5 th Asian Regional Human Rights Defenders Forum Defending Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in A Consolidated Asian Regional Human Rights Movement
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1 5 th Asian Regional Human Rights Defenders Forum Defending in A Consolidated Asian Regional Human Rights Movement 3-5 September 2012 Holiday Inn Silom, Bangkok, Thailand Programme Agenda Day 1: 3 September 2012 (Monday) Crystal Ballroom, Lobby Floor 09:30-10:00 Opening & Introduction of Conference Objectives, Programme Agenda and Participants (incl. a Short Video Tribute to Asian Human Rights Defenders) 10:00-11:00 Stock-taking of Previous Asian Regional Human Rights Defenders Forums ( ): Summary of HRDFs Outcomes and Action Points on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Defenders Presenter: Cecile Gaa (FORUM-ASIA) Discussants: B. Skanthakumar (Law and Society Trust, Sri Lanka) Maria Gittel J. Saquilabon (Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates) Regional Overview of the Situation Faced by Asian Human Rights Defenders ( ) Moderator: Poengky Indarti (Indonesian Human Rights Monitor, Imparsial) Kate Lappin (Asia Pacific Forum for Women, Law and Development, APWLD) Bernice See (Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, AIPP) 1
2 Saartje Baes (FORUM-ASIA) 16:00-17:30 Defenders of in Asia: Challenges and Needs Moderator: Florante Villas (Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia, AsiaDHRRA) Neeraj Jain (People s Movement Against Nuclear Energy, India) Jonal Javier (Task Force Detainees of the Philippines) Amarsanaa Khongorzul (Center for Human Rights and Development, Mongolia) Naly Pilorge (Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights, LICADHO) Introduction to the Newly Established UN Special Procedures and their Links to the Situation of in Asia Moderator: Laurent Meillan (Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR, Southeast Asia Office) Assembly and of Association) Giyoun Kim (FORUM-ASIA) Questions & Answers Evening Events 18:00-21:00 18:00-19:00 Launch of Translations into Asian Languages of the 1998 UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (Bahasa Malaysia, Divehi, Urdu and Vietnamese) 19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception (Tandoor s Terrace, 6 th Floor) Day 2: 4 September 2012 (Tuesday) Silom Ballroom II & III, Below Floor Break-out Group 1 (Southeast Asian Participants: Burma, Break-out Group 2 (South and Northeast Asian 2
3 Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Timor Leste) Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, Maina Kiai Moderator: John Liu (FORUM-ASIA) Participants: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan) The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP- ICESCR) Campaign and Strategies for Accountability in Asia Ahmed Abid (FORUM-ASIA) Break-out Group 3 (Southeast Asian Participants: Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Timor Leste) The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP- ICESCR) Campaign and Strategies for Accountability in Asia John Liu (FORUM-ASIA) Break-out Group 4 (South and Northeast Asian Participants: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan) Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, Maina Kiai Moderator: Ahmed Abid (FORUM-ASIA) Synthesis of the Break-out Group Sessions Moderator: Hiroko Goto (Human Rights Now, Japan) Presentations by Rapporteurs of Break-out Groups Commentators: Assembly and of Association) Shiwei Ye (International Federation for Human Rights, FIDH) 3
4 Sayeed Ahmad (FORUM-ASIA) 16:00-17:30 Recommendations for Consolidating Previous HRDFs Action Points on Defenders Lyca Sarenas (PILIPINA Legal Resources Centre, Philippines) Evening Events 18:00-19:00 De-briefing of the Rio+20 (UN Conference on Sustainable Development) Outcomes from a Human Rights Perspective Tetel Lauron (IBON International) Kate Lappin (Asia Pacific Forum for Women, Law and Development, APWLD) Film Screening: Struggles of Defenders Boeung Kak Community (Cambodia), Women defenders in Koodankulam (India), Forced Eviction in Yongsan (South Korea) Day 3: 5 September 2012 (Wednesday) Silom Ballroom II & III, Below Floor Please note that the sessions on this day will be video-recorded and open to graduate students of human rights studies at the universities in Bangkok. <Interactive Talk-Show> Inter-generational Dialogue: Recalling Narratives of the 1993 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Moderator: Pokpong Lawansiri (Frontline Defenders) Cecilia Jimenez (FORUM-ASIA) Vitit Muntarbhorn (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) Sunila Abeysekera (INFORM, Sri Lanka) Anselmo Seonghoon Lee (Korea Human Rights Foundation) - Video Message Vienna+20: Stock-taking of Achievements and Challenges of Asian Human Rights Defenders 4
5 Moderator: James Gomez (Thammasat University, Thailand) Benjamin Lee (Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions) Henri Tiphagne (People s Watch, India) Khin Ohmar (Burma Partnership) Papang Hidayat (Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence, KontraS, Indonesia) 16:00-18:00 (120mins) Strategies and Initiatives for the Regional Human Rights Movement Beyond the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action William Gois (Migrants Forum in Asia, MFA) Wong Kai Shing (Asian Human Rights Commission, AHRC) <Interactive Talk-Show)> The Role of Social Security in Realizing Human Rights (co-organized with the UN Research Institute for Social Development, UNRISD) Moderator: Jerald Joseph (Dignity International) Armando De Negri (World Social Forum for Health and Social Security, Brazil) Santosh Mehortra (Institute of Applied Manpower Research, Planning Commission, India) Ilcheong Yi (UNRISD) Sabyte Paguio (Network for Transformative Social Protection, Philippines) Assembly and of Association / InformAction, Kenya) Closing 5
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