mely Caballero- Anthony is Associate Professor and Head of the Centre for Non- Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Until May 2012, she served as Director of External Relations at the ASEAN Secretariat. She also currently serves in the UN Secretary- General s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters and Security and is a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Agenda Council on Conflict Prevention. Dr. Sorpong Peou, Professor and Chair, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University, Canada He is Professor and Chair, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University. Formerly, he served as Chair of the Department of Political Science, University of Winnipeg (Manitoba); Chair of the Advisory and Recruitment Committee for The Manitoba Chair of Global Governance Studies a joint program between the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba. Prior to these appointments, he was a Professor of international security at Sophia University, Tokyo, where he taught courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels and a Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore). His two fields of his academic expertise are security and democracy studies, with a regional focus on the Asia- Pacific. Dr. Sophal Ear, Associate Professor (Tenured), Stuart Chevalier Department of Diplomacy & World Affairs, Occidental College, Los Angeles, US Dr Sophal Ear is a tenured Associated Professor of Diplomacy & World Affairs at Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, where he has been based since Previously, he taught political economy and how to rebuild countries after wars at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and international development policy at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. He consulted for the World Bank, was Assistant Resident Representative for the United Nations Development Programme in East Timor, and Advisor to Cambodia s first private equity fund Leopard Capital. He wrote and narrated the award- winning documentary film The End/Beginning: Cambodia (47 minutes, 2011) based on his 2009 TED Talk and has appeared in several other documentaries. A graduate of Princeton and Berkeley, he moved to the United States from France as a Cambodian refugee at the age of

14 Hon. Prof. Gareth Evans, Chancellor of the Australian National University and former Foreign Minister of Australia Gareth Evans, Australian Foreign Minister and President of the International Crisis Group , co- chaired the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty 2001, was a member of the UN Secretary- General s High Level Panel on Threats Challenges and Change, chairs the Advisory Board of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. and is the author of The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All (Brookings Institution Press 2008, 2009). He is currently Chancellor of The Australian National University. Mr. Simon Adams, Executive Director, Global Centre for R2P Dr. Simon Adams is Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. Established in 2008 with the support of international human rights leaders including former UN Secretary- General Kofi Annan, as well as supportive governments and organizations such as Refugees International, Human Rights Watch and International Crisis Group, the Global Centre is the world s leading research and advocacy organization for advancing the international norm of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) at the United Nations and beyond. Dr Adams has worked extensively with governments and civil society organizations in South Africa, East Timor, Rwanda, Mozambique and elsewhere. Between 1994 and 2002 Dr. Adams worked with Sinn Féin and former IRA prisoners in support of the Northern Ireland peace process. He is also a former antiapartheid activist and member of the African National Congress. H.E. Ambassador Youssoufou J. Bamba, R2P Focal Point for Cote d Ivoire Ambassador Youssoufou Joseph Bamba is a Senior Diplomat from Cote d Ivoire, who has been assigned to several posts, including Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, Tokyo in Japan, London in the UK, Vienna in Austria. He is currently serving at the position of Permanent Representative of Cote d Ivoire to the United Nations in New York. Throughout his career which spans over thirty years, he had the occasion to serve as Minister in charge of International Cooperation from 1998 to Ambassador Bamba shows a great passion for Arts, especially for Painting and Music in all its variety, from Classical music to the Blues. Ambassador Bamba practices Blues guitar. Ambassador Bamba is 63 years old, he has 8 children, and is married with Francoise Bamba, an Ivorian Lawyer. Ms. Joo Yeon Kang, Director for the UN, Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Korea Mr. Nicholas Purtell, R2P Focal Point for Australia, Acting Assistant Secretary, International Organisations Branch in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Nicholas Purtell is Acting Assistant Secretary, International Organisations Branch in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Previously he has served as Australia s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, with responsibility for the Human Rights Council and humanitarian issues. He has also served in Australia s Embassy to the People s Republic of China and in the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) in Honiara. Prior to joining the Department of Foreign Affairs, Mr Purtell was an adviser to the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Ms. Savita Pawnday, Director of Programs, Global Centre for R2P 14

