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The Norwegian Parliamentary Caucus on Burma, Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights, International Peace Research Institute PRIO, Baptist Union of Norway, Norwegian Burma Committee and Norwegian Church Aid have the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar:
AN INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN EASTERN BURMA?


The UN Special Rapporteur would like to urge the United Nations and the international community to respond to the situation of armed conflict in eastern Myanmar, where civilians are being targeted and where humanitarian assistance to civilians is being deliberately obstructed.

Professor Paulo Sergio Pinheiro

From the recommendations in the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar to the UN Human Rights Council, February 2007, A/HRC/4/14

Date: 23 April
Time: 08:30-16:00
Location: Parliament building (entrance by Halvorsens Conditori)

PROGRAMME

Opening
08:30-09:00: Coffee and registration
09:00-09:15: Words of welcome by Hans Olav Syversen, Member of Parliament (OK)

Part 1: Mass atrocities in Eastern Burma – Facts on the ground and responsibility to protect
Moderator: Åshild Kolås, International Peace Research Institute PRIO
09:15-09:45: Duncan McArthur, Emergency Relief Coordinator, Thailand-Burma Border Consortium: Findings from the TBBC 2008 IDP survey (OK)
09:45-10:00: Burma Issues: “Shot on Sight” (13 minutes documentary from northern Karen State) (OK)
Followed by comments by:
• Turid Lægreid, TITLE, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (Project on the the Principle and Practice of R2P) (20mn, invited/TBC)
• Morten Bergsmo, Senior Researcher, International Peace Research Institute PRIO (Forum International Criminal Humanitarian Law, former Senior Legal Adviser for International Criminal Court) (20mn., OK)

10:40-11:00: Q&A
11:00-11:30: Coffee break/Q&A

Part 2: Local agency – how do local populations survive?
Moderator: Åse Sand, Norwegian Burma Committee
11:30-11:50 Lae Htee Robin, Karen Baptist Community in Norway: Life under the shadow of oppression
11:50 - 12:05: Excerpt from Ruth Gummit: “Don’t fence me in” (30 minutes documentary film about Major Mary Ohn and the Karen refugees from Burma) (OK)

12:05-12:20: Ingunn Øyen: Monologue from “The Lady of Burma” (OK)
12:20-:13:30: Lunch break

Part 3: Reaching a tripartite dialogue and beyond: National and international responsibilities - challenges and opportunities for the future of Burma
Moderator: Hilde Salvesen, Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights

13:30 – 15:45: Panel debate and discussion
• Harn Yawnghwe, Director of the Euro-Burma office and adviser to the Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC): Political challenges for Burma’s ethnic nationalities (OK)
• Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister and chair of Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights: International responsibilities towards Eastern Burma and the future of Burma (20 mn) (OK)
• Haakon Arald Gulbrandsen, Deputy minister of development: Norwegian responsibilities in the face of armed conflict in Eastern Burma (20mn, OK)
• Duncan McArthur, Emergency Relief Coordinator, Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBC)

Closure:
15:45 – 16:00: Closing words by Anne Kristin Sydnes, Director of International Programmes, Norwegian Church Aid (confirmed)