15 Savita Pawnday leads on all Global Centre programs and fundraising activities and oversees the R2P Focal Points Initiative. Prior to joining the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, she was a research associate at the Program on States and Security at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and taught international politics at City University of New York. Savita has worked in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi with Caatholic Relief Services, in New York with Trickle Up, and India with Akanksha. She holds a M.A. from Fordham University in political economy and development, with a specialization in political economy of civil wars and a B.A. in Economics from St. Xavier s College, University of Mumbai. Mr. William Pace, International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect William Pace is the Executive Director of the World Federalist Movement- Institute for Global Policy. He has served as the Convenor of the Coalition for an International Criminal Court since its founding in 1995 and is a co- founder and steering committee member of the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect. He previously served as the Secretary- General of the Hague Appeal for Peace, the Director of the Center for the Development of International Law, and the Director of Section Relations of the Concerts for Human Rights Foundation at Amnesty International, among other positions. He is the President of the Board of the Center for United Nations Reform Education. Ms. Yuyun Wahyuningrum, Senior Advisor on ASEAN and Human Rights at the Human Rights Working Group Indonesia Ms Yuyun Wahyuningrum works as Senior Advisor on ASEAN and Human Rights at Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) from 2010 and Advisor to ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) on October 2014 onwards. She is also the Indonesia s Coordinator for Asia- Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect since September She has more than seventeen years working on various human rights issues in NGOs in Indonesia and Southeast Asia with different roles, including helping Indonesian Government to draft and adopt the National Plan of Action on the Elimination of Trafficking in Women and Children (2002). In the last eight years, she has been professionally advocating and campaigning for ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) as well as the ASEAN Committee on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) to be accountable, independent and responsive human rights mechanisms. Mr. Gus Miclat, Initiatives for International Dialogue Gus is a former journalist, editor, university lecturer, theatre artist and organizer. He was deeply involved in the broad anti- dictatorship front against Marcos from the late 1970s up to the late 1980s in Mindanao and organized the Middle Forces professionals, lawyers, church people, teachers, journalists, artists, businessman and politicians. He has been involved in people's diplomacy and international solidarity work since Gus was a humanities graduate at the Ateneo de Davo University, where he also taught journalism and theatre, among others. He has worked as a program Officer for the Asia Council for People's Culture, as the Executive Director of the Media- Mindanao news service, and as Co- Director at the Initiatives for International Dialogue Ms. Debbie Stothard, Coordinator for the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN- Burma) Debbie Stothard is an active promoter of human rights in Burma and the Asean region. In 1996, she founded the Alternative Asean Network on Burma (Altsean- Burma). During her 32 year career, she has worked as a journalist, community education consultant, governmental advisor and trainer in Malaysia, Australia and Thailand. Debbie has helped develop and implement the first public hearing 15

16 on Corporate Social Responsibility in Asean countries which took place in May 2011 in Jakarta. She also helped organise a Business and Human Rights workshop for grassroots activists in Rangoon, Burma which was convened by FIDH, Altsean- Burma and Burma Partnership in February She also developed the first ongoing women- specific training program for Burma in 1997, an initiative which is ongoing, as has produced many local and national young women leaders from Burma. Debbie became Deputy Secretary- General of the FIDH in November 2010 and was elected secretary general of FIDH in May Prof. Sovachana Pou, CICP Deputy Director in Charge of Research and Publication Pou Sovachana is the Deputy Director in Charge of Research and Publication at the Cambodian Institute for Peace and Cooperation (CICP). In that position he oversees the work of several research fellows whose project range from traditional security, to human rights and human security, to open media. He holds a Master of Art degree majoring in Curriculum and Instruction and an Advanced TESOL degree (Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Portland, Oregon, USA. He taught Ethics and Political Science at Paññāssāstra University of Cambodia from He also works at for Buddhism Education for Peace Center at Wat Unnalum related to using religion for conflict resolution. He volunteers with various NGOs to promote the importance of reading and to protect the environment in Cambodia. He has published various chapters and articles concerning the development of Cambodia, especially in the field of education. His research interests include genocide education, human security, peace and conflict resolution, cooperative regional integration, social cultural community and political security of Southeast Asia. Mr. Julio Amador III, Foreign Service Institute, The Philippines Julio provides policy analysis and strategic advice to the Office of ASEAN Affairs, Office for Strategic Policy and Planning Coordination and Office of Asia- Pacific Affairs under the Department of Foreign Affairs. He has served as a member of Philippine Delegations to ASEAN and other bilateral meetings and was recently supporting expert to the country s Eminent Representative to the Second East Asian Vision Group. His research and policy interests are Philippine Foreign and Economic Policy, East Asian Integration, Southeast Asia security and politics, ASEAN, and Security Analysis. He is a Yuchengco Fellow for the Young Leaders Program of the Pacific Forum CSIS, Fellow of the Ronald Coase Institute and the Salzburg Global Seminar, a visiting scholar at the University of California San Diego in 2007 and Australian Leadership Award Fellow at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect in He is a Fulbright Principal Candidate for graduate studies in the US in Ms. Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura of Sierra Leone assumed her position as Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict at the level of Under- Secretary- General on 4 September In this capacity, she serves as Chair of the interagency network, UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action). Ms. Bangura has over 20 years of policy, diplomatic and practical experience in the field of governance, conflict resolution and reconciliation in Africa. She served most recently as Minister of Health and Sanitation for the Government of Sierra Leone, and was previously Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the second woman in Sierra Leone to occupy this position. She was also Chief Adviser and Spokesperson of the President on bilateral and international issues. Ms. Bangura also has on- the- ground experience with peacekeeping operations from within the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), where she managed the largest civilian component of the Mission. Ms. Devanna De La Puente, Regional GBV Humanitarian Advisor, United Nations, Bangkok 16

17 Ms. Devanna de la Puente, MSc, is a Chilean national and specialist in gender and gender- based violence (GBV) in emergencies. She has over ten years experience working globally with the UN, I/NGOs and civil society. For the past four years, Devanna has worked primarily in Asia to initiate and strengthen multi- sectoral response to GBV in Pakistan, Myanmar, Afghanistan and during the Typhoon Haiyan response in the Philippines. She has also previously worked to promote women and adolescent girls rights in sub- saharan Africa and Latin America, and to prevent child marriage in Bangladesh. Devanna is currently the Inter- agency Regional Emergency GBV Adviser for Asia- Pacific, hosted by UNFPA, and member of the IASC Gender Standby Capacity project (GenCap). Ms. Mudjiati, Deputy Minister for Women' Protection, Republic of Indonesia Dr. Ma. Lourdes Veneración-Rallonza, Ateneo de Manila University and Consultation on the WPS National, Action Plan, The Philippines Ma. Lourdes Veneracion- Rallonza is a feminist political scientist whose research interests and personal advocacy are in the areas of women in politics, women s human rights in armed conflict situations, transnational women s movements, international norms against wartime rape and sexual violence, and women s politics at the margins and everyday lives. Vene, as she is more commonly known, is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at the Ateneo de Manila University teaching subjects on Gender and Women s Human Rights, The Politics of Everyday Life, Women s Movements and Women s Human Rights, Issues and Problems in International Law (focusing on international humanitarian law and international human rights law), Reconstructing World Politics through International Norms, and Women and Politics in Asia. She is also a mainstay lecturer for the Ateneo- United Nations University of Peace, Costa Rica (UPEACE). Professor Rosemary Foot, Professor of International Relations, St Antony s College, Oxford Professor Rosemary Foot is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations and an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony s College, University of Oxford. In 1996, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. Her latest publications include (with Andrew Walter) China, the United States, and Global Order (Cambridge University Press, 2011); (edited) China Across the Divide: the Domestic and Global in Politics and Society (Oxford University Press, 2013); (co- edited with Saadia M. Pekkanen and John Ravenhill) The Oxford Handbook of the International Relations of Asia (Oxford University Press, 2014). Ambassador Ma Zhengang, Chairman of China National Committee, CSCAP and Member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Group, Ministry of Foreign Affairs China MA Zhengang was formerly Chinese Ambassador to the U.K. ( ) and is now Chairman of the National Committee at the Council for Security and Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) and Chairman of the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association. He also holds positions as member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Group of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of China, member of the Public Diplomacy Advisory Group of MFA, and Distinguished Research Fellow at China Institute of International Studies (CIIS). Ambassador Ma was born in Shandong, China in After graduating from Beijing Foreign Languages Institute (now known as China Foreign Studies University), he joined the MFA in From 1965 to 1967, he studied at Ealing Technical College and later London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Amb. Ma was the President of CIIS from 2004 to 2010, and Vice- Minister of the Foreign Office of the State Council from 1995 to Dr. Noel M. Morada, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect 17

18 Dr Noel M. Morada is Director (Regional) of the Asia Pacific Centre for Responsibility to Protect where he is Program Leader for the Regional Diplomacy and Capacity Building Research Program. He is a former Professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines Diliman and was a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC. Ms. Ibu Wiwiek Setyawati Firman, Senior Advisor for Political, Legal and Security Issues for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Ms. Ibu Wiwiek Setyawati Firman is the Senior Advisor for Political, Legal and Security Issues for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. She has previously held positions as the Director for ASEAN Political and Security Cooperation, Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, and Deputy Chief of Mission for the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Canberra. She has also acted as the Head of Political Affairs in the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Singapore. Ms Firman has been an active participant in a number of UN Meetings, Conferences and human rights training sessions. Ms. Angela Bruce-Raeburn, Stanley Foundation Angela Bruce- Raeburn joined the Stanley Foundation in 2013 as a program officer overseeing its human protection programming focused on preventing genocide and mass atrocities. Prior to joining the Stanley Foundation, Bruce- Raeburn was the senior policy adviser for Humanitarian Response in Haiti at Oxfam America. In 2004, she was selected by the Rotary Foundation to receive a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship for graduate study in peace studies at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. Upon earning a master s degree in peace studies from the university in 2005, Bruce- Raeburn received a Rotary World Peace Fellowship to study conflict resolution at the University of Bradford in England, where she earned a master s degree in As a Rotary International Peace fellow, she gained applied field experience as a foreign relations intern at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana. Ms. Sarah Teitt, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Sarah Teitt is Deputy Director and Researcher at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, where she is responsible for advancing research and building partnerships aimed at the prevention of genocide and other mass atrocities in the Asia Pacific. Mr. Frank Okyere, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Ghana Frank Okyere is a research fellow at the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Accra, Ghana. He has published on the responsibility to protect and emerging peace and security threats, particularly focusing on the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union. Ms. Samantha Capicotto, The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation Originally from Buffalo, New York, Samantha graduated from St. John's University School of Law in Queens, New York magna cum laude. She is admitted to practice law in New York State and is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association. She graduated valedictorian from her undergraduate studies at the University at Buffalo, with a B.A. in Political Science and a B.A. in Philosophy. She is the Director of Policy and Planning, as well as the Program Director of the Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar at AIPR. As Director of Policy and Planning Samantha 18

19 is responsible for the administration of the main offices of AIPR in New York, handling compliance issues, human resources and overseeing the financial health of the office. As Program Director of the Global Lemkin Seminar she manages the recruitment process of participants, the grant writing and reporting process, and all logistical arrangements of the Seminar. Samantha has held this position with AIPR for roughly five years. Dr. Patrick Travers, United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and R2P Consultant for the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect and Global Centre for Pluralism. Currently on leave from his position as a Senior Political Affairs Officer at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations. Formerly a Stipendiary Lecturer in Politics at Pembroke College, University of Oxford. Patrick Travers has significant experience with multilateral diplomacy, foreign policy research, and international development. He received a D.Phil. in International Relations from the University of Oxford. Dr. Phil Orchard, Research Director, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Phil Orchard is Program Leader and Researcher on the Doctrine, Concepts and Inter- Agency Coordination Program at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. He is also Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies and International Relations in the School of Political Science and International Studies at UQ. Dr. Kwesi Aning, Director Academic Affairs and Research, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre Kwesi Aning is the Director and founding Dean of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research (FAAR) at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) and Clinical Professor of Peacekeeping Practice at Kennesaw State University (KSU), USA. Kwesi Aning holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to joining the KAIPTC, taught at the Political Science Departments of the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus Universities in Denmark. He served as the African Union s (AU) first Expert on counter- terrorism and has also worked for the United Nations as a senior consultant. Ma. Loretta Ann P. Rosales, Chairperson Commission on Human Rights, Philippines Loretta Ann P. Rosales is the Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP) and the Chair of the South East Asian National Human Rights Institutions Forum (SEANF). She has held a number of local and international positions throughout her career, and has been a University lecturer on Philippine Social Sciences, History and the Philippine Constitution. Ms. Rosales was also a political activist during the regime of the late Ferdinand E. Marcos. Dr. Kok-Thay ENG, Deputy Director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia Dr. Kok- Thay Eng is the Deputy Director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia. He is responsible for the overall management, genocide education, translation and interpretation of ECCC related materials, supervising research, family tracing, digitalization, documentation and donor communication. He has a Master s Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from Coventry University, United Kingdom (2005) and a Fulbright Scholarship supported Master s Degree in Global Affairs from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (2007). His PhD dissertation research focused on the reconstruction of Cham Muslims community in Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge and the construction 19